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THE PARAMOUNT
24 COURT ST. S
THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO, CANADA
OCTOBER 14TH - 18TH, 2026
FILMS
2026 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
A CLOCKWRITER
A screenwriter’s character manifests time, with each typewritten letter advancing the clock one minute closer to an encircling deadline.
DIR: Jack Andrew Hourahine
AMIRA
In the XVIII Century there's a music school where it's always dark...
DIR: Javier Yañez Sanz
BABYBACKS
On the run from ruthless cartel hitmen, two young lovers from Mexico seek refuge with a welcoming older couple in rural America — but their saviors soon reveal themselves as predators forcing the young woman into a brutal fight for survival.
DIR: Geno Marx
BANANAHEAD
After her mother’s disappearance, Andi Sanger hopes to land the lead role in the adaptation of her mother’s bestselling novel BANANAHEAD. But after discovering the haunting legacy within the walls of her familial home, her own aspirations threaten to tear her apart.
DIR: Christopher Greenslate
BEHIND THE CASTLE DOORS:
THE HILARIOUS HOUSE OF FRIGHTENSTEIN
When the Markowitz brothers pitched their idea for a “pseudo-horror” TV show for kids, they promised a celebrity would be a part of it. Vincent Price, but there was one problem.
They didn’t know Vincent!
Discover the fascinating journey of how this quirky 1970’s Canadian cult-classic began, as told by the original crew.
DIR: Morgan Baker & Tammy Heisel
BIRTHDAY
A man dozes in the glow of his television. A strange sound wakes him. He gives the set a firm whack with his cane, an old solution to an old problem. But not every problem stays old.
DIR: Antonia Eva Novakovich, Amélia Slama & Adèle Cloutier
BORGLESQUE
A greedy burlesque club owner hires a mad scientist to resurrect his most profitable girl, but this she-borg refuses to be an object of men’s desires.
DIR: G. Wilson
BREAD WINNERS
A customer service representative of a major gun manufacture, Wade Nelson, picks up the phone call of a lifetime. On the other end, of the phone is Hank Carver, an unhinged man with a motive for destruction and nothing to lose.
DIR: Connor Haines
BRO
A young gay man takes refuge in a house of hyper-masculine fraternity brothers, unaware that their brotherhood conceals a sinister plan.
DIR: Noah Berc
BRUSH WITH DEATH
A routine decorating job descends into a supernatural nightmare.
DIR: Fergus Cruickshank
COCKROACH
Beth and Sergio are ecstatic to begin their journey as new parents. However, caring for a baby with its many sleepless nights proves to be a challenge to their relationship and sanity. Not to mention a cockroach infestation within their walls.
DIR: Paolo Mancini & Daniel Watchorn
CONQUISTADORS
After Akecheta's daughter narrowly escapes a demonic cult, he realizes they are desecrating his ancestral homeland and must take matters into his own hands.
DIR: Byron Gouette
CRAK HACK
In a near-future dominated by VR intimacy, a lonely man’s attempt to save his long-distance relationship with a high-tech device spirals into absurd and horrifying chaos when hackers seize control, forcing him to confront unspeakable scenarios in a desperate bid to regain his life.
DIR: Brendan Cleaves
CRUISING IN GOMORRAH
Childhood friends Chris and Alex reunite on a camping trip to an idyllic but reportedly haunted creek. Tensions mount as Chris’ deep Christian faith clashes with Alex’s worldly perspectives, until a dark presence pervades the creek and awakens unconscious desires that force the friends to reckon with their sexualities.
DIR: Coby Friesen
DRONES
When a tech enthusiast subscribes to a groundbreaking Drone Butler service, he’s enamored by the technology’s intuition and uncanny attentiveness to his needs—until it begins to cross disturbing lines.
DIR: Steve Acevedo
EEOHTOH
In the aftermath of the devastating loss of her family, a woman sets out to avenge their deaths by confronting the supernatural beast that is responsible.
DIR: Matthew & Nathaniel Barber
FOREIGN BODIES
A simple itch descends into an outbreak with many legs. Certain things will always find their way to the surface.
DIR: Lysander Wong
GEOMETRIES OF TIME - THE COCKROACH
A man comes home at night and steps on a cockroach: it is the beginning of a long agony that influences the surrounding world, to the point of suspending the flow of time.
DIR: Francesca Ferrario
GLORY DAYS
Two retired slashers reunite at a quiet cabin for a weekend of fishing and nostalgia, but when a young couple tied to one of their pasts arrives, old rivalries ignite, spiraling into a brutal, darkly comic kill-off fueled by ego and age.
