Fright Night Theatre Film Festival - 2015
Feature Film Competitive Programme
THE BABADOOK (AUSTRALIA) || Hamilton Premiere || Trailer
Directed by Jennifer Kent
Amelia, a single mother haunted by the death of her husband, struggles to discipline her ‘out of control' 6-year-old son who is plagued by dreams of sinister monsters. When a disturbing storybook called Mister Babadook mysteriously appears in their home, his hallucinations spiral out of control and as he becomes more unpredictable and violent. But when Amelia begins to see glimpses of a sinister presence all around her, it slowly dawns on her that the thing her son has been warning her about may be real. Praised by critics and filmmakers around the world, The Babadook is a beautifully spooky, richly metaphorical, and intensely terrifying achievement in cinematic terror. Without a doubt, an unforgettable film experience not to be missed! Principal Cast: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, Tim Purcell
Short Film Competitive Programme
WINNER: SCARIEST FILM
WINNER: BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER: BEST ACTRESS
WINNER: BEST SCREENPLAY
WINNER: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER: BEST MONSTER
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After a night at the circus, a family man must fight for his life and all those he loves when a marauding troupe of sadistic clowns led by the deviant Papa Corn ensnare him in an all-night crime spree through oil-soaked West Texas. Armed with guns, knives, and a 68 Camaro, Papa Corn and his insane clown posse bring blood, gore, and mayhem to all they encounter. Circus of the Dead is the Devil's Rejects meets Texas Chainsaw Massacre of killer clown movies. Principal cast: Bill Oberst Jr., Parrish Randall, Chanel Ryan
At a down and out television studio where dreams of Hollywood go to die, the late night show “Dr. Nasty’s Cavalcade of Horror” goes live to air...and bloody chaos ensues. In between screening two films, the cannibal super-thriller “Dinner for Monsters” and “Slit,” an art house foray into the world of a human cutter for hire, the Dr. Nasty cast and crew find themselves battling off-screen antics, blown out egos, and a deranged killer who refuses to stay in the shadows any longer. Principal cast: Jamie Elizabeth Sampson, Nick Smyth, Colin Price, Jeff Sinasac, Caleigh LeGrand, Mike Donis, Sandra DaCosta and Brian Carleton.
The Friday Night Death Slot lampoons late night television in a mashup of weird, wild, and wonky comedic horror shorts. Join your undead host Johnny Ghoulash for a madcap series of silly shorts, terrifying trailers, and kooky commercials that celebrate the joys of homemade independent film-making. Principal cast: John Migliore, Andre Guantanamo, Deborah Jayne Reilly Smith, and Rachél Johnson.
LATE PHASES: NIGHT OF THE LONE WOLF (USA) || Hamilton Premiere || Trailer
Directed by Adrián García Bogliano
When a wounded war veteran moves in to the retirement community of Crescent Bay, he discovers that residents are dying in a series of grisly attacks. But his take-no-prisoners attitude is just what he needs to survive as it becomes clear that the increasingly violent and horrific attacks are being caused by beasts that are neither animal nor man, and the tight-knit community of Crescent Bay is harboring something truly sinister in its midst. Principal Cast: Nick Damici, Ethan Embry, Tom Noonan, Lance Guest
WINNER: BEST ACTOR
WINNER: BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
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It's not unusual for alcoholic cop Lou Garou to black out and wake up in unfamiliar surroundings, but after Garou finds himself at the center of an occult conspiracy, his life begins to get a lot hairier. When the moon is full, Lou becomes a rage-filled, booze swilling, pistol-slinging werewolf cop with a hunger for justice. With the help of his friends, he sets out to clean up his town and become a better man...one transformation at a time. Principal cast: Leo Fafard, Amy Matsyio, Sarah Lind
WINNER: BEST FILM *AUDIENCE CHOICE*
WINNER: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
WINNER: ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP FX
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CIRCUS OF THE DEAD (USA) || Canadian Premiere || Trailer
Directed by Billy Pon
WINNER: MOST SHOCKING FILM
WINNER: BEST VILLAIN
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LATE NIGHT DOUBLE FEATURE (CANADA) || Hamilton Premiere || Trailer
Directed by Navin Ramaswaran, Zach Ramelan and Torin Langen.
