EYES IN THE DARK (F)
Bjorn Anderson
Sammamish, Wa
Seven students decide to vacation at a mountain lodge looking for relaxation, beer and maybe a dip in the hot tub.  When they find a hidden cave and stumble on clues about an ancient legend, unsettling signs start to appear, and the lodge caretaker's strange behavior suggests that they may have crossed a frightening force.


DEAD START (F)
George Demick
Nashville, TN
What would you do if the dead came back to life to eat the living. That is the premise of Dead Start. Ann and Mark Savin slowly find out through TV that the dead are coming back. They must make life and death decisions. Do they board up the house or flee like their neighbors. When the dead rise nothing will be the same.

BLOODWOOD (F)
Joshua Siegal
Los Angeles
Nigel Thorne and the crew of the internet series "Hunting the Unknown" usually fake their encounters with mythological creatures and the paranormal. While filming an episode about Bigfoot, they make their first real discovery: a feral woman living wild in the forest. After capturing Jane Doe and learning that she was recently pregnant, Nigel vows to find "Big Papa" and leads the crew deeper into the forest. He finds more than he bargained for. The "Hunting the Unknown" crew are soon fighting for survival against Jane's family of feral cannibals.Their only hope for escape lies with wilderness guide Roy Henderson, an ex-soldier who is slowly losing his own humanity to the sickness that turns men and women into bloodthirsty beasts.

HICKS ROAD (S) (43 mins)
Julian P. Flores
San Jose, CA
The urban legend of Hicks Road has captured the minds and thoughts of many residents in San Jose, California. And especially the imagination of four college students that grew up hearing the story again and again. These four curiosity seekers attempt to find out what is really going on in the shadows of Hicks Road. But little do they know that what lies ahead will haunt and change them for the rest of their lives...

TRIPPIN (F)
Devi Snively
Los Angeles,CA
In 2005, six friends road-tripped to a remote cabin in the woods with deadly results.  A year later, the sole survivor met directrix Devi Snively in a bar and offered the rights to his story for a case of beer and a role in the movie. trippin' is that movie.  So prepare yourself for a little sex, a little gore, and some good and bad times with some good and bad buds. "It's The Big Chill for a Kevin Smith generation with a puppet!"

DEADNECKS:TRILOGY OF BLOOD (F)
Rick Kelley
Finksburg,MD
The plot revolves around three young ladies (Elyse Carr, Tisha Gardner, and B-movie 'starlet' Brenna Lee Roth)-who pick up a redneck hitch- hiker (Joey) in the backwoods of Virginia. The hitch-hiker offers for the girls to come to a barn-dance/BBQ and the girls accept-not realizing that this isn't your typical backyard BBQ...

THE DEVIL OF LOST CREEK (F)
Raymond Castille
St. Charles, MO
Little Gary and Shelley live in a dismal world of poverty, trying to avoid their mother's abusive, drug-dealing boyfriend. Their mother, Susan, hesitates to seek help, afraid the state will take her children. Gary and Shelley escape into an innocent dream world, trekking into the woods to search for Gary's obsession - Bigfoot.
Children say, if you hit a stick against a tree three times in the wilderness, Bigfoot will appear.

THE SHELTER (F)
George Demick
Nashville, TN
In The Shelter an Ebola virus hits the United States. A small town is turned into a warzone as the citizens try to fight off military teams who are eliminating the infected with extreme prejudice. A group of citizens and military form an uneasy alliance when they find a biohazard shelter. But things go from bad to worse as somebody is killing the others to conserve food and water. The world is coming to an end and it's starting in The Shelter.

GUNTOWN (F) (78 mins)
LeeVervoot & Cameron Casland
Nashville,TN
"1979 Gun Town. A small tourist attraction opended by a young Frank and Victoria Bailey. Only weeks later, a horrifying incident occurs.Frank Bailey goes into a rage and loses control of the situation. He is later sentenced to 30 years in a state mental facility for his actions. 2009, Five high school graduates embark on a road trip to nowhere. They soon stumble upon Gun Town only to run into Frank and his unstable family."

