12pm - Twisted Animation - 107 minutes - Relive your childhood by watching animated films on Saturday morning.  But these aren't you family friendly kind of animated films.  These are violent, creepy, and dark films sure to scar your inner child.  

• Hateful Goo - Dir. Max Winston 
• In a Better Place - Dirs. E.D Mead and Kimmie King
• Nightmakers - Dir. Harry Loeffler-Bell
• That Makes Two of Us - Dir. Tim Hawkins
• The Haunted Swordsman - Dir. Kevin McTurk
• The Return of Space Girl - Dir. David Henderson
• THEM - Dir. Robin Lochmann
• This Dark Thought - Dirs. Kris Theorin and Kurtis Theorin
• Trainwreck - Dir. Bianca Calandra

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2:15 pm - Panel: Wisconsin Tax Incentives moderated by Ross Bigley

3pm- Exit- Dr. Michael Fausti - 81 minutes - Events take a sinister turn one night in London, when two very different couples arrive at a double-booked apartment. Actions have consequences and not all debts are paid for with money. Leaving, it's harder than you think.

5pm- Blood Conscious - Dir. Timothy Covell- 81 minutes - An African-American vacationing family turns the tables on a white mass shooter who claims to be fighting demonic forces.
Pre-feature- Jericho Road - Dir. Brian Petersen - 16 minutes

7pm- Tromeo and Juliet with special guest Lloyd Kaufman - 107 min - From 1997 Directed by Lloyd Kaufman himself and written by James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) reworks the Shakespeare classic into a classic Troma hit.  Lloyd Kaufman along with the Troma Team will be on hand for the screening. 

11pm- Spook Show featuring Tally-Hoe- Our spook show returns with the craziest and most bizarre films from around the world. In addition Tally - Hoe will be performing his side show act which include dark, scary, and taboo magic.   

• Green Cobra - Dir. Sigurd Culhane
• Karaoke Night - Dir. Francisco Lacerda
• Killer Love - Dir. Adam Lemmey
• Paying Up - Dir. Dustin Mills
• There’s Nothing in the Shed - Dir. David Axe
• XX Virus - Dir. Kimyan Fluckiger

We have announced all the winners from the festival.  
Congrats to all. 

​Jury Award for Best Feature - Straight Edge Kegger
Jury Award for Best Short - The Last Well
Jury Award for Best Wisconsin Short - Upstairs

Audience Award for Best Feature - Lake Michigan Monster
Audience Award for Best Short Film - mi-fi
Audience Award for Best Wisconsin Short Film - Deer Lights

Best Director Feature
The Next Kill-Mike McCutchen
Best Director Short
Filth- Adam Ciolfi
Best Director Wisconsin Short
Deer Lights-Brian Klewin

Best Feature Screenplay
Straight Edge Kegger- Jason Zink
Best Short Screenplay
Crabgirl-Sergiy Pudich
Best Wisconsin Short Screenplay
Upstairs- Jeff Bell

Best Actor in a Feature
Livescream-Gunner Willis
Best Actor in a Short
Last Well-Alen Liverić
Best Actor in Wisconsin Short
The Damned Thing-Michael Thomas Determan

Best Actress in a Feature
Fang-Melodie Reohrig
Best Actress in a Short
My First Time-Lenny Cohen
Best Actress in a Wisconsin Short
Matron of Honor-Ann Marie Redmond


Best Supporting Actor in a Feature
Amazon Hot Box - Jett Bryant
Best Supporting Actor in a Short
Rub me the Right Way-Nico Birnbaum
Best Supporting Actor in a Wisconsin Short
    The Masses - Harper Robinson

Best Supporting Actress in a Feature
Amazon Hot Box - Ellie Church
Best Supporting Actress in a Short
    Mama’s Boy-Kara Vedder
Best Supporting Actress in a Wisconsin Short
    Matron of Honor-Stephanie Rose Quinnell

Best Ensemble in a Feature
Lake Michigan Monster
Best Ensemble in a Short
What Metal Girls are Into
Best Ensemble in a Wisconsin Short
Deer Lights

Best Cinematography Feature
Lake Michigan Monster
Best Cinematography Short
Supine
Best Cinematography in a Wisconsin Short
Deer Lights


Best Makeup Feature
Fang
Best Makeup Short
Cured
Best Makeup in Wisconsin Short
Matron of Honor
    

