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SAFE (UK)
SYNOPSIS: A young woman battles for her life against a relentless masked killer.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Language, Adult Content, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: David Yorke
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Nov. 2nd @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: David Yorke is a multi-award-winning writer and director specializing in drama and horror. His acclaimed short films have screened at over 65 festivals and have been featured in BIFA, Bafta, and Oscar-accredited festivals, earning him awards like ‘Best Film’ and ‘Best Director.’ With over 15 years of experience in short films, music videos, and broadcast television.
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SECOND SIGHT (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A four year old girl wakes up from a dream, or was it?
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: World Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Nov. 1st @ 9:30 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Born and raised in Connecticut. Living in Orange County. My whole goal in life is to make movies that 10 year old me would have watched over and over again when my parents weren’t around. So basically, Robocop hunting Michael Myers while being stalked by The Predator. Also the Terminator is there. And Indiana Jones is crawling all over a dance floor looking for the antidote to the poison he just drank.
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SECRET GOSPEL (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A young nun inflicted with stigmata discovers a horrific secret in the dungeon of her monastery.
RATINGS GUIDE: Adult Content, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Brandon Auman
GENRE: Horror, Fantasy, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 31st @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Brandon Auman is a showrunner, writer and executive producer of various animated series such as The Legend of Vox Machina and Star Wars Resistance. He has several live-action films currently in development with Appian Way and Scott Free Productions, mainly in the horror and sci-fi genres. Both Andy Muschietti (It Chapters 1 and 2) and Jaume Collet-Serra (Black Adam) are attached to his feature screenplays.
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SEVEN SISTERS (UK)
SYNOPSIS: Seven Sisters follows Juliet on a journey of self-healing after a traumatic event that leads her to an ‘alternative healer’. Part fantasy tale / part urban legend this film takes you on a voyage to the darkest parts of the psyche and is an exploration of witch-craft in modern day London.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Violence, Strong Language, Adult Content, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Isabella Culver
GENRE: Horror, Fantasy, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: International Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Tuesday, Oct. 29th @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Isabella is a Writer/Director hailing from South-East London. In her writing Isabella enjoys bringing in elements of pop-culture and current affairs. With a focus on Magical Realism and mental health Isabella’s work centres on surprising stories with a supernatural twist. Seven Sisters is Isabella’s debut short film as a Writer/Director, it was the winner of the ShortFlix award and was produced by Sky Arts and Creative UK.
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SHADOW (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A young mothers shadow takes on a life of its own and terrorizes her and her daughter over the course of one night.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Kamell Allaway
GENRE: Horror, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: None
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 25th @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Kamell Allaway is a Lebanese American filmmaker with a love for the surreal.
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SHIVA (CANADA)
SYNOPSIS: An unnerving tale about a recently widowed woman who breaks with a long-held Jewish mourning ritual in hopes of connecting with her deceased husband.
RATINGS GUIDE: Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Josh Saltzman
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 31st @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Josh Saltzman is a Canadian writer and director. He’s written for shows including Peanuts on Apple, Pete the Cat on Amazon Prime, and Moonshine on CBC/CW
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SHIVER (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A grieving man experiences visions of his dead wife and is convinced to take drastic measures with unforeseen consequences for himself and his intended victim.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Cameron Scott Dutra
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Oct. 26th @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Cameron is a writer / director from Los Angeles. For the past decade Cameron has worked directing commercials and music videos that have taken him all over the world and allowed him to work with clients like Johnson & Johnson, Away, Silk, and Google. A huge horror lover Cameron has dreamed of bringing his unique perspective to the big screen. “Shiver” is his first narrative project.
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SICK DAY (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A burnt out assistant’s perfect plan to get sent home sick is derailed when a swarm of locusts invades Los Angeles.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Strong Language
DIRECTOR: Hughes Ransom
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Nov. 2nd @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Hughes is an LA-based writer/director (They said be brief).
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SONOS (AUSTRALIA)
SYNOPSIS: A occult collector gets more than he bargained for when he buys some haunted audio cassettes.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Mild Language
DIRECTOR: Anderson Shane
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 25th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Shane has been making short films for 10 years, having won an Audience Choice award with his first film “Revenge of the Medieval Zombies III” and hasn’t looked back since. His films have played all over the world and won a number of awards in his home country of Australia.
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SPEAK WITH THE DEAD (USA)
SYNOPSIS: In 1850 The Fox sisters hold a seance for a wealthy couple who want to call on their deceased son’s spirit to give them closure. When the girls’ parlor tricks backfire, the audience begins to catch on.
RATINGS GUIDE: Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Stephanie Paris
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Oct. 26th @ 8:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Stephanie Paris is a Los Angeles based Director/Producer. Since beginning her career working as a camera assistant on low budget horror films, she has quickly worked her way up towards a more owner/author position in the mediums of both cinema and new media content. In 2022 she directed a Netflix after show series for Kevin Smith to promote the new series “Masters Of The Universe.”
