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Brandon Treadway | HorrorFest International Film Festival horrofestintPR@fmasu.com
2024 HORRORFEST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL UNVEILS OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
THE STORIED FILM FESTIVAL PREPARES FOR ITS 22ND YEAR BY ANNOUNCING ITS
FULL OFFICIAL LIST OF SELECTED FILMS.
ST GEORGE, UT - HorrorFest International Film Festival, presented by The Film and Media Alliance of Southern Utah, announces its full list of film selections for the 22nd HorrorFest International Film Festival this October 16-19, 2024.
Festival passes are available for purchase online 24 hours a day at fmasu.com.
These films join a long list of previous festival selections that have included Hellbender, Deadstream, The Retaliators, Frank & Zed, Malibu Horror Story, Bunker, Feed Me, The Coffee Table, and Lore.
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The 50 plus selected films represent a diverse group of styles and voices in horror from over a dozen different countries across the globe – many of them award winners at other genre festivals. Among these films are 3 world premieres, 1 U.S. premiere, and over 40 films
premiering for the very first time here in the great state of Utah.
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"We couldn't be any more thrilled about the 2024 lineup. It's quite the mix offering up various shades of horror,” said Adam Mast, Founder/Director of HorrorFest International. “From scary, to comedy, to sci-fi tinged, to experimental, to dramatic, to creature features. A little something for everyone. And it's the perfect event to usher in Halloween."
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Along with the films mentioned here, official selections for the HorrorFest International Screenplay Competition can be found at fmasu.com/horrorfest
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Program subject to change:
FEATURE FILMS
1978
Utah Premiere
Country: Argentina
Director: Nicolás Onetti, Luciano Onetti
Synopsis: During the World Cup final between Argentina and Holland, in times of military
dictatorship, a group of torturers violently breaks into a home, kidnaps a group of unsuspecting
individuals, and takes them to a clandestine detention center. What starts as a horrific ordeal
takes an even more sinister (and most unexpected) turn.
ALIEN COUNTRY
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Renny Grames, Boston McConnaughey
Synopsis: A wild and reckless demolition derby mechanic has to stop an alien invasion before
his pregnant girlfriend is abducted and humanity is destroyed.
ASTRAL PLANE DRIFTER
World Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Scott Slone
Synopsis: This sci-fi/western/kung-fu comedy genre-mashup follows the Drifter, a Mystic of the
First Order, as he journeys toward the lair of the evil GalaxiKhan to save his sidekick and
ex-girlfriend from the clutches of evil.
CHAINSAWS WERE SINGING
Utah Premiere
Country: Estonia
Director: Sander Maran
Synopsis: A joyfully violent horror comedy musical following new lovers who get separated by a
chainsaw-weidling killer.
FRANKIE FREAKO
Country: Canada
Director: Steven Kostanski
Synopsis: Workaholic yuppie Conor is in an existential rut until one night he catches a bizarre ad
for a party hotline hosted by a strange dancing goblin, Frankie Freako. Could this be just the
recipe to spice up his boring life?
THE INVISIBLE RAPTOR
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Sander Maran
Synopsis: After a raptor — genetically engineered to be invisible and incredibly smart —
escapes from a science facility, it’s up to a washed-up amusement park paleontologist and a
security guard to stop it.
VOIDCALLER
Utah Premiere
Country: Sweden
Director: Nils Alatalo
Synopsis: Several people with amnesia realize they may have been involved in something
sinister on a cosmic scale.
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SHORT FILMS
13TH NIGHT
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Benjamin Percy
APOTEMNOFILIA
Utah Premiere
Country: Spain
Director: Jano Pita
BAD OMEN
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Connor Thomas
BEEF CREEK
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Kurt Vinci, Seby X Martinez
BLOODY MARY
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Drew Underwood
CAKES!