Tickets on Sale now at www.timescinema.com 

​7 pm - Livescream - Dir. Michelle Iannantuono- 66 minutes -Presented By Midwest Gaming Classic 
​A popular video game streamer accidentally starts playing a haunted game, with deadly consequences for himself and his fans.
Pre-feature - Supine- Dir. Nicole Goode  - 25 minutes

9 pm - Twisted Monster Short Block - 107 minutes - Presented by Milwaukee Paranormal Conference 
​Monsters fuel nightmares and make some great villains.  We assembled a block of film that feature some of the scariest monsters. It could just be the boogeyman in your room, vampires looking for their next kill, or a killer dinosaur on the loose but whatever it is sure to fill you with dread. 

• Bump in the Night-Dir. Kaelan Selbach-Broad and Aja Selbach-Broad

• Eyecatcher - Dir. Jun Shimizu
• I am Not a Monster - Dir. Grace Quilligan
• Nothing Like the Sun -  Dir. Jonas Banks
• Peep - Dir. Zachary Dehm
• Terrordactyl - Dir. E.K. Scarfone
• The Thing About Beecher's Gate - Jeremy Herbert
• Third Wheel - Dir. Daniel DelPurgatorio

​7 pm - Twisted Wisconsin Shorts - 112 minutes
Wisconsin has some talented filmmakers. We assembled that greatest and most twisted filmmakers for this years festival. Stay tuned after the block for a Q&A with attending filmmakers and the presentation of the Backbone of Wisconsin Horror Award to Mark Borchardt.

• A Day with Jimmy- Dir. Ricardo Tenorio
• Butterflies - Dir. Brian Hollendyke
• Deer Lights - Dir. Brian Klewin
• Jeffrey's Diary - Dir. Justin Wegner and Katie Lapointe
• Matron of Honor - Dir. Natalie Pohorski
• Mr. Mops - Dir. Earl Martin
• Pink - Dir. Graham Hartlaub
• Possession - Dir. Shaun Hosseini
• Shhh! - Dir. Earl Martin
• Spooks & Specs: Episode One - Two Girls and a Camera Guy - Dir. Kathryn King
• The Dammed Thing - David Haight
• The Masses - Peter Murphy
• The Transmissions - Ron Purtee
• Upstairs - Julia Smith

10:00 pm - Opening Night Party Featuring RatBatSpider (pass holder or purchased ticket for any session required for entry into opening night party) -We moved our opening night to Thursday but are keeping our Opening Night Party on Friday. This will be a great time to mingle and meet filmmakers and other great horror fans.

Midnight - Amazon Hot Box- Dir James Bickert - 83 minutes
An American college student named Penny is erroneously apprehended during a dissident round-up in the banana republic of Rattica. She is incarcerated into the island penal system overseen by Wardress Von Krupp who is constructing the world’s greatest information extractor. Crocodiles, religious zealots, psycho inmates and voodoo-based experiments block her every escape. Life is cheap and the jungle explodes in Amazon Hot Box.

​12 pm - The Next Kill- Dir. Mike McCutchen-  - 80 minutes 
The first animated feature film at Twisted Dreams. After the city’s deadliest serial killer breaks out of jail, the aging Texas Ranger that put him away comes out of retirement to stop the monster’s rampage, this time for good. Violence and hilarity ensue as the city is thrown into chaos with explosions, gun fights, car chases, and more!.
Pre-Feature - The Man Who Beat the Man - Dir. Ryan Kruger - 4 minutes

2 pm - PANEL DISCUSSION -Short Cuts: The Art of Short Filmmaking - 40 minutes - More info on the panel can be found here 

3 pm - Twisted Thrills and Kills Short Block- 97 minutes Presented by Paranormal Investigators of Milwaukee
Killers, haunted paintings, cowboys can all be found in this block. This block will scare you and keep you tense.  No time to relax during this block. 

