Looking at Speculative Fiction from Another Dimension.

Mad Monster Party Film Festival 2019

View the full event and film schedule on the official Mad Monster Party website.

After the Lethargy by Marc Carreté

 

Sara (Andrea Guasch) travels to the hot spot where one of the most extraordinary contacts with extraterrestrials in history supposedly took place. A forest ranger (Joe Manjón) and a sinister villager (Ramon Canals), accompany the girl, helping her to overcome the dangers that nature entails. However, despite good intentions, they will soon be attacked by a creature that lives in the depths of the forest, being forced to take refuge in an old abandoned military barracks.

The Astronomers by Anil Dhokai

 

During a meet-up for their astronomy club, two kids discover they are being watched by something from beyond the stars.

Belladonna by Brett Mullen

 

Belladonna is a monster film based around the “Lamia” in ancient Greek Mythology. With tones of giallo films of the past, Belladonna tells a story of a once child-eating snake, who has found a way to stay hidden in the modern world.

Beautiful Bunkers by Boone Cavender

Artemis has lived 15 years in a Cold War Bunker living on food pills and working on paperwork that is delivered through a pneumatic tube. Her only communication with the outside world is through a cb radio. Her daily routine is interrupted by her fear of what may have happened to her childhood friend Linda, who hasn’t been responding for the last several days.

Bitch, Popcorn & Blood by Fabio Soares

 

At Salt’ n Sugar, a popcorn bar in the middle of nowhere, LILY a bored waitress, is going to turn her life around when two fishy strangers show up in the bar.

A mix of onirism, violence and dark humor, Bitch, Popcorn & Blood is simply the weapon that everyone has dreamt of being one day.

Carnival of Sorrows by Mark Adams

 

In 2014 a small English town was terrorized by a supernatural Carnival of murderers and sadists… events were hidden in whispers and rumour… but now, at last, the truth will be revealed.

From the Case Files of Gabriel Cushing and Melanie Lancley, England’s most prominent paranormal investigators, comes…

CARNIVAL OF SORROWS

When Gabriel gets a call from an old friend of his father’s, Dr Albert Parker, he and his student Melanie head off to investigate. But when they arrive, Dr Parker is missing and something is preying on the unsuspecting town.

Jenny Marwick is struggling to get by after the loss of her mother. It’s hard enough coping with college and losing touch with her friends but now she’s hearing creepy music and having unsettling dreams.

As they delve deeper they reveal the Carnival’s disturbing past and frightening portents of its future. With each step they fall further into a world inhabited by demonic clowns, freakish living dolls and other twisted creatures. And Gabriel learns, the hardest demons to face are your own.

Closing Time by Adam York

 

Jerry Faulk is an aging bartender at a roadhouse dive bar who on a particularly slow night has a chance encounter with a very unusual patron named Michael. As the lonely night rolls on, the two find that while they have more in common than they could have ever expected, nothing about this encounter is exactly as it seems.

The Curse of the Great Melinda by Mick Turpin

 

A punk/rock mortician tells a story in anthology style about three friends that discover the secluded burial spot of a controversial magician called The Great Melinda. A magician that was rumored to be supernatural before mysteriously vanishing 60 years ago. One wants to go grave robbing for fortunes, the others want a secluded spot to seek revenge, but The Great Melinda has other plans. They soon discover that some rumors are true and should stay buried.

Dead Celebrities by Michael Fausti

 

Meet Mick, he’s a psychopath who wants to be famous and he’s found a way of achieving his dream… But Mick is no ordinary killer, he knows a secret. A secret he shares with Elvis Presley, Jim Morrison, Judy Garland & other dead celebrities…

Entity Project by Jandae Percem

 

Mrs. and Mr. Anderson used to live in a home in upstate NY and used their home to also practice exorcisms. Andersons moved out of this house due to paranormal events that started happening and bothering them late at night, and every person who rented the home had similar experiences. Jandae, a young driven director decides to gather five of his girlfriends for a fun time in the house and also to capture paranormal events in order to make a documentary about the house. They definitely do have a fun time in the house.. but they also end up coming face to face with what the house has to offer them.

The Eve by  Luca Machnich

 

Simon is an eight-year-old boy who seems to have everything from life. He’s a handsome child, he’s rich yet unhappy. He senses that there’s something wrong with his life and this leads him to wander off thanks to his fervid imagination. His greatest wish is to leave the materialistic world behind since he isn’t fond of it. That’s why the only present he wants for Christmas is for Santa Claus to take him away to live in his fairyland toy factory. At the same time, a secret that his family has been keeping for a long time suddenly comes to the surface and it is feared that the worst might happen soon. The expectation for the stroke of midnight on the night before Christmas is transformed into reality for everyone on the eve of something truly different. Something terrible that might happen.

FILTH by Adam Ciolfi

 

Bloodied, bruised and left for dead a man will stop at nothing to exact gruesome revenge on those who wronged him.

FRAMED by Marc Martínez Jordán

 

On Alex’s farewell party with his friends, three strange invaders will kidnap them with the only goal of playing twisted mortal games while they stream it, turning all this insane torture into a viral show.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Theatre by Mary C. Russell

 

After spending most of the day trying to write but getting nowhere, a writer suffering with writer’s block takes a much needed break.