DIR: Cory DeMeyers
GREED & GORE
After a Heist goes wrong, the thieves find refuge at an abandoned house. Unbeknownst to them, something evil and violent awaits.
DIR: Adam Kirkey
GREYSTANES (2025) CHAPTERS 01-07
Greystanes, Australia 1995. Precocious 11 year-old Samantha and her older brother Marius discover a dark family secret and battle a nightmare's gallery of creatures from Maltese folklore, with the help of their Nanna and her old-world superstitions and customs.
DIR: Ryan Cauchi
GUT JOB
Scott and Grace found a killer deal on their forever home, but neither of them could've anticipated the closing cost.
DIR: Jacob Weldon
HAIKU 27
Yori is a young punk musician who lives holed up in a filthy flat. Tormented by his addictions and his landlord who wants to kick him out. His only weapons to defend himself from the outside world are his bass guitar and his katana. But perhaps the real enemy is inside him.
DIR: Nikolaj Servettini
HAPPY
During a boring visit to her grandmother's house, Cárol discovers a unique doll to kill time with. But she soon realizes that, in that house, she isn't the only one who knows how to have fun.
DIR: Victor Basallote
HOAX
A live stream seance turns into a real-life nightmare when Jenna accidentally invites a malicious entity into her home.
DIR: Emma Sinclair & Sean Langdon
I/O (TRAILER)
On her eleventh birthday, gifted gamer Sky accidentally unleashes hybrid alien beings imprisoned for decades inside a Cold War–era program disguised as a video game.
DIR: Molly Vernon
IURIMA: A TALE OF THREE FISHERMAN
Three starving fishermen encounter something unexpected on a remote island in the 1890s.
DIR: PV Lehtinen
LADY PURITAN
IURIMA - A TALE OF THREE FISHERMAN
As dream life bleeds into waking reality, a woman haunted by her Puritan ancestor must confront the terror buried deep within her bloodline.
DIR: Gustine Füdickar & Justin Streichman
LOOK AT THIS FREAK
A reunion of old friends is disrupted by a hated roommate and an internet monstrosity.
DIR: Alex Furnas
LUZ DIABLA
A flamboyant urban raver is involved in a bizarre accident on his way to a party in the Argentine Pampas.
DIR: Gervasio Canda, Paula Boffo & Patricio Plaza
MANTIS
A workaholic in denial of her husband's sudden passing is forced to use controversial technology at her latest job that stimulates the brain's electrical activity after death.
DIR: Justice Hardy
NECROSECTOS
An invasion of strange insects disrupts a family's world.
DIR: Javier Lozano
NO RUNNING IN THE HALLS
A student named Alice, finds herself trapped in an endless nightmare, after a school elevator unexpectedly transports her into an alternate dimension. In this twisted reality, the school's staff members have transformed into distorted, monstrous versions of themselves.
DIR: Uzay Konuk
NOW PLAYING
After mocking the movie theatre experience, Logan finds himself trapped in a cinematic nightmare. Haunted by vengeful spirits, he must escape the theatre before credits (and heads) roll.
DIR: Denzel Noylander
PREY SWITCH
Henri, weary from daily worries and a troubled
marriage, seeks peace in the forest with his rifle. But when a piercing scream breaks the silence, he rushes to investigate - unaware that he’s about to uncover a secret and a truth that will change his life forever.
DIR: Falko Jakobs
RED: BEAST HUNTRESS
When a young shepherdess is kidnapped by a mysterious beast on the eve of her wedding, it is Red, a fierce mercenary, who is hired to find her and slay the creature. Yet, deep in the forest, a horrifying truth comes to light: the worst monsters don’t live in the woods.
DIR: Benjamin Maublanc
RUN FROM IT
Two unsuspecting friends tempt fate exploring a derelict mansion harbouring a dark secret within its depths.
DIR: Racha (Kory) Kongsommart
SLASH ME ONCE (MUSIC VIDEO)
The official music video by 80's pop star Daisy York to the theme song from the 1987 box office disappointment, Bloody Guts 4: Gary Storms Topeka.
(this is not an actual thing)
DIR: Justin Miller
STITCHES
A psychological body horror anthology where three isolated men submit to rituals of healing - an AI cleanse, a live stream of penance, and an experimental drug trial - each descending into madness as their pain becomes performance in a world obsessed with watching.
DIR: Taylor Olson
TAKE IT BACK (MUSIC VIDEO)
An eye for an eye, blood for blood.
DIR: Lee Daehan
TERMINUS
An investigative journalist on the trail of a number of missing women finds herself lost on a desolate and snowy forest road, but she's not alone.
