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West Coast Premieres at Screamfest

The first public screening of the film on the West Coast. 

Film Category

When I Consume You

Meet the Filmmaker

Perry Blackshear

Director
Synopsis
Siblings Daphne and Wilson Shaw practically raised one another. They've protected each other from everything life has thrown their way. Daphne's professional life is soaring and she's looking to adopt a child. Wilson is interviewing for a position at a local school, hoping to become a teacher. But Daphne has an unsettling, dangerous stalker whom she can't seem to shake, and now threatens to destroy them both. They hunt for their tormentor through the shadowy streets of Brooklyn, honing their bodies and minds for a showdown. But this foe may prove to be more than they can handle. They will break and rebuild themselves if necessary to save each other, and protect the light they know is in this world for them... if only they can persevere.
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They're Here

Meet the Filmmaker

Sid Zanforlin

Director
Synopsis
They're Here is a short film about a twelve-year-old girl named Sam whose grandmother suffers a severe stroke that leaves her catatonic. Unable to cope, Sam becomes convinced that her grandmother has been invaded by an alien and will stop at nothing to prove she is right... before it's too late.

Watch the full video on the Screamfest YouTube channel by clicking on the Preview button on the image above.
Film Category

TECH SAVVY

Meet the Filmmaker

Scott Vasey

Director
Synopsis
When a single mom discovers her Photoshop tweaks impact the real world, excitement turns to terror after she makes a horrifying mistake in need of an "undo" button.

Watch the full video on the Screamfest YouTube channel by clicking on the preview button on the image above.
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Shallow Graves

Meet the Filmmaker

Jake Stark

Director
Synopsis
Two hitmen bury a man in the desert, but when he starts walking around town, things get complicated.
Film Category

THE RETURNED (LOS QUE VUELVEN)

Meet the Filmmaker

Laura Casabe

Director
Synopsis
In 1919 South America, a landowner's wife is desperate for a child of her own, having suffered through multiple miscarriages. She finds hope in a seemingly outlandish plan: she'll pray to a mythical deity to resurrect her stillborn son. The plan works, but with the child comes something else...something evil.
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Poor Glenna

Meet the Filmmaker

Jean-Paul DiSciscio

Director
Synopsis
When her mutant son develops a taste for human flesh, a timid mother must find a victim to satisfy his ravenous appetite.
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The Other One

Meet the Filmmaker

Lukas Baier

Director
Synopsis
When the physicist Walter moves into a new apartment in the 1970s, he tries to clear up the enigmatic disappearance of his previous tenant and realizes that the old man is haunting him in an eerie way - from the future.
Film Category

Night at the Eagle Inn

Meet the Filmmaker

Erik Bloomquist

Director
Synopsis
Fraternal twins spend a terrifying night at a remote inn to investigate the last known whereabouts of their father. As they dive deeper, the property's dark secrets ensnare them in a hellish labyrinth they must escape before dawn.
Film Category

Let the Wrong One In

Meet the Filmmaker

Conor McMahon

Director
Synopsis
Let the Wrong One In follows young supermarket worker Matt, who is a little too nice for his own good. When he discovers that his older, estranged brother Deco has turned into a vampire, he's faced with a dilemma: Will he risk his own life to help his sibling, with blood being thicker than water? Or will he stake him before he spreads the infection further? The film stars upcoming Irish talent Karl Rice and Eoin Duffy, along with Buffy the Vampire Slayer icon Anthony Head, in the role of Henry; a taxi driver with a sideline in vampire hunting.
Film Category

The Exorcism of God

Meet the Filmmaker

Alejandro Hidalgo

Director
Synopsis
Peter Williams, an American priest working in Mexico, is considered a saint by many local parishioners. However, due to a botched exorcism, he carries a dark secret that's eating him alive until he gets an opportunity to face his own demon one final time.
Film Category

DYSTOPIA

Meet the Filmmaker

Laura Ugolini

Director
Synopsis
Forget reality shows and Instagram beauties; a young girl's fantasy becomes the playground for a gang of women set to create the perfect man, one limb at a time.
Film Category

Crossing

Meet the Filmmaker

Ruslan Bosenko

Director
Synopsis
Desparate father who is struggling to find his daughter's killer meeting a stranger asking for help at the river's bank. This encounter turns to be a fatal one for both men.