Schedules ( Montreal 2012)
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MHorrorFest official schedule
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH
Screening Room #1
04:15pm – NAILBITER
06:00pm – SHORT PROGRAM #2
07:15pm – TERROR OF DRACULA (* Hosted by director Anthony D.P. Mann & producer Bill Bossert.)
09:45pm – TBA
12:ooam – FAMINE
Screening Room #2
04:15pm – PHI FILMS + SHORT PROGRAM #1
07:00pm – SPASM FILM FESTIVAL
08:15pm – NIGHTSCAPE (*Hosted by director David W. Edwards, star Emily Galash & Joshua St. James.)
10:15pm – IT’S IN THE BLOOD
12:00am – BLOODY BLOODY BIBLE CAMP
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH
Screening Room #1
11:00am – KROKODYLE
12:45pm – INCIDENT
02:30pm – MHorrorFest EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEKS ( *Hosted by director Brett Kelly, star Sacha Gabriel ( and Lawrence Evenchick from My Fair Zombie. )
04:15pm – SHORT PROGRAM #4
05:30pm – JACOB ( * Hosted by Director Larry Wade Carrell, Actress Grace Powell and actor Dylan Horne )
07:45pm – KILL SHAKESPEARE
10:15pm – SMOKE AND MIRRORS : THE STORY OF TOM SAVINI ( * Hosted by Tom Savini and director Jason Baker)
12:00am – THE ORPHAN KILLER ( Hosted by director Matt Farnsworth along with actors Diane Foster and David Backhaus )
Screening Room #2
11:00am – VITESSE LUMIÈRE FILM FESTIVAL + MAYFAIR THEATRE
01:15pm – SHORT PROGRAM #3
03:15pm – RAZOR DAYS ( *Hosted by Director Mike Watt and star Amy Lynn Best )
05:15pm – BILLY’S CULT ( *Hosted by director Michael P. Lucas )
07:15pm – LITTLE TERRORS
08:30pm – CELL COUNT ( *Hosted by director Todd E. Freeman )
10:15pm – SICK BOY
12:00am – MURDER UNIVERSITY
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH
Screening Room #1
11:00am – CALIBRE 9
12:45pm – MIMESIS
02:45pm – TBA
03:45pm – MEGAN IS MISSING ( *Hosted by director Michael Goi )
Screening Room #2
11:00am – SHORT PROGRAM #5
01:00pm – GALLERY OF FEAR
03:45pm – SHORT PROGRAM #6 + VISCERA FILM FESTIVAL
Short program #4
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 4:30pm, screening room #1
* Hosted by director Danny Dagenais (Fresh Meat)
8___(14 min)
*Montreal premiere / Country : Spain / Director : Raul Cerezo / Cast : Carmen Ruiz, Sergio Castellanos, Andrea Ros, Julio Velez
SYNOPSIS : At 8 years old, will, discipline and personality of a child begin to take shape, and the distinction between good and evil starts to be defined. The time to see our wish fulfilled came at last. His wish. Remain silent. You’re invited.
HUNGRY HICKORY (7 min)
*Montreal premiere / Country : Ireland / Director : Damian Mc Carthy / Cast :Barry Callan, Valerie Hely / Trailer
SYNOPSIS :Hungry Hickory is a comedy horror short film about a girl spending the night in a creepy old room with a small door at the end of her bed which holds a terrifying (and hungry) secret.
THE HEADLESS LOVER (27 min)
*Canadian premiere / Country : Danmark / Director : Kim L. Anderson / Cast : Maibritt Saerens, Jorn Faurschou, Michael Caroe / Trailer
SYNOPSIS : Written, directed and produced by Kim Lysgaard Andersen, The Headless Lover is actually part of a larger anthology project entitled The Book of Horror. This trilogy of films is inspired by and written in tribute to the “Tales from the Crypt.” – dreadcentral
FRESH MEAT (15 min)
*Canadian premiere / Country : Canada / Director : Dany Dagenais / Cast : Steven Duke, Gabe Bello
SYNOPSIS : Gabriel is about to have a really bad day. Wehn he woke up tied to a tree, he found himself at the mercy of a man looking for vengeance.
HELL WEEK (12 min)
*Canadian premiere / Country : USA / Director : Patrick Rea / Cast : Molly Anderson, Ari Bavel, Ian Dempsey, Aaron Laue, Allen Lowman / Trailer
SYNOPSIS : Hell Week is a suspense-satire about a sorority prank that goes too far. It was directed by Rea and produced by Rea, Davidson, Ryan S. Jones, and Jerod Meagher. The film was shot by Director of Photography Hanuman Brown-Eagle and stars Jerod Meagher, Meg Saricks, Tasha Smith, and Molly Anderson.