Utah Premiere
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Johnny Herbin
CHEAT MEAL
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Drew Bierut
CHUTE
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: West Webb
COME BACK HAUNTED
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Logan Freeman
CONVOLUTED
Utah Premiere
Country: Bahrain
Director: Mohamed Fareed
DANCE WITH ME
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Joel Harlow
DEMONS
Country: India
Director: Adesh Prasad
DRACULA’S SUPER SCARY HALLOWEEN
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Kevin Maher, Joe Dator
HEARTBEAT
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Colin Krawchuk
HER HOUSE
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Will Lee
HOWL IF YOU LOVE ME
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: John R. Dilworth
IMPOSSIBLE MALADIES
Utah Premiere
Country: Italy
Director: Stefano Tambellini, Alice Tambellini
IN THE HEAT
Country: Canada
Director: Sam Chou
JACK
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Jay Curtis Miller
JEONG-DONG
Country: South Korea
Director: Choi Woo Gene
MEAN ENDS
Utah Premiere
Country: Canada
Director: Émile Lavoie
MEAT LOVERS
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Allen Martindale
METAMORPHYPUS
US Premiere
Country: Canada
Director: Joseph Carney
PIZZA PANIC PARTY
Country: United States
Director: Graham Denman
POPPY’S SATURN
Utah Premiere
Country: Belgium
Director: Nicole Tegelaar
PROBLEMS
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Lucy Swope, Sean Dack
PSYCHOTRONIC ATOMIZING X-PERIMENT
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Devi Strill
QUEEN OF THE UNDERWORLD
Utah Premiere
Country: Canada
Director: Stephanie Izsak
RÉEL
Utah Premiere
Country: France
Director: Rodrigue Huart
REJECTED
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Rene Rivas
SATANIMATION
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Jason Hooper, Greg Boone
SCRATCH
Utah Premiere
Country:
Director: Michael Trainotti
SCRATCH
World Premiere
Country:
Director: Paul Amstone
SEXY JOEL AND HIS WAGYU
Utah Premiere
Country: Canada
Director: Sam Proulx, Cédric Senécal
SILENT GENERATION
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Francisco Solorzano
STRANGE CREATURES
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Nicholas Payne Santos
THE GHOST IN THE ROAD
Country: United States
Director: Andy Matthews & Aaron Tharp
THE ITCH
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Gordon Phillips
THE NOONDAY DEMON
Utah Premiere
Country: Canada
Director: Conall Pendergast
THE PARCEL
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Jared Tipton
THE RED STONE
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Jaime Jasso
THE TICKLE MONSTER
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Brett Helms
THE UNQUIET DEAD
Country: United States
Director: John Gray
THE WINDING SHEET
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Matt Warren
UMBRA
Utah Premiere
Country: Hong Kong
Director: Enzo Hui
VRDLK: FAMILY OF VURDULAK
Country: Canada
Director: Sam Chou
ZOMBIE REVOLT
Utah Premiere
Country: United States
Director: Kevin Jones
SCREENPLAY SEMIFINALISTS
Selected screenplays will continue to the next round.
Finalists will be announced on October 2nd and Winners will be announced soon after that.
FEATURE SCREENPLAY SEMIFINALISTS (Top 25)
“Amish Zombies”
written by Johnathon M Miller
“Cajun Justice”
written by Mike Briock
“Country Club Lemon”
written by Nicole Matarese and Alli Guerra
“Creature Country-Appalachia”
written by Jason Rice, Phill Dishon, Joseph Murillo, Lucas Hardwick, and Maryellen De Vivo
“Deal With It”
written by Tristan Reed and Isabella Bonanno
“Forged in Blood”
written by Joseph Murillo
“Goodbye Old Friends”
written by Rafael De Leon Jr.
“Greenman”
written by Don Stroud and Winter Mead
“Hibernation”
written by Mike Briock
“Home With a Past”
written by Edward Etzkorn
“I Scream”
written by Frank Dietz
“Kevin’s Not Dead”
written by Sarah Edmonds
“Killing Time”
written by Jack Warner
“Kubisa”
written by Randi Denise
“L.O.B.E.”
written by David Hunter Fein
“Morningstar Real Estate”
written by Tracy L. Morse and Sophia An Porter
“Noxious Weeds”
written by Em Koopman
“Pieces of You”
written by Jack Warner
“Possum Man”
written by Eddie Yaroch
“Prime Time Vampires”
written by Frank Dietz
“ReddeR”
written by James Steele Haney
“Rogue Island”
written by David B. Putney
“The Blue Ridge”
written by Anne Kennedy
“The Dark Room”
written by Matthew Troy
“The Satan Level”
written Paolo Mancini and Daniel Watchorn
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SHORT SCREENPLAY SEMIFINALISTS (Top 25)
“An Owl’s Whistle”
written by Elissa Aguayo
“Apt. 1B”
written by Sterling Gates
“Chinese Hopping Zombie”
written by Howard Lun Hong
“Closing Shift”
written by Marc-Alain Martin Bertoni
“Dark Prince”
written by Adam David Gregory
“Diable En Boite”
written by Michael Seabolt
“Eggshell”
written by Milan Stojilovic
“Elixir”
written by CR Sherman
“Et In Arcadia Ego”
written by John Bolbot
“Fool’s Gold”
written by T.J. Morehouse
“Jane Die”
written by Ryan Molyneaux
“Leave it Buried”
written by Rafael De Leon Jr.
“Mermaid”
written by Pierre Langenegger
“Nails”
written by William Lott
“Plus One”
written by Edward Vincent Lacina
“R.I.P. Jenny Lee”
written by Jason Rice
“Solipsism”
written by Ducan P. Putney
“Thaw”
written by Regan Lee Young
“The Exorcism of Father Gabriel”
written by Pierre Langenegger
“The Gates of Hell”
written by Sammy Benjamin Vogel-Seidenberg
“The Playhouse”
written by Wren Valentino
“Three Hangers”
written by Zachary Maxfield
“Till Death Do Us Part”
written by Jacob Hamblin
“Up on the House Top”
written by Janet L. Loftis
“Zombies on a Bus”
written by Janet L. Loftis
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