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Film Category

11 to 6

Director(s)

Eugene Hawkins

Director
Synopsis
A waitress must fight to survive the night when she 's trapped in a diner by a sadistic killer.
Film Category

1978

Director(s)

Luciano Onetti & Nicolas Onetti

Writer/Director
Synopsis
During the World Cup final between Argentina and Holland, in times of military dictatorship, a group of torturers kidnap a group of young people. What begins as an inhumane interrogation turns into hell: the wrong group has been kidnapped.
Film Category

77

Director(s)

Christopher Perna

Writer/Director/Producer
Synopsis
“On a warm summer night in 1977 something unspeakable is about to happen.”

Summer, 1977, Returning late one night after a party, a teenage boy and his girlfriend discover something terrifying has taken up residence in his house which will change their lives forever.


Film Category

2TEARS

Director(s)

Steven Fox

Director
Synopsis
A genius med student writes one last goodbye as they remember the dark path they've created as a result of their obsession to cure their wife of her disease after she's transformed into the world's first zombie.
Film Category

The A Frame

Director(s)

Calvin Lee Reeder

Director/Writer
Synopsis
A quantum physicist develops a machine that creates a tunnel to a subatomic universe. In his quest to prove the machine's efficacy, he inadvertently discovers a radical treatment for cancer.
Film Category

A Possession

Director(s)

Joshua Matthew Kellerman

Director/Writer
Synopsis
Gordon (Gabriel Rysdhal) and Juliette (Izabel Mar) are on their honeymoon in the Hudson Valley when a malevolent forest spirit, Elle (Sara Koviak) and her familiar Dave (Gregory Brown) mark them as their next prey. A new take on Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and an allegorical and mythical exploration of a uniquely American spirit of narcissism.
Film Category

Adjoining

Director(s)

Harrison Houde & Dakota Daulby

Director
Synopsis
A couple's motel stay takes a chilling turn when they discover they're being observed, leading to unexpected consequences. Adjoining is a nostalgic take on our current societal fears of privacy, always being watched or recorded.
Film Category

ALO Antropophagus Legacy

Director(s)

Dario Germani

Director
Synopsis
Everything in Hanna's life suddenly seems to fall apart. Accused of the brutal murder of her husband, she is forced to flee to Hungary to defend the only reason for living she has left; the child she is carrying.
In Budapest, she will ask for help from her cousin Hugo, who will drag her into a spiral of violence involving a dark past and a bloodline to be dealt with.
Film Category

Animale

Director(s)

Emma Benestan

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Camargue, France - famous for its traditional bull race, an exhilarating and graceful challenge of agility and respect between man and beast. Surrounded by men, 22-year-old Nejma trains hard to fulfill her dream of winning the upcoming annual competition - but news of a rogue and violent bull on the loose terrifies the community. Young men are being murdered everywhere, and the beast is nowhere to be seen.

Anchored in a unique western setting and centring on a stunning performance by César-winning actress Oulaya Amamra (Divines), ANIMALE is an unforgettable and blazingly confident supernatural fable that blends with the classic body horror, and the rape-revenge thriller.

Film Category

The Anomalist

Director(s)

Matt Farren

Director
Synopsis
When a young analyst at a shady tech company discovers a terrible secret, he takes it upon himself to make things right.
Film Category

Another Alice

Director(s)

Matteo La Capria

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Alice leaves a party with her best friend who tries to kiss her. She pushes him away, he becomes violent... Alice then flees into a dreamlike universe, revisiting a wonderland that looks like a nightmare.
Film Category

Apotemnofilia

Director(s)

Jano Pita

Writer/Director
Synopsis
It is opening night, the theater is crowded and Clara, the leading actress, refuses to leave her dressing room. Something inside her is keeping her from leaving, something she will have to face.
Film Category

As A Rake

Director(s)

Amy Whittenberger

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Kim brushes aside red flags when gym-bunny Freddy, her old crush, follows her home from the store. Freddy is blown away by Kim's changed appearance; he can't stop commenting on how amazing she looks now that she's lost so much weight, and complimenting the presumed work ethic the weight loss must have taken. So he's a little thrown off and betrayed to find out Kim's new body is NOT the result of hard work, but instead the result of a new injectable weight loss drug. Now it's his turn to dismiss the red flags. Before long, they're heading upstairs together. But late in the night, the drugs reveal an unpleasant, deadly side-effect, and Kim wonders if the cost of beauty is really worth it.
Film Category

AT SKYVIEW ENTERPRISES

Director(s)

S. Riley Moneymaker & Ashley Song

Directors
Synopsis
After accepting an exclusive interview at a mysterious gaming company, a determined geek is thrust into a real-life video game, where survival depends on conquering a series of deadly challenges.
Film Category

