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Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 22, 2006 - 4:30am
Run Time: 
1h 32min
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them.
Directed by: 
Scott Glosserman
Produced by: 
Scott Glosserman
Written by: 
Scott Glosserman
Main Cast: 
Nathan Baesel, Robert Englund, Matt Bolt, Jenafer Brown, Krissy Carlson, Scott Wilson, Zelda Rubenstein, Angela Goethals and Kane Hodder
About the Director(s): 

Scott Glosserman was born on November 21, 1976 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006), B4TM and The Truth Below (2011).

Hatchet

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 22, 2006 - 2:30am
Run Time: 
1h 25min
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
When a motley crew of tourists on a Haunted Swamp Tour wind up stranded, their night of comedic spooks quickly roller-coasters into a horrific nightmare as they struggle to escape the swamp alive and with all of their pieces. A spectacular throwback to 80's horror and the fi lm that's been bringing audiences to their feet at fi lm festival's worldwide, HATCHET is fi lled with laughs, scares, and over-the-top death sequences you'll have to see to believe.
Directed by: 
Adam Green
Produced by: 
Scott Altomare, Sarah Elbert, Cory Neal
Written by: 
Adam Green
Main Cast: 
Joel David Moore, Tamara Feldman, Deon Richmond, Mercedes McNab, Kane Hodder, Robert Englund and Tony Todd.
About the Director(s): 
Adam Green is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor known for his success within the horror genre with films like the "Hatchet" franchise, "Frozen," and "Digging Up The Marrow." He is also the creator, writer, director, star, and show runner of the television comedy series "Holliston" and the singer for the metal band "Haddonfield."

The Quick And The Undead

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 22, 2006 - 12:30am
Run Time: 
1h 20min
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Eighty Two years ago a viral outbreak turned three quarters of the world population into the walking dead. Now, Bounty Hunters are humanity's only salvation.
Directed by: 
Gerald Nott
Produced by: 
Gerald Nott
Written by: 
Gerald Nott
Main Cast: 
Clint Glenn, Parrish Randall, Erin McCarthy
About the Director(s): 

Gerald Nott is known for his work on The Quick and the Undead (2006), Dissonance (2014) and The Flesh Keeper (2007).

The Marsh

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 22, 2006 - 12:30am
Run Time: 
1h 32min 
Country: 
Canada
Synopsis: 
A young beautiful but stressed out writer of children's books seeks out a holiday in the country but becomes the lead character in a supernatural mystery she must solve to save her life.
Directed by: 
Jordan Barker
Produced by: 
Sonja Morgan, Al Munteanu, Daphne Park
Written by: 
Michael Stokes
Main Cast: 
Deborah Kara Unger, Gabrielle Anwar, Forest Whitaker, Brooke Johnson, Justin Louis and Peter MacNeill
About the Director(s): 

Jordan Barker is an actor and producer, known for Torment (2013), Witches in the Woods (2019) and Trust.

Fallen Angels

Special Sneak Peek

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No Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
1h 37min
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
When a derelict prison is slated for demolition, a grisly discovery is made. Hidden underground beneath the west cell block is a sub-basement structure that has not been entered in 100 years. Inside are the skeletal remains of several brutally slain children. As a CSI team arrives, an even more isturbing discovery is made that will eventually unveil a legion of seven demons and their even more chilling origins: each demon is responsible for one of the seven deadly sins. Seven deadly sins...Seven deadly demons...Seven more deadly ways to die...
Directed by: 
Jeff Thomas
Produced by: 
C.J. Goodman, Judy Lewis, Robert Rowland, Myron St. John
Written by: 
Jeff Thomas
Main Cast: 
Michael Dorn, Bill Moseley, Adrianne Curry, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Berryman, Kane Hodder, Christie Hemme, Reggie Bannister, David Hess, Martin Kove, R.A. Mihailoff, Ruth Buzzi, Michael Kaliski, Joel Polis, Daniel Zacapa, and Christopher Knight
About the Director(s): 

Jeff Thomas is a director and actor, known for Fallen Angels (2006), 13 Seconds (2003) and Sidewalk Singer (2013).

