Presented by McKibbins
Are You Afraid of Fantasia? 2024
Like the popular Canadian horror TV series ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? (1992 to 1996), this programme is an international anthology of short horror films that will thrill even the bravest of you. You'll discover the world premieres of Ori Guendelman's HOLD UP! and Noah Sterling's TINKERHELL, as well as MONSTER PARTY by Quebecer A. Burnett. International premieres include ROGER IS A SERIAL KILLER by Don Swaynos, starring Barbara Crampton, and the intriguing SAVE ME by Chinese director Di Liu. Also on the programme are three Canadian premieres: HOWL AT THE DEAD by Gregg Bishop, OUCH! by Zach Kornfeld and DARK SIGNALS by Izzy Lee. Rounding out the programme is AMYGDALA by Swedish director Oskar Johansson, and straight from France, COLEOPTERE by Martin Gouzou. – Marc Lamothe
Save Me
Di Liu
A man found a strange bottle in an empty public restroom toilet.
Monster Party
A. Burnett
A group of ghouls get together for a house party.
Dark Signals
Izzy Lee
Nightmares and reality blend when signals distort and collide.
Hold Up
Ori Guendelman
Eager to prove he's cool, Marcus bets he can rob the liquor store they sit parked in front of in exchange for an invite to a party later that night.
Tinkerhell
Noah Sterling
A young girl learns the consequences, after she incites the wrath of a very small and very deadly entity.
COLÉOPTÈRE
Martin Gouzou
A free and contemporary interpretation of “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka. Grégoire Samsa is a solitary young man, a building caretaker, always ready to help everyone, in order to exist.
Amygdala
Oskar Johansson
A mother and daughter move into an old family house. The daughter struggles to adjust to the house and, to the mother's great horror, begins feeling an increasingly intense attraction to a locked door upst...
Ouch!
Zach Kornfeld
A genre-heavy exploration of invisible illness (specifically: Ankylosing Spondylitis), as Zach struggles to accept that his disability is with him for life.
Roger is a Serial Killer
Don Swaynos
A podcaster implicates her step-father in a series of unsolved murders, which makes for a compelling show but an awkward family reunion.
Howl at the Dead
Gregg Bishop
When a family moves into a haunted house, their loyal pet dog struggles to protect them from the malevolent ghosts that only animals can see.