Glasgow Film Festival 2016

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Patchwork Patchwork
Patchwork and The Wave
Anguish (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Sonny Mallhi; Writer: Sonny Mallhi; Stars: Ryan Simpkins, Annika Marks, Karina Logue, Annika Marks)
A girl is suffering from an identity disorder, but is it caused by a dead spirit channelling itself through her?
Baskin (Country: Turkey, US; Year: 2015; Director: Can Evrenol; Writer: Ogulcan Eren Akay, Can Evrenol; Stars: Muharrem Bayrak, Mehmet Akif Budak, Fadik Bülbül, Derin Cankaya, Mehmet Cerrahoglu)
A squad of unsuspecting cops goes through a trapdoor to Hell after stumbling upon a Black Mass in an abandoned building.
The Devil's Candy (Year: 2015; Director: Sean Byrne; Writer: Sean Byrne; Stars: Ethan Embry, Shiri Appleby, Kiara Glasco, Pruitt Taylor Vince)
After moving to a new house an artist finds his work mysteriously getting darker, while the arrival of the son of the previous owner may present a threat to his family. Is there a Satanic influence at work?
The Forest (Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Jason Zada; Writer: Nick Antosca, Sarah Cornwell; Stars: Natalie Dormer, Eoin Macken, Stephanie Vogt )
A young woman searches for her missing sister in Japan's famously haunted Sea of Trees.
The Hexecutioners (Country: Canada; Year: 2015; Director: Jesse Thomas Cook; Writer: Tony Burgess; Stars: Liv Collins, Sarah Power, Timothy Burd)
Two disparate young women working for a company that conducts euthanasia are dispatched to a remote estate to perform a custom assisted-suicide ritual, but unwittingly summon the wraiths of a Death Cult that once inhabited the property.
Baskin Baskin
Baskin and The Mind's Eye
Martyrs (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Kevin Goetz, Michael Goetz; Writer: Pascal Laugier, Mark L Smith; Stars: Troian Bellisario, Caitlin Carmichael, Kate Burton, Toby Huss, Bailey Noble)
A woman and her childhood friend seek out revenge on those who victimized and abused them in this remake of the 2008 hit.
The Mind's Eye (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Joe Begos; Writer: Joe Begos; Stars: Graham Skipper, Lauren Ashley Carter, John Speredakos, Larry Fessenden, Noah Segan, Matt Mercer)
A drifter with telekinetic powers sets out for revenge.
The Other Side Of The Door (Country: India, UK; Year: 2016; Director: Johannes Roberts; Writer: Johannes Roberts, Ernest Riera; Stars: Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sisto, Javier Botet)
A family lives an idyllic existence abroad until a tragic accident takes the life of their young son. The inconsolable mother learns of an ancient ritual that will bring him back to say a final goodbye. She travels to an ancient temple, where a door serves as a mysterious portal between two worlds. But when she disobeys a sacred warning to never open that door, she upsets the balance between life and death.
Pandemic (Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: John Suits; Writer: Dustin T Benson; Stars: Rachel Nichols, Missi Pyle, Alfie Allen, Mekhi Phifer)
A fist person journey through Los Angles, fighting off the infected.
Patchwork (Country: Canada, US; Year: 2015; Director: Tyler MacIntyre; Writer: Chris Lee Hill, Tyler MacIntyre; Stars: Tory Stolper, Tracey Fairaway, Maria Blasucci, James Phelps)
Waking to find themselves Frankensteined together in one body after a night out, three young women set aside their differences to seek revenge.
Southbound Southbound
Southbound and SPL 2: A Time For Consequences
Southbound (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner, Patrick Horvath, Radio Silence ; Writer: Roxanne Benjamin, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, David Bruckner, Susan Burke, Dallas Richard Hallam, Patrick Horvath; Stars: Larry Fessenden)
Five interlocking tales of terror follow the fates of a group of weary travellers who confront their worst nightmares - and darkest secrets - over one long night on a desolate stretch of desert highway.
SPL 2: A Time For Consequences (Country: China, Hong Kong; Year: 2015; Director: Pou-Soi Cheang; Writer: Lai-yin Leung, Ying Wong; Stars: Tony Jaa, Jing Wu, Simon Yam, Jin Zhang, Louis Koo, Ken Lo)
Prison guards fight over the fate of a prisoner on whom their relatives may depend for life saving organ transplants, with only one of them aware that he became a junkie due to his work as an undercover cop.
The Wave (Bølgen) (Country: Norway; Year: 2015; Director: Roar Uthaug; Writer: John Kåre Raake, Harald Rosenløw-Eeg; Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Thomas Bo Larsen, Fridtjov Såheim, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Arthur Berning, Edith Haagenrud-Sande, Laila Goody, Lado Hadzic, Eili Harboe, Herman Bernhoft, Tom Larsen, Mette Agnete Horn, Silje Breivik, Tyra Holmen)
Seismic rumblings in the Norwegian fjords threaten to start a chain reaction that will destroy the local area.
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