In part one of our preview of the 2010 Afterdark Horrorfest, we preview "Dread" "Kill Theory", "The Final" And "The Graves", which you can view by clicking this link. Today, we preview the rest of the films that are apart of this year's festival.


"Hidden"

HIDDEN is the story about a young man, Kai Koss (aka KK,) who unwillingly returns to the small town he ran from 19 years ago. His cruel mother has recently died, and left him the house he grew up in. He means to leave as soon as he has made all the necessary arrangements, but with his heritage comes dark and deadly secrets, and KK soon finds himself tangled up in a series of event that seem beyond anyone’s control…

Not everyone in the small town is happy to see him back, and when a young couple out camping disappears, his troubles become overwhelming. The shadows of the past hover over him as he tries to tackle the present, and it turns out that he has spent the past two decades trying to forget. only to find that there are some things that you just can’t run from.

The film stars:

Directed by Pal Oie

"Hidden": Official Trailer




"Lake Mungo"

In Lake Mungo, sixteen-year-old Alice Palmer drowns while swimming in the local dam. When her body is recovered and a verdict of accidental death returned, her grieving family buries her. The family then experiences a series of strange and inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Profoundly unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of psychic and parapsychologist, Ray Kemeny. Ray discovers that Alice led a secret, double life. A series of clues lead the family to Lake Mungo where Alice’s secret past emerges.

The film stars: Talia Zucker, Rosie Traynor, David Pledger and Martin Sharpe

Written and Directed by Joel Anderson

"Lake Mungo": Official Trailer





"The Reeds"

In THE REEDS, a weekend boating trip through the Norfolk Broads becomes a terrifying, deadly ordeal for six 20-something year old friends.

Aboard the Corsair Star, a small cruiser rented from Mr. Croker, the local marina operator, the boating party loses its bearings and cuts through the vast reedy tidewater in search of the main channel. After the first casualty by a freak accident, the boat runs aground.

Every effort to preserve themselves and find a way out fails, as one by one the friends are terrorized by young punks and killed by a hooded man with a gun. There is no escaping this vast waterway, a place of endless return, presided over by Croker who killed a group of young people decades before and initiated the hellish curse which traps all who take passage on the Corsair Star.

The film stars The film stars: Scarlett Alice Johnson, Geoff Bell, Emma Catherwood, O.T. Fagbenle, and Will Mellor.

Directed by Nick Cohen

"The Reeds": Official Trailer




"Zombies of Mass Destruction"

In ZMD, a conservative island community is under attack! Port Gamble, Washington is being overrun with braineaters, and the people seem powerless to stave them off. A rag tag band of rebels led by Frida (Janette Armand), an Iranian college student suspected of being an Iraqi terrorist, and Tom (Doug Fahl), a gay business man who has returned to town with his partner to come out to his mother, tries to turn the tide and push the invading hoards of undead back.

The film stars: Janette Armand, Doug Fahl, Cooper Hopkins, Bill Johns, Russell Hodgkinson

Directed by Kevin Hamedani

"ZMD:Zombies of Mass Destruction": Official Trailer




The 2010 Afterdark Horrorfest takes place on January 29th through Febuary 4th. For more information on this festival, you can vist thier official website at http://www.horrorfestonline.com/

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