2025 Annual Awards: Block 3. Horror & Other Stories

Cinema #3 | 2:15pm – 4:05pm | Regal LA Live, June 7th 2025

(R – Restricted to viewers over 18)

Banjo

Isaac is thrilled when his friend offers him the use of his family’s cabin in the woods to lose his virginity. But when his first time goes horribly wrong, he begins to believe it may be the work of a sinister circumcision cult!

By Cameron Poletti (USA)

14:39

What A Catch

On a late night trip to the lake, a victorian fisherman’s evening takes a sinister turn.

By Thomas Pickering (UK)

04:58

Origin

1896. Left behind from the family trip to London, Mary is stuck spending the night alone in the family manor with only her servant, Beth, for company. To lift her spirits, they start a game of hide and seek, but as Mary hides. It’s not just Beth searching for her anymore—something else lurks in the dark, ready to play.

By Joby Stephens (UK)

05:26

CALIFORNIA PREMIERE

Bunny’s Family

A sister Isabel and brother Leo discover that that their parents are scientists who use black magic, and realize that they are the products of their parents’ experiments to create them. So, they rebel against their parents, in order to protect themselves.

By Chuming Wei (USA)

17:47

CALIFORNIA PREMIERE

Praying Mantis

On the run after abandoning his post, a Confederate soldier takes shelter in the isolated cabin of two women who now find themselves at his mercy.

By Mackenzie Breeden (USA)

14:02

Tretten

Caught in the net of her addiction to social networks and the false pretenses of her image, Llona, a yoga influencer, seeks an escape in a spiritual retreat in Norway. She hopes to find some form of peace there. However, this quest turns into a nightmare when she starts to learn the rituals of this retreat.

By Maxime Vaux (France)

29:28

NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE