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Thursday, October 20th 2011

Join Jill Tracy at the Sacramento Horror Film Festival Thursday, October 20 at 8pm! All ages!

Jill Tracy will transport you into a seductive and magical realm far beyond the Everyday. The place where we wished we lived. A dark, elegant netherworld full of hidden passageways, wonder cabinets, and opium dens. Of monsters, marvels and mayhem. You know it’s not safe here; but with Jill Tracy as your guide, you’ll be in no hurry to leave.

Hailed by LA Weekly as "the cult darling of the Underworld", "The Elegant Dark with Jill Tracy" will feature her short film collaborations with Bay Area digital artist Bill Domonkos, her storytelling, and cinematic music in a full concert. Screenings will include the multiple award-winning “The Fine Art of Poisoning,” and the theatrical debut of the new surreal noir suspense “NERVOUS96." Plus a few surprises!

Friday, October 21st 2011

2:00 PM

RED A contemporary retelling of the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood, set in the desolate urban environment. 10 min. Directed by Kevin McGuiness [RED]

Going To Hell Three people have barricaded themselves in their house as a zombie epidemic spreads around the world. But for Hope and Isabel, the bigger problem is inside the house. Josh may be infected, and they don"t know what to do with him. 14 min. Directed by Bruce Hutchinson [2HELL]

Still Beating The last survivor of a serial killer"s massacre has a date over for dinner, but her attempt to return to a normal life is not going to end well. 9 min. Directed by Asa Shumskas-Tait [STBEAT] Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode The first documentary ever to reveal the true story of Bram Stoker and his legendary Novel. 84 min. Michael Bayley Hughes [DRACU]

4:30 PM

Tread Darkly A young couple stumbles into a cheap motel only to be faced by dark and haunting circumstances. 13 min. Directed by Kyle Laursen [TREAD]

The Clearing When Adam awakes in a clearing in the jungle with no memory, he seeks to uncover the truth about his mysterious host. 18 min. Directed by Lisa Shaunessy [CLEAR]

VILE When nine people are abducted and wake up in an unknown prison with two vials surgically implanted in their skulls, they soon must ask themselves "how far are they willing to go to survive ?" 90 min. Directed by Taylor Sheridan [VILE]

7:00 PM

Horror performance art by Jeslen Mishelle

Dead Friends Nine year old Lola Turtle"s only companion is her treasured and tattered stuffed bunny, Mister Wimperbottom...until she finds a way to grow her very own "DEAD" best friend. This little gothic bedtime story is filled with blood, guts, and gardening. A Silent Horror film which doesn"t utter a word but will make you Scream! 11 min. Stephen Martin [DEADFR]

The Speak Shelly Duwise has one last chance to save his waning career as a filmmaker. The last episode of his web series "The Last Apparition" is set to shoot inside the old haunted Don Parke Hotel. His crew explores the dark although it is uncertain if any of them will ever see the sunrise. 83 min. Directed by Anthony Pierce [SPEAK]

9:30PM CULT CLASSIC APPRECIATION NIGHT

A Haunting Performance by Jeslen Mishelle ATTACK When a tumor is discovered in Harold Myer"s brain his only chance for survival is laser surgery. However, inside the tumor in the brain of Harold Myers, is a world under attack. All that the inhabitants want is a chance to survive. But so does Harold. 12min. Directed by Adam White [ATTAK]

Eel Girl In a secure military laboratory, a scientist has become obsessed with the half-human half-eel creature he"s studying. When she beckons him to her, it"s the call of a siren… 5 min. Directed by Paul Campion [EELGRL]

Mistress of the Dark Music Video starring Elvira 6 min. Directed by Gris Grimly [MSTRS]

Night of the Creeps (1986) Alien brain parasites, entering humans through the mouth, turn their host into a killing zombie. Some teenagers start to fight against them. 88 min. Directed by Fred Dekker [CREEPS]

Saturday, October 22nd 2011

12:30PM

Family Program A Nightmare Before Christmas (1993 PG) Jack Skellington, king of Halloweentown, discovers Christmas Town, but doesn"t quite understand the concept. 76 mins. Directed by Henry Selick [NGHTMR]

