Awards
Reaper’s Choice Award (People’s Choice): THE ITCH – Gordon Phillips
Devil’s Playground Award (Best Film): The Sorrow – Thomas Affolter
Dark Visionary Award (Best Director): A Good Death – Kaz PS
Devil’s Ink Award (Best Screenplay): Interference – Alex Trierweiler
Scream King Award (Best Actor): Backmask – David Shields
Scream Queen Award (Best Actress): The Stranded – Claudia Trujillo
Dark Reel Award (Most Disturbing): The Itch – Gordon Phillips
Twisted Smile Award (Funniest Film): Scam – Dave Thorpe
Echo of Evil Award (Best Sound): Carter – C. Anderson, R. Cox, B. Tobola
Graveyard Glam Award (Best Costume): Jester – Jonathan Popalis
Blood & Guts Award (Best Gore/Makeup): The Itch – Raúl Muñoz
Butcher’s Cut Award (Best Editing): 13_OCT_1985_ARCHIVE – Jean-Baptiste Desban
Killer Vision Award (Best Cinematography): Social Media Slaughterhouse – J. Von Drayco
The Sorrow
Director: Thomas Affolter
Synopsis: A retired army general and his live-in nurse find they are not alone in a house filled with dark secrets.
Country of Origin: Canada
Runtime: 13:00 Minutes
Social Media Slaughterhouse
Director: Kevin Khachan
Synopsis: In “Social Media Slaughterhouse,” aspiring influencer , Adalynne leads her friends into a notorious Haunted House, chasing viral fame. But as they encounter supernatural horrors, Adalynne must confront the dark side of online validation to survive and uncover the chilling truth.
Country of Origin: Australia
Runtime: 15:19 Minutes
Scam
Director: Dave Thorpe
Synopsis: While burying a body in the woods, a murderer is called by a phone scammer.
Country of Origin: Canada
Runtime: 9:18 Minutes
THE ITCH
Director: Gordon Phillips
Synopsis: A young man awakens in an unfamiliar apartment only to find himself under surveillance… and decaying rapidly. He relies on an enigmatic set of vaccines he discovers in the bathroom to slow his decline, but quickly plots revenge on his unseen watcher as his condition continues to deteriorate.
Country of Origin: Mexico, United States
Runtime: 17:57 Minutes
A Good Death
Director: Kaz PS
Synopsis: When devoted death doula Amalia arrives at the home of her new clients, she immediately begins to suspect that something is very wrong.
Country of Origin: United States
Runtime: 11:13 Minutes
Carter
Director: Xander Copp
Synopsis: In this H.P. Lovecraft adaptation, Carter, a grief-stricken young man, and his mentor Warren, an elder female professor of the occult, search for a portal to the underworld in an abandoned cemetery.
Country of Origin: Canada
Runtime: 9:56 Minutes
Interference
Director: Alex Trierweiler
Synopsis: A haunted woman with a troubled past is stalked by a malevolent force and reckons with the unmaking of her reality.
Country of Origin: United States
Runtime: 20:00 Minutes
The Stranded
Director: Sergi Páez
Synopsis: The last survivor of a space base agonizingly awaits for her rescue, while a creature lurks in the dark.
Country of Origin: Spain
Runtime: 13:00 Minutes
13_OCT_1985_ARCHIVE
Director: Nicolas Dozol
Synopsis: Viewing of a recovered unclassified archive dated October 13, 1985.
Country of Origin: Switzerland
Runtime: 2:00 Minutes
Jester
Director: Jonathan Popalis
Synopsis: A stand-up comedian performs for an unusual audience.
Country of Origin: Canada
Runtime: 3:24 Minutes
The Monitor
Director: Sam Platizky
Synopsis: Melissa and Todd are away from each other for the first time since the birth of their baby. While checking in on Melissa and the baby from their baby monitor he notices that there is someone(or something) else in the house.
Country of Origin: United States
Runtime: 5:13 Minutes
Backmask
Director: Matt Fitch & Chris Baker
Synopsis: In his desperate search for a new sound, 1970s rock star Billy Chapman isolates himself in his mansion, only to unleash a sinister force that becomes his dark collaborator.
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Runtime: 14:45 Minutes
Cadabra
Director: Tiffany Wice
Synopsis: An amateur magician receives more than he anticipated when he purchases a cursed hat from the estate of his deceased hero.
Country of Origin: Canada
Runtime: 6:00 Minutes
First & Last
Director: Alexander Nonaka Galant
Synopsis: At a showing of a rental apartment, a young woman stumbles upon a gruesome mystery while taking pictures with her phone.
Country of Origin: Canada
Runtime: 4:00 Minutes