2015 Dances with Films Lineup Includes The Horror, All I Need, Shevenge, Bad Exorcists, and More!
The Dances with Films Festival is dedicated to truly independent films and the filmmakers behind them, and its 18th year kicks off May 28th, running through June 7th in Los Angeles, California. Several films we’ve mentioned here on Dread – both features and shorts – are part of the 2015 lineup so we wanted to make sure the event is on your radar should you live in the area. Documentaries and music videos (they still make those?) are also on the schedule.
Dances with Films 18 will be presented at the Chinese 6 Theatres in the heart of Hollywood, 6801 Hollywood Boulevard. Here are a few of the horror highlights in order of their screenings. This is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the overall list so be sure to hit the above link for all the details, and “like” Dances with Films on Facebook for even more info.
ALL I NEED – FRIDAY | MAY 29TH @ 9:30PM (WEST COAST PREMIERE)
WRITER/DIR: Dylan K. Narang
PRODS: Dylan K. Narang, Jeffrey J. Robinson
CAST: Caitlin Stasey, Markus Taylor, Holly Twyford, Rachel Melvin, Sorel Carradine, Leah McKendrick
An insecure young woman must overcome her captor to save her own life, all the while not knowing the sinister reason she’s really being held.
LARRY GONE DEMON – FRIDAY | MAY 29TH @ 11:45PM (WEST COAST PREMIERE) – Part of MIDNIGHT SHORTS
WRITER/DIR: Matthew John Lawrence
PRODS: Matthew John Lawrence, Michael Lawrence, Kristina Berger, Nicholas Santos
CAST: Charles Parker Newton, Jeffrey Riddle, Kristina Berger, Ryan Conrath
A frenetic, punk-rock nightmare centering on one asshole of a roommate. When three twenty-somethings must deal with the incorrigible and incredibly demonic Larry, they risk life and limb in an attempt to save the soul of their once kind and unassuming friend while also procuring his five hundred dollars in back rent. Black metal, excrement, Russian gangs, bowling priests, and aborted fetuses collide in this riotous horror-comedy.
THE PERIPHERAL – FRIDAY | MAY 29TH @ 11:45PM – Part of MIDNIGHT SHORTS
WRITER/DIR: JT Seaton
PRODS: Kris Brown, JT Seaton
CAST: Lynn Lowry, Randy Frank
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. Of course, the creatures that terrify Kenny are very real – and very deadly. It is a horrifying discovery that Dr. Redding uncovers all too late.
SHEVENGE – SATURDAY | MAY 30TH @ 7:15PM (WEST COAST PREMIERE) – Part of COMPETITION SHORTS GRP 3
DIR: Amber Benson
WRITER: David Greenman
PRODS: Amber Benson, Megan Lee Joy, Don Money, Emme Rylan, Ryan Sanson, Jessica Sherif
CAST: Emme Rylan, Jessica Sherif, Megan Lee Joy, Eugene Byrd, David Blue, Dove Meir
From “Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s” Amber Benson comes this twisted, darkly comedic, genre-bending tale of revenge. A revenge of the worst kind – Shevenge!
THE HORROR (review here) – SATURDAY | MAY 30TH @ 11:45PM (WORLD PREMIERE)
DIR: Jerry J White III
WRITER: Raymond Creamer
PRODS: Kyle Mattocks, Jerry J White III, Raymond Creamer, Sarah Carman
CAST: Raymond Creamer, Lexi Moeller, Chris Oliver, Schell Michael, Callie Ott
After their parents’ death, Malcolm and Isabel Rademacher travel to Michigan to shutter their family’s lake house for winter. While there, they discover that they aren’t alone and are made to fight for their survival, a fight that will continue long after the violence ends.
THE MAN IN THE SHADOWS – MONDAY | JUNE 1ST @ 7:15PM (WORLD PREMIERE)
DIR: Josh Fraiman
WRITER: Adam Tomlinson
PRODS: Brigitte Kingsley, Andrew Cymek, Tasso Lakas, Adam Tomlinson
CAST: Sarah Jurgens, Nick Baillie, Adam Tomlinson
Based on thousands of true stories, a newlywed photographer is stalked by a dark man in a brimmed hat who followers her from her nightmares and into reality. Her life in shambles and sanity slipping, she meets a mysterious man claiming to know the shocking secrets of the Hat Man.
21 DAYS – FRIDAY | JUNE 5th @ 11:45PM (LOS ANGELES PREMIERE)
WRITER/DIR: Kathleen Behun
PRODS: Kathleen Behun, Jessica Villegas Lattuada, Fernando Barreda Luna
CAST: Max Hambleton, Whitney Rose Pynn, Mickey River
Three filmmakers embark on a paranormal challenge by barricading themselves in a house so haunted no one has been able to live in it more than 21 days, in order to film the supernatural phenomena which presumably occur… but nothing can prepare them for the evil that lies in wait…
BAD EXORCISTS – SATURDAY | JUNE 6TH @ 11:45PM (SO CAL PREMIERE)
WRITER/DIR: Kyle Steinbach
PRODS: Kyle Steinbach, Louie Sloss, Zach Shivers
CAST: Sean Roney, Alex Knapp, Julian Master, Claire Berger, Suzanna Akins, Suzanne-Owens Duval, Mia Schauffler
A trio of awkward teens aim to win a horror festival by making their own movie but wind up getting their actress possessed in the process. The boys are in for a raucous and hilarious weekend as they try to save the girl and finish the film, all while navigating the treacherous world of high school. Demons, meet the socially awkward.
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