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2:22

Director(s)

Steven Shea

Director
Synopsis
After an incredible night out with her girlfriends, Vickie Palmer is wrenched from her peaceful slumber and cast mercilessly into a world spinning out of control. Writhing half naked on the cold porcelain tile of her bathroom floor, Vickie desperately tries to piece together the tragic turn of events that has twisted her once carefree life into a nightmare of pain and suffering. But when she discovers the truth, will it be too late to save her from eternal damnation?
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Abraham's Boys

Director(s)

Dorothy Street

Director
Synopsis
After the turn of the century, legendary and revered vampire hunter, Abraham Van Helsing, settles into his new American home with sons Maximilian and Rudolph. However, everything changes when Max and Rudy uncover the shocking truth about their father's favorite past time.
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Alone

Director(s)

John Gonzales

Director
Synopsis
The nightmares continue for Kate, as she tries to cope with the tragic incident that has haunted her for over a year. One night she will be forced to confront her fears and make a fateful decision, similar to the one she made that has left her with numerous sleepless nights, if she is to come to peace with herself and her past.
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Aqua ad lavandum - in brevi

Director(s)

Helge Balzer Florian Metzner

Director
Synopsis
aQua ad lavandum - in brevi tells of a man named Debitus who tries to free himself from his guilt following an unintentional murder but becomes more and more trapped in the situation until there seems to be no way out.
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Asylum

Director(s)

Francesco Erba

Director
Synopsis
Locked in an criminal asylum, Lewis is stuck in his cell with his obsession and madness, and he can't resign himself; not even the electroshock seems to remove his fear. There's just one person, Alice, who can discover what is behind Lewis's restless soul.
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Bad Mistake (Mauvaise Erreur)

Director(s)

Xavier Hibon

Director
Synopsis
Every Friday, Sophie and her friends organize what they call "Scary Fridays" - watching horror movies on dvd. Sophie is not scared anymore now by horror movies. She thinks they're not scary anymore. But tonight, she's going to change her mind completely when she get's kidnapped ( by mistake! ). Sophie is going to have the most frightening night of her life!
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Bajo La Sal

Director(s)

Mario Muñoz

Director
Synopsis
A series of murders leads commander TRUJILLO to Santa Rosa de la Sal a town close to a salt mine, where he meets VÍCTOR ZEPEDA - a lonely teenager who works in his father funeral home and spends his free time making crude animated horror films - who's strange behavior seems to point at him as the culprit of the crimes.
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Before the Fall (Tres Dias)

Director(s)

F. JAVIER GUTIERREZ

Director/ Writer
Synopsis
A giant meteorite is about to collide with Earth. The planet is gripped by despair and chaos. The inhabitants of Laguna listen to the news in terror. Ale, a frustrated young man who lives with his mother, decides to spend his last days shut away, getting drunk and listening to his favourite music. But his plans change when he is forced to help his mother to protect his brother's four children when Lucio, an ambiguous, disturbing stranger appears.
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Beyond Twilight (A Traves del Ocaso)

Director(s)

Javier Yáñez Sanz

Director
Synopsis
Chased by an armed hunter, a young man, obviously wounded, runs through a wooded area. Under this threat from his human pursuer, he will find his only means of escape in the looming twilight.
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Brother's Keeper

Director(s)

Martijn Smits

Director
Synopsis
My Brother's Keeper' follows one man's journey of loss and anguish. After release from a military psychiatric hospital, Jacob Moors is forced to come to grips with his disturbing past. He begins a journey that forces him to confront his fears and the father that drove him away many years ago. Jacob's path proves to be both psychically and psychologically difficult, as he succumbs to the hallucinations and migraines brought on by his experiences in the war.
For Jacob Moors, the dead never forgot, and they will go to great lengths to ensure that they are not forgotten...
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Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever

Director(s)

Ti West

Director
Synopsis
A high school prom faces a deadly threat: a flesh-eating virus that spreads via a popular brand of bottled water.
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The Canyon

Director(s)

