ABOUT SPOOKY MOVIE:
Founded in 2006, the Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival is Washington, D.C's only genre-based film festival. Recognized as one of D.C.'s premiere festival events, as well as "the world's premiere horror film festival" (BadLit.com), Spooky Fest works closely with our partners to offer year round screenings of feature and short films, in addition to our signature festival event every October.

2012 SCHEDULE:

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Wednesday, October 10

EXCISION

8:00 p.m.

Opening Night
Q&A with director Richard Bates, Jr.

"A strange dark comedy pulled from INSPIRATIONS from
John Waters and Todd Solondz ... but it's the take-no-prisoners
enthusiasm with which Bates leaps into his suburban NIGHTMARE
that makes it so interesting!" - FearNet

"EXCISION is both extremely disturbing and hilarious ... We may have the
next Cronenberg or Lynch on our hand with Richard Bates Jr. I say that
without the slightest sarcasm or hyperbole. I genuinely think we have a new
master of HORROR on our hands. EXCISION is a masterpiece and one
hell of a debut." - Dead Derrick's Reviews

Alienated teen Pauline (AnnaLynne McCord) struggles with the pressures of fitting into high school, pleasing her parents and a burning desire to lose her virginity. With a grotesque curiosity for the darker side of life, she retreats into her demented erotic fantasies of flesh, death and salvation. A remarkable dark achievement, Northern Virginia native Bates’ feature expands brilliantly on his award-winning short, which played at Spooky Movie 2008. “This funny, shocking and soulful power slam of a teen-outsider film stars AnnaLynne McCord, Ariel Winter, Traci Lords, John Waters and Malcolm McDowell and blew no shortage of minds when it launched at Sundance earlier this year.”- Film Threat
DIR/SCR Richard Bates, Jr.; USA, 2012, color, 90min., UNRATED

Preceded by the short:

ELKO – A young man takes advantage of a stranger’s internet request that somebody murder her.
DIR Alexander Yan; USA, 14 min.

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SOME GUY WHO KILLS PEOPLE

10:30 p.m.

"Funny, BLOODY… a welcome breath of fresh air!”
– Bloody Disgusting

Ken Boyd (Kevin Corrigan) is a lonely father fresh out of the mental hospital who sets out to kill those he deems responsible for his pathetic life. Produced by the man who practically invented the horror-comedy genre, John Landis (AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON), and co-starring Barry Bostwick in a wonderful role as a bumbling sheriff and Karen Black as an apathetic mom, SOME GUY WHO KILLS PEOPLE is one of the more exciting films on the horror circuit in the year since its premiere last year. We are thrilled to finally bring it to the DC area.
DIR Jack Perez; SCR Ryan A. Levin. USA, 2011, color, 97min., RATED R

Preceded by the short:

DOROTHY – Two captured clowns fight for their lives as they try to impress a bloodthirsty little girl ... and her doll.
DIR Eros Romero; Australia, 14 min.

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Thursday, October 11

THE HOLDING

5:00 p.m.

“Racked with TENSION and a genuine sense
of malice ... four stars!” – Horrortalk

Sometimes our worst secrets can’t be buried. What we think is the right thing to do can be the most dangerous thing of all. Cassie Naylor (Kierston Wareing) killed her husband to protect her daughters from him. When charming drifter Aden (Vincent Regan) shows up eight months later, Cassie’s terrible secret comes back to haunt her in the most horrifying and unexpected way. A favorite at Film4Frightfest and Fantastic Fest , THE HOLDING is a burning thriller about the destructive nature of secrets and the shocking lengths to which people will go to fight for what they value most in life.
DIR Susan Jacobson ; SCR James Dormer. UK, 2011, color, 89min., UNRATED

Preceded by:

BRAINEATER – A group of young children have the backyard campout of their lives
DIR Mitch Urban; USA, 5 min.

LOVE BUG – Frank's blind date is way out of his league. However, when she contracts a mysterious virus, it looks like his luck may change.
DIR Benjamin Kent; UK, 13 min.

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PLAY DEAD

7:30 p.m.

