Fourth Annual Mad Monster Film Fest 2015 Schedule Released!

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Mad Monster Film Fest 2015 Schedule

Friday March 27th 2015

6:30pm Tales from the Other Side Short Film Block:

Disengaged
dir Christopher G. Moore
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Disengaged is a horror short about a determined young woman who faces a daunting task after a post-apocalyptic event leaves her suburban neighbors in a daze.

Quartet
dir Ryan Bijan

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When two roomates receive a mysterious package, they are tormented by silly pranks, terror and death.

Worldly Possessions
dir Robert W. Filion
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Stephen Drake’s sworn duty is to stop the demons from entering our world. But when a brutal murder brings Stephen back to his hometown, he will face a few demons of his own.

7:30pm The Orbs
dir Jesse K. Knight
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Wilbur lives a booze-ridden, smoke-filled life with Loraine.
The Orbs pass by them unnoticed, until one day…

"the Orbs" trailer from Jesse H Knight on Vimeo.

8:45pm Bee Sting
written by Matthew D. Smith & Jeremy Massie dir Will Grammer
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Based on the Graphic Novel by Matthew D. Smith and Jeremy Massie. Bee Sting is an homage to 80’s slasher films. Four teems go to summer camp but end up in the wrong place at the wrong time.

9:35pm Fun & Deadly Games Short Film Block:

Glory Days
dir Chris Baker

Patrick travels back in time to convince his younger self to stop partying so much.

Power Play
dir David Radford

A remnant group of wizards still get together to meet, but this time one of them has introduced something deadly to the gathering.

Let’s Get Out of Here
dir David Radford

How every horror film should have ended.

Alexandros the Great
dir Paul Streiner

World renowned Magician, Alexandros the Great, pulls out every trick in the book to win the affection of his lovely assistant.

10:10pm Hell on Earth Short Film Block:

Between Hell and a Hard Place
dir Jaysen Buterin
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La Valle de las Sombras. “The Valley of the Shadows.” A desolate and deserted stretch of countryside, just to the left of the middle of nowhere, and as far removed from “civilisation” as those that travel through it. For years, the valley was a dumping ground for all manner of things better left unseen, unsaid and unforgiven. “nothing but blood and bodies,” the few remaining locals would say. . . if they weren’t six feet under themselves.

So when two contract killers – one with a crisis of conscience and the other with no conscience at all – start to see things in the darkness and in the shadows, things that cannot possible be there, can they get out in time before they’re both stuck between Hell and a hard place?

Should the Day Ever Come
dir Pedro Santasmarinas
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“Se o Dia Chegar” (Should The Day Ever Come) takes us to a post apocalyptic world where Matilde and João, her father, are two of the few survivors left.
João’s unconditional love for Matilde and his eternal concern for her well being, force him to prepare his daughter for the worse. More than a horror story, this film focuses upon the relationship between a father and his daughter.

Matilde and her father João live in a devastated, post apocalyptic, world. Human presence is scarce. João makes an effort to prepare his daughter for the worse because he feels the end is near.

Se o Dia Chegar Official Trailer from Pedro Santasmarinas on Vimeo.

Immoral
dir Tyler Hosley

A perverted psychopath stalks a pregnant woman through his video camera after finding a satanic bible in the woods.

11pm – Cabaret Diabolique
dir Robert F Seawell IV
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Misfit Theatre Group’s latest all original exciting show Cabaret Diabolique, a show about a popular Vegas cabaret where the finale every night features an onstage murder. Is it real? Two detectives decide to investigate the popular show to find out and uncover a shocking truth about the shows leading stars and its web of madness. The show features live singing, amazing choreography, fabulous costumes, magic tricks and other surprises.

Saturday March 28th 2015

11:15am Tales from the Other Side Short Film Block:

Disengaged
dir Christopher G. Moore
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Disengaged is a horror short about a determined young woman who faces a daunting task after a post-apocalyptic event leaves her suburban neighbors in a daze.

Quartet
dir Ryan Bijan

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When two roomates receive a mysterious package, they are tormented by silly pranks, terror and death.

Worldly Possessions
dir Robert W. Filion
website

Stephen Drake’s sworn duty is to stop the demons from entering our world. But when a brutal murder brings Stephen back to his hometown, he will face a few demons of his own.

