Something spooktacular is brewing! We are excited to share some epic genre-defying films directed by Film Fatales members for you to get all dressed up for...
Make sure you grab a buddy though, you never know!
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Bleed with Me directed by Amelia Moses
During a winter getaway at an isolated cabin, a self-destructive young woman becomes convinced that her best friend is stealing her blood.
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Blood Hunters directed by Tricia Lee
Ellie, a single mother, overdoses and wakes up in a medical facility only to discover that everyone around her is dead and she is somehow nine months pregnant.
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Censor directed by Prano Bailey-Bond
Film censor Enid takes pride in her meticulous work, guarding unsuspecting audiences from the deleterious effects of watching the gore-filled decapitations and eye-gougings she pores over. Her sense of duty to protect is amplified by guilt over her inability to recall details of the long-ago disappearance of her sister, recently declared dead in absentia. When Enid is assigned to review a disturbing film from the archive that echoes her hazy childhood memories, she begins to unravel how this eerie work might be tied to her past.
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HazMat directed by Lou Simon
It's been years since a chemical plant accident killed 138 employees including Jacob's father, a fact that has made Jacob obsessed with the plant ever since. Jacob's friends lure him to the plant to play a prank on him in hopes that he will come to his senses and realize the plant is not haunted. When Jacob discovers that he has been duped, he snaps, picks up an ax and goes on a rage filled killing spree. His friends and everyone else in the building have to hide and fight for their lives from this disturbed ax wielding maniac.
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How I Met Your Murderer directed by Emily Dell
Mack Meyer (Rachele Schank) has built a large fanbase discussing true crime on her wildly successful podcast "How I Met Your Murderer". However she finds herself the center of the story after learning her husband (Billy Armstrong) was involved in the death of his high school sweetheart, LILY. With the help of her new neighbor, Oliver (Chris Zylka) and podcast producer June (Nicole Jia), Mack links Lily's death to other murders and fears her husband may be a serial killer.
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I Blame Society directed by Gillian Horvat
A razor-sharp satire of the pitfalls of post-#MeToo culture in Los Angeles. At once hilarious and genuinely disturbing, Horvat's film delves into the psyche of a young woman trying to believe in her dreams and herself... and facing the darkness that lurks inside in this macabre Cinderella story.
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Jack The Reaper directed by Kimberly Seilhamer
A group of unsuspecting teens face a railroad reaper in his desert carnival.
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Kaali Khuhi directed by Terrie Samundra
Shivangi, a 10 year old girl, must save her family's village in Punjab from the restless ghosts of its horrific past.
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Lillith's Awakening directed by Monica Demes
A sexually repressed woman embraces her dark side, experiencing her wildest fantasy.
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Lucky directed by Natasha Kermani
Follows May, a self-help book author with all the answers, who suddenly finds herself stalked by a threatening but elusive masked man, and caught in a struggle to get help from the people around her and maintain control over her own life.
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My Summer as a Goth directed by Tara Johnson-Medinger
A coming-of-age story about the sometimes painful—often entertaining—search for identity and love in adolescence.
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Relic directed by Natalie James
When elderly mother Edna (Robyn Nevin), inexplicably vanishes, her daughter Kay (Emily Mortimer) and granddaughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) rush to their family's decaying country home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house in her absence.
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Shook directed by Jennifer Harrington
A social media personality becomes the target of an online terror campaign.
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Slaxx directed by Elza Kephart
The story of a possessed pair of jeans brought to life to punish the unscrupulous practices of a trendy, uber self-righteous clothing company, Canadian Cotton Clothiers.
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Slumber Party Massacre directed by Danishka Esterhazy
In a reimagining of Roger Corman's 1982 slasher film, a slumber party turns into a bloodbath, as a serial killer wielding a power drill disrupts the fun.
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The Blue Eyes directed by Eva Aridjis
In this supernatural suspense film, Karen Fisher and Paul Henderson, a young American couple, travel to Chiapas, Mexico on holiday. While there they have an encounter with a witch that changes their lives forever.
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The Purgation directed by Elaine Chu
Ever since she was a little girl, Iris has wanted to be a filmmaker. For the last five years though, she's been trapped working in reality television, directing episodes for a series that's barely able to compete with Ghost Hunters. Iris sees her big chance to prove herself when gets sent on assignment to her hometown of Black Falls, a small town harboring an abandoned insane asylum that has a dark history of excessive shock therapy. Filming inside the asylum brings back childhood memories for Iris, memories of sneaking into the asylum with her friends to shoot homemade horror movies. Little does Iris know, her life is about to imitate her art.
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The Ranger directed by Jenn Wexler
A group of Punk-styled friends, fuelled by a hallucinogenic drug called Echo, runs afoul of the law and an unhinged park ranger.
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V/H/S/94 co-directed by Jennifer Reeder
After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police swat team launch a high intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.
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Vampires in Venice directed by Deborah Goodwin
A naive young actor must defend his humanity against the resident blood suckers and Fans of the undead in Venice, CA.
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XX co-directed by Jovanka Vuckovic
Four horrific tales of terror: In "The Box," a boy (Peter DaCunha) starts to display strange behavior after looking inside a mysterious gift box. In "The Birthday Party," a woman (Melanie Lynskey) refuses to let an untimely death ruin her son's bash. In "Don't Fall," an innocent camping trip turns deadly, and in "Her Only Living Son," a mother (Christina Kirk) must deal with the child from hell.
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