Awful Mistake

Director(s)

Yonatan Gotlib & Yiftach Samocha

Directors
Synopsis
An awkward script-reading meeting between two childhood friends takes a sinister turn as reality blurs with fiction.
Film Category

BA

Director(s)

Benjamin Wong

Writer/Director
Synopsis
When a struggling father makes a Faustian bargain and becomes the incarnation of Death, he must fight to unwind his fate while keeping his predicament hidden from his daughter. A dark fantasy drama.
Film Category

Banjo

Director(s)

Cameron Poletti

Director
Synopsis
Isaac is thrilled when his friend offers him the use of his family’s cabin in the woods to lose his virginity. But when his first time goes horribly wrong, he begins to believe it may be the work of a sinister circumcision cult!
Film Category

Bath Bomb

Director(s)

Colin G Cooper

Director
Synopsis
A possessive doctor prepares an ostensibly romantic bath for his narcissistic boyfriend, but after an accusation of infidelity, things take a deeply disturbing turn.
Film Category

Be Right Back

Director(s)

Lucas Paulino & Gabe Ibáñez

Directors
Synopsis
Maria, a 7-year-old girl, is left alone at home while her mother goes out to shop for dinner. The time alone extends into the night. When someone knocks at the door, Maria doubts whether it is her mother or not.
Film Category

Beacon

Director(s)

Roxy Shih

Director
Synopsis
Emily (Julia Goldani Telles, The Affair), a young solo female sailor, finds herself shipwrecked and badly hurt on a remote island. She is rescued by the island’s lone inhabitant, Ismael (Academy Award nominee Demián Bichir, Godzilla vs. Kong), the operator of the world’s most isolated lighthouse. Due to the stormy conditions a rescue from the mainland will have to wait, so Emily recuperates with the help of Ismael. But as the rescue date approaches, Ismael begins to act increasingly erratic, and Emily begins to suspect that Ismael may have intentionally disabled his lighthouse to entrap not only here but others before her. But Ismael has his own suspicions about his unexpected guest and what brought her there. As tensions between them rise, Emily slowly loses her own tenuous grip on reality. Increasingly unsure of herself, she must find a way to survive and escape from this distant island prison.
Film Category

Beltane

Director(s)

John-Paul Panelli

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A childless couple's relationship starts to unravel after the husband suspects his wife's infertility is due to outside forces.
Film Category

Berta

Director(s)

Lucía Forner Segarra

Director
Synopsis
Berta wants Alex to understand the harm he caused her years ago and will do whatever it takes to explain it to him.
Film Category

Body Language

Director(s)

Cory Miller

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Mariana comes home to find Dylan, her fiancé Nick's college buddy, cooking an engagement dinner for them. However, as the night unfolds, and Nick is no where to be found, Mariana begins to suspect something is deeply troubling about Dylan. What she thought would be an evening of celebration turns into a night of terror.
Film Category

Bones

Director(s)

Ed Castañeda

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Darkness found a home. A man harvests resources from his disturbing hobby to help prepare for his gig work.
Film Category

Brand New Cadillac

Director(s)

Sophia Tatum & Stacy Haiduk

Director
Synopsis
In this horror comedy, Lana and Strode, a mother and daughter, take to the road for a five day killing spree. Which makes perfect sense when mom is a vampire and her daughter is a would be serial killer. But what should be a simple once a year blood frenzy for Lana, turns into a far more complicated bonding experience for the estranged pair.
Film Category

Cannibal Cult Dinner Party

Director(s)

Jake Dekker

Director
Synopsis
In a well-to-do suburb, a lonely young man attends a dinner party only to find out that he is the entrée.
Film Category

Carved

Director(s)

Justin Harding

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A group of survivors get trapped in a reenactment village on Halloween and must fight against a vengeful pumpkin creature.
Film Category

Catacombs

Director(s)

Chad Cunningham

Writer/Director
Synopsis
During a raging thunderstorm, a correctional officer must face the horrors that haunt the maximum security prison where he works.
Film Category

Catch and Exterminate

Director(s)

Summer Purks

Writer/Director
Synopsis
On a job gone wrong, spunky pest control employee Elliot finds herself in a chase with a paranormal being with a nasty bite
Film Category

Chute

Director(s)

West Webb

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A woman hears a child's cries down a trash chute, leading her into unexpected terror.
Film Category

CLAUD_IA

Director(s)

Gabriel Furman

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A cyber predator becomes the hunted when he preys on the wrong woman.
Film Category

COLEOPTERE

Director(s)