Q&A with directors Teller and Shade Rupe
with Todd Robbins

“A slicked-up version of good old-fashioned Saturday-night SPOOKY SHOW…
Funny, furious and wholly enthralling!” – The Wall Street Journal

"A gleefully GROTESQUE orgy of death and fright!”
– New York Times

"Three and a half stars!”
– Film Threat

In this film of their off-Broadway show PLAY DEAD, famed silent magician Teller (of Penn & Teller) and brilliantly funny Coney Island showman Todd Robbins thrill a live audience with gory, ghastly spectacles based on real-life killers and psychic pranksters. Shot by Dark Stars Rising author Shade Rupe, PLAY DEAD is inspired by the American spook show, an underground entertainment which thrived from the 1930s to the 1970s. “There are moments earlier in the show that make you wonder if something is going to reach out from the void in your theater and scare the bejeezus out of you! Three and a half stars!” - Film Threat
DIR Shade Rupe, Teller; SCR Todd Robbins, Teller. USA, 2012, Color, 70min., UNRATED

Preceded by the shorts:

BABY-SITTING – A young woman accepts a babysitting offer from a couple she doesn't know.
DIR Lucas Masson; France, 20 min.

PLUSH – Kathy is a mature, professional woman who needs the protection of Vincent, her teddy bear.
DIR Ryan Denmark; USA, 11 min.

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NAZI ZOMBIE DEATH TALES

10:00 p.m.

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

SEX! ZOMBIES! WAR! From the insane creators of the blood-soaked BORDELLO DEATH TALES comes their next terrifying anthology, this time set against the backdrop of World War II.

• MEDAL OF HORROR - Director Jim Eaves (BANE, Spooky Movie 2007) takes you on a suicide mission with a young soldier doing all he can to defeat the Nazi menace as he attempts to rescue a burlesque dancer from zombified soldiers and a Nazi death queen.

• DEVILS OF THE BLITZ - A family sheltering from Nazi bombers is terrorized by flesh-eating devils. Director Pat Higgins (THE DEVIL’S MUSIC) brings you a dark tale of suspense, edged with pitch-black comedy.

• HARRIET’S WAR - Director Alan Ronald (JESUS VS. THE MESSIAH) brings you a spooky slice of paranormal pulp in this nerve-jangling ghost story.

DIR/SCR Jim Eaves, Pat Higgins, Alan Ronald; UK, 2012, color, 98m, UNRATED

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Friday, October 12

CHAINED

9:20 p.m.

U.S. PREMIERE
Q&A with director Jennifer Lynch

"The MPAA may believe that CHAINED is too real to be seen,
but that is EXACTLY why you should see it.” – Sound on Sight

"A movie that will stick with YOU, no matter how many showers
you take to ERASE the memory of it." - Dread Central

Eight-year-old Tim and his mother Sarah (Julia Ormond) are picked up by Bob (Vincent D’Onofrio), a deranged taxicab driver on the hunt for his next victim. Bob murders Tim’s mother in front of him, then keeps him as a reluctant protégé, forcing him to clean and bury the bodies of the victims he drags home. As a teenager, Tim (Eamon Farren) must make a life or death choice between following in Bob’s footsteps or breaking free. Not an experience you will easily shake. “Jennifer Lynch and Vincent D’Onofrio dive deep into the abuse that creates monstrosities and emerge with the portrait of a complicated human monster, who is not once allowed to be the hero.” - Sound on Sight.
DIR/SCR Jennifer Lynch; SCR Damian O’Donnell. USA, 2012, color, 95 min., RATED R

Preceded by the shorts:

EXIT – As a parlor trick turns into a bewitching, one of the guests gets his dark desire.
DIR Daniel Shea Zimbler; UK, 14 min.

THE TRANSMISSION – While drinking absinthe during a raging storm, Henry receives a television transmission from his dead wife. From long time festival pal Brian Lonano.
DIR Brian Lonano; USA, 7 min.

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ZERO KILLED

Midnight

Q&A with director Michel Kosakowski

“The term ‘HARDCORE’ regains its original
interpretation!” – Splattering Image

Between 1996 and 2007, Polish filmmaker Michal Kosakowski asked more than 160 people to act out their murder fantasies on camera. He then turned the results into a video installation called Fortynine. An extraordinary and chilling film, ZERO KILLED includes excerpts from the videos and follow-up interviews with participants, some of them contacted many years later. The angry impulse to kill may be universal, but only the particulars bring it home. WINNER of Best Documentary feature at the 2012 Chicago Underground Film Festival.
DIR/SCR Michal Kosakowski; Germany/Austria, 2012, color, 81 min., UNRATED

Preceded by the shorts:

MR. MONSTER – Children are locked inside a warehouse filled with serial killers and psychos for a month to help train them to become young assassins.
DIR Simon Hung; Canada/USA, 20 min.

