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H.H. Holmes, America's First Serial Killer

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Friday, October 22, 2004 - 1:00am
Run Time: 
1h 4min
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
H.H. Holmes, America's First Serial Killer is a feature-length documentary flm depicting the entire life of the infamous Dr. H.H. Holmes and his castle of horrors. Also known as the torture doctor, Holmes designed a building (aka, The Castle), complete with torture chambers, where he rented rooms to unsuspecting victims visiting the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago.
Directed by: 
John Borowski
Produced by: 
John Borowski
Written by: 
John Borowski
Main Cast: 
Ed Bertagnoli, Cary Callison, Willy Laszlo, Audrey Welling, Rachelle Villarreal Narrated by Tony Jay
About the Director(s): 
John Borowski is an award winning independent filmmaker whose works have garnered international acclaim and are distributed internationally on dvd, television, and streaming. Borowski's "historical horror" trilogy of documentary films focus on late nineteenth and early twentieth century serial killers.

The Park (3D)

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Thursday, October 21, 2004 - 4:30am
Run Time: 
1h 31min 
Country: 
Hong Kong | Thailand
Synopsis: 
An amusement park is forced to shut down after a machinery malfunction causes a little girl's death. Fourteen years later, rumors circulate that the deserted park is inhabited by ghosts. When a boy goes missing, his brother and six friends sneak into the park to search for him. Soon enough, they realize they are in for much more than
Directed by: 
Andrew Lau Lo
Produced by: 
John Chong, Wai Keung Lau, Man-Fai Lee
Written by: 
Yiu-Fai Law, Wah-Shum Lung
Main Cast: 
Cherman Boonyasak, Bobo Chan, Johnathan Cheung

Blessed

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Thursday, October 21, 2004 - 2:30am
Run Time: 
1h 38min
Country: 
Romania | UK
Synopsis: 
Happily married, Samantha and Craig Howard are trying to have a baby, however, an accident has left Samantha unable to conceive. They spend their savings for the In vitro procedure at a special fertility clinic and their happiness peaks as the In Vitro procedure works and Samantha becomes pregnant with twins. Their joy is soon short lived when she learns that she is not carrying her children, but instead she is carrying the fate of the world in her womb.
Directed by: 
Simon Fellows
Produced by: 
Donald Kushner, Ron Schmidt, Pierre Spengler, Andrew Stevens, Brad Wyman
Written by: 
Robert Mearns, Jayson Rothwell
Main Cast: 
Heather Graham, James Purefoy, Fionnula Flanagan, Stella Steven, Andy Serkis

Circle Of Freaks

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Thursday, October 21, 2004 - 1:00am
Run Time: 
6m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
All are welcome to visit the Circle of Freaks. We enjoy your company and want you to stay a while. Come see the Dog boy! Watch the Worm boy get under your skin! And say hello to the unhappiest Clown on earth! But fi rst listen to the story of the little boy who happens upon the Circle of Freaks. Lured by his curiosity, he enters expecting to have a jolly old time. What he doesn't know is that his cruel taunting will lead to consequences he can't imagine. Who is the real monster? You decide.
Directed by: 
David Popolow
Produced by: 
David Popolow (animator)
Written by: 
David Popolow
Main Cast: 
Brad Levicoff, David R. Popolow
About the Director(s): 

David R. Popolow is a director and actor, known for Circle of Freaks (2004) and Operation Lysistrata (2006).

