Terror Film Festival
A listing of all the films that ever played at the Terror Film Festival in Philadelphia, PA from 2006 to present.
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- DirectorPatrick ReaStarsErin McGraneMeg SaricksEmily BoresowThe Maguire family is forced to take sudden refuge from a deadly tornado in a seemingly-abandoned storm cellar.
- DirectorJon BinkowskiStarsNeil Brown Jr.Arian AshMichele SimmsScare Zone is Oliver's pride and joy. Sure, it's just another strip-mall Halloween Horror House, but as always, he's put his heart and soul into it. The attraction is open for three nights only, and Oliver has brought back his old staff, including ex-con Spider, eager bride-to-be Summer, and the enigmatic Goth princess Claire. A bunch of newbies are also on board, including earnest young Darryl, who immediately finds himself bewitched by the creepy Claire. The dysfunctional 'scream team' learns to work together while someone or something is out to make the horror REAL.
- DirectorBart MastronardiStarsWilliam ArchielloHenry BorrielloRaine BrownFangoria Magazine's OCT. issue 267, introduced this upcoming independent horror movie. Vindication is an independent horror movie striving to raise the bar within the low budget financing of filmmaking. Still in post-production as of April 2008 and using the Panasonic's DVX100B mini-DV camera for production, Vindication is Bart Mastronardi's feature length psychological horror movie, based on his short of the same title. A morality tale about a young man whose attempt at suicide fails causing his guilt to manifest into reality. Vindication is due out in the fall of 2008. Guilt Shows No Mercy!
- DirectorJessi GottaStarsJessi GottaBrian SillimanAlyssa SimonA survivor of the zombie apocalypse is about to discover that 'Till Death Do Us Part' was just the beginning.
- DirectorTom MatteraDavid MazzoniStarsCloris LeachmanTara ReidJoshua OrmondTells the story of a young boy and his family who are terrorized by an unseen presence.
- DirectorJason StoddardStarsLeslie EasterbrookKane HodderJ.D. HartA story of incomprehensible abuse delivered by an explosively violent mother of four. Journey through the mind of a child that experiences a living hell, defined and defended by the twisted religious beliefs of her mother.
- DirectorAndy MuschiettiStarsVictoria HarrisBerta RosIrma MonroigA young girl wakes up and tells her sister that their mother has returned home.
- DirectorDamien LeoneStarsMarie MaserMike GiannelliMichael ChmielAfter witnessing a brutal murder on Halloween night, a young woman becomes the next target of a maniacal entity.
- DirectorJonathan MartinStarsWendy MacyMichele Turner WilsonMissy HillWhen Dorothy is invited over to the Poe's on Halloween night, no one ever told her about their decomposing, comatose mother living in the upstairs bedroom. She'll wish somebody had when the storm hits, and Mother wakes up.
- DirectorEdgar JimzStarsSean MoralesAnthony PieriniRee James MerrillA former man of God, Joseph Ortiz, comes into contact with a vicious demon that has been out to ruin him for years. Joseph in now torn between what little faith he has and the reality that is now set before him in the form of a very possessed your child.
- DirectorRay DavisStarsBrea BeeNathan LogueDan ZubrzyckiA troubled student finds sanctuary in a room where violent desire can be unleashed without risk.
- DirectorJim HaigneyStarsSusie AndersonTaryn HoughJim LudoviciAre they witches? Aliens? Angels? Kate and Karen are two mysterious women, possessing otherworldly powers, who intervene and tamper with the lives of random strangers. They give these strangers the shift, a nudge towards the next stage of evolution. Sometimes the shift is subtle and graceful, and other times it is a forceful reckoning. And then the two women vanish as quickly as they appeared. Despite their great power, Kate and Karen hide some dark secrets of their own.
- DirectorTaryn HoughStarsUlf BjorlinBen BlairJaclyn CarmichaelNot everything is as it seems when Scully and Mulder, no relation to Dana or Fox, move into the 'perfect' planned community. They soon cross paths with a mysterious package sent to an address that doesn't exist. Mundane situations gradually begin to get off kilter for the pair, and with Mulder's curiosity piqued, the duo decides to solve the mystery behind Unit 30. In the vein of Tales From the Crypt/Darkside, Unit 30 is a campy mystery with a surprising conclusion.
