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2020 Screamfest Nola Films

Screamfest New Orleans Films

October 23 - 25, 2020

10pm

Friday October 23, 2020

Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center

The Brain that Wouldn't Die

The Brain that Wouldn't Die

7:30PM

Double Feature

Runtime: 1h 17m

United States

Short film Make a Wish (8:28) screens prior.

Dr. Bill Cortner (Patrick D. Green), a brilliant but ethically-challenged surgeon, revives the severed head of his recently deceased fiance, Jan Compton (Rachael Perrell Fosket). Ignoring her pleas for a quick death, Bill vows to find Jan a new body by any means necessary-a task that takes him through the seedy underbelly of the city in search of ‘the perfect body.‘ All the while, Jan uses her newfound psychic abilities to communicate with another of Bill's failed experiments. Together, they plot their revenge‘

Directed by: Derek Carl

Produced by: Molly Preston, Derek Carl, Hank Huffman, Daniel Treacy, Alex Tiefenthaler

Written by: Hank Huffman

Main Cast: Patrick D. Green, Rachael Perrell Fosket, Jason Reynolds, Mia Allen, David Withers, Robert Blanche

 

Reanimator (1985)

Reanimator (1985)

7:30PM 

Double Feature

Runtime: 1h 24m

 United States

After an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.

Directed by Stuart Gordon

Written by H.P. Lovecraft, Dennis Paoli, William Norris

Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbot, Barbara Crampton

 

Make A Wish

Make A Wish

 

Make A Wish

Watch the full short film here: Make a Wish 

Run time:8m 28s

United States

screens prior to the double feature

A light-hearted comedy about the sweetest fiance’ giving her boyfriend the best present ever.

Directed by: Dinh Thai

Produced by: Diane Foster, Edward Hong, Josephine Chang

Written by: Ivan Tsang, Dinh Thai

Main Cast: Edward Hong, Josephine Chang, Roman Moretti

 

5:30pm - 7:30pm

Saturday October 24, 2020

 A Ghost Waits

A Ghost Waits

A Ghost Waits

5:30PM

Runtime: 1 h 19m

United States

Jack's job is to fix up the house. Muriel's job is to haunt it. They should be enemies, but they become fascinated by one another and eventually smitten, leading them to question everything about their work, lives, and decisions. But as the pressure mounts for them to fulfill their duties, something will have to give for them to have the time together they both so desperately want.

Directed by Adam Stovall

Produced by Adam Stovall and MacLeod Andrews

Written by Adam Stovall and MacLeod Andrews

Main Cast: MacLeod Andrews, Natalie Walker, Sydney Vollmer, Amanda Miller

 

Friday the 13th Double Feature

Friday the 13th Double Feature

7:30PM

Friday the 13th (1980) 40th Anniversary 

1980 R 1h 35m United States

Directed by Sean S. Cunningham

Written by Victor Miller and Ron Kurz

Main Cast: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor

 

Jason approaches next victim

Friday the 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter

1984 R 1h 31m United States

Directed by Joseph Zito

Written by Victor Miller, Ron Kurz, Martin Kitrosser

Main Cast: Erich Anderson, Judie Aronson, Peter Barton

5:30PM | 7:30PM

Sunday October 25, 2020

Anonymous Animals

Anonymous Animals

5:30PM  

Runtime: 1h 4m

France

The balance of power between man and animal is reversed. In a remote countryside, any encounter with the dominant can become hostile.
At the crossroads of fantastic and suspense kind, Anonymous Animals questions the place of animals in our societies.

Directed by Baptiste Rouveure

Produced by Anonymous Animals Films

Written by Baptiste Rouveure

Main cast: Thierry Marcos

 

 What Doesn't Kill Us

What Doesn't Kill Us

7:30PM 

1h 32m

United States

Plays with the short film The Sheltered Woman, Moment, Endgame, Klip-Klopping

Getting a job promotion. Running for governor. Making it to the MLB. None of these are easy, but when you're a rehabilitated zombie (excuse me, necrosapian), let's just say - being dead was way easier.

Directed by Ethan Cartwright, Jacob Kiesling, Zach Schlapkohl

Written by Zach Schlapkohl

Main Cast:  Maggie Abernethy-Duffin, Jolynn Austin

Short Films Screening with What Doesn’t Kill Us

Short Films Screening with What Doesn’t Kill Us

7:30PM 

The Sheltered Woman

Watch the full on the Screamfest YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/glVTbopx1oI?si=schFJ7yJ3vSCCRua

The Sheltered Woman premiered in Screamfest New Orleans. Claire visits a women's shelter in search of her missing mother, but an encounter with a mysterious woman suggests all may be a facade.

9m 31s

 United States

Directed by Matthew P. Higgins

Produced by Allan Tran, Sam Carmichael, Sophia Eckerle

Written by The Geare Brothers

Main Cast: Tiffany Dunia, Susan Harmon, Carol Kaufman, Becca Bell, Anita Olanick, Robbie Danzie

Super hero here to help

Moment

A homeless girl faces her worst nightmare when she is attacked by three masked men on Halloween night, until time stops and she meets two mysterious superheroes who can't save her, but might help her save herself.

Canada

22m

Directed by Geoffrey Uloth

Produced by Geoffrey Uloth, Holly Uloth

Written by Geoffrey Uloth

 

Father looks on

Endgame

 A Father's cautionary tale about internet safety turns sinister when the lines between truth and fiction are blurred.

 

Canada

11m

Directed by Magalie De Genova

Produced by Kerry-Lee Finkle

Written by  Magalie De Genova, R.D. OvenFriend

Main Cast: Matthew Sauve', Sage Burigana-Marcus, Findlay James Davies

 

woman looks down a grate

Klip-Klopping

A reporter is trolled online after publishing a controversial article–– and the harassment escalates as it moves closer and closer to home

United States

6m

Directed by Kenny Lass

Produced by Josh Owen

Written by Lloyd Moffett

Main Cast: Rachel Jacob, Evangeline Hill

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