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World Premieres at Screamfest

The first public screening of the film in the world. 

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LAKELAND

Meet the Filmmaker

Mark Alex Vogt

Director
Synopsis
This retro-horror nightmare follows a historic preservationist who digs too deep into the twisted past of a now demolished Lakeland Asylum only to discover that some secrets are better left buried. Inspired by a true story.
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The Junket

Meet the Filmmaker

Sean Bell

Director
Synopsis
Celebrity interviewer and self-proclaimed feminist Stan hears something he shouldn't when eavesdropping on Olivia Sarkin, the attractive star of a new vampire movie. She's just taken a toilet break in the middle of their chat, but left her microphone on. Stan decides to listen in, but he's not the only one doing something clandestine.
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Juiced

Meet the Filmmaker

Stephen Steelman

Director
Synopsis
Computer programmer Donald (Ian Gary) is a man on a deadline, grappling with sanity...and a roommate that spends a little too much time with his blender. When Donald's cohabitant Mickey (Ekon Soong) and his girlfriend, Jessica (Tatiana Paris), go overboard with their smoothie-making as part of their prep for Burning Man, Donald is pushed to the brink. Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's “The Tell-Tale Heart,” we see Donald's professional success ultimately reveals his horrific actions.
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Inch Thick, Knee Deep

Meet the Filmmaker

Anatasha Blakely

Director
Synopsis
The heat gets turned up on a seething exchange between two women. There is Quinn, a haughty daydreamer, who is stewing over a heartbreaking situation with her soulmate; and Adrienne, the woman who's caught his eye. Once brought to a boiling point, neither woman will leave tea time without peeling back the masks they've painted an inch thick and revealing who they are in the face of bitterness.
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FINAL PICKUP

Meet the Filmmaker

Kraig Krueger

Director
Synopsis
A share ride driver struggles with what to do when he realizes that there is something very wrong with the passengers in his backseat.
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Father of Flies

Meet the Filmmaker

Ben Charles Edwards

Director
Synopsis
A haunting tale of family life. A vulnerable young boy finds his mother pushed out of the family home by a strange new woman, and he must confront the terrifying supernatural forces that seem to move in with her.
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Echthaar

Meet the Filmmaker

Dominic Kubisch

Director
Synopsis
The smell of shampoo and cigarettes hangs in the air. The hair buns tear at the scalp and the newest hits play on a small radio. It’s the golden 50ies and Victor has his hair salon in perfect order – or so it seems. Because from her first day at the new job, Paula just can’t take her eyes off the strange jukebox in the corner. She senses that the machine is somehow connected to a dark secret. As Paula starts to take a deeper look at it, she doesn’t understand that her own life is on the line.
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Dream Board Nightmare

Meet the Filmmaker

Joe Zerull

Director
Synopsis
A chaotic love story based on true events.

Dysfunctional couple kidnap a successful real-estate broker, in an attempt to jumpstart their unrealistic aspirations for a better life.
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Demon Juice

Meet the Filmmaker

Shannon Brown

Writer, Director, Producer
Synopsis
A group of friends travel to a quaint vacation town for a weekend getaway, but discover a decades-old party drink that's more dangerous than it seems.

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Deep Tissue

Meet the Filmmaker

Brian L. Tan 'BLT'

Director
Synopsis
Upset with his girlfriend, Adam finds himself avoiding her apology calls as he explores the nightlife of Bali. There's food, music, and a massage parlor that peaks his interest. Soon Adam finds himself trying something new as an alluring masseuse does her best to have him forget his troubles. Little does he know, something sinister is afoot.

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Dear David

Meet the Filmmaker

John McPhail

Director
Synopsis
Shortly after comic artist Adam (Augustus Prew) responds to Internet trolls, he begins experiencing sleep paralysis "” while an empty rocking chair moves in the corner of his apartment. As he chronicles increasingly malevolent occurrences in a series of tweets, Adam begins to believe he is being haunted by the ghost of a dead child named David. Encouraged by his boss to continue the "Dear David" thread, Adam starts to lose his grip on what is online...and what is real. Based on the viral Twitter thread by BuzzFeed comic artist Adam Ellis.
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Deer Camp '86

Meet the Filmmaker

L. VanDyke Siboutszen

Synopsis
The year is 1986. Chernobyl has the worst nuclear disaster in history. Mike Tyson becomes the youngest ever heavyweight champion. Hands Across America inspires an awful song, and in Michigan, six knuckleheads from Detroit travel north to partake in the annual tradition of deer hunting. But upon arrival, something horrific has been awakened... In an ironic twist of fate, the hunters have become the hunted.