The Third Annual Telluride Horror Show, the Oct. 12-14 horror film festival, has announces part of this year’s lineup. Named one of the "20 Coolest Film Festivals" in 2011 by Moviemaker Magazine, screens an average of 20 feature films and more than 25 shorts, and hosts special programs, special guests and the kickoff Pig Roast. 

Feature films include:

CRAWL, Australia, 2011, 80 min. Director Paul China

A seedy bar owner hires a mysterious Croatian to commit murder, but a planned double-crossing backfires when a young waitress is taken hostage. A suspenseful, yet darkly humorous chain of events builds to a bloodcurdling climax.



DEVOURED, U.S., 2012, 92 min. In Person, DirectorGreg Olliver

Immigrant mother (Marta Milans) works as a cleaning woman at an old New York City restaurant in order to make enough money to pay for her sick son’s operation. With no friends or family, she lives a lonely, desperate existence, saving every penny and sending it home for her son. As his condition worsens, malevolent forces living within the walls of the restaurant begin to torment her. She struggles to escape, and return to her son before the evil within the dark walls drives her completely mad.



ELEVATOR, U.S. /Norway, 2011, 85 min., In Person, Writer-Producer Marc Rosenberg; DirectorStig Svendsen

Nine people stuck on an elevator – one has a ticking bomb and the other eight will do absolutely anything to survive. The bomb cannot be defused. No escape and no promise of rescue. The unthinkable becomes the only solution. Crafted by the award-winning team of Norwegian Director Stig Svendsen and writer-producer Marc Rosenberg, they create a story as chilling as Hitchcock’s Psycho and as demented as Polanski’s The Tenant. An amazing ensemble cast (Christopher Backus, Anita Briem, John Getz, Shirley Knight, Amanda and Rachel Pace, Devin Ratray, Tehmina Sunny, Joey Slotnick and Waleed Zuaiter) creates a pressure-cooker drama you won’t soon forget.

GAME OF WEREWOLVES, Spain, 2011, 104 min., In Person, DirectorJuan Martínez Moreno

A failed writer returns to his home village in rural Spain when the locals decide to "honour" him for his work. As soon as he arrives, he realizes all eyes are on him, but not necessarily because of his literary success. It turns out that for over 100 years, a monstrous werewolf has been terrorizing the village. The only way to free the place from the curse is to feed the beast with a member of the Mariño family and the town's just arrived guest "happens" to be a perfect candidate for this.



INBRED, UK/Germany, 2011, 98 min., DirectorAlex Chandon

A disparate group of young urban offenders and their care workers embark on a community service weekend in the strange, remote Yorkshire village of Mortlake, which prides on keeping itself to itself. A minor incident with some local inbred youths rapidly escalates into a blood-soaked, deliriously warped nightmare for all involved.



JUNKIE, U.S., 2012, 85 min., Director Adam Mason

A dark comedy about two drug-addled brothers, from the writer/director of Broken, The Devil's Chair, and Blood River.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: The Telluride Horror Show will screen the work-print of Adam Mason's latest feature film, brought to us by Quiet Earth. 

LA MEMORIA DEL MUERTO (Memory of the Dead), Argentina, 2011, 88 min., Director Valentín Javier Diment

After the death of her husband, Alicia calls together his closest friends to celebrate his life. What they don't know is that they are part of a ritual prepared by Alice, to bring her husband back to life.



PARANORMAN, U.S., 2012, 93 min., Directors Sam Fell and Chris Butler

A misunderstood boy who can speak with the dead takes on ghosts, zombies and, worst of all, grown-ups, in order to save his town from a centuries-old curse.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: After this special screening of ParaNorman, LAIKA takes viewers behind the scenes of this summer's hit film. Production puppets from the movie will be on display. We're excited to have LAIKA, the stop-motion animation studio behind the Oscar-nominated Coraline, back at the Telluride Horror Show!



PORTRAIT OF A ZOMBIE, Ireland, 2011, 87 min., Director Bing Bailey

When a narcissistic American filmmaker discovers the Murphys, an Irish family with an undead son, he jumps at the opportunity to document their story. The family faces the wrath of their neighbors and a local crime boss and as riots against the family climax, the Murphys struggle to answer the question, "Does blood run thicker than water?" One thing is for sure: for the zombies in Ireland, the famine is definitely over.

FROM THE VAULT:

Jon Davison, the executive producer of Robocop and Starship Troopers, returns to the Telluride Horror Show as the Vault Keeper.  A horror buff with a vast collection of vintage horror films in his vault, Davison digs out a classic for this year’s festival:

KING KONG, USA, 1933, 104 min., Directors Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack

"Kong! The Eighth Wonder of the World!" A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal giant gorilla who takes a shine to their female blonde star (Fay Wray, the "Queen of Scream.") 

Experience RKO Radio Pictures' classic monster movie on the big screen at the Telluride Horror Show! Presented in the original 35MM format with an introduction by our "vault keeper" Jon Davison.



