Coney Island Film Festival

Saturday, September 29, 2007 - 8pm
Sideshows by the Seashore, 3006 W.12th St. @ Surf Ave. Tickets are $6.00.

Advance tickets onsale soon.

The Sandman
Rich Ragsdale, Venice, CA USA. Experimental, 6 minutes.

This short is a re-telling of E.T.A. Hoffman's tale of 'The Sandman', and how the story inspired Sigmund Freud's theory of 'The Uncanny'. The film was created in the style of early German expressionist cinema.

Broken Clocks
Ivan Cortazar, Spain. Narrative Short, Horror, 8 minutes.

A story of a couple who have been married for a long time. He just wants to fix broken clocks. She just can’t shut up.

The Insane
Mark Cripps, David Ellison, United Kingdom. Narrative Short, Horror, 13 minutes.

An action horror thriller with a twist.

Night of the Living Gay
Lola Rock'N'Rolla, Brooklyn NY USA. Comedy Short, Horror, Spoof, 12 minutes.

Night of the Living Gay is a zombie movie that asks the question, what if being Gay was contagious?

Heading Home
Jane Rose , Brooklyn NY USA. Narrative Short, Horror, 11 minutes.

Something uncanny creeps and squelches through director Jane Rose’s unique adaptation of Ramsey Campbell’s classic short story. Marie knows that terrible things are afoot in her husband’s lab: strange sounds come from behind the door; the butcher brings grotesque deliveries to their house; children are disappearing from town. But will her decision to interfere in Edward’s macabre research unleash an even greater horror?

The Apartment
Michael Helman, New York, NY USA. Narrative Short, Horror, 23 minutes.

One bedroom. One bath. One ghost.