FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
WEDNESDAY MAY 3RD
MUSIC & FILM SHOWCASE
Location : Odyssey Records & Cinema
1025 Elias St, London, ON N5W 5L1
The Festival kicks off with a showcase of music and film, featuring shorts filmed on 8mm celluloid, music videos, and followed by the World Premiere of Crystal Shocker Award winner Grant McPhee‘s latest work; the 16mm shot visual feast Beyond The Speed of Life !
PLEASE NOTE: This screening is FREE to attend with your valid Shock Stock 2023 admission ticket, festival pass, deluxe pass etc.
REGISTER TO CLAIM YOUR SEAT HERE as space is limited.
7:30 pm – SUPER 8MM SINGLE REEL SHORTS
A trio of super 8 shorts – each shot on a single 50′ reel.
FUEL – Directed by Stéphane Turgeon ( Canada ) 3 min.
A badboy meets his dream car…
UNTITLED.MOV – Directed by Dustin Shea ( Canada ) 3 min.
A band of clout chasing criminal influencers document their escapades in hopes of becoming an internet sensation.
ECHO’S VOICE BOX – Directed by Alex Sultoon ( United Kingdom ) 3 min.
A singer is terrified of losing her voice and thinks someone is out to steal it.
7:45 pm – MUSIC VIDEOS
A variety of music videos that feature dark themes and humour, striking visuals, and embody the spirit of Shock Stock.
PAT & MAC “FLESHEATER” – Directed by Sean Bayles ( USA ) 5 min.
When a science experiment goes horrifically wrong, Pat & Mac are called in to fix it with the power of rock music.
ABIGAIL LAPELL “OLD FLAMES” – Directed by Fugitives ( Canada ) 5 min.
A haunting portrayal of a recovering addict learning to live with her demons.
INSIDIOUS CLOWN PARTY- Directed by Carl Hansen ( USA ) 5 min.
A record company executive learns a hard lesson when a band he reps turns on him.
AUTOPSY “KNIFE, SLICE, AXE, CHOP” – Directed by Cannibal Cam Schwarz, Phil Robert Pattison ( Canada ) 5 min.
Gory music video for the legendary death metal band AUTOPSY, from the creators of Wolf Juice.
8:10 pm – BEYOND THE SPEED OF LIFE
WORLD PREMIERE
Directed by Grant McPhee ( United Kingdom ) 65 min.
Beyond the Speed of Life : 1970 is a visual accompaniment to Port Sulphur’s ‘the Speed of Life’ long-player.
Shot entirely with 1960s vintage 16mm cameras and lenses it is an exploration of early music video aesthetics, B-Movies, amateur filmmaking and the Underground – Warhol, Brakhage, Deren, Mekas and Anger.
Reflecting the recording of the Speed of Life album, the filmmaking process deployed a similar ‘automatic’ writing approach of unlearning technique, a refusal of pre-determined composition and ensuring that ‘first ideas’ take priority regardless of secondary thought merit.
THURSDAY MAY 4TH
SLEEPAWAY CAMP 40th ANNIVERSARY SCREENING
Location : Hyland Cinema
240 Wharncliffe Rd S, London, ON N6J 2L4
Thursday night a special celebration and retrospect takes place for one of the most iconic horror films of the era, 1983’s Sleepaway Camp !
PLEASE NOTE: This screening is NOT INCLUDED with your Shock Stock 2023 admission ticket, festival pass, deluxe pass etc. it is a SEPARATE TICKETED EVENT.
With Special Guest Felissa Rose – Meet n’ Greet and Q & A!
VIP TICKETS – $99*: This includes early door and seat access, Felissa Rose Meet n’ Greet, 1-8×10 Glossy Autograph, Selfie with Felissa & 1 Shock Stock Day Pass
ADVANCED GA TICKETS – $20*: Buy tickets before the show via the Hyland Website and save $5!
TICKETS AT THE DOOR – $25*: Coming last minute? No problem! Grab tickets at the door!
*HST & $1.50 service fee will be added to ALL ticket prices!
ORDER OF THE NIGHT
(Times subject to delay based on attendance)
VIP Door Admission: 7:30PM
General/Advanced Tickets Door Admission: 8:15PM
Felissa Rose Special Introduction To The Film/Film Start: 9:00PM
Felissa Rose Q & A: 10:30PM
*Please note: This event will be busy so please come early and kindly be patient as times may be delayed! HST & Surcharge will be added to Ticket price!