SHORT FILMS

88,88, U.S., 2012, 14 min., Director Joey Ciccoline

Val has lost control of her life. Those around her deny the reality of the extraordinary experiences she feels powerless against. Realizing she must stand alone, she has only one remaining option - to find a way to fight back.



ADJUST TRACKING, Canada, 2012, 5 min., Director Matt O'Mahoney

The tables are turned on a miserable drunk after he rudely shuts off his stepson's gory horror video, in this grisly homage to 80's anthology horror.



THE CAPTURED BIRD, Canada, 2012, 12 min.,

Director Jovanka Vuckovic

In this dark fable, a little girl is drawn to a mysterious mansion where she witnesses the birth of five horrifying apparitions.



EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, Switzerland, 2011, 14 min., Director Olivier Beguin

Unemployed monsters, looking for jobs.



FAMILIAR, Canada, 2011, 23 min., Director Richard Powell

A middle-aged man grows to suspect the negative impulses plaguing his mind may not be his own.



INTRUDER, U.S., 2011, 20 min., Director Billy Senese

A wounded soldier's wife begins the long road to recovery after her husband is released back into her care. But the strange noises next door may bring a more immediate struggle.



LA RICETTA (THE RECIPE), U.S., 2012, 5 min.,

Director Jason Noto

After a boy is confronted with death for the first time, he turns to his imagination for protection and understanding.



LOT254, UK, 2012, 3 min., Director Toby Meakins

A collector discovers that a vintage cine camera bought at auction is broken. Repairing it unlocks the hidden terror of LOT 254.



MACHINES OF THE WORKING CLASS, U.S., 2010, 2 min., Directors, James and Robert Dastol

Two robotic blue-collar workers take a brief hiatus to discuss delusions of grandeur.



My Brother's Keeper (Or How Not to Survive The Apocalypse), UK, 2012, 6 min., Director Jen Moss

Holed up at the end of the world with her well-meaning but dim-witted brother Jo, Jess isn’t sure what will destroy her will to live first, the zombies or Jo’s incessant optimism. Like they say, you can choose your friends, but you can’t choose who you survive the apocalypse with....



OTHER, U.S., 2011, 14 min., Director Daniel DelPurgatorio

Patrick is a brilliant doctor in an obsessive race to alter his own grim prognosis. During a series of unconventional experiments, he discovers a scientific loophole unlike anything he had ever imagined. In pursuit of this dark prize, Patrick will risk everything to ensure he sees his experiment to the end...even if it means accepting the sinister results.



THE OTHER SIDE, UK, 2012, 20 min., Directors, The Santoro Brothers

When a nanny arrives at her new job on a creaky farm in the English countryside, she's caught up in the turbulent relationship of her employers. James is struggling to provide for his family and Rachel is unable to cope with the demands of her new born baby. Unaware of his wife’s decision to hire help, a disgruntled James leaves them alone in the secluded farmhouse. When night falls and he fails to return, a sinister intruder invades the property, unraveling a night of gruesome bloodshed and unprecedented terror.

PERISHED, Australia, 2011, 16 min., Directors, Aaron McCann and Stefan A. Radanovich

A man on the run finds himself locked in a shed amidst a zombie outbreak and must rebuild his inner strength to confront his fears or face starvation.



ROTTING HILL, New Zealand, 2011, 4 min., Director James Cunningham

It's not easy to find love, especially if you are falling apart, stinky and a little bloody around the edges. It's a love story, with a bit of a twist….



TUMULT, Scotland, 2011, 13 min., Director Johnny Barrington

A tribe of Norse warriors traipse across a barren land after battle. Bloodied and wounded, their chief is near death. He is about to hand over power to his son when an army of a completely different kind descends upon them.



ZOMBIE CHIC, U.S., 2011, 6 min., Director Todd Cobery

A stuffy, upscale dinner party is interrupted by the zombie apocalypse in this gory black comedy.

MANY MORE FILMS TO BE ANNOUNCED!



Trailers for the films available at HYPERLINK ""wwwHYPERLINK "".HYPERLINK ""telluridehorrorshowHYPERLINK "".HYPERLINK ""com.  The Schedule, listing show times and venues, will be announced closer to the festival.Three-Day Festival Passes on sale for $60.  The Three-Day Pass gets you into 11 films, plus the opening reception with attending filmmakers.  At the low price of $60, that's just $5 per movie!  Also available for purchase, "5 for 4", $40.  Buy five individual tickets for the price of four! Individual tickets are $10 per film and are sold at the door only – buy the "5 for 4" in advance and pay $40 for five films. 

2012 Sponsors include FEARnet, Quiet Earth, Telluride Alpine Lodging, Sony, Baked in Telluride, Nugget Theatre, Sheridan Opera House, Mile High Cinema, Screen Invasion, and the Telluride Film Commission. For more info on the festival and for discounted lodging, visit HYPERLINK telluridehorrorshow.com.