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Rey Ciso was once the greatest editor the world had ever seen. Since a horrific accident left him with four wooden fingers on his right hand, he's had to resort to cutting pulp films and trash pictures. When the lead actors from the film he's been editing turn up murdered at the studio, Rey is fingered as the number one suspect. The bodies continue to pile up in this absurdist giallo-thriller as Rey struggles to prove his innocence and learn the sinister truth lurking behind the scenes. Principal cast: Paz de la Huerta, Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy, Conor Sweeney, Udo Kier, Laurence R. Harvey
THE EDITOR (CANADA) || Hamilton Premiere || Trailer
Directed by Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy
WINNER: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WINNER: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
WINNER: BEST MUSICAL SCORE
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When Travis, an underground comic book creator with a penchant for obscene caricatures, offends a Chinese crime boss, the crime lord responds by chopping of Travis's right hand. In the wake of his dismemberment, Travis spins out into a drunken depression and abandons his art until his severed hands returns from the dead to help lift Travis back on his feet and get revenge. Together with the help of a gay S&M vigilante and fan of Travis's work, Travis and his hand set out rid the city of evil. BLOODY KNUCKLES is a deliriously offensive, gory, and happily un-PC horror-comedy. Principal cast: Adam Boys, Kasey Ryne Mazak, Gabrielle Giraud, Dwayne Bryshun
BLOODY KNUCKLES (CANADA) || Hamilton Premiere || Trailer
Directed by Matt O'Mahoney
WINNER: FUNNIEST FILM
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KILLER RACK (USA) || Canadian Premiere || Trailer
Screwball horror comedy about a woman suffering from low esteem who gets breast enhancement surgery from the shady Dr. Cate Thulu. Her new assets turn out to be man-eating monsters, and only she can stop them. Featuring cameos by Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Thurber, and Brooke Lewis as the Voice of the Boobs. Directed by author Gregory Lamberson, creator of the cult classic SLIME CITY. Principal cast: Jessica Zwolak, Debbie Rochon, Paul McGinnis, Michael Thurber
KILLER RACK (USA) || Canadian Premiere || Trailer
Directed by Gregory Lamberson
WINNER: BEST MONSTER
WINNER: BEST SONG
WINNER: BEST SONG
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THE FRIDAY NIGHT DEATH SLOT (CANADA) || Hamilton Premiere || Trailer
Directed by John Migliore
The Friday Night Death Slot lampoons late night television in a mashup of weird, wild, and wonky comedic horror shorts. Join your undead host Johnny Ghoulash for a madcap series of silly shorts, terrifying trailers, and kooky commercials that celebrate the joys of homemade independent film-making. Principal cast: John Migliore, Andre Guantanamo, Deborah Jayne Reilly Smith, and Rachél Johnson.
