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FEATURE FILMS
A RARE GRAND ALIGNMENT
Opening Night Feature Film
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Cinqué Lee
Synopsis: In the winter of 1982 three American boys found themselves stranded in a cable car with a dead body, midair in the mountains of Norway, during a rare celestial event.
CURSE OF CROM 2: CROM'S FURY
World Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Rob York
Synopsis: When the Irish demon Crom abducts Mary Eldritch, her step-dad Greg is forced to team up with the one person that may be able to save his adopted daughter: her deadbeat ex-boyfriend Harvey. As a monster hunting duo, Greg and Harvey must learn to work together, but their quest for Mary will take them all the way to Ireland and the ancient tomb of Crom himself.
HERESY (WITTE WIEVEN)
Utah Premiere
Country: Netherlands
Director: Didier Konings
Synopsis: In a Dark Age Dutch village, childless Frieda turns to God for hope—but after escaping an attack and returning from the forbidden forest unharmed, the villagers suspect she’s been touched not by divinity, but by a darker force lurking in the fog.
PROJECTION
World Premiere
Country: U.S.
Directors: Evan Samaras and George Scoufaras
Synopsis: A man is struggling with grief due to the recent death of his father. He copes by beginning to write and envision a reality where he and his father are bonding over their shared passion, filmmaking. The lines between the realities begin to blur until only one remains.
SEVERED ROAD
World Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Benjamin L. Brown
Synopsis: On a mountain trip, a group of college friends stumble into the hunting grounds of a massive and brutal killer. They look for a way out, but every turn leads back to him.
SHELL
Closing Night Feature Film
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Max Minghella
Synopsis: Down on her luck actress Samantha Lake (Moss) is invited into the ultra glamorous world of Zoe
Shannon (Hudson), CEO of health & wellness company Shell. When their patients start to go missing,
including starlet Chloe Benson (Gerber), Samantha realizes Shell may be protecting a monstrous
secret.
THE TREEHOUSE
World Premiere
Country: Spain
Director: Luis Calderon
Synopsis: After her boyfriend’s death in a mysterious fall from a cabin high in the woods, Ale returns a year later convinced it wasn’t an accident. Something lives in the forest, and this time, she’s come prepared to hunt it.
SHORT FILMS
'77
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Christopher A. Perna
AMIRA
Utah Premiere
Country: Spain
Director: Javier Yanez Sanz
APOCALYPSE SASQUATCH
World Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Ryan Little
ARCHAIC
Utah Premiere
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Mark perceval-maxwell
BLACK FOG
Utah Premiere
Country: China
Directors: Jud Willmont and Nicholas Z. Scott
CHOCOLATE CHIP
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Josh Deepan
CORE
World Premiere
Country: U.S.
Directors: William Cowser and Parker Rawlins
DIABOLI
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Shaddy Safadi
DISSENT
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Sager Al Nuaimi
DOG PEOPLE
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Bradley Stryker
DORMANT
Utah Premiere
Country: Netherlands
Director: Niels Bourgonje
DRAIN
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Andrew Williamson
GRANDMA'S FACE
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Taylor Wells
GRUNGE
World Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Rene Rivas
INTERMISSION
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Directors: Anna and Alex Liakos
LILY
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Kate Sigel
MADNESS IN A JAR
Utah Premiere
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Marina Waltz
METAL
U.S. Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Samuel McIntosh
MOTHER OF DAWN
Utah Premiere
Country: Brazil
Director: Clara Trevisan
MOVING
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Nat Rovit
NEXT SHOW IN 90 MINUTES
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: John T. Hill
POPPA
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Peter Ahern
RARE MEDIUM
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Emily Maya Mills
RESTRAINING ORDER
U.S. Premiere
Country: Israel
Directors: Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit
SEANCE FOR THE 'GRAM
U.S. Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Sam Schlenker
SELF-PORTRAIT
U.S. Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Samuel DeFrank
SEWING MACHINE
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Tyler Hagen
SILENT SCREAMS
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Gregory Scotiniadis
TERROR NIGHT
Utah Premiere
Country: Sweden
Director: Jakob Arevarn
THE ANGEL
Country: U.S.
Directors: Barrett Burgin and Jessica Burgin
THE FOLEY ARTIST
World Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Rob Aiello
THE HAUNTED
Country: U.S.
Director: Clinton Cornwell
THE NEST
Utah Premiere
Country: Spain
Director: Ignacio Rodo
THE SMELL OF SIN
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Gabriel P. Gonzales
THE SPECTER OF CHRISTMAS
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Joel Harlow
THE TRAVELER & THE TROLL
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Adam Murray
TILL DEATH DO US PART
Country: U.S.