Martin Gouzou

Writer/Director
Synopsis
In this free and contemporary interpretation of Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis,” Grégoire Samsa is a solitary building caretaker who undergoes a dramatic physical and psychological transformation while seeking love and acceptance.
Film Category

Cold Wallet

Director(s)

Cutter Hodierne

Director
Synopsis
After losing everything in a cryptocurrency scam, a ragtag team of vigilante Redditors attempt to kidnap the kingpin who screwed them over. But when the home invasion takes a turn for the worst, they become victims in a sadistic game.
Film Category

THE COMPLEX FORMS

Director(s)

Fabio D'Orta

Director/Writer
Synopsis
There is an ancient villa where desperate people have the opportunity to revive their fortunes by selling their bodies to mysterious entities in exchange of money. When huge and age old creatures emerge from the deep woods surrounding the villa, a series of strange and sinister events prompt three unlikely guests to band together in a desperate escape.
Film Category

Convoluted

Director(s)

Mohamed Fareed

Director
Synopsis
After a horrific accident, a troubled drifter seeks shelter within the confines of a hedge maze. Unbeknownst to him, the worst was yet to come.
Film Category

DAGON

Director(s)

Paolo Gaudio

Director
Synopsis
DAGON is a stop motion animation short film freely inspired by the story of the same name by cult author H.P. Lovecraft. In 1919 San Francisco, a man is standing on the ledge of a building ready to jump. Desperate, he relives in his memories the absurd and shocking episode that led him to the brink of suicide: the encounter with the monstrous and mythological Great Old One, DAGON.
Film Category

Dead Mail

Director(s)

Joe DeBoer & Kyle McConaghy

Synopsis
On a desolate, Midwestern county road, a bound man crawls towards a remote postal box, managing to slide a blood-stained plea-for-help message into the slot before a panicking figure closes in behind him. The note makes its way to the county post office and onto the desk of Jasper, a seasoned and skilled "dead letter" investigator, responsible for investigating lost mail and returning it to its sender. As he investigates further, Jasper meets Trent, a strange yet unassuming man who has taken up residence at the men’s home where Jasper lives. When Trent unexpectedly shows up at Jasper’s office, it becomes clear he has a vested interest in the note, and will stop at nothing to retrieve it.
Film Category

THE DEAD OF WINTER

Director(s)

Stephen Graves

Writer/Director
Synopsis
After an affluent man leaves a rough sleeper to die in the cold on Christmas Eve, he's haunted by a figure that may be a vengeful spirit - or his own guilty conscience.
Film Category

Deathless

Director(s)

Stacey Maltin

Director
Synopsis
A self-destructive porn star navigates immortality 10 years after people have mysteriously stopped dying.
Film Category

Die Bully Die

Director(s)

Nathan Lacey & Nick Lacey

Director
Synopsis
DIE BULLY DIE is a comedy horror following Max, who catches up with his high-school bully, Adam, 17 years later, in a fancy restaurant where Max's grudge against Adam begins to manifest in horrific ways.
Film Category

Dirty Bad Wrong

Director(s)

Erica Orofino

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Desperate to keep her promise to host the best superhero party for her 6 year old, young mother Sid, a sex worker, takes extreme measures and books a last-minute client with a dark fetish. Dirty Bad Wrong is a realist drama with a horrific twist.
Film Category

Disfigura

Director(s)

Jake Bradbury & Toni Blando

Director
Synopsis
Step into a world of 1950s suspense, where forward-thinking Anya is shaken by her husband's strange new behaviors and the terrifying secret behind the word 'Disfigura'
Film Category

A Divine Comedy: What the Hell

Director(s)

Valerie Lee Barnhart

Director
Synopsis
Dante's classic Hell is falling into oblivion. Charlotte, a sharp-witted Harpy, navigates the chaos and sets out despite the odds for a new life and destiny. On the way, she gets stuck in an elevator with her fuccboi ex, Asterion. Living in the end-times, he won't stop at anything to try and win her back. Will she survive this journey through Hell? Will the weighing of hearts lead to their complete annihilation?
Film Category

Don't Bring It In

Director(s)

Kandice Martellaro

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A woman learns a dark secret when she brings home a spirit board against her boyfriend’s wishes.
Film Category

Don't Raise the Dead (the Board Game)

Director(s)

Michael Benni Pierce

Director
Synopsis
Four friends gather for a game night on Halloween and find themselves playing an evil board game that will pit them against each other. Can anyone outsmart the game?
Film Category

Dormant

Director(s)

Niels Bourgonje

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A man cares for his comatose wife at home. After a transgression, he fears something sinister has awakened in her.
Film Category

