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When I Consume You

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West Coast Premiere
Showtime: 
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - 9:00pm
Run Time: 
1 hour 31 minutes
Country: 
USA
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.
Directed by: 
Perry Blackshear
Produced by: 
Perry Blackshear Evan Dumouchel Libby Ewing MacLeod Andrews
Written by: 
Perry Blackshear
Main Cast: 
Libby Ewing Evan Dumouchel MacLeod Andrews
Writer Director Perry Blackshear
About the Director(s): 

Perry Blackshear is a filmmaker from North Carolina. He earned his MFA in Directing from NYU Graduate Film School. His first feature “They Look Like People,” became an international film festival darling and won dozens of awards including the grand jury awards at Slamdance, IFF Boston, and Nashville. It went on to play theatrically before landing at Netflix. His second feature film “The Siren” was acquired by Dark Sky, and his third “Soul Eater” is in post-production. Perry recently sold an o...read more

The Exorcism of God

Q & A with Maria Gabriela de Faria, Will Beinbrink and producer Joel Seidl.

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West Coast Premiere
Showtime: 
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
98min 13sec
Country: 
USA, Mexico, Venezuela
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.
Directed by: 
Alejandro Hidalgo.
Produced by: 
Alejandro Hidalgo, Joel Seidl, Karim Kabche & Antonio Abdo.
Written by: 
Alejandro Hidalgo, Santiago Fernández Calvete.
Main Cast: 
María Gabriela De Faría, Will Beinbrink, Joseph Marcell.
Alejandro Hidalgo
About the Director(s): 

Venezuelan film director, screenwriter, and producer graduated from the Universidad Santa María in Audiovisual Communications (2008). Has been producing films for the last 12 years.

His first feature, “The House at the End of Time”, the first Venezuelan horror film, received more than 16 international awards, including Best Director and Best Picture at Screamfest 2014, it also became the highest-grossing horror film in the history of Venezuela, collecting $4.3M locally at the box offic...read more

THE RETURNED (LOS QUE VUELVEN)

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West Coast Premiere
Showtime: 
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - 5:00pm
Run Time: 
93 minutes
Country: 
Argentina
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.
Directed by: 
Laura Casabe
Produced by: 
Alejandro Israel
Written by: 
Laura Casabe, Paolo Soria, Lisandro Colaberardino
Main Cast: 
Maria Soldi, Lali Gonzalez, Alberto Ajaka
About the Director(s): 

The Returned (Los Que Vuelven) is Laura Casabe's second feature. A director, writer and camera operator currently based in Argentina, she graduated with a degree in Image and Sound Design from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. Laura's previous work includes the feature film El Hada Buena - Una fábula peronista (2010), the short films La vuelta del malon (2010) and Despegue inminente (2019), a play (Los Muros), various music videos and documentaries for television and, most recently, a commer...read more

The Lost Boys (1987)

Fears & Beers screening! Q&A with Jason Patric following the screening.
Trivia & Prizes! at the Cinelounge Outdoors

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No Premiere
Showtime: 
Monday, October 18, 2021 - 7:30pm
Run Time: 
1h 37min
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
After moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires.
Directed by: 
Joel Schumacher
Produced by: 
Harvey Bernhard
Written by: 
Jan Fischer, James Jeremias
Main Cast: 
Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Haim, Dianne West

Night at the Eagle Inn

Screens with the short film Misophonia

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West Coast Premiere
Showtime: 
Monday, October 18, 2021 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
70
Country: 
USA
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.
Directed by: 
Erik Bloomquist
Produced by: 
Erik Bloomquist, Carson Bloomquist
Written by: 
Erik Bloomquist, Carson Bloomquist
Main Cast: 
Amelia Dudley, Taylor Turner, Beau Minniear, Greg Schweers, Erik Bloomquist
Erik Bloomquist
About the Director(s): 

Erik Bloomquist is a two-time New England Emmy® Award winner (Outstanding Director & Writer), eight-time nominee, and Top 200 Director on HBO's Project Greenlight. His nationally syndicated series The Cobblestone Corridor (for which Erik served as writer, director, showrunner and lead actor) is the winner of three New England Emmy® Awards and recipient of nine nominations.

Erik's sophomore feature Ten Minutes to Midnight world premiered at Popcorn Frights, played a 50-city theatric...read more

NOCTURNA: SIDE A - THE GREAT OLD MAN'S NIGHT

Haunting, heartbreaking, and expertly acted, Nocturna Side A is an easy rival to The Father for the crown of most emotive movie of the year. - THN

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Monday, October 18, 2021 - 5:00pm
Run Time: 
107 min
Country: 
Argentina
Synopsis: 
Ulysses is a hundred-year-old man, he lives alone and is on the verge of death. The last night of his life, he will experience something that will force him to rethink his past, his present and his view about his reality.
Directed by: 
Gonzalo Calzada
Produced by: 
Alejandro Narváez, Javier Diaz
Written by: 
Gonzalo Calzada
Main Cast: 
Pepe Soriano, Marina Artigas, Lautaro Delgado