Richard Harrah

Director
Synopsis
Young newlyweds Nick and Lori decide to spend their honeymoon frolicking in the wild and wide expanse of the Grand Canyon, a longtime dream destination for the groom. But when a charismatic and mysterious guide arrives, their wedded bliss suddenly turns into a story of survival. From director Richard Harrah, and starring Yvonne Stahovski (NBC &#039s CHUCK), Eion Bailey (FIGHT CLUB) and Will Patton (ARMAGEDDON), comes the nightmarish thriller THE CANYON.
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Clemency

Director(s)

Joseph Albanese

Director
Synopsis
In 1993, a sadistic killer, Arthur Poe was captured and convicted. He was sentenced to death by the state of Virginia for several gruesome murders. Days before his execution the governor granted Poe clemency based on the testimony of a psychologist from Poe's murder trial. A reporter (Maury Morgan) takes on Poe in an interview seeking to shed light on the emotionally charged topic.
What she learns can never be forgotten or forgiven.
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Damned by Dawn

Director(s)

Brett Anstey

Director
Synopsis
During a violent thunderstorm, a family is awoken by piercing shrieks which summon the dead to rise again. Their lives explode in a blood soaked fury as they battle malevolent spirits... whilst fighting to save their souls from eternal torment with the Banshee.
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Das Zimmer (The Room)

Director(s)

Nik Sentenza

Director
Synopsis
The famous actor, Thomas van Boys, checks into a hotel...
He orders a call girl, opens his mail, showers, and shaves...
Then he turns on the TV.
The screen shows his room. There must be a camera somewhere in the room...
The "Eye" begins an evil cat and mouse game. It presents van Boys with a mirror,
which lets him look into the uttermost depths of his soul...
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Dead Walkers

Director(s)

Spencer Estabrooks

Director
Synopsis
Bounty hunter and gunman Jack Link has a knack for trouble, but when he stumbles into a town cursed with the undead, he might have bit off more than he can chew. Can he and his unlikely allies break the curse and make it out alive or will the evil in the old west consume them all? Directed by Spencer Estabrooks, original score by two time Juno award winner Derek Miller.
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Detour

Director(s)

Severin Eskeland

Director
Synopsis
Driving back to Norway, Lina and Martin reach a roadblock where they take a detour deep into the Swedish woods. But soon they encounter creepy incidents that leave them remotely stranded and everything seems much too bizarre to be accidental...

Deep inside the Swedish woods, their car suddenly suffers a tire blowout, and they seek assistance at an abandoned gas station. Soon after, they encounter a girl screaming for help. After the local police officer arrive they have to assist him returning the girl here grandparents. A spooky house in the middle of the woods, unaware that they are under constant video surveillance, and have been cast in the leading roles of a live Internet snuff movie with a definitive end.
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Else

Director(s)

Thibault Emin

Director
Synopsis
A strange disease is spreading out there ; but Betty and Todd love each other stronger than anything else. Betty gets sick. She begins to merge with everything around : the bed, and eventually the whole room. Unable to give up on her, Todd tries to run away into his memories. But then he decides he will learn how to love her new body. Till he also becomes something else, something completely new.
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Excision

Director(s)

Richard Bates Jr.

Director
Synopsis
Pauline has a sister, Grace, who suffers from cystic fibrosis and occupies most of her parent's attention. Aware that Grace will one day need a lung transplant because of her condition, Pauline is convinced she can perform the operation herself. Excision explores a strained relationship between a mother and daughter. It is a story of neglect, obsession, jealousy and loneliness told through a blurring of suburbia and terror.
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The Familiar

Director(s)

Kody Zimmermann

Director
Synopsis
Sam has just accepted a very unusual job: become the assistant to an amoral, immortal, bloodsucking vampire.
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Finale

Director(s)

John Michael Elfers

Director
Synopsis
A mother descends into madness after finding her son hanged. With her family convinced he committed suicide, she alone unravels the blood-soaked mystery. Is her daughter's high school a recruiting ground for occult rituals and grisly murders? Torn apart by denial and paranoia threatening her own sanity and her daughter's life, the mother's only escape is the very route attempted by her dead son - confront the demon lurking in mirrors.
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First Kill

Director(s)