FRIDAY MAY 5TH
SHOCK STOCK FILM FESTIVAL
Location : Ramada Inn
817 Exeter Rd, London, ON N6E 1W1
The Weekend of Wild’n’Greasy fun starts at 3pm and goes for over 65 hours of straight madness!
Full Friday Schedule is below for the International Cinema Screening Room and select afterparty events.
Admission to all on-site screenings, panels, and events are included with admission. Seating for screenings is on a first come, first served basis.
3:00 pm – TERROR TOONS 4
One of the visually insane films of the year! This wild anthology is the best way to kick off the Ramada screenings in the International Cinema Screening Room – See you all in the cartoon dimension!
TERROR TOONS 4 – Directed by Joe Castro, Brinke Stevens, Matthew Vinaja ( USA ) 1 hr 23 min.
Enter the cartoon dimension where Dr Carnage and Max Assassin trap you in an insane, never-ending nightmare where there is no escape to reality. This is a non-stop roller coaster ride that will give you nightmare fuel. Castro and Escobar deliver an experience like no other can. Four stories that are mind-bending, heart pounding, wild & totally unpredictable. Get ready, buckle up, and don’t come alone!
4:30 pm – Q&A – Scream Queen Michelle Bauer
HOSTED BY MELANIE TURNER
Blood in the Snow Programmer
5:15 pm – INTERNATIONAL SHORTS
From all over the globe right into Shock Stock, these filmmakers know how to speak the universal language of GORE, GUTS, SCARES, and BLOOD.
THE MUPPET FACE – Directed by Ricardo Machado ( PORTUGAL ) 11 min.
This event gave rise to the portuguese perverse murderer known as the Muppet-Face, a psychological descent to his sick and perfidious motivation.
BIENVENUE CHEZ CANDY – Directed by Sabine Crossen ( FRANCE ) 14 min.
Like in a fairy tale, it only took one glance for Etienne to fall head over heels in love with Candy. When she invites him home for a drink, he discovers that this pretty influencer with a vivid imagination, did not invite him just by chance. But is Etienne ready to play Candy’s strange little game ?
RAPTUS – Directed by Adam Jordan ( AUSTRALIA ) 8 min.
Kidnapped by a masked man, tortured, and for what?
FOR WHAT THE DOOR BELL TOLLS – Directed by Nori Uchida ( JAPAN ) 11 min.
A doorbell is ringing repeatedly early morning, a mysterious paper bag is delivered…
By whom? For what…
THE WEAVER – Directed by Øyvind Willumsen ( NORWAY ) 13 min.
A nurse goes to visit an old lady at her home. He soon realizes she has a few screws loose. And maybe she is not an old lady at all?
6:15 pm – Q&A – Dave Sheridan
HOSTED BY TAMMY HEISEL
Host of FANatics Online
Follow FANatics on Twitter @FANatics_Online & like them on Facebook!
7:00 pm – SHORT SHOCKS
This is the most popular short block of the weekend – SHORT SHOCKS predates the whole event as it started way back at the Vagrancy Films events at Rainbow Cinemas.
Rules are simple :
Films must be under 10 minutes with less than one minute of credits.
Anything else goes! Short Shocks come in from all around the world!
12:44 AM – Directed by José Luis Anaya ( MEXICO ) 4 min.
A young woman has a strange feeling that she is not alone in her bedroom.
DAY OF THE DEAD – Directed by Mary Marr ( CANADA ) 3 min.
An artist is unaware of a sinister presence watching her closely until the strange sounds and voices get louder and more threatening.
JACK SHIT – Directed by Jesse James Hennessy ( USA ) 2 min.
Be careful trick or treating on Halloween, you might end up with JACK SHIT!
SEE NO EVIL – Directed by Shangmou Xiu ( USA ) 3 min.
A thief who pretends to be blind gets haunted by a monster who is obsessed with taking eyes and gets what’s coming to him.
NIGHTMARE – Directed by Cyrill d’Agata ( FRANCE ) 6 min.
Sandra, an office worker, go live their worst nightmare.
THERE CAN’T BE YOUR GRAVE – Directed by Yuta Hayata ( JAPAN ) 6 min.