• Dead Celebrities - Dir. Michael Fausti
• Draw Your Gun - Dir. Wouter Jansen
• La Mechante Reine - Dir. Will Schneider
• Low Self Esteem - Dir. Mikeal Burgin
• Mama's Boy - Dir. Samantha Kolensnik
• Rose 66 - Dir. Robby McBride
• Sleeping Baby - Dir. Felicia Rivers and  J. Paul The Demi God 
• Sol - Carlos Gananian
• Taken From Me - Adam Salinas

​5 pm - Fang - Dir. Adam Steigert​​-74 minutes
One night, one drug induced murder, turn local junkies Chloe Romero (Melodie Roehrig) and Joe Spencer (Theo Kemp) into criminals on the run. With no place to hide, they take a road trip to a distant relative's house, only to find they're not running from the law, but for their lives as they're stalked and hunted by creatures of unknown origin.
Pre-feature A Sweet Life - Dir. Max Milner  - 7 min

7 pm - How Rednecks Saved Hollywood Hosted by Joe Bob Briggs - 120 min
Spend a fast-and-furious two hours with America’s drive-in movie critic as he uses over 200 clips and stills to review the history of rednecks in America as told through the classics of both grindhouse and mainstream movies. You will learn:
· The identity of the first redneck in history.
· The precise date the first redneck arrived in America.
· The most sacred redneck cinematic moments.
· How Thunder Road, the Whiskey Rebellion, the tight cutoffs worn by Claudia Jennings in Gator Bait, illegal Coors beer, and the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash combined to inspire the greatest movie in the history of the world.
· Why the redneck is the scariest monster in all of film history, with visual evidence.
· The existential difference between Forrest Gump and Sling Blade.
· The reason God loves rednecks.
. . . and dozens of other historical facts that you didn’t realize you needed until Joe Bob deposited them in the rear lobe of your brain.

Please note this is a SPECIAL EVENT and no passes will be accepted for this show.

10 pm - Milwaukee Twisted Dreams Spook Show - 128 minutes
This year's spook show will feature performance by the Dark Hatter along with some of the craziest, goriest, and most violent films of the festival. 
Movies include

• Bitch, Popcorn, & Blood - Dir. Fabio Soares
• Cured - Dir. Darren Mapletoft
• Filth - Dir. Adam Ciolfi
• The Malicious - Dir. Noel Vinson​

​12 pm - Twisted Comedy - 97 minutes -  
​Sometimes you need to mix a few laughs with your horror.  This year we had some great horror comedies that we just had to have a full block of them. You will laugh and you will scream. 

• Crabgirl - Dir. Sergiy Pudich
• Ghosts Doing ...It! - Dir. Tim Troemner
• mi-fi - Dir. David Mair
• My First Time - Dir. Asaf Lavni
• Ro-Boob: The Farting Robot Monster - Dir. Logan Fry
• Shit, They're All Vampires - Dir. Tim Troemner
• Stockholm Sweet Home - Dir. Tyler Holme
• The Not So Bright Vampire - Dir. Nick and Jim Zounis
• What Metal Girls Are Into - Dir. Laurel Vail
• Zebra - Dir. Peter Spann
• Zombie Bites Werewolf - Dir. Charlie Anderson 

2 pm- PANEL DISCUSSION -How to Get Your Film Distributed - 40 minutes - More info on the panel can be found here.

3:15 pm - Straight Edge Kegger  -Dir. Jason Zink - 81 minutes
A young punk and a houseful of drunks square off against the gang of militant straight edgers that he's abandoned.

5 pm - Twisted Reality Block - 108 minutes 
People love movies to take them to different worlds, but some worlds you might not want to go to.  These films take you to the dark realms where technology brings terrifying realities, post apocalyptic worlds have deadly consequences, and a genie can turn your life upside down. 

• Dead Air - Dir. Emmet O'Brien
• Echoes - Dir. Mark Kerins and Elliot Mayen
• Rub Me the Right Way - Dir. Pit Bredimus
• The Chairman  - Dir. Frank White
• The Last Well - Dir. Filip Filkovic
• The Scarlet Vultures -Dir. Kyle Martellacci
• Those Who Can Die - Dir. Charlotte Cayeux

7:15 pm - Lake Michigan Monster  - Dir. Ryland Tews -  78 minutes
​The eccentric Captain Seafield hires a crew of specialists to help him plot revenge against the creature that killed his father. After several failed attempts, Seafield is forced to take matters into his own drunken hands. What began as a simple case of man verses beast, soon turns into a rabbit hole of mysterious unknowns and Lovecraftian hijinks. Lake Michigan Monster -- banned in four lakes!
Pre-Feature- Tryst  - Dir. Jac Kessler- 26 min

2 pm Sunday April 7th at the Times Cinema
A panel discussion with talented filmmakers who were able to get their film pick up for distribution.  

