MY NAME IS BRUCE
Length 90 m
Directed by Bruce Campbell
2008
Format 35mm
USA
Synopsis:
B Movie Legend Bruce Campbell is mistaken for his character Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy and forced to fight a real monster in a small town in Oregon.
Tokyo Gore Police
Edmonton Premier
Length 1 hr 10 min
Directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura
2008
Format HD
JAPAN
Synopsis:
Set in a future-world vision of Tokyo where the police have been privatized and bitter self-mutilation is so casual that advertising is often specially geared to the "cutter" demographic. This is the story of samurai-sword-wielding Ruka and her mission to avenge her father's assassination. Ruka is a cop from a squad who's mission is to destroy homicidal mutant criminals known as "engineers" possessing the ability to transform any injury to a weapon in and of itself( Cronenberg-style)This is the “What-the-fuck” movie of the year! You’ll either giggle your ass off or puke your guts out. Winner of the Public Award for Best Asian Film at the 2008 Fantasia Festival!
Phantasm
Length 88 m
Directed by Don Coscarelli
1979
Format 35mm
USA
Synopsis:
Mike, a young teenage boy who has just lost his parents, is afraid to lose his brother. This fear causes him to follow his brother to a funeral, where Mike witnesses the Tall Man lift a coffin on his own. Mike decides to investigate and discovers the horrible world of the Tall Man, along with his flying spheres and undead evil dwarves.Finally, a movie with some balls! Join the terrifying Tall Man, flying brain sucking spheres and his army zombie dwarves in the 1979 cult classic, presented on 35mm for the first time since it’s release!
Night of the Creeps
Length 88 m
Directed by Fred Dekker
1986
Format 35mm
USA
Synopsis:
“Good news is, your dates are here. Bad news is, they’re dead.”
The college formal is a time for cummerbunds, corsages and zombifying brain slugs from outer space. Now it’s up to a haggard police sergeant and a nerdy undergrad to save their campus and the world from an alien experiment gone wrong.
Catch Monster Squad director Fred Dekker’s 1986 gorefest (unavailable on DVD) in glorious 35mm!
BUBBAS CHILI PARLOR
Length 80 m
Directed by Joey Evans
2008
Format HD
USA
A young couple drives in rural Texas for a trip to the lake. A sign ahead: Bubba's Chili Parlor. They decide to stop. Meanwhile, at the Parlor, a young girl waits for her mother. She is reading William Golding's 'Lord Of The Flies', and in a quiet moment explains the book's lesson to Bubba: man is ultimately incapable of governing himself, and that the pig's head 'lords' over the boy's descent into anarchy. Unknown to Bubba, the chili he's about to serve her is infected with a mutated strain of Mad Cow Disease, created by the US Government. The young couple arrives. Chili is served. Anarchy begins, and the Zombie Lord, a regal, bloody, detached head, begins his reign from the Parlor parking lot.
WICKED LAKE
Length 95 m
Directed by Zach Passero
2008
Format 35mm
USA
SYNOPSIS
Wicked Lake tells of four co-ed girls who head out to a lakeside mountain cabin for a relaxing weekend. Unbeknownst to them, there are two groups of predatory monstrosities who have their eyes on them ... that is until the stroke of midnight when all hell literally breaks loose.
MIDNIGHT MOVIE
Length
Directed by Jack Messitt
2008
Format 35 mm
USA
Synopsis:
A midnight showing of an early 1970's horror movie turns to chaos when the Killer from the movie comes out of the film to attack those in the theater.
Love Hate Tragedy
Length 35 m
Directed by Matt Acosta
2008
Format HD
CANADA
Synopsis:
“A dark, morbid retelling of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”
Sarah Apathy is young, rich, beautiful and completely pyscotic. Jesse is a poor manic-depressive mess, on the verge of a suicide. They couldn’t be more wrong for each other and Sarah’s father “Mr. Apathy” couldn’t agree more and will do anything to keep them apart.
THE DEMONOLOGY OF DESIRE
Length 22 m 05 s
Directed by Rodrigo Gudiño
2006
Format super 16mm
CANADA
Synopsis:
THE DEMONOLOGY OF DESIRE tells the story of Ramona, a unique girl with a unique idea of what love is. One night before going to bed, Ramona makes a powerful wish, a wish that is seemingly answered the next day by Eric, a young boy who has no idea the dark, fantastical depths that love can go. Equal parts fatal fable, romantic thriller and artcore horror, THE DEMONOLOGY OF DESIRE is a love story… with a caustic heart.
