HORROR SHORT FILM SHOWCASE
The Fright Night Theatre Film Festival is proud to present a fun and frightening night of independent horror shorts. Our ongoing Horror Short Film Showcase programme is an engaging spotlight on local and international independent filmmakers working in the fields of cinematography, animation, special effects, makeup, and script-writing. Our August showcase is a premiere-studded event with local and international filmmakers in attendance including some homegrown Hamilton talent! Tickets are going fast! Order yours today.
Admission: $5.00
Saturday, August 01, 2015 // The Staircase Theatre (27 Dundurn St. N.)
Doors @7pm / Shorts @ 8pm
SPONSORED BY FANGORIA & THE HAMILTON FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
REPOSSESSION (2015) || WORLD PREMIERE || 15:15 min.
Dir. Jessica Marshall
CANADA
Lindsay is a typical university student living in a house with her friends … except her best friend and roommate is possessed by a demon. FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCECANADA
DEATHBOX (2015) || WORLD PREMIERE || 8:20 min.
Dir. Michael Pereira
CANADA
A lonely, conflicted hobo lives an existence defined by a dark, insatiable need. On this day, he crosses paths with a mysterious man who's also defined by an all-consuming, singular drive. FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE
CANADA
VAMPIRE-KILLING PROSTITUTE (2014) || INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE || 15:50 min.
Dir. Jordan Mears
USA
Raven, a vampire hunter who poses as a prostitute, joins a rogue priest and his team in a mission to save the world and exact revenge on the man who killed her father.
USA
Raven, a vampire hunter who poses as a prostitute, joins a rogue priest and his team in a mission to save the world and exact revenge on the man who killed her father.
LETTING (2015) || CANADIAN PREMIERE || 2:59min.
Dir. Hannah Neurotica
USA
In the middle of the night a little girl awakens to discover the doll she fell asleep with has disappeared, but what she finds next is terrifying. FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE
USA
MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY (2012) || CANADIAN PREMIERE || 8:24 min.
Dir. Josh Mruz and Anthony Cousins
USA
An enthusiastic home owner celebrates Halloween by decorating the outside of his house and making his own special candy. But there's a trick to those treats...
USA
An enthusiastic home owner celebrates Halloween by decorating the outside of his house and making his own special candy. But there's a trick to those treats...
UNCOMMON ENEMIES (2014) || 9:21 min.
Dir. Alex Hatz
CANADA
A hard-boiled US Sergeant and a chatterbox Nazi are forced to team up to destroy a sexy, French, damsel Vampire in war torn France. The film stars Michael Cram (Flashpoint) and Melanie Scrofano (Saw VI, Manson) with special FX work by Steven Dawley (Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Silent Hill). FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE
CANADA
A hard-boiled US Sergeant and a chatterbox Nazi are forced to team up to destroy a sexy, French, damsel Vampire in war torn France. The film stars Michael Cram (Flashpoint) and Melanie Scrofano (Saw VI, Manson) with special FX work by Steven Dawley (Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Silent Hill). FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE
SHHH (2012) || 11 min.
Dir. Shervin Shoghian and Freddy Chavez Olmos
CANADA
A young boy uses his imagination to overcome a monstrous bully at night by taking matters into his own hands. FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE
CANADA
Dir. Amanda Row
CANADA
An elderly man discovers a lost mitten and begins a paranoid search for its owner.
JAPANESE DOCTOR WHO (2014) || 2:57 min.
Dir. Joshua Kahan
UK
A found clip on old video tape from the 1970's or 80's that looks like a strange Japanese version of Doctor Who.
UK
A found clip on old video tape from the 1970's or 80's that looks like a strange Japanese version of Doctor Who.