Isolation

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West Coast Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 4:30am
Run Time: 
1h 35min
Country: 
Ireland
Synopsis: 
Rural Ireland. Winter. Something has gone very wrong on Dan Reilly's isolated farm. Five people brought together on a winter's night to a lonely farm. All of them caught up in something terrifying which no one could have predicted.
Directed by: 
Billy O'Brien
Produced by: 
Ruth Kenley-Letts, Bertrand Faivre and Ed Guiney
Written by: 
Billy O'Brien
Main Cast: 
John Lynch, Essie Davis, Ruth Negga, Sean Harris and Marcel Iures
About the Director(s): 

Billy O'Brien was born in Cork, Ireland. He studied film at Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design (now IADT) and received an MA at The Royal College of Art in London. The Tale of the Rat That Wrote his short film was BAFTA nominated in 2000. Isolation his first feature film premiered in Midnight Madness at Toronto in 2005 to critical acclaim. It won Best Director and Best Film at Fantastic Fest in 2006. His latest film I Am Not A Serial Killer was launched at SXSW in 2016 and was nominated ...read more

Driftwood

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 2:30am
Run Time: 
1h 30min 
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Riddled with guilt over the loss of his rock star older brother, 16-year-old David Forrester (Ricky Ullman) becomes obsessed with death, leading his misguided parents to send him to Driftwood, an attitude-adjustment Camp for troubled youths run by the sadistic Captain Doug Kennedy (Diamond Dallas Page) and his brutal young henchman, Yates (Talan Torriero). Once there, David becomes haunted by the spirit of Jonathan (Connor Ross), a former inmate who met a mysterious end, and a mystery whose resolution could very well be David's only way out.
Directed by: 
Tim Sullivan
Produced by: 
Robert Engelman, Chris Kobin, Barry Levine, Bud S. Smith
Written by: 
Chris Kobin and Tim Sullivan
Main Cast: 
Ricky Ullman, Dallas Page, Talan Torriero, David Eigenberg, Lin Shaye, Marc McClure, Russell Sams, Baelyn Neff, Jeremy Lelliott, Cory Hardrict, Frankie Levangie, Shahine Ezell, David Skyler, Connor Ross, John Walcutt, Lou Beatty Jr., Kim Morgan Greene, David Eigenberg.
About the Director(s): 

Writer/Director/Producer known for a wide variety of modern horror films, most significantly cult favorite 2001 Maniacs (2005) and its popular follow-up, 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (2010). Beginning his career as a New Jersey teenager pumping fake blood for 80's splatter classic The Deadly Spawn (1983), Sullivan moved to Los Angeles where he worked in development at New Line Cinema, co-producing Detroit Rock City (1999).

Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes

Special Theatrical Screening

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Friday, October 20, 2006 - 2:30am
Run Time: 
1h 31min
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
British actress Lynne Verrall, under heavy makeup, plays Haggis, the old crone who can raise the vengeful demon, while Bunt Wallace, the teenager who led Harley to the witch, is now grown up and played by TV actor Douglas Roberts. The story centres around Doc Frasier (played by horror icon Doug Bradley), an eccentric small-town physician with a sideline in unauthorized organ donation.
Directed by: 
Jake West
Produced by: 
Brad Krevoy, Donald Kushner, Reuben Liber
Written by: 
Jake West and John Werner
Main Cast: 
Doug Bradley, Lance Henriksen, Lynne Verrall, Douglas Roberts
About the Director(s): 
Jake West was born in 1972 in the UK. He is a director and editor, known for Razor Blade Smile (1998), The ABCs of Death (2012) and Evil Aliens (2005).

The Gravedancers

After Dark Horrorfest

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Friday, October 20, 2006 - 2:30am
Run Time: 
1h 35min
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
The film is about three friends who desecrate the graves of three very unforgiving ghosts.
Directed by: 
Mike Mendez
Produced by: 
"Al Corley, Lawrence Elmer Fuhrmann Jr., Bill McCutchen, Eugene Musso, Bart Rosenblatt"
Written by: 
Brad Keene and Chris Skinner
Main Cast: 
Dominic Purcell, Josie Maran, Tcheky Karyo, Claire Kramer, Marcus Thomas, Megahn Perry
About the Director(s): 

A native to Los Angeles, Mike Mendez was in the backyard making movies since the age of 10. At the age of 23, Mike made his first feature film ""Killers,"" which was accepted into the Sundance Film Festival in 1997. The film was picked up by Alpine Pictures, who distributed the feature in the U.S. The film also received a worldwide theatrical release.

He followed that up with the horror comedy ""The Convent,"" which was also accepted into the Sundance Film Festival in 2000, as well as ...read more

Little Lise

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 9:00pm
Run Time: 
20m
Country: 
Denmark
Synopsis: 
A man carries his dead wife to the trunk of a car in front of their 4-year-old daughter. All together they drive to a lake far into the forest, where the father plans to dump the body and end the lives of himself and his daughter. However, everything is not what it seems...
Directed by: 
Benjamin Holmsteen
Produced by: 
Benjamin Holmsteen
Written by: 
Benjamin Holmsteen
Main Cast: 
Jakob Cedergren, Joy Nadia Jensen, Sonja Richter