DRAINED

Director(s)

Peter Stylianou & Sean Cronin

Directors
Synopsis
She'll Bleed You Dry.
In the neon-soaked streets of London, Thomas, a jobless post-graduate concept artist, falls in love with Rhea, a mysterious woman who turns out to be a vampire. Drawn into a codependent relationship, Thomas willingly offers his blood to Rhea in exchange for her companionship. As their twisted romance unfolds, Thomas's health deteriorates, and he spirals out of control. 'Drained' explores the theme of codependency, reflecting the addictive nature of modern life while delivering a dark and alluring vampire horror experience.
Film Category

Drive Back

Director(s)

Cody Ashford

Director
Synopsis
Struggling artist Reid and his pregnant fiancée, Olivia, celebrate their new engagement, happily surrounded by family and friends. After a cryptic warning from Reid’s father, a car accident leaves them lost in the woods. Searching for directions leads to a rundown store run by a creepy older couple, who suggest the best way home is by taking an old shortcut through dark backroads. But after violent visions, lost memories, a troubling hitchhiker encounter, and an inability to escape the road itself, their car breaks down, and they discover a terrifying killer is hunting their every move.
Film Category

The Fog

Director(s)

John Carpenter

Director
Synopsis
Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start t
Film Category

ELSE

Director(s)

Thibault Emin

Director
Synopsis
Anx has just met Cass when a mysterious virus breaks out: everywhere, people’s bodies are merging with objects. Stuck in their apartment, the couple must face this dreadful threat.

Film Category

Entity

Director(s)

Hui bin Chung

Director
Synopsis
After making eye contact with the murderer next door, Kim Young challenges societal taboos to survive.
Film Category

Eonian

Director(s)

Michael Machin

Writer/Director
Synopsis
While grieving the loss of her father in his remote countryside home, a young woman makes a chilling discovery that suggests eternal life.
Film Category

Escape from New York

Director(s)

John Carpenter

Director
Synopsis
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.
Film Category

Everyone is Going to Die

Director(s)

Craig Tuohy

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A father attempts to reconcile with his estranged daughter by inviting her to his rural retreat for a special birthday dinner. But when the home is invaded by two masked women armed with shotguns, a lethal game of cat and mouse ensues, culminating in a life-altering revelation.
Film Category

EYES

Director(s)

Braulio Hernandez

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Longing for richer connections to others, Alma chooses to undergo a mysterious procedure that promises a new way of seeing the world. Her choice unravels a dark exploration of identity, challenging the definition of the “collective experience”.
Film Category

Face to Face

Director(s)

Thomas Emmet Ashton

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A young woman traveling solo on a road trip stops in a small town in the middle of the night, where she learns of an urban legend about the area.
Film Category

The First

Director(s)

Susan Ruth

Writer/Director
Synopsis
In 1928, a nervous and naive Michael Phillips is brought by his father to participate in the family's rite-of-passage tradition. He struggles to understand his place, as he navigates terrifying expectations and a millennia of wrongdoing.
Film Category

Follow You

Director(s)

Alexandre Mullen

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Even with a serial killer on her heels, Flora knows how to seize an opportunity.
Film Category

Fresh Blood

Director(s)

Emma Westenberg

Director
Synopsis
Doe eyed and in love, Anna attends the housewarming party of her new boyfriend Nico. The night quickly unravels as she meets his friends, some classic Hollywood pricks. Tales about ex girlfriends and Nico’s promiscuity swirl and her new lover also tells his guests about a “haunted” basement that he warns them not to enter. Anna starts drinking to suppress her discomfort, but instead becomes increasingly intoxicated and paranoid. After losing track of Nico, Anna escapes his friends and searches frantically for him in the maze-like house. She follows an odd banging sound down to the foreboding basement where the true horror is revealed.
Film Category

Gaslighter

Director(s)

Virginia Powers Hendry

Writer/Director
Synopsis
On a dark and stormy night, Anne arrives home to find the power out and her front door left unlocked. She asks her boyfriend, Jeff, to stay on the phone with her while she safety checks the house and gets the power back on. When she expresses her fear that she is not alone in the house and feels unsafe, Jeff tells her she is overreacting and dismisses her concerns, telling her she consumes too much true crime. Unable to find an intruder she accepts what Jeff has told her - that she is safe in the house. But is she? Or were her instincts right all along?

