Los Angeles County Premieres at Screamfest
The first public screening of the film in Los Angeles County.
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COLEOPTERE
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
In this free and contemporary interpretation of Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis,” Grégoire Samsa is a solitary building caretaker who undergoes a dramatic physical and psychological transformation while seeking love and acceptance.
Film Category
Will Helm
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
Better to watch cold without synopsis. Starring Spencer Charnas (Ice Nine Kills) & Mara Marini (Parks & Rec)
"A Chat With Genre Icon Bobby Roe"
https://horrorobsessive.com/2021/10/09/the-interview-october-built-a-chat-with-genre-icon-bobby-roe/
"A Chat With Genre Icon Bobby Roe"
https://horrorobsessive.com/2021/10/09/the-interview-october-built-a-chat-with-genre-icon-bobby-roe/
Film Category
The Weekend
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
Nikiya, an orphaned woman yearning for a sense of belonging, issues an ultimatum to her fiancé, Luc: either introduce her to his estranged family or risk losing her. Reluctantly, Luc agrees, concealing the dark truth behind his family's past to preserve their relationship. Upon meeting Luc's family, Nikiya is initially enamored by their seemingly idyllic and welcoming demeanor. Their warmth temporarily quenches her longing for family, blinding her to any underlying issues. However, as she settles into their seemingly perfect life, cracks begin to surface, revealing the family's sinister secrets. Nikiya soon uncovers the truth that drove Luc away from his family, realizing that the price of belonging may be more than she bargained for. Caught in a web of deception and danger, Nikiya must act swiftly to protect herself and her unborn child from the menacing reality that threatens their lives.
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The Trip
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
Luna, Max and Zoe are on a girls getaway in the desert to do some much needed unwinding and unplugging from the world. After hanging poolside all day, Zoe and Max convince Luna to take psychedelic mushrooms with them to help expand their minds. But when the shrooms begin to take greater effect, Luna's anxieties about climate change and human nature are unearthed, shifting the tide of the trip. As they spiral deeper into a bad trip, each woman finds herself having to confront her inner darkness and anxieties in corporeal forms of hallucinated horrors.
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Tinkerhell
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
A young girl learns the consequences, after she incites the wrath of a very small and very deadly entity.
Film Category
THE THINGS WE KEEP
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
When Kate receives word her estranged mother is unable to take care of herself, she reluctantly returns to pack up her mom's house and send her to a nursing home. Unfortunately, it's a big task: her mother has been a hoarder for as long as Kate can remember. As she cleans, her mother warns: bad things will happen if you take away my things. Kate battles her mother's dementia-driven hostility and uncovers disturbing items underneath the detritus. Specifically: a sinister-looking mold-like mark underneath the wallpaper. As Kate unravels the mystery of her mother's obsession and illness, she discovers that the hoarding was actually self-preservation. There is evil in the house's walls, and they must be covered at all costs. An allegorical tale of intergenerational trauma between mothers and daughters.
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Theda
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
When Maya is dragged out to a desolate country home by her fiancé Lucas, she begins to realise the pitfalls of her relationship through strange manifestations of their older selves.
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TEST SCREENING
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
Summer, 1982: four lifelong best friends find their lives upended when a Hollywood film decides to hold a secret test screening in their small. declining Oregon town.
Film Category
Strings
Meet the Filmmaker
Synopsis
Sally joins a dream summer trip to Sicily with her childhood bestie Poppy, hoping to re-connect before they start university. Confronted with Poppy's volatile new friend Alex, Sally is strangely drawn to the traditional puppets decorating their villa, and the strings that bind the two friends threaten to rip them apart.
'Strings' is produced by students aged 16-20 as part of Project Paradiso, a cross-cultural UK-Italy educational filmmaking initiative from Young Film Academy (YFA). Full details of Project Paradiso can be found at https://www.youngfilmacademy.co.uk/project-paradiso
'Strings' is produced by students aged 16-20 as part of Project Paradiso, a cross-cultural UK-Italy educational filmmaking initiative from Young Film Academy (YFA). Full details of Project Paradiso can be found at https://www.youngfilmacademy.co.uk/project-paradiso