2024 SCHEDULE
17th ANNUAL SACRAMENTO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
The 17th Annual Sacramento Horror Film Festival 2024 Official Schedule
SHFF PROGRAM 1
1PM
1.
"Sorry" - Domotic & The Lazours 4m28s
Music video shot on 16mm and an 80's slasher throwback.
Directed by James P. Gannon
2.
Red Velvet 13m52s
Upon learning the end of the world is taking place, a lonely man locks himself in a motel room when a female escort arrives at his door…
Directed by Blake Simon
3.
Repeat 4m30s
Trapped in a surreal time loop, a woman relives the moments of her memory after she has killed her neighbor.
Directed by Marlon Royal Reid
4.
Hazard Lights 4m41s
A man drives down a pitch-black road at night, relying solely on the intermittent flashes of his hazard lights due to car trouble. Suddenly, what appears to be a human body lying on the road emerges in front of him, and he runs it over.
Directed by Tacma Dan
5.
The Silhouette 13m46s
Mila is just your average college student, studying abroad for the semester in a beautiful new country. But little does she know, her trip is about to take a terrifying turn. Haunted by a traumatic experience from her past, Mila struggles to cope with the psychological aftermath. But her handsome boyfriend is there to support her, even as he battles his own demons
Directed by Oldrich Werner
6.
The Weaver 13m19s
A nurse goes to visit an old lady at her home. He soon realizes she has a few screws loose. And maybe she is not an old lady at all?
Directed by Øyvind Willumsen
7.
The Reclaimers 19m59s
After her grandparents are killed by invisible creatures, a determined young woman seeks to avenge them with the help of her canine companion - the only one who can see the mysterious invaders.
Directed by Jason Sheedy
8.
Family Night 17m17s
An offbeat short horror film set in the winter of 1995, A pre divorce era Dublin, Ireland. It tells the story of a family forced to take part in a family night by their extremely strict father. Throughout the night, tensions build as they are forced to have dinner together, sing songs, play charades and watch a movie, all while trying to keep their father (Eoin Quinn) pleased. However, not all is as it seems in the household.
Directed by Alan Dunne
10th ANNUAL LOVE HORROR SHORT FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
The 10TH Annual THE LOVE HORROR SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
PROGRAM
3:00PM
1.
Halloween Massacre 1m44s
When the zombie apocalypse hits, heroes Kitty and Girth must race against the clock--and a ravenous horde of zombies--to save the day.
Directed by John Harvatine IV
2.
The Elevator Game 10m56s
The strange and sudden suicide of a good friend provokes two co-workers to engage in the sordid rules of The Elevator Game in hopes of reaching another dimension where their friend might actually be trapped.
Directed by Lenox Myette
3.
Greed & Gore 15m
After a bank robbery doesn’t go exactly as planned, a crew of five pick a last minute safehouse to lay low with their take and a hostage. But the safehouse isn’t so safe… Greed & Gore, a film by Adam Kirkey, is a mash of horror and thriller, with practical effects that will please all genre fans. It stars Julie Mainville (Butchers, The Good Doctor), Krishan Dutt (The Boys), Matthew Bell (Curse of the Anti-Quenched), Monica Zelak (Curse of the Anti-Quenched, Chronicles of Blood, The Enigma), and breakout stars Curt Derosier and Nick Dewolfe.
Directed by Adam Kirkey
4.
A Killer in a Small Town 18m23s
True crime super-fan, Will Wesley, has seen it all, but tonight a face in the dark may outsmart him.
Directed by Clinton Cornwell
5.
Mermaid 18m (Advanced Screening)
Ginger Gonzaga's horror film "Mermaid" is an honest and feminist evisceration of "The Little Mermaid," set in the world of extreme plastic surgery.
Directed by Ginger Gonzaga
6.
The Pencil 10m24s
Sara, a struggling artist who discovers a unique pencil that can solve all her problems. But her dreams turn into a nightmare when a malevolent demonic creature from Kazakh legends gets unleashed.
Directed by Thomas Schultz
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7.
Trial 22 9m22s
Trapped in a mysterious underground experiment, a group of people must survive against monsters, traps and each other.
Directed by John Ferrer
17th ANNUAL SACRAMENTO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
The 17th Annual Sacramento Horror Film Festival 2024
SHFF PROGRAM 2
5:30PM
1.
Wait For It 14m6s
Set within the same universe as BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON, WAIT FOR IT is a loving deconstruction of the slasher genre, seen from the perspective of a Survivor Girl living in the aftermath of her own encounter with a psycho-slasher killer. We follow her as she travels home after a night out with friends, always remaining wary of the inevitable return of her tormentor.
WAIT FOR IT is written and directed by David J. Stieve, the creator and co-writer of BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON. m
Directed by David J. Stieve
2.
Lake Sunshine 1989 13m45s
Two best friends are on a cabin trip to Lake Sunshine. After an unexpected phone call their lives will be changed forever.
Directed by Filip Koren
3.
Trapped 15m38s
Days turn into a desperate struggle for survival for a scientist trapped inside a laboratory during a zombie outbreak. With limited resources and no escape in sight, he faces his biggest challenge yet when he discovers a rogue lab rat raiding his dwindling food supplies.
Directed by Semyon Voinov
4.
Facies 15m
An inquisitor has spent years looking for a perfect torture device, thanks to the latest invention of its inventor, it seems that he is going to get it. But Elena, the inventor's daughter, has other plans.
Directed by Raúl Cerezo, Carlos Moriana
5.
iNFLUENCE 9m46s
When the dowdy stepsister of a popular online influencer interrupts a business meeting with her “momager” and a potential sponsor, the influencer’s reality is exposed—and it’s not a pretty picture.
Directed by Nate Laver
6.
Eden 9m23s
After a Woman dies from a mysterious illness, she finds herself in a strange paradise.
Directed by Corey Scott Rutledge
7.
Bookworm 13m42s
Spain, 1979. Irene is an aspiring writer who obsesses with the delicate ghost at the library she works.
Directed by Javier Yañez Sanz
The 17th Annual Sacramento Horror Film Festival 2024
SHFF PROGRAM 3
8:00PM
THE SCREAM QUEENS GORELEQUE DRAG & BURLESQUE CABARET TROUPE PERFORMS
1.
I’m Ready 6m51s
A young insecure woman is getting ready to go out on a date , suddenly her body starts having alarming changes that take her to the brink of insanity and make every inch of her skin feel rotten.
Directed by Andres Felipe Bernal Farias
2.
Blends 12m23s
A business owner is faced with a moral dilemma when they deliver their psilocybin spice blends to an underground restaurant that serves a unique cuisine.
Directed by Ioannis Argiris
3.
D I G 16m30s
A controversial gaming influencer live streams a deadly virtual reality game.
Directed by Sam Boxleitner
4.
Janelle’s Baby 9m58s
Janelle's desire to have a baby of her own takes a heart-wrenching turn when she finds out she's infertile. With additional worrisome blood lab results from the doctor and strange, secretive behavior, her husband's concern grows.
Directed by Michael Squid
5.
13 Steps 25m39s
A woman performs a grueling ritual to banish a malevolent presence from her home, only to discover that the monster may be a manifestation of her own personal demons.
Directed by David Lawrence
6.
The Legend 5m
Jimmy gets more than he bargained for on Halloween night when a legendary storybook character pays him a visit.
Chris Beemer
7.
Honk 12m34s
Reluctant divorcee Bill is awakened before dawn by a mysterious car horn in his normally quiet neighborhood. Unable to find the source of the honk, he ventures out into the darkness, only to face something far more disturbing.
Directed by Charles de Lauzirika
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