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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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Amira

Synopsis
In the XVIII Century there's a music school where it's always dark...
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The Gap

Meet the Filmmaker

Karen Wilmer-West

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A polite lunch spirals when a fiancé dares to question the values of his bride-to-be's family.
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WE DON'T KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS

Meet the Filmmaker

Noura bint Hussam .B Al-Saud

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Cousins break into an abandoned mansion for a game. The screams echoing down the halls seem like their own harmless fun, but after unlocking doors, they find out the cries don’t belong to them. What began as a game turns into a desperate flight from a family secret that belongs closed away in this mansion.
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Shadow

Meet the Filmmaker

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 Angel

Meet the Filmmaker

Barrett Burgin & Jessica Burgin

Directors
Synopsis
A pioneer folk horror. Two plural wives receive a mysterious visitation amidst the blood red stone of Southern Utah.
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Sleep Tight

Synopsis
A woman suffering from sleep paralysis wakes up to find a strange noise coming from inside her closet.
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Terroir

Meet the Filmmaker

Casey Rogerson

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A young wine critic (Madison Hu) returns to a French vineyard one year after giving it a bad review. There, she and her friends become the target of a masked killer.
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Dooba Dooba

Synopsis
Shot entirely on in-home security camera and drawing on elements of analog horror popularized on YouTube, Dooba Dooba follows Amna as she arrives for what she assumes will be a typical babysitting gig. She realizes she’s very mistaken when she learns that Monroe, the girl she’s babysitting, is not only sixteen, but suffers from severe anxiety after having watched her brother get murdered when she was a child. Monroe’s behavior becomes increasingly unbearable until Amna questions whether she wants to stay, not realizing she has no choice.
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Thinestra

Meet the Filmmaker

Nathan Hertz

Director and Story By
Synopsis
A miracle drug delivers the overnight weight loss you've always dreamed of. But will it turn you into a walking nightmare?

Thinestra stars identical twins Melissa and Michelle Macedo.

It’s a sweltering Christmas in LA. Penny—plagued by body dysmorphia and cycles of binge eating—impulsively takes Thinestra, a mysterious Ozempic-like drug. That night, she violently expels masses of fat in a painful and grotesque purge. But her discarded flesh returns…and like the Hyde to Penny’s Jekyll, PENELOPE is born. As her ravenous dopplegänger wreaks bloody havoc, Penny struggles to regain control. Can she overcome her hunger before it's too late?
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What the mermaid likes

Meet the Filmmaker

Jessica Puppo

Director
Synopsis
As she struggles to cope with the departure of her older sister, Essie finds herself alone with her father. In the lake that borders the family home, she discovers a mysterious mermaid, which feeds only on gasoline.
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Dance with the reaper

Meet the Filmmaker

Carlota Massó

Director
Synopsis
Sofia, the most wanted criminal in the state, cannot avoid meeting her own fate after a manhunt. In this face-to-face encounter with Death, a dance begins, driven by love at first sight. But Death has a job to do: to reap Sofia's soul. It is at this moment that Death must make a crucial decision.
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The Mortician's Daughter

Meet the Filmmaker

Elwood Walker

Director, Writer, & Producer
Synopsis
After her Mother’s death, Violet must fulfill her Mother’s final wish that she is embalmed by her own daughter. But as she prepares her Mother’s corpse in the funeral home she was raised in, long-buried memories resurface & Violet discovers a terrifying secret…