Blood in the Snow — 2019 Spring Tour
🩸 March 2019 · Peterborough · Kitchener · Ottawa · Kingston
🩸 March 2019 · Peterborough · Kitchener · Ottawa · Kingston
All screenings at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre · After-party: The Saffire Room (Friday March 1)
Dir. Chad Archibald · 83 mins
William has a simple job — he makes dead bodies disappear. His farmhouse has become a dumping ground for gang-related casualties from the nearby city. When a woman's body is dumped at his house, he realizes she's not actually dead. As he patches her up and holds her against his will, her murderers get word she's still alive.
Previous BITS Alumni — BITE (2015)
Dirs. Navin Ramaswaran, Zach Ramelan, Torin Langen · 89 mins
During a late-night taping of Dr. Nasty's Cavalcade of Horror, bloody chaos takes place while screening two features (Dinner for Monsters and Slit). Samantha/Nurse Nasty is frustrated with how the show is being run by its womanizing director and its drunk and crazy host. Shot in Peterborough!
Dir. Adriano Ferreri · 83 mins
After an EMP weapon is deployed, North America is forced to live in pre-industrial conditions. An 11-year-old girl must fend and fight for herself while trying to find her father. Peterborough Filmmaker!
Dir. Rob Grant · 89 mins
Two strangers awaken injured and held captive in what appears to be an abandoned hospital, at the whim of a maniacal doctor (Angus Macfadyen). Suffering from amnesia, their attempts to escape bring them face to face with unforeseen horrors in a twisted game of hide-and-seek.
BITS 2018 Alumni — Winner Best SPX Makeup
All screenings at Apollo Cinema
Dir. Mikey McMurran · 83 mins
The long-awaited follow-up from the team behind 2015's Secret Santa. A horror/comedy anthology telling three tales: the ghost of an 80s fitness guru haunting a couple's home, a tattoo that won't stop spreading, and an Uber driver who picks up her final customer of the night.
Dir. Chad Archibald · 83 mins
William makes dead bodies disappear. When a woman's body is dumped at his farmhouse and he realizes she's still alive, he patches her up — but her murderers get word and come to finish what they started.
Previous BITS Alumni — BITE (2015)
Dirs. Jesse Thomas Cook & Matt Wiele · 104 mins
A rundown town dealing with unemployment, drug addiction, and excessive hoarding. The reality show Extremely Haunted Hoarders arrives to help the worst hoarder in town — but things get supernatural fast.
BITS 2018 Alumni
Dir. Justin McConnell · 103 mins
Drew has the ability to transport from body to body — not a shapeshifter, but a body thief. As each body decomposes, Drew must move on. But his obsessive desire to reconnect with the woman he loves will prove to be the undoing of many.
All screenings at Mayfair Theatre
Dirs. Justin Hewitt-Drakulic, Alex Lee Williams · 83 mins
A detective investigates her father's dying words — the name of a girl who has been missing for 9 years. Ottawa Filmmakers!
Dirs. Jesse Thomas Cook & Matt Wiele · 104 mins
A rundown town dealing with unemployment, drug addiction, and excessive hoarding. The reality show Extremely Haunted Hoarders arrives to help the worst hoarder in town — but nothing goes as planned.
BITS 2018 Alumni
BITS 2015 Alumni
Dirs. Anthology · 89 mins
Montreal's incessant roadwork awakens evil forces from deep within history, legends, and untamed demons. A supernatural mist seeps through the city's cracks — waking dark spirits, releasing terrifying creatures, and possessing citizens. The key lies within a First Nations legend and a guardian in search of a book of prophecies.
BITS 2018 Alumni
BITS 2018 Alumni
All screenings at The Screening Room
Dir. Audrey Cummings · 82 mins
Kylie Winters, a bullied teen, reluctantly agrees to babysit at an isolated country mansion on Halloween night. When a small boy in a pig mask appears at the door, her night transforms into a horrifying and violent cat-and-mouse game.
BITS 2014 Alumni
Dir. Audrey Cummings · 83 mins
In a parallel universe made up of maze-like rooms, the inhabitants are protected by its altruistic overseer, Mother Darken. When an outsider accidentally finds her way in, she becomes entwined in a bloody revolutionary battle.
BITS 2017 Alumni
Dirs. Brent Nurse & Steven Spencer · 98 mins
Jane Morrison flees to a secluded country house to escape the growing scandal surrounding her husband. When she stumbles on a mysterious grove with a dark history, she is pushed to the edge of reason by the dark forces within. Kingston Filmmakers!
Dir. Rob Grant · 91 mins
Two strangers awaken injured and held captive in an abandoned hospital at the whim of a maniacal doctor (Angus Macfadyen). Suffering from amnesia, their attempts to escape bring them face to face with unforeseen horrors in a twisted game of hide-and-seek — with a shocking twist at the end.
BITS 2018 Alumni — Winner Best SPX Makeup
March 1–2, 2019
Market Hall Performing Arts Centre
March 13–14, 2019
Apollo Cinema
March 27–28, 2019
Mayfair Theatre
March 29–30, 2019
The Screening Room