Film Category

GIRLS

Director(s)

Julien Hosmalin

Director
Synopsis
Romane and Ally are in love. As they run away searching for a place where they would be free, they end up kidnapped at a local gas station. Whereas they were looking for peace, vengeance will first cross their path.
Film Category

Grub

Director(s)

Cameron Elie

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Grub follows the journey of Leah, an ambitious 8-year-old, and the mysterious and unsettling Alien whose appearances sparked controversy. Rumors swirl about the Alien's involvement in crimes such as murder and kidnapping. After its talk show appearance, the Alien visits Leah, offering to change her life forever. But at what cost? Their clash of ideals leads to a night that blurs reality. Grub explores themes of youth careerism and the toxic dance between life and death, posing the question: "Would you grub for it?"
Film Category

Halloween (1978)

Director(s)

John Carpenter

Director
Synopsis
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
Film Category

HEDON

Director(s)

Andi Lipo

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A young man struggles against his demons in this raw portrait of masculinity in the age of social media and endless dopamine.
Film Category

Help, I'm Alien Pregnant

Director(s)

Jorda Windsor & Sean Wallace

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Mary feels alien pregnant, the doctor thinks it's probably allergies, only slime will tell.

Mary can feel strange things happening inside her body and thinks they might have something to do with her nervous not-so boyfriend Boo's alien penis. The doctor doesn't take her very seriously until one of her breasts swells up and squirts slime into her eye. Boo runs off rather than showing the doctors his alien junk, and Mary has to hijack an ultrasound session to get a picture of the thing growing inside her, which she uses to confront the growing assembly of dubious physicians. Boo eventually returns, reveals his mutated member, and Mary has to use her new-found voice to save him from becoming a science experiment. Then - in a torrent of phosphorescent slime that gets on everyone - Mary gives birth to hundreds of tiny alien lifeforms. She experiences a brief moment of wonder, then utters the film's final line: '...that's fucking fucked mate.'
Film Category

Hi! You Are Currently Being Recorded

Director(s)

Anna Maguire & Kyle Greenberg

Writer/Director
Synopsis
On a trip to Los Angeles to visit a new flame, Anna finds herself lost, stoned and alone… or is she?
Film Category

HIVE

Director(s)

Felipe Vargas

Writer/Director
Synopsis
In this real-time horror-thriller, a strict babysitter loses the young girl she's taking care of at a playground, forced to confront an insidious entity hidden among the children. The rare horror film set in bright daytime - an idyllic, innocent playground turned sinister and visceral.

HIVE stars Marvel superhero and Dancing with the Stars winner Xochitl Gomez in the leading role.
Film Category

Hold Up

Director(s)

Ori Guendelman

Director
Synopsis
Hold Up centers on Marcus, a young teen accompanying his older brother on a drug deal. Eager to prove he's cool enough to hang, Marcus bets he can rob the liquor store they sit parked in front of in exchange for an invite to an exclusive party later that night. Once inside the store, Marcus discovers his classmate, Jenny, not only works there, but witnessed and filmed his attempt at shoplifting. Marcus tries to escape, only to run headfirst into a real robbery, which quickly devolves into a series of absurd events that will force Marcus to grow up in more ways than he could ever imagine.
Film Category

Hollow

Director(s)

Allison Miller

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Two women on opposite sides of grief face real demons in an inpatient eating disorder clinic.
Film Category

Hooves

Director(s)

Akash Sunethkumara

Writer/Director
Synopsis
On his annual hunting trip to his childhood village, the skeptical Pathum learns about the tale of the Kura Raaksha, a hoofed-demon that is supposedly haunts the woods. His skepticism is soon put to the test as mysterious events occur and he realizes that some actions indeed have terrifying consequences.
Film Category

Hotline

Director(s)

Adam Mason

Director
Synopsis
A young woman (Paris Berelc) is manning the night shift at a mental health crisis call centre, when she starts to get harassed in increasingly terrifying ways by one of her callers. ‘HOTLINE’ is a chilling homage to the classic 70’s horror ‘WHEN A STRANGER CALLS’
Film Category

HUNGER

Director(s)

Monaye Moyes

Director
Synopsis
Sofia can't stop "sabotaging" her relationships; at least that's what her therapist, Dr. Russo says. Sofia wants nothing more than to have a healthy and loving relationship. But her relationships always leave her a little hungry for more.
Film Category

Ick

Director(s)

Joseph Kahn

Director
Synopsis
In Joseph Kahn’s breakneck sci-fi/horror satire, a high school science teacher (Brandon Routh) does battle with a parasitic alien entity, as well as the apathy of the small town it has been gradually absorbing.
Film Category

IN THE NAME OF...

