Devilworks at AFM17 With New Line Up

THE HOLLOW CHILD 
SUPERNATURAL HORROR CANADA 
Highly intelligent and malicious creatures known as The Hollow Ones live in the Woods and entice children with their hypnotic folklore music. Samantha, a young foster teen must fight to expose these dangerous supernatural impostors and save her younger sister who has been taken, otherwise her soul will be lost forever.

Reviews:
//Starburst "7 Stars"

Directed by Jeremy Lutter 

CAST: Jessica McLeod (Deathnote)
Hannah Cheramy (Colossal)
John Emmet Tracy (Olympus, The 100)
Genevieve Buechner (The 100, UnReal Series)

NEREUS 
SUPERNATURAL HORROR USA 

During a visit to friends, Sara begins having visions and is attacked by an unearthly creature in her friend’s swimming pool; she soon discovers that anyone who comes into contact with the water is in danger and she is driven to confront the mystical and malevolent creature lurking in the depths.

RESTRAINT HORROR THRILLER USA 
A young woman who has submerged her violent impulses for years, moves in with her new husband and his daughter. She starts to unravel, becoming obsessed with a book she believes parallels her own life. When she becomes unexpectedly pregnant, her demons emerge and as she loses control, the family is threatened by her sudden plunge into darkness.

 

Directed by Adam Cushman
Winner Best director Downtown LA
Winner Best Film Rhode Island International

CAST: Dana Ashbrook (Twin Peaks, Late Phases)

INCONTROL SCI/FI THRILLER CANADA 
Incontrol follows a group of university students who discover a device, that allows them to take control of others and experience the World through someone else's body. As they push the machine's abilities to its limits, they don’t realise their own lives have been manipulated & they descend into a nightmare with no return.  

Reviews:
//Starburst: “Incontrol is a slickly made piece of virtual reality with a hint of Flatliners"
//Sight and Sound: “...an increasingly paranoid sci-fi thriller!"

Directed by Kurtis David Harder 
Official Selection Calgary Film Festival and FrightFest London    

CAST: Levi Meaden (Pacific Rim: Maelstrom, Aftermath, The Killing)
Rory J.Saper (The Legend of Tarzan) 
Anja Savcic (Extraterrestrial) 

CUT SHOOT KILL HORROR USA 
Serena Brooks, an ambitious young actress signs on as the star of a horror film with a crew of filmmakers that have worked together for years. When the cast start disappearing, Serena has to become her character if she wants to survive. 

Reviews:
//Daily Dead “An indie horror diamond"
//Wicked Horror: “A load of heart and buckets of blood"

Directed by Michael Walker (The Maid's Room, Price Check, Chasing Sleep)
Official Selection Nocturna Madrid

CAST: Alexandra Socha (Red Oaks - Amazon Original, Royal Pain - Universal Cable Production)
Phil Burke (Hell on Wheels- AMC) 

RED CHRISTMAS HORROR AUSTRALIA 
A mother must protect her family on Christmas Day from a demented stranger who is hell-bent on tearing them apart. A rollercoaster of splatter unearths shattering secrets with a Silent Night setting.

Reviews:
//Variety "An energetic, candy-colored romp!"
//Bloody Disgusting "Red Christmas has style out the ass"
//Hollywood News  ‘Craig Anderson’s feature debut is a wonderful mix of oxymorons and devilish twists’.

Directed by Craig Anderson
Official Selection Fantasia, FrightFest

CAST: Dee Wallace (Cujo, E.T, The Hills Have Eyes, The Howling, Critters)

THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY THRILLER ACTION USA

Thriller inspired by the novel from G.K Chesterton, Father Smith is called to Rome for spiritual rehabilitation, only to find himself thrown into the Roman Underworld, in a World battle between good and evil, god and the devil.

Directed by Balazs Just 
Official Selection Edinburgh Film Festival, Austin Film Festival

CAST: Ana Ularu (Emerald City, Inferno, Chosen)
Francois Arnaud (Rabid Dogs, The Borgias)
Jordi Molla (Riddick, Criminal, Elizabeth)

THE SHELTER THRILLER USA
A homeless man finds shelter for the night within a lavish abandoned two-story house. He eventually discovers that he is not alone and the house or something in the house won't let him leave.

Reviews:
//LA Times: ‘'A concise genre piece that doubles as a heavily metaphorical character sketch’'
Horror News: ‘' A thinking man’s horror film and is smart as it is entertaining’'

Directed by John Fallon
Official Selection Frightfest, Sitges

CAST: Michael Paré (Checkmate, The Vatican Tapes, Battle of the Drones)

POPULATION ZERO THRILLER CANADA 
In 2009 three young men were killed in a remote part of Yellowstone National Park. Authorities never found the murderer. Hours after the trio were gunned down, Dwayne Nelson confessed to the crime. Despite this Nelson was allowed to go free because of an American Constitution loophole. 

REVIEWS:
//Hollywood Reporter “An ambitious Next-Generation spin”
//Hollywood News “Sometimes real life can be way more unsettling than anything committed to fiction”

Directed by Julian T. Pinder, Adam Levins
Official Selection Frightfest, Newport Beach 

PEELERS HORROR ACTION CANADA
A small town strip club owner must defend her bar, her strippers and her life when violent Zombies show up on the final closing night and all hell breaks loose. 

REVIEWS:
//Dread central: "A full blown Zombie infiltration and nude action on high heels!"

FESTIVALS:
Official Selection Sitges, A Night of Horror Fantastic Planet, FantaFest, Starburst International