#Blue_Whale

Screens with the short films Anniversary & Mad Machine

Check out the Reviews!
screenanarchy.com - filmpulse.net

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 16, 2021 - 10:00pm
Run Time: 
1 hour 31 min
Country: 
Russia
Synopsis: 
After her younger sister Julia commits suicide, troubled adolescent Dana decides to find out what led to her death. Examining her sister’s computer, Dana finds a secret chat group where adolescents are encouraged to kill themselves through a challenge called "Blue Whale". Dana’s investigation leads her ever closer to the truth, but to really discover what happened, she herself must play the deadly game.#blue_whale // #I_want_to_play_the_game is inspired by real events that happened in Russia in 2015 and 2017.
Directed by: 
Anna Zaytseva
Produced by: 
Timur Bekmambetov, Anna Shalashina, Igor Mishin
Executive Producer(s): 
Timur Bekmambetov
Written by: 
Evgeniya Bogomyakova, Anna Zaytseva, Olga Klemesheva
Main Cast: 
Anna Potebnya, Timofey Eleckii, Ekaterina Stulova, Diana Shulmina, Olga Pipchenko, Polina Vataga, Daniil Kiselev
About the Director(s): 

Anna Zaytseva was born on April 2, 1985 in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Russia) in a family of a director and an actress. She has lived in Moscow most of her life. Anna graduated from the international directing master program of FAMU (Czech Republic) in 2014. Her mentor was Ivo Trajkov, an acclaimed Czech-Macedonian director.
Anna’s films took part in 52 film festivals and her short films "The contract", "Lisa" and «No, you’re stupid!» received 16 international awards. Her short film «No,...read more

WICKED GAMES

Screens with short film Selfie

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 16, 2021 - 8:15pm
Run Time: 
80 min
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
When Harley joins her new boyfriend for a long Halloween weekend at his country estate, they’re invaded by a band of masked freaks and forced to play a Wicked Game. To the intruders’ unpleasant surprise, Harley’s hard-boiled history has endowed her with a bag of tricks which give the game a surprise ending.
Directed by: 
Teddy Grennan
Produced by: 
Bennett Krishock, Heath Franklin, Christopher Walters
Executive Producer(s): 
Burton Gray, Gill Holland
Written by: 
Teddy Grennan
Main Cast: 
Christine Spang, Markus Silbiger, Michael Shenefelt, Conner Ann Waterman
About the Director(s): 

Teddy is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Sun Valley Film Festival, the award-winning creator of RAVAGE (2019), and has spent years producing independent films. Wicked Games is his favorite and he’s looking forward to sharing it with you in 2021.

Bring Out The Fear

Screens with the short film user_
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North American Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 16, 2021 - 2:15pm
Run Time: 
73 min
Country: 
Ireland
Synopsis: 
Rosie and Dan are a couple in a doomed relationship. While taking a final walk in their favourite forest, they find it has trapped them in an unsolvable maze. The paths lead nowhere, the trees never end, the sun never sets, and a sinister presence stalks and torments them, trying to drive them insane... There is no escape. But what exactly are they hiding? This dark folk horror will leave you questioning what is real and what is malicious trickery.
Directed by: 
Richard Waters
Produced by: 
Alison Scarff & Richard Waters
Executive Producer(s): 
Michael McCudden, Sebastian Guest
Written by: 
Richard Waters
Main Cast: 
Ciara Bailey, Tad Morari, James Devlin
Richard Waters
About the Director(s): 

Richard is a Dublin, Ireland born director and editor. With a love of horror, it was obvious the choice for his first feature film would be a romcom; 2013's The O’Briens, which appeared in festivals worldwide. In early 2012, along with producer Alison Scarff and fellow filmmaker Michael McCudden, Richard co-founded the production company Weird Pretty Pictures, producing the mystery-thriller Sodium Party, followed by his second feature film as director; In A Stranger’s House. Off the back of t...read more

Isolation

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North American Premiere
Showtime: 
Friday, October 15, 2021 - 7:15pm
Run Time: 
1:44:13
Country: 
USA, Berlin, UK
Synopsis: 
Woven together are nine tales of terror that follow isolated citizens from around the world as they confront their darkest fears in an attempt to survive an increasingly deadly outbreak.
Directed by: 
Larry Fessenden, Andrew Kasch, Dennie Gordon, Bobby Roe, Alix Austin & Keir Siewert, Christian Pasquariello, Alexandra Neary, Zach Passero ,Adam Brown & Kyle I. Kelley
Produced by: 
Nathan Crooker, James P. Gannon
Executive Producer(s): 
Nathan Crooker
Written by: 
Larry Fessenden, Cody Goodfellow, Dennie Gordon, Zack Andrews & Bobby Roe, Kyle I. Kelley & Adam Brown, Keir Siewert, Zach Passero, Alexandrea Neary, Christian Pasquariello
Main Cast: 
Larry Fessenden, Dennie Gordon, Graham Denman, Damien Gerard, Bobby Roe Sunny Roe, Bodhi Roe, Adam Brown, Alix Austin, Hannah Passero Marieh Delfino, Alex Weed, Fine Belger, Hans Gurbig