Ross Bigley is an award winning filmmaker with over 60 short films and four features to his credit. He has also worked as an editorial cartoonist, photographer, graphic designer, and as a freelance illustrator. His art work and photography have been displayed in the Fredrick Layton Gallery, Firehouse Gallery, ArtCentric Gallery, and The Warsaw Academy of Poland. Additionally, he was co-owner of the ArtCentric Gallery from 1997-99.

In 1995, he founded The Milwaukee Video/Film Festival at MATA Community Media, now called the Milwaukee Short Film Festival, and serves as President of the Board of Directors to the Milwaukee Independent Film Society. Ross also teaches filmmaking and story structure at his alma mater, The Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. He also has worked as a script consultant for Producers Tim Lonsdale (Species, Speed), Chris Webster (Hellraiser, Heathers), David Striet (Species, River's Edge) and performed rewrites for the production, Brain Food.

Currently, he has formed a production company with Bai Ling and Glen Popple to develop feature films on a property he created, Yellow Hill.​ 

7 pm - Twisted Wisconsin Shorts - 86 minutes -Wisconsin has some great filmmakers and also some really twisted ones.  From murdering kids, to songs you can’t get out of your head, to corn.  These films will leave you scared, laughing, and in awe of the immense talent we have here in Wisconsin.

• Adopted- Dir. Hannah Christensen
• An Ordinary Woman - Dir. Debra Zarne
• Becoming Undead II - Dir. Ron Purtee
• Billy Balfoor -Dir. Grant Wilson
• Corn- Dir. Nicklas Hendrickson
• Earworm - Dir. Kathryn King
• Elle - Dir. Melonie Gartner
• Field of Screams​ - Dir. Natalie Pohorski
• Home Invasion - Dir. Benjamin Mead
• Love You to Pieces- Dir. Zacharia Hornes
• NeoFerals - The Gathering - Dir. Vito Valenti
• Pharma Lab Training Video 1 - Dir. Joe Bowes
• The 45 Second Fortune Teller - Dir. Earl Martin
• The Mundane Life of The Infurious David McMiller - Dir. Kris Schulz and Jonathon Shoemaker

9:30 pm - Opening Night Party Featuring H1Z1 and Glamour Junkies Burlesque (pass holder or purchased ticket for any session required for entry into opening night party)

11 pm - Bong of the Living Dead - Dir. Max Groah - 81 minutes​
Bong of the Living Dead is the story of five friends who share both a love of pot and a lifelong dream to see the zombie apocalypse become reality. But when the undead actually rise to gruesomely (and hilariously) eat the living, the group discovers it's not all corpse-killing montages and mall raids ... and that their relationships will be pushed to the limit if they're going to survive.

12 pm - Ashface - Dir. Ricardo Tenorio - 103 minutes
A serial killer with a split personality gets involved with a mysterious masked organization that lurks in the shadows of the underground world. In order to survive he must fight and maybe learn the hidden truth about himself.

2 pm - PANEL DISCUSSION -Politics in Horror - 45 minutes

3:15 pm - Twisted Reality Short Block - 103 minutes
People love movies to take them to different worlds, but some worlds you might not want to go to.  These films take you to the dark realms where devils like to play, people are kept as pets, or a dystopian  future where your only friend is a robot.  

• An American Attorney in London - Dir. Darrell Alden
• Devil Down - Dir. Nick Barrett 
• Esperanto Android Has a Message From the Future - Dir. Stephen Quinlan
• Stretch - Dir. Stephen Larson
  
• The Devil's Due -Dir. Ryan LaPlante
  
• The Ingress Tapes -Dir. Michael Fausti
• The Manual - Dir. Wil Magness
• Up and Arise - Dir. Raanan Berger

5:30 pm - The Moose Head Over the Mantel -Dir. Rebecca Comtois, Bryan Enk, Matt Gray, Jessi Gotta, Shannon K. Hall, and Jane Rose -  88 minutes
Lillian Hoffhienze-Bachman and her family move into the previously abandoned Hoffhienze ancestral home, where their hopeful new start becomes tainted by the discovery of a century's worth of abuse, dysfunction and violence. Lillian becomes consumed by her sordid ancestry, terrified that the past might dictate her son's future.
The grisly events of the past 100 years are revealed through the eyes of the family's victims... including the moose head hanging on the mantel wall.

