Films
Here's where we'll be listing Films that will be showing October 4-6, 2024, at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, OR! Check back for updates.
Feature Films
Short Films
Films at this event
Two friends mettle with dark forces, summoning a creature from their nightmares.
A man paints a picture and mistakingly conjures up a beast.
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From Etch Pictures comes a unique half hour documentary series profiling the best contemporary horror writers. The second episode features Laird Barron.
From Etch Pictures comes a unique half hour documentary series profiling the best contemporary horror writers. The first episode features Stephen Graham Jones.
A private eye takes on a routine stakeout, only to find himself investigating an occult ritual.
A man finds himself in cage, like a lab rat. The most recent abductee of a prolonged alien invasion. There he joins a woman, a day-one abductee, long consigned to the mind altering drugs given to her by their alien overlords. Together, they must decide whether or not to succumb to being pets or face the absurd horror of their reality and find a way to escape the lab.
A lone butcher patching a hole in a worn slaughterhouse closet is attacked by a beast.
When a sexually abusive tryst in outer space ends by bloodshed, a distraught corporate executive faces demons after her lover provides a psychedelic, designer drug.
A woman finds a doll in a music box and is "rewarded" for trying to help.
A man carrying an unusual amulet searches for the resolution to a burden and a yearning he also bears.
In 1922, Johnathan Ackley is sent on a quest to find his estranged uncle's missing daughter only to discover a twisted web of bizarre characters that are being plagued by an indescribable evil.
An adaptation of "The Open Window" by H.H. Munro, "The Open Door" tells the story of Framton Nuttel who is sent to the countryside by his physicians in order to calm his nerves. It is there he meets a young girl, Mae, who begins to share the eerie secrets of this small town.
A mysterious woman in a shadowy realm braves the unknown and discovers her true nature in a dark revelation that changes her world forever. Based on the story by H.P. Lovecraft.
A friendly, earnest librarian named Howard gets swept into a blood ritual involving ancient powers when Jeff, a delusional and obsessed patron, attempts to summon a god in the library.
Two months ago, a strange illness erupted at Seongnam University's Institute of History, in which many researchers claimed to have heard a whisper that not only grew louder over time, but also induced hallucinations and eventually madness. Due to the highly transmissible and incurable nature of the disease, the Bureau of Investigation succeeded in sealing off the source of the disease at great cost and began further testing and exploration work.
On this day, B-level investigator Lin Xiaosheng and his junior Liancheng are about to carry out an ordinary data recovery work, but something seems to be wrong.
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A mysterious tent hold secrets that will change your life forever.
Henry Akeley is victimized by a malevolent creature and forced to endure the horrors of the universe.
In wartime, a man struggles to survive once the battle is over.
A film adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's Statement of Randolph Carter that follows Sonya Greene, a local Sheriff, as she investigates a mysterious man found near death at the side of the high way. Digging deeper, circumstances begin to link back to the disappearance of her brother years prior. As the truth unravels before her, a grand cosmic secret bridging thousands of years and miles is revealed to her.
Water follows Anna and Joey as they attempt an intervention on younger brother Adam. Still reeling from the recent loss of their mother. Anna and joey return to the family home where Adam lives alone. They are shocked by Adams drinking and ruthless remodelling of the apartment they grew up in. And whilst the sibling rivalry swells as Adam spews radical conspiracy, he simultaneously begins feeling sick.
In this spine-tingling short, we're drawn into Sophia's eerie struggle with kleptomania. Her uncontrollable urges drag her into a sinister web, where the stolen package morphs into a harbinger of doom, sealing her grisly fate. It's a haunting reminder of how unchecked impulses can plunge us into our worst nightmares.
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When an 18th Century Cleric, Rev. Heatly Smythe is appointed to a new rural Parish, he finds his faith tested by local superstitions surrounding a strange mound in an ancient woodland. Heatly has little time for the local superstition and being an academic and a scholar, he begins to ruminate about the true nature of the so-called 'Devil's Mound'. In an attempt to rid the Parish of it's 'blasphemous beliefs', Heatly endeavors to prove that the mound in question is merely an ancient neolithic burial sight, of historic and scientific importance. Led by his own arrogance and blind self-conviction, Rev. Heatly Smythe find himself confronted by local friction, tragic circumstances, and an illusive individual that begins to haunt his every step. Loosely based on a chapter from the 'smash hit' novel 'Skendleby', written by the Director's father, Nick Brown, with all rights permitted.
A filmmaker documents her boyfriend’s violent parasomnia during their holiday at a remote cabin in the woods. As his sleepwalking gets worse, she believes that the cause might be something far more sinister.
