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First Films Announced for 2014 TELLURIDE HORROR SHOW

The Telluride Horror Show is excited to announce the first batch of films for its 5th annual festival, scheduled for October 10-12, 2014 in beautiful Telluride, Colorado. Visit the FILMS page to view complete info and trailers!

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BACKWATER

USA | 2013 | 94 min | Director: Christopher Schrack
Followed by a Q&A with director Christopher Schrack.

A couple camping in the woods believe they are in tremendous danger even though they can’t explain what is causing their terror.

 

BAG BOY LOVER BOY

USA | 2014 | 77 min | Director: Andres Torres
“Bag Boy Lover Boy” follows the lowly life of Albert, an oddball hotdog vendor who is shocked to find himself suddenly becoming the bizarre muse of enigmatic NYC photographer Ivan Worthington. But shocks come his way even more so when, amidst his role in Ivan’s disturbing photographs for which he poses, Albert finds out just how difficult it is to succeed in the art world, leading him to take some disturbing photographs of his own that suit his very unique – and very limited – skill set.

CLOSER TO GOD

USA | 2014 | 81 min | Director: Billy Senese
In this dark indie thriller, a genetic scientist creates the first human clone. But an earlier experiment threatens to destroy everything he’s built and puts his family in grave danger. This modern day Frankenstein story undertakes not only the complicated moral and social issues of human cloning but also the inevitability of evolutionary and technological change. From the director of THE SUICIDE TAPES (2011 Telluride Horror Show Official Selection) and INTRUDER (2012 Telluride Horror Show Official Selection).

EJECTA

Canada | 2014 | 83 min | Directors: Matt Wiele & Chad Archibald
U.S. PREMIERE
The story of William Cassidy who has been possessed by a horrible alien presence for the past 40 years. Joe Sullivan, a documentary filmmaker, sets out to discover exactly what is haunting Cassidy. The two men witness a UFO crash on the eve of a historic solar storm and must survive a terrifying alien life form that’s now hunting them both. An anonymous militia group will stop at nothing to unearth the truth behind what happened to the men that night and prove to the world that we were never alone in the universe. Starring Julian Richings (Man of Steel, Supernatural), Lisa Houle (PontyPool), Adam Seybold (Exit Humanity) and written by Tony Burgess (PontyPool).

THE HOUSES OCTOBER BUILT

USA | 2014 | 92 min | Director: Bobby Roe
Followed by a Q&A with cast & crew.
Beneath the fake blood and cheap masks of countless haunted house attractions across the country, there are whispers of truly terrifying alternatives. Looking to find an authentic, blood-curdling good fright for Halloween, five friends set off on a road trip in an RV to track down these underground Haunts. Just when their search seems to reach a dead end, strange and disturbing things start happening and it becomes clear that the Haunt has come to them…

 

THE MIRROR

UK | 2014 | 84 min | Director: Ed Boase
U.S. PREMIERE

Three roommates buy a haunted mirror on eBay in the hope of filming spooky goings-on and claiming the One Million Dollar Paranormal Prize offered by the James Randi Foundation. Their desire to win the prize money blinds them to the evil forces they have brought into their world, which exact a terrible revenge.

SUBURBAN GOTHIC
USA | 2014 | 90 min | Director: Richard Bates, Jr.

Raymond has a prestigious MBA, but he can’t find work. He can channel the paranormal, but chatting with a cute girl mystifies him. Kicked out of his big city apartment, Raymond returns home to his overbearing mother, ex-jock father, and beer-bellied classmates. But when a vengeful ghost terrorizes the small town, the city-boy recruits Becca, a badass local bartender, to solve the mystery of the spirit threatening everyone’s lives. From the director of EXCISION (2012 Telluride Horror Show Official Selection).

WOLFCOP
Canada | 2014 | 79 min | Director: Lowell Dean

WOLFCOP follows Lou Garou (Leo Fafard), an alcoholic cop who tends to black out and wake up in unfamiliar surroundings. However, lately things have taken a strange turn. Crime scenes seem oddly familiar; Lou’s senses are heightened; and when the full moon is out, he’s a rage-fueled werewolf. WOLFCOP is one cop’s quest to become a better man…one transformation at a time.

SHORTS

ALONE

France | 2013 | 10 min | Director: Didier Philippe
Claire lives alone in a large apartment. Her fear of the outside world stops her from going out and letting people in. One day, she discovers evidence revealing that a man lives in her home. The presence of that man becomes more and more threatening…

BON APPETIT

USA | 2014 | 8 min | Director: Christopher Todd
WORLD PREMIERE

A distinguished chef stows himself away in the privacy of his own home to explore his dark culinary desires.

 BREATHE
UK | 2013 | 5 min | Director: Toby Meakins
US PREMIERE

A young man falls in love with a ghost you can only see when you don’t Breathe…

CAM CLOSER
Sweden | 2013 | 2 min | Director: David F. Sandberg

A woman discovers that her camera phone can see the future. And the future does not look good for her. 

DEAD HEARTS

Canada | 2014 | 17 min | Director: Stephen W. Martin
A young mortician will give his heart away to find true love. A whimsical, gothic bedtime story filled with love, loss, taxidermy, Kung fu, and biker werewolves.
DOG FOOD
USA | 2013 | 18 min | Director: Brian Crano

A butcher loses his dog.