8 pm  - The Slashening - Dir. Brandon Bassham - 82 minutes
Best friends Lucy, Eva, Ashley, Beth and Margot throw a slumber party .... BUT MURDER NEVER SLUMBERS!!!!! It's a timeless tale of friendship, betrayal, madness, and the search for some decent dick.

10:30 pm - Twisted Dreams Spook Show - 240 minutes
Featuring 

• The Fiendish Phantoms
• Sanjula -Master of the vaudevillian circus sideshow

• The craziest, and the most bizarre and disturbing films from around the world
  • Bonk Bonk - Dir. JE Smith 
  • Cuddle Sticks - Dir. Mike Geiger
  • Dolphinman Battles the Sex Lobsters - Dir. John Brennan
  • Fried Barry - Dir. Ryan Kruger
  • Glory! - Dir. Mike Frazier
  • Holy Fuck - Dir. Chris Chalklen
  • Hush Hush - Dir. Thomas Nolle
  • Nudist of the Living Dead - Dir. Joseph Terhaar
  • The Foodies​ ​- Dir. Julien De Volte and Armaud Tabarly

​12 pm - Twisted Tales From Females  - 99 minutes
Why should the boys have all the fun?  Women can tell just as nasty, bizarre, and disturbing films as well as any of the men and this block proves it.

• Adam Peiper - Dir. Monica Mateo
• Bride of Frankie - Dir. Devi Snively
• Delirium - Dir. Amanda Abicalaffe
• Entropia - Dir. Marinah Janello
• Sarah's Dream - Dir. Wendy Keeling
• The Candle - Dir. Rene Ashton Prod. Richard Joel and Rene Ashton​
• The Vicar - Dir. Chanelle Eidendenz

2 pm - PANEL DISCUSSION- Women in Horror  - 45 minutes

3:15 pm - The Nursery - Dir. Jay Sapiro and Chris Micklos  - 83 minutes
When college freshman Ranae agrees to babysit for a family with a tragic past, her run-of-the-mill Saturday night quickly turns into a confrontation with unspeakable horror. Stalked by a sinister presence and haunted by ghosts from her own past, Ranae and her friends must confront an angry, evil spirit determined to hunt them down one-by-one on a deliberate march toward its ultimate prey in THE NURSERY

5:15 pm - Twisted Terror Short Block - 84 minutes
Like your terror in short doses?  Well this is the block for you.  These spine tingling films will have you on the edge of your seat or cowering in the corner.  Not for those who that are easily scared.

• An Elder Man - Dir. Jacob Strunk
• Below Decks - Paul A. Brooks
• Don't Go into the Pool at Night - Dir. Nic Thorson
• Is Someone There? - Dir. Alexander F.C. Mroz
• Photokill - Dir Lance J. Reha
• Porcelain Stare - Dir. Robin Rippmann
• The Dark Hunger - Dir. Anthony Williams
• What's for Dinner? - Dir. Nathan Ludwig, Chad Farmer, and Charles Devin Hill

7:15 pm - Interstellar Civil War (North American Premiere) - Dir. Albert Pyun -102 minutes
A rebellion erupts on the far edge of the Imperial Empire, a government that rules the known universe. The rebellion is commencing on a distant Imperial planet. the Bu-Tess a religious order seeks to contain the rebellion. They have placed a cyborg spy into the rebel command and ow seek to rescue the spy on the first day of the civil war. The spy has information that can crush the rebellion in the first 24 hours of the war. To rescue the spy, the Empress No-Bu enlists the her elite Star Warfare Rangers.

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 Tickets $10 for each session.  Individual tickets will go on sale soon.  Day and weekend passes currently on sale.  

The list of  films accepted for the 2018 Milwaukee Twisted Dreams Film Festival. 
​Date and Times will be announced soon. 

Feature Films

Ashface -Director Ricardo Tenorio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_CasVMp-Wg

A serial killer with a split personality gets involved with a mysterious masked organization that lurks in the shadows of the underground world. In order to survive he must fight and maybe learn the hidden truth about himself.

