US Premieres at Screamfest
The first public screening of the film in the United States.
Film Category
Mr.Dentonn
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Synopsis
On a cold winter night, Laura reads his brother David the story of a strange creature that attacks children. Suddenly, a shiver runs Laura's body, feeling a strange presence in the house. It's him.
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GirlHouse
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Synopsis
A HALLOWEEN-style slasher for the digital age, GIRLHOUSE follows a beautiful young college student who, needing money for tuition, moves into a house that streams content to an X-rated website. After a deranged fan hacks in to determine the house's location, she finds herself in a terrifying fight for her life.
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In the Deathroom
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Synopsis
Fletcher, an unassuming nobody tells his psychiatrist, how he was mistakenly captured by a mysterious secret intelligence service. Supposedly, this intelligence has tried to manipulate him into an elaborate game of power, in order to break his spirit.
Fletcher's psychiatrist faces this story distrustfully and tries to help his patient, not to lose his mind. Because the truth is even more frightening.
Fletcher's psychiatrist faces this story distrustfully and tries to help his patient, not to lose his mind. Because the truth is even more frightening.
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Velkommen til Paradis
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Synopsis
Harald has a feeling that he might be the new Messiah. Harald has grown up in an alternative religious movement and the day has come for his confirmation ritual, which will make him an official part of the church family. But the head of the church and his father don't know about his secret, which could be devastating for his entry into the family. Ultimately, Harald has to decide whether or not to give up a part of himself in order to keep his relationship to his family and friends.
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Slumlord
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Synopsis
Claire and Ryan, a newlywed couple, move into a new house across the country, only to find out that their marital issues are the least of their problems. Unbeknownst to them, Their grim and lascivious landlord has been spying on them from day one.
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The Severing
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Synopsis
It is Jacinta’s first day in her new apartment. She has never lived alone; her senses are heightened by the strange sounds and textures that surround her. As day turns to night she is forced to confront her inner most fears – battling for control of her space, body and soul.
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Naciye
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Synopsis
A pregnant couple (Esin Harvey, Gorkem Mertsoz) travels for the weekend to check on the house they rented on a whim for the remainder of the pregnancy. On their first night at the secluded home, they encounter the dangerous woman (Derya Alabora Innocence, When We Leave, A Most Wanted Man) who claims to be its rightful owner.
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Massacre in San Jose
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Synopsis
Don Alejo is an old man who's lived his entire life at his ranch, away from all the violence and injustice of the Mexican territories. But the day his property gets taken away from him, he is forced to defend and attack back for what matters most to him.
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Liar
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Synopsis
Simon and Maggie are on their first date together. Simon finds Maggie charming, attractive and intelligent, but with one flaw – she’s a pathological liar. Simon agrees to go home with her and from there things go downhill. With Maggie’s lies growing more elaborate, featuring stories of orphaned childhoods, a murdered boyfriend, and a body in the basement, Simon is finding the lines between reality and fiction beginning to blur. As Simon fears his life might be in danger, his plans of getting the girl are soon replaced with plans of just getting out. But Maggie has other ideas. Whether or not this is the perfect date or a disaster waiting to happen, sparks are sure to fly.
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Wandering Soul
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Synopsis
A Viet Cong soldier stationed in the claustrophobic tunnels of Cu Chi during the Vietnam War finds himself haunted by the ghost of a fallen comrade after the burial ceremony is compromised.