12:10 pm Bee Sting
written by Matthew D. Smith & Jeremy Massie dir Will Grammer
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Based on the Graphic Novel by Matthew D. Smith and Jeremy Massie. Bee Sting is an homage to 80’s slasher films. Four teems go to summer camp but end up in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Severin Films Double Feature Flashback!

Catch a special presentation of two hidden gems of North Carolina filmmaking with this Frederick R. Friedel double feature:

1:00pm Axe
dir Frederick Friedel

A group of three psychopaths on the run from the law go about terrorizing the local townsfolk of a small community before descending on an isolated farm which is home to a young girl named Lisa (Leslie Lee) and her paralyzed grandfather. After suffering much humiliation at the hands of the gang, Lisa takes a ghastly, murderous revenge.

2:15pm Kidnapped Co-Ed
dir Frederick Friedel

A woman living in a boarding house is kidnapped by a small-time criminal. Soon others in the gang try to take her away from him so they can get the ransom.

3:30pm Athena
dir Robert W. Filion
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Athena is about Carl whose life has crumbled, and who now exists as a shell of a man. His wretched existence is punctuated by the loss of his wife and all of the emotional scarring that has created. It’s also about Emily, who is not well herself. She may be slightly schizophrenic and manic depressive, but she’s doing fine in general… stable job, active social life. Things could be better, if only she had Carl. There is hope, however. Hope in the form of a voice which appears to Carl, then to Emily. That voice is Athena, but is she merely manipulating the situation, or is she genuinely attempting to help these two people? Life is messy, and she could be making things worse.

Athena Trailer from Robert W. Filion on Vimeo.

5:00pm Regional Premiere: Dark Star: H.R.Giger’s World
dir Belinda Sallin
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He feels at home in places we would flee from and lives his life among the very things we fear. Throughout his life, HR Giger had inhabited the world of the uncanny, a dark universe on the brink of many an abyss. It was the only way this amiable, modest and humorous man was able to keep his fears in check. Giger was merely the bearer of dark messages, charting our nightmares, drafting maps of our subconscious and molding our primal fears. A film with and about the internationally acclaimed and controversial painter, sculptor, architect and designer (Oscar for ‘Alien’).

7:00pm Regional Premiere: Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
dir Kiah Roache-Turner
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Barry is a talented mechanic and family man whose life is torn apart on the eve of a zombie apocalypse. His sister, Brooke, is kidnapped by a sinister team of gas-mask wearing soldiers & experimented on by a psychotic doctor. While Brooke plans her escape Barry goes out on the road to find her & teams up with Benny, a fellow survivor – together they must arm themselves and prepare to battle their way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters in a harsh Australian bushland.

9:00pm The Peripheral Sneak Preview with introduction by Lynn Lowry
dir J.T. Seaton

When a patient, Kenny, shows up at her home unexpectedly, Dr. Joanna Redding attempts to help him overcome his ‘irrational’ phobia of the creatures that he sees in his peripheral vision. Dr. Redding uses Exposure Therapy, forcing Kenny to face his fear. Of course, the creatures that terrify Kenny are very real – and very deadly. It’s a chilling discovery that Dr. Redding uncovers too late.

9:15pm Toxic Tutu Sneak Preview with introduction by Mark Torgl
dir Joe Nardelli
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TOXIC TUTU™ is a mockumentary feature film that chronicles the emergence of Mark Torgl, who starred as Melvin the Mopboy in the legendary cult film classic “The Toxic Avenger”.

After a thirty-year absence as the superhero and star of this Troma classic, a dark truth unfolds on-camera as Mark embarks upon a year-long journey into the monster convention circuit.

During this tour fans begin to speculate that the toxic wastes used on the set of the “Toxic Avenger” were real, causing concerns that Mark may have developed a hideous disfiguration, which, they surmise kept him in hiding all these years.

In Toxic Tutu you will discover secrets about occurrences that took place on the set of the original movie, and how this changed Mark’s life forever. The film also honors Troma fans and strays into themes such as: sexual exploitation; being different; and gratuitous violence making certain to avoid boring, politically correct rhetoric about these themes.