Micah Ranum

Director
Synopsis
Rayburn has family obligations: a young wife, a son...and the violent crime family that employs him. Devoted to both families, Rayburn is reluctant when he is sent on his first contract kill with his brutal mentor, James. Isolated in an unforgiving wilderness, the men find their identities jeopardized after the messy hit is photographed by a motion detection hunter's camera. Vulnerable, Rayburn anxiously waits near the camera with a simple objective: kill the owner and collect the incriminating evidence. But things take a surprising turn when Rayburn learns the owner of the camera is a completely different kind of killer.
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Forget Me Not

Director(s)

Tyler Oliver

Director
Synopsis
It's graduation weekend and Sandy Channing, the popular class president of her high school, should be enjoying the time of her life. But when her friends start disappearing, Sandy discovers they have unwittingly awakened the vengeful spirit of a girl they wronged long ago. As each victim dies, all trace of their existence is mysteriously erased. They are forgotten by everyone except Sandy, who must unlock a dark secret from her own past before it's too late.
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Full Employment

Director(s)

Thomas Oberlies & Matthias Vogel

Director
Synopsis
The fictional documentary "Full Employment" introduces an innovative federal pilot project: The Agency for Assisted Employment. The extension of lifetime careers means that more and more older citizens have to continue working, and that there aren't enough jobs for young, less qualified workers, making Agencies for Assisted Employment a nationwide necessity. Young employees, similar to civil service workers, assist older people in carrying out their jobs.
The film documents a workday for Miro and the client he assists, 78-year-old Mr. Janssen. Mr. Janssen is a zombie hunter."
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Harry Doright's Prelude To Hell

Director(s)

Erwin Van Den Eshof

Director
Synopsis
At his 60th birthday Harry Doright is visited by a demon who claims his soul and the souls of his loved ones.
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Hazel

Director(s)

Jonathan Baraclough

Director
Synopsis
Hazel goes missing in a small Scottish community. The TV interviews show concerned neighbors and devastated friends. Weinstein the village loner slowly breaks down the web of lies that have held the community together. The shock is who did it, the horror is what they do to her and the surprise is the involvement of the man who claimed to love her the most (Weinstein) and his unwitting betrayal.
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Hold Your Fire

Director(s)

Wes Benscoter

Director
Synopsis
A ghostly soldier wandering through a fog-covered battlefield targets a Japanese girl, who proves to be more dangerous than originally anticipated. Years later in a tomb-like foreign hospital he comes face to face with his war-torn existence in this life's and the beyond.

With an unconventional narrative, fantastic imagery, and a dark sense of the absurd, HOLD YOUR FIRE takes a horrific look at casualties of war.
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The House of the Devil

Director(s)

Ti West

Director
Synopsis
From writer-director Ti West comes THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, a satanic thriller set in the 1980s starring Jocelin Donahue (JT Petty's forthcoming THE BURROWERS), indie ingenue Greta Gerwig (HANNAH TAKES THE STAIRS, BAGHEAD), Tom Noonan (SNOW ANGELS, MANHUNTER), Mary Woronov (EATING RAOUL, THE DEVIL'S REJECTS), AJ Bowen (THE SIGNAL) and Dee Wallace (E.T., Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN).

Sam (Donahue) is a pretty college sophomore, so desperate to earn some cash for a deposit on an apartment that she accepts a babysitting job even after she finds out there is no baby. Mr. and Mrs. Ulman (cult actors Noonan and Woronov) are the older couple who lure Sam out to their creeky Victorian mansion deep in the woods, just in time for a total lunar eclipse. Megan (Gerwig) is Sam's best friend, who gives her a ride out to the house, and reluctantly leaves her there despite suspecting that something is amiss. Victor (Bowen) at first seems like just a creepy guy lurking around the house, but quickly makes it clear that Sam will end this night in a bloody fight for her life..."
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How I Survived the Zombie Apocalypse

Director(s)

Christian Cantamessa

Director
Synopsis
A single mother and her son fight to stay alive in a shattered and brutal land where the undead roam the Earth.
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The Human Centipede

Director(s)

Tom Six

Director
Synopsis
Two American girls are on a road trip through Europe. In Germany they end up with a broken car in the woods. They search for help and find an isolated villa. The next day they awake to find themselves trapped in a terrifying makeshift basement hospital along with a Japanese man. A German man identifies himself as a retired surgeon specialized in separating Siamese twins. However his three "patients" are not about to be separated, but joined together in an horrific operation. He plans to be the first person to connect people via their gastric system, in doing so bringing to life his sick lifetime fantasy: the human centipede.
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Hunter's Moon

