For films premiering in Screamfest New Orleans.
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Big Baby
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Synopsis
"A nightmare involving a maniac killer in a baby mask serves as inspiration for horror writer Adam Lewis's new script. As more nightmares, visions and real life terror begin to challenge Adam's sanity, he finds himself in a desperate struggle to control his writing, his reality, and who will be Big Baby's next victim."
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DEATHGASM 2: GOREMAGEDDON
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Synopsis
In this sequel to the 2015 cult splatter-metal classic, Brodie is washed-up, broke, and stuck in small-town purgatory. But when he learns that 'NoizeQuest', a battle-of-the-bands competition is coming to his town, he sees a shot at redemption - and maybe even a second chance with Medina. One problem: his drummer is missing an arm, and the rest of his band is, well... dead. Luckily, Brodie still has the pages of The Black Hymn, so raising his bandmates from the great beyond is just a riff away. But with every chord comes blood, guts, and the kind of apocalyptic chaos only DEATHGASM can unleash.
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Reflections
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Synopsis
A displaced girl wants to go viral on social media to belong, and to do so, she decides to go live performing the ritual of the Brazilian legend of Loira do Banheiro. The consequences are unexpected. In collaboration with director Eli Roth.
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SHED
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Synopsis
On Christmas Eve, a crazed, strange man with nothing to live for, embarks on a murderous rage, killing a family in cold blood. As he starts to take over the families property, unbeknownst to him is one more family member - a curious, courageous 10 year old girl Mia, who has found herself locked in the farms' work shed accidentally through a game of hide and seek . Mia must survive in the shed for days, without food or water, until someone comes for her - but soon that person will eventually be the insidious dying man and the two characters must come face to face. What unravels is a thrilling game of cat and mouse through desperation, revenge and incredible endurance.
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Trial of the Concubine
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Synopsis
A warlock risks his soul for a chance to become the concubine of the demon who lives in the eye of the hurricane.
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Technophobic
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Synopsis
A lavish dinner party turns uncomfortable for Jacob when he learns of the hosts unusual and archaic approach for settling debates.
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Spanked By A Ghost
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Synopsis
Alone in her home, a woman is spanked by an unseen entity, awakening a force she cannot control.
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Sous Vide
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Synopsis
After attending the funeral of her Scandinavian fiancé's mother, an American woman must decide whether to honor the mother's last wishes by partaking in a time-honored family tradition: eating the mother's corpse.
This is a study in ethical cultural practices, the respect for final wishes, partnerships, and family. It’s an intense, uncomfortable time in which an American woman must decide where her loyalties lie and open her mind to new ideas, cultures, and (ahem) flavors.
This is a study in ethical cultural practices, the respect for final wishes, partnerships, and family. It’s an intense, uncomfortable time in which an American woman must decide where her loyalties lie and open her mind to new ideas, cultures, and (ahem) flavors.
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Party Demon
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Synopsis
A novice exorcist (Stephen Agyei, Abbot Elementary) encounters a demon (Ben Bryant, Adult Swim) who just wants to hang out and make a friend.
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Mark & Mara
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Synopsis
In Mark and Mara, a tense and psychological horror short, a woman named Mara orchestrates a trap for her former camp counselor, Mark, who raped her when she was a child. Posing as a single mom on a dating app, she invites him to a secluded home under the pretense of having a young daughter he might be interested in. As dinner unfolds with eerie civility, Mara drugs Mark and confronts him with his crimes. The film culminates in a shocking, cathartic act of vengeance, exploring trauma, justice, and the cost of survival.
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Lost Futures
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Synopsis
A disgraced veteran must confront his past crimes when he receives anonymous, disturbing tapes in the mail.