 Anonymous AnimalsSCREENS WITH HORROR SHORTS: Clean | The Creeping Terror | Facelift | Psycho Therapy | Temporary Void of Reason | Woodland Cemetery 
US Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 11, 2020 - 1:30am Run Time: 64 Country: France Synopsis: The balance of power between man and animal is reversed. In a remote countryside, any encounter with the dominant can become hostile.
At the crossroads of fantastic and suspense kind, Anonymous Animals questions the place of animals in our societies. Directed by: Baptiste Rouveure Produced by: Anonymous Animals Films Written by: Baptiste Rouveure Main Cast: Thierry Marcos  About the Director(s): In addition to commissioned films (clips and films promotionnal), Baptiste Rouveure continues his work in fiction, where movement and body language remain his preferred approach. His short films (HASCHISCHIN, AND THE WINNER IS, FUGITIVE TRANSIENTS, ALTERA) have been selected more than seventy times in international festivals and have won 10 awards.    |
 An Ideal HostScreens with the following short films: The Appointment | Circle of Stone | F*cking Ghosts | Good Head | Into the Uncanny Valley | Klaus Eats Butterfiles | Mime | Mind Over Matter | Murder for Dummies | My Victims of True Crime | Rainy Season US Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 10, 2020 - 2:00am Run Time: 84 minutes Country: Australia Synopsis: Liz just wants to host the perfect dinner party but an unexpected guest sends the evening into chaos, with potentially apocalyptic consequences. Directed by: Robert Woods Produced by: Robert Woods, Tyler Jacob Jones Written by: Tyler Jacob Jones Main Cast: Nadia Collins, Evan Williams, Naomi Brockwell, St John Cowcher  About the Director(s): Robert has been working as an editor, composer and visual effects artist for over a decade in his home town of Perth, Western Australia. After many successful musical theatre collaborations with his writing partner, Tyler Jacob Jones, they decided to try make the jump into film production using the limited resources they had available. An Ideal Host is the result of an insane month of summer holidays. |
 InitiationScreens with the Following Horror Shorts: Axe To The Face | Guest | The Last Man on Earth | Regret US Premiere Showtime: Friday, October 9, 2020 - 4:00am Run Time: 1:36:27 Country: USA Synopsis: Teen horror is back with a vengeance in this edgy slasher about a cruel social media game that spins out of control. Whiton University unravels the night a star-athlete is murdered in the wake of a hidden assault allegation, kicking off a spree of social media-linked slayings. As a masked killer targets students across campus, a trio of sorority sisters race to uncover the truth behind the school's hidden secrets - and the horrifying meaning of an exclamation point - before they become the killer's next victims. Directed by: John Berardo Produced by: Brian Frager, John Berardo, JP Castel, Stephanie Stanziano, Lindsay LaVanchy, Jon Huertas Executive Producer(s): En-Ming Lai, Sophie Lai, Michelle Ishii, Anton Andreacchio, Nicholas Chen, Olivia Kong, Shivam Malhotra Written by: John Berardo, Lindsay LaVanchy, Brian Frager Main Cast: Jon Huertas, Isabella Gomez, Lindsay LaVanchy, Froy Gutierrez, Gattlin Griffth, Patrick Walker, James Berardo, Bart Johnson, Shireen Lai, Kent Faulcon, Yancy Butler, Lochlyn Munro, Maxwell Hamilton  About the Director(s): Originally from Norman, Oklahoma, John received his MFA in Film & TV Production from USC and his BA from UCLA in Theatre Directing and Playwriting. John co-founded production company Shatterproof Films, which specializes in genre-based films with topical social messages. He screened his short film “Dembanger” at Screamfest in 2013 and “The Labyrinth” in 2015. “Initiation,” a remake of “Dembanger”, is a topical reinvention of the slasher genre for the social media generation. He couldn't ...read more  |
 Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning No Premiere Showtime: Friday, October 9, 2020 - 2:00am Run Time: 1h 32min Country: USA Synopsis: Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis - who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees - wonders if the serial killer is connected to a series of brutal murders occurring in and around the secluded halfway house where he now lives. Directed by: Danny Steinmann Produced by: Timothy Silver Executive Producer(s): Frank Mancuso Jr. Written by: Martin Kitrosser (story by), David Cohen (story by) Main Cast: Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, Anthony Barrile |