A young woman, on the road to escape her past, is hit by a car and descends into a chaotic musical after-life
A nauseous baker is amazed of what the rottenness of his kitchen has been able to create, a fermented dough to the point of monstrosity capable of wipe him out.
After a traumatic incident at sea, Merle is no longer the same and has become mute. Fleeing to the countryside to escape an impossible decision, she becomes entangled in an ancient secret that will once again alter her life forever.
In "THE DÆMON," Tom's quest for closure after his father's suicide leads him to a mysterious lakeside cottage. Confronting his past, he faces an unknown entity that preys on grief and threatens his sanity. With his wife Kathy, her brother Mark, and trauma counselor Jess, they find themselves in a place where reality bends and fears come alive.
In a seemingly peaceful suburb, a mother becomes convinced her husband has been replaced by a sinister doppelgänger. As paranoia consumes her, she descends into violence, interrogating the impostor to uncover a dark secret that could destroy her family.
In a dystopian Copenhagen, an anonymous man is tasked with a dangerous, yet routine, assignment.
A couple embarks on a weekend getaway to witness a once in a lifetime celestial event. Expectations of a joyful trip together are overshadowed by a chilling encounter, forcing them to explore identity, loss, and the fight against a seemingly predetermined fate.
A young man brings home an antique oculist sign and unknowingly lets a shadowy force into his life.
A young woman travels with her blind, sage father away from their ruined home to find a better life. The father's chilling tales about an ancient forest creature proves to threaten their relationship in ways nobody could have foreseen.
Martin is a hoarding collector living a solitary life on a small plot of land. While out magnet fishing for metal, Martin stumbles upon a mysterious object that possesses a dark and terrifying greed that is larger than even his own.
JADE is the story of being impossibly drawn to that which destroys you. It’s a story about the duality of repression and spiritual transformation. Inspired by 1980s genre films, JADE masterfully blends comedy and drama into a captivating cosmic horror.
A lobsterman will stop at nothing to understand the mystery behind a strange trap he hauls aboard.
Every life is a journey with intersections at certain stops. One autumn night, a group of people awaits a train at a station, one of these stops. However, they've all forgotten one truth. When a young man delves into the eerie night to find his fiancée, he will remember and remind the others.
A man's obsession with a stranger leads him through the underworld of Paris to an uncanny revelation. Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "The Man of the Crowd."
In "Rejected," a short horror parody, three twisted tales of macabre horror unfold, all linked by an antiquated digital camera from 1997. The tales intertwine, creating a narrative that is both terrifying and hilariously absurd.
A true-crime horror documentary about two detectives pursuit of an infamous serial killer named Mr. Shiny, who terrorized Southern California for almost two decades.
A surreal stop-motion adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's story of an impossible alien color infecting a farm in rural Massachusetts, edited in a rough and psychedelic style reflecting the decay from a radioactive and addictive force.
Holding in pain can be deadly. The Pointy Slippers tells the story of a woman who, on a date, conceals the excruciating pain caused by her new shoes, only to discover that her hidden suffering takes on a life of its own, becoming impossible to ignore.
Was sci-fi writer Richard Shaver really abducted and tormented by a malevolent underground race of hideous humanoids, known as the “Dero”? Regardless, his “true” stories – known collectively as “The Shaver Mystery” - were the most successful and controversial sci-fi tales of the mid 20th century.
When estranged siblings, Joseph and Sidney, rendezvous at a local diner after a close-call robbery, they hightail it to an abandoned farmhouse that transports them to a different time in order to escape the local cops. But when they try to return to their present after the coast is clear, an unknown metaphysical force cuts them off and maroons them on the land unless they do exactly what they're told. What comes from this not only bends the forces of spacetime but also bends Joe and Sid's familial bonds beyond the point of trust and forgiveness.
Based on the short story "Berenice" by E. A. Poe. Berenice suffers from a nameless illness. Only her teeth remain healthy. Egaeus, who is madly in love with Berenice, is obsessed with her. The evil side of human nature breaks out in him.
Filmed in Mexico City as a Mexican-German co-production.
Anna wakes up with a mysterious gap in her memory. With the help of a dangerous psychedelic, she starts to uncover memories of something sinister on a cosmic scale.
On the day the tower appears, Kaitlin's ordinary life turns upside down, and she could lose everything she holds dear as her family, her community and her sanity begin to unravel.
After her mother’s disappearance, Andi Sanger hopes to land the lead role in the adaptation of her mother’s bestselling novel BANANAHEAD. But after discovering the haunting legacy within the walls of her familial home, her own aspirations threaten to tear her apart.
