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2023 Screamfest Nola Film Guide

2023 Films

Nola Film Guide

Film Category

Abominations

Meet the Filmmaker

Mike Fontaine

Director/ Writer/ EP
Synopsis
A dark infatuation begins to fracture the bond between a man and his unsightly creature.
Film Category

ALONE TOGETHER

Meet the Filmmaker

Will Kresch

Director
Synopsis
A stylized horror/thriller with supernatural and psychological threads tying together a socially conscious story of abuse and control within a relationship, all culminating in bloody liberation.
Film Category

Cannibal Mukbang

Meet the Filmmaker

Aimee Kuge

Director
Synopsis
An introverted nerd finds himself dangerously deep inside the crazy world of mukbanging after he falls head over heels for a mysterious woman.
Film Category

CENSUS

Meet the Filmmaker

Jason Affolder

writer/director
Synopsis
A census enumerator finds herself trapped in a mysterious mansion, where she attempts to help two children in peril while evading their cruel caretaker. Starring scream queen Sylvia Grace Crim (The Hunt, Mayfair Witches, Happy Death Day 2U), CENSUS is a short thriller inspired by horror classics from several eras: 1960s television, 1970s cinema, and 1980s literature.
Film Category

Christine

Meet the Filmmaker

John Carpenter

Director
Synopsis
A nerdy boy's life takes a bizarre turn when he acquires an unusual car with a malevolent consciousness, and soon, he finds his own nature transforming to mirror its sinister influence.
Film Category

Detox

Meet the Filmmaker

Alex Hanno

Synopsis
While away on a technology detox in the northern reaches of Maine, an impressionable social media addict becomes the target of an unexpected visitor.
Film Category

Faceless After Dark

Meet the Filmmaker

Raymond Wood

Director
Synopsis
Following her breakout success as the star of a killer clown horror flick, Bowie now finds herself struggling to capitalize on its success. But when she is suddenly held hostage by an unhinged fan posing as that same killer clown, horror becomes her reality as she fights to survive the night and escape before he completes his sinister plan to recreate the film's fatal plot.
Film Category

Greed & Gore

Meet the Filmmaker

Adam Kirkey

Director/Producer
Synopsis
Five criminals pick the wrong safehouse to lay low after robbing a bank.
Synopsis expanded: 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.
Film Category

The Haunted History Tour

Meet the Filmmaker

Ryan LeBoeuf

Writer - Director - Editor
Synopsis
From the haunted back alleys of the New Orleans French Quarter to the murky swamps of southern Louisiana, comes an anthology film comprised of nine nightmarish tales. A murderous Axeman appeased only by jazz. A monstrous creature awoken by the blood of the moon. A paranormal television show host's whimsical misadventures through the darkest corners of the world's most haunted city.

Come one, come all and step right up for The Haunted History Tour!
Film Category

Hide Behind

Meet the Filmmaker

Richard Martin

DIRECTOR
Synopsis
A couple's tryst in the woods takes an unexpected and deadly turn when they find themselves hunted by a vicious monster with a terrifying ability to hide behind any object.
Film Category

The Last Influencer Standing

Meet the Filmmaker

Michele Bousquet

Director
Synopsis
Oopsie! When five wannabe influencers sign up to compete on a game show, they unwittingly become bloody amusement for the game's underground sponsors. As the jaunty host reveals each contestant's dirty little secret, the sponsors gleefully wager on the influencers' gory fates. In the end, only one can be the last influencer standing.
Film Category

Meadowville

Meet the Filmmaker

Phillip Davis

Director
Synopsis
A photographer finds himself in the "Bermuda triangle of the Rockies."
Film Category

My First Horror Film

Meet the Filmmaker

Shihan Van Clief

Writer/Director
Synopsis
An aspiring influencer documents her journey to booking her first film; now her and the rest of the cast are trying to survive the film they were just casted in.
Film Category

Only Sky Above

Meet the Filmmaker

Bob Cheshire

Director

Harry Cheshire

Director
Synopsis
An anthology of 3 horror micro-short stories (in the vein of 'Creepshow' and 'Cat's Eye') which explore the themes that we are the monsters and creators of our own suffering and ultimately alone and without redemption because there's only sky above.
Film Category

PLEROMA

Meet the Filmmaker

Chris Browne

Director
Synopsis
A thriller about a corporation led by machines who turn on its human workers. The humans' only hope is a discarded prototype built by an amateur.
Film Category

reTribution

Meet the Filmmaker

Nathan Hewitt

Synopsis
When their blackmail scheme goes awry, two brothers scramble to save their sister before it's too late.

SYNOPSIS:

Spurred by personal vendettas and greed, Benjamin Grace and his ex military brother hatch a plan to extort the son of a cult leader that is luring their younger sister. But when Ben has to venture into a sketchy motel to get a crucial photo, things take a sinister turn. For one thing, the cult leader’s son has much worse intentions than they ever imagined and, what’s more, he has law enforcement backup. reTribution follows the Grace family through a harrowing night of torture, shootouts, family drama and blood as they attempt to reverse their mistakes, reconcile, and most importantly, make it out alive.

**AWARD WINNER - Best Nebraska Narrative Short at 2023 Omaha Film Festival**
*OFFICIAL SELECTION - 2023 Wyoming International Film Festival*
Film Category

Sam & Kiki

Meet the Filmmaker

Mark Manson

Writer/Director
Synopsis
This dramedy follows Samantha Hardy and Kiki Williams, inseparable childhood friends, on a weekend getaway after a grueling semester of Med school. Kiki convinces Sam that the mountains would be better for rest and relaxation instead of partying in Vegas. Both tired, with a long drive ahead of them, they stumble upon a Hostel in the middle of nowhere and meets the owner, Boris, who unknown to them is called "Boris The Carver."
Film Category

Surgical Precision

Meet the Filmmaker

Adam Harvey

Writer and Director
Synopsis
A doctor, physically disabled by prolonged use of his telekinetic gift, finds his Hippocratic Oath challenged when his home is invaded by those seeking to exploit his ability. He doesn’t want to hurt anyone, but when push comes to shove his intruders will discover that he can target their internal body parts with…surgical precision. 
Film Category

Thirst Trap

Meet the Filmmaker

John Devilman

Director
Synopsis
A vampire who uses Tinder to pick up victims bites off more than he can chew when he matches with a virgin.
Film Category

Wilis

Meet the Filmmaker

Matthew Deimling Johns

Writer, Director, Editor
Synopsis
Of folklore from an old world, a sisterhood haunts the deepest hollows of the forest. Lore calls them by one name...Wilis.
Film Category

Writer's Block

Meet the Filmmaker

Steven Schloss

Director and Cinematographer
Synopsis
In hopes of earning his freedom, a prisoner embarks in a bloody process involving dismemberment, excessive smoking and mutilated bunnies.
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