The Game of the Clock by Michele Olivieri

 

THE VICTIM is a teenage girl who visits a friend late at night. As she enters the empty house she finds herself involved in a survival game where she has to endure five minutes with a monster she must not look at, due to the game’s rules. The only information about the monster is held in several childish-like drawings that The Victim finds along the way, in which also bare the only clue to her survival.

Gruss Vom Krampuss by Whitney Modesta Collazo

 

A busy store owner is working and his mischievous daughter wishes to play. As the girl ventures out to the Christmas tree lot, she stumbles upon a stranger. The stranger is none other than the Christmas demon himself, Krampus!


Should the child meet her demise with the Christmas demon?

It’s Just a Game by Daniel Emery Taylor

 

Brianna (Hannah Cohen-Lawlor) is a shy, bashful teen who is constantly getting humiliated by the other girls in her social circle. Her circumstances change when she is kidnapped by a bizarre theatre cult intent on summoning an ancient witch.

I’ve Got My Mind’s Eye Set On You (and part of me knows what you’re thinking)

by Samuel Valenti

 

A woman obsessed experiences paranoia, the supernatural, and treachery in a twilight zone episode about the nature of questioning, knowing, and believing.

Knights of Bathory by Jason McGhinnis

 

Discover a truth drenched in blood.

Meat Sack by Stephen Gilliam

 

A killer is on the loose and he’s stealing people’s skin.

Nameless World by Cooper J

 

A victim’s resistance within the subconscious of a monster.

Noctámbulos (Night Owls) by Romén Rivero

 

In the middle of the night, a group of teenagers practice skateboarding without notice that somebody is watching them from the shadows. One of the girls separates from the group to return home through the lonely streets of the city and someone follows her.

The Not So Bright Vampire by Jim Zounis

 

The brief tale of a not so bright but curious Vampire and his sudden awareness to pain.

Occupied by Michael Austin

 

Jon has to stand up against his family’s demons when they succumb to a strange affliction that leaves him with unwanted guests.

Once Bitten by Pete Tomkies

 

Martha needs the toilet fixed in her hotel bathroom but there’s one problem: her plumber may be a vampire.

One Bite by Danilo Zambrano

 

Jake is meeting his girlfriend’s parents for dinner. What could go wrong?

Pepper Mill: The Drifer Comes To Town by Calvin T Gibbon

 

Returning after long absence to his hometown, the Drifter returns to Pepper Mill. One night he witnesses an unspeakable horror from another dimension attack a campsite. He tries to save the day but is unable to do so. When it comes time for him to tell his story, no one believes him. Can he find a way to change their minds in time?

 

Rattle by Patrick Rea

Two parents try to calm their crying baby.

Reborn by Julian Richards

 

A stillborn baby girl is brought back to life by a morgue attendant using electrokinetic power. On her sixteenth birthday, she escapes her captor and sets out to find her birth mother leaving a trail of destruction behind her.

Return to Return to Nuke ‘Em High Vol.2 by Lloyd Kaufman

 

Quentin Tarantino has been a fan and friend of Troma for years, and when he made Kill Bill in two volumes to create an “Event Film,” Lloyd Kaufman took note. “Michael Herz and I decided that to mark Troma’s 40th year we, too, would produce an ‘Event Film’ in two volumes just like Quentin did,” says Kaufman, “except slightly less lavish in the budget area.” Return to Nuke ‘Em High: Vol. 1 & 2, directed by Lloyd Kaufman, is a hilarious, thoughtful sci-fi “Event Film” with themes ripped straight from today’s headlines: the contamination and degradation of the world’s food supply, rampant bullying, and LGBTQ love triumphing over prejudice and violence. The film, a revisiting of Troma’s 1986 Class of Nuke ‘Em High is in the same vein as other classics such as Class of 1984, Rock ‘n’ Roll High School, and Carrie, but seen through the unique vision of Lloyd Kaufman and the Troma Team. Welcome to Tromaville High School where, unfortunately, the glee club has mutated into a vicious gang of Cretins. Chrissy and Lauren, two innocent lesbian lovers, must fight not only the Cretins, mutants and monsters but also the evil Tromorganic Foodstuffs Conglomerate. Can they and Kevin the Wonder Duck save Tromaville High School and the world?

S by Juan José Patón

 

Mary, a recent graduate, travels to Spain for an internship at a mental hospital. In addition to facing the difficulties of living in a foreign country, she will meet the first patient she must treat. This will affect her in a way she hadn’t expected.

The Sage by Ryan Murchison

 

A Sage protects her forest the only way she knows how.

Sanguine Addiction by Paul Streiner

 

Detective Frank Sullivan loses his sense of reality while on the hunt for a serial killer in the early 1970s.

The Scarlet Vultures by Kyle Martellacci

 

Episodes of euphoria lead a young woman to discover that within her is something more special than others.

The Scourge by Bryce Williams

 

A master inventor fights to protect his business from a store invasion, finding out their intentions are more sinister and personal than he could imagine.

The Smiling Strangers by Tom Bragg

 

After Nicholas Houghton kills a child in a car accident, he is tormented by a pair of evil beings.

Spooksbury by Jon Tewksbury

 

An awkward ghoul makes his television debut as he attempts to host his own late-night creature feature program from the basement of a local TV station.

Wettlaufers Widow by Kristian Moe

 

WHAT HAPPENED?

“I swear that everything I tell you is true.”

Agnes Wettlaufer reads too many stories. The police don’t believe her. A loving husband descends into murderous madness. Something doesn’t add up.

Listen in and follow her down.

 

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