Los Angeles County Premieres at Screamfest
The first public screening of the film in Los Angeles County.
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Chained
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Peter and his father are hiding a terrible secret within the walls of their remote rural home. When Peter's repeated, monthly absences from school and the physical signs of abuse gain the unwanted attention of his teacher, the secret he and his ailing father have protected for so many years is in danger of being irrevocably exposed.
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Bad Moon Rising
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Held captive in a dark and dingy basement, a young man is repeatedly beaten. Bloodied and bruised he remains silent, defiantly not giving his captors the information they desperately want.
As the torture intensifies, he's pushed to his breaking point... and finally relents. The captors have won, and his usefulness has expired.
But is everything all what it seems?
As the full moon rises, the young man transforms into a terrifying beast. The tables have turned.
As the torture intensifies, he's pushed to his breaking point... and finally relents. The captors have won, and his usefulness has expired.
But is everything all what it seems?
As the full moon rises, the young man transforms into a terrifying beast. The tables have turned.
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An Evening with my Comatose Mother
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Dorothy Pritchard thought she had it easy; house sit for the wealthy Poe's on All Hallows Eve while collecting a cool paycheck. That was until she was introduced to the Poe's rotting, comatose mother living upstairs. As the dark of the night comes, and as the approaching storm blacks out the neighborhood, Dorothy soon finds herself on a nightmare ride through hell that she can only beg to be woken up from.
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All Men are called Robert
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A naked man, his body covered with bruises, is running in the woods. He stops suddenly: who is this mysterious woman calling for help? And who are those men who are trying to shoot him?
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Wrong Turn 5
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The backwoods of West Virginia are deeper, darker and deadlier than ever in this all-new, unrated chapter of WRONG TURN! The cutting-edge terror continues when a small mining town hosts the legendary Mountain Man Festival on Halloween, where crowds of costumed partygoers gather for a wild night of music and mischief. But a killer celebration soon gives way to a blood-soaked feeding frenzy when an inbred family of hillbilly cannibals trick and treat themselves to a group of visiting college students who are just dying for a good time... Free screening.
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Would You Rather
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Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman agrees to compete in a deadly game of "Would You Rather," hosted by a sadistic aristocrat. Director David Guy Levy, cast members Jeffrey Combs, Eddie Steeples, Sasha Gray, Brittany Snow will attend. Courtesy of IFC Midnight
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Vadim
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Katja and Andreas, a young couple, have rented a run-down old flat in Vienna. On moving in, they discover a mysterious chest left by the previous tenant – the old circus prop awakens their curiosity and inner fears. During the first night in the flat Katjas fears become true: something inside the flat is wrong – the front door is open. After her boyfriend mysteriously vanishes, Katja is on her own. What mysterious scheme is going on? Soon Katja finds out what is inside that sinister chest – and becomes another victim of Vadim, who still seems to be a part of the flat.
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True Love (Y/N: You Lie, You Die)
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On the surface, Kate and Jack, late 20's, are happy. But like everyone, they carry secrets that neither is prepared to reveal. After their wedding they awake from a deep sleep, each alone in a sealed room with no doors or windows - only images projected on the walls and a monitor with two buttons: one for "yes" and one for "no". As the horror of their situation unfolds, surveillance films showing their life together appear on the wall, while the monitor starts asking terrifying questions. It soon becomes apparent that a bizarre test of their relationship is underway, and the secrets revealed lead them deeper and deeper into what could not just destroy their love, but threaten their very same lives...
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Thale
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Two crime scene cleaners discover a mythical tailed, female creature in a concealed cellar. She never utters a word, unable to tell her story, but the pieces of the puzzle soon come together; she's been held captive for decades for reasons soon to surface. Badass Digest says. "Thale is a rare thing, at times haunting, atmospheric, hilarious, violent and wholly beautiful. It's an intimate tale about larger than life obstacles that manages to elicit gentle humanity all the while.
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Suckablood
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The 5th episode from Bloody Cuts is a dark bedtime story, a gothic tale of a girl scared to suck her thumb - lest the monstrous Suckablood should come! Written and directed by Ben Tillett and Jake Cuddihy, Bloody Cuts bring their brand of UK horror to new levels with a new film shot on location in a stately home and featuring the special make-up artistry of Millennium FX.