DIR: Jay Holben
THE BINDING
In the wake of a failed exorcism, a grieving father does "whatever it takes" to destroy the entity that took his daughter, even if that means committing an unforgivable sin of his own.
DIR: Ryan Kennedy
THE DEEP VESSEL
In an effort to complete their sophomore album, an artistically drained folk band follows in the footsteps of metal legends and decides to summon an old Norse god, only to realize divine help comes with chaotic consequences.
DIR: Sean Cruser
THE DEMONATRIX
A dominatrix looking to make some extra money holds a phony seance. When she unwittingly summons an incubus demon, the priest who presides over the church across the street joins forces with his demonologist mentor in an attempt to send the demon back to hell.
DIR: Aurelio Voltaire & Jeff Ferrell
THE FALL
Mountaineers kill each other for money in the middle of the mountain.
DIR: Maxime Tevissen, Tom Alcamo, Hugo Hannache, Dylan Cam, Alexandre Velves, Titouan Kervajan, Yaëlle Alberti
THE FLOWER WOMAN
A bullied teenager turns to her town's darkest urban legend to end her torment. But when she breaks the ritual's only rule, the consequences become deadly.
DIR: Robyn August & Isaac Park
THE HIGHER PATH
Simon is an office worker whose life is going nowhere. He discovers a mysterious self-help tape, promising life changing benefits. His life begins to change dramatically, and Simon discovers that the voice on his tapes may have an agenda of its own…
DIR: Duncan Roe
THE IMPENETRABLE VESSEL! (TRAILER)
This animated film, in the format of a trailer, is a satirical look at military might and sci-fi heroes.
DIR: Brandon Hicks
THE MAN MILKER
A man must face his greatest fear.
DIR: Matthew Rush
THE RED MASK
Queer screenwriter Allina Green is hired to write the final Red Mask slasher. Under pressure and facing death threats, she and her fiancé retreat to a secluded Airbnb. A twisted game spirals into a deadly fight when uninvited guests crash.
DIR: Ritesh Gupta
THE SCREAMING
It's the graveyard shift at the morgue and Mara prepares for what should be a quiet evening of autopsy alone in the building. Or so she thinks...
DIR: Guillaume Boivin & Steve Villeneuve
THE SOLUTION
A math professor, rejected over and over again for publication, finds herself supplanted by her genius-level teaching assistant, and resorts to drastic measures to re-assert her authority.
DIR. John Klein & Steve Kniss
THE SPIRIT OF HILDA (TRAILER)
A teenager dies in a freak accident. Her adoptive mother, Mrs. Lake who practices voodoo, attempts a spell to bring her back. But the Hilda that returns is not the one she knew.
DIR: Jasmine Banks, Justus Hightower & Griffin Bermea
THE WRATH
Newlyweds and filmmakers Devyn and Ben travel to Thailand to capture the legend of Mae Nak.
Soon after, their project spirals into psychological terror, and Devyn vanishes.
Her twin sister Darsi and editor Luke sift through recovered footage searching for answers.
As the mystery deepens - the line between psychological unraveling and possession begins to disappear.
DIR: Shayne Putzlocher
VENATIO
In a dystopian future, society has fallen under the grip of a brutal authoritarian regime led by Lucius Vane, enforcing his twisted vision through The Venatio Games.
A savage spectacle where captured minorities are forced to fight guards known as hunters.
Miguel narrowly escapes the clutches of this oppressive system only to discover that his sister was taken. Now with the help of fellow fugitives, he must find a way to rescue his sister and put an end to the games.
DIR: Marcio Moreno
WRAPPED IN CELLULOID
A celluloid loving photographer tests a rather ominous vintage camera, only to find he has awoken a dark and deadly presence.
DIR: Oli Greck
THE VEIL
A religious cult with fake possession rituals spirals into darkness when the pastor's daughter is truly taken by an entity, forcing her brother to choose between blind faith and a terrifying freedom.
DIR: Gabriel Motta
THERE IS ALWAYS A MONSTER
A police investigation turns into a nightmare when a mutant creature unleashes terror inside the building.
DIR: Gaston Haag
WORST THING YOU'VE EVER DONE
HIGH SCHOOL REALLY SUCKS… and no one knows that better than best friends Aaron and Keith. So when they set out to crash the last graduation party of the summer, emotions fly high and the culture clash of teenagers find themselves playing a simple game that has dire consequences.
DIR: PJ Germain
XIU XIU - T.D.F.T.W. [MUSIC VIDEO
After their supply of cocaine runs dry, a sadistic clown gang hunts down vagrants of the night for their next score.
