VHS 2023 Vancouver Edition
October 13-15 at the scotiabank theatre
The Vancouver Horror Show is back at Scotiabank Theatres in 2023!
Join us in Auditorium 4 at the Scotiabank Theatre, 900 Burrard St in downtown Vancouver for our opening night red carpet soiree for the Canadian Premiere of Faceless After Dark. Enjoy a glass of Diabolica Wine, or Twin Sails beer in our licensed lounge. Engage with filmmakers at Q&A sessions following screenings, and don’t forget to have your photo taken at our media wall!
The Vancouver Edition will screen 3 features and 25 shorts
19+ Event
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October 13 - 6:00 PM
Opening Night Feature Film
& Red Carpet Soiree
Faceless after dark
USA - 1 hr 26 min
Directed by Raymond Wood
Starring Jenna Kanell, Danny Kang & Danielle Lyn
Following her breakout success in a killer clown horror flick, Bowie finds herself held hostage by an unhinged fan determined to recreate the film's fatal plot.
October 14 - 6:30 PM
Shorts Program I
Eyecatcher | Get Away | Floater | Party's Over | No Overnight Parking
No.8 Reporting | The Hunter | Get in, Get It Out | Floater
Eyecatcher | Jun Shimizu | In the heart of Koreatown, Los Angeles, a young woman must protect her ailing father from a sinister entity.
Get Away | Michael Gabriele | A group of friends spending the weekend at a remote vacation rental in the desert, play a mysterious VHS tape.
Party's Over | Filip Zivanovic, Cody Nelson | An anxious recent graduate Taylor finds herself in a surreal reality where she comes to terms with her life accelerating at a rapid pace.
No Overnight Parking | Meg Swertlow | A woman fleeing from her abusive husband gets locked in an underground parking garage with a masked killer.
Sleept Tight | Lisa Ovies | A young boy struggles to navigate everyday life as his parents battle through their divorce and he faces the trauma caused by his sleep paralysis demon.
No. 8 Reporting | Aljosha Kilmov & Matthew Lyon | Citizens from the well-fed, fenced off city can only venture beyond the “safety” wall on the government’s official train system.
The Hunter | Donavan Richard | When the rabbit has its own story, the story will no longer be written by the hunter.
Get In, Get It Out | Leah Beaudry | This mockumentary follows three wildly ill-informed Priests as they attempt to "save the world, one demon at a time."
Floater | DM Harring | After his abusive father's death, a troubled man builds a mausoleum to the relationship they never had… in his parents' bathroom, while his grief-stricken family attempts to rescue him from his madness.
October 14 - 9:30 PM
VHS After Dark Mixtape
AI Artist | Rezar | Annihilator | Gnaw | Charlie The Cancelled Skeleton | Mind Leech
Gnaw | Rosalee Yagihara| As romantic tensions consume Cote and her girlfriend, a pesky hangnail triggers a downward spiral into obsession.
Annihilator | Kyle Mangione-Smith | A nihilistic young man develops an obsession with snuff films on the internet.
Charlie, the Cancelled Skeleton | Joe Reilly | Angry about a film firing him as the lead actor for not allowing him to work from home, one man plots out for revenge on the film,
Mind Leech | Paul Krysinski & Chris Cheeseman | A persuasive Leech wreaks havoc on rural Provinstate, ‘98
October 15 - 4:00 PM
Shorts Program II
Boxed | Ride Baby Ride | Leech | Terror/Forming | Killing Time | Vance | The Beast | Zip | Old Flames | The Haunted Baby Carriage From Hell | Gummies
Boxed | William David McKnight | After being hand selected for a secret CSIS mission, Adam is thrown into an impossible scenario that leaves him in a '1-on-1' with the world's first fully Artificial Intelligent super computer.
Ride Baby Ride | Sofie Somoroff | After an unbearably creepy negotiation with some skeevy car dudes, a mechanic has to fight off a demonic monster inhabiting her dream 1978 Camaro.
Leech | George Coley | An elderly blind woman is unaware of the stranger secretly living in her home.
Terror/Forming | Rylan Friday | Set over the course of one evening, Parker and his boyfriend, Darren, find themselves detoured on their trip and going towards Parker's late kokum's cabin.
Killing Time | Tommy Simms & Joe Ludwig | The set of a children's television show turns to chaos when a possessed puppet is unleashed on a pursuit of violence.
Vance | Dakota Daulby | In a world where vampires coexist with society, "Vance" is a captivating love story that follows an ordinary vampire's transformative journey when he encounters a spirited human, sparking a profound exploration of life's true meaning.
The Beast | Santino Vitale | A woman is chased through a dark woods by a bloodthirsty monster. Cornered and helpless, her life may just depend on the most unlikely of heroes...
Zip | Ava Maria Safai | On her 16th birthday, singer-songwriter Melody awakens with a zipper sewn to her mouth. A story about the voiceless, who must fight to be heard.
Old Flames | Fugitives | A haunting portrayal of a recovering addict learning to live with her demons.
Haunted Baby Carriage from Hell | J.T. Seaton | In this LGBTQ+ Horror Comedy Short Film, Spencer and Cameron move into a new house that just so happens to be haunted by an old baby carriage.
Gummies | Renetta G. Amador | A tomboy transforms the gender trappings of her room to show her cruel mother how sugar and spice don’t equal nice.
October 15 - 6:00 PM
Anacoreta
Canadian Premiere
CAN/UK - 1 hr 25 min
Directed by Jeremy Schuetze
Starring Antonia Thomas, Jeremy Schuetze, Jesse Stanley & Matt Visser
An actress heads on a mountain trip with her boyfriend to meet his friends for the first time. As they head out it becomes clear that he is filming his latest project, and he has more planned than they realize