Director(s)

Matt Page

Director
Synopsis
A career criminal named Hunter has taken Celeste, the woman he loves, out to the desert after becoming suspicious of her behavior. Fearing that she has become an informant, he conducts a brief interrogation that provides him with an answer he could never have predicted.
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In Twilight's Shadow

Director(s)

TM Scorzafava

Director
Synopsis
In this fast-paced sci-fi/thriller, IN TWILIGHT'S SHADOW introduces the adventure of a female immortal
caught between two worlds. Unable to exist with the consequences of her choice in accepting the dark gift,
Carlisle has isolated herself in a suspended state between light and dark. But when the leader of her Coven
takes revenge against the mortal she loves, Carlisle is summoned to rise and face the creature that lurks
within.
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Lazarus Taxon

Director(s)

Denis Rovira van Boekholt

Director
Synopsis
The feared consequences of global warming are at its peak when one man crosses the New Sea trying to save his daughter from the clutches of death. After the dreaded climate change, in a world dominated by hunger, epidemics and fear and where death is a travel companion, a man, loses his daughter 20 years old. A tale about going beyond the limits of the human race and the survival of the species.
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Leftovers

Director(s)

Paul Moore

Director
Synopsis
Claire has adjusted to life in the world of the dead. Alone after her husband and son fell victim to the scourge of walking corpses, she spends her days striving to maintain a normal life. However, a 'normal life' is a relative term in this dark, new world. When Claire saves a family from a horde of the dead, all of them come to realize a terrifying truth... There are some things worse than death.
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The Long Night

Director(s)

Paul Coy Allen

Director
Synopsis
A young married couple has been chased through the woods, and has secured themselves into a log cabin for a week. They discover the undead is terrorizing the outside world around them, and everything changes once the wife becomes infected.
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The Long Night

Director(s)

Richard Williamson

Director
Synopsis
An indifferent, self-absorbed vampire sits in a cafe before dawn - sipping his coffee, browsing a crossword, and waiting for the sun to end his weary existence. But his plan is interrupted by an excitable young boy, and a vicious psychopath.
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Macabre

Director(s)

Timo Tjahjanto & Kimo Stamboel

Director
Synopsis
On the eve of their emigration to Australia, Adjie and his pregnant wife are being accompanied to the airport by a group of close friends. A mysterious girl wanders aimlessly into their path in a state of shock, unable to explain how she go there.
The group agrees to drive her to her house by the woods on their way to the airport. To show her gratitude, her mother, an ageless woman of frosty composure, invites them to a family feast. A feast that will prove to be just the beginning of a hellish night for the friends.
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Mutant Swinger From Mars

Director(s)

Michael Kallio

Director
Synopsis
A brilliant scientist studying the rejuvenation of dead flesh is forced by three aliens from Mars to build them the perfect 'chick magnet' to lure the cute Earth dames to them because MARS NEEDS WOMEN! Can Rusty save Mitzy from the terrors and mutations that happens in MUTANT SWINGER FROM MARS, the 'long lost' film by 'famous director,' Orton Creswell. This film features the REAL acting debut of Jack White (pre-White Stripes and Cold Mountain). You'll laugh yourself to DEATH!!!!!
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Next Floor

Director(s)

Denis Villeneuve

Director
Synopsis
During an opulent and luxurious banquet, complete with cavalier servers and valets, eleven pampered guests participate in what appears to be a ritualistic gastronomic carnage. In this absurd and grotesque universe, an unexpected sequence of events undermines the endless symphony of abundance.
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Rations

Director(s)

Craig Ouellette

Director
Synopsis
A couple is lost in the desert, with only one bottle of water... and a long way to go. Do you ration?
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The Revenant

Director(s)

D. Kerry Prior

Director
Synopsis
The night after his funeral, Bart, a soldier killed in Iraq gets up out of his grave and seeks out his best friend Joey. At dawn Bart's body falls to the floor, only to reawaken the following dusk. He and his buddy decide that he is a revenant: an articulate zombie that needs to drink blood to arrest the decomposition of his body.
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Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre

Director(s)