Director(s)

MARCOS MUÑOZ FLORES

Director
Synopsis
After suffering a terrible abuse at the hands of the priest of his church, Abraham finds himself immersed in a world of terror and confusion. Tormented by hallucinations and sinister presences, he struggles to escape the dark labyrinth of faith he once thought he knew. But as he confronts his deepest fears, he discovers that the true nightmare is about to begin.
Film Category

In the Name of God

Director(s)

Ludvig Gür

Writer/Director
Synopsis
40-year-old priest, Theodor stands by in horror as his wife falls seriously ill. His world crumbles around him and he seeks guidance from his old mentor who convinces him that he has been chosen by God to rid the world of sinners in order to bring new life to true believers. With trembling hands, he commits his first murder, convinced that it is a necessary sacrifice in service of his divine mission. Miraculously, at the moment of the murder, his wife’s health improves and the congregation starts referring to him as the “miracle priest”, knowing nothing of his horrible act. But lurking in the shadows is a disbelieving man who begins to uncover the bloody traces of the priest's unholy deeds.
Film Category

In Our Blood

Director(s)

Pedro Kos

Director
Synopsis
Nothing is as it seems when filmmaker Emily Wyland (Brittany O’Grady) teams up with cinematographer Danny (E. J. Bonilla) to shoot an intimate documentary about reuniting with Emily’s estranged mother after a decade apart. When her mother suddenly goes missing, possibly succumbing to the addictions that first tore her family apart, Emily and Danny must piece together increasingly sinister clues to find her before it’s too late. Directed by Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Pedro Kos (Rebel Hearts, Lead Me Home) in his first narrative feature, IN OUR BLOOD masterfully blends psychological mystery with chilling horror. The film weaves a twisted tale of reconciling with the ghosts of our past and confronting the complicity we share in creating a world that preys on the most vulnerable.
Film Category

Keep Coming Back

Director(s)

Kyle Kouri

Director
Synopsis
When Paul reluctantly attends a recovery meeting for his alcoholism and is forced to confront the circus of his past, things take a dark turn.
Film Category

Keepers

Director(s)

Paul Emile

Director
Synopsis
A lobsterman will stop at nothing to understand the mystery behind a strange trap he hauls aboard.
Film Category

The Key Club

Director(s)

Lee Boxleitner Sam Boxleitner

Director
Synopsis
Val seems to be hitting it off with Chad on their first date. Unfortunately, these days, dating is torture…
Film Category

Krampuss

Director(s)

Guðni Líndal Benediktsson

Writer/Director
Synopsis
On Christmas Eve, an Icelandic family comes face to face with the Yule Cat, a ravenous creature of folklore hungry for those who didn't get clothes for Christmas.
Film Category

La Croix

Director(s)

Fleurot  Joris

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Stuck in traffic jams, in pouring rain, a young 27-year-old graphic designer named Jade receives a call from a client asking her to work on a new project as soon as possible. The young woman's attention is elsewhere, and she is seized by flashes that remind her of an esoteric ritual she recently performed with her friend, Julie. Invited at the time by Julie to come and recharge her batteries in Brittany, Jade had lost all inspiration. She could no longer work and fell into a deep depression. It was then that Jade learned of a powerful but forbidden ritual. The ritual of La Croix, linked to the Breton lighthouse of the same name. Julie tried to stop her, but ended up doing it with her friend. During the session, the desperate artist implores the return of lost inspiration, and has herself branded with the ritual's seal: a circled cross. But for some time now, strange things have been happening to her. Caught up in her thoughts, still at the wheel, she collides with a young woman with a hidden face, also marked with the Cross. While looking for the street name to inform the emergency services, Jade comes across an old woman at her window, staring at her menacingly. Panicked, Jade flees. Little by little, Jade comes to understand what kind of ritual she's really been performing, and what kind of old lady has seen her at the window.

Film Category

Leaving Yellowstone

Director(s)

Kayla Arend

Writer/Director
Synopsis
What starts as a romantic trip in the wilderness, turns ugly as Tessa fights for her life in the winter of Yellowstone National Park.

Tessa is excited to visit Yellowstone National Park with her new boyfriend, Mark. However, when they arrive, Mark changes, aggression and cruelty building as Tessa starts finding disturbing artifacts around his cabin. What begins as an idyllic winter weekend slowly becomes a nightmare as Tessa realizes she's alone in the woods with a man she really doesn't know at all.
Film Category

Look Away

Director(s)

Andrew Whyment

Writer/Director
Synopsis
When a young man returns to his childhood home and finds his reclusive father has been dead for weeks, he is plunged into a guilt-ridden nightmare.
Film Category

Maleficus

Director(s)

Lensa Lo Tam Sefo Lo Tam

Director
Synopsis
A knight must fight to survive after awakening a banshee.
Film Category

MAYDAY

Director(s)