T IS FOR TRICK – Unsettling short filmed by the co-director of PLAY DEAD for the “ABCs of Death” contest. “Elegantly shot, sharply edited and strongly conceived and directed four minutes of film-making. Colour me impressed!“– Clive Barker
DIR Shade Rupe; USA, 7 min.

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Saturday, October 13

A LITTLE BIT ZOMBIE

7:15 p.m.

"A lot of heart and some great comedic moments …
worth seeking out … a WINNER!” – Ain’t It Cool News

“What's GREAT about this particular zombie film is that
it actually makes a good date movie!” – Fangoria

Hysterical and gory, this festival favorite is for everyone who loved our 2010 Opening Night feature, TUCKER AND DALE VS. EVIL. Infected by a virus during his bachelor party, a mild-mannered HR manager attempts to fulfill his overwhelming desire for brains and avoid Max, the obsessed zombie hunter hot on his trail - all while keeping it together so as not to incur the wrath of his Bridezilla-to-be. WINNER: Best Feature, Calgary Underground Film Festival; Best Dark Comedy, World-Fest Houston.
DIR Casey Walker; SCR Trevor Martin, Christopher Bond. Canada, 2012, color, 87 min., UNRATED

Preceded by the shorts:

TRAPPED – A man falls asleep in a movie theater. When he wakes up, the theater is empty. He feels a presence behind him.
DIR Margaux Magis; USA, 7 min.

SINK HOLE – From 2011 Spooky Movie alum Greg Hanson (GOOD TASTE), a man trying to prepare a nice meal is lured into a horrible sexual tryst by the siren call of his sink.
DIR Greg Hanson; USA, 2 min.

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RESOLUTION

9:30 p.m.

“A deeply ORIGINAL horror MASTERPIECE!”
– Sight on Sound

"Full of clever TWISTS and witty dialogue, the film culminates
in what may be the most spectacularly meta ending in CINEMA
history. I know the meta term SCARES some people but
it really works in this film!" - We Are Movie Geeks

Michael (Peter Cilella) is committed to getting his best friend Chris (Vinny Curran) to sober up and get his life back on track. With the best of intentions, Michael implements a plan to convince Chris to go to rehab before his drug addiction leads to an early death. But what begins as an attempt to save his friend's life quickly takes an unexpected and terrifying turn as the two friends confront personal demons. “A captivating waking nightmare of a film, RESOLUTION tore out of nowhere when it premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April and made almost every critic’s best-of-fest lists ... be prepared for something truly original, scary and special.“ - Mitch Davis, Fantasia programmer.
DIR Justin Benson, Aaron Scott Moorhead; SCR Justin Benson. USA, 2012, color, 93 min., UNRATED

Preceded by the shorts:

THE TABLE – Two friends toy around with an antique table and reap the consequences.
DIR Shane Free; USA, 5 min.

DEADBOX – There's a better way to watch movies.
DIR Richard Karpala; USA, 9 min.

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SATURDAY NIGHT DOUBLE FEATURE!

11:45 p.m.

MANBORG

“Enjoyably ridiculous!”
– Variety

From the demented souls at Astron-6 (FATHER’S DAY) comes the story of a dead soldier who finds himself reanimated as a cyborg killing machine in this cult-tastic throwback to 80s sci-fi action films like ROBO-COP and THE TERMINATOR. “Goofy, violent, funny, cheap, and charming.” – IFC.
DIR/SCR Steven Kostanski; Canada, 2011, color, 60 min., UNRATED

PRESIDENT WOLFMAN

The President of the United States has been bitten by a werewolf and is loose on the streets of Washington, D.C. on a killing rampage! From the Spooky Movie alums behind such modern Grindhouse classics as PERVERT! and SEX GALAXY, this comedy/horror/political satire is also a 'green movie,' created entirely out of recycled stock and public domain footage. Be prepared for maybe the most shocking of any movie screened this year. Seriously.
DIR/SCR Mike Davis ; USA, 2012, color, 80 min., UNRATED

Intermission short:

(BABY) IT’S YOU! – Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy attaches girl's head to a robot body.
DIR David Cowles, Jeremy Galante, Brad Pattullo; USA, 3 min.

