World Premieres at Screamfest
The first public screening of the film in the world.
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The Factory
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Present. Buffalo. The unforgiving winter. A killer roams the streets, abducting women on cold, quiet nights. All prostitutes, missing persons with no one to miss them. He leaves behind no traces, no clues; nothing. Detective Mike Fletcher (john Cusack) is the one cop on the force bent on bringing him to justice. Mike sees the tragedy in all of this: that these poor women are alone in life, and in death. They have no one to stand up for them – no one except him.
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Woodland Heights
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"There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it." Hitchcock. In tradition with drive-in horror movies of the 1950's, Woodland Heights tells the story of a young couples prom night taking a bizarre turn for the worse. Based on the classic urban legend "The Hook."
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Viscera (Antidote)
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In the aftermath of a flesh-eating plague that has wiped out most of humanity, a surviving man and woman face unimaginable horrors when he suddenly becomes infected. Confined to the basement of an abandoned farmhouse, she tends to him as his body rapidly deteriorates over the next four days. But they soon find themselves up against more than just the disease. A crazed infected woman begins to stalk the farmhouse. A suspicious stranger arrives promising the key to survival. And the only possible cure is an injected drug that slowly drives you insane.
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Torment
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Newlyweds Cory and Sarah Morgan take Cory's 7-year old son Liam to their country home for some much needed family time. When it appears as if Liam has run away, psychological suspense becomes straight-out horror, as Sarah and Cory must now confront a sadistic cult-like family who have been hiding in the house all along and have taken Liam for themselves.
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The Summoners
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Two high school girls invite a new friend to join their secret game of summoning spirits for the thrill of being possessed.
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Schism (Fractured)
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Dylan White has a normal, boring life. Then horrifying visions start to interrupt his waking moments, and he must face the fact that he literally doesn't know who he is. Following clues that take him to the dark underbelly, Dylan soon finds both his life and soul in danger. Featuring a masterful performance by Callum Blue, SCHISM is a trip to the dark side, noir-style: bad men, bad dames, bad sex and bad intentions.
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Operator
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Bob is an operator working for InfoCorp. When something goes wrong while the corporation installs a new efficiency system, the machine gives birth to a creature. As Bob struggles to work while fending off the creature, he realizes he may be choosing between his life and his job.
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Mullet Gut
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Two lifelong friends in the twilight years of their life, seek retribution against the schoolyard bully that tortured them as children. Things don’t go to plan as one of them begins to question whether they have the right man.
At its heart, MULLET GUT is a mystery that will keep you guessing until it's final moments.
At its heart, MULLET GUT is a mystery that will keep you guessing until it's final moments.
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La Piedad
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Eight year old Federico lives with his father in a meagre apartment in Mexico City. His father devotes his days to sleep and work, keeping young Federico away from a carefully-guarded, locked door, behind which lies his mother.
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King of Miseries
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A fortune teller in the demon world, called an interpreter of signs, reads the fortune of a paranoid demon named Christopher, and discovers he's not telling her the full story. After forcing him to reveal he's found a device, a chronolet, that allows its user to travel back in time, the interpreter pleads with Christopher not to use the device. Not only is it impossible for her to read the fortune of a past which hasn't happened yet, the device poses too great a danger. Will he take her advice or will he risk our future and his own for a demon's chance at an untold fortune?