Friday the 17th! Slashers and slime kick off our second day of the fest with a double feature afternoon! Featuring the Atlantic Canadian Premiere of MIND LEECH (CA) and the Canadian Premiere of BLISS OF EVIL (AU) starting at 2:30PM!
MIND LEECH
A very persuasive Leech is wreaking havoc in rural Provinstate, 1998. On a mission to expand its horizons, our influential invertebrate enlists the help of the local townsfolk. The Police are soon on the tail of our pesky parasite.
Directors: Chris Cheeseman, Paul Krysinski
Writer: Chris Cheeseman
Producer: Chris Cheeseman
Running Time: 1hr
Canada
English
Opening with the short film THE TIME TRAVELLING TOILET PUNK
A surly Punk gets drugged and goes on a strange adventure. Was it the drugs? Or did she really travel through time?
Director: Nadine L’Esperance
Writer: Nadine L’Esperance
Producer: Nadine L’Esperance, Trevor Spud Hagen
Running Time: 9 mins
Canada
English
BLISS OF EVIL
A sound engineer is forced to confront her trauma when she and her girlfriend’s grunge band are trapped in a recording studio by a shadowy killer.
Director: Joshua Morris
Writer: Joshua Morris
Producer: Lauren Shaw, Corrie Hinschen, Josh Morris, Damian Hussey
Running Time: 1hr 25mins
Australia
English
Opening with the short film SLEEP TIGHT
A young boy struggles to navigate everyday life as his parents battle through their divorce and he faces the trauma caused by his sleep paralysis demon.
Director: Lisa Ovies
Writer: Shane Thompson
Producer: Lisa Ovies, Shanna Mair, Jaala Wanless
Running Time: 9mins
Canada
English