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The Collection

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Marcus Dunstan

Director
Synopsis
From the writing-directing team Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton (Saw IV, V and VI) comes The Collection, a suspense horror film with nonstop thrills at every turn. Directed by Dunstan and starring Josh Stewart (The Dark Knight Rises, The Collector), Emma Fitzpatrick (The Social Network) and Christopher McDonald (“Boardwalk Empire,” Requiem for a Dream), the film centers on a traumatized man forced to help rescue a beautiful woman who has become the latest obsession of a crazed killer who “collects” humans in a booby-trapped house of horrors. When ELENA (Fitzpatrick) is talked into attending an underground rave party with her friends, she finds herself caught in a nightmarish trap where the revelers are mowed, sliced and crushed to death by a macabre series of contraptions operated by a masked psychopath. When the grisly massacre is over, Elena is the only survivor. But before she can escape, she is locked in a trunk and transported to an unknown location. Fortunately for Elena, one man—ARKIN (Stewart)—knows exactly where she’s headed, having just escaped from there with his life and sanity barely intact. Going back is the last thing on Arkin’s mind, but Elena’s wealthy father (McDonald) hires a crack team of mercenaries to force Arkin to lead them to the killer’s lair. But even these hardened warriors are not prepared for what they encounter: an abandoned hotel-turned-torture-chamber, rigged with deadly traps and filled with mangled corpses. Can Arkin and the team get to Elena before she too becomes part of his gruesome collection? Q & A with Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton, Josh Stewart and Emma Fitzpatrick moderated by Ryan Turek of Shocktillyoudrop.
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The Captured Bird

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Jovanka Vuckovic

Director
Synopsis
The Captured Bird is a darkly poetic fable that begins with a little girl drawing figures of people with chalk on the cement of a playground. She takes notice of an unusual crack in the pavement that is seeping a mysterious black fluid, which she follows to an ominous mansion. Inside, she encounters several bizarre phenomena, including walls that bleed black and tentacles that emerge from the ceiling to touch her. She then witnesses the birth of five terrifying supernatural beings that threaten the existence of her world.
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Augenblicke (Blink of an Eye)

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Martin Bargiel

Director
Synopsis
In the middle of the night a fight between Schenker's neighbors won't let him rest. Half asleep his mind is playing tricks on him: constantly he awakes in different places. He tries to put himself back to sleep by smoking one cigarette after another. Soon he runs out of matches and takes a walk to the 24/7 market next door. Accompanied by heavy rain and rumbling thunder he awakes again. But this time not in his bedroom, not in his bathroom nor in the 24/7 market. This time he finds himself in an interrogation room, and he has to face questioning by an inspector about a dead woman. Now his real nightmare begins.
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Attack of the Brainsucker

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Sid Zanforlin

Director
Synopsis
Attack of the Brainsucker Pray he doesn't get inside your head! Samantha, a little girl growing up in the sixties, loves classic b-movies and monsters. That is, until they start to invade her bedroom and her obsession compels her parents to seek help from the latest scientific breakthrough.
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Anniversary Dinner

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Jessi Gotta

Director
Synopsis
In the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse, protocols are put into place by remaining local government and police forces. The public is enlisted to turn in any "suspicious-looking persons" who could be infected. The only way to contain the outbreak is that if you "see something, say something." One person failing to follow these rules could destroy the rest of the human race. Frederick knows he should call the authorities, but can't bring himself to do it. Determined to maintain a normal life, he plans a special dinner for himself and his wife, but an unannounced visit leads to the revelation of his secret. Frederick will soon realize that "Till Death Do Us Part" was just the beginning...
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American Mary

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Soska Sisters

Director
Synopsis
Starring Katharine Isabelle (GINGER SNAPS), AMERICAN MARY follows medical student Mary Mason as she becomes increasingly broke and disenchanted. The allure of easy money sends Mary into the twilight world of body modification and underground surgeries where obsessed flesh artists will pay anything and go through any pain to get their unusual procedures done. But Mary soon finds that her new 'profession' leaves more marks on her own psyche than on her freakish clientele.
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A Boy's Life

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Elias Benavidez

Director
Synopsis
Through his father's absence, an imaginative boy attempts to prove to his disbelieving mother that the monster beneath his bed is real.
2012 Festival Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 Screamfest Horror Film Festival! Winners receive a stunning Skull award, created by the legendary FX Guru Stan Winston, plated in shimmering 24-carat gold.
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Screamfest 2012 (Photos)
The feature film The Collection opened the 12th annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival held October 12th, 2012 to a sold out crowd. Our Screamfest photographer Angelica Ulloa captured the excitement of Opening Night. Click on the link below to see all the festival photos.
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