US Premieres at Screamfest
The first public screening of the film in the United States.
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SLAVE 4 LOVE
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Unfolding in a single, uninterrupted shot: When Mattie comes home with Alis she learns that some people will do anything for love.
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Else
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A strange disease is spreading out there ; but Betty and Todd love each other stronger than anything else. Betty gets sick. She begins to merge with everything around : the bed, and eventually the whole room. Unable to give up on her, Todd tries to run away into his memories. But then he decides he will learn how to love her new body. Till he also becomes something else, something completely new.
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THE WITCH. REVENGE
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An ancient witch from the Ukrainian town of Konotop (always believed to be a place where witches are born) has renounced her powers after falling in love with a mortal guy, but when the war starts and russian soldiers occupy the city and brutally murder her beloved, she decides to exact revenge on them, so she restores her powers and subjects her fiancé`s killers to some horrifying and bloody acts of retribution.
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THE DEAD OF WINTER
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After an affluent man leaves a rough sleeper to die in the cold on Christmas Eve, he's haunted by a figure that may be a vengeful spirit - or his own guilty conscience.
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In Our Blood
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Nothing is as it seems when filmmaker Emily Wyland (Brittany O’Grady) teams up with cinematographer Danny (E. J. Bonilla) to shoot an intimate documentary about reuniting with Emily’s estranged mother after a decade apart. When her mother suddenly goes missing, possibly succumbing to the addictions that first tore her family apart, Emily and Danny must piece together increasingly sinister clues to find her before it’s too late. Directed by Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Pedro Kos (Rebel Hearts, Lead Me Home) in his first narrative feature, IN OUR BLOOD masterfully blends psychological mystery with chilling horror. The film weaves a twisted tale of reconciling with the ghosts of our past and confronting the complicity we share in creating a world that preys on the most vulnerable.
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Fresh Blood
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Doe eyed and in love, Anna attends the housewarming party of her new boyfriend Nico. The night quickly unravels as she meets his friends, some classic Hollywood pricks. Tales about ex girlfriends and Nico’s promiscuity swirl and her new lover also tells his guests about a “haunted” basement that he warns them not to enter. Anna starts drinking to suppress her discomfort, but instead becomes increasingly intoxicated and paranoid. After losing track of Nico, Anna escapes his friends and searches frantically for him in the maze-like house. She follows an odd banging sound down to the foreboding basement where the true horror is revealed.
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The Skimmer
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Ring….BRrinng….BBRRRIING!! Paul, a pool boy, picks up a telephone he has no business answering. The voice on the line invites Paul to a party in exchange for a favor. But Paul doesn’t realize what is truly at stake.
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Scared Shitless
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A plumber and his germophobic son are forced to get their hands dirty to save the residents of an apartment building, when a genetically engineered, blood-thirsty creature escapes into the plumbing system.
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HIVE
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In this real-time horror-thriller, a strict babysitter loses the young girl she's taking care of at a playground, forced to confront an insidious entity hidden among the children. The rare horror film set in bright daytime - an idyllic, innocent playground turned sinister and visceral.
HIVE stars Marvel superhero and Dancing with the Stars winner Xochitl Gomez in the leading role.
HIVE stars Marvel superhero and Dancing with the Stars winner Xochitl Gomez in the leading role.
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Ju-on: The Grudge
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From the people who brought you The Ring comes a terrifying new film about a supernatural force that is unleashed upon a quiet community. Those who come into contact with it, eventually go insane and meet untimely and sudden deaths. Five years a go, a man murdered his wife and his child but were so haunted by their spirits, he eventually went insane and was mysteriously found dead months later. A new family has moved into their home, and this is where we pick up the story.....
The Grudge is told from various different vantage points, each terrifying vignette exploring new information about what his supernatural force is and where it originated from. The final results will be sure to shock you.....
The Grudge began as a short lived Japanese television series was cancelled after just two episodes. Produced by Taka Ichise and written and directed by Takashi Shimizu the result was a cult following so large that the two teamed up again for this full feature length. Thisisa first look at the filmed version of THE GRUDGE, set for wide release in Japan Winter2002.
The American filmed version of THE GRUDGE has been acquired by Vertigo Films, producers of the US remake of The Ring (Dreamworks) and will be written and directed by Stephen Susco. Susco a seasoned screenwriter and a die hard horror fan, will be at the screening to hear some thoughts and reactions of the viewers.
This film will be released on January 25, 2003. According to the producers in Japan, Ozla Pictures, the film was highly regarded at the premiere screening. Many people claimed it was 'the most frightening film they ever saw'. In a lot of the Asian territories, distributors are fighting over its distribution rights.
They are also gearing up to shoot the sequel in December 2002. It will also be directed by Takashi Shimizu.
The Grudge is told from various different vantage points, each terrifying vignette exploring new information about what his supernatural force is and where it originated from. The final results will be sure to shock you.....
The Grudge began as a short lived Japanese television series was cancelled after just two episodes. Produced by Taka Ichise and written and directed by Takashi Shimizu the result was a cult following so large that the two teamed up again for this full feature length. Thisisa first look at the filmed version of THE GRUDGE, set for wide release in Japan Winter2002.
The American filmed version of THE GRUDGE has been acquired by Vertigo Films, producers of the US remake of The Ring (Dreamworks) and will be written and directed by Stephen Susco. Susco a seasoned screenwriter and a die hard horror fan, will be at the screening to hear some thoughts and reactions of the viewers.
This film will be released on January 25, 2003. According to the producers in Japan, Ozla Pictures, the film was highly regarded at the premiere screening. Many people claimed it was 'the most frightening film they ever saw'. In a lot of the Asian territories, distributors are fighting over its distribution rights.
They are also gearing up to shoot the sequel in December 2002. It will also be directed by Takashi Shimizu.
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Ressurection Mary
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A young reporter sets out to find the story of a lifetime, but he learns that in the town of Resurrection, something strange has been happening!
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Lyckantropen
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In a quiet neighborhood of a small city, we find a family in turmoil as a man struggles for balance for himself and his family. Wrestling an inferno of emotions, he ventures deeply into himself finding the most primal of all truths: The beast within.