TWO NIGHTS OF FRIGHTS!
Highlands Film Fest
Oct. 4-5, 2019
Highlands Borough Community Center
22 Snug Harbor Avenue, Highlands NJ 07732
Featured Films Friday, October 4, 2019
STRANGE CLOWNS
A lonely killer clown turns to online dating when ax murder just isn’t enough anymore. The results are horribly comical.
Director: Michael Paul
ONE MUST FALL
A crime scene cleanup crew is on a job that turns deadly when they discover that the killer never left the scene of the crime. Director: Antonio Pantoja
SQUEEZE TOY
A young man is on the brink of losing his mind to a self-constructed conspiracy, wherein an evil trio is after him.
Director: Chris K. Daniels
RUN
Basil begins to have second thoughts when she discovers that her new friends may have Satanic leanings.
Director: Michelle Burger
AFTER DARK
Black magic, zombies, bloody vomit combine to create an eerie and disturbing tale of murder and mayhem.
Director: Isaiah Gomez
DECEPTION
Was it a hit and run? Or an execution? Now he's wracked with guilt and being deceived by his girlfriend.
Director: Amanda Clark
Featured Films, Saturday night, October 5, 2019
THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED
Following classic horror tropes while turning others on their head, this is a horror/ thriller short film set in the 1970s.
Director: Lindsay Barrasse
TILLIE
When Julia and her friends spend the day at the local carnival, Julia’s friends start to go missing. Will Julia be next?
Director: Olivia Anton
THE TATTOOED HEART
A creative writing instructor at a juvenile detention center tries to help a troubled student and finds herself in great danger.
Director: Sheldon Wong Schwartz
37 GHOSTS
A contract killer. A dark night, a single shot to the chest of the victim, collect the cash and take off. It would be simple, if the Ghosts would just leave him alone.
Director: Collins Abbot White
JERKY
A Feminist Horror movie about a recluse falconer, her quirky neighbor Alice, and the things in the forest that slither between the trees.
Director: Brent Braaten, Amy Trefry
WHISTLER"S MOTHER
James McNeill Whistler spent years trying to capture her essence—not to create a masterpiece—but to save his mother from possession by an evil Russian witch.
Director: Robbie Robertson
A Great Venue!
We Like Creative Film Makers!
The Highlands Film Fest is dedicated to showcasing the filmmakers who express their creative visions on low budgets fortified by a lot sweat and dedication. We are New Jersey's newest and funkiest film festival!
The Beginning of the Jersey Shore
We are a film festival looking for the best entries from around the world, with special consideration given to "home grown" productions featuring
New Jersey locations and themes.
Renowned Restaurants and Bars
Highlands offers Film Fest attendees many excellent restaurants and bars to patronize during the event. And the National Park on Sandy Hook is right across the bridge! Make your film festival visit a vacation!