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Los Angeles County Premieres at Screamfest

The first public screening of the film in Los Angeles County. 

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ROOM SERVICE

Meet the Filmmaker

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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The Red Stone

Meet the Filmmaker

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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Óbito

Meet the Filmmaker

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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Night Terror

Meet the Filmmaker

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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My Child

Meet the Filmmaker

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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Mr. Crocket

Meet the Filmmaker

Brandon Espy

Writer/Director/Producer
Synopsis
In 1993, a mysterious children's show host, Mr. Crocket, magically emerges from television sets to kidnap young children, brutally slaying their parents in the process. After Mr. Crocket snatches her son, one determined mother embarks on a perilous quest to track down the demonic entertainer and rescue her boy.
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Mouse

Meet the Filmmaker

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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Mean Ends

Meet the Filmmaker

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.
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MAYDAY

Meet the Filmmaker

Ian Sweeney

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

Meet the Filmmaker

Lensa Lo Tam Sefo Lo Tam

Director
Synopsis
A knight must fight to survive after awakening a banshee.
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Look Away

Meet the Filmmaker

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.
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Leaving Yellowstone

Meet the Filmmaker

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.