Atlanta Horror Film Festival

Schedule:

Damned To My Soul Shorts 6- 12:00 PM, Theater One.

97 min. total running time

Absolution
Director Jill Yapsuga  - USA - 3 min. - animated
Eike Granford discovers what happens to good men who do bad things.  

The Milk Situation
Director John Ferrer   - United Kingdom - 5 min. - horror comedy
In a world overrun with monsters, Pip and Po's clean up service is the only thing that stands between good and evil.

Ruach
Director Derek Delson - USA -  6 min. - supernatural
Investigating a rumor of demonic possession, a mystic rabbi joins a father and daughter for dinner.

Orum
Director Adam Davis  - USA -  8 min. - dark drama
A young woman, desperate to reunite with her deceased mother, resorts to dark magic, utilizing an occult box to sacrifice her father. However, her actions inadvertently unleash a malevolent entity from the other side, plunging her into a harrowing battle against the forces she dared to disturb.

SINS
Director Day Daniells   - USA -  8 min. -  psychological horror
When Roger witnesses a brutal rape and murder and does nothing to intervene, the crime victim comes back as "The Watcher" to haunt him.  

The Gourd, The Brad, and The Ghostly
Director Jillian Terwedo-Malsbury - USA -  10 min. -  horror comedy
After causing a tragic accident on Halloween night, Brad is haunted by his guilty conscience as he takes the elevator down to the scene of the crime. Is he heading to the lobby... or straight to hell?

The Sacrifice
Director Christopher Werner  - USA -  17 min. -  horror comedy
Josh Radnor and Aya Cash star as a suburban couple whose marriage is tested when a husband’s attempt to plan a BBQ at their home reveals ulterior motives and a newfound friend group he’s kept secret - a local chapter of the Church of Baphomet. Equal parts funny and surprising, The Sacrifice is a story about the push and pull of marital compromise, the challenge of accepting new aspects of old relationships, and demons.

Hellscape
Director Sam Sorenson  - USA - 9 min. - paranormal
A mother searches for the spiritual truth about where her daughter's soul went after being murdered.

The Bargain
Director Alec Patchin  - USA - 15 min. - supernatural
A young girl summons the Devil to get revenge on her former foster father who abused her. The Devil is willing to make a deal but the cost is more than she bargained for.

The Kola Tape
Director South Turk  - USA - 16 min. -  horror
A journalist stricken with loss chases down a mysterious tape that is rumored to offer a glimpse into the afterlife.

Purgatory Jack- 12:30 PM, Theater Two.

Directed by Brett Butler, Jason Butler - Canada - 101 min.
Purgatory Jack is a neo-noir mystery thriller set in the afterlife, a dangerous landscape that’s run by a bloodthirsty, limb-collecting gang and populated with outlaws and outcasts. The latest case for musician turned grizzled private detective, Jack Marlin, is helping new arrival Viv Vacious, a punk pop star who overdosed, stay safe as she races against time to find her mother who committed suicide twenty years earlier. While navigating the treacherous terrain of hells waiting room, these two musicians from clashing eras unlock a murderous conspiracy and discover why blood is more than a drug in Purgatory.

Warrior Princess Shorts 7- 2:00 PM, Theater One.

87 min. total running time

CYA
Director Alice The G00n   - USA - 6 min. - music video
Chapter 1: CYA - Alice begins her violent katabasis.

The Auteur
Director Bethany White  - United Kingdom - 10 min. - thriller
A male film writer begins to write his perfect, objectified female character to terrorise. However, he's not prepared for her to fight back...

Die Dame
Director Taylor Martin - USA - 11 min. - thriller
At the tail end of WWII, an American nurse, Betty, finds herself captured in an off the beaten path Nazi experimentation lab with devastating results.

Mouse
Director Ewan J Fletcher - United Kingdom - 15 min. - thriller
A young woman walks home at night through a predatory city.

Scorched Earth
Director Karsen Schovajsa  - USA -  12 min. - zombie
A stalker descends into a nightmarish, mutant infested landscape to find a woman's stash of survival supplies.

Volition
Director Ashley George   - USA - 17 min. -  thriller
After getting kidnapped and taken to a sex trafficking house on the outskirts of a southern town, Emma enlists the other victims to dive head first into a volatile escape plan where every girl must fight for her life.