The film contains documentary style interviews with fans and guest celebrities, original narrative scenes with a mock docudrama feel, a blend of original newsreel footage and commentary, still photos and archive material all precisely edited to reach a shocking Good vs Evil climax that is wicked and unanticipated.

You will find great moments of pleasure and titillation woven into the realism of this Toxic Tutu experience. So, brace yourself for the unexpected…

9:30pm Honeyspider with introduction from writer Kenny Caperton!
dir Josh Hasty written by Kenny Caperton
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It’s Halloween day in 1989 and college student Jackie Blue wants to enjoy a quiet birthday in the midst of a chaotic semester at school. Her friend Amber has other ideas and persuades Jackie to come to the annual Monster Mash party on campus after her shift at the local movie theater. As murder plays out on the silver screen during the theater’s Halloween night Horrorthon, Jackie falls under a strange spell, all while a mysterious stranger watches over her every move. As the night unfolds, Jackie slowly unravels and everyone around her is turning up dead. Jackie finds herself helplessly trapped like prey in a spider’s web, and all she can do is try to survive the night!

11:00pm Hell on Earth Short Film Block:

Between Hell and a Hard Place
dir Jaysen Buterin
website
La Valle de las Sombras. “The Valley of the Shadows.” A desolate and deserted stretch of countryside, just to the left of the middle of nowhere, and as far removed from “civilisation” as those that travel through it. For years, the valley was a dumping ground for all manner of things better left unseen, unsaid and unforgiven. “nothing but blood and bodies,” the few remaining locals would say. . . if they weren’t six feet under themselves.

So when two contract killers – one with a crisis of conscience and the other with no conscience at all – start to see things in the darkness and in the shadows, things that cannot possible be there, can they get out in time before they’re both stuck between Hell and a hard place?

Should the Day Ever Come
dir Pedro Santasmarinas
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“Se o Dia Chegar” (Should The Day Ever Come) takes us to a post apocalyptic world where Matilde and João, her father, are two of the few survivors left.
João’s unconditional love for Matilde and his eternal concern for her well being, force him to prepare his daughter for the worse. More than a horror story, this film focuses upon the relationship between a father and his daughter.

Matilde and her father João live in a devastated, post apocalyptic, world. Human presence is scarce. João makes an effort to prepare his daughter for the worse because he feels the end is near.

Se o Dia Chegar Official Trailer from Pedro Santasmarinas on Vimeo.

Immoral
dir Tyler Hosley

A perverted psychopath stalks a pregnant woman through his video camera after finding a satanic bible in the woods

Midnight Dorchester’s Revenge: The Return of Crinoline Head
dir Tommy Faircloth
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A group of college students researching Dorchester Stewart, better known as the infamous killer Crinoline Head, return to the scene of the horrific murders that happened in 1996.

Dorchester's Revenge: The Return of Crinoline Head – trailer from Horse Creek Productions on Vimeo.

Sunday March 29th 2015

11:00am Film Fest Awards

11:00am Fun & Deadly Games Short Film Block:

Glory Days
dir Chris Baker

Patrick travels back in time to convince his younger self to stop partying so much.

Power Play
dir David Radford

A remnant group of wizards still get together to meet, but this time one of them has introduced something deadly to the gathering.

Let’s Get Out of Here
dir David Radford

How every horror film should have ended.

Alexandros the Great
dir Paul Streiner

World renowned Magician, Alexandros the Great, pulls out every trick in the book to win the affection of his lovely assistant.

Return of the Living Zombiefest kicks off!

12:00pm Special Encore Presentation of the Hit new Show from the CW iZombie presented by WCCB
dir Rob Thomas

A medical student finds that being a zombie has its perks, which she uses to assist the police. Based on the comic series from DC/Vertigo.

1:00pm Zombie Isle
dir Robert Elkins

In the 1970’s, a college class explores an “uninhabited” isle – only to discover a crazy Nazi scientist and hordes of flesh-eating zombies.

3:30pm Anger of the Dead
dir Francesco Picone
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“In a world ravaged by a rabies virus that turns people into hungry cannibals, Alice a pregnant survivor, along with two other men, struggles to reach an island unaffected by the plague. Meanwhile a dangerous man is on the trail of a mysterious girl, and Alice soon discovers that zombies are not the only threat…”