One summer night, a man stepped on a flower offering.
“There can’t be your grave.”
The man complains and heads home.
Flowers take revenge on the man.
IT GOT BLOODY – Directed by Juan Antonio Rotunno ( MEXICO ) 4 min.
A girl is being hanged by a guy in the middle of a room. If she manages to escape maybe we will know the reason why he tries to murder her with such hatred.
THE ITCH – Directed by Ruari Chambers ( UNITED KINGDOM ) 9 min.
A young man’s life falls apart when he develops an uncontrollable urge to itch.
DON’T MOVE – Directed by Rubel Rafael Ahmed ( UNITED KINGDOM ) 5 min.
Two siblings must fight for their lives after being trapped in a room with a creature that is attracted to movement.
PARTY’S OVER – Directed by Neil Willoughby ( USA ) 6 min.
The night turns to terror when uninvited guests crash a Halloween party.
THE MOON OF THE KURENT: THE RITUAL – Directed by Tomaž Gorkič ( SLOVENIA ) 7 min.
The mysterious man performs a mystical pagan ritual in the name of the forgotten ancient Slavic gods. Is this a fertility ritual performed by a priest or a serial killer? The bloody moon of the Kurent has risen.
STOP THE EVIL – Directed by Nathan Ouellette ( CANADA ) 2 min.
There is only one way to stop the evil…
MUSINGS OF A SINNER – Directed by Nadine L’Esperance ( CANADA ) 7 min.
A good Catholic girl is cursed by a stranger causing bizarre hallucinations leading to madness.
8:00 pm – THE CRYSTAL SHOCKER AWARDS
HOSTED BY THE MONSTERS OF SCHLOCK
It’s time to bust out the tuxedos and flappers because its the most glamorous event of the year!
9:00 pm – THE FOREST HILLS
CANADIAN PREMIERE
Directed by Scott Goldberg ( USA ) 1 hr 20 min.
Rico (Chiko Mendez) is tormented by nightmarish visions after enduring head trauma while camping in the Catskill woods. Billy (Edward Furlong) creates a reality of horror for him by persuading Rico to go along with his beliefs which delve him deeper into despair.
Also Featuring Shelley Duvall (The Shining), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Stacey Nelkin (Halloween III: Season of the Witch), Marianne Hagan (Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers), and Dee Wallace (The Howling).
Followed by Q&A with Felissa Rose hosted by Tammy Heisel of FANatics Online
10:45 pm – FILM LONDON INDUSTRY MIXER
AT CHELSEA’S BAR
Join us at Chelsea’s Bar inside the Ramada for a post-Shockers celebration of all of the filmmakers, artists, performers, musicians, and industry professionals that make this weekend possible.
All are welcome to come by to talk about the mutual love of horror films, filmmaking in general, or just hang out and talk about whatever!
Cash Bar
12:00 am – THE MAYHEM AT MIDNITE !
The midnight programme on Friday night is gaining notoriety for being reserved for the wildest crowds of the weekend, and some of the biggest and best shorts. Come prepared to laugh, shout, and scream!
GREED & GORE – Directed by Adam Kirkey ( CANADA ) 15 min.
Five criminals pick the wrong safe house to lay low after robbing a bank.
THREE BLOODY PIGS: THE FLASHBACK – Directed by Evarg Nori ( ITALY) 16 min.
The bloody, irreverent and amusing adventures of three psychopaths escaped from a lunatic asylum, who’ll find 3 magical masks and turn themselves into Three Bloody Pigs…Again with the legendary soundtrack from “Troll 2” and the memorable “Introduction” from Lucio Fulci’s”City of the living dead”(for which copyright have been paid).
THE ISLAND OF THE RESUSCITATED DEAD – Directed by Domenico Montixi ( ITALY ) 20 min.
70s. A group of rough mercenaries, led by a provocative, ambiguous, female Doctor, an indomitable journalist and a stubborn girl, venture to a tropical island in search of a famous missing scientist … the unfortunates, in spite of themselves, are unaware that something terrible and supernatural is happening on the island … will our heroes be able to find the professor and find out what is happening? But above all … will they survive …?
THE NUEVA – Directed by Ivan Villamel ( SPAIN ) 15 min.