 

DON’T BE AFRAID; IT’S ONLY DEATH 
USA | 2013 | 6 min | Directors: Rutherford Belleview & Mortimer Leech

This new music video from Boulder, Colorado’s The Widow’s Bane follows a newly dispatched bride as she ventures beyond death and into the world between worlds.
GHOST TRAIN
Ireland/Finland | 2013 | 16 min | Director: Lee Cronin

Once a year, estranged brothers Michael and Peter make a reluctant pilgrimage to the old fairground where their friend Sam went missing three decades ago. This time, Michael has a secret to confess.
THE HITCHHIKER

USA | 2014 | 19 min | Director: Alexander Harrison Jacobs
A parody of the original Twilight Zone series, satirizing the tropes of 1960’s science fiction from a modern day perspective. Nancy Adams, “twenty-something,” drives cross-country to Hollywood, pursued by an unrelenting stranger whom no one else can see.

 

THE HYPNOTIST

USA | 2014 | 18 min | Director: Jon Braver
Dr. Elijah Lowell, the brilliant and now banished neuro-psychologist, sees no other option but to use the controversial device he created to enter his wife’s unconscious mind and attempt to pull her out of her 5 year coma.
THE LAST MAN

UK | 2014 | 20 min | Director: Gavin Rothery
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

Sergeant Jacob Stanton, a Deep Reserve soldier, is awoken from stasis to find the world completely destroyed. Venturing into the wasteland he is faced with the devastating loneliness of being the last man alive.
 

LIGHTS OUT 
Sweden | 2013 | 3 min | Director: David F. Sandberg
A woman getting ready for bed discovers that she may not be alone in her apartment when she turns off the lights.

 

MINERAL

USA | 2013 | 5 min | Director: Michael J Marino

WORLD PREMIERE

After painfully passing a kidney stone, a man discovers that a new breed of monster has invaded his home with deadly intentions

 PRIMROSE LANE

USA | 2014 | 5 min | Director: Nick Phillips

Two teenage sisters in 1970’s suburbia take an 8mm camera into the local abandoned house.
SALVAGE

Australia | 2014 | 8 min | Director: Daniel Flood
WORLD PREMIERE

Following a disastrous contamination, a rescue worker searches for survivors, salvaging what she can.
 

SLUT
USA | 2014 | 21 min | Director: Chloe Okuno

A dark coming of age thriller about a 16-year-old misfit named Maddy who lives alone with her grandmother in a small town in Texas. When Maddy crosses paths with an older, charismatic Stranger – a fellow misfit who’s passing through town – her quiet, monotonous life takes a dangerous turn.
THE STOMACH
UK | 2014 | 15 min | Director: Ben Steiner

Frank’s had enough. A spirit medium whose unique and grotesque method of channeling the dead is putting his own life at risk. He wants out. But others, in this world and the next, have plans of their own. Part body-horror, part ghost-story, The Stomach is a unique tale of Supernatural Noir.
TUCK ME IN
Spain | 2014 | 1 min | Director: Ignacio F. Rodó

Alex asks his father to tuck him in, but that’s not the only thing he asks for…

 

WATERBORNE

Australia | 2014 | 10 min | Director: Ryan CoonanWhen a local ranger in a small country town finds an unidentified algae overwhelming the water supply, he knows that something’s not right. But it’s not until the sun goes down that he discovers the true extent of the danger – it seems the town is about to experience the effects of a mysterious infection that turns not only humans – but animals too – into zombies. Australian wildlife has never been so terrifying…

ZOMINIC
UK | 2013 | 2 min | Director: Michelle Fox

A short dark comedy about a baby with a monstrous appetite. 

3-Day Pass: $84

The 3-Day Pass gets you into 11 programs PLUS the opening pig roast with attending filmmakers. At the low price of $84, that’s just $7 per program! The 3-Day pass guarantees entry into one of our two theaters during any given time slot.  To purchase your all access pass today, click 3-DAY PASS.

 

“5 for 4”: $40*
Buy five individual tickets in advance for the price of four! Individual tickets are $10 per film and are sold at the door only, if space allows. Buy the “5 for 4” in advance and only pay $40 for five films. Even better, these individual tickets allow you to stand in line with pass-holders. To purchase your “5-for-4” today, click TICKETS.
FESTIVAL LODGING

Discounted lodging is available for the 2014 Telluride Horror Show.  Our festival is a great way to visit Telluride on a budget.  Click on HOTELS for a list of discounted lodging options, all within walking distance of the Telluride Horror Show!

CALL FOR FILM ENTRIES
The Telluride Horror Show is still accepting submissions for all horror, thriller, fantasy, and sci-fi feature and short films. Submissions can be made online at Withoutabox, FilmFestivalLife, or download the printable submission form here.   The Late Deadline is September 20, 2014.

One comment

  1. TUCK ME IN of Igancio Rodó is a copy of a shortfilm, named “Multiplicity” and submited to the ABC’s of death contest. Now parto of World of Death Compilation .

    http://26th.abcsofdeathpart2.com/entry/m-is-for-multiplicity/

     

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