World Premiere | Page 24 | SCREAMFEST

Delirium and the Dollman

Share
World Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
8m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
When a young girl crawls through a small vent under her bed, she finds herself lost in another world, a world ruled by the Dollman, a perverse man who turns children into dolls.
Directed by: 
Andrew Lobel
Produced by: 
Liz Lonergan
Written by: 
Andrew Lobel
Main Cast: 
Bailey Slattery, Brittany Slattery, Steve McHugh, Kir Henrici, Charlie Saxton, Robert McCarthy

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

Share
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.

Circle Of Freaks

Share
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).

Jennifer's Shadow

Share
World Premiere
Showtime: 
Tuesday, October 19, 2004 - 4:30am
Run Time: 
1h 36min
Country: 
USA | Argentina
Synopsis: 
Jennifer Cassi travels to Buenos Aires to claim inheritance of her recently deceased twin sister's house, only to fi nd herself in confl ict against her grandmother Mary Ellen. Jennifer soon realizes she has an illness that has taken the lives of her family, painfully caused by ravens coming into her dreams and stealing her organs. Convinced it is her grandmother's doing, she must try to stay alive and destroy the evil consuming her.
Directed by: 
Pablo Pares, Daniel De La Vega
Produced by: 
P.J. Pettiette, Claudie Viguerie
Written by: 
Pablo Pares, Daniel De La Vega Original story by: P.J. Pettiett
Main Cast: 
Gina Phillips, Faye Dunaway
About the Director(s): 

Daniel De la Vega was born in Buenos Aires in 1972. He directed the multi-rewarded short films "Last Dinner" "Deep Dream" and "The Hammer", this last one was rewarded Best Short Film in the Fantastic Film Festival, Sitges. He was the co writer and co director of the horror film "Chronicle of The Raven", in 2003, starring Faye Dunaway and filmed completely in Argentina for the American market. Pablo Parés was born on August 28, 1978 in Haedo, Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a director ...read more

The Taking

Share
World Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 16, 2004 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
12m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Some old houses have secrets. Dark secrets. It bleeds into the wood and soaks the very soul of its foundations. For young Isobel and her Grandmother, they discover through the course of one eerie night that some secrets weren't meant to be unraveled. They're coming...and they're taking...
Directed by: 
Matt Eskandari
Produced by: 
Damon Chang
Written by: 
Matt Eskandari
Main Cast: 
Kathy Paradise, Blaine Saunders
About the Director(s): 

Eskandari immigrated to the United States as a child with his family, following the Iranian revolution. He is an alumnus of the University of Southern California, and would direct several award-winning shorts; including "The Taking" (Screamfest Award for Best Student Short). The film propelled him to nationwide exposure when he was chosen by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett; from a pool of 12,000 candidates, to participate in the Fox filmmaker competition 'On the Lot.'

Matt would go o...read more

Walpurgis Nacht

Share
World Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 16, 2004 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
7m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Despite warnings, a headstrong British solicitor goes sightseeing in Eastern Germany only to encounter more than he was willing to believe. Based on the discarded writings of Bram Stoker, Walpurgis Nacht is set in Germany at the end of the 19th Century. With its gothic overtones, the fi lm invokes the atmosphere of classic horror films.
Directed by: 
David Kruschke
Produced by: 
David Kruschke
Written by: 
Bram Stoker, David Kruschke
Main Cast: 
Michael Smith, Jerry Blackhorn, Charity Grella, Eric Minella

Malevolence

Share
World Premiere
Showtime: 
Monday, October 13, 2003 - 9:00pm
Run Time: 
1h 30min 
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
The story begins ten years earlier with the kidnapping of a six year old boy named Martin Bristol, who is forced to witness unspeakable acts of torture and murder by a madman. Fast forward to 1999, where a group of friends plan a bank job that goes tragically wrong, only to reveal treachery among friends and a matured evil lying in wait.
Directed by: 
Steven Mena
Produced by: 
Steven Mena
Written by: 
Steven Mena
Main Cast: 
Samantha Dark, Brandon Johnson, Heather Magee, Richard Glover, Courtney Bertolone

Toss of the Coin

Share
World Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
12min
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Toss of the coin is a dark, ironic comedy that revolves around two otherworldly emissaries who arrive upon the death of a middle aged man. Finding that they both have the authority to collect his soul and realizing that severe consequences will ensue if either returns without it, a game of chance is played to determine an outcome.
Directed by: 
Patrick Steele
Produced by: 
Ann Rotolante
Written by: 
Patrick Steele
Main Cast: 
Morgan Lund, Steve Salge, Reg Land
About the Director(s): 
Patrick Steele was born on March 15, 1967 in Franklin, Indiana, USA. He is known for his work on True Nature (2010), Hindsight (1997) and Toss of the Coin (2002).

Night Surf

Share
World Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 5:00pm
Run Time: 
30m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Loosely related to the author's highly regarded novel The Stand, the brief story follows one evening on a place called Anson Beach, New Hampshire, with a group of teens, survivors of a catastrophic virus called A6, or "Captain Trips", that has wiped out virtually the entire population.
Directed by: 
Peter Sullivan
Produced by: 
Jason Charnick
Written by: 
Stephen King ... (short story) Peter Sullivan
Main Cast: 
Peter Sullivan Stars: Clarence John Woods, Darcy Halsey, Geoffrey Emery