Bong of the Living Dead -Director Max Groah  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0QcpuJhfjA

Bong of the Living Dead is the story of five friends who share both a love of pot and a lifelong dream to see the zombie apocalypse become reality. But when the undead actually rise to gruesomely (and hilariously) eat the living, the group discovers it's not all corpse-killing montages and mall raids ... and that their relationships will be pushed to the limit if they're going to survive.

Interstellar Civil War - Director Albert Pyun - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlsRxelnoZg

A rebellion erupts on the far edge of the Imperial Empire, a government that rules the known universe. The rebellion is commencing on a distant Imperial planet. the Bu-Tess a religious order seeks to contain the rebellion. They have placed a cyborg spy into the rebel command and ow seek to rescue the spy on the first day of the civil war. The spy has information that can crush the rebellion in the first 24 hours of the war. To rescue the spy, the Empress No-Bu enlists the her elite Star Warfare Rangers.

The Moose Head Over the Mantel - Directors  Rebecca Comtois, Bryan Enk, Matt Gray, Jessi Gotta, Shannon K. Hall, Jane Rose - https://vimeo.com/224270033

Lillian Hoffhienze-Bachman and her family move into the previously abandoned Hoffhienze ancestral home, where their hopeful new start becomes tainted by the discovery of a century's worth of abuse, dysfunction and violence. Lillian becomes consumed by her sordid ancestry, terrified that the past might dictate her son's future.
The grisly events of the past 100 years are revealed through the eyes of the family's victims... including the moose head hanging on the mantel wall.

The Nursery - Director Jay Sapiro and Chris Micklos -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaspFdKIQbQ.
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When college freshman Ranae agrees to babysit for a family with a tragic past, her run-of-the-mill Saturday night quickly turns into a confrontation with unspeakable horror. Stalked by a sinister presence and haunted by ghosts from her own past, Ranae and her friends must confront an angry, evil spirit determined to hunt them down one-by-one on a deliberate march toward its ultimate prey in THE NURSERY 

The Slashening -Director Brandon Bassham https://youtu.be/aPOVQQVHwSw

Best friends Lucy, Eva, Ashley, Beth and Margot throw a slumber party .... BUT MURDER NEVER SLUMBERS!!!!! It's a timeless tale of friendship, betrayal, madness, and the search for some decent dick. 
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Twisted Wisconsin Short films - Wisconsin has some great filmmakers and also some really twisted ones.  From murdering kids, to songs you can’t get out of your head to corn.  These films will leave you scared, laughing, and in awe of the immense talent we have here in Wisconsin.

Adopted - Director Hannah Christensen - https://vimeo.com/217179918
An Ordinary Woman -Director  Debra Zarne -
Becoming Undead II - Director Ron Purtee
Billy Balfoor - Director Grant Wilson  
Corn - Director Nicklas Hendrickson
Earworm - Director Kathryn King
Elle - Director Melonie Gartner
Field of Screams- Director Natalie Pohorski https://youtu.be/GcRIEHwkf14
Home Invasion- Director Benjamin Mead
Love You to PIeces - Director Zachariah Hornes
NeoFerals- The Gathering - Director Vito Valenti  
Pharma Lab Training Video: 1 - Director Joe Bowes
The 45 Second Fortune Teller - Director Earl Martin
The Mundane Life of The Infurious David McMiller - Directors Kris Schulz, 
                                                                                                                    Jonathan Shoemaker

Twisted Tales from Females - Why should the boys have all the fun?  Women can tell just as nasty, bizarre, and disturbing films as well as any of the men and this block proves it.

Adam Peiper - Director Monica Mateo - https://vimeo.com/142083120
Bride of Frankie - Director Devi Snively -
Delirium - Director Amanda Abicalaffe  
Entropia - Director Marinah Janello
Sarah’s Dream - Director Wendy Keeling
The Candle - Director Rene Ashton -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGdAU2HWedI
The Insidious Shadow of Love - Director Madalin Cristescu
The Vicar - Director Chanelle Eidenbenz

Twisted Terror Short Block Short Block- Like your terror in short doses?  Well this is the block for you.  These spine tingling films will have you on the edge of your seat or cowering in the corner.  Not for those who that are easily scared.

