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2008 South by Southwest Film Festival Horror Lineup

March 7-15, 2008

By Mark H. Harris, About.com

Southern Gothic

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Baghead
Directors: Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass
Starring: Steve Zissis, Ross Partridge, Greta Gerwig, Elise Muller
Plot: A parody of genre films like The Blair Witch Project, Baghead finds a group of friends on a weekend getaway being tormented by a stranger wearing a bag over his head...Or are they?

Dance of the Dead
Director: Greg Bishop
Starring: Jared Kusnitz, Greyson Chadwick, Justin Welborn, Chandler Darby
Plot: Is there any more inconvenient a time for a zombie invasion than during your high school prom? Well, maybe you're on the operating table...or in the john.

Otis
Director: Tony Krantz
Starring: Daniel Stern, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Pollack, Jere Burns, Bostin Christopher
Plot: This fourth feature from the Raw Feed production company is a horror-comedy a prim and proper suburban couple who take matters into their own hands to rescue their daughter from a serial killer.

Shuttle
Director: Edward Anderson
Starring: Peyton List, Cameron Goodman, Cullen Douglas, Dave Power
Plot: What could be scarier than an airport shuttle bus? OK, a lot of things, but I'm sure this is pretty scary too.

Southern Gothic
Director: Mark Young
Starring: Yul Vazquez, Nicole DuPort, William Forsythe
Plot: Haunted by the death of his daughter, an alcoholic man must get his act together and save a young girl from a vampire preacher who's interested in thumpin' more than just bibles..

The South by Southwest Film Festival runs March 7-15, 2008, in Austin, Texas.

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