Short Film Competitive Programme
- DEAD HEARTS (CANADA) || Director: Stephen W. Martin
- WINNER: BEST SHORT *AUDIENCE CHOICE*
- THIS NEIGHBORHOOD (USA) || Canadian Premiere || Director: Jerry Ochoa
- WINNER: BEST HORROR SHORT
- EL GIGANTE (CANADA) || Director: Luke Bramley an Gigi Saul Guerrero
- WINNER: MOST SHOCKING SHORT
- INVADERS (USA) || Hamilton Premiere || Director: Jason Kupfer
- WINNER: BEST COMEDY SHORT
- LA CAJA DE PANDORA (SPAIN) || Canadian Premiere || Director: Daniel Hernández Torrado
- WINNER: BEST SCI-FI SHORT
- THE WALDGEIST & ME (UK) || Director: Joe Bichard
- WINNER: BEST ANIMATED SHORT
- EXTREME PINOCCHIO (FRANCE) || Director: Pascal Chind
- WINNER: BEST FANTASY SHORT
- THE SHUTTERBUG MAN (CANADA) || World Premiere || Director: Chris Walsh
- THE MAN WHO CHOKED (UK) || Canadian Premiere || Dir. Ross Jameson
- SELF-ASSEMBLY (IRELAND) || Canadian Premiere || Dir. Ray Sullivan
- 5 WAYS 2 DIE (CYPRUS) || Ontario Premiere|| Dir. Daina Papadaki
- THE RESURRECTIONS OF CLARENCE NEVELDINE (CANADA) || Dir. Michael Pereira
- MR. DENTONN (SPAIN) || Dir. Ivan Villamel
- I FOUND HER (CANADA) || Dir. Torin Langen
- CLOWN & OUT (UK) || North American Premiere || Dir. Tom Lox
- THE BARBER'S CUT (UK) || North American Premiere || Dir. Mark Brocking
- SUBSTANCE (USA) || Canadian Premiere || Dir. Barbara Stepansky
- THE ARMY WITHIN (AUSTRALIA) || Canadian Premiere || Dir. Andy Sutton
- THE HARVEST (CANADA) || Canadian Premiere || Dir. Jared Vitone
- A SPECIAL DAY (SPAIN) || Canadian Premiere || Dir. Dani Padró Targarona
- NINJA ELIMINATOR 4: THE FRENCH CONNECTION (FRANCE) || Dir. Mathieu Berthon
- THE SEAMSTRESS (USA) || World Premiere || Dir. Tyler Mann
- THE WHISPERERS (USA) || Canadian Premiere || Dir. Jason Miller
- THE DOLL (USA) || Canadian Premiere || Dir. Adam Gambrel
- THE OUTER DARKNESS (UK) || Ontario Premiere || Dir. Anthony Melton & Ben Franklin
- POSTPARTUM (USA) || Ontario Premiere || Dir. Izzy Lee
- MASSACRE AT FEMUR CREEK (CANADA) || Dir. Kyle Hytonen
- ROID RAGE (USA) || Dir. Ryan Lightbourn
- LOOSE ENDS (BELGIUM) || Canadian Premiere || Dir. Stéphane Everaert
- TULLY'S TIME (CANADA) || Dir. Pat Walton, Nick Wilson, & Shaun Elli
- SAY WHAT? (CANADA) || Dir. Shane Nasmith
- CHARLIE (CANADA) || Dir. Jane Watson and Lyndon Horsfall
- NEIGHBOUR (CANADA) Dir. Evan Henderson
- THE SPAGHETTI MASSACRE (CANADA) Dir. Mike Fardy
- NESTER (USA) || Dir. Chuck Starzenski and Luc Londe
- TRAJECTOIRES (FRANCE) || Dir. Massoni Philippe & Sébastien Jovellar
- DOUBLE CROSS (USA) || Dir. Sandy Stenzel
- LILITH (BELGIUM) || Dir. Maxim Stollenwerk
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"Fright Night Theatre Presents"
Feature Film Non-Competitive Programme
Chip returns home to find his mother brutally murdered and a space alien living in her house rent free. A somewhat xenophobic and bureaucratic government agency called Science Team is brought in to eliminate the extraterrestrial threat. Drama ensues. People die. Inner and extraterrestrial demons are engaged. Men in pink suits use cool-looking technology as events culminate in a destructive orgy of violence as people's minds are literally blown out of their heads. Principal cast: Vito Trigo, Richard Spencer, Emily Marsh
"Fright Night Theatre Presents"
Feature Film Non-Competitive Programme
SCIENCE TEAM (USA) || Ontario Premiere || Trailer
Directed by Drew Bolduc
