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OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
The following films have been selected to be featured at this year's LNHFF.
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SHORT FILM SELECTIONS Lamplight
Midnight Roadkill The Smog The Devil's Snuff The Alone Throwaway The Giant Rubber Monster Movie Monomaniacal Worm Case Study 2: Hide and Seek Invocation #19 |
FEATURE FILM DETAILS
"The Dead Matter"
Director: Edward Douglas
Category:Horror Feature www.TheDeadMatter.com Midnight Syndicate FIlms Principal Cast: Andrew Divoff, Tom Savini, Jason Carter, Sean Serino, Brian Van Camp, Christopher Robichaud, Tom Nagel, CB Spencer A guilt-ridden young woman desperate to contact her deceased brother discovers a powerful ancient relic that can control the dead. Her dark obsession drags her into a tangled world of two warring vampire lords (ANDREW DIVOFF of LOST, WISHMASTER and TOM SAVINI of FRIDAY THE 13TH, DAWN OF THE DEAD) each with his own sinister plans for the artifact and a hunter (JASON CARTER of BABYLON 5) who will stop at nothing to destroy it |
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DOUBLE FEATURE
"Zombie Abomination"
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"Murder Machine"
Director: Rich Yarber
Category:Suspense Feature TwistedSpine.com Films www.twistedspine.com Principal Cast: E. Ray Goodwin, Don Kilrain, Wendy Wygant, Dave Shurmer A psychotic drifter arrives in a small town and engages in a series of premeditated killings that serve to lure the town sheriff into a face to face duel to the death. The prize-the indisputable title of Murder Machine, the ultimate killer. |
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"Skew"
Director: Seve Schelenz
Category:Suspense Feature Sleep Apnea Productions Principal Cast: Robert Scattergood, Amber Lewis, Richard Olak Summer has arrived and with it, the ever-inviting road trip. With video camera in tow, Simon, Rich and Eva head out on the open road. Shot entirely through the lens of the handheld camera, we watch as Simon records every inticacy of their journey. What begins as a carefree and fun-filled trip soon turns dark and foreboding as inexplicable events force the three friends to question what is real and what is simply too horible to imagine. |
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"Subconscious"
Director: Chris Petropoulos
Category: Horror Feature www.subconsciousthemovie.com Petropoulos Movie Productions Principal Cast: Fanis Katrivesis, Danijela Radovanovic Having lost his family in a car accident, Fanis is tormented by the same dream every night, in which he wanders through a dark forest, always ending up at a makeshift religious shrine. As he searches for the truth online, Fanis begins to suspect that some of the people he meets are not who they say they are, to which he decides to videotape every aspect of his latest(and possibly last) meeting... |
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"The Black Box"
Director: Jason Balas
Category: Science Fiction Feature Goodnight Pictures www.vimeo.com/goodnightpictures Principal Cast: Katie Lakin, Aaron Shelton, Daniel Nichols, Emmy Fannon, Jason Balas, Brad Heath, Sarah Lesko Audrey lives in an era referred to as "The Shut-In Period". Basically meaning that after nightfall one must keep themselves shut behind closed doors. The world has ended and no one is exactly sure why. Most have either died or gone mad. The few who remain fight and kill for survival in a world dominated by the internet. In a move to stem rising violence, everyone has been implanted with a chip that records every second of every day. The device referred to as "The Black Box" does its job well-TOO WELL. |
SHORT FILM DETAILS
"The Giant Rubber Monster Movie:
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"Monomaniacal"Director: Michael Sharpe
Category: Horror Short www.sharpeedgefilms.com Sharpe Edge Films Principal Cast: Katie Bearden, Brittany Bass, Catherine Trail, Tim Ross A girl wakes up in a dark basement tormented by someone who has a taste for blood.
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"Throwaway"Director:Dennis Widmyer & Brian James Fitpatrick
Category:Horror Short www.parallacticpictures.com/throwaway Parallactic Pictures Principal Cast: Andra Carlson, Gil Gayle, Adam Stilwell Abby is new to Los Angeles. She takes a job working the graveyard shift at a home security company as an operator. With such a tough schedule, she spends her days like a vampire, sleeping while the sun is up. This rotation gets disturbed, however, when Abby is repeatedly awoken each day by the sounds of a Bum rummaging through her apartment's dumpster (which rests directly outside her bedroom window).
