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Abraham's Boys

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
16m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
After the turn of the century, legendary and revered vampire hunter, Abraham Van Helsing, settles into his new American home with sons Maximilian and Rudolph. However, everything changes when Max and Rudy uncover the shocking truth about their father's favorite past time.
Directed by: 
Dorothy Street
Produced by: 
Matt Duffer and Dorothy Street
Written by: 
Matt Duffer and Dorothy Street
Main Cast: 
Troy Jones, T.R. Shields III, Dalton O'Dell, Jaclyn Carmichael

Das Zimmer (The Room)

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
13m
Country: 
Germany
Synopsis: 
The famous actor, Thomas van Boys, checks into a hotel... He orders a call girl, opens his mail, showers, and shaves... Then he turns on the TV. The screen shows his room. There must be a camera somewhere in the room... The "Eye" begins an evil cat and mouse game. It presents van Boys with a mirror, which lets him look into the uttermost depths of his soul...
Directed by: 
Nik Sentenza
Produced by: 
GÃtz Neumann
Written by: 
Nik Sentenza
Main Cast: 
Christian Wewerka, Anke Steinkemper, Linda Chang

Excision

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
18m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Pauline has a sister, Grace, who suffers from cystic fibrosis and occupies most of her parent's attention. Aware that Grace will one day need a lung transplant because of her condition, Pauline is convinced she can perform the operation herself. Excision explores a strained relationship between a mother and daughter. It is a story of neglect, obsession, jealousy and loneliness told through a blurring of suburbia and terror.
Directed by: 
Richard Bates Jr.
Produced by: 
Topper Anton and Gaby Perez
Written by: 
Richard Bates Jr.
Main Cast: 
Tessa Ferrer, Paul Fahrenkopf, Carly Hobson, Karen Tiegren

First Kill

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
16m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Rayburn has family obligations: a young wife, a son...and the violent crime family that employs him. Devoted to both families, Rayburn is reluctant when he is sent on his first contract kill with his brutal mentor, James. Isolated in an unforgiving wilderness, the men find their identities jeopardized after the messy hit is photographed by a motion detection hunter's camera. Vulnerable, Rayburn anxiously waits near the camera with a simple objective: kill the owner and collect the incriminating evidence. But things take a surprising turn when Rayburn learns the owner of the camera is a completely different kind of killer.
Directed by: 
Micah Ranum
Produced by: 
Alicia Dean
Written by: 
Micah Ranum
Main Cast: 
 Robert Pralgo, Ben Adams, Geoff McKnight

Seance

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
19m
Country: 
Czech Republic
Synopsis: 
Narrates the story of three people, who are trying to find the fortune of a deceased baroness through a spiritualistic séance. But things will go a bit differently than they planned.
Directed by: 
Robin Kasparik
Produced by: 
Frantisek Kasparik
Written by: 
Robin Kasparik
Main Cast: 
 Marie Durnová, Klára Jandová, Zdenek Julina

The Long Night

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
12m
Country: 
Austrailia
Synopsis: 
An indifferent, self-absorbed vampire sits in a café before dawn - sipping his coffee, browsing a crossword, and waiting for the sun to end his weary existence. But his plan is interrupted by an excitable young boy, and a vicious psychopath.
Directed by: 
Richard Williamson
Produced by: 
Tom Booth
Written by: 
Richard Williamson
Main Cast: 
Frank Magree, Gulliver McGrath, Brendan McCallum, Sarah Bollenberg

Angel

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
16m
Country: 
Belgium
Synopsis: 
One evening, Octave, a doll repairman of about 30, is at a country fair and discovers ANGE (Angel), a girl with a broken spine condemned to spend her life in a steel scaffolding. This chance meeting is destined to upset the young man's life and force him to confront the voices that haunt him day and night...
Directed by: 
Nikolas List
Produced by: 
Benedicte Lescalier for Mediadiffusion (IAD)
Written by: 
Nikolas List
Main Cast: 
Marian Abecasis de Almeida, Sebastien Schmit, Maurice Sevenant, Eva Seker, Alessandra Leo

Craw Lake

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
10m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
While camping, Dale wakes to find his daughter missing and like any father he races through the woods searching for her. Coming upon a shack at the edge of a lake, he quickly finds himself pitted against nightmarish creatures responsible for the disappearance of his little girl.
Directed by: 
Jordan Downey
Produced by: 
Dane Lillegard and Andy Kelly
Written by: 
Jordan Downey, Kevin Stewart
Main Cast: 
Wesley Citti, Carl W. Crudup, Loren Haynes 

Coming To Town

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
18m
Country: 
Spain | USA
Synopsis: 
JoBeth Smalls is an eleven-year-old girl who gets bullied at school. With her mother in a coma and no one else to go to for help, she writes a letter to Santa Claus asking for revenge. Her wishes come true when Klaus, a deranged version of Santa Claus with a taste for blood and automatic weapons, pays her foes a visit. He is accompanied by two foul-mouthed, psychotic elves. One of them, Baldfred, has a drinking problem and loves his women big and trashy. The other one, Alpinolo, is a mute goblin whose hobbies include porn and teddy bear humping.
Directed by: 
Carles Torrens
Produced by: 
Emily Henke and Devi Brule
Written by: 
Carles Torrens
Main Cast: 
Howard Ferguson-Woitzman, Mark Parr, Mikey Post

Eater

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
18m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
To make ends meet, rookie cop Bannerman works the grueling night shift for the NYPD. On this particular night, the senior officers are abuzz with rumors about a new prisoner held in the upper floor jail cell: Mellor, a notorious serial killer with a habit of eating his victims. Following a series of bizarre incidents, Bannerman begins to suspect that Mellor has, in fact, escaped. Based on the short story by Peter Crowther.
Directed by: 
Matt and Ross Duffer
Produced by: 
Sam Winkler
Written by: 
Matt and Ross Duffer
Main Cast: 
Emanuel Borria, Douglas Bennett, Nick Gillie