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ALIEN ON STAGE (UK)
SYNOPSIS: Why do pantomime when you can do Alien? A very amateur dramatics group led by Dorset Bus Drivers spent a year creating a serious stage adaptation of the sci-fi, horror film, Alien. Their village-hall show is a crushing flop; it seems their hard work was for nothing but fate gives them a second chance to perform their homemade homage in a West End theatre, for one night only. With wobbly sets, awkward acting and special effects requiring ‘more luck than judgement.’ Will it be alright on the night?
RATINGS GUIDE: All Audiences, Mild Language
DIRECTOR: TBD
GENRE: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Documentary
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: TBD
DIRECTOR’S BIO: TBD
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AN IDEAL HOST (AUSTRALIA)
SYNOPSIS: Liz just wants to host the perfect dinner party but an unexpected guest sends the evening into chaos, with potentially apocalyptic consequences.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Violence, Language
CAST: TBD
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Virtual Screening – available via Virtual Cinema throughout festival
DIRECTOR’S BIO: TBD
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CODE NAME: NAGASAKI (NORWAY)
SYNOPSIS: The story of Marius and Fredrik, two young men who forged their friendship through filmmaking and decided to put their skills to a unique challenge: Finding Marius’ long lost, Japanese mother.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Language, Intense Images
DIRECTOR: TBD
GENRE: Fantastic, The Beyond, Horror, Comedy, Documentary
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Virtual Screening – available via Virtual Cinema throughout festival
DIRECTOR’S BIO: TBD
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DAWN BREAKS BEHIND THE EYES (GERMANY)
SYNOPSIS: Having just inherited a run down castle, a dispirited woman and her ill-tempered husband decide to spend the night, as time and reality slowly starts to shift around them.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Nudity, Sensuality, Language
DIRECTOR: TBD
CAST: TBD
GENRE: Horror, The Beyond, Fantastic
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: TBD
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Mathieu Turi is an assistant director and director, known for Hostile (2017), Inglorious Basterds (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011).
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ESLUNA: THE CROWN OF BABLYON (CANADA)
SYNOPSIS: An action-adventure set in the retro-futuristic world of Esluna. After her mentor is abducted by a renegade monk, a relic hunter and her crew must find the Crown of Babylon, an ancient artifact rumoured to have the power to bring back the dead.
RATINGS GUIDE: All Audiences / Family Friendly, Mild Violence
DIRECTOR: Denver Jackson
CAST: TBD
GENRE: Sci Fi, Fantasy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: TBD
DIRECTOR’S BIO: TBD
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GHOSTS OF THE OZARKS (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Set in a post-Civil War Arkansas circa 1866, the film follows a young doctor who is summoned by his uncle to a remote town in the Ozarks only to discover upon his arrival that the utopian paradise is not all that it seems to be.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Violence, Language, Intense Images
DIRECTOR: TBD
CAST: TBD
GENRE: Fantastic, Horror, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: TBD
DIRECTOR’S BIO: TBD
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KEEPING COMPANY (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A fateful chain of events begins to unravel after two brash insurance salesmen go knocking on the wrong door and find themselves trapped inside of a serial killer’s basement, putting their lives and their jobs on the line.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Language, Intense Images
DIRECTOR: TBD
CAST: TBD
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: TBD
DIRECTOR’S BIO: TBD
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NOT ALONE (USA)
SYNOPSIS: An unsuspecting family buys a mansion for a bargain but discovers a presence in their home that’s not supernatural but perhaps something from a whole ‘nother world.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Mild Language
DIRECTOR: Lydelle Jackson & Cezil Reed
CAST: TBD
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: TBD
DIRECTOR’SBIO: TBD
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THE FREE FALL (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Sara wakes from a coma to a life she doesn’t remember, a fragile reality that tumbles into a nightmare where nothing is as it seems and the ultimate evil vies for her soul.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Brief Nudity, Sensuality, Intense Images
DIRECTOR: TBD
CAST: TBD
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: TBD
DIRECTOR’S BIO: TBD
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THE OLD WAYS (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Deep in the Veracruz jungles, journalist Cristina Lopez is held captive by a mysterious witch doctor convinced she’s demonically possessed. Ultimately her fight for survival becomes one for her soul.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Violence, Language, Intense Images
DIRECTOR: TBD
CAST: TBD
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: TBD
DIRECTOR’S BIO: TBD
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THE PARKER SESSIONS (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A woman suffering from night terrors and plagued by a troubled past schedules a series of appointments with a psychologist. But will she find the answers she’s looking for because the demons that haunt her could be evil or something that doesn’t exist? Not a monster or a ghost, but an all-black shadow watching from a distance, its footsteps pacing outside her house trying to break into a window…
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Violence, Strong Language, Brief Nudity, Sensuality, Adult Content, Intense Images
DIRECTOR: Stephen King Simmons
CAST: TBD
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: TBD
DIRECTOR’SBIO: TBD
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TIN CAN (CANADA)
SYNOPSIS: As the world faces a deadly plague, a front-lines parasitologist on the brink of a cure is imprisoned in a life-suspension chamber.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Nudity, Sensuality, Language
DIRECTOR: TBD
CAST: TBD
GENRE: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: TBD
DIRECTOR’S BIO: TBD
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TWO WITCHES (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A matriarchal witch passes on her sinister inheritance to her granddaughter, triggering horrific curses.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Language, Nudity
DIRECTOR: TBD
CAST: TBD
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: TBD
DIRECTOR’S BIO: TBD
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WHEN I CONSUME YOU (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A woman and her brother seek revenge against a mysterious stalker. A gritty, slow-burn urban folktale about family, damnation, and redemption.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Language, Intense Images
DIRECTOR: TBD
CAST: TBD
GENRE: Horror, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: TBD
DIRECTOR’S BIO: TBD
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WHEN THE SCREAMING STARTS (UK)
SYNOPSIS: When Norman Graysmith is invited into the home of an aspiring serial killer, Aidan Mendle, he believes he has the subject for the documentary that will make his career.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Violence, Language, Intense Images
DIRECTOR: TBD
CAST: TBD
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: TBD
DIRECTOR’SBIO: TBD
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WICKED GAMES (USA)
SYNOPSIS: When Harley joins her new boyfriend for a long Halloween weekend at his country estate, they’re invaded by a band of masked freaks and forced to play a Wicked Game. To the intruders’ unpleasant surprise, Harley’s hard-boiled history has endowed her with a bag of tricks which give the game a surprise ending.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Mild Language, Sensuality
DIRECTOR: TBD
CAST: TBD
GENRE: Thriller
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: TBD
DIRECTOR’S BIO: TBD
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