The Stranded
Director Sergi Páez   - Spain -  13 min. - sci-fi
The last survivor of a space base agonizingly awaits for her rescue, while a creature lurks in the dark.

Cruelty
Director Sam Das - USA - 9 min. - supernatural
A young woman is chased into a junkyard while being followed home late at night. Trapped among the heaps of scrap she must outwit her predator and summon the strength of a goddess in her desperate fight for survival.   

M- 2:30 PM, Theater Two.

Directed by Vardan Tozija -  North Macedonia - 99 min.
In a secluded forest, young Marko lives under the watchful eye of his overprotective and mysterious father. Their sheltered existence is all he knows. Marko seeks solace in his cherished picture book, finding comfort and answers within its pages. One day, an encounter with a kind-hearted boy with Down Syndrome named Miko, brings a glimmer of warmth and connection into Marko's isolated world. As his curiosity grows, Marko yearns to uncover the secrets that lie beyond the confines of the wilderness. A cruel turn of events grants him his wish sooner than he expects. A grim journey awaits him, filled with unknown dangers and a glimpse into a world forever changed.

Hazardous Duties Shorts 8- 4:00 PM, Theater One.

96 min. total running time

A Bone To Chew
Director Audrey Dunning  - USA - 2 min. - animation
A dog detective finds himself on a crime scene full of bones, which leads him down a dangerous spiral as he struggles to restrain himself from chewing bones.  

Shiver
Director Cameron Scott Dutra  - USA -  12 min. - horror
Frank, an aging and lonely man sacrifices something he loves dearly after experiencing visions of his dead wife. Convinced he is doing his wife's bidding Frank traps Phillip, an innocent AC repair man in his home. Frank is not prepared for the consequences.

Disinfectant
Directors Zach Ryan Doumit, Elias Gold - USA -  6 min. - thriller
The Janitor loves his job and the Demon is hungry.

Catacombs
Director Chad Cunningham - USA -  8 min. - horror
During a raging thunderstorm, a correctional officer must face the horrors that haunt the maximum security prison where he works.

Stomach It
Director Peter Klausner  - USA - 13 min. -   psychological horror
While struggling to emotionally detach from the deceased, a crime scene cleaner believes a monstrous presence is toying with him.

I Prefer Monsters
Director Dylan Brown - USA - 14 min. - thriller
Reese’s job as a photographer serves as a mask for their real work – murder for hire. But when they're paid to train their lens on Morgan Sinclair, a famous crime novelist and recluse captivated with thoughts of death, vocation blurs into fascination into obsession.

A Mile in Your Skin
Director Christopher Leonard Darna - USA - 4 min. - horror
A night shift security guard gets hunted by a shape shifting skinwalker.

Locksmith
Director Corey Benson Powers - USA - 7 min. - thriller
Emma, a striving professional, has her morning routine interrupted when a slovenly locksmith arrives to fix her broken lock. She prepares for the day but soon realizes he has intentions other than repair.

Ten of Swords
Director Faye Jackson  - United Kingdom - 16 min. - zombie
Jay wakes up dead - obviously murdered - and discovers that everything the agency told him about becoming a zombie was a lie. He wants to forget his former life and get on with his new reality, but he can't seem to stop his old memories flooding back or his new instincts kicking in or the other zombies from following him. This revenge is happening.

Wake
Director Sean Carter   - USA - 13 min. - horror
With a hurricane raging outside their hospital, two nurses have one last job before evacuating: stow the "dead-on-arrival" corpse of a young girl in the downstairs morgue before the building floods. But the corpse quickly reveals itself to be more than it seems.

Catch A Killer- 4:30 PM, Theater Two.


Directed by Teddy Grennan -  USA - 74 min.
CATCH A KILLER is a neo-noir thriller featuring Otto and Lex, a pair of star-crossed lovers, who do the right thing but make the wrong decision and it costs them everything. When Otto's derailed on his way to becoming the city’s youngest detective, he stays in the police business as a bioremediation specialist cleaning up after a serial killer. With an uncanny knowledge of horror films and his natural born instincts, Otto and Lex crack the code to where the killer is going to strike next…now they just gotta catch him.

The Length of Death’s Wings Shorts 9- 6:00 PM, Theater One.