Maria is the new teacher who arrives at an old religious school. On her first day, she will have to teach a group of rebellious kids who are part of a punishment class. An unexpected event will turn the classroom into a real hell.
SOME VISITORS – Directed by Paul Hibbard (USA ) 28 min.
A woman mourning the loss of a child is home alone in an area that has been afflicted with recent home invasions. She recieves a knock on the door from a mysterious man who wants to be let inside.
1:30 am – SHOCK STOCK KARAOKE!
IN THE DJ FRYLO ALL NIGHTER FRIGHTER ROOM
Grab the mic and lose your voice as you croon along with the Shock Stock maniacs in an all night long after-afterparty!
Anyone who knows Shock Stock knows that this is only the beginning of the weekend still, so pace yourselves. But also its only once a year, so….
SATURDAY MAY 6TH
Location : Ramada Inn
817 Exeter Rd, London, ON N6E 1W1
Full Saturday Schedule is below for the International Cinema Screening Room and select afterparty events.
Admission to all on-site screenings, panels, and events are included with admission. Seating for screenings is on a first come, first served basis.
11:40 am – CANADIAN #CREASY
Short Films from the motherland! Canadian short films always break boundaries, create visual landscapes that fascinate, and entertain and shock audiences all over the world. But they’re made here- and we love them!!
THE SUCKAMOTO SALES INCIDENT – Directed by Jeff Robinson ( Canada ) 12 min.
Based on True Events — Vacuum salesmen collide in an off-beat comedy with a squirt of violence.
WATERCRAFT – Directed by Gabriel Auclair-Doucet ( Canada ) 4 min.
Elsa is looking to buy herself a house salesman. Two new participants will need to overcome challenges to determinate the chosen one.
FIRST BLOOD – Directed by Olivia Loccisano ( Canada ) 8 min.
A teenage girl goes through a bizarre transformation after she gets her first period.
LIFE INC. – Directed by Kevin Preece ( Canada ) 10 min.
In the not-too-distant future, the rich step on the neck of the poor… again. This is NOT a documentary.
RED TILES – Directed by Philippe Bourret ( Canada ) 17 min.
A woman experiences euphoria after having a nose bleed.
B E H O L D E R – Directed by Evan Churchill, Thomas Pardo ( Canada ) 23 min.
Something’s made it’s home in Thom’s camera. It wants a show, and Thom’s the star. Evoking intrusive thoughts and violent impulses, this creature projects its madness direct-to-tape.
Beholder is a glitch horror found footage project, with spectral horrors pulled directly from the magnetic static of damaged VHS tapes.
1:00 pm – THE HITCHIKER SPEAKS! Q&A WITH TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE STAR ED NEAL
HOSTED BY MELANIE TURNER
Blood in the Snow Programmer
2:00 pm – MIND LEECH
PRECEDED BY SHORT FILMS “SORE THROAT” & “THE WEAVER”
SORE THROAT – Directed by Quinn O’Connor, Lily Castle, Ava Bunn ( USA ) 6 min.
After breaking up with his girlfriend, a young man encounters a stranger with a secret.
THE WEAVER – Directed by Øyvind Willumsen ( NORWAY ) 13 min.
A nurse goes to visit an old lady at her home. He soon realizes she has a few screws loose. And maybe she is not an old lady at all?
MIND LEECH – Directed by Chris Cheeseman, Paul Krysinski ( Canada ) 1 hr.
A very persuasive Leech is wreaking havoc in rural Provinstate, 1998. On a mission to expand its horizons, our influential invertebrate enlists the help of the local townsfolk. The Police are soon on the tail of our pesky parasite.
Followed by Q&A wth filmmakers.
Hosted by Kelly Michael Stewart, Blood in the Snow Festival Director
3:30 pm – ANIMATION SHOWCASE
The largest collection of animated shorts ever to grace a Shock Stock screen! These films are bizarre, funny, and sometimes outright shocking.
Animation styles vary and some live action elements are blended. Its quite a showcase indeed!
NIGHT DRIVES: THE SILENCE OF THE LIBRARY – Directed by Jono Hunter ( Canada ) 3 min.
Alex and Marianna’s date night gets bogged down with movie trivia.
COMPANY – Directed by Dan Raymond ( USA ) 5 min.