REVELATION (S)
Will Graver
Columbus, OH
The dead walk the Earth.  Two figures (a man and a woman) happen upon the campus of a large college.  Seeking shelter for the night they venture into one of the buildings.  They stumble upon a man who at first wants nothing to do with them.  Apparently he has been living on the campus for several weeks.  He seems quite content in his isolation and doesn't look highly upon outsiders.  There is something very odd about him.  Over the period of a couple days the two attempt to figure out if the man is a saint or a threat.

JACK'S BAD DAY
Shawn Ewert
Texas
Anyone can have a bad day..even a serial killer. When Jack started his morning, he never dreamed it would go so wrong. As the minutes tick by, his day goes from bad to worse, to ...well...you'll just have to see it to find out.

KURIOSITY KILLZ (19 mins)
Trey Mcgriff
Lawrenceville, GA
Kuriosity gets the best of a good-looking, naive babe, who is lured into a seemingly normal bachelor's pad, only to discover that she is part of a demented redneck's documentary taking place in a neighborhood somewhere in Georgia.
Will she survive the night? 


SHADOWLANDS (F)
Wyatt Weed
St. Louis, MO
An old church in a modern North American city is undergoing a renovation. Construction equipment and piles of debris cover the grounds. A deep pit has been dug for new sewer pipes.Night falls. A woman crawls from the pit. She is weak and covered with mud, her face beaten, her throat cut. She is unable to speak, remember who she is, or how she got there.This is Laura. Hungry, thirsty, she ventures out into the city, stealing food and warm clothes to survive. As she wanders the streets, she begins to see things that jar her memory: a picture on a wall, a historical marker, a map. Slowly, she starts to put the pieces together - the Old River Front, a house and family, a lover and a jealous suitor. She embarks on a trek across the city, trying to blend in and adjust to a modern world she has never seen before. Julian, a mysterious young man employed by the church, is sent out to find her. He seems to know more about her than she does, tracking her, quickly deducing that she is headed home, to the place where she used to live - more than a hundred years ago. Is Laura reincarnated? Resurrected and risen from the grave? Or is she just the unfortunate victim of a horrible crime, buried in the mud and left for dead? Is Julian really trying to help her, as he claims, or is he part of a conspiracy, a plot to kill her? Soon Laura is in a race for her life, trying to reach her home and her memories before Julian, the police, and the church can find her.

HORRID (F) (92 mins)
Directed by James Pronath
Produced by Jim Van Vonderen, James Pronath, Mike Jorgenson
Wisconsin, USA
Three friends travel to the north woods for a bachelor party weekend filled with beer, booze and babes. After a night of partying and unexpected encounters, the three find themselves trapped in the small town, while a cannibalistic disease overtakes the townsfolk and turns them into ravenous monsters.
Horror,

GUARDIAN OF THE REALM (F)
Ted Smith & Wyatt Weed
Los Angeles& St. Louis
In the city, evil lurks in the shadows. Two demon hunters are on the trail of an occult group who have stolen a mysterious artifact and have unwittingly released the ancient demon god, VIrago upon Los Angeles. Glen Levy and Tanya Dempsey star in GUARDIAN OF THE REALM, the story of a fierce battle between good and evil. While two demon hunters seek out an occult group responsible for stealing and unleashing a magical artifact on the city of LA, two human warriors must keep the earth from being overruled by demons.

THE DARKNESS WITHIN (F)
Dom Portalla
Revere, MA
Chad Morgan and Ashley Sera are starting their new life together. They've recently gotten engaged and have moved into an apartment in a new town. Everything is seemingly perfect; except for one thing - their next-door neighbor, Mr. Reed. After a bizarre encounter, Chad begins to realize that if he doesn't unlock the secret to this mysterious voyeur soon, he may lose everything - including his mind.

RED (S)
Kevin McGuiness
Ontario, Canada
An animated version of the classic Red Riding Hood shot in Black and White to capture the 1960's film noir look.

THE LAST TEMPTATION OF FLUFFY
John Cosper
Trish Angel is back, and so is her sworn enemy, the cute and fuzzy killer from outer space. This time Trish stumbles onto a secret government plot involving Fluffy, and right in the middle of the action is Stone Brockman - who turns out to be more than just a former comrade in arms. Erica Goldsmith and Herschel Zahnd III return as Trish and Stone. The film also boasts a who's who of Kentucky genre film performers, including Kayla Perkins, Katie Stanley, Leslie Rodgers, Claude D. Miles, Denny Grinar, Eric Butts, and Sonny Burnette; professional wrestlers Ben Wood and Roni Jonah; and the creator and star of the 1980's cult classic Moron Movies, the one and only Len Cella!

