FrightFest 2014

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The Green Inferno The Green Inferno
The Green Inferno and The Babadook
All Cheerleaders Die (Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Lucky McKee, Chris Sivertson; Writer: Lucky McKee, Chris Sivertson; Stars: Caitlin Stasey, Sianoa Smit-McPhee, Brooke Butler, Amanda Grace Cooper, Reanin Johannink, Tom Williamson, Chris Petrovski, Leigh Parker, Nicholas S. Morrison, Jordan Wilson, Felisha Cooper, Sidney Allison, Nadia Boceski, Simon Patrick Brown, Nathaniel Derrico)
A gang of cheerleaders embark on a supernatural path of vengeance.
Among The Living (Country: France; Year: 2004; Director: Julien Maury, Alexandre Bustillo; Stars: Beatrice Dalle, Théo Fernandez, Damien Ferdel, Zacharie Chasseriaud)
Three teenage boys witness a maniac at work and find that they have become targets themselves.
The Babadook (Country: Australia; Year: 2014; Director: Jennifer Kent; Writer: Jennifer Kent; Stars: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Tim Purcell, Benjamin Winspear, Hayley McElhinney, Daniel Henshall)
A character in a pop up book haunts the nightscape of a six-year-old boy
Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead (Død Snø 2, Dead Snow 2) (Country: Norway, Iceland; Year: 2014; Director: Tommy Wirkola; Writer: Stig Frode Henriksen, Vegar Hoel, Tommy Wirkola; Stars: Martin Starr, Derek Mears, Amrita Acharia, Ingrid Haas, Kristoffer Joner, Stig Frode Henriksen, Christian Rubeck, Vegar Hoel, Jocelyn DeBoer, Charlotte Frogner, Ingar Helge Gimle, Daniel Berge Halvorsen, Ørjan Gamst, David Skaufjord, Bjarte Tjøstheim)
The gruesome Nazi Zombies are back to finish their mission, but our hero is not willing to die. He is gathering his own army to give them a final fight.
Faults (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Riley Stearns; Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Leland Orser, Beth Grant, Chris Ellis, Jon Gries)
A cult expert is brought in to deprogram a supposedly brainwashed woman.
The Samurai The Samurai
The Samurai and Zombeavers
The Green Inferno (Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Eli Roth; Writer: Guillermo Amoedo, Nicolás López, Eli Roth; Stars: Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy, Daryl Sabara, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Sky Ferreira, Magda Apanowicz, Nicolás Martínez, Aaron Burns, Ignacia Allamand, Ramón Llao, Richard Burgi, Eusebio Arenas, Mary Dunworth, Matías López, Antonieta Pari)
A group of college activists are taken hostage in the Peruvian jungle.
The Guest (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Adam Wingard; Writer: Simon Barrett; Stars: Dan Stevens, Joel David Moore, Lance Reddick, Leland Orser, Brendan Meyer, Maika Monroe, Sheila Kelley, Chase Williamson, Tait Fletcher, Jesse Luken, Alex Knight, Mike Miller, Tina Borek, Frank Bond, Michael Stone)
A man inveigles his way into a family home by saying he is a friend of a dead soldier.
Halleluiah (Alleluia) (Country: Belium, France; Year: 2014; Director: Fabrice Du Welz; Writer: Fabrice Du Welz, Vincent Tavier; Stars: Lola Dueñas, Héléna Noguerra, Laurent Lucas, Stéphane Bissot, David Murgia)
A woman who yearns for freedom falls for a con man and will do anything to keep him.
The Harvest (Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: John McNaughton; Stars: Michael Shannon, Samantha Morton, Peter Fonda, Natasha Calis, Charlie Tahan)
A girl secretly tries to befriend a lonely boy whose doctor parents keep him in isolation - but there's a reason for their actions.
Home (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Nicolas McCarthy; Stars: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Naya Rivera, Ashley Ricklands, Ava Acres, Wyatt Russell)
A real estate agent and her sister find themselves in danger in a house with a supernatural occupant.
The Signal The Signal
The Signal and All Cheerleaders Die
Housebound (Country: New Zealand; Year: 2014; Director: Gerard Johnstone; Writer: Gerard Johnstone; Stars: Morgana O'Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru, Cameron Rhodes, Millen Baird)
A failed criminal is placed under house arrest with her overbearing mother - and the house may be haunted.
I Survived A Zombie Holocaust (Country: New Zealand; Year: 2014; Director: Guy Pigden; Stars: Harley Neville, Jocelyn Christian, Ben Baker, Mike Edward, Andrew Laing)
A nerd hired as a runner tries to save the day - and the attractive caterer - when zombie extras on a film set start to get a bit too method.
