Let the Wrong One InWest Coast Premiere Showtime: Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 7:00pm Run Time: 101 min Country: Ireland Synopsis: Let the Wrong One In follows young supermarket worker Matt, who is a little too nice for his own good. When he discovers that his older, estranged brother Deco has turned into a vampire, he's faced with a dilemma: Will he risk his own life to help his sibling, with blood being thicker than water? Or will he stake him before he spreads the infection further? The film stars upcoming Irish talent Karl Rice and Eoin Duffy, along with Buffy the Vampire Slayer icon Anthony Head, in the role of Henry; a taxi driver with a sideline in vampire hunting. Directed by: Conor McMahon Produced by: Trisha Flood, Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, Michael Lavelle Written by: Conor McMahon Main Cast: Karl Rice, Eoin Duffy, Anthony Head, Mary Murray About the Director(s): Conor McMahon is an Irish filmmaker. His graduate film from The National Film School, The Braineater won a number of awards including best film at Sitges in 2001. His follow up short film Splat Chat had over 6 million views on Crypt TV. Since then Conor has directed 4 feature films, Dead Meat, Stitches, From the Dark and most recently Let the Wrong One In. He has also worked on various TV series including the extremely popular comedy series Republic of Telly for the Irish National Bro...read more |
Closing Night Film & Awards ReceptionJoin us for the closing night film LET THE WRONG ONE IN and the awards ceremony that follows the screening as we celebrate the filmmakers selected to the 2021 SCREAMFEST HORROR FILM FESTIVAL. The reception and awards ceremony will commence at 9:30PM, enjoy bites & beverages at the Ever Bar inside the Kimpton Everly Hotel in Los Angeles. This ticket includes admission to the CLOSING NIGHT FILM & AWARDS RECEPTION. Must be 21+ to drink alcohol. If you purchased a ticket, bring your smartphone Eventbrite receipt to the WILL CALL table located in the lobby of the TCL Chinese 6 Theaters on the 3rd level to watch the film and pick up your party band for the closing night awards & reception. Filmmakers with a FILMMAKER BADGE and FULL PASS BADGE holders are admitted to the film and awards reception. Filmmakers with a badge may invite up to two producers as their guest to the complimentary SCREENING & AWARDS RECEPTION. Filmmakers please use the RSVP link below to indicate that you will be attending. If you do not have a FILMMAKER BADGE, NOT A PRODUCER OF THE FILM or FULL PASS BADGE, you will need to purchase a ticket. Tickets are non-refundable - To keep everyone safe we would like proof of covid-19 vaccine or a negative covid test. You can use this link to find free testing at these CORE LA Locations. https://sites.google.com/coreresponse.org/corelosangeles/event-calendar |
The Scout (Free Screening)World Premiere Showtime: Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 5:00pm Run Time: 82 min Country: USA Synopsis: Being in the entertainment industry can be "cut-throat!" For first time, independent film director, Jeff and his small, rag-tag cast and crew, trying to make a movie has its ups and downs. When they find out their original shooting location has become unusable, they scramble to find a suitable place to shoot the sci-fi/slasher film, "Terrestrial Evil." The micro-budget film crew ends up on a new group location scout, thanks to their leading lady, Patty but, when they arrive, they are attacked by a mysterious masked killer, who appears "hell-bent" on murdering them one by one. It's LIGHTS! CAMERA! MAYHEM! in the new micro-budget, found-footage/slasher film, The Scout. Directed by: Michael Kallio Produced by: Meredith Petran, Michael Kallio Written by: Michael Kallio, Anthony Leone Main Cast: Anastasia Elfman, Ken Guertin, Marla Lizbeth Perez, Eric Marq, Jessica Moore, Derrick Zonca and McKenzie Kelly featuring special appearances by Carl Crew and The Radioactive Chicken Heads About the Director(s): Born at an early age in Detroit, Michigan, award winning writer/director, Michael Kallio started making Super-8 movies at the young age of 6 after seeing Star Wars. In his early 20’s, he made his first feature film, “Hatred of a Minute,” a psychological thriller starring himself and Gunnar “Leatherface” Hansen and produced by Bruce Campbell. A second feature followed entitled, “Mutant Swinger from Mars,” a 50’s sci-fi spoof inspired by Ed Wood and the Jerry Lewis film, “The Nutty Professor,” ...read more |