GIRL NUMBER 3 (F)
Herschel H. Zahnd III and Nathan T. Milliner
Louisville,KY
In the tradition of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Hills Have Eyes, and High Tension comes this big screen adaptation of the celebrated graphic novella from independent comics book creator Nathan Thomas Milliner (The Malevolent).  A journey into the depths of Hell and Survival Horror.  Maxine Carpenter (Julie Streble) was on her way to her sorority's annual Halloween costume party when she was abducted by a gang of masked men and taken to an old textile factory in a secluded part of town.  Bloody, cold and beaten, Max unwillingly becomes part of a sadistic night of real terror that will take her right to the edge of madness and brutally push her over.

ALONE (S)
Eric Lauck
East Alton, IL
A girl awakens in a dark room bound to a chair by crude wire. Unable to move without spilling more blood. She sits there screaming for help. Hearing things in the distance. Is she Alone or is someone or something there with her. Having visions of how she came to be there only makes her realize that there is no escape and this will change her life forever.

HEAVEN & HELL (F)
Richard Chandler
South Easton, MA
A group of occultists have resurrected Lilith, first wife of Adam, in hopes of avenging her alleged betrayal by God. Lilith has been reborn in the flesh and now walks among the living. Her minion, Zimmer, is in the process of setting up the proper channels for the apocalypse. With the deck stacked so high against the forces of God, the Holy Spirit Himself makes a vow to take out Lilith once and for all.

FLYING SAUCER EXODUS
Jerry Williams
Kentucky

SCULPTURE (F)
Pete Jacelone
New Jersey
Sculpture is the story of Sahley Steele (Raine Brown), and aspiring artist who returns home after the death fo her parents (Marv Blauvelt and Susan Adriensen) only to find her possesive rich older brother, Adam (Dustin Kerns), and the haunting memories of her repressed past awaiting her. Her childhood friend, Emily (Misty Mundae) tries to free her from the grasp of her egotistical brother. Meanwhile she is commissioned by a well known art dealer (Alan Rowe Kelly) to create a life-size sculputre of "the perfect man". Ashley decides to use body builders from her brothers gym as models. Before long she finds herself spiraling down a path of unspeakable psychopathic terror and murder asa she frantically tries to complete her master piece.

HELL IS FULL (F)
Steve Hudgins
Kentucky
The people of a rural Midwestern town go about their daily lives unaware that something is savagly tearing its way through the town causing death ...and the dead to walk.

DEAD ON SITE (F)
Scott Barker
Arizona
For the six college media arts majors, nothing could have been simpler: move into a home where a year before a family was butchered, and re-enact the grisly, unsolved murders live on the Web. But while they attempted to solve the case over the Internet, they never considered who might be watching.Or the fact that evil needs an audience ....

LAST NIGHT (S)
Jeff Drake
After a night of heavy drinking, Jordan turns to his digital camera to relive the party. Some nights are best left forgotten...but where did all that blood com from?

NEXT CALLER (S)
Patrick Rea & Seno Reality Pictures
Lawrence, KS
Stars Alan Kayser (Night of the Creeps fame). An over night DJ combines good advice with the strange as this little short film will surprise you and delight you. Alan Kayser's performance is top notch.

THE NIGHT SHIFT (S)
Thomas Smith
Mobile, AL
What if you could live for eternity? What if you had to spend eternity working in a cemetery whose inhabitants can get a little frisky? Rue Morgan has such curse. Every night, with his trusted pal Herb, a limbless skeleton, he guards the cemetary, making sure nothign gets in or out. This is one of those nights..

FOLLOW ME DOWN (S)
Lee "BO" Whittle

HORROTICA (F)
George Demick
Nashville,TN
Eleven short tales of erotic horror are featured in the Horrotica anthology. Stories meant to get your libido going one second and your heart gripped in fear the next. Each story is different so if one is too much for you hang on another is just around the bend. With titles like Must Love Dogs, Ghost Lover and Cutter you will be titillated and then tortured…in a good way.