 Halloween 2 (1981)Halloween 2 Screens with the following short films: Hansel & Human Trash. No Premiere Showtime: Thursday, October 8, 2020 - 4:45am Run Time: 1h 32min Country: USA Synopsis: While Sheriff Brackett and Dr. Loomis hunt for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to hospital, and the serial killer is not far behind her. Directed by: Rick Rosenthal Produced by: John Carpenter & Debra Hill Written by: John Carpenter, Debra Hill Main Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers |
 Halloween (1978)Q & A w/ cinematographer Dean Cundey + Screens with the following short film: Sins of a Werewolf. No Premiere Showtime: Thursday, October 8, 2020 - 2:00am 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 (screenplay), Debra Hill (screenplay) Main Cast: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran, P.J. Soles |
 Books of BloodFREE EVENT! SOLD OUT! SIGN UP ON THE EVENTBRITE WAITLIST. US Premiere Showtime: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 - 2:00am Run Time: 1 hour 36 min Country: USA Synopsis: Based on Clive Barker’s acclaimed and influential horror anthology BOOKS OF BLOOD, this feature takes audiences on a journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three uncanny tales tangled in space and time. Directed by: Brannon Braga Produced by: Jason Clark and Joe Micucci Executive Producer(s): Brannon Braga, Seth MacFarlane, Erica Huggins, Alana Kleiman, Brian Witten, Jeff Kwatinetz, Josh Barry, Clive Barker and Adam Simon Co-executive produced by Mark Miller Written by: Brannon Braga & Adam Simon, based on the short story by Clive Barker with contributing original material. Main Cast: Britt Robertson, Rafi Gavron, Anna Friel, Yul Vazquez, and Freda Foh Shen |
 We Summon the DarknessQ&A with Keean Johnson, Logan Miller, Maddie Hasson, Amy Forsyth and Austin Swift West Coast Premiere Showtime: Friday, October 18, 2019 - 2:30am Run Time: 1 hour 23 min Country: USA Synopsis: In 1988, three best friends Alexis (Alex Daddario), Val and Beverly embark on a road trip to a heavy metal music festival where they bond with three guys in a band. After the show, the group heads off to Alexis’ parents' secluded country home for an afterparty. What should be a night of fun and youthful debauchery instead takes a dark and deadly turn. With killers on the loose, can anyone be trusted? Directed by: Marc Meyers Produced by: Kyle Tekiela, Mark Lane, Christian Armogida, Jarod Einsohn Written by: Alan Trezza Main Cast: Alexandra Daddario, Keean Johnson, Johnny Knoxville, Logan Miller, Maddie Hasson, Amy Forsyth, Austin Swift |
 Hanna’s Homecoming No Premiere Showtime: Friday, October 18, 2019 - 12:00am Run Time: 1 hour 38 min Country: Germany Synopsis: After three years at boarding school, Hanna (14) returns to her childhood village during the holidays. The villagers believe her mother was a witch, who lured three men into the marsh, where they died. Directed by: Esther Bialas Produced by: Mathieu Miville, Nathan Nill, Andrea Schütte Written by: Lena Krumkamp Main Cast: Maximilian Beck, Simone Geißler, Sascha Alexander Gersak About the Director(s): Esther Bialas is born in Wiesbaden in 1982 and raised in Mainz. After living in Frankfurt for a short period of time, she moves to Siberia to work on the ZDF-Project “Sternenflüstern” as an editor assistant.
With firm intention to become a Director she moves to Berlin in 2004, where she works as an intern in both theater and film industry. Soon she begins working on independent short film projects of her own, until she begins studying audiovisual media with focus on directing at the Beuth Unive...read more |
 WoundsQ&A with director Babak Anvari, producers Lucan Toh & Christopher Kopp, and actors Jim Klock and Terrence Rosemore. Moderated by Brian Collins of Birth.Movies.Death West Coast Premiere Showtime: Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 4:30am Run Time: 1 hour 34 min Country: USA Synopsis: Will (Armie Hammer) is a bartender in New Orleans. He has a great job, great friends, and a girlfriend, Carrie (Dakota Johnson), who loves him. He skates across life’s surface, ignoring complications and concentrating on enjoying the moment. One night at the bar, a violent brawl breaks out, which injures one of his regular customers and causes some college kids to leave behind a cell phone in their haste. Will begins receiving disturbing texts and calls from the stranger’s phone. While Will hopes to not get involved, Carrie gets lost down a rabbit hole investigating this strange malevolence. They’ve discovered something unspeakable, and it’s crawling slowly into the light.
Written for the Screen and Directed By Babak Anvari the Award-Winning Director of Under the Shadow. Directed by: Babak Anvari Produced by: Babak Anvari, Christopher Kopp, Lucan Toh Written by: Babak Anvari Main Cast: Dakota Johnson, Armie Hammer, Zazie Beetz |