DIR: Hudson Lewis Scott
UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAYS
1-2-3 EYES ON ME - Written by: Chris Errington (AUSTRALIA)
AMERICAN CARNAGE - Written by: Steven Keith Bogart
ANTHRILLOGY - Written by: Thomas E Ortiz
BAD RIVER - Written by: Ken Brosky (USA)
DEAD WATER - Written by: Kevin Machate (USA)
DISINTEGRATE - Written by: Michelle Reed (USA)
LITTLE HOPE GORGE - Written by: Jamey Wolpert (USA)
PLANET ROT (PILOT) - Written by: Heather Bennett & Stacy Newton
PROBLEMATIC - Written by: Jerry J Sampson
SHADES WITHIN - Written by: Joseph Cahill
THE BOND - Written by: Victor Martín León & Elena Del Moral (SPAIN)
WHAT THE DEVIL FEARS - Written by: Lee Copeland (USA)
1-2-3 EYES ON ME
Adrift and craving purpose, a city teacher takes a post in a storm-lashed North Queensland town haunted by whispers of the “Shoreline Slasher,” where she becomes the target of a killer hiding in plain sight — and must turn the school she came to save into the battleground that saves her.
WRITER: Chris Errington
AMERICAN CARNAGE
Haunted by visions and guilt, an ICE agent abandons his badge and flees south to rescue a pregnant fiancé, a detainee, and is pursued by extremists and the violent system he once enforced.
WRITER: Steven Keith Bogart
ANTHRILLOGY
When struggling screenwriter kidnaps his cynical professor, he presents a chilling demand: give honest feedback while acting out his entire screenplay in real time.
What begins as a tense table read quickly spirals into a series of interconnected thrillers, each more psychologically and physically intense than the last. From calculated revenge to a harrowing descent into isolation and despair, the stories explore guilt, perception, and the cost of moral consequence.
WRITER: Thomas E Ortiz
BAD RIVER
A farmer on the brink of losing everything is forced into a brutal night of survival with supernatural force, and the family legacy he can’t let go.
WRITER: Ken Brosky
DEAD WATER
In the vast, unforgiving salt flats of the former Aral Sea, a fiercely determined local woman joins two outsiders on a high-stakes retrieval mission. Tasked with hauling a mysterious sealed Soviet-era container across hundreds of kilometers of toxic desert, the trio battles failing equipment, brutal isolation, and an invisible threat that begins to unravel them from within. What starts as a straightforward payday becomes a desperate fight for survival where trust is the first casualty and every choice could be their last.
WRITER: Kevin Machate
DISINTEGRATE
Mourning the loss of her father, a teen moves with her mother in attempt to get a fresh start but they arrive to the secluded town unaware of the occult murders that occurred in their new home.
WRITER: Michelle Reed
LITTLE HOPE GORGE
Suicidal teen Niamh’s town is under attack from a demon who feasts on human joy – meaning she’s immune. Now, she must build a team of other bitter, cynical teens to defeat this ancient evil – but in doing so, they find friends and purpose, making themselves newly vulnerable. Who knew depression was a superpower?
WRITER: Jamey Wolpert
PLANET ROT (PILOT)
An Afro-Colombian teenager named Izzie must find her place and purpose in a futuristic reanimated world after her mother, a hero to the last living humans on earth, is killed by an undead serial killer. When she finds out her mother’s killer is still alive, she makes it her goal to stop him before he can hurt anybody else. But before she can face him, she must face her own demons.
WRITERS: Heather Bennett & Stacy Newton
PROBLEMATIC
When an upper-class man brings his younger fiancé home for the first time, the visit reveals a disconcerting mother-son dynamic that thrusts the fiancé into a world of hidden rooms, deviant secrets, and a haunting confrontation of the man’s problematic past.
WRITER: Jerry J Sampson
SHADES WITHIN
A terminally ill former boxing champion survives an attempted execution that leaves him with fragmented memories and discovers that recovering his past may reveal he orchestrated the very tragedy he is trying to solve.
WRITER: Joseph Cahill
THE BOND
Diana escapes from the orphanage to meet her father, who lives as a recluse in a cabin by a lake and who lost custody of her when she was a baby.
But we know something she doesn’t: her father has just killed a girl.
WRITERS: Victor Martín León & Elena Del Moral
WHAT THE DEVIL FEARS
To save her failing paranormal YouTube channel from cancellation, ambitious host of America's Haunted History, Alexa Cooper leads her crew to the remote Blackwood Mountain Church, site of a 1950s mass murder-suicide. But when the long-dead Pastor Jonathan Grady manifests to trap them within the building’s corrupted, ever-shifting walls, the crew realizes they are not being hunted by ghosts, but by something far older and hungrier.
WRITER: Lee Copeland
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