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Isolation

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Friday, October 21, 2011 - 1:00am
Run Time: 
10 mins
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Disoriented and weak, first-year medical student Amy Moore (Eva Amurri) wakes up quarantined in a stark hospital room with no memory of how she got there. But as her condition worsens, Amy soon realizes that she's not alone and the doctor (David Harbour) who's keeping her confined may have sinister and sadistic motives.
Directed by: 
Stephen Kay
Produced by: 
Josh Kesselman, Danny Sherman, Stephen Kay, John Baca, Matty Beckerman, and David Greathouse
Written by: 
Chris Billett
Main Cast: 
David Harbour, Eva Amurri, Joshua Close and Gregg Henry

The Night Caller

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 5:00am
Run Time: 
7 mins
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
A father's promise to read his daughter a bedtime story begins a night time descent into terror and madness for his young wife.
Directed by: 
Peter Podgursky & Donna Thorland
Produced by: 
Cindy Fang
Written by: 
Peter Podgursky & Donna Thorland adapted from a short story by Gary Raisor.
Main Cast: 
Laurel Vail, Angela Khachatyran, and Mike Horton

Hail Satan!

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 3:00am
Run Time: 
6 mins
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
What menacing horror lurks beneath the surface of this quaint suburban neighborhood? Samantha's about to find out. Blood! Flesh! Ritual violence! With a twist of... man meat? Bust out your guyliner, fishnet shirt and faux leather pants, it's time for a cult sacrifice! Satan help us!
Directed by: 
John Michael Elfers
Produced by: 
Denesa Chan
Written by: 
John Farrell
Main Cast: 
Denesa Chan, Chandler Maness, Nicole Monet, David Andreiw, John Farrell, and Marissa Labog

Patient Zero

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 5:00am
Run Time: 
10 mins
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Malice precedes caution in the race to cover up a fatal decision made by one doctor that could affect the fate of the world. On the hunt to figure out how to stop a peculiar disease from spreading, Dr. Sarah Lind and her attending physician, Dr. Lowenstein, face the ultimate decision of compromising themselves or the world. How far will these doctors go for the greater good?
Directed by: 
Jacob Chase
Produced by: 
Candice Afia
Written by: 
Philip Reissman
Main Cast: 
Candice Afia, Brett Rickaby, and Bridgette Bassa

Picnic

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 5:00am
Run Time: 
13 mins
Country: 
Spain
Synopsis: 
Grebak, Eastern Bosnia. A father is resting with his son under a tree while the mother walks with her baby in her arms. They do not know it, but a few meters away, a dangerous and deadly enemy is awaiting.
Directed by: 
Gerado Herrero
Produced by: 
Gerado Herrero & Mintxo Diaz
Written by: 
Gerado Herrero
Main Cast: 
Sveta Zhukovska, Nacho Medina, Alejandro Rodriguez, Irene Paumard, and Marko Mihailovic

Road Dog

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 5:00am
Run Time: 
8 mins
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Schizophrenic Rolly Lenard is hiding. Haunted by demonic creatures and rejected by the society that surrounds him, Rolly is followed throughout six-and-a-half terrifying minutes of his life. Within this short time, he encounters a store clerk whom he begs for help and a familiar local prostitute, Gemma, with whom he shares unlikely insight. A conversation between Rolly and Gemma, in Rolly's parked car, consequently steers the characters toward their impending fates.
Directed by: 
Jacob Chase
Produced by: 
Candice Afia
Written by: 
Philip Reissman
Main Cast: 
Candice Afia, Brett Rickaby, and Bridgette Bassa

Roid Rage

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 5:00am
Run Time: 
14 mins
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Sammy Jenkins was a simple man who lived a simple life, until a genetic mutation sent his world spiraling out of control. Now, being hunted by the men responsible for his deformity, as well as the FBI, Sammy must fight back with his unique abilities in order to survive. Those unique abilities include the giant killer hemorrhoid growing out of his ass.
Directed by: 
Ryan Lightbourn
Produced by: 
Caitlin Lightbourn, Ryan Lightbourn, & Greg Testo
Written by: 
Ryan Lightbourn
Main Cast: 
John Russo, Ben Evans, Zach Canfield, John Archer Lundgren, & Grayson Lauffenburger

An Evening with my Comatose Mother

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 5:00am
Run Time: 
33m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Dorothy Pritchard thought she had it easy; house sit for the wealthy Poe's on All Hallows Eve while collecting a cool paycheck. That was until she was introduced to the Poe's rotting, comatose mother living upstairs. As the dark of the night comes, and as the approaching storm blacks out the neighborhood, Dorothy soon finds herself on a nightmare ride through hell that she can only beg to be woken up from.
Directed by: 
Jonathan Martin
Produced by: 
Jonathan Martin, April Frampton, Chris Hanson, and Danny Drysdale
Written by: 
Jonathan Martin
Main Cast: 
Wendy Macy, Michele Wilson, Missy Hill, Rick Macy, Alivia Leonelli, Sue Rowe, Danny Drysdale, Gary Reimer, and Reddy Mercury

Chained

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 5:00am
Run Time: 
10mins
Country: 
Canada
Synopsis: 
Peter and his father are hiding a terrible secret within the walls of their remote rural home. When Peter's repeated, monthly absences from school and the physical signs of abuse gain the unwanted attention of his teacher, the secret he and his ailing father have protected for so many years is in danger of being irrevocably exposed.
Directed by: 
Rehan Khokhar
Produced by: 
Matt Granger & Mikey Granger
Written by: 
Rehan Khokhar
Main Cast: 
Sean Mathieson, Dean Wray, and David Lewis

Fragments

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 5:00am
Run Time: 
8 mins
Country: 
Canada
Synopsis: 
While waiting for the school bus on a dark winter morning in Canada's Yukon, a young girl witnesses a meteor explode in the sky. Searching the nearby woods, she comes across a smoldering crater with a meteorite fragment. After bringing the rock to school, the girl gradually falls ill to a strange sickness. As her symptoms deteriorate, her mother arrives and quickly discovers the illness is far worse than she ever could have imagined.
Directed by: 
David C. Hamelin & Neil Macdonald
Produced by: 
Neil Macdonald, Blake Wildfong and David C. Hamelin
Written by: 
David C. Hamelin & Neil Macdonald
Main Cast: 
Kestrel Martin, Ahser Brault and Moira Sauer