A soul gets lonely when trapped in the basement
STRANGE EXCURSION – Directed by Alan Hiscott ( USA ) 6 min.
Aboard a large cruise ship in the middle of the ocean, one passenger embarks on an unexpected excursion that tests the limits of their sanity.
EMPTY – Directed by Ly Bolia ( USA ) 3 min.
Inside there is a darkness so deep it can swallow your soul. A struggles to escape with inner demons.
MR. POE, MEMORY AND NIGHTMARES – Directed by Neil Hamilton Warren ( Canada ) 13 min.
A clay animated film on Poe’s last days . The film follows Poe on his accidental trip to Baltimore, with memory and nightmares of his works as he heads to his final moments.
BUZZKILL – Directed by Peter Ahern ( USA ) 5 min.
Tune in to the blind date woes of Rick and Becky.
TERROR ON TWIN MOUNTAIN – Directed by Michael Dorfman, Emmett Dorfman, Maxwell Dorfman ( USA ) 1 min.
Twin brothers enter a campground of pure evil.
BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE – Directed by Jaime Bird ( USA ) 3 min.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place is a stop motion animation which brings to life the tale of Scylla and Charybdis, two beings who were cursed by the gods to become monsters.
THE GROWTH – Directed by Alex Winner ( AUSTRALIA ) 7 min.
An out-of-luck married couple’s life improves when they find out the husband falls pregnant; however, things aren’t as good as they seem when he gets a wrong diagnosis.
THE LIZARD PEOPLE – Directed by Nathan Ouellette ( Canada ) 1 min.
Who runs the world? You guessed it! The Lizard People.
ANIMATOR SPOTLIGHT :
MCR/ ELECTRIC OTTO
A special focus on one of Shock Stock’s most subversive and creative minds!
Meet MCR/ELECTRIC OTTO : The Electric Emporor of Monsters, Funk & DetroitExploitation Cinema !
Grindhouse Cinema from the Mean Streets of Detroit with a D-Funk Soundtrack! Can You Dig It, Baby?
PRUNETTA’S OATMEAL – Directed by MCR/ELECTRIC OTTO ( USA ) 1 min.
The World’s Problems of Today ain’t $h*+ compared to Prunetta tearing your @$$ Up!
EAST GRAND BLVD – Directed by MCR/ELECTRIC OTTO ( USA ) 1 min.
An @$$kicking Love Affair gone Right, Left, Jab, Uppercut!
THE PEACH COBBLER MONSTER – Directed by MCR/ELECTRIC OTTO ( USA ) 1 min.
Sweets and Desserts, Monsters and Pies. Which one is Bigger, your Stomach or your Eyes?
THE MORANG ZOMBIE – Directed by MCR/ELECTRIC OTTO ( USA ) 1 min.
Hood #Zombies hustling and walking fast! Try to take their $#*+ and they will Whoop Yo @$$!!
ANGER POPCORN SOUTHFIELD FWY – Directed by MCR/ELECTRIC OTTO ( USA ) 1 min.
Don’t let Lowlife MFK@z Pull You Out of Your High Spaceship!
ZOMBIES OF HARPER AVE – Directed by MCR/ELECTRIC OTTO ( USA ) 1 min.
High Gas Prices make us catch the Bus but another Monster is catching Us!
THE MEYERS RD MEAT MONSTER – Directed by MCR/ELECTRIC OTTO ( USA ) 1 min.
Detroit Beware! Know Da Deal! An Insane Creature is making People into Meals!
4:30 pm – HELL VAN
CANADIAN PREMIERE
HELL VAN – Directed by Jorge Delarosa ( USA ) 1 hr 26 min.
In a small Texas Town a firefighter opens the gates to Hell and local law enforcement is powerless to stop the Hell Van!
Hell Van is an action – horror – comedy in the vein of Duel, The Car, and Christine.
Followed by Q&A with Director Jorge Delarosa.
Hosted by Melanie Turner, Blood in the Snow Programmer
6:15 pm – Q&A WITH CHRISTY CANYON & GINGER LYNN
HOSTED BY KELLY GREDNER
Kelly is a vet tech by day and lover of movies by night! She enjoys horror, cult, and extreme cinema and co-hosts two podcasts: I SPIT ON YOUR PODCAST and OUR BLOODY OBSESSION.
