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Los Angeles County Premieres at Screamfest

The first public screening of the film in Los Angeles County. 

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DemiUrge Emesis

Meet the Filmmaker

Aurelio Voltaire

Director
Synopsis
A mummified cat is tormented by the skeletons of past meals in this stop-motion short by MTV and Sci Fi Channel station ID veteran, Aurelio Voltaire. The 4th in his "Chimerascope" series of animated shorts narrated by singers, DemiUrge Emesis is narrated by composer and singer extraordinaire, Danny Elfman and has an original score performed by chamber rock ensemble, Rasputina.
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Death And Cremation

Meet the Filmmaker

Justin Steele

Director
Synopsis
In a typical American suburb filled with middle class morals, a lonely 59-year-old, Stan, contributes to society by offering cremation services from his basement. In fact, Stan murders neighbors he perceives to be social bullies. Jarod, a fatherless 17-year-old high school outcast, lands an after-school job in Stan's cremation house and the two develop an unusual working relationship. As detective Matt Fairchild puts together clues, Stan must decide if protecting his newfound trainee is worth killing for.
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Dead Running

Meet the Filmmaker

Dylan Cahall & Kevin Neal

Director
Synopsis
Shannon, I'm coming to save you. Everyone here is either starving or being eaten alive by the dead.

There aren't enough bullets to get me through the city, but I'm not going to let that stop me. I'll get there... the only way that I know how.

If I don't make it and you find this note, know that I tried, and that I love you.

-K.C.
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Compulsion

Meet the Filmmaker

Jon Myers

Director
Synopsis
Curtis, a gleefully sadistic serial killer who preys on young women, follows Leslie home one night and terrorizes her only to discover he may have bitten off more than he can chew. An unexpected game of cat and mouse ensues, culminating in a violent conclusion. However, the situation takes an even more sinister turn when Special Agent Randolph and Special Agent Blake show up and assume jurisdiction from the local authorities to preserve their own hidden agenda.
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Comatose

Meet the Filmmaker

Desmond Dolly

Director
Synopsis
Anna Scott is in a horrific auto accident that leaves her brother Sean in a coma, and her relationships paralyzed. When modern medical science fails to reanimate the comatose brother, Anna turns to prayer. Tonight, Anna's prayers are answered when her brother is awoken from his coma, and his attempts to communicate are fraught with fear and pain. She will soon realize that sometimes...dead is better.
Film Category

Alma

Meet the Filmmaker

Rodrigo Blaas

Director
Synopsis
Alma, a little girl, skips through the snow covered streets of a small town. Her attention is caught by a strange doll in an antique toy shop window. Fascinated, Alma decides to enter.

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...Or Treat

Meet the Filmmaker

Tyler Ham

Director
Synopsis
...Or Treat is a look into a home where Halloween's most beloved tradition is taken to the extreme. It was conceptualized last Halloween at a pumpkin carving party when I turned to my friend and said "What if? A few days later a script was written, an animator was hired, and several months later my dark, twisted little tale was completed." extreme. It was conceptualized last Halloween at a pumpkin carving party when I turned to my friend and said "What if? A few days later a script was written, an animator was hired, and several months later my dark, twisted little tale was completed."
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Vamperifica

Meet the Filmmaker

Bruce Ornstein

Director
Synopsis
A clueless, flamboyant college kid discovers that the soul of a great vampire king resides within him. Now he must choose between his friends and his destiny.
Film Category

Singularity

Meet the Filmmaker

Shian Storm

Director
Synopsis
Two friends, Erik and David find themselves cornered in the garage by something they can't identify. They try desperately to piece together what happened to them, which raises more questions than it answers. Injured and confused, they plan to wait until the thing gives up and leaves them be, but when their wounds take a turn for the worse, they are brought face to face with true terror.
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Rosa

Meet the Filmmaker

Jesús Orellana

Director
Synopsis
In the near future, humanity has disappeared, leaving behind a large megalopolis devoid of natural life. From the destruction awakes ROSA, a robot part of the KERNEL project, mankind's last attempt to restore the earth's ecosystem using recovered samples of long-extinct plant species. Wandering among the ruins of the lifeless city, Rosa will soon discover that she is not the only part of Kernel that has awakened.
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Roid Rage

Meet the Filmmaker

Ryan Lightbourn

Director
Synopsis
Sammy Jenkins was a simple man who lived a simple life, until a genetic mutation sent his world spiraling out of control. Now, being hunted by the men responsible for his deformity, as well as the FBI, Sammy must fight back with his unique abilities in order to survive. Those unique abilities include the giant killer hemorrhoid growing out of his ass.
Film Category

Road Dog

Meet the Filmmaker

Racheal Cain

Director
Synopsis
Schizophrenic Rolly Lenard is hiding. Haunted by demonic creatures and rejected by the society that surrounds him, Rolly is followed throughout six-and-a-half terrifying minutes of his life. Within this short time, he encounters a store clerk whom he begs for help and a familiar local prostitute, Gemma, with whom he shares unlikely insight. A conversation between Rolly and Gemma, in Rolly's parked car, consequently steers the characters toward their impending fates.