When Abby decides she's had enough, she confronts the Bum in the hopes of negotiating for some daily solace. Only the Bum has other plans for Abby that have nothing to do with a little spare change. If you sleepwalk through your days, you could bump into a nightmare. |
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"Worm"Director: Richard Powell
Category:Dark Drama Fatal Pictures www.fatalpictures.com Principal Cast: Robert Nolan as Geoffrey Oswal Dodd A day in the mind of Geoffrey Dodd, a seemingly kind, gentle and sane High School teacher. As we follow Geoffrey through the course of a typical school day we gain an eerie insight into the darkest corners of his soul and beyond. Beneath the carefully constructed veneer of Geoffrey Dodd lies something wretched, insidious and foul rotting him from the inside out. |
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"Invocation"Director: Tommy Merry
Category:Horror Short T Studios www.tommymerry.com Principal Cast:Ann Scott, Dee Marshall, Sioux Matson-Krongs, Judy Cereda, Monica Westen, Lexi & Mitchell Aragon A party game with a Ouija Board unleashes a dark force which threatens a bride-to-be's bright future. |
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" #19 "Director: Tommy Merry
Category: Horror Short T Studios www.tommymerry.com Principal Cast: Matthew Magennis, Sarah Klaren, Patrick Donahue, Evelynn Faith Harmer, Lizzie Lisha, Grace Gaoaen A young woman becomes stranded on a deserted road when her car breaks down. Soon a psycopath stops to help. She's innocent but don't let her looks fool you. Across town two kidnapped sisters are fighting for their lives in a dirty basement at the hands of Edward Sawny. Edward makes the psycopath look like a girl scout. As these two stories weave closer together a twisted tale of cannibalism and murder unfolds where heroines and killers collide. |
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"Midnight Roadkill"Director: Owen Mulligan
Category: Horror Short Dead Fi Productions www.deadfi.com Principal Cast: Dana Steinhoff, Jack Taber, Daye Matthew, John Redson A bickering couple encounter a mysterious creature and discover there's more to it than meets the eye. |
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"The Smog"Director: Owen Mulligan
Category: Horror Short Dead Fi Productions www.deadfi.com Principal Cast: Antenna Wilde, Matt Sutkoski, Daye Matthew, Bianca Slota A man struggles to survive as a mysterious and highly toxic smog plagues the city, turning those exposed into murderous maniacs known as "Smoggies". |
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"The Devil's Snuff"Director: Owen Mulligan
Category: Horror Short Dead Fi Productions www.deadfi.com Principal Cast: Jeff Hatin, Zak Frederik, Giovanna Coatini, Matt Sutkoski A man buys a snuff film and soon finds out that the film is thw work of the Devil himself. |
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"Lamplight"Director: Jason Koch
Category: Horror Short Zinnia Films Principal Cast: Johnny Alonso, Megan Rippey, Gideon Morley, Sam Gallant, Paige Sebour, Yuliya Malamud, Kelly Coston, Dave Hollifield, Jeanie Clark A young writer struggles to finish his book on time to meet his first deadline. During this process he's haunted by memories of his lonely and dark past. We learn of his internal turmoil that is only being compounded by a broken heart from a recently lost love. His long time girlfriend left himover his writing(lack of success, time away from her, etc.) The subject matter that the writer is lacking pushes his fragile emotional state over the edge causing him to act out in drastic and self destructive ways. |
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"The Alone"Director: Kevin Morello
Category: Horror Short Lonely Productions Principal Cast: Marc Chouen, Angelica Boccella, Dan Chen A man, plagued by a series of vivid dreams and nightmares, is visited by "Madeline". Feeling helpless as he bears witnesses "Madeline's" murder in one of his nightmares, he is asked by his haunted love interest to avenge her death. Lost in lonliness, the man attempts to carry out her grimm request, unaware of what is in store for him... |
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"Case Study 2: Hide and Seek"Director: Torin Langen
Category: Horror Short Candle Flame Films www.candleflamefilms.com Principal Cast: Aaron Fletcher, Eric Repke, Laura Hayes, RCE Hoppe What begins as a typical arguement between two best friends spirals into a nightmare when one is pushed too far, revealing his true homicidal nature. |
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