90 min. total running time

Lunch Time
Director Vicky Gao - Canada - 2 min. - animation
In a vast castle, a baby girl cheerfully plays with her toys as lunchtime approaches. Meanwhile, an ominous bird monster escapes its chains underground and heads toward her nursery.

Tinkerhell
Director Noah Sterling  - USA - 5 min. -   animation
A young girl learns the consequences, after she incites the wrath of a very small and very deadly entity.

Eldritch Karaoke
Director Joe Loftus - Ireland - 5 min. -   animation
A young woman on the road to escape her past is hit by a car and descends into a chaotic musical after-life.

The Harpies
Director Rogan Lovse  - Canada -  5 min. - horror
Two friends find themselves seeking shelter in an abandoned lumber mill. Unbeknownst to them; a dangerous harpy calls the mill home.

Honor's Half-Life
Director Robert Flowers - USA - 10 min. - sci-fi
When a teenage daughter's ex military father brings her to help an old friend from his unit, she discovers the gruesome secret he's had to keep. Now she finds herself in a life or death situation that none of her father's training could have ever prepared her for.

The Spider
Director Andy Chen - USA - 9 min. - horror
After Peter Parker gets bitten by a radioactive spider at a school field trip, he starts to notice his body changing. His body chemistry begins to mutate and he gains super human abilities but not without a huge cost. This is not your average superhero film.

Every Other Animal
Director Olia Oparina  - USA - 11 min. - monster
A small-time drug trafficker attempts to rescue a young girl who has been kidnapped by a zealous preacher while battling a manipulative Cicada-like entity that preys on the desperation of his impoverished Appalachian town.

Paralian
Director Evan Gorski   - USA - 15 min. - dark drama
In the wake of a personal tragedy, a vengeful man returns to an island to hunt a creature of local legend. PARALIAN is an exploration of loss and a window into overcoming the scariest monster of all, ourselves.

Awakening
Director Alex Culberson  - USA - 9 min. - horror
After a quake on an asteroid mining facility, a deadly outbreak occurs, as Grimes, a soldier on the facility, must find his wife and a way out…alive.  

Honk
Director Charles de Lauzirika   - USA - 13 min. -  psychological horror
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.

Sempre Avanti
Directors Matthew Barber, Nathaniel Barber - USA - 6 min. - thriller
Two U.S. soldiers plunge into a suspected enemy combatant tunnel system during the Vietnam War only to awaken unparalleled horrors.

Straight on till Morning- 6:30 PM, Theater Two.

Directed by  Craig Ouellette  -  USA - 104 min.
CATCH A KILLER is a neo-noir thriller featuring Otto and Lex, a pair of star-crossed lovers, who do the right thing but make the wrong decision and it costs them everything. When Otto's derailed on his way to becoming the city’s youngest detective, he stays in the police business as a bioremediation specialist cleaning up after a serial killer. With an uncanny knowledge of horror films and his natural born instincts, Otto and Lex crack the code to where the killer is going to strike next…now they just gotta catch him.

Violently Happy Horror Comedy Shorts 10- 8:00 PM, Theater One.

99 min. total running time

You Know the Rules
Director Owen Tooth   - USA - 1 min. -   horror comedy
Debbie lists the awful things she’s going to do, as Carol sits frozen in terror. But in a flash, we realise this isn’t the situation we thought it was. It’s something far more awkward.

The Lure
Director Tony Hipwell  - United Kingdom - 2 min. - horror comedy
Late at night, a lone fisherman discovers he is not the only one hoping to hook something.

Sexy Joel and his Wagyu
Directors Sam Proulx, Cédric Senécal  - Canada -  5 min. - horror comedy
A Wagyu cow is featured in an auction when Sexy Joel joins a group of buyers to weed them out in order to get his cow back.

Hell Is A Teenage Girl
Director Stephen Sawchuk  - USA-  15 min. - horror comedy
Every Halloween, the small town of Springboro is terrorized by its resident SLASHER. At the center of it all is Parker Campbell, the Slasher’s estranged biological daughter. In an attempt to make things right with the town and clear her family name, Parker sets out on a life-or-death mission in hopes of ending his reign of terror once and for all…

Quiet! Mom's Working!
Director P Patrick Hogan  - USA - 15 min. - horror
What happens in mom's basement, stays in mom's basement. An offbeat killer kung-fu family comedy from the sound guy for Cobra Kai.