INVASION FROM PLANET SCHRUMP (29 min)
*Montreal premiere / Country : Germany / Director : Nadine Keil / Cast : Pauline Brede, Nico Hartung, Lara-Joy Korner, Julian Olivi, Christian Heiner Wolf / Trailer
SYNOPSIS : A fun horror story of a family little girl who is convinced that her mama is an Alien.
Short program #6
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 15:45PM
*Hosted by director Nadine L’Esperance (Madame Soleil’s Tea Party)
THE STOLEN (6 min)
*Canadian premiere / Country : Canada / Director : Karen Lam / Cast : Lilah Fitzgerald, Eric Bempong, Sarah Lind, Morgan Roff, Kyle Morven Tejpar
SYNOPSIS : A young girl (Essie) turns to the fantastical world of her imagination to escape her emotionally-abusive home. Her father, a veteran, committed suicide after witnessing the horrors of war in Afghanistan. Her older brother (Braden) is now lashing out with anger and violence at the world around him. One day, Essie oversees Braden and his friends beating a frail teenage boy (Sebastian) and imprisoning him in a cage. Essie rescues Sebastian, telling him she is a fairy princess. When Sebastian promises to grant her a wish, she discovers that he’s more than he appears. Her secret wish comes true, but at a dark price.
MADAME SOLEIL’S TEA PARTY (7 min)
*World premiere / Country : Canada / Director : Nadine L’Esperance / Cast : Claire Valiquette, Patrice L’Esperance, Justin Robinson, Nyka ‘Tadpole’ L’Esperance, Siobhan Quinn
SYNOPSIS : A sweet old Lady holds a Tea Party for her Milkman,English exchange Student Paperboy and neighbourhood Girl Scout…Only this party she wants to last forever….
TWISTED (4 min)
*Canadian premiere / Country : Germany/ Director : Norbert Keil / Cast : Philipp Moschitz. Lili Forgach
SYNOPSIS : A Twisted short film about two lovers in for a big surprise
CRESTFALLEN (6 min)
*Canadian premiere / Country : USA / Director : Jeremiah Kipp / Cast : Deneen Melody, Michael Partipilo
SYNOPSIS : As a woman slices her wrists in a bathtub, every drop of blood ripples into a new memory. This silent film features music by Harry (“Friday the 13th”) Manfredini.
THE LITTLE MERMAID (7 min)
*Montreal premiere / Country : Canada / Director : Nicholas Humphries / Cast : Trevor Gemma and Jovanna Huguet / Trailer
SYNOPSIS : Deep in a barren, fantastical wasteland lays a dilapidated circus tent. Inside, an ominous ringmaster forces his prized act, a real live mermaid to perform for a group of grimy, working class spectators. The mermaid, though frightening, is but a lovesick, caged animal praying for release from her endless torture. Unwilling to surrender his meal ticket, the ringmaster rejects her pleas for compassion and continues to confine the mermaid to her stagnant holding tank. With nowhere to escape to, the mermaid must make the choice between holding on to the hope of freedom and putting an end to her abuse.
Short program #5
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH, 11AM screening room #2
*Hosted by director Bart Mastronardi and star Alan Rowe Kelly (The Tell Tale Heart), producer Alberto Martinez and director Steven Cerritos (In Darkness)
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH (14 min)
*Montreal premiere / Country : Switzerland / Director : Olivier Begin / Cast : Catriona MacColl, Caroline Althaus, Frédéric Landenberg, Laurent Lecoultre, Christiane Margraitner / Trailer
SYNOPSIS : Stéphanie accompagne les chômeurs vers le chemin de l’emploi.
Mais lorsque ces chômeurs sont des personnages aussi mythiques que des vampires, des sorcières ou des fées, le chemin promet d’être semé d’embûches.
IN DARKNESS (13 min)
*Montreal premiere / Country : Canada / Director : Steven Cerritos / Cast : Benjamin Blais, Hillary Keirstead, Ahsan Mogul / Trailer
SYNOPSIS : Driven by experimental visuals, “In Darkness” is an allegory of unrequited love and suffering. It’s the story of Vorenus, an unheralded lesser character in the opera that is life, and his ascension to the throne of the underworld in the afterlife.
HELLVETICA (14 min)
*Canadian premiere / Country : Canada / Director : Kalen Artinian / Cast : Justin Doyle, Lindsay Francisco, Stephen Diego, Brock Duke, Carly Tisdall / Trailer
SYNOPSIS : A struggling writer (Simon) receives an offer to write a short story for a horror compilation novel. He has never dealt with this genre, but having no choice, he accepts. Simon soon realizes that to become a successful writer, he has to write what he knows.