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Sunday, October 14

SPOOKY MOVIE LOCAL FILMMAKERS SUMMIT

5:00 p.m.

Moderated by Eduardo Sanchez

The Mid-Atlantic region – home of cult legends John Waters, George Romero, Don Dohler, Jeff Krulik and more – has long been fertile ground for creative independent filmmaking. In the first-ever Spooky Movie Local Filmmaker Summit, area filmmakers will come together to discuss the making of films (of all genres) in the area.

Eduardo Sanchez, co-director of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT and director of 2011’s LOVELY MOLLY, will host a 90-minute roundtable discussion/Q&A about all aspects of true independent filmmaking, including casting, production, marketing and “making it.” Joining him will be several local filmmakers, including Justin Timpane (NINJAS VS Trilogy), Eric Thornett (A SWEET AND VICIOUS BEAUTY), Matt Lockhart (THE WATERMEN, Spooky Movie 2011), Jamie Nash (TWO FRONT TEETH, Spooky Movie 2006) and many more. Participating filmmakers will also present clips from their newest films.

Following the discussion will be two World Premieres – the Gothic A SWEET AND VICIOUS BEAUTY and the horror/comedy NINJAS VS. MONSTERS.

Admission to the Summit: $8.00
Admission to the summit and both Premieres: $25.00

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A SWEET AND VICIOUS BEAUTY

7:00 p.m.

WORLD PREMIERE
Q&A with director Eric Thornett

In the town of Harbor Bridge, it is said that when someone dies, his last breath stays in his throat. When the head is severed, the last breath can be taken, and the recipient becomes stronger. Narcissa Sentinel (Bette Cassatt) has been robbing graves to cure her illness with these last breaths ... but soon realizes that perhaps fresher specimens are in order. Shot locally, A SWEET AND VICIOUS BEAUTY is an epic Gothic Victorian movie that shows the journey of Sentinel from a sickly woman to a bloodthirsty mass murderer who terrorizes the town. From spooky old houses to headless zombies, this film has it all!
DIR Eric Thornett; USA, 2012, color, 130 min., UNRATED

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NINJAS VS. MONSTERS

9:45 p.m.

WORLD PREMIERE
Q&A with director Justin Timpane

Bursting with martial arts, carnage, laughs, smarts, and heart: NINJAS VS MONSTERS is the perfect action/horror/comedy! Produced entirely in the Washington DC Metro Area, NINJAS VS MONSTERS offers a fresh take on classic movie monsters with a martial arts twist. Tired of being thwarted by the heroic ninjas, Dracula (Sam Lukowski) hatches an evil scheme to erase them from existence. Aided by the Frankenstein, the Mummy, a werewolf, and a trio of deadly, sexy witches, Dracula challenges the heroes to combat for the right to have ever existed.
DIR/SCR Justin Timpane; SCR Daniel Ross, Kelly Timpane. USA, 2012, color, 100 min., UNRATED

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Monday, October 15

BEYOND THE GRAVE

7:00 p.m.

“An art house mixture of road movie, spaghetti western,
and different HORROR sub-genres such as ZOMBIE and black magic.”
– Dread Central

In a devastated post-apocalyptic world where the rules of reality are transformed by magic and madness, a vengeful police officer (Rafael Tombini) searches for a possessed serial killer. He finds in his way groups of survivors, some violent, some struggling to get by in this new place full of mystical dangers where humanity seems on the brink of extinction. Screening sponsored by the Embassy of Brazil.
DIR/SCR Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro; Brazil, 2010, color, 89 min., UNRATED

Preceded by the shorts:

DIVINATION – A fake psychic receives a visitor and learns that you can’t con the loved ones of the dearly departed without paying a price. From popular Spooky Movie alum JT Seaton (GEORGE’S INTERVENTION, Spooky Movie 2008).
DIR JT Seaton; USA, 11 min.