Ian Sweeney

Writer/Director
Synopsis
While lost at sea, an outcast sailor discovers she’s not alone.
Film Category

Mean Ends

Director(s)

Émile Lavoie

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A buried body, a missing sister and an inquisitive neighbour makes for a hell of an evening. And the sun isn’t close to setting on Eric’s sh*tty day.
Film Category

Mirror Man

Director(s)

Jakob Owens

Director
Synopsis
When Olivia awakens a curse, she quickly discovers there is no escape.
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Mouse

Director(s)

Ewan J. Fletcher

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Mouse is a suspenseful psychological thriller that follows a young woman's perilous journey home through a city teeming with danger. As she navigates the treacherous night, the film invites audiences to confront their own biases about victimhood and culpability.
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Mr. Crocket

Director(s)

Brandon Espy

Writer/Director/Producer
Synopsis
The year is 1993. SUMMER BEVERLY'S world is turned upside down when the love of her life, her husband, JERREL, succumbs to cancer. On her own, struggling to support herself and her nine-year-old son, MAJOR, things couldn't possibly get any worse for Summer. Or so she believes, until the trauma of his father's death sends Major into an emotional tailspin, making him impossible to control. Summer believes she's been granted a miracle when a VHS tape of an old kids TV show, MR. CROCKET'S WORLD, appears on her doorstep. She plays it for Major, and it works like a charm in finally getting him to calm down and behave. But soon, Major's love for the show and its relentlessly cheery host, MR. CROCKET, devolves into an obsession. To keep her sanity, Summer has to pull the plug on Major's endless TV marathon. When Major goes on a tirade in response, smashing some of his late father's most treasured items, Summer lashes out and says some harsh words. Later than night, Mr. Crocket himself violently emerges from the television and kidnaps Major through a mysterious portal. The police don't believe a word Summer says, so she launches into a search all through the neighborhood for clues about Mr. Crocket and all of the other kids he's taken over the years. What Summer uncovers about where they've all vanished to sends her on a journey deep into Mr. Crocket's dark and twisted world.
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My Child

Director(s)

Deniz Akyurek

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A recent college graduate must confront his fear of adulthood, his childhood nostalgia, and the supernatural entities which pursue him through the halls of his old elementary school.
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NEVER LET YOU GO

Director(s)

Alex Domenici

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A young woman’s traumatic past resurfaces when a mysterious box arrives on her doorstep, setting forth a horrifying reality.
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Next Show in 90 Minutes

Director(s)

John T. Hill

Director
Synopsis
A routine both natural and unnatural unfolds in the heart of one of America's most cherished landscapes. Inspired by the films of Dan O' Bannon and John Carpenter and the artwork of Mike Ploog, William Stout, and Simon Stalenhag Content Warning: This film contains mild body horror and brief violence.
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Night Terror

Director(s)

Dana Fradkin

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Night Terror is a feminist psychological thriller and a metaphor for the sacrifices made in motherhood. The film tells the story of what happens when a child's night terrors become a mother's living nightmare. Based on the lived experience of our creative team, 'Night Terror' is about a single mother, Beth, who begins to question her reality as she slips deeper into sleep deprivation following her daughter's traumatic sleep disturbances. As she becomes consumed, Beth can no longer tell who is asleep, awake or dreaming.

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Night Whispers

Director(s)

Ethan Hunt

Writer/Director
Synopsis
An ominous sound alerts a teenager that an imperceptible malevolent presence may be resting right beside him.
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Nights

Director(s)

Laura Jayne Tunbridge

Writer/Director
Synopsis
When a surprise CQC inspection prevents her from taking her scheduled break, an exhausted A&E doctor finds herself pushed to her absolute limit as she races against the clock to bring patient wait times under four hours.
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No One Will Hear This

Director(s)

Tom K. Goldie Lachie Pasfield

Writer/Director
Synopsis
After discovering an incriminating cassette recording of a girl that went missing in the eighties, Alannah decides to use it for her own financial gain by blackmailing the man responsible. Things do not go as planned.
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Óbito

Director(s)

Fernando Amador

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Eugenia & Mauricio, a young couple who, due to an economic downturn, see their relationship in jeopardy. Everything changes when Mrs. Lian, owner of the Chinese restaurant where Eugenia works, He offers her €50,000 in exchange for marrying Huang, his late son. Despite the unusual situation, he ends up accepting the macabre proposal, with unexpected consequences.
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Picturesque

Director(s)

Kansas McWhirter

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Ruby's self-obsession triggers chaos when she alters her portrait, setting off a chain of events that threatens her very existence.  
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Recursive Dreams

Director(s)

