Spooky Empire: Rescheduled 2024

Witness the talent of these up-and-coming masters of terror! Parents strongly cautioned.
1. Catch and Exterminate: On a job gone wrong, spunky pest control employee Elliot finds herself in a chase with a paranormal being with a nasty bite. Filmmaker in attendance. (3 min)
2. Lavenza: When Lavenza, a 19th-century noblewoman, overhears her husband complaining about her looks, she turns herself into his ideal wife by thrifting the body parts from all the women he desires. (11 min)
3. Figura: A young woman, alone in a big house, attempts her nightly routine as eerie forces watch her closely. (4 min)
4. Wick: A young girl's life is inexplicably bound to a mysterious candle that, if extinguished, spells her doom. (6 min)
5. The What’s-Its-Face: A troubled young couple is sent to another world where they are met with a mysterious creature known as The What's-Its-Face. It claims that if they don't rebind in their marriage, they will be trapped forever. Filmmaker in attendance. (17 min)
6. AND WE’VE CALLED THEM: There are certain protocols to follow for Close Encounters Five. As long as you follow them step by step, you can have an effective experience. (2 min)
7. Ennui: A mysterious mime takes matters into his own hands to help a woman deal with her douchebag boyfriend. Filmmaker in attendance. (6 min)
8. Spiral: When psychologists use the groundbreaking hypnosis experiment Spiral on an amnesiac murder suspect, she unearths unsettling secrets that blur the line between reality and her surreal interpretation of her past. Filmmaker in attendance. (10 min)
9. Empty Soul: Eleni, driven by an insatiable void, starts eating various forms of art in a desperate attempt to find fulfillment. Eventually, she is forced to face the subconscious fears she has been desperately trying to suppress. (5 min)
10. Picturesque: Ruby's self-obsession triggers chaos when she alters her portrait, setting off a chain of events that threatens her very existence. Filmmaker in attendance. (2 min)