Join us for 12 hours of creepy fun - noon to midnight at Smitty's Cinema (1327 Main St., Sanford)!

NOTE: All start times are approximate. Our rating system is only a suggestion made by SIFF staff to help families make the best decision about which films they should watch. All films are officially unrated. Please familiarize yourself with the programming before sending your children to the theater.

12:00 PM
ReVisitant (100 minutes)
USA (ages 13+)

A victim plagued with paranormal attacks passes an evil entity on to a single mother and her two daughters.

Directed by Jon Binkowski.

1:40 PM
Sound (15 minutes)
USA (ages 13+)

A photographer becomes hearing -impaired after a violent car accident and struggles to cope in her muffled and scary new world.

Nominated for Best Actress (Crystal Porter Bazemore) and Best Technical Achievement.

Directed by Tawan Bazemore.

1:55 PM
Rewind (4 minutes)
France (all ages)

In the near future, a nuclear war wipes out Paris. Long after the disaster, a man uses some experimental technology to go back in time and hold his son again.

​Nominated for Best Student Film.

Directed by François Bamas, Léa Charamond, Arnaud Dodane, Maïlys Doherty, Mattéo Girard, and Félicien Peltier.

2:00 PM
The Dial Tone of Doom  (11 minutes)
USA (ages 13+)

A call to check on the “lifetime warranty” on an old rotary land-line leads to terror. Whatever you do, don't answer the phone!

Directed by Michael J. Epstein.

2:10 PM
Guessing Game (8 minutes)
USA (ages 13+)

A man invites two old college friends to dinner, where a simple game will have unexpected consequences.

Directed by Zach Wincik.

2:20 PM
The Banshee (9 minutes)
Ireland (ages 13+)

On an island off the coast of Ireland, the locals are fearful that a fabled spirit has returned to their shores to claim one of them.

Nominated for Best Music.
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Directed by Donncha Gilmore.

​2:30 PM
The Music of John Low (33 minutes)
Sweden (ages 13+)

The traumatized private investigator, John Low, is on a mission to find an ancient occult book. On his way he has to deal with childhood memories, a broken marriage, a mad professor, and finally… a monster.

Nominated for Best Short Film, Best Actor (Dennis Åhs), Best Music, and Best Screenplay.

Directed by Marko Kattilakoski​.

3:00 PM
Creak and Shriek (6 minutes)
USA (ages 13+)

When a boy receives a horror record album as a birthday gift from an estranged aunt, he and his troubled mother find themselves terrorized for real.

Directed by ​Brandon Peters.

3:10 PM
The Carpool (14 minutes)
USA (ages 16+)

Charmingly-awkward Keenan and strong-willed Mary meet while sharing a ride and hit it off. But they'll soon find themselves waking up in a locked garage at the mercy of their psychotic driver.

​Nominated for Best Horror Film.

Directed by Jonathon Graham.

3:25 PM
Polybius (17 minutes)
USA (ages 13+)

A teenage girl tries to convince the local sheriff that a mysterious new video game cabinet caused her brother to commit suicide. Based on an urban legend. With Tom Atkins (Halloween III, The Fog).

Directed by Jimmy Kelly.

3:45 PM
Willa (15 minutes)
Canada (ages 13+)

A group of travelers find themselves on a stalled train in the middle of nowhere. As one passenger searches for his fiancé who hasn't returned to her seat, strange occurrences around him slowly lead to an awareness of their actual situation. Based on the Stephen King story.

Nominated for Best Horror Film and Best Technical Achievement.

Directed by Corey Mayne.

4:00 PM
Spores (12 minutes)
Norway (ages 13+)

A woman moves into a new apartment. Something sinister grows on the wall.

Directed by Tommy Bardal.

4:10 PM
Acide (18 minutes)
France (ages 13+)

​A disturbing acid cloud takes shape, causing a panic. 

​Nominated for Best Technical Achievement.

Directed by Just Philippot.

4:30 PM
Dark Roast (3 minutes)
USA (ages 13+)

Shaun is worried about his relationship, but he has no idea just how deadly his girlfriend really is.

Nominated for Best Local Film.

Directed by Pete Yagmin.

4:35 PM
Setaceous (11 minutes)
Australia (ages 13+)

A group of neighbors investigate a seemingly abandoned car in their suburban cul-de-sac. Slowly the group begins to realize the car holds a strange and violent secret.

​Nominated for Best Horror Film.

Directed by Anthony Williams.

4:45 PM
Incandescent (15 minutes)
USA (ages 13+)

When a nomadic alien race blots out the sun, an anguished young teacher tries to hold on to her humanity in a withering world.

Nominated for Best Short Film and Best Local Film.

Directed by Alfred Thomas Catalfo.

5:00 PM
Stand (10 minutes)
USA (ages 13+)

A man finds himself standing in the midst of a garage, staring off against a creature that only moves when the man sits.

Nominated for Best Horror Film, Best Student Film, and Audience Choice award.

Directed by Chris K. Daniels.

5:10 PM
Camp Wedding (97 minutes)
USA (ages 16+)

Mia's wedding party is not too keen on transforming a dilapidated summer camp into the wedding venue of her dreams. And when people begin disappearing in the night, that doesn't help either...
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Directed by Greg Emetaz​.

6:40 PM
Winter Days (25 minute)
Germany (ages 13+)

​For a doctor, a routine (but remote) home visit gets more and more disturbing, as an isolated lady glories in his company and becomes increasingly intrusive.

Nominated for Best International Film.

Directed by Raphaela Selge.

7:00 PM
The Man in the Mask (77 minutes)
USA (ages 13+)

In 2008, Kip Weeks starred as “The Man in the Mask” in the horror film The Strangers. Now he lives in Portland, Maine and runs an eco-friendly art supply company with his family. But Kip longs to return to filmmaking and is on a mission to resurrect his former career.

​Nominated for Best Documentary.
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Directed by Jess Barnthouse & Stacy Buchanan.

8:30 PM
The Strangers (91 minutes)
United States (ages 16+)

A young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants. With Scott Speedman and Liv Tyler.

10:00 PM
Ghost Killers vs Bloody Mary ​(109 minutes)
Brazil (ages 16+)

A group of goofy friends running a fake paranormal “reality show" on YouTube receive a call to examine a haunted school, after the supposed appearance of the legendary "Bloody Mary." And they'll need to really learn how to hunt ghosts if they want to survive.

Nominated for Best Feature Film, Best Horror Film, and Audience Choice award.

Directed by Fabrício Bittar.

11:50 PM
Sluggish Life (11 minutes)
Iran (ages 16+)

A man lives in dark seclusion, surrounded by eggs.

Nominated for Best Technical Achievement and Audience Choice award.

Directed by Mohsen Mehri Deravi.

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