Knoxville Screenings at Pellissippi

2009 FILM SYNOPSES BY CATEGORY

HORROR FILMS

EVIL THINGS
(USA 79 mins)
Directed by Dominic Perez
On January 9th 2009, 5 college students left New York City for a weekend in the country. 48 hours later, all 5 students simply vanished without a trace. There were no leads and no evidence...until now.

GEORGE’S INTERVENTION
(USA 92 mins)
Directed by JT Seaton
George’s friends have gathered for an intervention… George’s intervention. You see, George is a zombie. And his friends are hoping to convince him to stop eating people and to enter 'zombie rehab'. It’s morally wrong to eat people. Plus, it’s unhealthy. The meat is raw. And who knows where these people have been. With the help of a professional interventionist, George’s friends confront George regarding his 'addiction'. But, over the course of the night, George’s friends begin to disappear. Have they given up hope that the intervention will be successful? Or have they become dinner?

COLD OCTOBER
(USA 30 mins)
Directed by Mikel Wisler
Henry has a sleep disorder. Occasionally, while awake, his mind will slip into a dream-like state, and he hallucinates. He runs into an old friend, Emily, who has just moved into the same apartment building where Henry lives. She's trying to get away from a stalker who has been sending her poems and pictures. As Henry learns of this, he begins to believe that what he is seeing in his hallucinations may be glimpses of her future. If so, he has to save her. But can Henry convince those around him and himself that what he sees in these hallucinations are more than a chemical imbalance in his brain? Is there a greater force at work here?

THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF MISTER HOLLOW
(Canada 6 mins)
Directed by Rodrigo Gudino and Vincent Marcone
A single image that tells an entire story, THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF MISTER HOLLOW is the groundbreaking new film by Rue Morgue founding editor Rodrigo Gudiño (The Demonology of Desire, The Eyes of Edward James) and award-winning visual artist Vincent Marcone (MyPetSkeleton.com, Johnny Hollow). The visually stunning film centers on an unusual photograph dating back to the 1930s. An investigation of its particulars reveals a tapestry of secrets hidden in the details, and a tale of kidnapping and murder captured in a haunting moment.

WHITE ZOMBIE
(USA 37 mins)
Directed by Vincent Nero
White Zombie is the Gothic tale of Jordan, a young lady on the path to adulthood, who runs away with her boyfriend, but when road gets bumpy and become stranded in a desolate village, they rely on a rich widow whose broken heart is mended at the sight of Jordan. Foolishly in love, he will do anything to keep Jordan for his own even turn her into a zombie. It may be a zombie movie, but it's a love story at heart.

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