INTERIOR (S)
Brian Cunningham and Jon Palmer
Louisville, KY
"I feel repetition and death to be almost the same." This quote sums up the reality bending world of "Interior", a movie that proves familiarity and horror are ofton one and the same. Experimental in concept but narrative in practive, "Interior" is a film that shows the mundane in a whole new light.

GET OFF MY PORCH (S)
Patrick Rea & Seno Reality Pictures
Lawrence, KS
Everyone loves Girlscout cookies, right. Or do they. Well one customer finds out that avoiding the Girlscouts can be a hazardous affair.

HOME MADE MONSTER (S) (Musical)
Brandon and Leia Gadow
San Diego, CA
Leia and her boyfriend just are not meant to be. Faced with an unspeakable act at
her own hands, she attempt to rectify the situation and since she is frustrated with
men, our heroine decides to make her own. This story is about her struggle to gather
the necessary parts, put together and animate the man of her dreams.
Music by The Jim Rowdy Show, who's psychotic rock and roll parallels our character's
inner turmoil but hopefulness.

MAXWELL STEIN (F)
Jeff Jones
West Virginia
When once famous director, Maxwell Stein's luck turns for the worst, he must finish his masterpiece "The Tomb Of Doom" at whatever cost. Haunted and driven by a ghostly presence  trapped within an antique film camera, he fights to keep his sanity as all those around him fight to keep their lives. A vintage horror movie, filmed in classic black and white, and set in the 1940's, "Maxwell Stein" will transport you to a by-gone-era, captivating your mind with thrilling effects and unforgettable characters.

Chainsaw Cheerleaders Donald Farmer 88 mins LaFayette, GA
Caesar & Otto Meet Dracula's Lawyer
Dave Campfield 16 mins
E. Northport, NY

