Sinema Challenge Prestige of Terror Schedule

Stick around after the Prestige of Terror for the FREE Launch Party in the lobby at 9:00 PM, where 2025 teams draw for the next Sinema Challenge.

Sinema Challenge Best of The Best Official Selection / Schedule

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10TH
6:00 – 7:30 PM
– Filmmakers Networking, Vendors, and Prestige of Terror filmmakers check in.

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10TH
7:00 PM – Prestige of Terror / Block One with a Quick Q&A after

The Devil’s Asshole
Director: Brian Lonano
Runtime: 5:18
While finishing her chili for the cook off, Roxy accidentally summons a demon with nefarious plans…and a real anal fixation.

False Flag
Director: Justin H. Reich
Runtime: 9:04
It is your normal Thanksgiving get together with family, or is it?

El Ron
Director: R.S. Trashley
Runtime: 8:05
Get this! A spooky tale of mistaken identity involving a Bounty Hunter and the church of Scientology.

In a World
Director: Grant Lee Bomar
Runtime: 12:00
Everything becomes a reflection of herself when Nina, a volatile and indecisive dreamer written by her wife, Audrey, meets Brad, a morally ambiguous prophet, and learns that her reality and free will are not what they seem.

How to Make a Snuff Film
Director: Walt Guthrie
Runtime: 6:05

Garbage Day The Curse of Oscar
Director: Joseph Volpe
Runtime: 07:55
Garbage Day follows Mallory, who carelessly discards a gift from her mother and brushes off a homeless man’s ominous warning. That night, a trash-infused ghoul emerges, picking off Mallory and her housemates in a series of gruesome yet darkly comedic kills. Jason, Brandy, and Carter each face the monster’s wrath as it stalks them, mimicking the sounds of clattering trash. As the body count rises, Mallory discovers the hard way that karma can be deadly. In a chilling finale, the ghoul claims its final victim, leaving nothing but chaos in its wake.

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10TH
8:00 PM – 30 min Intermission

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10TH
8:30 PM – Block Two with a Quick Q&A

DJ Slay
Director: Robert Alvarez
Runtime: 07:48
A DJ has a chance encounter with a handsome gentleman who claims he wants to help her career.

Manikin
Director: Daniel Herrera
Runtime: 08:29
A lonely man brings the bodies and limbs of roadkill and murder victims together to create a vessel for a demon to make a friend.

50 First Deaths
Director: Anissa Matlock
Runtime: 07:56

Created for the 2024 Buried Alive Sinema Challenge by Team NO-EYED DEER.

A brilliant biologist is vying for the position of VP of her neighborhood HOA. To gain votes, she’ll host a dinner party for the Board and their spouses. Unfortunately, her boyfriend has met an untimely end. To avoid the optics of hosting alone, she decides to resurrect him…

 

Never, Never
Director: Christian Wallace
Runtime: 10:25

I Scream
Director: Matt McGahren
Runtime: 10:22

A young boy infatuated with horror finds himself in a situation requiring him to face his deepest fears.

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10TH
8:45 PM
– 15 Minute Intermission

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10TH
9:00 PM – Prestige of Terror Awards for Overall and Audience Choice.

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10TH
9:30 PM – 2025 Sinema Challenge teams draw cards for this year’s competition. Screening for films who finish the challenge on time will screen November 6th at The Plaza Theatre. Spots are almost gone, register now through our website and be part of Atlanta’s most thrilling 13-day horror competition. Register Here

WELCOME 2025 TEAMS

Chandler Balli
Diesel Dragons
Grind Up Films
Moco Studios
No-Eyed Deer
Okay at Best
Tentacle Romance XXX
The Saeki Family
The Thrill Me Squad
Battle Unicorn Thunder Titans of the Ancient Intergalactic Dimensional Syndicate