Films ( Montreal 2012)

World Premiere : SMOKE AND MIRRORS : THE STORY OF TOM SAVINI

Aug 20, 2012 in Films

SMOKE AND MIRRORS : THE STORY OF TOM SAVINI (World premiere)

Country: USA
Running time: 80 min
Production Company: MIJO FILMS in association with ALLEGHENY IMAGE FACTORY 
Director: Jason Baker
Producer: Andy Westfall: Producer, Robert Tinnell: Supervising Producer, Jennifer Grey Ogrin: Executive Producer
Cast: Tom Savini, Greg Nicotero, George A. Romero, Jerry Only, Doug Bradley, and Sid Haig 

Saturday, September 15, 10:15pm (screening room #1)
*Hosted by director Jason Baker and star Tom Savini

Synopsis: The first ever feature length documentary about the life and career of famed special makeup artist Tom Savini. Know as the “King of Splatter”, Tom’s work revolutionized an industry with such movies as FRIDAY the 13TH, CREEPSHOW, and DAWN OF THE DEAD. But these facts are misdirection, as the film delves into Tom’s personal triumphs and failings, revealing the man behind the mask.

Official selection : NIGHTSCAPE

Aug 18, 2012 in Films

NIGHTSCAPE (Canadian premiere)

Country : USA
Running Time  : 88 minutes
Production company : Imperiad Entertainment
Director : David W. Edwards
Producer : A.J. Gordon, Producer; Keith C.A. Jones, Associated Producer
Cast : Emily Galash, Joshua St. James, Jorge Elias Madrid, Michael Biesanz, and Morgan Elizabeth Cox

Friday, September 14, 8:15pm (screening room #1) 
*Hosted by director David W. Edwards, star Emily Galash & Joshua St. James.

Official selection : MEGAN IS MISSING

Aug 17, 2012 in Films

MEGAN IS MISSING  (Canadian premiere)

Country : USA
Running Time  : 86 minutes
Production company : Trio Pictures
Director : Michael Goi
Producer : Mark Gragnani
Cast : Amber Perkins, Rachel Quinn, Dean Waite, Jael Steinmeyer, Kara Wang

Sunday, September 16, 3:45pm (screening room#1)
* Hosted by directo Michael Goi

SYNOPSIS
Log Line
Fictional drama based on factual events, about two young girls and their encounter with an Internet predator.

Synopsis
Megan Is Missing is a fictional drama that follows two young girls, Megan Stewart, 14, and her best friend Amy Herman, 13. Though opposites in personality, they forge a deep friendship as they grow up fast in a world of rave parties, casual drug use and indiscriminate sex. Using the Internet as a lifeline for social interaction, Megan meets a 17 year-old boy named Josh in a web chat room. When she disappears after arranging to meet him in person, Amy launches a concentrated effort to find her friend, but instead finds a truth more terrifying than she could have ever imagined. As the media swirls around the story of Megan Stewart’s disappearance, Amy Herman suddenly vanishes as well.

Endorsed by Marc Klaas and the KlaasKids Foundation, a child safety advocacy group in the U.S., Megan Is Missing is an original screenplay, derived from research into seven actual cases of child abduction, MEGAN IS MISSING explores the varied and creative ways that kids use technology, the myth of invincibility, the deadly anonymity of the internet, and the horror of ordinary kids walking in the midst of extraordinary evil. It is an uncompromising view of the world children are in today, so harrowing in its realism, that it will truly make your blood run cold. Megan Is Missing will leave an indelible, life-altering mark on its audience, if they are brave enough to see it through to the gut-wrenching finish.

Official selection : FAMINE

Aug 17, 2012 in Films

FAMINE (World premiere)

Country : Canada
Running Time  : 90 minutes
Production company : New Image Entertainment
Director : Ryan Nicholson
Producer : Charie Van Dyke, John Craig
Cast : Christine Wallace, Michelle Sabiene, Nathan Durec, Beth Cantor and Christopher Lomas

Friday, September 14, Midnight (Screening room #1)

SYNOPSIS
Two years after a high-school prank involving flesh-eating acid nearly kills popular teacher Mr. Balszack, the graduating class of Sloppy Secondary holds a ’24-Hour Famine’ charity event on school grounds. But there’s an uninvited guest at this event, masquerading as the school’s handyman mascot, and he’s got an insatiable hunger of his own. Now the power’s cut, the doors and windows are chained shut, and now it’s not just cheerleaders who are getting nailed! Has Mr. Balszack come back for revenge? Is his sad tale just a cover for a brand-new psycho? Can the Nailer be stopped before the whole Class of 2012 goes six feet under?
Famine is set to be a feast of bad taste. This retro rampage arrives in the tradition ofGutterballs, a colourful kill-a-minute gorefest from director Ryan Nicholson and New Image Entertainment. Get nailed in 2012!

Official selection : MURDER UNIVERSITY

Aug 17, 2012 in Films

MURDER UNIVERSITY (World premiere)

Country : USA
Running Time  : 88 minutes
Production company : Scorpio Films
Director : Richard Griffin
Producer : Kristin Kayala, Ted Marr
Cast :  Jamie Dufault, Michael Thurber, Samanatha Acampora, Nat Sylva, Sean Sullivan

Saturday, September 15, Midnight (screening room #2)

SYNOPSIS
A series of brutal, cult-like murders are taking place at a New England college. Josh Greene, a shy freshman, is the lone survivor of a series of murders that are reminiscent of a similar string of killings some twenty years prior. As he seeks to uncover the secret behind the attacks, he is joined by Detective Forrester, who was instrumental in halting the bloodshed before, and his daughter Meg, who had barely escaped being a victim previously.

