Night-Gaunts

Film

A traveler is snatched away on a monstrous voyage. Based on the poem by H. P. Lovecraft.

Oddities

Film

When a drugged-out duo attempts to rob an antique store, they realize the older woman running the shop isn't as defenseless as she seems... 

Tubers

Film

At the end of his life, a writer recollects his visit to Beaumanoir, forty years earlier. The strange customs of the folks he met back then left him scared with an unspeakable burden. By telling his story, his hope is to exorcise his past and finally rest in peace.

Nosepicker

Film

A 'tale of the unexpected' about an 8-year-old schoolboy with a nasty habit of picking his nose.

"It was great... Snot what I expected." -Joe Dante, director of Gremlins

Ihruqax

Film

A young, blind woman visits her father, but when she gets to his home, everything is off. He has become obsessed with something horrible, seen through his telescope, which he names 'Ihruqax'. Unable to see the thing he's talking about, the woman can only latch on to the clear signs of mental degradation in him, and tries to get him the help he needs. This task is difficult and only reveals deeper, more horrifying delusions in the father.  When she finally persuades him to go to the doctor, there are much bigger problems at stake.

Dead Enders

Film

A disaffected, young gas-station clerk on the midnight shift must learn to give a damn about something after malevolent mind-controlling bugs are set loose by irresponsible oil drillers.

Shorts of Madness

Schedule block

After a weekend of cosmic horrors, we're sending you off into the world with the weirdest, funniest, grossest short films of the festival!

Frogman

Film

Three friends in search of the Loveland Frogman are about to find out he is more than just a local legend.

Don't Bother The Neighbors

Film

Jay gets more than he bargained for when he goes upstairs to tell off his noisy neighbors.

Death Parts Us

Film

Based loosely on a character from "Call of Cthuhlu", "Death Parts Us" explores nostalgia's relationship to grief. After losing his wife, Henry turns to an old power to bring her back, only to find that “when we mourn our losses, we also mourn ourselves” and that nostalgia comes at the sacrifice of sanity. 

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