Charlie, a filmmaker looking for a makeup artist for his new horror film stumbles upon a girl named Sally, who he's attracted to despite her being a minor. Charlie's friend and co-worker, Jeff, advises him not to pursue her as he thinks Sally might be working as an undercover cop.
"Normal Porn for Normal People" is an appropriated media piece that explores our societal need to consume violence for entertainment. The film offers a satirical commentary on the romanticizing and normalization of violent imagery, while observing the link to commercial consumerism that exploits human sexuality, while simultaneously demonizing it. Interview segments echo our endless need to devour salacious content by venerating both real and fictional violence. Sexuality and sexual images remain a convenient scapegoat that facilitate a continued avoidance regarding the impact that the glorification of violence has within American culture.
A seven-year-old boy notices a strange activity in his room at night. Sometimes it is better to stay in bed than to try to escape.
A man trapped in a public toilet is struggling between fierce diarrhea and being trapped by zombies.
Sometimes, the gas man needs to read the meter. Sometimes, he has other things in mind.
Upon a stay in his grandparent's countryside house, young writer Matt begins to encounter strange happenings as he attempts to write his first novel.
Nocturne is a psychological horror film built on the conflicts of a woman tortured by the ambiguity between reality and illusion, dream and desire. The woman has perhaps murdered her lover and is living in an unstable world when he returns to her at night, in her dreams and into her arms, as witness to the subversive violence of nature, corporeality and desire. (PA)
Jake can help people move on after death, but now he may need to help someone move on from life.
A couple rents a summer house in a small village. Residents ignore all warnings from local people about upcoming mysterious things and are drawn into a story that repeats itself every seven years, claiming its victims.
After their Valentines day date, Elsie and Brett break down in an unknown area. They soon find out that isn't their only worry as a crazed man is on the hunt for his own Valentine.
Sunday brunch at the Thompson Home grows increasingly tense as their daughter's new boyfriend slowly reveals his true intentions.
Platonic room-mates Joseph and Ellie try to 'keep it casual' when they find themselves manipulated by an otherworldly force to begin having sex with each other.
A horror film actress deals with her fall from stardom.
Joshua finally gets to meet Eric, the beloved dog of a girl he's been dating. As the evening evolves, Josh begins to get a sneaking suspicion that Eric isn't your typical house pet.
A man's life is disrupted when he begins to suffer from sleep paralysis.
An illegal migrant worker decides it's time to move on from picking crops and find her father. Little does she know, insidious supernatural forces have a different plan for her. Some borders aren't meant to be crossed.
A serial killer is using Periscope video streaming app to film his grizzly murders live.
After a man dons a pair of fake vampire teeth for a Halloween party, he soon comes to find that he can't take them off again.
Despite it being her father's death anniversary, Patricia, a young streamer, tries to continue with her daily rutine until one sponsor offers her a large sum to make a live stream that night playing "ORFEO", a paranormal summoning challenge. She accepts without imagining how dangerous it is to face your own demons.
Some of 2011's stand-out film actors appear in "a video gallery of cinematic villainy" for New York Times Magazine.