World Premieres at Screamfest
The first public screening of the film in the world.
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Matriarch
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Synopsis
After an overdose nearly takes her life, Laura Birch (Jemima Rooper, The Girlfriend Experience, Flowers in the Attic: The Origin) escapes from the high-stakes pressure of the advertising world to return to her roots. Accepting an invitation home from her estranged mother (Kate Dickie, Game of Thrones, The Green Knight), Laura hopes the time away in the secluded English village will help calm the demons raging inside of her. She soon discovers that the locals of the town are all protecting an unspeakably dark secret"”a secret that involves not only her mother but her own terrifying destiny as well. Matriarch is from writer/director Ben Steiner and is a thematic successor to Steiner's 2018 20th Digital short Urn. The film also stars Sarah Paul, Franc Ashman, and Keith David Bartlett.
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Watchful Eye
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Synopsis
A mother and daughter face a night of terror when a strange man hacks into their home CCTV.
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Old Time Radio-Your Move
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Synopsis
We find ourselves back in the macabre world of Old Time Radio. Riktus Grim and his half-brother, Edward Mise, have once again managed to climb their way out of their graves and make their way up to the ancestral home for a simple game of chess. What could go wrong...?
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Naked Zombie Girl is Back
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Synopsis
Barbara is naked. Armed with only a chainsaw, she must survive the zombie apocalypse.
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Ride or Die
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Synopsis
Three teens are on a road trip when a dangerous man with a strange affliction jumps into their car. The story he tells them is hard to believe...
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The Understudy
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Synopsis
An aspiring actress has an audition at a prestigious downtown theatre, but underestimates the sacrifice she needs to make to get the role.
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Robyn Hood
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Synopsis
A sultry succubus steals the belongings of an unsuspecting man to quench her insatiable thirst for his soul.
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Seeing Diane Arbus
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Synopsis
A movie theater projectionist with dwarfism has a fateful, frightening reunion with the famously voyeuristic photographer, Diane Arbus.
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Alma Mater
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Synopsis
Arthur discovers disturbing information while reading his father's high school yearbook.