Los Angeles County Premieres at Screamfest
The first public screening of the film in Los Angeles County.
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Outpost Black Sun
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Synopsis
The year is 1945, the closing stages of WWII, and a German scientist is working on a frightening new technology that has the power to create an immortal Nazi army. Flash forward to present day, and a NATO task force is deployed to Eastern Europe, where a sinister enemy is mercilessly killing everything in its path. But this is no ordinary foe…it is a super-human army of zombie Nazi Stormtroopers. Defying overwhelming odds, a small band of soldiers venture deep behind enemy lines to uncover the source of this evil power and prevent the rise of the Fourth Reich.
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The Other Side
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Synopsis
When a fresh-faced nanny arrives at her new job on a creaky farm in the English countryside, caretaker James is struggling to provide for his family and Rachel is unable to cope with the demands of her newborn baby. As night falls on the secluded farmhouse, a sinister intruder invades the property, unraveling a night of gruesome bloodshed and unprecedented terror. Who is behind it? What do they want? Can anybody escape alive?
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Other
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Synopsis
Patrick is a brilliant doctor in an obsessive race to alter his own grim prognosis. During a series of unconventional experiments, he discovers a scientific loophole unlike anything he had ever imagined. In pursuit of this dark prize, Patrick will risk everything to ensure he sees his experiment to the end...even if it means accepting the sinister results.
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Nightmare Factory
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Synopsis
In 1989, Greg Nicotero quit medical school and headed for Hollywood to pursue a dream of making monsters. Together with gore masters Howard Berger and Robert Kurtzman, Nicotero went on to create KNB EFX Group, one of the most prolific make-up effects studios in the world. Nightmare Factory delves inside the high-stakes world of special FX make-up and creature design through the eyes of one of the industry's key players.
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Killer Kart
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Synopsis
An evil grows, hiding in plain sight. We never give it a second thought, as it carries our groceries and holds our children. Just four wheels and a basket, but forged of aluminum in the fires of hell. Fueled by years of pain and neglect, tonight, it will strike, and the closing crew of a small-town grocery store will be thrust into the fight of their lives against the monstrous devastation of… The Killer Kart!
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Incident on Highway 73
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Synopsis
On Christmas Eve of 2005 Jeff and Kelly took a trip through the desert and mysteriously disappeared. This is the account of their final hours.
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HENRi
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Synopsis
HENRi is an epic new sci-fi short film starring Keir Dullea (2001: A Space Odyssey) and Margot Kidder (Superman), which tells the story of a derelict spaceship that becomes self-aware and builds itself a mechanical body in order to feel alive. Utilizing a mixture of quarter-scale miniatures, in-camera effects, and computer animation, HENRi is a completely unique and visually stunning short film.
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Gateway
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Synopsis
Scientists Craig and Allen are preparing for the first human tests of a machine that's designed to stop death. As they approach completion, the moral and ethical questions surrounding the project create a rift between them. With the well being of his daughter on his mind, Craig aggressively pushes for the completion of the project whereas Allen fears its darker potential. With the first human test, they quickly find there are deeper ramifications to tampering with life and death.
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Fear of Water
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Synopsis
Rosalie Richard is found raped and dead at the foot of a cliff. She is the first victim ever of a gruesome murder in Magdalen Islands. Her death will radically change the orderly life of Sergeant André Surprenant, who works the Quebec provincial police force. The shy and subdued Surprenant will go on a hunt for the murderer even though his marriage is crumbling, his teenage daughter tells him to screw off, his psychologist tries to help him overcome his fears and someone wants to push him aside and give the investigation to Sergeant- Detective Gingras, brought in from Montreal. Along with his partner Agent Geneviève Savoie, for whom he has feelings. Surprenant will discover investigate talents that he didn't know he had and will finally open his eyes on his world and the corruption that's eating away at him.
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Fade Into You
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Synopsis
"Fade Into You portrays a dark and violent murder involving a couple and an estranged ex-boyfriend. Directed by Michael Rosenbaum, this thriller answers the question, "is anyone really safe in their own home?"
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Excision
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Synopsis
Based on writer/director Richard Bates, Jr’s short film of the same name, Excision follows a disturbed and delusional high school student, Pauline (AnnaLynne McCord). Pauline, with aspirations of a career in medicine, goes to extremes to earn the approval of her controlling mother (played by Traci Lords). While dealing with both being an outcast teenager and having an obsession over curing her sister’s cystic fibrosis, Pauline becomes increasingly deranged as her fascination with surgery and flesh and blood grows into something compulsive and demonic, if not epic.