An Elder Man - Director Jacob Strunk
Below Decks- Paul A. Brooks  https://youtu.be/mH3dAgwlqTo
Don’t Go into the Pool at Night - Nic Thorson
Is Someone in There? - Director Alexander F.C Mroz
Photokill - Director Lance J. Reha - https://vimeo.com/216889773
Porcelain Stare - Director Robin Rippmann - https://vimeo.com/240009365
The Dark Hunger -Director Anthony Williams  https://vimeo.com/191699296
What’s for Dinner? - Directors Nathan Ludwig, Chad Farmer, Charles Devin Hill

Twisted Reality Short Block- People love movies to take them to different worlds, but some worlds you might not want to go to.  These films take you to the dark realms where devils like to play, people are kept as pets, or a dystopian future where your only friend is a robot.  

An American Attorney in London - Director Darrell Alden - https://vimeo.com/222503384
Devil Town - Director Nick Barrett - https://youtu.be/gIpx-tGSjLg
Esperanto Android Has a Message From the Future - Director Stephen Quinlan
Stretch - Director Stephan Larson
The Devil’s Due - Director Ryan Laplante -
The Ingress Tapes - Director Michael Fausti
The Manual - Director Wil Magness -https://vimeo.com/219709990
Up and Arise - Director Raanan Berger -

Spook Show - From the insane to the disturbing these films will leave you saying WTF.  Anything goes in these films.  You won’t believe your eyes and you will see some things you wish you didn’t see.  
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Bonk Bonk - Director JE Smith https://youtu.be/LjeKVbEgaeU
Cuddle Sticks - Director Mike Geiger
Cuddle Sticks 2 - Director Mike Geiger
Dolphinman Battles the Sex Lobsters - Director John Brennan - https://youtu.be/-Jjwv1BxIm0
Fried Barry - Director Ryan Kruger
Glory! - Director - Mike Frazier
Holy Fuck - Director Chris Chalklen - https://vimeo.com/218811620
Hush Hush - Director -Thomas Nolle -  https://vimeo.com/209029513
Nudist of the Living Dead - Director Joseph Terhaar - https://vimeo.com/247860984
The Foodies - Director Julien De Volte and  Arnaud Tabarly - https://vimeo.com/239804960


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Twisted Fantasies Block - A collection of other worldly shorts that will bring you to alternate realities where anything can happen.  Runtime - 102 minutes
 
Lane (The Dark Wood) Dir. Damon Griffin - In a place of books and cardboard, an orderly librarian is given the chance to murder a mysterious patron and join the evil in the basement. Trailer - https://vimeo.com/193623938
 
Mayday - Dir. Sebastian Vanicek - Michel, subject to violent hallucinations, must overcome the imminence of death during his extradition flight towards United States. He will face head-front his delusions, the other passengers’ judgment, the firmness of US-law enforcement and the stress of an imminent crash. Way too much for this weak, aging and disturbed man…
https://vimeo.com/143854248
 
Solitude - Dir. Joris Donvil - A father and daughter trying to survive in a post apocalyptic world.
One day the father leaves their barricaded house in search for food and water... But he never returns...
The daughter slowly goes in a downwards spiral of madness.
 
Swing Shift - Dir. Brett Stillo and GRIMES - A macabre little comedy set in a Pulp-Noir world of dames, booze, and cosmic horrors that lurk in the shadows. https://youtu.be/7DR6r-Uq5Xg
 
The Barber's Cut - Dir. Mark Brocking - Two cut off but living heads wake up in a fridge and manage to escape while trying to avoid a psycho barber. https://vimeo.com/139407225
 
The Puppet Man – Jacqueline Castel -
A supernatural killer stalks a young woman and her friends in this reference-laden homage to 80s horror films, featuring an original score and cameo appearance by the master himself: John Carpenter.
 
The Rat's Dilemma - Dir. Naor Meningher - In the Holocaust, a gifted Jewish physicist named Rudolph is forced to build a teleporter for the Nazis. Rudolph keeps telling his Nazi supervisor Heinz that the machine doesn’t work yet, but Heinz suspects Rudolph is hiding something. As Heinz is determined to squeeze the truth out by any means necessary, Rudolph soon has to face the dilemma of his life. https://youtu.be/5M9bW_BuVBw
 
The Unconventional Gourment - Dir. Wendy Keeling - A dark comedy about a woman stuck in the 50's searching for the perfect ingredients in an unusual family recipe. The film tells an age old tale with an added modern twist.