Uomo Giallo
William Mahaffey 17 mins
Knoxville, TN

The Sound of Zombies
Lisa Coffelt 13 mins
Redondo Beach, CA

Dead End
David Christensen 7 mins
Charlotte, NC

Hellraiser:Deader - Winter's Lament
Jonathan S. Kui 35 mins
Brooklyn, NY

Survivors
Soham Mehta 12.55 mins
New York, NY

Melinda
J.J. Hendricks and Michael LoCoco 17.03 mins
Staunton, VA

Manhater
Anthony Doublin 90 mins
Arcadia, CA

Alice Jacobs is Dead
Alex Horwitz 21 mins
New York, NY

Wilted
Rafael DeLeon Jr. 5 mins
Bronx, NY

Family Affair
Rafael DeLeon Jr. 6.45 mins
Bronx, NY

Live to Kill
Corey Elmore 35 mins
Louisville, KY

Follow Me Down
Lee Whittle 30 mins
Johnstown, PA

Moon-Lite
Kenneth R. Dowell 4 mins
Louisville, KY

Hypochondriac
Pete Jacelone 32 mins
Bloomington, IN

Come
Arthur Cullipher 26 mins
Bloomington, IN

The Zombie Hero
Nicholas A. Jackson 95 mins
Madison, WI

Girl/Girl Scene
Eric Butts 38 mins
Lexington, KY

Spirit Guides: Pilot Episode
Seth Middleton 20 mins
Metropolis, IL

God of Vampires
Rob Fitz 144 mins
Derry, NH

The Heir
Brian M. McKnight 13 mins
Sevierville, TN

NUMB
John Barnes 9 mins
Kansas City, MO

Night Of The Punks
Dan Riesser 19 mins
Los Angeles, CA

Fix
John Steven, Alex Dobson 61 mins
Louisville, KY

A Visitor in the Night
John Portanova 12 mins
Bremerton, WA

The Un-Movie
Hill Jack Russell 4.30 mins
Ravenna, KY

Trailer The Nightmare Fuel
Hill Jack Russell 1.58 mins
Ravenna, KY

Revenant
Kenneth R. Dowell 12 mins
Louisville, KY

Death Wears A Hockey Mask
Sean Blevins 1 min
Smithfield, KY

Super Rocket V
Warren Ray 29.32 mins
Louisville, KY

Salvation
James Spaulding 90 seconds
Louisville, KY

Peep Show
Justine Feldt 7.44 mins
Louisville, KY

Flesh of my Flesh
Donita Kennedy 9.44 mins
Blaine, TN

Til Death
David Berry 5.30 mins
Kansas City, MO

Dawning
Gregg Holtgrave 80 mins
Minneapolis, MN

In the Deathroom
Joe Leavell 19 mins
Indianapolis, IN

Naked Horror:Celebrity Edition
Carlo Rodriguez 93 mins
Huntsville, TX

Edgar Allan Poe's Dreamland
Morris Shaw 110 mins
Louisville, KY

Vengeance with a Smile
Josh Davidson 12.42 mins
Stevensville, MD

Instant Message
Josh Davidson
Stevensville, MD

Just Cause
Jim Buckley 6.26 mins
Stevensville, MD

Bad Kitty
John Stancari 2.47 mins
West Hollywood, CA

Nightmare at Bunnyman Bridge
Robert Elkins 25 mins
Chester, VA

OV Volume 1:Birth
John Barnes 90 seconds
Kansas City, MO

The Sentinels
J. Alan Tripp 11.48 mins
Lavergne, TN

The Third Degree
Joe Lewis 15.30 mins
Lexington, KY

Danger.Zombies.Run
Brian Wimer 80 mins
Charlottesville, VA

Honk If You Love Zombies
Jake Tribble 7.23 mins
Richmond, KY

The Third Eye
Paul Chomick 23 mins
Los Angeles, CA

My Bloody Wedding
Morgan D Mead 88 mins
Indianapolis, IN

Nightmare Station
Kenny Brown 20 mins
New Albany, IN

Newborn
Jerod Brennen 2.57 mins
Hilliard, OH

FOREIGN FILMS
Stay Alvaro Lopez Leon' , H.R. Paternain 8 mins Madrid, Spain
Ansiedad Eduardo Casanova 25 mins Madrid, Spain
Arena Jota Aronak 19 mins Madrid, Spain
El Forjador De Historia's Jose'Gomez Gallego 15 mins Madrid, Spain
El Hilo De Oro Diego Sanchldrian 19 mins Madrid, Spain
El Hombre De La Multitud Jesus Risueno 19 mins Madrid, Spain
Juan Con Miedo Daniel Romero 11 mins Madrid, Spain
La Flecha De Cupido Leonard Perez 13 mins Madrid, Spain
La Union Carlos A Sambrigo 19 mins Madrid, Spain
Prque Hay Rosas Que Nunca Se Olvidan Lucas Figueroa 13 mins Madrid, Spain
Tropezones David Macian, Eduardo Molinari 6 mins Madrid, Spain

Star Trek Alpha Strike
Jerry Williams 14 mins
Versailles, KY

Lethal Obsession
Jason Hignite, Chris Jay 66 mins
Bloomington, IN

Zombie Abomination - The Italian Zombie Movie Part 1
Thomas Berdinski 100 mins
Muskegon, MI

Zombie Atrocity - The Italian Zombie Movie Part 2
Thomas Berdinski 90 mins
Muskegon, MI

Spike
Jason Hoover 25 mins
Sheldon, IL

The Willing-Suspension of Disbelief
Ryan Hauser, Brandon Maxwell 117 mins
Louisville, KY

Eyes Beyond
Daniel Reininghaus 28 mins
Etobicoke, Ontario Canada

Pscho Analysis
Daniel Reed 12 mins
LaGrange, KY

Rise of the Living Corpse
Chris Walsh 30 sec trailer
Toronto, Ontario Canada

The Taken
Richard Valentine 86 mins
Bellingham, WA

The Prometheus Project
Daniel Lowry

SCREENPLAYS

Space Frontiers: The Eye of Icarus Michael D'Ambrisso
Ripper Joe Randazzo Brooklyn, NY

DVX USER 2009 MONSTERFEST WINNERS

DISPATCH (S)
Fat Monster Films
Luis Sinibaldi, Mark Johnson, Tim Hyten
Los Angeles, CA

BIT'S AND PIECES (S)
Justin Durban
Austin, TX

RED AND THE WOLF (S)