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THE PARAMOUNT
24 COURT ST. S
THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO, CANADA
OCTOBER 14TH - 18TH, 2026
FILMS
2025 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
BATH BOMB
A possessive doctor prepares an ostensibly romantic bath for his narcissistic boyfriend, but after an accusation of infidelity, things take a deeply disturbing turn.
BLACK FOG
Trapped alone in the wilderness, a mother and daughter must survive being hunted by a mysterious beast.
CAFE CHRONICLES: THE LOOP MUST BE CLOSED
Final episode of web series Cafe Chronicles. Maggie is given an assignment by a mysterious man that has horrifying implications.
CHAINSAWS WERE SINGING
Adventures await when new lovers get separated by a chainsaw killer.
CROOKEDFINGER
After the sudden death of her parents, Maria faces foreclosure of the family home, a brain-injured brother, and a strange hum that only she hears.
FRANKENSTEIN SO WHITE
Doctor Frankenstein is proud of his new Monster, but his assistant Igor only sees how problematic it is.
HAMMER, WRENCH & SCREWDRIVER
Jonathan Cammuso, aged 16, returns to a hardware store to return stolen tools. However, events do not unfold as expected.
HIS CHROMIUM SOUL
Benny and Anna discover a tape recorder abandoned in the basement of their new house, filled with wiretap recordings from a 1980’s biker hideout and the terrified apparition of a surly gang member called Stank, trapped on the chromium tape.
ISLAND LIFE
A one-shot thriller about a gang leader who refuses to confront the neighbor suddenly blasting music at six in the morning.
KILLERS (MUSIC VIDEO)
Killers is a hybrid music video short film that explores the terrifying disintegration of reality through the lens of psychosis.
LIGHTS OFF
A man turns off the lights to find his home is possessed by a sexy demon. Hilarity ensues when a "man" is forced to use his wits to outsmart the forces of evil.
LONG JOURNEY TILL DAWN
After the death of her young daughter, a grieving mother kidnaps a stranger’s baby.
MOVING
On the eve of his family's big move, ten-year-old Carl turns to stone.
MURILLO SCARE
What begins as an overnight adventure at a carnival quickly turns into a desperate fight for survival, as a few friends discover this playground is a masked killer's hunting ground.
BERTA
Berta wants Alex to understand the harm he caused her years ago and will do whatever it takes to explain it to him.
BUNKER BABY
In the midst of Ireland's housing crisis, soon-to-be parents Theo and Lauren grapple with impending parenthood.
CAPTURE
Following an awards ceremony, the ungrateful winner encounters an eager photographer who seems determined to get the perfect shot.
CRINGE
Life can be hard. But for Lila, being a functioning adult is harder.
DEEP END
A gay couple's heated argument during a hike spirals into a nightmare when one of them vanishes, leading the other to a mysterious cave that could reveal the chilling truth.
GRAYSHAPES - BLADE (MUSIC VIDEO)
A person struggles with painful memories and the consequences of mistakes that haunt them. Running from fear, she wonders if repentance can change her fate.
HEAD LIKE A HOLE
In financial dire straits, a man accepts a strange, high-paying job where he must take up residence in a home and measure a hole in the wall of the basement to determine whether or not it's growing in size.
IN THE FLESH
A depressed tech worker begins experimenting with AI after his girlfriend leaves him for a politician.
IZZY
Izzy is constantly stuck in the same cycle: mocked, dismissed, ignored, forgotten. But a touch of red glitter? Now that's a game-changer!
LABINAK: THEY ARE ALMOST US
Najwa, who has just been accepted as an honorary teacher at an elite private school, grows closer to the Bhairawa family, the owners of the school's foundation.
LONE WOLF
An insomniac, hired gun begins to question her sanity when she runs into one of her previous victims alive and well.
MIDNIGHT SNACK
Hunger always strikes in the dead of night.
MURDER'S NOT SO BAD
The official music video by 80's pop star Daisy York to the theme song from the 1985 smash hit, Bloody Guts 2: No Guts, No Gory
(this is not an actual thing)
NAP
Four people are about to undergo a dangerous experiment. The rules are simple: you will have to sleep if you want to live.
OBSIDIAN
A deeply troubled detective grappling with a brutal murder case and the collapse of his personal life, finds himself spiraling into darkness-only to uncover a path to unexpected self-discovery.
REHEARSAL
As the pressures of rehearsal mount, Gabby is forced to deal with egos, ineptitude and maybe something more sinister than anything she was ever prepared for at theatre school.
ROUGH CUT
On Halloween night, a video editor cuts a horror movie shot by Mr. Cackle… LIVE.
SLUSH
Frankie reunites with her toxic community and must tap into her dark side to survive unscathed.
STRIP MALL
Nate gets caught shoplifting.
THE ANGEL
A pioneer folk horror. Two plural wives receive a mysterious visitation amidst the blood red stone of Southern Utah.
THE BONE EATER (TRAILER)
Deep in the uncharted jungle, a team of explorers stumbles upon an ancient burial ground.
Among the ruins, they awaken a primal evil.
THE CRIME FAMILY (TRAILER)
A hard-working mother comes home to find her husband playing games.
THE MADNESS OF DAVID JUDGE -
CHAPTER ONE: SUDDENLY THERE CAME A TAPPING
The Madness of David Judge is a psychological thriller about world-renowned author David Judge, whose grip on reality unravels after he learns of his wife’s affair.
PARASITIC
Last call at a dive bar, a writer struggling to find his voice gets more than he bargains for.
RESTRAINING ORDER
Dori issued a restraining order against her violent husband but she didn't imagine he would find a way to invade her peaceful home.
