Here are the competition films for the 2024 International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival.
This line up is sure to thrill!
For the complete film schedule of both the Phoenix Film Festival AND International Horror and Sci-Fi Festival click below.
HORROR FEATURES
Sheryl
Run Time: 75 minutes
Screening Time(s):
Saturday, April 6 at 9:45pm
Friday, April 12 at 9:15am
Sunday, April 14 at 5:10pm
Directed by: Justin Best
Cast: Anthea Neri-Best, Shaan Sharma, Christopher Cendana, Jade Ramirez, Chelsea Spirito
Synopsis: After she’s dumped by her serial killer boyfriend for not being “hot enough”, a beauty-obsessed woman, goes on a murderous, blood-soaked quest to create the perfect face, while simultaneously navigating her new relationship with the cop investigating the murders. Revenge never looked so good.
Bakemono
Run Time: 105 minutes
Screening Time(s):
Sunday, April 7 at 7:10pm
Friday, April 12 at 8:55pm
Saturday, April 13 at 9:15am
Directed by: Doug Roos
Cast: Takashi Irie, Marilyn Kawakami, Dominic Early, Yurika Natsume, Yukina Takase
Synopsis: A multitude of guests visit the same cheap Tokyo airbnb at different times, unaware of the gruesome creature waiting for them.
Mysterious Ways
Run Time: 95 minutes
Screening Time(s):
Friday, April 5 at 8:25pm
Friday, April 12 at 11:20am
Saturday, April 13 at 8:40pm
Directed by: Tyler Eaton
Cast: Alyssa Sabo, Brandon Raman, Miranda Rae Hart, Dennis Hurley, Eddie Pepitone, James Adomian, Shannon Dee, Russell Sperberg
Synopsis: After a family tragedy, two sibling youth pastors attempt to save their struggling church with an End of Days-themed Tiktok dance they hope will go viral. Instead, the dance accidentally possesses their pastor's daughter with a demonic spirit, sending them off on a rescue mission from Hell.
SCI-FI FEATURES
Roswell Delirium
Run Time: 110 minutes
Screening Time(s):
Friday, April 5 at 4:10pm
Saturday, April 13 at 4:25pm
Sunday, April 14 at 11:35am
Directed by: Richard Bakewell
Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Dee Wallace, Reginald VelJohnson, Lisa Whelchel, Sam Jones, Kylee Levien, Ashton Solecki, Arielle Bodenhausen, Ryan Kennedy, Kayden Tokarski, Georgia MacPhail, Romyn Smith
Synopsis: A young girl named Mayday receives an intergalactic distress call on her ham radios that takes her to Spacerock, a land with healing powers. She is exposed to severe radiation that rapidly declines her health, and her grieving mother takes her to Spacerock in hopes that she can be saved.
Tim Travers & the Time Travelers Paradox
Run Time: 105 minutes
Screening Time(s):
Sunday, April 7 at 9:25am
Friday, April 12 at 4:15pm
Sunday, April 14 at 2:45pm
Directed by: Stimson Snead
Cast: Sam Dunning, Felicia Day, Joel McHale, Danny Trejo, Keith David, Stimson Snead, David Babbit, Nicole Murrey
Synopsis: A scientist creates a Time Machine and kills their younger self. That is the Paradox, and Paradoxes are impossible. This man is Tim Travers, whose stated mission in life is to stand alone with God at the end of time, and tell the bastard off.
The Bostrom Scenario
Run Time: 115 minutes
Screening Time(s):
Saturday, April 6 at 9:05am
Friday, April 12 at 11:35am
Saturday, April 13 at 1:30pm
Directed by: Ricky Townsend
Cast: Isayah Snow, Felix Elliott, Kat Forrester, Kathleen Burns, Roy Snow, Josiah Morgan
Synopsis: Alice Wonder is haunted by the visions of her brother’s death, but everyone denies he ever existed. Alice searches for answers, unravelling the story of Plato; a supernatural photographer of the H.E.B. And some renegade film students on the set of a cursed documentary, uncovering a dreaded computer experiment.
IHSFF SHORTS PROGRAMS
HORROR SHORTS A
My Scary Indian Wedding
Directed by: Ramone Menon
Synopsis: A cursed Bridesmaid is forced to find and marry her soulmate to escape from a vengeful demon called The Manglik.