- DirectorTaryn HoughStarsJaclyn CarmichaelBlake HogueTaryn HoughPandora gets more than she bargained for when she uses a new electronic device that promises to 'attract others towards her'.
- DirectorTaryn HoughStarsAlan BlackneyEric PiroozTheodoreNight Terrors is a short film about a young man who experiences disturbing dreams. Can he figure out the difference between reality and a dream before it's too late?
- DirectorMike TurnerStarsLaura DunnGrace ExperienceMax CookTwo sisters, lost in the Vermont woods, must attempt to cross a vast marsh before sundown and come to grips with the terrible tragedy that took place there when they were children. As the mist gathers and night falls, they are haunted by ghosts of their past and the evil lurking along the muddy banks of - Dead Creek.
- DirectorRichard DutcherStarsVing RhamesAva GaudetKristopher ShepardWhen the young woman Emma Carillo is stabbed five times, paramedic Marcus Galan feels a great empathy for her and unsuccessfully tries to save her life in the Mercy Hospital. Meanwhile the near death patient Caroline Kuntz awakens; kills two people; and leaves the hospital. When Marcus arrives home, he finds his suicidal wife Carla cheating on him with a stranger. The next morning, Marcus goes to a hearing due to mistreatment and the death of the prostitute Elizabeth Markham. Private detective Carruthers is assigned to investigate the case. Meanwhile Caroline visits Carruthers' son Vic.
- DirectorKevin CorcoranStarsSusie AndersonJim HaigneyJanet BentonMurder! The director of the County Institute of Science is found dead in her office, clutching a handful of feathers. A pool of blood, a locked door, no witnesses-the local constabulary is confounded. The Institute's eccentric sponsor convenes a séance in hope of discovering the truth. Can the victim return from beyond the grave to offer a clue to her own demise? And if she does, will she come alone?
- DirectorDavid UpdikeStarsKevin ResnickJ. CenterTenley BankA man tries to commit suicide, but meets the character of Death, who appears as a stuffy English professor who picks apart the man's suicide note and sends him back for a rewrite.
- DirectorKevin CorcoranStarsSusie AndersonSam CaggiulaJim HaigneyIn the dark offices of Advanced Systems Incorporated, four sleep-starved software engineers are forced to work through the night. Slowly at first -- and then with growing paranoia -- the four begin to suspect that their manager is a voodoo zombie master exercising supernatural control over their thoughts and actions. The fiendish plot must be stopped! But without sleep, the night just keeps getting weirder and weirder.
- DirectorKevin CorcoranStarsKathy AgostinelliWoody AikenSusie AndersonOne morning, Adam Ford wakes to discover a crack in his head. As the crack continues to grow, Adam loses his grip on normal life and slips into a dreamlike, industrial underworld.
- DirectorZane HershbergerStarsDanielle DeMarcoTatiana DuffyKati LightholderA group of women happily perform a séance for fun one night. But what they conjure changes the game.
- DirectorDavid WinningStarsBruce DernCindy SampsonNicolas WrightA young girl finds out some disturbing supernatural truths about her father, who has been a suspect to multiple murder cases.
- DirectorDavid FieldStarsLeslie BornsteinAngela Marie RoyAn isolated elderly woman, in desperate need of stimulation, conjures an infestation of silk-spinning caterpillars, thus leading her to a mind-bending epiphany. 'Caterpillar' is a cerebral drama, filmed in the historical Wynkoop House, famous for housing George Washington. The crew consists of highly esteemed artists working across a wide spectrum of disciplines. This includes special effects artist, Ben Bornstein (300, The Fighter), visual effects artist Greg Silverman (Black Swan), and editor, Corey Bayes (Haywire, Contagion, The Informant, Che). From storyline through production, Caterpillar is an ode to the creative process. This film is a must-see for anyone who has ever submitted to their imagination and felt transformed by an idea.
