CARNAGE FOR CHRISTMAS
Directed by Alice Maio Mackay
When true-crime podcaster and sleuth Lola visits her hometown at Christmas for the first time since running away and transitioning, the vengeful ghost of a historical murderer and urban legend seemingly arises to kill again. Lola must solve the case before her community is slaughtered. She's up against not only a psychotic killer, but also a town haunted by secrets.
Australia | 70 minutes
GHOST GAME
Directed by Jill Gevargizian
Participating in an internet challenge that requires breaking into homes and living undetected alongside the residents, a thrill-seeking couple target an infamous haunted house and endure a series of chilling incidents as they witness a family descending into madness.
United States | 90 minutes
FACELESS AFTER DARK
Directed by Raymond Wood
Following her breakout success as the star of a killer clown horror flick, Bowie now finds herself struggling to capitalize on its success. But when she is suddenly held hostage by an unhinged fan posing as that same killer clown, horror becomes her reality as she fights to survive the night and escape before he completes his sinister plan to recreate the film’s fatal plot.
United States | 86 minutes
IT DOESN’T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS
Directed by Rachel Kempf, Nick Toti
This found footage horror film blends fact and fiction, featuring nearly 20 years of archival video. When filmmakers Nick Toti and Rachel Kempf buy an abandoned duplex to shoot their next indie horror film in, they are delighted to find random strangers are drawn to the building, gathering outside to stare at it in a zombie-like trance. What begins as an effort to document the cult quickly escalates into an increasingly ecstatic quest to see just how scary their real-life horror movie can get.
United States | 83 minutes
I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU ALONE
Directed by DW Medoff
After being released from prison, a brooding man with a dark past is forced to stay in a haunted house to clear it of spirits. If he leaves, he goes back to prison, but the witch-ghost may be more punishment than he can withstand.
United States | 95 minutes
LIVESCREAMERS
Directed by Michelle Iannantuono
In the screenlife found footage film LIVESCREAMERS, a popular group of streamers who face a lesson in teamwork when a cursed video game kills them one by one.
United States | 90 minutes
MELTDOWN : A FAMILY’S ASCENSION INTO MADNESS
Directed by Colton Van Til
In the picture-perfect 1950s, a seemingly flawless nuclear family hosts an important dinner party, but when an unexpected LSD spiking alters the course of the evening, buried truths resurface, shattering everyone’s facades and forcing them to confront their darkest fears.
United States | 84 minutes
YOUNG BLONDES, STALKED AND MURDERED
Directed by Nick Funess
A struggling actress starts to believe a serial killer is after her.
United States | 66 minutes
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