Dragon Con Independent Film Festival

Written by Lorcan Reilly; Directed by Alberto Corredor; Produced by Carter Pilcher

After a life-changing event, Kevin is haunted by grief and has questions that only the recently deceased can answer. His search takes him to the most unremarkable of locations, a grotty storage room at the back of a rundown pub. However, what he finds there is anything but unremarkable. He is introduced to Baghead, a shape-shifting witch who can channel the dead in a most unusual manner and maybe provide Kevin with the answers he seeks.

Written/Directed by Anthony R. Williams; Produced by Sarah Giroux, Dorian Weinzimmer, Anthony R. Williams

They took away his memory and his life, but gave him something worse in death. Now he must embrace the monster he’s become to regain his humanity.

Written by Daniel Garcia, Sydney Clara Brafman; Directed by Daniel Garcia; Produced by Kathryn Henderson , Jonathan Federico

When Angela arrives to her latest babysitting gig, no one is there to greet her. She is buzzed into the home and enters with trepidation. The mom calls the house phone reassuring Angela and giving her instructions. After the call, Angela heads upstairs to check on Matteo, the little boy she was hired to look after. She finds Matteo scared and alone and despite her best efforts to calm him down and get him to bed, Matteo won’t go to sleep. He can’t. El Cuco is hungry and he needs to be fed. El Cuco is Hungry is a modern interpretation of the Latin American folktale about a dark, shapeless monster that appears out of nowhere to kidnap and eat children who disobey their parents and don’t fall asleep.

Written/Directed/Produced by Katie Damien

Alice has been working as a photographer for years and she’s never seen anything like the odd “smudge” that’s showing up in all her photographs. Things quickly escalate when she buys a new camera hoping to solve the problem and discovers there’s something that wants her dead.

Written by Dave Elsey, based on A story by R. Chetwynd Hayes; Directed by Lou Elsey, Dave Elsey; Produced by Anna Bies, Don Bies

Mrs. Maxwell has a problem. She killed her abusive husband, but he won’t stay dead. Now he comes to her bedroom door every night for her, but cannot enter as long as she keeps the gaslight burning. She is trapped and her bedroom has become a prison, until her new lady’s companion, Maya, proves she is brave enough to help…for a price.

Written by Jonathan & Rebecca Martin, Blake Casselman, Josh Andersen; Directed by Jonathan & Rebecca Martin; Produced by Jonathan & Rebecca Martin, Ken Foxx

Desperate to save his dying wife, the sorcerer Marcus makes a dark bargain with the demon Dagon to save her soul. Dagon, however, has more in store for Marcus than a mere exchanging of souls in this Faustian dark fantasy short film that explores the very meaning of betrayal. Featuring Doug Jones.

Written/Directed by Nathan Crooker; Produced by Nathan Crooker, Mayumi Tatsuta, Jake Silbermann

Midnight Delivery begins when a mysterious gift is delivered to an unsuspecting woman’s door at the stroke of midnight. The woman’s morbid fascination entices her to examine the gift, unleashing a sinister evil from within.

Written by Jennifer Trudrung; Directed by Will Osigian; Produced by Night Frizz Productions

A woman returns to her family’s remote mountain home. While trying to focus on living in the present she revisits the darkness of her past.

Written/Directed by Antti Laakso, Joonas Allonen; Produced by Jupe Louhelainen

An international research group is searching natural resources from the Arctic Ocean. They pick up a strange underwater sound from far north, and start to follow it to the uncharted waters. Inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft.

Written/Directed by Frazer Lee; Produced by Alan Stewart, Frazer Lee

A young woman who goes to stay for the night in a holiday cottage. As her night becomes a nightmare, she finds that some vacations stay with you… forever.

Written/Directed by William Elder Groebe; Produced by Todd Jeffery, William Elder Groebe

It is late when Ana’s bus makes an unscheduled stop. The driver and other commuters fall unconscious. Ana is the only one awake when an otherworldly passenger forces Ana to make a life-or-death decision. Her fellow commuters awake unchanged, but for Ana this may have been her last ride.