2024 PROGRAM
BLOCK 1
12:00 - 1:40
Trailer: She Who Dared
High Stakes
by Zachary Eglinton
Los Angeles
Two friends make a deal to end one's vampirism. Permanently.
Fortune Teller
by Julia Tutko-Balena
Boston MA
Claire decides on a whim to get her fortune told. She gets more than she bargained for.
Messed Up
by Lucé Tomlin-Brenner
Los Angeles
Your worst habit could save your life.
Pocket Money
by Alex DiVincenzo
Scituate MA
A mysterious heist yields unforeseen fortunes.
Dream Factory
by Ari Klawans
Natick MA
In a world revolving around the business of creating dreams via strange technology, a young woman grows up wanting to become a dream-maker, but is instead forced to make a nightmare.
Cup of Tea
by Diana Porter
Framingham MA
A mother struggles to find out the truth about what happened to her daughter.
Happy BirthGay
by Niv Manzur
Israel
Mom throws her son a grandiose surprise BirthGay party, celebrating a year of his coming out of the closet.
Don't Fall From Grace
by Carley Byers
Assonet MA
When Grace's body is puppeteered by a mysterious entity, her Mother is desperate to break her from the trance.
The Trip
by Jake Ronnow
Meridian ID
An acid trip in the woods between three best friends goes sideways after they discover one party member's diabolical plan to commit murder.
We Forgot About the Zombies
by Chris McInroy
Austin TX
Tex
Two dudes think they found the cure for zombie bites.
Raca
by Drew Saplin
Austin TX
Nacho, a socially inept, katana-wielding weirdo in search of connection, treks across his small coastal town on the 4th of July on a quest to find ice for his “best friends” in time for the fireworks show.
BLOCK 2
1:50 - 3:20
Trailer: From The Void With Love
Good Looking Out
by Seth Chatfield
Peterborough NH
Claire and Steven find themselves lost on the way to a friend's house in the country, revealing troubling communication issues that steer them toward a darker destination.
The Halloween Party
by Erica Stockwell-Alpert
Maynard MA
A Halloween-loving mom throws a party for her kid's class.
Sunset Syndication
by Joseph DiTavi, Owen Thayer
Maynard MA
In 1996, the country’s largest cable provider went defunct without a trace. A single tape reveals what happened on the day everything went to static.
Chipped
by Costa Karalis
Atlanta GA
A nightmare-portrait of a young man dealing with anxiety, panic attacks, and paranoia surrounding the irrational fear of people coming to take his teeth while he sleeps.
Baba Yaga Smoked Me Out
by Julia Berkey
Brooklyn NY
In this puppet-tastic queer 420 comedy, a heartbroken and unemployed dyke unknowingly smokes magical weed and summons the mysterious Baba Yaga-- an old hag witch that grants wishes for a price.
Bumpy the Clown
by Kyle Lindfors
Maynard MA
Death in the circus brings a failed, spiraling artist ever so closer to his grave. Fueled by nicotine, corn dogs, and motherly support, Bumpy provides a unique perspective of what it means to be an American.
All is futile; it's going to be a bumpy ride.
Footzilla
by Brandon Scullion
Las Vegas NV
A recently injured man has a wild fever dream that a Giant Foot monster known as Footzilla is attacking Las Vegas and he must rise to the occasion and defeat it.
Follower
by Scott W. Perry
Amityville NY
A survivor of a cult is interrogated by a determined detective to understand the disturbing mindset of the cult's activities and its evil leader.
Like Going to a Hardware Store for Bread
by Roque Nonini
Brooklyn NY
Tina’s meandering yarn of paternal alcoholism is cut short when her recalcitrant older sister crashes the friends and family of alcoholics meeting. The sisters’ thick as thieves bond unfolds as both dissonant and synergistic.
BLOCK 3
3:30 - 5:00
Trailer: Stakes
Dead Enders
by Fidel Ruiz-Healy, Tyler Walker
Santa Monica CA
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.
Transfigure
by Dylan Clark
Fairfax VA
Something goes wrong when a girl attempts to alter her appearance.
Party's Over
by Neil Willoughby
Michigan
The night turns to terror when uninvited guests crash a Halloween party.
The Longing
by Rob Lee
East Walpole MA
A woman mourns the loss of the "love of her life".
The Devil on Derby Street
by Luke St. Germaine
Salem MA
Chelsea receives a nightmarish phone call and realizes her reality is not what it seems.
Sweet Dreams
by Ashes Homon-Rahall
Grafton MA
A wife, desperate for sleep, seeks revenge for her exhaustion.
Sincopat
by Pol Diggler
Barcelona
Ona, a creative executive of a large company, is about to launch the latest technological revolution into the market: a device that allows listening to music directly inside the brain.
Killing With Kindness
by Patrick Rahall
Grafton MA
A young woman learns that escaping from a masked killer is no piece of cake.
Ditched
by Sloan Turner
California
An impulsive middle schooler playing a game of hide-and-seek soon realizes something sinister is hunting him and his friends.
Corpsepaint
by Chris Nolen, Micah Troublefield
Charlotte NC
A metal band finds a dead body in the woods and have to prove they didn't sacrifice it for Satan.
Ten of Swords
by Faye Jackson
United Kingdom
Jay wakes up dead - obviously murdered - and discovers that everything the agency told him about becoming a zombie was a lie. He wants to forget his former life and get on with his new reality, but he can't seem to stop his old memories flooding back, his new instincts kicking in, or the other zombies from following him. This revenge is happening.