Killer Mermaids (Nymph, Mamula) (Country: Serbia; Year: 2014; Director: Milan Todorovic; Stars: Kristina Klebe, Franco Nero, Natalie Burn, Dragan Micanovic, Miodrag Krstovic)
Young tourists who visit an abandoned fort once used by the Nazis encounter a seductive and deadly mythical creature.
The Last Showing (Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Phil Hawkins; Stars: Robert Englund, Finn Jones, Emily Berrington, Keith Allen, Chris Geere)
A couple attending a midnight movie screening are terrorised by a recently sacked projectionist bent on making his own horror film.
Late Phases (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Adrian Garcia Bogliano; Stars: Nick Damici, Ethan Embry, Tom Noonan, Tina Louise, Rutanya Alda)
A retirement community is threatened by werewolves.
Sin City: A Dame To Kill For Sin City: A Dame To Kill For
Sin City: A Dame To Kill For and Killer Mermaids
Life After Beth (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Jeff Baena; Writer: Jeff Baena; Stars: Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Alia Shawkat, Matthew Gray Gubler, Dane DeHaan, John C Reilly, Cheryl Hines, Molly Shannon, Thomas McDonell, Paul Reiser, Paul Weitz, Eva La Dare, Zoë Worth, Jenna Nye, Bechir Sylvain)
Beth dying makes life hard. Beth coming back makes it harder.
Open Windows (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Nacho Vigalondo; Stars: Elijah Wood, Neil Maskell, Sasha Grey, Ivan Gonzalez, Nacho Vigalondo)
A fan site webmaster is tricked into helping with a plan to kidnap an actress.
The Samurai (Country: Germany; Year: 2014; Director: Till Kleinert; Writer: Till Kleinert; Stars: Michel Diercks, Pit Bukowski)
A young police officer is drawn into a mysterious maniac's murderous plans.
Shockwave Darkside (Shockwave Darkside 3D) (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Jay Weisman; Stars: Bill Sage, Mei Melançon, Sonequa Martin-Green, Rich Ceraulo, Alexander Cendese)
Five soldiers try to defend the moon from the Unlight enemy that has conquered Earth.
The Signal (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: William Eubank; Writer: Carlyle Eubank, William Eubank, William Eubank, William Eubank, David Frigerio, David Frigerio, David Frigerio; Stars: Brenton Thwaites, Laurence Fishburne, Sarah Clarke, Lin Shaye, Olivia Cooke, Beau Knapp, Robert Longstreet, Jeffrey Grover)
Three college students disappear under mysterious circumstances while tracking a computer hacker through the Southwest.
Late Phases Late Phases
Late Phases and Life After Beth
Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (Sin City 2) (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez; Writer: Frank Miller; Stars: Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rosario Dawson, Bruce Willis, Eva Green, Powers Boothe, Dennis Haysbert, Ray Liotta, Christopher Meloni, Jeremy Piven, Christopher Lloyd, Jaime King, Juno Temple)
The Senator's power may be challenged and the femme fatale's allure may be slipping but Old Town remains a dangerous place in the neon nightscape of the graphic novel
Stage Fright (Country: Canada; Year: 2014; Director: Jerome Sable; Stars: Minnie Driver, Meat Loaf, Allie MacDonald, Douglas Smith, Kent Nolan)
A young woman takes over the stage musical role once performed by her murdered mother.
Starry Eyes (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Kevin Kolsch, Dennis Widmyer; Stars: Alex Essoe, Noah Segan, Pat Healy, Amanda Fuller, Shane Coffey)
A waitress desperate to become an actress is willing to do anything to land her dream role.
V/H/S: Viral (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Justin Benson, Gregg Bishop; Writer: Justin Benson, Gregg Bishop; Stars: Blair Redford, Carrie Keagan, Amanda Baker)
Fame-hungry teenagers feature in this latest found footage horror anthology.
Xmoor (Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Luke Hyams; Stars: Melia Kreiling, Nick Blood, Mark Bonnar, Olivia Popica, James Lecky)
American documentarians, hoping to film the legendary beast of Exmoor, attract the attention of a different kind of predator.
The Guest The Guest
The Guest and Housebound
Zombeavers (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Jordan Rubin; Writer: Al Kaplan, Jon Kaplan, Jordan Rubin; Stars: Bill Burr, Cortney Palm, Rachel Melvin, Hutch Dano, Rex Linn, Jake Weary, Lexi Atkins, Brent Briscoe, Robert R. Shafer, Peter Gilroy, Chad Anderson, Phyllis Katz)
You know the story: sexy teens head to a secluded lakeside cabin for a weekend of debauched fun, only to be menaced by a mysterious force picking them off one by one. But here, the culprit proves to be a horde of rabid zombie beavers.
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