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World Premieres at Screamfest

The first public screening of the film in the world. 

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Fear Gorta

Meet the Filmmaker

RJ Allen

Director, Writer
Synopsis
During the Irish Famine, young Una is left alone, guarding a secret loaf of bread from the starvation outside. But when a mysterious beggar breaks in demanding food, her morality is put to the test. She must choose between desperate greed or charity.
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Cradled

Meet the Filmmaker

Ethan Hunt

Director
Synopsis
When an overprotective mother grieving her husband's death prepares to tell her son the truth after he arrives home from college, her inability to face the dark reality invites a haunting presence into their home.
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The Exit State

Meet the Filmmaker

Gabriela Ledesma

Director, Executive Producer, Producer + Writer
Synopsis
In a near-future America collapsing into authoritarian rule, a group of fugitives fleeing south toward the Mexican border takes shelter in what looks like a safe house — until a relentless government agent closes in and the fractures inside pull the walls down. A political horror-thriller reuniting stars of 2025's Weapons.
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KILL KILL BANG BANG

Meet the Filmmaker

William Adiguna

Director
Synopsis
A restaurant worker just wants to finish her shift and go home, but the night has other plans for her.
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Morana

Meet the Filmmaker

Ariel de la Garza Davidoff

Director

Michal Vojtech

Director
Synopsis
On Ash Wednesday in a traditional Czech village, Mathilde, a nihilistic teenager reeling from her mother’s death is cursed by her younger sister to encounter Morana, the Pagan goddess of death and winter. Mathilde is faced with a choice, to accept her grief and rejoin the ranks of the living or to embrace the darkness within.
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WOUNDS

Meet the Filmmaker

RON KRAUSS

Writer/ Director / Producer
Synopsis
Caleb Castle (Jack Kilmer) is a horror-obsessed special effects makeup artist struggling to prove himself working at a once-promising indie horror studio now on the verge of collapse. With the studio facing closure -- Caleb gets his little break to work on a low budget vampire movie where he meets Ginny Brown (Paris Jackson), a talented fellow makeup artist and Todd Bracken (Lambert Houston), an arrogant, unsupportive rival . Insecure about his craft and desperate to prove himself, Caleb ultimately transforms when he witnesses a brutal murder which inspires him to use extreme, horrific measures to make his special effects look chillingly realistic. As he becomes more ambitious, the lines between reality and imagination blur, leading him to a series of heinous crimes.
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The Thing In The Bathroom

Meet the Filmmaker

Mario Furloni

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A gas station worker finds a mysterious piece of graffiti in the bathroom.
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THE REVIEW

Meet the Filmmaker

Samuel Gonzalez Jr.

Writer / Director
Synopsis
When a canceled food reviewer posts an honest one-star review for a mysterious pizza place, she learns some businesses will kill for five stars.
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White Box

Meet the Filmmaker

Hazel Wang and Cam Duska

Animation students
Synopsis
A young medical researcher wakes from a disturbing nightmare and sets out for another routine day at work. She prepares for an experiment on a white box, but when she cuts into it, she finds a strange creature pulsing inside. As the creature stares back at her, the researcher is forced to confront the violence behind her work and the relationship between herself and her test subjects.
Film Category

GROW

Meet the Filmmaker

Brian Gottlieb

Writer/Director/Editor
Synopsis
Following the death of his parents, Hollis Reed falls for Locasta Larkin, a mesmerizing young musician who invites him to meet her family in rural Connecticut. By the time he arrives, Locasta is dead.

That night, she visits him in a fever dream unlike anything he’s ever experienced. When he wakes, something impossible is growing inside him.

Long awaiting this ancient miracle, Locasta’s family imprisons Hollis in their secluded farmhouse and prepares for the birth. As his body changes in ways he cannot comprehend, escape from the house and his fate becomes increasingly impossible.

Blending horror, dark comedy, and surrealism, GROW is a psychosexual nightmare about bodily autonomy and what to expect when he’s expecting.
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The Caged

Meet the Filmmaker

Jeffrey Scott Collins

Writer, Director, Producer
Synopsis
Starring Tamzin Merchant and Ed Kingsley, The Caged (inspired by true events) follows a British family that moves into an old cottage in Essex, England in 1988 and is terrorized by a dark presence; after researching the history of their new home, they quickly learn why - the site was once referred to as THE CAGE, a medieval prison where many women were held as witches and put to death - including England's most notorious witch, Ursula Kemp, who was hanged for witchcraft in 1582.
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Ash Hole

Meet the Filmmaker

Victoria Fradkin

Director + Writer
Synopsis
A thief snorts human ashes, triggering the trip of a lifetime.