She directed her first feature “Portraits” in 2019. Stephanie also produced the feature-length film ”That Guy Dick Miller”, which had it’s world premiere at SXSW 2014. As well as “Easter,” a segment in the anthology feature, “Holidays,” that premiered at TIFF 2016. She continues to produce television and web commercials and promos for clients such as Google, Sony, Disney, Fox, Redbull, Netflix, Zagat, & HGTV. Stephanie’s love for the horror genre has also resulted in producing and shooting numerous DVD/Blu-ray bonus features for such diverse filmmakers as David Cronenberg, Jack Hill, Kinji Fukasaku, Pete Walker, Ted V. Mikels, John Carpenter, Joe Dante, Roger Corman and many more.
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STAINS (USA)
SYNOPSIS: As Erin packs her old life into boxes, she overhears a violent attack in the apartment above that derails her night.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Language, Intense & Scary Imagery
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Sunday, Oct. 27th @ 11:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Joseph Burch is a writer and director from Morgan Hill, California. He graduated from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts with a BA in Film and Television Production and currently lives in West Hollywood, California. He is in development on his feature debut, a spiritual successor to his horror short, Stains, which he plans to go into production on in early 2025.
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STAR.WAV (USA)
SYNOPSIS: After prophesying the end of humanity, a reclusive conspiracy theorist receives a troubling call into his radio show.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Language, Adult Content, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Alex Tobin
GENRE: Sci-Fi
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Oct. 26th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Alex Tobin grew up in small town Northern California and is just happy to be here.
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STILL (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A despondent mother’s reality crumbles as she faces the unthinkable. Synopsis: Aliya struggles with a difficult reality and finds herself in a nightmarish, endless loop of pain.
RATINGS GUIDE: Adult Content, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Rakefet Abergel
GENRE: Horror, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Nov. 1st @ 9:30 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Rakefet Abergel is an accomplished director, writer, and producer known for her unique voice. She began her career as an actress and later created three award-winning short films: Jax in Love, Boo, and Still, along with several screenplays. Her first short, Jax in Love, which she wrote, produced and starred in, played dozens of film festivals, winning a plethora of awards, and is currently available on Amazon Prime, Red Coral Universe, Screambox, and ShortsTV.
She also wrote, produced, starred in and directed her second short film, Boo. It screened at over 85 film festivals across the world including HollyShorts and New Filmmakers LA, and garnered her multiple awards for Best Director, Best Female Filmmaker, Best Genre Filmmaker, Best Writing in a Short, Best Horror Short, and Best Actress and others at top genre festivals such as FilmQuest, Nightmares Film Festival, GenreBlast, and others. Boo was picked up and distributed by Gunpowder & Sky’s ALTER channel, ShortsTV, Bloody Disgusting’s Bloody TV, Red Coral Universe, and multiple anthology BluRays and DVDs.
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STOP DEAD (UK)
SYNOPSIS: A workaholic detective and her laid-back partner try to stop a lone girl on a country road, but discover she’s being stalked by a deadly entity with a terrifying ultimatum: you stop moving, you die.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Violence, Mild Language, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Emily Greenwood
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Virtual Exclusive Block #1 – Watch via EO FLIX
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Emily is a genre director with a passion for thriller and horror. She recently completed her 6th short, STOP DEAD, a proof of concept for horror feature THE STILL MAN (Shadowhouse Films/Lunar Lander Films). Emily has directed award-winning shorts such as comedy horror It Should Have Been Me (Sky Arts / Sharon Horgan’s Merman), political thriller Cold Warrior & thriller A Neutral Corner. She has been selected for prestigious talent programs including EIFF Talent Lab, Berlin Talent Campus, Guiding Lights & has extensive post-production experience as a Digital Online Editor, including work on The Woman In Black, Locke, and Spectre.
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STOP WHINING AND START WINNING (USA)
SYNOPSIS: When a contract killer has a last-minute change of heart inspired by his favorite new self-help book, he triggers a disastrous chain of events amongst his criminal co-workers.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Language, Adult Content
DIRECTOR: Emma Raimi
GENRE: Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Oct. 26th @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Emma Raimi is an actress and director from Los Angeles, CA. She recently starred in the upcoming feature film Year One, festival-favorite short Happy Pills, as well as prior work in films such as Spider-Man 3. Emma is the founder of Shadobox Studios, where she is currently in post-production for her comedy CURED.
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STRANGE CREATURES (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Desperate to see her brother again, a young woman visits the site of his death.
RATINGS GUIDE: Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Nicholas Payne Santos
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Oct. 26th @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Nicholas Payne Santos is a bi-racial (Black/white) filmmaker based in NYC. Santos’ feature directorial debut IT CUTS DEEP was released by Dark Sky Films. It made its World Premiere at Nightstream. The film is currently on Tubi, previously on Showtime and Shudder. In ‘21, Nicholas’ shorts MOTHER F**KER and HOLIDAY FEAR were both picked up for streaming by Arrow
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SWEET DREAMING (USA)
SYNOPSIS: American Idetics generates on-demand videos featuring the viewer–and there’s something very wrong with Moira’s videos.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Language
DIRECTOR: Andrew Laudone
GENRE: Sci-Fi
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Sunday, Oct. 27th @ 1:30 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Andrew Laudone is a Chicago based filmmaker and VFX artist. He has two cats.
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