DEUS IRAE (14 min)
*Montreal premiere / Country : Argentina / Director : Pedro Cristiani / Cast : Gaston Ricaud, Bernarda Pages, Julia Perette, Simon Ratziel, Ana Paulis / Trailer
SYNOPSIS : A fragile border separates our world from the realm of darkness, where nightmarish creatures await in the shadows, looking for a way into our world. Only one thing has been standing in their way: a secret order of priests, who devote their lives and souls to protect this border .They are the ‘Deus Irae’
FAMILIAR (24 min)
Country : Canada / Director : Richard Powell / Cast : Robert Nolan, Astrida Auza / Trailer
SYNOPSIS : Trough a series of tragic events a middle aged man grows to suspect the negative impulses plaguing his mind may not be his own.
THAT (8 min)
*Montreal premiere / Country : USA / Director : The Sharnasky Brothers / Cast : Hallie Cooper-Novack, Jake Kropac / Trailer
SYNOPSIS : A beautiful girl, a deadly clown, and some cake. Things are not as they seem.
THE TELL TALE HEART (32 min)
*Canadian premiere / Country : USA / Director : Bart Mastronardi / Cast : Debbie Rochon, Alan Rowe Kelly, Lesleh Donaldson, Desiree Gould, Joe Quick
SYNOPSIS : A RETELLING OF EDGAR ALLAN POE’S CLASSIC TALE -THE TELL TALE HEART – MADE FOR THE UPCOMING 2013 ANTHOLOGY ‘TALES OF POE’. A young home nurse (Debbie Rochon) is assigned to a large mansion to aid and care for an aging silent-screen star (Alan Rowe Kelly). The story, narrated by the nurse in flashbacks from inside an institution, is told to a fellow patient (Lesleh Donaldson), explaining how she couldn’t handle the old actress’s dripping, lifeless eye and what steps she had to take to rid herself from her unpleasant duties.
Short program #3
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 1:15PM, screening room #2
DIVINATION (12 min)
*Montreal premiere / Country : USA / Director : JT Seaton / Cast : Lynn Lowry, Anne Postell / Trailer
SYNOPSIS : Audra LaCombe is a fake psychic who has been performing bogus séances for years. One night she receives a visitor, a young woman named Carrie-Anne Normand, who claims to have come for a reading. However, Carrie-Anne has entered Audra’s home under false pretenses. And soon Audra discovers that you can’t rob the loved ones of the dearly departed and not pay a price.
THE MECHANICAL GRAVE (25 min)
*Canadian premiere / Country : USA / Director : Jon Keeyes / Cast : Nicole Leigh, Jonathan Brooks, Matthew Tompkins, Michael Crabtree, Charles Baker / Trailer
SYNOPSIS : The year is 1895. Steam-powered ships fly through the air. Clockwork robots have replaced servants. And a grisly murder has taken place in the dark night of New York City. Called to the scene of the ritualistic murder, newly appointed police commissioner Teddy Roosevelt discovers Detective Wayne and his police officers power usurped by two special investigators appointed by the White House: Occultist Edgar Allan Poe, a clockwork automaton housing the soul of the literary legend, and Mrs. Emma Entwistle, a dangerous assassin with a unique connection to the Otherworld. When they elicit information from the demon Neshrew, a much darker and more dangerous plot of world domination is uncovered.
THE HOUSE ON ARCH LANE (10min)
*Montreal premiere / Country : Germany / Director : Alexander Steinhoff / Alexander de Lukowicz / Cast :Jeremy Legat, Mareike Fell, Ethan Freeman, Jessica McIntyre
SYNOPSIS : When a delivery man brings a parcel to a secluded house, he unexpectedly becomes a featured guest at a sinister birthday party.
THE POST-LIFERS (14 min)
*Montreal premiere / Country : Canada / Director : Greg Kovacs / Cast : Ryan Barrett, Steph Christiaens, Rich Piatkowski, John Cross, John Williams
SYNOPSIS : The dead have risen and want your brains! Or do they? This hard-hitting mockumentary chronicles a group of zombies during a world-wide infestation. Tremble with fear and laughter as you are taken along an exclusive journey into the unknown and undead. It’s zombies like you’ve never seen them before…articulate.
Short program #2
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 6PM
* Hosted by director Manuel Esparza (Where Months Fly) and director Syl Disijonk (Ethereal Chrysalis)
38;50;00 (19 min)
*Montreal premiere / Country : USA / Director : Chris Capel /Cast : Phillip Andre Botello, Paul Majo,
SYNOPSIS : 38:50:00 follows Andrew and John, two co-workers who hike out into the woods to face a difficult decision. This was always the plan.