7:00 pm – THE LAST PORNO SHOW
Directed by Kire Paputts ( CANADA ) 1 hr 30 min.
Wayne, an amateur method actor, inherits the city’s last adult cinema from his estranged father Al and gets caught up in the pornographic underworld as he struggles to resolve the traumas from his youth and reconcile with the father he barely knew.
Followed by a Q&A with director Kire Paputts.
Hosted by Kelly Michael Stewart, Blood in the Snow Festival Director
9:00 pm – HELL NURSE
WORLD PREMIERE
Directed by Bobby Blood ( USA ) 1 hr 12 min.
After three career criminals brutally attack a young caretaker and her patients, she offers her soul to Satan in exchange for the opportunity of revenge.
Followed by Q&A with director Bobby Blood.
11:00 pm – SATURDAY NITE SOIREE
AT THE SCORPIO ONE
FEATURING BLOOD OPERA
also featuring BA Johnston and a “mystery band” ( or perhaps no other band )
The LEGENDARY Saturday night Scumbag Soireé is peak Shock Stock – with WILD & GREASY memories being created, friends and lovers all around and the deadliest live music acts you’ll ever see inside the Ramada breakfast bar –
1:00 am – DJ FRYLO
IN THE ALL NIGHTER FRIGHTER ROOM
The Godfather of Shock Stock spins vinyl till the sun comes up – dance until you can’t dance no more.
SUNDAY MAY 7TH
Location : Ramada Inn
817 Exeter Rd, London, ON N6E 1W1
Full Sunday Schedule is below for the International Cinema Screening Room.
Admission to all on-site screenings, panels, and events are included with admission. Seating for screenings is on a first come, first served basis.
11:45 am – STUDENT FILM SHOWCASE
The future filmmakers of Shock Stock showcase. Select student films from Canada and international.
OUT OF BOUNDS – Directed by Sacha Orloff ( AUSTRALIA – SAE INSTITUTE ) 12 min.
A timid butcher’s apprentice (Michael) believes his quick-to-anger boss is killing and serving misbehaving customers as product. The thought drives Michael to insanity where he will question his childhood dream of becoming a butcher.
WHY IT MAKES US SHATTER – Directed by Zeddy Chevron ( CANADA – GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE ) 5 min.
Recreating the words of an interviewed subject ruminating on their relationship with fantasies of sexual assault as the perpetrator. This short experimental horror film seeks to explore the connection between self-hatred and violence.
THE ONE AND ONLY AETHON – Directed by Jack Cosgriff ( USA – PRAGUE FILM SCHOOL ) 12 min.
Shot entirely on vintage VHS-C tapes and loosely following the greek myth, The One and Only Aethon is a surrealist nightmare. The story follows Aethon as he struggles with his eating disorder and the overbearing effects of toxic masculinity. He is coxed by a seemingly helpful weight loss tape, but something evil lurks that might just be himself…
[WITHIN THE FRAME] – Directed by Jay Kay ( USA – MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY ) 6 min.
Out for a morning walk to clear her mind, Sarah discovers a trail of polaroids on a neighboring property with an infamous lore. Giving into temptation, she shuffles through the trail of polaroids leading her further up the property. As Sarah examines the tangible memories, she draws glimpses of happiness and a growing darkness that has engulfed these grounds and those living within the frame. With each polaroid flipped, Sarah is drawn in deeper and becomes a frightened voyeur to a series of insidious events and living nightmares.
UNTIL MIDNIGHT – Directed by Jasmine McLaughlin ( CANADA – SHERIDAN COLLEGE ) 5 min.
When a girl wakes up from a nap in her new home, she is faced with a life-or-death scavenger hunt.
VIVERE – Directed by Daniel Sheahan ( USA -USC SCHOOL OF CINEMATIC ARTS ) 18 min.
Vivian, a 20 year old black girl adopted by a white family, is experiencing vivid nightmares of her family assaulting and eating her. If she can’t determine where the dreams end and reality begins, she may never wake up again.
SEEING DEAD – Directed by Herrick Ho ( CANADA- FANSHAWE COLLEGE ) 5 min.
A film student experiences bizarre visions when they don a prop helmet with a mysterious origin.
12:45 pm – RAY SAGER Q&A
Hosted by Art Ettinger and Daimion Fumerton of Ultra Violent Magazine.