The Open Door
Director Dean Ronalds  - USA-  12 min. - horror comedy
The story of Framton Nuttel who is sent to the countryside by his physicians in order to calm his nerves. It is there he meets a young girl, Mae, who begins to share the eerie secrets of this small town.

I Hope He Doesn't Kill Me.
Directors Lyndon Henley Hanrahan, Nora Dahle Borchgrevink - United Kingdom - 14 min. - horror comedy
Buzz waits outside the apartment building of his anonymous Grindr hookup, imagining all the depraved ways this night could end. Horrified yet *****, Buzz buzzes the buzzer.

Kombucha!
Director Jake Myers  - USA - 7 min. -   horror comedy
A musician trapped in an office job tries the free kombucha that helps his coworkers hit their quotas with a smile. Unfortunately, the kombucha has a series of nasty side effects that give new meaning to being consumed by your work.

Hold Up
Director Ori Guendelman   - USA - 25 min. - monster
Marcus takes a bet to rob the liquor store, only to run headfirst into a real robbery, which quickly devolves into a series of absurd events that will force Marcus to grow up in more ways than he could ever imagine.  

Ransom Video
Director Sarah Stephens  - USA -  4 min. - horror
A kidnapped woman fixates on making the perfect ransom video.

The Activated Man- 8:30 PM, Theater Two.

Directed by Nicholas Gyeney -  USA - 115 min.
As Ors Gabriel struggles with the grief and pain from losing his best friend and beloved dog, Louie, to cancer, the shock from the trauma brings on strange visions only Ors can see. While he questions whether his mind has fractured or if it's actually real, a mysterious rise in murder-suicides takes hold of the city, and Ors becomes haunted by images of a shadowy figure known to many as ‘The Fedora Man’. Through torments and terror, Ors uncovers dark secrets from his past, forcing him to embrace who he really is, and what he is meant to do. But, with escalating visions of ‘The Fedora Man’, Ors must face his fears as he spirals downwards, testing the very limits of his sanity.

Saturday Night Local Shorts 11- 10:05 PM, Theater One.

86 min. total running time

White Mirrors
Director Brittany Harvey  - USA - 8 min. - horror
An antique store worker comes into possession of a vintage mirror but soon realizes something sinister lies underneath its reflection.

Navigating the Night
Director Erin M Aler   - USA - 10 min. -   horror
A young Soldier participates in a routine training mission, where her failures lead to a predicament for her morals to come to question

Daddy
Director Charlie Newell  - USA - 11 min. - horror
A new neighbor starts bullying a family and winds up triggering a dark response.

A Very Good Neighbor
Director Jay Smith  - USA - 12 min. - horror
“In a seemingly idyllic neighborhood , Mr Fred, a charming, elderly gentlemen is the epitome of a good neighbor. When his neighbor becomes the victim of a tragic incident a dark secret is revealed and his twisted sense of justice leads to a series of chilling events- Is anyone safe?“

The Cure
Director Nathan Hattaway   - USA - 14 min. - sci-fi
Two scientists search for a potential cure during a pandemic.

The Reclaimers
Director Jason Sheedy    - USA -  20 min. - horror
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.

The Secret Other
Director Jenna Reynolds - USA - 11 min. -   horror
After returning home from an exhausting business trip, an absent husband discovers his house in disarray and his wife supposedly missing. As he uncovers the details of her whereabouts, he realizes something sinister and supernatural may be at play.

Mysterious Ways- 10:30 PM, Theater Two.

Directed by Tyler Eaton -  USA - 93 min.
A horror comedy about two sibling youth pastors who accidentally possess a member of their youth group with a demonic spirit and must stop her rampage on Halloween night before Satanic forces usher in the End of Days.

Redhead- 11:59 PM, Theater One.

Directed by Sam Hodge, Johnna Hodge -  USA - 97 min.
Cannibalism and depravity drive Autumn Blacksmith, now widowed, to engage in a relentless revenge binge. Will she kill every man around her?

Special Event : Filmmaker after Party

-11:59 PM 

Tickets and Passes

-$13 per screening
-$25 Friday Pass
-$35 Saturday Pass
-$25 Sunday Pass
-$60 Three Day Pass