- DirectorShane FreeStarsDan HomeijerMatt KawczynskiWhitney PowellTwo friends buy, what looks to be, an antique table before discovering it has a far more sinister purpose.
- DirectorChris McGuinnessStarsYolanda ArroyoJim ChlopeckiRiley Rose CritchlowLance Red, the creator of Serial TV, is a fugitive wanted for aiding and abetting murders during the show. Serial TV is in essence, "The Real World" with serial killers. Initially, the serial killers follow their contractual obligations to not harm their house mates, but frustrations soon get the better of them and they begin to murder the show's crew. In order to cover up the murder and keep the most highly rated show on TV alive, Lance decides to hide the bodies.
- DirectorBaron CrazeStarsJillian HitchcockA recapping of the festival covering years 2006 to 2012, showcasing still promo artwork, stills of movie posters, and images of Directors, Writers, and Actors from those films showcased in this brief trailer. The short film (video) covers over 30 films. Also, present is the host Princess Horror of both the video and of the actual festival which occurs annually in Philadelphia, PA. in addition, the film presents images of the Claw Awards, Parties and Signings, without any velvet ropes.
- DirectorMartin BinderStarsChris StevensRob F. Hercik IIITom DwyerHunter and Trevor are new roommates at college. After a falling out over a girl, Trevor talks Hunter into going to his hometown for a weekend in the country. Things take a turn for the worse when they stop at a Quick Shop to go to the bathroom, and proceed to get locked in the store and stalked by the shopkeeper.
- DirectorRichard Bates Jr.StarsTessa FerrerKaren TiegrenPaul FahrenkopfA neglected teen takes refuge in the dreams that used to haunt her and orchestrates a shocking plan to prove her worth to her disapproving parents.
- DirectorGregg HoltgreweStarsNajarra TownsendJonas GoslowDavid CoralTakes place at a Northern Minnesota lake cabin where a brother and sister visit their father and step-mom. As the first night unfolds with uncomfortable small-talk and tension, tragedy strikes.
- DirectorJavier MelendezStarsJesse KamienCheryl McMahonRichard MoriartyMonette hasn't been to church in years, yet he finds himself sitting in a confessional booth. A troubling series of events involving his cheating wife, $125,000 and a mysterious hitchhiker has him telling a priest his life story and how one solitary ride through the New England country side has turned his world upside down.
- DirectorDenis Rovira van BoekholtStarsAriel CasasMaia JenkinsonMingo RàfolsA short-film half way between horror and Sci-Fi. The feared consequences of global warming are at their peak when one man crosses the New Sea trying to save his daughter from the clutches of death. A tale about going beyond the limits of the human race and the survival of the species.
- DirectorEmiliano RanzaniStarsOmar RameroAlessio VacchiA young man discovers a horrible secret hidden inside a cabin in the woods.
- DirectorBrad SchafferStarsEvan HydeOfficer Huckiss, a short tempered Texas Sheriff, uses his cowboy logic to recklessly defeat a race of condescending, cocoon dwelling critters.
- DirectorAlec AstenStarsRon PalilloBrian EllsworthJoe GrammBased on an old legend from Norwich, Connecticut... An 18th Century recluse commits a violent deed that taints the fruit of his apple orchard with the blood of guilt.
- DirectorDave CampfieldStarsDave CampfieldPaul ChomickiDeron MillerIn this interstitial comedy/horror film, Caesar Denovio (Dave Campfield) and his half brother Otto Denovio (Paul Chomicki) take on duties as Santa and his elf. However, the bodies begin to pile up when a fellow store Santa (CKY's Deron Miller) develops a vendetta against them, and he soon turns Caesar's list of Dinner guests into a list of Xmas-inspired victims! Features cult movie icons Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens, Lloyd Kaufman, Joe Estevez (brother of Martin Sheen), Felissa Rose and Robert Z'Dar.
- DirectorMichael SheltonStarsEric Peter-KaiserSam SkorynaMichele MorrowA young serial killer preys on families during lightning storms.
