• Taylor and the Strange John

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    Taylor is a seasoned lady of the night, settling into her usual quiet routine. But when a strange customer hires her, her night takes and unexpected and otherworldly turn.

  • There is No Antimemetics Division

    Film

    Marion Wheeler is called in to a routine meeting with her boss, a high ranking suit at the shadowy SCP Foundation, only to end up with a gun to her head and her identity in question. These are the perils of being the organization's Chief of Antimemetics, a division dedicated to fighting memory consuming entities. Marion must convince her superior and his trigger happy assistant that she's not a spy before gettting dragged off to Xi-3 in this atmospheric sci-fi noir short starring Jasika Nicole, Neil Napier, Mateus Ward and Syd Kilroy.

  • The Second Grimoire

    Film

    A cleaner in a library becomes aware of a book – or two – that promise a gateway to the The Old Ones.

    This film was made for the Film Intensive as part of the Bachelor of Screen Arts at Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand

  • Doors Open

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  • Re-Animator - 4K restoration, 40th Anniversary Screening

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    Re-Animator turns 40! See the 4K restoration, followed by Q&A with Dennis Paoli, screenwriter and frequent collaborator of Stuart Gordon.

  • Short Films block 1

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    Our Opening Night short films are a powerhouse collection of cosmic horror, Weird tale, and Lovecraft story adaptations.

    Each block of short films in the festival features a variety of different short films - Cosmic Horror, the uncanny supernatural, Weird tale, Lovecraftian, and literary adaptation.

  • Short Films Block 2

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    Our Saturday Matinee short films block features TWO World Premieres! and filmmaker Q&A afterward. This will be the premiere screening of Polly Schattel's "After The Fall" based on the short story by Jeffrey Thomas, and "A Serpent's Touch", a lush black and white gothic horror set in medieval England by Leonardo M. Graziosi. 

    Each block of short films features different short films of Cosmic Horror, the uncanny supernatural, Weird tale, Lovecraftian, and literary adaptation.

  • Feature Film: Beyond The Drumlins w/Q&A with director Dan Bowhers

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  • Dinner Break

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  • Short Films Block 3

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    Our Saturday evening short films block serves up a platter of tense cosmic horror, some folk horror, garnished with a beautifully animated short piece. 

    Each block of short films in the festival features a variety of different short films - Cosmic Horror, the uncanny supernatural, Weird tale, Lovecraftian, and literary adaptation.

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