THUMB SNATCHERS FROM THE MOON COCOON – A short-tempered Texas sheriff uses his cowboy logic to recklessly defeat a race of condescending, cocoon-dwelling critters.
DIR Brad Schaffer ; USA, 7 min.

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MOTION SICKNESS

9:15 p.m.

Q&A with director Stephen Kerstein

“It's hard to say what MOTION SICKNESS is about or what it means.
What it is, is interesting, even mesmerizing, in a DAVID LYNCH sort of way.
That, plus a touch of David Cronenberg's medical/ body phobias.“
– Hollywood Investigator

Lost on a train of thought tunneling through the dark night of his unconscious, a former rabbinical student struggles to resolve a paralyzing conflict between his mind and his body. An audience favorite from the Los Angeles Fear and Fantasy Film Festival, where it debuted earlier this year.
DIR/SCR S.M. Kerstein; USA, 2010/2012, color, 114 min., UNRATED

Preceded by the shorts:

THE DUMP – Two unrelated serial killers inconveniently bump into each other at the site they both use for dumping bodies. From Fangoria editor and Virginia native Rebekah McKendry.
DIR Rebekah McKendry; USA, 11 min.

VAI COL LISCIO – Two folk bands have been playing in a dance hall nonstop for a week in order to survive a terrifying threat.
DIR Pier Paolo Paganelli; Italy, 12 min.

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Tuesday, October 16

NIGHTMARE FACTORY

7:00 p.m.

"Watching Nicotero’s work in THE WALKING DEAD
is like watching Lon Chaney act or Roy Halladay pitch."

NIGHTMARE FACTORY explores the fascinating, high-stakes world of Special FX make-up and creature design through the eyes of one of the industry’s key players, Greg Nicotero (“The Walking Dead,” GRINDHOUSE, DAY OF THE DEAD, KILL BILL, THE EVIL DEAD 2). Containing wonderful behind-the-scenes footage of some of the best genre films of the last 20 years, NIGHTMARE FACTORY follows Nicotero as he pushes his team to employ every trick in their arsenal to create the most horrific creatures of all time
DIR/SCR Donna Davies; Canada, 2011, color, 93 min., UNRATED

Preceded by the shorts:

THE CRIMSON ROOM – A young couple expecting the birth of their first child make an impulsive stop that could tear them apart and change their lives forever.
DIR Martin Sharpe; Australia, 15 min.

MOTHER DIED – A young woman confronts inevitability in this suspenseful and surprising story of fear, family and survival. Written and directed by FX maestro and BAFTA winner Neill Gorton, this is the fourth episode in the Bloody Cuts anthology of UK short horror films.
DIR Neill Gorton; UK, 7 min.

WEBSITE : NIGHTMARE KINGDOM
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GUT

9:30 p.m.

“If you have the opportunity to check it out, I STRONGLY recommend that you
do so without hesitation. Assuming, of course, your tender mind
can handle this sort of TERROR.” – Beyond Hollywood

Something is missing in life. Every day Tom (Jason Vail) goes through the motions, becoming increasingly detached from family and friends. His childhood friend Dan (Nicholas Wilder) thinks he has the solution, a shocking video which leaves Tom unsettled, flooding his mind with disturbing images and desires. Additional horrific videos soon follow, and Tom’s life threatens to unravel as his mounting feelings of guilt and disillusionment give way to paranoia and fear.
DIR/SCR Elias; USA, 2012, color, 90 min., UNRATED

Preceded by the shorts:

SLASH – A group of friends are stalked by a murderer (more slapstick than psychotic) on an isolated property in rural Victoria, Australia.
DIR Caleb McKenney; Australia, 10 min.

SILENCE – Something unexpected will disturb a married couple in their bedroom. A brief reinterpretation of the poem by Edgar Allan Poe.
DIR Giuseppe Capasso and Angelo Capasso; Italy, 10 min.

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Wednesday, October 17

247°F

7:00 p.m.