Max Vanderspuy

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Zin lives in a world where screens cease to exist, and curated memories uploaded directly to the mind are society's source of entertainment. Desperate for money to buy valuable medicine for her sick daughter, with the help of Ray, a small-time thief, the two break into the home of Ashim, a reclusive man who sleeps restlessly at night. During a late evening, Ashim dreams of his missing daughter, whom he lost years ago in a violent blizzard. Without his knowledge, in his living room, Zin operates a machine capable of trapping Ashim in an endless loop of his haunting memory. Using the loop to distract Ashim's busy mind, Zin and Ray extract Ashim's memories. A precious commodity that will sell well on the black market. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Ashim awakes and must confront the two thieves. Both will do anything to escape with their stolen goods, and Ashim will do anything to protect the memories of his daughter.
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The Red Stone

Director(s)

Jaime Jasso

Director
Synopsis
In Guadalajara, 1909, Carmen, an archaeologist, returns to investigate pre-Hispanic findings sent for the Independence Day anniversary. Amid political turmoil, she is tasked with restoring certain idols and objects, rumored to be cursed. Accompanied by Leonor, the housekeeper, Carmen explores the monumental house in search of answers. A grotesque specter, composed of human limbs, lurks in the shadows as Carmen discovers a special pre-Hispanic idol. The house becomes a terrifying stage where Carmen must decipher the mystery and survive this nightmare.
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ROOM SERVICE

Director(s)

James Camargo De Alba

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A hotel waiter feels that all his days are the same. When he brings a service to room 603 he enters a time loop from which he will want to escape.
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Saint Maria's Way

Director(s)

Chris Turner

Director
Synopsis
There are six million CCTV cameras in the UK. Does this technological omnipresence ensure our safety? Or just indiscriminately observe us, coldly documenting the present and creating flickering ghosts of the past?

Carolyn never intended to walk home alone at night. When police emergency services receive her call reporting a man following her, they try to help. But between the glitching phone signal and her evasive answers, she proves difficult to track down.
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Scared Shitless

Director(s)

Vivieno Caldinelli

Synopsis
A plumber and his germophobic son are forced to get their hands dirty to save the residents of an apartment building, when a genetically engineered, blood-thirsty creature escapes into the plumbing system.
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SEEK & HIDE

Director(s)

Antonio Negret

Writer/Director
Synopsis
While waiting at home for their parents' return, two siblings begin an innocent game of hide and seek - with a twisted turn neither saw coming.
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Shadow

Director(s)

Sophia Zolan

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Following the capture of a town's Halloween massacre killer, wisecracking waitress Claire trains a mysterious new server. But when that server begins to stalk her, she fears they might have caught the wrong guy.
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The Shadow of Dawn

Director(s)

Olga Stalev

Writer/Director
Synopsis
An incorporeal Shadow takes up a dangerous adventure through a mystical forest, fancy castle and dream world to save her frivolous owner from a cursed Beast.
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Simon

Director(s)

LS David

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A unique video game character, created by a 13-year-old child in a life simulator, narrates the unfortunate story of his life from the moment he was generated. Full of hatred and resentment, he will seek answers about its world and the malevolent “God” that controls it. that controls it.
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The Skimmer

Director(s)

Derek Wallis Jordan Connor

Directors
Synopsis
Ring….BRrinng….BBRRRIING!! Paul, a pool boy, picks up a telephone he has no business answering. The voice on the line invites Paul to a party in exchange for a favor. But Paul doesn’t realize what is truly at stake.
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The Skin

Director(s)

José Casas

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Robert is a handsome gentleman who is about to experience the worst day of his idyllic life.
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Skulk

Director(s)

Max Ward

Director
Synopsis
In the dead of night, creatures slink through the streets of London. Foxes howl to warn when they are close. A woman wakes up in the night to the sound of foxes and shortly after notices a strange figure outside her home.
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SLAVE 4 LOVE

Director(s)

Michael Shlain

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Unfolding in a single, uninterrupted shot: When Mattie comes home with Alis she learns that some people will do anything for love.
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Sleepwalkers

Director(s)

Bernardo Viotti

Writer/Director
Synopsis
In the wake of a recent trauma, Madeline undergoes an experimental form of lucid dream therapy in an effort to put an end to her recurring nightmares, but probing the dark corners of her subconscious mind leads to unintended consequences...
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SPEAK WITH THE DEAD

Director(s)

Stephanie Paris

Director
Synopsis
In 1850 The Fox sisters hold a seance for a wealthy couple who want to call on their deceased son's spirit to give them closure. When the girls' parlor tricks backfire, the audience begins to catch on.
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