Kenneth Ortiz is down on his luck, sleeping out of his car, newly homeless. Working odd jobs. He's gone so far as to sell his blood f at the local plasma center. One day, he’s told of a new company that pays more money. He must decide if he can afford what they’re selling.
An assistant will do anything to get a presentation in front of his boss… even set himself on fire.
A woman hypnotized by her microwave finds out how far she'll go to satiate its hunger.
In the snowy oak hall at the end of the lane
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With a promise they wed amongst family and friends
On this dark Christmas eve where our story begins
A determined woman, trapped by a mysterious entity, is forced into a psychological experiment where she will never know anyone longer than 30 days. With no hope of escape, she must confront the absurdity of her new existence.
A man of science, trapped between the arcane and incomprehensible grief, resorts to unthinkable measures to try to prolong his beloved’s life. In all his heartache, he is devoured by his grief, unwilling to confront the reality of his wife’s condition until it is too late. There is no sense – no moral – in suffering. There is only pain. Hashir dares to discover the truth and faces the consequences.
A trip to the theatre takes a twisted turn once the projector begins controlling the fate of its audience. once it starts, there's no turning It off.
An aspiring journalist faces the unimaginable when news of a nearby crash site comes over the radio.
Based on “The War of the Worlds” by H.G. Wells and the Orson Welles / Mercury Theatre on the Air radio play of the same name.
Two collectors of the occult discuss the discovery of a box that contains untold horrors for those who look inside.
A mother and her daughter move into an old family house. The daughter has difficulty adjusting to the house, and to the mother's great horror, begins having increasingly intense dreams of the sea.
A man imprisons his estranged junkie friend in an isolated cabin in the boonies of San Diego to force him through a week of sobriety, but the events of that week are being mysteriously manipulated.
A young girl’s brother returns from war with a most disturbing souvenir.
There is a villa where desperate people the opportunity to revive their fortunes by selling their bodies to mysterious entities in exchange for money. When the centuries-old creatures emerge from the deep woods, a series of sinister events prompt three guests to attempt a desperate escape.
Roger Corman's trippy take on the tale of the Whately family,now as it was meant to be with spine-chilling live score from Cassadine (w/ Nate Carson of Witch Mountain) and bizarro shadow-cast performance by Club Pangaea, while Sandra Dee's body double gyrates and Dean Stockwell chants from The Necronomicon. You will be changed!
As kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces and brings them back to where they began.
A magician (Peter Lorre), who has been turned into a raven, turns to a former sorcerer (Vincent Price) for help.
The Raven is a 1963 American comedy gothic horror film produced and directed by Roger Corman. The film stars Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff as a trio of rival sorcerers. The supporting cast includes Jack Nicholson as the son of Lorre's character. It was the fifth in the so-called Corman-Poe cycle of eight films largely featuring adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories produced by Roger Corman and released by American International Pictures (AIP). The film was written by Richard Matheson, based on references to Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven". AIP released the film as a double feature with Night Tide. Three decades earlier, Karloff had appeared in another film with the same title, Lew Landers's 1935 horror film The Raven with Bela Lugosi.
Roger Corman was an inspirational and iconic filmmaker, working tirelessly up until his passing in May 2024. We had the pleasure of hosting him as a Guest of Honor at our 2019 festival, and we were so honored to have spent some time in his company. His love of film was evident in everything he did. He left a beautiful legacy marked by his generous nature with budding independent filmmakers and fans alike.
A scientist creates a Time Machine and kills their younger self. So now a man who should not- can not- exist, somehow does. And the man who has created it, is Tim Travers. A reclusive mad scientist whose stated mission in life is to stand alone with God at the end of time, and tell the bastard off. In the course of his adventure, Tim Travers will take on the mercenary gang whose stolen plutonium powers his machine, challenge an Alex Jones-esk podcaster to a battle of wits, create a black hole, meet the one woman alive crazier than him, clone himself, destroy the universe, Make a new one, and maybe- Just Maybe- learn to love himself at last.
A young girl's life is inexplicably bound to a mysterious candle that, if extinguished, spells her doom- a deadly secret revealed when a disbelieving friend snuffs it out at a slumber party, inadvertently cursing herself to protect her own flickering flame or face the same fate.
Director Kayling Taylor, (age 12) born in Austin Texas, is a budding young film director. In collaboration with her Whole Life Learning Center classmates and with the guidance of Toby Shwartz of RealNormal productions, she directed her first short film.