The ChangedNorth American Premiere Showtime: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 - 9:00pm Run Time: 77 min. Country: USA Synopsis: Something has taken possession of the hearts and minds of the populace. Kim (Clare Foley), Mac (Jason Alan Smith), and Jane (Carlee Avers) try to convince themselves it's paranoia, but before long the city is besieged by the changed. By the time they realize an alien intelligence has merged with their neighbor, Bill (Tony Todd), a horde of changed is amassing outside their suburban home. Directed by: Michael Mongillo Produced by: Taylor Warren and Eloise Asmuth Written by: Michael Mongillo Main Cast: Clare Foley, Jason Alan Smith, Carlee Avers, Doug Tompos, introducing Olivia Freer, with Kathy Searle, and Tony Todd About the Director(s): Michael Mongillo's most recent feature film, the sci-fi chiller "The Changed" (2021), is the latest in a string of acclaimed work spanning two decades. "The Wind" (2001), a dreamy morality tale about misconceptions and murder, won Shriekfest's inaugural Best Picture award and earned the praise of maverick director Ralph Bakshi. His follow-up feature, the sci-fi dramedy "Welcome to Earth" (2005), was selected for NewFilmmakers NY and was the Closing Night Feature at the New England Film Festiv...read more |
What Josiah SawLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 - 7:00pm Run Time: 2 hours Country: USA Synopsis: Everyone in town knows about the haunted Graham Farm on Willow Road. You'll hear there's a bad history to it. Josiah and his youngest son, Thomas, are all that remain of this estranged family. But after experiencing terrifying visions from beyond, Josiah decides they must change their ways to right a great wrong. After being away for over two decades, Eli and Mary, Josiah's eldest children, are enticed to sell the property and reunite at the old farmhouse in hopes of closing this haunting chapter of their lives for good. Sins of the past will be paid in full. Directed by: Vincent Grashaw Produced by: Ran Namerode, Vincent Grashaw, Bernie Stern, Angelia Adzic Executive Producer(s): Cole Payne, Scott Haze Written by: Robert Alan Dilts Main Cast: Robert Patrick, Nick Stahl, Scott Haze, Kelli Garner, Tony Hale, Jake Weber About the Director(s): Born and Raised in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California, Vincent first broke onto the scene as producer of the independent feature film BELLFLOWER, which was one of the most buzzed about films to premiere at Sundance Film Festival 2011. The film went on to play SXSW and garnered several awards, including Film Independent Spirit Award nominations for Best Cinematography and a nomination for Grashaw for the John Cassavetes Award. The film was distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories.<...read more |
Alone With YouWest Coast Premiere Showtime: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 - 5:00pm Run Time: 83 min Country: USA Synopsis: Charlie (Emily Bennett) is setting the atmosphere in her sleek, two-story apartment in Brooklyn for a romantic homecoming for her distant girlfriend Simone (Emma Myles) who’s been away for work. There are past glimpses of visual tension between the two, so we’re led to feel that this meticulous setting of mood may be a peacemaking gesture. Enamored beyond all good sense, Charlie begins to experience a myriad of unsettling incidents, and the horrors of what has transpired are slowly revealed in the shards of Charlie’s resistant memory. Directed by: Emily Bennett & Justin Brooks Produced by: Andrew D. Corkin & Theo James Written by: Emily Bennett & Justin Brooks Main Cast: Emily Bennett, Emma Myles (ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK), Dora Madison (BLISS, VFX), and Barbara Crampton (RE-ANIMATOR, YOU'RE NEXT) |
When I Consume YouWest 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
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MacLeod Andrews Written by: Perry Blackshear Main Cast: Libby Ewing
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MacLeod Andrews 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 GodQ & A with Maria Gabriela de Faria, Will Beinbrink and producer Joel Seidl. 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. 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)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 |
Welcome to Our HomeLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Monday, October 18, 2021 - 9:00pm Run Time: 7:32 Country: USA Synopsis: When Brad brings his liberal girlfriend home to meet his conservative parents, tensions escalate and monsters are unleashed. Directed by: Gregory M. Schroeder Produced by: Zubin Asaria Written by: Gregory M. Schroeder Main Cast: Danielle Dallas Roosa, Hank Northrop, Cheryl Dent, Christopher Carroll About the Director(s): Gregory M. Schroeder completed his MFA in Producing from AFI Conservatory in 2019. His sci-fi/horror film PROGENY (2019), fantasy/comedy WITCHIN' (2019) and drama film LIKE FLYING (2020) have won dozens of awards and screened at prestigious festivals worldwide. Gregory is also a writer/director, interested in genre filmmaking that explores the flaws in human communication and emotionality. His debut short film LAST LIGHT was completed in May 2021, and his second short film WELCOME TO O...read more |