SALT CIRCLES
Betty, a high school student from a strict, traditional family, discovers that she is pregnant. She finds help in an unlikely ally, Emma, her sullen goth classmate, who suggests they summon a demon to remedy the situation.
STARGAZER
A fragmented astronomer looks to the stars to find comfort in the darkest of places.
SUGAR ROT
After a brutal assault by an ice cream man, punk girl Candy becomes host to a mutant baby. As her body transforms into ice cream, those around her see her not as a person, but as something to be consumed.
THE BABY
An expectant mother makes some unusual preparations for her big day.
THE BUTCHER OF THANE
In a quiet town plagued by fear, a reclusive bookworm's fascination with a mysterious killer plunges him into a harrowing descent of obsession... and madness.
THE ITCH
A young man awakens in an unfamiliar apartment only to find himself under surveillance…
THE NATURE OF DEATH
When an eccentric park ranger crosses paths with a grieving hiker, he offers his help in finding the perfect spot to scatter the hiker’s father’s ashes.
As they venture deeper into the remote wilderness, the ranger’s true intentions begin to blur.
THE SHADOW OF US
A lonely photographer escapes into a drug-induced dreamworld that grants his deepest desires, until his fantasy begins to consume him.
THE STANLEY HOUSE
After crashing their van, five teens and their dazed debate teacher take shelter in a long-abandoned house—rumored to be the site of the infamous Stanley Murders—only to find the past isn't done with them yet.
THE SUSCEPTIBLE
During a contract, a hitman is upset that his partner forgot his birthday.
THROUGH THE THROAT
Today, the inner demon that Janine duels in the aftermath of her break-up is proving all too real.
TILL DEATH DO US PART
Desperate to marry the love of his life, an Undertaker’s apprentice digs up the grave of a mysteriously murdered bride in an attempt to rob her corpse of its ring.
TIME EATER
A grandmother suffering from undiagnosed dementia has her home invaded while she's babysitting her granddaughter.
TRAGEDIUM
An unresolved debt and three thugs who are going to take care of the matter, but what is going to happen is not going to go at all as planned.
ULTRA CHEESE
When Buddy's pizza is cursed by the delivery guy, his Saturday night becomes a lot messier than he'd imagined.
UNDER THE CANOPY
Under a dense canopy, a milk-like nectar flows out of the breast of a statue. Attracted by the frangrance of the mysterious liquid, a deer emerges from the fog.
UNDERTONE
A sound recordist captures strange sonic phenomena underneath their house and things... escalate from there.
VEILED IN SHADOWS (MUSIC VIDEO]
A dark and intense music video exploring the dissolution of humanity through throat-gripping visuals and cathartic choreography as Nordic metal collides with the raw beauty of butoh dance.
VINES
A mad botanist experiments on an unwilling human subject to give plants a fighting chance against climate change.
VOWELS
Ava needs to record a self-tape but her speech impediment keeps getting in the way.
WALK ME THROUGH THE FIRE -
THE CURSE OF KK HAMMOND (MUSIC VIDEO)
Spaghetti Western meets horror music video from slide blues guitarist and friends.
WHAT IS THAT?
Nearing the end of a long hike, A crumbling relationship is tested when cornered by an abominable creature.
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UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAYS
ARACHNID INFESTATION - Written by: Rehanna L Loncar (USA)
BLOOD OF THE OAK - Written by: Laura Cooper
CHECKING OUT - Written by: JJ Brent (USA)
INIQUITOUS - Written by: N'cee van Heerden (CANADA)
ONE FOR THE BOX - Written by: Kevin Machate (USA)
OPERATION WEREWOLF - Written by: Julian David Hoxter
RISE UP LITTLE GIRL - Written by: Matthew Avant (USA)
THE TAKEDOWN ARTIST - Written by: John Woodward & Al Weiss (USA)
TOILET SHARKS - Written by: Bruce Griffiths (AUSTRALIA)
ARACHNID INFESTATION
When a covert genetic experiment backfires, a small city faces a new predator, hyper-evolved spiders that crave human blood and grow deadlier with each adaptation.
BLOOD OF THE OAK
When a female Druid in 5th Century Ireland is confronted by violent Christian Missionaries, she must seek help from the Fair Folk to protect her village from conversion by the sword.
CHECKING OUT
A group of friends visits a one-night-only haunted house inside the abandoned Ridgeview Hotel, expecting immersive horror and staged scares. But as they move deeper inside, the line between performance and reality begins to blur.
INIQUITOUS
An exhausted caregiver discovers an old man’s dark secret to longevity and forces him to save her patient's life.
ONE FOR THE BOX
A reserved ventriloquist and his glamorous, sharp-tongued puppet take the stage for an intimate performance, but beneath the spotlight and sequins, nothing is quite what it seems.
OPERATION WEREWOLF
In 1945, as part of their Operation Werewolf, Nazi soldiers try to open an escape route to Italy through the high mountains, only to find an ancient community of real werewolves that stands in their way.
RISE UP LITTLE GIRL
In 1915 Montana, two outcast ranch girls discover a hidden altar that resurrects lost souls. But when their experiments unleash something sinister, the local sheriff is drawn into a frontier nightmare to confront the dead, and his own buried sins.
THE TAKEDOWN ARTIST
A cage fighter risks his life to help the seductive wife of a notorious art broker steal a priceless masterpiece from her abusive husband.
TOILET SHARKS
When mutant sharks attack the residents of a small coastal town from within its sewerage system, a potty-mouthed toilet cleaner is forced to team with a shark rights activist, a germophobic biologist and a portaloo vendor to prevent them from biting the whole world in the ass.
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