2:30 PM

Hawkins Hill Karla is surprised when her boyfriend, Sam, takes her to an abandoned house where he has planned to show her something special. What Sam and Karla encounter once in the house will change their lives forever. 14 min. Directed by Sara Seligman [HAWKN]

Absentia "Absentia" tells the story of a woman and her sister who begin to link a mysterious tunnel to a series of disappearances. Tricia"s husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him "dead in absentia." As Tricia sifts through the wreckage and tries to move on with her life, Callie finds herself drawn to an ominous tunnel near the house. As she begins to link it to other mysterious disappearances, it becomes clear that his presumed death might be anything but "natural." 91 min. Directed by Mike Flanagan. [ABSENT]

5:00 PM

Shorts Program 1 Roid Rage As mutilated hookers begin to surface in a small rural town, two FBI agents discover a terror unlike anything they"ve ever encountered. 14 min. Directed by Ryan Lightbourne [ROID]

Bartender Sydney has been stood up, but not even she knows how close her relationship to the bartender really is. 5 min. Directed by Rob Blake [BARTEN]

Last Seen On Dolores Street In a hard-boiled town, a heartbroken woman says goodbye to an old pet and hello to a new nightmare. Sometimes, life"s a real bitch. 5 min. Directed by Devi Snively [LASTSN]

Bandaged A young couple expresses their love to one another sadistically. One day, their lives are about to change. 16 min. Directed by Takashi Hirose [BANDAG]

Vacancy Dirk and Kara hole up in a vacant motel room, hoping to survive one more night of the zombie apocalypse. 6 min. Directed by Stephanie Hyden [VACANC]

The Magic Murderer While flipping through the newspaper Tom comes across an article that describes the mysterious murders plaguing his city. As he reads more closely and studies the latest crime scene photo he is horrified by what he discovers... 3 min. Directed by Kyle Dunlevy [MAGIC]

Utburd Inspired by Scandinavian folklore, "Utburd" tells the tale of a young woman named Alice who must face her inner demons after giving birth to an unwanted child. Set in a time when women"s rights were few, Alice makes a choice... and is haunted by the consequences. 7 min. Directed by Chelsea Mead [UTBUR]

The Judas Cradle A woman is abducted from her home and forced into a basement where she must confront the terrifying realities of herself and her past. 14 min. Directed by Johnny Lee [JUDAS]

WORM A day in the mind of Geoffrey Dodd, a seemingly kind, gentle and sane highschool teacher. As we follow Geoffrey through the course of a typical school day we gain an eerie insight into the darkests corners of his soul and beyond. Beneath the carefully constructed veneer of Geoffrey Dodd lies something wretched, insidious and foul rotting him from the inside out. 20 min. Directed by Richard Powell [WORM]

7:30PM

Shorts Program 2 Horror performance art by Jeslen Mishelle Dr. Thompson Steve Thompson is a plastic surgeon with the model American family, a house in the suburbs, loving wife and a beautiful daughter. Although Dr. Thompson seems to have it all together, his dirty secret drives him to obsession. 22 min. Directed by Nick DeRuve [DRTHOM]

My Undeadly Sometimes...BRAINS aren"t the only thing zombies crave, in this nontraditional horror tale. 5 min. Directed by Dave Reda [MYUND]

Day of the Living Zombie Zombie + Superhero… need I say more. 11min. Directed by Michael O"Rourke [DAYOF]

Along The Roadside A short film about the dangers of hitchhiking. 5 min. Directed by Michael O"Rourk [ALONG]

Nobody But Her The terrifying story of 8-year old Greta and her abusive grandmother. After her grandmother"s strange death, two detectives work to unravel the mystery by questioning the young girl, leading them to the shocking truth. 7 min. Directed by Phillip Jordan Brooks [NOBOD]

Terrifier After witnessing a brutal murder on Halloween night, a young woman becomes the next target of a maniacal entity. 19 min. Directed by Damien Leone [TERRIF]

An Evening With My Comatose Mother Dorothy Pritchard thought she had it easy; house sit for the wealthy Poe"s on All Hallows Eve while collecting a cool paycheck. That was, until, she was introduced to the Poe"s rotting, comatose mother living upstairs. As the dark of the night comes, and as the approaching storm blacks out the neighborhood, Dorothy soon finds herself on a nightmare ride through hell that she can only beg to be woken up from. 33 min. Directed by Jonathan Martin [EVENING]