Director: Jacob Hamblin
TRIAL OF THE CONCUBINE
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Simon Young
VHX
Country: U.S.
Director: Alisa Stern and Scott Amplefor
VOTE FOR WYRM
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Benjamin Percy
WHERE THE SHADOWS FEAST
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Aaron M. Cabrera
YOU CAN'T TALK TO THE DUDE
U.S. Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Lucas Murphy
YOU HAVE ARRIVED
Utah Premiere
Country: U.S.
Director: Dia Frampton
Screenplay finalists will be announced on September 3rd with the winners being revealed shortly thereafter.
FEATURE SEMI-FINALISTS
“A Hell of Heaven”
Written by Kevin Hoyer
“Auntie M”
Written by Tracy L. Morse
and Sophia An Porter
“Black Rooster”
Written by Yair Zhurat
“Buddy”
Written by Drew Landry
“Caligo Inn”
Written by Shaun Delliskave
“Cartoon Man”
Written by Miguel del Campo and Fatina Abdulaziz Alshamsi
“Coal Eyes Are Watching”
Written by Christine Makepeace
“Deathsled”
Written by Wesley Steven Drent
“Departures”
Written by Theodore Inoue
“False Moon”
Written by John Hintz
“Feral Mountains”
Written by Terry Luke Podnar
“Follow Me”
Written by Nate Tate and Mary Kate Tate
“Gale-Yellow Brick Road”
Written by Matthew R. Ford
“Grandiosity”
Written by Colin Dodds
“Necrotica”
Written by Wesley Steven Drent
“Silverfish”
Written by Raj Krishna
“Superstar Blvd.”
Written by James Steele Haney
“Ted’s Score”
Written by Daniel P. Coughlin
“Tell Me You Love Me”
Written by Grace Clemmlensen
“The Apartment”
Written by Grant Chauncey
“The Damned Next Door”
Written by Paul Grammatico
“The Death of Jezebel”
Written by Ken Miles
“The Devil at Bay”
Written by Robert Wooldridge
“The Devil’s Door”
Written by Brendan Kelsey Marra and Christopher Kenneth Penman
“The Dyer Curse”
Written by Shane Thompson and Michael Seabolt
“The Killing Jar”
Written by Jack Warner
“The Mutilated”
Written by Jim Connell
“The Old Man and the Dead”
Written by Robert Benjamin
“They Bring Hell”
Written by Bernard Schaffer
“Toilet Sharks”
Written by Bruce Griffiths
SHORT SEMI-FINALISTS
“Beth”
Written by Georgina Cahill
“Classification: Human”
Written by Michael Henry Moore
“Cocodril (aka, See You Later)”
Written by Frank Dietz
“Cosmo”
Written by Miguel Valle
“Dead Air”
Written by Eric Gorodetsky
“Dead of the Dead”
Written by Ryan Dean Mullenix
“Dog Eat Man”
Written by Ho-seung Son and Ri Yang
“Elevator Pitch”
Written by Matthew W. Scopa
“Foxy Roxy and the Hidebehind”
Written by Robert Salisbury
“Hidden”
Written by Taiyen Stevenson
“High-Rise”
Written by Jerry D. Ochoa
“How Was Your Day”
Written by Sapphire Sandalo
“Love, Santa”
Written by Sarah Elizabeth Noe
“Melancholy”
Written by Cody Carlston
“My Broken Arm”
Written by Matt Stone
“One For the Box”
Written by Kevin Machate
“Popcorn”
Written by Jamila A. Jackson
“Semi-Basement 57”
Written by Ho-seung Son and Ri Yang
“Shadows in the Blizzard”
Written by Callie Currence
“She’s All Mine”
Written by Jacqueline Dolisi
“Submission”
Written by Stephen F. Capone Jr.
“The Average Devil”
Written by Ron K. Williams
“The Burn Barrel”
Written by Jason Long
“The Delicacy of Sin”
Written by R.L. Woods
“The Encounter”
Written by Julian Taylor
“The Station”
Written by Nathan M. Scrivens
“There’s a Monster in the House”
Written by Kenny Loui
“Trial Separation”
Written by Kara Michelin
“Vegas Run”
Written by Juliette Gillies
“Your Ride Has Arrived”
Written by Neftali M. Rivera
Screenplay finalists will be announced on Sept 3rd with the winners being revealed shortly thereafter.
More information can be found at fmasu.com/horrorfest
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