Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Los Feliz Theatre, Los Angeles
### **ABOUT THE EVENT:** Sinister encounters give way to the bizarre and absurd before plunging back into darkness. Ordinary lives unravel as strangers infiltrate homes, towns, and even minds, bringing chaos, horror, and sometimes comic twists. Fear, uncertainty, and the uncanny collide in this chilling journey through the unexpected perils that can arrive at your door…or perhaps from within yourself. ### **ABOUT THE FILMS:** **“The Shirt Off Your Back,” Dir. David Robinson-Smith, 9 Min, Australia** A dark fairytale about two brothers re-living a strange encounter with a man on Christmas Day, their memories shifting until the truth becomes something unknowable—something that quietly, irrevocably changes them. FORMAT: DCP **“Losing Season,” Dir. Gus Reed, 7 Min, USA** A woman left alone at her boyfriend’s house one morning after he’s left for work has a life-altering encounter with someone who shows up at the door and claims to have grown up there. FORMAT: DCP **“The Fairy Moon,” Dir. Craig Williams, 12 Min, UK** In a small English town, a man’s life unravels after a troubling roadside encounter with a sinister stranger. FORMAT: DCP **“Don’t Watch This,” Dir. Daniel Pineros, 14 Min, USA/Colombia** A woman slowly realizes she’s a character in a movie. As she spirals in terror, everyone around her dismisses her as delusional-unaware that she’s the only one who knows we are watching. FORMAT: DCP **“Yucky Guy,” Dir. Alan Resnick, 13 Min, USA** A wealthy couple find themselves in the deepest corners of REM sleep during a cozy midday nap. Meanwhile, a home intruder, equal parts beautiful and yucky, makes herself comfortable in their palatial mansion. Despite her best efforts, the couple proves very difficult to rouse. FORMAT: DCP **“Museum of Regret,” Dir. Skye Braband, 9 Min, USA** A television repair spirals into a surreal nightmare. FORMAT: DCP **“Open Wide,” Dir. Sam Fox, 10 Min, USA** Phoebe, a pious young woman questioning her faith, matches with a charming couple on a flirty dating app and discovers that her curiosity has lured her into a threesome from hell. FORMAT: DCP **“You Are Here,” Dir. Spencer Lackey, 8 Min, USA** A young man gets trapped in an uncanny universe where the resident creature keeps him from getting home to his mom. FORMAT: DCP **“Defile,” Dir. Brian Sepanzyk, 12 Min, Canada** A couple’s secluded getaway is interrupted by a visit from a strange family who exposes them to the horrors that lie beyond the tree line. FORMAT: DCP **“Man of the House,” Dir. Alex Henes, 8 Min, USA** An exhausted mom must face the monstrous truth about who – or what – her son becomes at night. FORMAT: DCP