Official selection : SICK BOY

Aug 17, 2012 in Films

SICK BOY  (Canadian premiere)

Country : USA
Running Time  : 90 minutes
Production company : Goat Man’s Hill
Director : Tim T. Cunningham
Producer : Sean C. Cunningham
Cast : Skye McCole Bartusiak, Marc Donato, Debbie Rochon

Saturday, September 15, 10:45pm (screening room #2)

SYNOPSIS
Skye McCole Bartusiak stars as Lucy, a young woman who steps in for a friend to take a job babysitting a young boy confined to his room due to a mysterious illness. Lucy begins to suspect the child’s mother, played by horror legend Debbie Rochon, is hiding something. The truth turns out to be far worse than she could imagine.

Official selection : BILLY’S CULT

Aug 17, 2012 in Films

BILLY’S CULT  (World premiere)

Country : USA
Running Time  : 85 minutes
Production company : Jaunted Productions, LLC
Director : Michael P. Lucas
Producer : Michael P. Lucas, Shaun Klein, Art Maurizio, Vince Gattuso, Donovan Kern
Cast : Debbie Rochon, Lou Martini Jr., Suzi Lorraine, Susan Campanaro, Donovan Kern

Saturday, September 15, 5:15pm (screening room #2)
*Hosted by director Michael P. Lucas

SYNOPSIS
“BILLY’S CULT” takes us into the demented mind of Billy, a ruthless killer unlike any other seen before. Born out of sin, Billy is given up at a young age for adoption by his mother Lenore Kingsley. He grows up wanting revenge on his mother, and biological father, a Roman Catholic priest, Father Allen Perry. Meanwhile, Detectives Gates and Steele are in pursuit of this killer, trying to put an end to the killing spree, while at the same time, attempting to exercise their own inner demons. “BILLY’S CULT” is nothing you’ve ever witnessed and in short, will scare the hell out of you.

Official selection : THE TERROR OF DRACULA

Aug 17, 2012 in Films

THE TERROR OF DRACULA  (Montreal premiere)

Country : CANADA/USA
Running Time  : 100 minutes
Production company : A.Bossert / Mann Production
Director : Anthony D.P. Mann
Producer : Bill Bossert
Cast : Anthony D.P. Mann, Terry Wade, Denis Wedge, Ilke Hincer, Barry Yuen

Friday, September 14, 07:15pm (screening room #1)
* Hosted by director Anthony D.P. Mann & producer Bill Bossert.

SYNOPSIS
Terror of Dracula is an exciting new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”, that is faithful in spirit to the original text. Produced with a keen eye towards recreating the golden renaissance of classic European horror (Hammer / Amicus / Franco / Naschy), this film is both a loving homage to films of an era gone-by, as well as a carefully-crafted presentation of the ultimate screen monster as Stoker envisioned him… Dracula is cunning, fierce, and terrifying.

Official selection : KROKODYLE

Aug 17, 2012 in Films

KROKODYLE (Canadian premiere)

Country : Italy
Running Time  : 78 minutes
Production company : Interzone Visions
Director : Stefano Bessoni
Producer : Ivan Cenzi, Christian Favale, Francesco Rizzi, Stefano Bessoni
Cast : Lorenzo Pedrotti, Jun Ichikawa, Franco Pistoni,Orfeo Orlando, Francesco Martino

Saturday, September 15, 11:00am (screening room #1)

SYNOPSIS
Kaspar Toporski is a young Polish filmmaker who moved far away from his hometown when he was a kid. He is willing to develop his projects in cinema and is in constant wait for answers from production companies. He spends his time drawing, writing and creating his own imaginary world, which seems to be getting more and more real, day by day. He has always admired crocodiles, since he was a child, as he believes them to be perfect creatures, which are able to control the passing of time. Kaspar shares his thoughts with Helix, a young photographer interested in the relation between death and the capture of images. He is secretly in love with her. Kaspar also hangs out with Schulz, a mysterious doll maker who is obsessed with the theories about creation and dummies, elaborated by the Polish writer Bruno Schulz, and with Bertolt, a fellow filmmaker that never got over the failure of his first movie, destroyed by a short-sighted production team.To pin down his ideas, Kaspar begins shooting a movie about himself, a sort of cinematic sketchbook, made from drawings, pictures, short animations, sounds, words and music… made of dreams and nightmares. As time goes by, his movie begins taking shape but Kaspar slowly drifts away from the real world, until he eventually realizes that he himself might just be a product of his own imagination.

Official selection : RAZOR DAYS

Aug 17, 2012 in Films

RAZOR DAYS (World premiere)

Country : USA
Running Time  : 90 minutes
Production company : Happy Cloud Pictures/RAK Media Group
Director : Mike Watt
Producer : Robert A. Kuiper
Cast : Amy Lynn Best, Debbie Rochon, Bette Cassett, Jeff Monahan, Alyssa Heron

Saturday, September 15, 3:15pm (screening room #2)
*Hosted by director Mike Watt and star Amy Lynn Best.

SYNOPSIS
Razor Days is a grim story of survival and revenge set in the very real world. Starring Amy Lynn Best (A Feast of Flesh), Debbie Rochon (The Colour from the Dark) and Bette Cassatt (ThinkGeek), Razor Days tells the story of three women, each a survivor of horrific violence, who bond together first for support and then to exact revenge on those responsible for their horrific pasts, including a group of cannibalistic “weekend warriors