Cart Return
Directed by: Matt Webb
Synopsis: Melanie is too self-absorbed to return her cart, leading to an unfortunate turn of events.
CYCLES
Directed by: Will Darbyshire
Synopsis: When a dinner with new neighbours goes awry, a couple reignite the spark in their relationship by covering their tracks.
Wait For It
Directed by: David J. Stieve
Synopsis: Darcy is a Survivor Girl living in the aftermath of her encounter with a psycho-slasher killer always wary of him
Monophobia
Directed by: Gregory Voigt
Synopsis: A malevolent spirit torments a young man with monophobia, the fear of being alone.
Universe 25
Directed by: David Tappan
Synopsis: Human lab rats are held captive by a mysterious entity. No hope of escape how do you cope with existence.
Remnants
Directed by: Barrett Hooper
Synopsis: Remnants explores a man's struggle to connect with his widowed father and how ageing, illness and dementia haunt them both.
SCI-FI SHORTS A
Lost in the Sky
Directed by: Simon Öster
Synopsis: A lone rescue robot in a strange galaxy must reach a surviving astronaut before she's consumed by a black hole.
Bisected
Directed by: Danny Pineros
Synopsis: A couple witnesses a paranormal event that separates them into two distinct dimensions.
The Rooms
Directed by: Heeryun You
Synopsis: Cast in a green light, a long corridor seems never ending in sight. Jun-sang faces multiple rooms, meeting various people.
The Tunnel
Directed by: Mitsuhiro Honda
Synopsis: When a man is struggling to do what he wanted in Brooklyn, his long-distance girlfriend finds his doppelgänger in Tokyo.
DARK CELL
Directed by: Jean-Michel TARI
Synopsis: Two space prison inmates face a survival choice due to a monstrous infestation and a limited escape pod to Earth.
HORROR SHORTS B
Super Happy Fun Clown
Directed by: Patrick Rea
Synopsis: A miserable clown takes unpleasant measures against her abusive husband and turns her frown upside down.
The Night Editors
Directed by: Christopher Powers
Synopsis: A new editor for a horror production company learns the hard way that not all found footage movies are fake.
The Deep
Directed by: Benji Gillespie
Synopsis: A woman takes a last minute house sitting job, but an unexpected visitor turns it into a night of terror.
New Friend
Directed by: Stephen Marsiano
Synopsis: A group of friends lose their grip on reality when a mysterious new friend joins their hangout.
HAZARD LIGHTS
Directed by: Tacma Dan
Synopsis: A lone man, guided only by flickering hazard lights, navigates the anxiety-ridden wilderness of the night.
Two Knocks on a Door
Directed by: Eric Silvera and Sean Kenealy
Synopsis: A father grows suspicious that there's an intruder in his house, only to discover something much darker.
Bookworm (Ratón de Biblioteca)
Directed by: Javier Yañez Sanz
Synopsis: Spain, 1979. Irene is an aspiring writer who obsesses with the delicate ghost at the library she works.
Delivery
Directed by: Beau Horyza
Synopsis: Unexpected horror unfolds as John, seeking a quiet night, faces a chilling twist in a suspenseful thriller, "Delivery."
SCI-FI SHORTS B
My Person
Directed by: Leila Garrison
Synopsis: An alien rudely interrupts a woman's night as she attempts to watch the season finale of her favorite dating show.
CLONE
Directed by: Ryan M. Kennedy
Synopsis: After 30 years together, Alex suddenly elects to emancipate his clone Richie, but his closest friends question his true intentions.
(DIS)CONNECTED
Directed by: Karl Stelter
Synopsis: When a mother’s AI-generated memories clash with reality, she must confront her past for the sake of her future.
A Capsule for Robin
Directed by: Lalithra Fernando
Synopsis: An optimistic host's dinner party goes awry when her husband reveals he doesn't want kids amidst humanity's impending extinction.
First Time Machine
Directed by: Jay Woelfel
Synopsis: Dr. Grainger show to his friends his new invention: first time machine. One of them has hidden intentions for it.
DRAGON FRUIT
Directed by: J.Brown
Synopsis: In a violent, dystopian future, a single mother attempts to grow a dragon fruit sprout to sell for cash.
