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World Premieres at Screamfest

The first public screening of the film in the world. 

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Gaslighter

Meet the Filmmaker

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?

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Night Surf

Meet the Filmmaker

Peter Sullivan

Director
Synopsis
Loosely related to the author's highly regarded novel The Stand, the brief story follows one evening on a place called Anson Beach, New Hampshire, with a group of teens, survivors of a catastrophic virus called A6, or "Captain Trips", that has wiped out virtually the entire population.
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Malevolence

Meet the Filmmaker

Steven Mena

Director
Synopsis
The story begins ten years earlier with the kidnapping of a six year old boy named Martin Bristol, who is forced to witness unspeakable acts of torture and murder by a madman. Fast forward to 1999, where a group of friends plan a bank job that goes tragically wrong, only to reveal treachery among friends and a matured evil lying in wait.
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Walpurgis Nacht

Meet the Filmmaker

David Kruschke

Director
Synopsis
Despite warnings, a headstrong British solicitor goes sightseeing in Eastern Germany only to encounter more than he was willing to believe. Based on the discarded writings of Bram Stoker, Walpurgis Nacht is set in Germany at the end of the 19th Century. With its gothic overtones, the fi lm invokes the atmosphere of classic horror films.
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The Taking

Meet the Filmmaker

Matt Eskandari

Director
Synopsis
Some old houses have secrets. Dark secrets. It bleeds into the wood and soaks the very soul of its foundations. For young Isobel and her Grandmother, they discover through the course of one eerie night that some secrets weren't meant to be unraveled. They're coming...and they're taking...
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Jennifer's Shadow

Meet the Filmmaker

Pablo Pares & Daniel De La Vega

Director
Synopsis
Jennifer Cassi travels to Buenos Aires to claim inheritance of her recently deceased twin sister's house, only to fi nd herself in confl ict against her grandmother Mary Ellen. Jennifer soon realizes she has an illness that has taken the lives of her family, painfully caused by ravens coming into her dreams and stealing her organs. Convinced it is her grandmother's doing, she must try to stay alive and destroy the evil consuming her.
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H.H. Holmes, America's First Serial Killer

Meet the Filmmaker

John Borowski

Director
Synopsis
H.H. Holmes, America's First Serial Killer is a feature-length documentary flm depicting the entire life of the infamous Dr. H.H. Holmes and his castle of horrors. Also known as the torture doctor, Holmes designed a building (aka, The Castle), complete with torture chambers, where he rented rooms to unsuspecting victims visiting the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago.
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Circle Of Freaks

Meet the Filmmaker

David Popolow

Director
Synopsis
All are welcome to visit the Circle of Freaks. We enjoy your company and want you to stay a while. Come see the Dog boy! Watch the Worm boy get under your skin! And say hello to the unhappiest Clown on earth! But first listen to the story of the little boy who happens upon the Circle of Freaks. Lured by his curiosity, he enters expecting to to consequences he can't imagine. Who is the real monster? You decide. have a jolly old time. What he doesn't know is that his cruel taunting will lead
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Zombie Movie

Meet the Filmmaker

Michael J. Asquith Ben Stenbeck

Director
Synopsis
New Zealand 1986. The zombie apocalypse is here and three mates are stranded. The trusty Holden is out of gas. With only fast food scraps and a few cigarettes for sustenance, surviving each other may prove harder than facing the undead outside!
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Undisclosed

Meet the Filmmaker

Marius Markevicius

Director
Synopsis
After settling in to their new home, the happy existence of a young couple quickly begins to unravel. Jealousy, mistrust, and the deeds of a manipulative real estate agent eventually lead to a mysterious murder.
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The Resurrectionist

Meet the Filmmaker

Susan Bell

Director
Synopsis
The Deep South , 1847. A lowly grave digger struggles to provide for his family. At the urging of his wife, he steals a recently buried corpse to sell to the local medical college for anatomy study. Setting off in his horse-drawn wagon on a journey through the dark woods, he quickly realizes the dead man has other plans. Terrorized by supernatural happenings, he is at the mercy of an angry ghost at it reveals its chilling story.