Q&A with director Levan Bekhia

Friends Jenna (Scout Taylor-Compton), Renee (Christina Ulloa), Michael (Michael Copon), and Ian (Travis Van Winkle) plan to spend their weekend having fun at the cabin of Ian’s uncle Wade (Tyler Mane, reuniting with Taylor-Compton from Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN series). As you might expect when a group of twenty-somethings go to a cabin in the woods together, things take a turn for the worse. Three of the friends find themselves trapped in a sauna, where the temperature continues to rise and time begins to run out. Claustrophobic and (yes) surprising - not to be missed!
DIR/SCR Levan Bakhia, Beqa Jguburia; SCR Lloyd S. Wagner. Georgia, 2011, color, 87 min., RATED R

Preceded by the shorts:

DARK VESSEL – A hopeless romantic is caught trespassing while trying to woo a girl. Problems occur when the girl's father forces him to remove a dead man's shadow.
DIR Rocky Curby; Finland/USA, 6 min.

UNFORTUNATE – Distraught after a late-night drunk-driving accident, friends Gustav and Jerry transport a critically injured female hitchhiker back to a nearby motel. What could go wrong?
DIR Tom Grejs, Sweden; 15 min.

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ZOMBIE 108

9:30 p.m.

“Bizarre but at times BRILLIANT, crude yet incredibly colorful ...
I liked it. I liked it a lot!” – 24 Frames Per Second

After a catastrophic accident at a top secret research lab, a deadly virus is released into the city and all hell breaks loose. Controlled by a local crime lord, District 108 is the one place in the city the police don't want to go on a normal day. But today is not a normal day, and a crack SWAT team has been ordered to help evacuate the uninfected. The team meets fierce resistance from the local gangs, and both sides suffer heavy casualties before realizing that the guys with the guns aren't the real enemy. The first Taiwanese zombie film, ZOMBIE 108 is a brutal, exploitive experience that owes as much to HOSTEL as it does George Romero.
DIR Joe Chien; Taiwan, 2012, color, 88 min., UNRATED

Preceded by the shorts:

STATUS – In the near future, social networking has moved out of the virtual world and into the physical. From 2010 Spooky Movie alum Richard Williamson (THE LONG NIGHT, Spooky Movie 2010).
DIR Richard Williamson, Australia; 20 min.

VADIM – During a move, Katja and Andreas discover a mysterious chest.
DIR Peter Hengl; Austria, 15m, Austria

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Thursday, October 18

NERVO CRANIANO ZERO

7:00 p.m.

US PREMIERE
Q&A with director Paulo Biscaia Filho

After writing a bestseller, author Bruna Bloch (Guenia Lemos) fears failure with her second book. She enlists the services of Dr. Bartholomeu Bava (Leandro Daniel Colombo), inventor of a chip that, once installed in a brain nerve, causes nonstop creativity. The problems start when Bruna decides to test the chip first on a human guinea pig, Cristy Costa (Uyara Torrente). Things do not go exactly as planned. An exciting, gory and fun new feature by Spooky Movie alum Paulo Biscaia Filho (MORGUE STORY, TALES OF POE). Screening sponsored by the Embassy of Brazil.
DIR/SCR Paulo Biscaia Filho; Brazil, 2012, color, 88 min., UNRATED

Preceded by the shorts:

DINNER AT MY PLACE – An awkward dinner date goes from bad to worse.
DIR Tito Guillen, Canada; 5 min.

MAC AND CHEESE – A disturbed mother takes extreme measures to punish her young daughter.
DIR Emre Cicek; Turkey, 15 min.

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CRAWL

9:30 p.m.

“Rivals NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN in gritty style and suspense ...
an assured Hitchcockian slow-burn!” – Dread Central

A seedy bar-owner hires a mysterious Croatian to murder an acquaintance over an unpaid debt. The crime is carried out, but a planned double-crossing backfires, and an innocent waitress suddenly becomes involved. Now a hostage in her own home, the young woman is driven to desperate measures for survival. A suspenseful yet darkly humorous chain of events builds to a bloodcurdling and unforgettable climax. WINNER: Best Director, Best Actress and Best Cinematographer, Screamfest.
DIR/SCR Paul China; Australia, 2011, color, 80 min., UNRATED

Preceded by the shorts:

VELVET ROAD – In the racially charged South of the 1960s, the black population of a small town is blamed for the spread of a virulent plague.
DIR L. Gustavo Cooper; USA, 14 min.

FOODIE – A dark comedy about a food service industry professional who receives an invitation to an exclusive, underground dinner party and finds out there's much more on the menu than he bargained for.
DIR Christopher G. Moore; USA, 30 min.

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