10:00PM 5th Annual Zombie Beauty Pageant

A Devilish Performance by Jeslen Mishelle

Dress to impress in your undead best. All are invited to participate. Goulish delights await those who dare! Hosted by Mr. Lobo & Stephanie Hyden

Zombification Zombiefication is the ultimate manual when it comes to the proper handling of the living dead. 7 min. Directed by Stefan Lukacs [ZOMBIF]

A Cadaver Christmas Prepare yourself for a festive holiday themed zombie comedy unlike any other. A cross between "It"s a Wonderful Life" and "Night of the Living Dead" - "A Cadaver Christmas" tells the story of an unlikely band of heroes charged with the task of saving the world from an army of living corpses that are quickly recruiting new members. The dead have been given the gift of life this Christmas, and it"s up to a university janitor to take it back! 86 min. Directed by Joe Zerull [CADAV]

Sunday, October 23rd 2011

12:30 PM

Trick "R Treat (2007) Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband. 88 min Directed by Michael Dougherty [TRICKR]

2:30PM Shorts Program 3

Rotting Hill Welcome to Rotting Hill, where the extinction of humanity has led to the rise of a new species - ZOMBIES. 4 min. Directed by James Cunningham [ROTTIN] Hike This is what happens when you don"t trust your instincts in the woods. 7 min. Directed by Jennifer Campbell [HIKE]

2 Horrifying Tales to Be Scared On Halloween Faux trailers. 5 min. Directed by Charlotte Beaudoin Pelletier & Phillippe Toupin [2HORRIF] We Shouldn"t Have Come Here A guy kills a couple because he thinks they killed his girlfriend. 10 min. Directed by Ernesto Delgado [COMEHER]

Nowhere Road When three innocuous college kids find themselves stranded on the side of an empty desert highway, their only hope of salvation comes in the form of two inane hillbillies and their disgusting RV. But when they take them up on their offer, the group soon discovers that there is no such thing as a free ride. 13 min. Directed by Benjamin Dynice [NOWHER]

Cabine of the Dead A man is stuck in a phone booth, the night when the dead return to life... 10 min. Vincent Templement [CABINE] Choice 15 min. Directed by Chris .R. Notarile [CHOICE]

Predator/Prey Eva (MARISA PIERINI) is away from home for the first time at a summer sleepaway camp. But, when violence erupts between the people in charge of her protection, she must perform a shocking act to ensure her survival. 14 min. Directed by Kent Kitzman [PREDAT] Viral Julia and Alexis are supposed to be working on their history presentation. But Alexis is bored. She decides to send a nasty message from Julia"s computer to another girl... who died three years ago... 10 min. Directed by Tim Shechmeister [VIRAL]

5:00 Shorts Program 4

St. Christophorus: Roadkill Had a bad day? 26 min. Directed by Gregor Erler [STCHRIS]

Hinnon Valley A deadly viral outbreaks takes over the small secluded city of Hinnon Valley. A woman teams with a young girl to survive the cities flesh eating inhabitants and the malicious military presence that lurks around every corner. They seek refuge and a cure to end the genocide that has consumed their world. 28 min. Directed by Richard Greenwood Jr. [HINNON]

2011 SHFF Filmmaker Challenge $400 Judge"s Award & Audience Favorite Award Clowning Around with Mary Jane Directed by Jeffrey C. Vanacore [CLOWN]

Man Eater Directed by Alica Newman [MANEAT]

Bliss Directed by Victoria Suan [BLISS]

Ravine Falls Directed by Stephanie Hyden [RAVINE]

7:30PM Best of The Sacramento Horror Film Festival Short Film Programs (2007 - 2004)

Dance Performance "Twlight Zone" Performed by Alia Omran, Jeslen Mishelle, and Jessalyn San Gregorio.

Come see more "Best Of" films at the Crocker Art Gallery October 27th! www.crockerartmuseum.org

Thank you to all the patrons, filmmakers, hosts, and volunteers who have helped make 5 years of the SHFF possible. Thank you most of all to those who LOVE HORROR!