HORROR SECTION non competitive section
Screening of Winners in the NowOrNever IFF -HORROR SECTION- 2015 (Canary islands, Spain)
Prohibido arrojar cadáveres a la basura
Dir. Clara Bilbao
Country - Spain
Length - 18 min.
SYNOPSIS
In 2029 the Spaniards don´t know what to do with their death relatives. Burying them is very expensive. Incineration has been forbidden due to environmental reasons. A new law forbids transporting them from cities to rural cemeteries.
Nati and Tomás´s daugther is dying...
Leaning
Dir. Enrico Conte
Country - Italy
Length - 10 min.
SYNOPSIS
A lonely house. A woman is treating her little garden, around her just a dark, heavy sky and a small radio that broadcasts the news of some terrible serial killings committed in the area. And while in the house two little girls plays quietly, a menacing figure is about to arrive and upset this quiet, little place; his eyes are full of madness and the clothes he wears shows how Evil can hide behind the most harmless and reassuring appearance.
Patient One
Dir. Erykah Del Mundo
Country - U.S.A.
Length - 9 min.
SYNOPSIS
A man carries a video diary for the treatment of his wife. After a while he knows that she don't have any disease, his wife was possessed by a demonic entity.
Hush
Dir. Michael Kehoe
Country - U.S.A.
Length - 7 min.
SYNOPSIS
A young woman Regan, babysits Irene, an 8 years old girl, during a severe storm. Regan falls asleep curled up on the couch downstairs, unaware of the sinister happenings upstairs. A powerful lightning strike kills the power to the house awakening Regan in total darkness. She fumbles to retrieve a flashlight, and cautiously makes her way upstairs to calm a crying Irene. Awake and sitting up in bed, Irene tells Regan that she's in fear of the sounds in her room. Regan tries assuring her that the thunder is just the “angels bowling up in heaven". Regan tries to get Irene back to sleep but Irene wants her to search the room. When odd occurrences happen and a malevolent force enters the room, it now becomes a terrifying race to escape the cursed house.
In Between
Dir. José L. MartÃnez DÃaz
Country - Spain
Length - 14 min.
SYNOPSIS
After a routine experiment at CERN goes horribly wrong, Dr. William Dyer will face a race against time, and against himself, to avoid the apocalypse.
The Last Door
Dir. Misty Hayes
Country - U.S.A.
Length - 14 min.
SYNOPSIS
But there is something hidden beneath his good looks and charming smile ... James is a serial murderer with his sights set on his next victim.
Snatchers
Dir. Drew Lovett
Country - U.K.
Length - 10 min.
SYNOPSIS
Returning home after a night out, Jeff and Danielle discover an intruder in his apartment.
Curiosity Kills
Dir. Sander Maran
Country - Estonia
Length - 13 min.
SYNOPSIS
A failed chemistry experiment turns a little boy's pet rat into a radioactive killer.