The Eyes of Edward James
Length 14 m 42 s
Directed by Rodrigo Gudiño
2006
Format HD CAM
CANADA
Synopsis:
THE EYES OF EDWARD JAMES tells the story of Edward, a patient regressed into the traumatic memory of the evening that his wife, Sarah, is brutally murdered. As his memory unfolds, however, it becomes apparent that Edward is not being completely honest with his doctor, just as Sarah was not being entirely honest with him on the night of her death.
TREEVENGE
Length 15m
Directed by Jason Eisener
2008
Format HD
CANADA
Synopsis:
Treevenge details the experiences and horrifying reality of the lives of Christmas trees. Clearly, for trees, Christmas isn’t the exciting “peace on earth” that is experienced by most. After being hacked down, and shipped away from their homes, they quickly become strung up, screwed into an upright position for all to see, exposed in a humiliation of garish decorations. But this Christmas will be different, this Christmas the trees have had enough, this Christmas the trees will fight back. Treevenge could be a short film about the end of days for Christmas trees, or perhaps, the end of humanity?
Clown on the Rocks
Length 10 m 01s
Directed by James Cadden
2008
Format DV
CANADA
Synopsis:
Peter, a young boy, meets a drooling clown in the woods and decides to keep him as a pet. However, his older sister Julia, hates clowns and wants Peter to get rid of it permanently. Originally made for FAVA's 48 Hour Film Festival held in June 2008, it won the audience choice award.
Darkness Within
Length 11m 55s
Directed by Ian Anderson
2007
Format DVC pro 50
CANADA
Synopsis :
The entire city has been overrun by a strange outbreak. The survivors are surrounded by horde of undead and are forced to fight through the nightmare that is “Darkness within”
Mr. Exterminator
Length 17m 05s
Directed by David Preston
2008
Format Mini DV
CANADA
Synopsis :
Savage aliens have crash landed on planet earth and it isn’t long before the carnage begins! Jam packed with explosions, guns and boobs, Mr. Exterminator is a high octane thrill ride.
Colony
Length 9m 30s
Directed by Michael Olson
2008
Format DVC PRO HD
CANADA
Synopsis:
Human research subjects discover that the unknown substance injected into them turns them into the ideal of a totalitarian ruled medical institute.
Full Moon Hardtop
Length 24 m
Directed Joel Laflamme, Nathan Hart, Keenan Martens
2008
Format DV
CANADA
Synopsis:
A thief gets more then he bargained for when the car he steals seeks vengeance for the owners he killed.Full Moon Hardtop is a story about car thieves, friends and a pissed off killer Camero.
Suicidium
Length 9 m
Directed by Joel Abrahamson & Brooke Leifso's
2008
Format DV
CANADA
Synopsis:
Do you ever wonder what person thinks about before committing suicide, then enter the dark mind of Joel Abraham & Brooke Leifso's “Suicidium” A film noir with dialog that cuts into your wrists.
THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF MISTER HOLLOW
Length 5m 58s
Written by Rodrigo Gudiño
Directed by Rodrigo Gudiño and Vincent Marcone
2008
Format HD
Canada
Synopsis:
An image that tells an entire story, THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF MISTER HOLLOW centers on a single photograph that dates back to the early 1930s. As the camera begins to investigate the particulars of the photo, however, it reveals a tapestry of secrets hidden in the details, and a tale of murder, kidnapping and sacrifice captured in a haunting moment.
COLD HARD CASH
Length
Directed by Mike Pecci
2008
Format HD
Canada
Deane is a bully. Tanya's a slut. They both owe Duvelle a lot of money. The only way out is to work together and steal a briefcase loaded with cash. Watch what happens when two beautiful bad girls are put in a desperate situation. Starring Suicide Girls Eliska and Odette, Cold Hard Cash will grab you by the throat and won't let go till the end. Cold Hard Cash is produced, shot, and directed by award winning filmmaker and acclaimed SuicideGirls.com photographer Mike Pecci. The film features the Suicide Girls and stars the beautifully voluptuous Eliska and cold-blooded Odette.
BLACK STANTA'S REVENGE
Length 20 m
Directed by David Walker
2007
Format HD
USA
BLACK SANTA’S REVENGE is a two-fisted tale of yuletide vengeance reminiscent of the classic blaxploitation and revenge films of the 1970s and 80s—think William Lustig’s Vigilante meets Ivan Dixon’s Trouble Man. Adapted from the short comic book story drawn by Rusty Beach and written by Walker, the film version of BSR is filled with all the classic elements of exploitation cinema—graphic violence, gratuitous nudity, and tons of profanity—all crammed into a 20-minute running time.