Chip returns home to find his mother brutally murdered and a space alien living in her house rent free. A somewhat xenophobic and bureaucratic government agency called Science Team is brought in to eliminate the extraterrestrial threat. Drama ensues. People die. Inner and extraterrestrial demons are engaged. Men in pink suits use cool-looking technology as events culminate in a destructive orgy of violence as people's minds are literally blown out of their heads. Principal cast: Vito Trigo, Richard Spencer, Emily Marsh
THINGS (CANADA) || Trailer presented in association with Hamilton's Trash Cinema
Directed by Andrew Jordan
One of the greatest "so bad it's good" movies ever made. Released straight to video in 1989, THINGS is a dirty and nasty Canadian horror film that has developed a cult following among fans of trashy, gory, and bizarre indie b-movies. The Fright Night Theatre Film Festival and Hamilton's Trash Cinema celebrate the legacy of one of Canada's most obscure and unintentionally hilarious genre films. Principal Cast: Barry J. Gillis, Amber Lynn, Doug Bunston, Bruce Roach, Patricia Sadler
Short Film Non-Competitive Programme
One of the greatest "so bad it's good" movies ever made. Released straight to video in 1989, THINGS is a dirty and nasty Canadian horror film that has developed a cult following among fans of trashy, gory, and bizarre indie b-movies. The Fright Night Theatre Film Festival and Hamilton's Trash Cinema celebrate the legacy of one of Canada's most obscure and unintentionally hilarious genre films. Principal Cast: Barry J. Gillis, Amber Lynn, Doug Bunston, Bruce Roach, Patricia Sadler
Short Film Non-Competitive Programme
- SHIT'S ABOUT TO GET DARK (USA) || International Premiere || Director: Stephen Stull
- NIGHT OF THE HOST (CAN) || World Premiere || Dir. Jay Winger
- THE ROLE THAT RUINED MY CAREER (UK) || World Premiere || Melanie Gourlay
- COGAS (UK) || North American Premiere || Dir. Michela Anedda
- EYES WIDE OPEN (UK) || North American Premiere || Dir. Steven Dorrington
- HAPPY MEMORIES (USA) || Canadian Premiere || Dir. Jack Fields
- HEELS (USA) || Canadian Premiere || Dir. Jeremy Jantz
- SCUM (USA) || Canadian Premiere || Dir. Zach Shildwachter
- THRILL KILL (USA) || Canadian Premiere || Dir. Zach Shildwachter
- THE STOMACH (UK) || Ontario Premiere || Dir. Ben Steiner
- BROKEN (CANADA) || Dir. Adam Ciolfi
- REPOSSESSION (CANADA) || World Premiere || Dir. Jessica Marshall
- DEATHBOX (CANADA) || World Premiere || Dir. Michael Pereira
- VAMPIRE-KILLING PROSTITUTE (USA) || International Premiere || Dir. Jordan Mears
- LETTING (USA) || Canadian Premiere || Dir. Hannah Neurotica
- MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY (USA) || Canadian Premiere || Dir. Josh Mruz and Anthony
- UNCOMMON ENEMIES (CANADA) || Dir. Alex Hatz
- SHHH (CANADA) || Dir. Shervin Shoghian and Freddy Chavez Olmos
- MITTEN (CANADA) || Dir. Amanda Row
- JAPANESE DOCTOR WHO (UK) || Dir. Joshua Kahan
- OUT OF THE BOX (CANADA) || Dir. Sebastien Godin
- ISOLATED (CHILE) || Dir. Tomas Vergara
- DARK THERAPY (USA) || Dir. Chad Eric Smith
- CRAZY GOLF (UK) || Dir. Chloe Philippou
- PIGBOY (CANADA) || Dir. Chad Magnant
- CHOICE CUTS (USA) || Dir. Jeff Meyers and Keith Jefferies
- THE REVENANT (FRANCE) || Dir. Victor Druillet and Norman Jangot
- LAUGHING OUT LOUD (CANADA) || Dir. Daniel Clements