15:2 (8 min)
*Canadian premiere / Country : USA / Director : Brennan Parks / Cast : Corryn Cummins, Rich PierreLouis, Brendan Bradley
SYNOPSIS : Emergency Medical Technicians Kevin & Leslie are about to learn that some patients would rather stay dead.
ETHEREAL CHRYSALIS (10 min)
Country : Canada / Director : Syl Disjonk/ Cast : Syl Disjonk, Raynald Lapierre
SYNOPSIS : Falls into a nightmare where the inter-dimensional cosmic order is consumed by dementia. Leave your mind in the ethereal labyrinth of madness where the doors of perception become the annihilation of all rational thought. Accept the call of the Ethereal Chrysalis.
REFUGE 115 (9 min)
*North American premiere / Country : Spain / Director : Ivan Villamel Sanchez / Cast : Georgina Latre, Dani Ledesma, Alba Arenals, Arnau Creus, Alba Ferrara
SYNOPSIS : March 18, 1938, Spanish Civil War. The population of Barcelona is devastated by the continued indiscriminate bombing of fascist aviation. Jordi and Aina are a young couple in love who has not lost faith in salvation and freedom, and safeguard one of the many bomb refuges throughout the city of Barcelona. Something unknown is hidden in the darkness of the refuge, hidden and waiting to take one by one people are hidden from external danger. Aina and Jordi try to find a loophole for all those people, before the outputs are closed.
WHERE MOTHS FLY (14 min)
*Canadian premiere / Country : USA / Director : Manuel Esparza / Cast : Joey Sinko, Brianna Jesme, Frank Piciullo, Dawn McCoy / Trailer
SYNOPSIS : A family offers their dying robot the chance to live forever. But rather than live, he will choose to see where he goes when he dies.
Short program #1
Friday, September 14, 4:15pm, screening room #2
*Hosted by directors Martin Rodriguez & Justin Arresta (Speak of the Devil)
BANANA MOTHERFUCKER (16min)
*Montreal premiere / Country : Portugual / Director : Pedro Florêncio, Fernando Alle / Cast : Pedro Florêncio, Fernando Alle, Mário Oliveira, Luís Henriques / Trailer
SYNOPSIS : Six adventures go on a quest for a mystical cemetery. After disturbing the dead, they trigger an ancient curse that will destroy the entire world.
HINNON VALLEY (21min)
*Montreal premiere / Country : USA / Director : Richard Greenwood Jr. / Cast : Alexis Zibolis, Maria Shadchina, Todd Johnson, Joel Zaldivar / Trailer
SYNOPSIS : 2079. After the Great Delusion, the World is out of order. To avoid chaos and save humanity, its leaders decided to trust the wisdom of the Fortune Tellers, superior people granted with the power of foreseeing the future. But they do not only foresee the future, they choose it for you.
SPEAK OF THE DEVIL (10min)
*Montreal premiere / Country : Canada / Director : Martin Rodriguez & Justin Arresta / Cast : Mathew Stefiuk, Sean Tucker, Jon Mclaren, Meghanne Kessels, Cathy Symonds
SYNOPSIS : A police officer (Sean Tucker – Guy X) on the night shift studies Demonology while his partner (Matthew Stefiuk – Donkey) pokes fun at him. Meanwhile a young woman’s attempt to get revenge on her boyfriend by raising a demon, ends catastrophically. The janitor (Jon McLaren – The Stepson) finds the bodies and calls 911 just as the demon rises behind him. Our two police officers respond to the call to find the demon still lurking...
2079 : THE FORTUNE TELLER (9 min)
*World premiere / Country : Canada / France / Director : Nicolas Cliet-Marrel / Cast : Ben Cliche, Eva Carol, Sébastien Cloutier, Dorotea Saykaly, Alexandra Bonan / Trailer
SYNOPSIS : 2079. After the Great Delusion, the World is out of order. To avoid chaos and save humanity, its leaders decided to trust the wisdom of the Fortune Tellers, superior people granted with the power of foreseeing the future. But they do not only foresee the future, they choose it for you.
AN EVENING WITH MY COMATOSE MOTHER (33min)
*Montreal premiere / Country : Switzerland / Director : Jonathan Martin / cast : Wendy Macy, Michele Turner Wilson, Miss Hill / Trailer
SYNOPSIS : When Dorothy is invited over to the Poe’s on Halloween night, no one ever told her about their decomposing, comatose mother living in the upstairs bedroom. She’ll wish somebody had when the storm hits, and Mother wakes up
