Metro Cinema Society: DedFest Friday: Neighbor & Return of the Living Dead w/ Gateway, Thirsty, Escape from Death Planet, Fallow & Deadwalkers

DedFest Friday: Neighbor & Return of the Living Dead w/ Gateway, Thirsty, Escape from Death Planet, Fallow & Deadwalkers

7:05pm: Gateway
7:10pm: Thirsty
7:45pm: Neighbor
9:35pm: Escape from Death Planet
9:40pm: Fallow
10pm: Deadwalkers
10:30pm: Return of the Living Dead

Rating: 18A (18A)

Screenings:

Friday October 16 at 7:00PM Tweet

Gateway

Director: James Cadden

Canada, 2009 min

Edmonton’s own James Cadden spawns three tales of terror at DedFest! In Gateway, a young woman comes home to her apartment and encounters frightening paranormal activity. Cadden's other films in this year's DedFest are: Zombie Apocalypse and Escape from Death Planet.

Thirsty

Director: Andrew Kasch

USA, 20 min

Wrong Turn 2 director Joe Lynch stars as a slacker on a hot summer cross-country drive craving a delicious frozen drink. The fates align against him as a series of increasingly strange – and deadly – obstacles prevents him from... view more

Neighbor

Director: Robert A. Masciantonio

USA 2009, 90 min

Meet the neighbour from hell: “The Girl” (America Olivo), a lovely and charming psychotic with a penchant for breaking into posh suburban houses and torturing and slaughtering anyone unlucky enough to be home. A young bachelor on The Girl’s neighbourhood... view more

Escape from Death Planet

Director: James Cadden

Canada 2009, 6 min

Edmonton’s own James Cadden spawns three tales of terror at DedFest! In Escape, three futuristic workers are accidentally left behind on a desert planet during an evacuation of a research facility and encounter something monstrous. Cadden's other films in this year's... view more

Fallow

Director: Dave Alexander & Colin Landry

Canada 2009, 20 min

Former Edmonton writer and current _Rue Morgue Magazine_ Editor in Chief Dave Alexander turns his talents to the world of film with his first directorial effort, the Lovecraft-in-the-Prairies tale Fallow. A desolate farming community with very old roots undertakes extreme... view more

Deadwalkers

Director: Spencer Estabrooks

Canada 2009, 15 min

From Calgary comes this gritty, quick-draw zombie western. When bounty hunter Jack Link stumbles upon a rickety western town populated by the undead, he must team up with the town’s only survivors and his outlaw captives to get the hell... view more

Return of the Living Dead

Director: Dan O'Bannon

USA 1985, 91 min

Our retro film for 2009 is this horror-comedy classic from 1985. A young man on his first day at a medical supply company hears a tall tale from his supervisor: the film Night of the Living Dead was based on... view more

This screening is part of the larger thematic series: