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Thirty Five short films make up the 2018 line up!  The films come from countries including Australia, Spain, Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom, states including CA, IA, AZ, WA, NC, CT, NY, and ID.  Festival Director Denise Gossett says "I love our shorts program and so does the community, it's a definite must see!".

The Official Selections:

"Jane Love" directed by Jessica OKeefe

"Caronte" directed by Luis Tinoco Pineda

"Snaggletooth" directed by Colin Bishopp

"The Moor" directed by James Everett

"There's One Inside the House" directed by D.M Cunningham

"Amy's in the Freezer" directed by Venita Ozols-Graham

"Strange Clowns" directed by Michael Paul

"Static Kinship" directed by Adolpho Navarro

"Chainsaw Charlie" directed by Dan Lesser

"Safe" directed by Tim Earnheart

"The Candlelight Witch" directed by Rebecca Flinn-White

"Avulsion" directed by Steve Boyle

"From Life" directed by Uli Meyer

"Conductor" directed by Alex Noyer

"One Dark Night" directed by Michael Trainotti

"Something in the Darkness" directed by Fran Casanova

"A Doll Distorted" directed by Niall Shukla

"Endless Cycle" directed by Darrn Hummel

"Alfred J Hemlock" directed by Edward Lyons

"Nadine" directed by Phil Bucci

"Let's Be Friends" directed by Ryan Glista

"It's Tight But It Hardly Chokes" directed by David Perez Sanudo

"Trespass" directed by Erik LeDrew

"Valcorian" directed by Christopher Collins & Kacper Skowron

"Clickbait" directed by Carlos Melendez

"The Hobbyist" directed by George Vatistas

"Magic H8 Ball" directed by Dan Hass

"Cat Box" directed by Kris Kiristensen

"Element" directed by Barry J Neely

"Sockmonster" directed by Wesley Alley

"Jackal" directed by Matt Van Tine

"Post Mortem Mary" directed by Joshua Long

"Latched" directed by Justin Harding & Rob Brunner

"The Visitor" directed by Justin Olstein

"Cabin Killer" directed by Michael Rich

The Shriekfest Film Festival runs October 4 - 7, 2018. An opening night party will take place at Bar Sinister in Hollywood; the rest of the festival will be at the iconic Raleigh Studios on Melrose Blvd.

Shriekfest, now in its 18^th year, was created in July 2001 by Denise Gossett and has grown into the longest-running and one of the largest horror and sci-fi film festivals in the country. This is the second year that Shriekfest will be bi-coastal with Shriekfest Orlando on November 3rd.  Since its inception, Shriekfest has offered young and upcoming writers, actors, directors, and producers a chance to have their work screened and rated by peers.