Julius Kemp

Director
Synopsis
An epic tale about a group of whale watchers, whose ship breaks down and they get picked up by a whale fisher vessel. The Fishbillies on the vessel have just gone bust, and everything goes out of control.
It's a cross between the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, combined with the dark and bloody humor from Evil Dead.
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Seance

Director(s)

Robin Kasparik

Director
Synopsis
Narrates the story of three people, who are trying to find the fortune of a deceased baroness through a spiritualistic séance. But things will go a bit differently than they planned.
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Sinkhole

Director(s)

Eric Scherbath

Director
Synopsis
After discovering that the Chinese have found a way to extinguish coal mine fires, a broker for a coal company sets out to a remote region of Pennsylvania to offer a deal to a mysterious landowner named Schuttmann. He finds the land ravaged by smoking sinkholes, formed by the collapse of the burning coal seams. In the end, however, Schuttmann will reveal to the broker something far worse than the coal fires.
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Tinglewood

Director(s)

Alexander Von Hofmann

Director
Synopsis
Tension between Sam and his father inspires a long overdue family outing deep into the Tinglewood forest. As darkness falls, the camping trip enters dangerous territory when they are attacked by an unseen enemy. Sam is forced to overcome his differences and step up to protect those closest to him.
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Triangle

Director(s)

Chris Smith

Director
Synopsis
When Jess (Melissa George) sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong. Her suspicions are realized when the yacht hits a storm in the Bermuda Triangle and the group is forced to board a passing ocean liner to get to safety. The ship appears deserted, but Jess is convinced she;s been on board before. They soon realize they are not alone... Someone is intent on hunting them down, one by one.
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The Tournament

Director(s)

Scott Mann

Director
Synopsis
Every seven years, thirty of the world's most deadly assassins face off against one another for an outrageous cash prize. There's only one rule: kill or die. As dozens of wealthy gamblers watch via closed-circuit TV, a city is overrun by brutal assassins - all aiming to be the last one standing. Starring Ving Rhames, Kelly Hu and Robert Carlyle, The Tournament is an explosive, action-loaded thriller where the winner takes all.
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Vampire Birth Certificate

Director(s)

Brian Horn

Director
Synopsis
Wanda is wrapping up another day at her service desk at the County Clerk's office. But when Michael, a well-meaning yet stressed-out vampire, shows up needing a copy of his 150-year-old birth certificate, Wanda is challenged to do what she fears most: help. A government employee and the living dead face off in this clash to determine which of them is the greater of two evils.
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Vampire Girl Vs. Frankenstein Girl

Director(s)

Yoshihiro Nishimura & Naoyuki Tomomatsu

Director
Synopsis
Transfer student Monami has a secret and a past that has caught up with Mizushima. Deceiving Mizushima into eating a token gift of chocolate, laced with her blood, he is then catapulted into Monami's vampire world of blood, death and love. Jilted girlfriend Keiko has other ideas. With a sudden twist of fate, she is then transformed into the hideous and unforgiving Frankenstein Girl, and the battle for Mizushima's heart begins.
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Void

Director(s)

Meredith Berg

Director
Synopsis
VOID, a supernatural thriller, follows FBI agent Liz Metera as she investigates a series of grisly murders in a small, desert town. She suspects they are the work of a serial killer but discovers that whatever is responsible is far more monstrous. While uncovering clues, she befriends a boy who is hiding a powerful and chilling secret. Uncovering it costs the FBI agent everything she holds dear, changing her life, and the town, forever.
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White Widow (aka Bury the Love Axe)

Director(s)

Christian Filippella

Director
Synopsis
Inspired by her alter-ego, a woman lures her husband's lover to the woods to take her revenge.
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Wrong Turn 3: Left For Dead

Director(s)

Declan O'Brien

Director
Synopsis
The first course for the bloodthirsty family comes when a group of campers arrive, realizing only too late that ticks aren't the only things that bite in these backwoods. But when some of the most vicious killers in the country escape into the woods from a bus transporting them to prison, Three Finger and his family may have met their match. Will justice be served on the convicted murderers or upon the mutant killers? Whatever happens, Wrong Turn 3: Left For Dead delivers one bone-crushing moment after another right to its terrifying end!
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