1:30 pm – THE PROFANE EXHIBIT
SPECIAL SCREENING
Directed by Ruggero Deodato, Uwe Boll, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Jeremy Kasten, Marion Dora, Ryan Nicholson, Michael Todd Schneider, Anthony Deblasi, Nacho Vigalondo, Sergio Stivaletti – 1 hr 48 min.
An extreme horror anthology from infamous directors all over the globe.
13 years in production Hell but now The Profane Exhibit is finished and looking to take over the world! This very rare film has been talked about for over a decade and was thought to be lost but now it is found and finally available for horror fans for their viewing displeasure.
Due to the extreme content of this film, viewer discretion is highly advised.
3:25 pm – SUPER 8MM SINGLE REEL SHORTS
A trio of super 8 shorts – each shot on a single 50′ reel.
FUEL – Directed by Stéphane Turgeon ( Canada ) 3 min.
A badboy meets his dream car…
UNTITLED.MOV – Directed by Dustin Shea ( Canada ) 3 min.
A band of clout chasing criminal influencers document their escapades in hopes of becoming an internet sensation.
ECHO’S VOICE BOX – Directed by Alex Sultoon ( United Kingdom ) 3 min.
A singer is terrified of losing her voice and thinks someone is out to steal it.
3:35 pm – MUSIC VIDEOS
A variety of music videos that feature dark themes and humour, striking visuals, and embody the spirit of Shock Stock.
PAT & MAC “FLESHEATER” – Directed by Sean Bayles ( USA ) 5 min.
When a science experiment goes horrifically wrong, Pat & Mac are called in to fix it with the power of rock music.
ABIGAIL LAPELL “OLD FLAMES” – Directed by Fugitives ( Canada ) 5 min.
A haunting portrayal of a recovering addict learning to live with her demons.
INSIDIOUS CLOWN PARTY- Directed by Carl Hansen ( USA ) 5 min.
A record company executive learns a hard lesson when a band he reps turns on him.
AUTOPSY “KNIFE, SLICE, AXE, CHOP” – Directed by Cannibal Cam Schwarz, Phil Robert Pattison ( Canada ) 5 min.
Gory music video for the legendary death metal band AUTOPSY, from the creators of Wolf Juice.
4:00 pm – SNOW BLINDED
CANADIAN PREMIERE
Directed by Brian Lockyer ( CANADA ) 1 hr 36 min.
Shawn (Michael Masurkevitch) and Manny (Mandip Brar) are spending the weekend at Shawn’s family cabin. However, as the past and present begin to overlap, Shawn descends into horrific madness.
“The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children.”
William Shakespeare
Followed by Q&A with cast & crew
SUNDAY MAY 7TH
ENTER THE DRAG DRAGON
GALA CLOSING NIGHT SCREENING
Location : Hyland Cinema
240 Wharncliffe Rd S, London, ON N6J 2L4
PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST REGISTER TO CLAIM A SEAT –
This screening IS INCLUDED with your Shock Stock 2023 admission ticket, festival pass, deluxe pass etc.
Preceded by short film “D3AD 3ND”
Stay for director Lee Gordon Demarbre post screening Q & A!
7:15 pm – D3AD 3ND
Directed by Wesley Johnson ( USA ) 15 min.
Ricky, Carrie, Samir, and Paige couldn’t be more different. They have one commonality though: thrill-seeking. With a common goal of finding and experiencing the most extreme haunt on the planet, these very different individuals will soon come face to face with one crippling reality… Not all scares are parlor tricks. The haunt isn’t what it appears, and the trials before them will push them to limits they didn’t know they had. Will they succeed? Only the creatures dwelling within, as the judge and jury, have the answer.
7:30 pm – ENTER THE DRAG DRAGON
Directed by Lee Gordon Demarbre ( CANADA ) 1 hr 39 min.
THE WORLD’S FIRST DRAG-FU ACTION-HORROR-COMEDY
Get ready to go on a Drag-Fu odyssey, filled with face-crunching action, corset-busting comedy, gut-munching horror, and soul-touching musical numbers! You’ve never experienced anything like Enter the Drag Dragon! This blast of true of independent cinema will leave you wobbly in your heels as you try to recover from the non-stop thrill ride of adventure, laughs, screams, and romance.