Day Off The Dead

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Thursday, October 21, 2004 - 1:00am
Run Time: 
6m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Dead Guy and Dead Gal fi nd themselves in a surreal, animated Dead World, where lost souls try to make their earthly desires come to life.
Directed by: 
Lee Lanier and Jeffrey Dates
Produced by: 
Lee Lanier
Written by: 
Lee Lanier
Main Cast: 
Lee Lanier
About the Director(s): 

Lee Lanier has worked as a professional computer animator since 1994. While at Buena Vista Visual Effects at Walt Disney Studios. he created VFX for numerous feature films. While at PDI/DreamWorks, he served as a senior animator on "Antz" and "Shrek." Along the way, he directed a series of independent, animated short films that went on to play 200+ film festivals, museums, and art galleries worldwide. His work has been featured at such venues as Sundance, Slamdance, SXSW, the Ottawa Internati...read more

Le Prince Bleu

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Thursday, October 21, 2004 - 1:00am
Run Time: 
4m 58s
Country: 
France
Synopsis: 
Le Prince Bleu is an unexpected journey into a Dark Poetry universe.
Directed by: 
Sébastienn Rossignol
Produced by: 
Sébastienn Rossignol
Written by: 
Sébastienn Rossignol
Main Cast: 
Princesse Robert, Majandra Delfino

30 Second Bunny Theatre

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Thursday, October 21, 2004 - 1:00am
Run Time: 
1m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
See your favorite Horror films such as ALIEN, THE EXORCIST, JAWS & THE SHINING re-enacted by bunnies.
Directed by: 
Jennifer Shiman
Produced by: 
Jennifer Shiman
Written by: 
Jennifer Shiman
Main Cast: 
Jennifer Shiman, Douglas McInnes, John Mathot
About the Director(s): 

Jennifer Shiman is a writer and actress, known for 30-Second Bunny Theatre (2004), Smile If You Want More (1994) and Britannica's Tales Around the World (1991).

Halloween

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No Premiere
Showtime: 
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 - 4:30am
Run Time: 
1h 31min
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
Directed by: 
John Carpenter
Produced by: 
Debra Hill
Written by: 
John Carpenter and Debra Hill
Main Cast: 
Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Nancy Loomis, P.J. Soles, Kyle Richards, Brian Andrews
About the Director(s): 

John Howard Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York, to mother Milton Jean (Carter) and father Howard Ralph Carpenter. His family moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where his father, a professor, was head of the music department at Western Kentucky University. He attended Western Kentucky University and then USC film school in Los Angeles. He began making short films in 1962, and won an Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short Subject in 1970, for The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970), whi...read more

Rojo Sangre

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 - 4:30am
Run Time: 
1h 29min
Country: 
Spain
Synopsis: 
Pablo Thevenet, an out- of -work actor must face humiliating casting sessions and disregard of young directors and the indifference of old compatriots. Nearly broke and desperate, Thevenet accepts a job offer at the strange Pandora Club run by the bizarre Refi cul. Without knowing, Pablo soon becomes an agent of the dark side and fi nds himself on a descent into hell.
Directed by: 
Christian Molina
Produced by: 
Canonigo Films
Written by: 
Paul Naschy
Main Cast: 
Paul Naschy, Bibiana Fernandez, Miguel Del Arco, Menh-wai
About the Director(s): 

Christian Molina is known for his work on I Want to Be a Soldier (2010), Rojo sangre (2004) and Station of the Forgotten (2009).

Darkness (The Dark)

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 - 2:30am
Run Time: 
1h 28min
Country: 
USA | Spain
Synopsis: 
There's something in this house that's been awakened. Something ancient, something evil:.it remains still, hidden and silent, concealed in the shadows for years. This house hides a secret, a terrible past, an inconceivably evil act. More than forty years ago, a ritual tried to summon it. Seven children, faceless people, a circle that must be completed. But something went wrong. One of the children got away, and the circle wasn't completed. What lives here isn't fi nished. It's waiting to become complete...
Directed by: 
Jaume Balagueró
Produced by: 
Julio Fernandez, Brian Yuzna
Written by: 
Jaume Balagueró and Fernando de Felipe
Main Cast: 
Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Iain Glen, Giancarlo Giannini
About the Director(s): 
Jaume Balagueró was born on November 2, 1968 in Lleida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain as Jaume Balagueró i Bernat. He is a writer and director, known for REC (2007), Sleep Tight (2011) and The Nameless (1999).