- DirectorDavid GazAnnelie WilderStarsBronson PinchotTippi HedrenDarin HeamesThis is how it works: In nature, the heat and pressure of the earth turns coal into diamonds over a period of thousands of years. Industrial diamonds are created by processing coal in a machine that mimics the heat and pressure of the earth. Because coal is the carbonized remains of prehistoric plants and animals, it is made up of the same chemical components found in all other organic life forms, including human beings, so, what would happen if cremated human remains were used instead of coal?
- DirectorScott ThomasStarsDavid ChisumKristen KerrKevin J. O'ConnorA mad scientist is transferring a dead woman in a freezer with an armed guard on a plane to Paris. After slight turbulence, the freezer breaks down and she awakens, turns into a zombie, and infects all on board.
- DirectorBryan NortonAntonio PadovanStarsHelen RogersTyler RossellBrazenJack's favorite babysitter Elizabeth introduces him to the art of pumpkin carving on Halloween night. Nothing will ever be the same.
- DirectorMark RiccheChristian StavrakisStarsJohn AmplasBryan BeardElizabeth BrokawA docu-thriller focusing on the life, brief career, and mysterious death of Maryland filmmaker Karl Atticus, referred to by some as the "godfather of the slasher film." Features interviews with various historians and aficionados including Eduardo Sanchez, director of "The Blair Witch Project," who in a 2008 interview posited the question: Why, for nearly four decades, has Atticus's story been practically eradicated from the annals of cinematic history?
- DirectorHeidi Miami MarshallStarsNansi AlukaBrian GleasonAndrew HamrickA Resistance member returns home to learn that the man she once loved now works for the government she is committed to overthrowing. Soon after, they are both arrested and are forced to choose between death and torture as the only way out.
- DirectorAdam KargmanStarsMandy Olsen CogmanThomas ConroyDorie GrayA woman's failed anesthetic during heart surgery leaves her fully conscious and able to feel all pain--but paralyzed and unable to warn anyone.
- DirectorMichael D'AnnaStarsJ.D. HartToni RobiderDana PoulsonA suburban family traveling the backroads of the southeast in search of historic roadside attractions finds more than they bargained for when they happen upon a rustic sideshow museum that houses a dark secret.
- DirectorBrett SullivanStarsAlanna ChisholmLauren RoyNick AbrahamDanielle, a young psychology student, is trying to rebuild her life when she sublets a century-old Victorian house. Unknowingly, she awakens an evil specter lurking in the dark recesses of her new home. To prove to her sister, Anna, that she isn't delusional again, Danielle sets out to document the haunting with horrifying results. She unleashes the soul of Edgar Crowe, a vicious child killer, who quickly seizes control of her life. Hungry to satisfy his taste for torturing boys, Crowe uses Danielle like a pawn to resurrect his ghastly "Panic Chair." Now, Anna faces an impossible task - destroy Crowe without destroying her sister. The solution comes to Anna, but is it buried too deeply in the long dead past for her to reach?
- DirectorAnneli GelbardFansu NjieStarsEric EricsonSaga GärdeLars G. SvenssonConstantly waking up but never awake, Theo finds it hard to differ the reality from his dreams.
- DirectorPaul SoletStarsLiza WeilBrian Austin GreenKatherine DisqueA woman must make a mother's ultimate choice when the dead baby she has carried to term returns to life... With an appetite.
- DirectorKevin ShulmanStarsKelsa KinslyChris VentJoseph GilbertAn American Journalist awaits her execution by beheading, from terrorist sleeper cell.
- DirectorThomas CarusoStarsBill ConningtonKelley Van DillaTanvir GopalA mild-mannered Jeffrey Dahmer-esque serial killer commits his final crime.
- DirectorNeil MeschinoStarsArdis CampbellRobert FattoriniChris GentileSet in 1984, when the war on drugs was at its height, the story concerns a strain of mold developed by the government to wipe out Colombian coca fields. Unfortunately, during a demonstration, the mold gets out of control and proves to be deadly to more than just vegetation.
- DirectorPaul CampionStarsAilsa BakerBeth CharlesworthPaul CampionA young couple unwittingly bring about the apocalypse - by possessed hamsters.