Films
The 2019 films are still being reviewed and selected, but watch this space for updates coming soon!
Feature Films
Short Films
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1907, Massachusetts. A scholar drifts from his path and finds himself in a house he takes for deserted. Deserted, apart from a beguiling book containing dark secrets that exerts a powerful hold over those who come into contact with it.
With a new apartment, a writer descends into creativity and madness. Part of the 2019 Straight 8 film competition - One super 8 cartridge, no postproduction, filmed in sequence, original audio track composed without seeing the film.
In a dystopian hell, three pregnant thieves on the run encounter vicious monsters in an old mine.
Archie arrives at an old farmhouse for a dangerous tryst, only to have his plans interrupted by a strange creature come up from the lake. And the foreign tones she speaks in may be more seductively deadly than anything Archie was prepared for. > A fable adjacent to the Lovecraft Mythos, 'Neris' features the little spoken language of R'lyehian. <
As Ammi starts to write a letter to his old friend, whose disappearance he can neither understand nor cope with, a supernatural force in the shape of a colour starts to seize his cottage and confronts him with the dread of his past.
An aimless musician becomes obsessed with the music her mysterious neighbor plays in the wee hours for an eldrich, unseen audience, in this updated take on the classic H.P. Lovecraft short story.
Based on H. P. Lovecraft's weird tale of the same name, "The Outsider" is the story of how a desperate loner, who has grown up with a butterfly and the Bible for company, one day seizes his chance and makes good his escape, only to face his worst fears head-on at an all-nighter in the company of strangers.
Two young boys find the Necronomicon and make a new friend.
On a red moon night, a succession of strange events are making Ben question what is real and what isn't. As the feeling of being hunted grows, so does the suspicion that it's all connected to the red moon itself.
A story of cosmic terror about The Gardners, a family who moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard. The mysterious aerolite seems to melt into the earth, infecting both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly color. To their horror, the Gardner family discover that this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches...including them.
A slow, hot summer afternoon. A father sleeps while his child is drawing with pencils in a cross word puzzle. A wind moves through the grass - something bad is about to happen.
Based on the stories of acclaimed horror author, Thomas Ligotti. A troubled man recounts a strange childhood journey to a town with no name.
On Halloween 1979, a small Midwest town is turned upside down after a transient evil takes up residence in Lane 9 of the local bowling alley.
Richard has an unusual fantasy: he gets sexually aroused by the idea of being devoured by an animal. In a contact ad he gets to know Max and with that encounter the chance of making his fantasy real. But does he dare?
A woman experiencing a strange phenomenon seeks out an esoteric support group.
A desperate mugger finds his next mark, but little does he know that his victim is in possession of a Reliquary, an object of great power.
In this 1950s style educational film, viewers learns how to keep horrible creatures at bay by fighting the Cultists who work to expedite the destruction of mankind.
The universe does not care. The abyss is stupid. Narrated by author Bracken MacLeod, this Herzog-inspired fever dream uses 100% stock footage to reflect on the banality of existence.
What's the secret behind Richard Pickman's unearthly art? Join Pickman as he walks you through his three-part model to artistic success!
Paris, 1920. Four veterans of the Great War painfully try to recover from this dreadful experience. But for them, the horror is onl beginning. For in the midst of their dreams, a dark and sinister entity has arisen...
A man builds a homemade radio telescope to listen to the stars, but the signal he hears starts to alter his own perceptions and his sense of sound.
Christmas is coming. If that's not stressful enough, Lily (Brea Grant) has to contend with a clueless partner (Adam Egypt Mortimer) and an unexpected, inter-dimensional holiday guest who just wants two things --- blood and cuddles.
Charles Dexter Ward arrives at a small village to visit the house he inherited from his ancestor who died there 100 years ago. What was that terrying thing in the PIT that wanted women?
Lost deep in the forest, a lone backpacker encounters a peculiar stranger.
When Anya’s husband mysteriously falls ill she has no choice but to seek the advice of the old Crone who lives in the forest. The Crone explains that the illness is a curse from a winter demon known as the Leshiy, and the only way to save her husband is to invite the monster into her home.
Inventors stalk a filmmaker when they mistake a short film, "VR Food," as competition.
The year is 2078. Resources are scarce and the world is slowly dying. Darwina the young huntress will encounter a new threat very soon.