MUFF 24 Features
ASSAULT ON SACRED MOUNTAIN - Dir: Frank Booth - AUS - 80min
8pm Monday December 9th
Five foreigners, led by local tour guide Joey, set out for an overnight hiking trip in
the rugged mountains on Taiwan’s east coast. Not long into their journey, they are
ordered to turn back by three soldiers in army uniforms, who tell Joey that the trail
ahead is closed for military training.
The hikers face a dilemma: do they retreat and let the invaders complete their
mission - and risk a war - or take a stand and try to stop them. If the enemy succeeds in their mission, critical infrastructure in Taiwan will be taken down, dealing a devastating blow to the hi-tech economy of the US and its allies. The stakes
couldn’t be higher.
VAMPIRE ZOMBIES… FROM SPACE! - Dir: Michael Stasko - CA - 90min
9.30pm Monday December 9th
From the depths of space, Dracula has devised his most dastardly plan yet; turning the residents of a small American town into his personal army of vampire zombies! A motley crew consisting of a grizzled detective, a skeptical rookie cop, a chain-smoking greaser, and a determined young woman band together to savethe world from — (see title). Packed with gruesome special effects, b-movie miniatures, and gut-busting laughs, "Vampire Zombies…from Space!" is a bloody comedy that has its foundation in horror films of the 1950s.
8pm Tuesday December 10th
Two veteran Los Angeles homicide detectives track down a gang of arms dealers
responsible for a quintuple murder that has captivated the country, amid an historic crime wave in Los Angeles.
Followed by talk by International Guest, Director Giovanni Zelko
10pm Tuesday December 10th
A colourful adaptation of Schnitzler's work, in which a woman tells her husband
that she has fantasies with other people, triggering his desire for his own adventures. Set in modern kinky Berlin, the film is much more than a mere reboot of
Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut”.
Adventures await when new lovers get separated by a chainsaw killer. Anabsolutely bonkers R-rated action-horror-musical-comedy epic.
4.30pm Thursday December 12th
A young man, armed with more than naive conviction and a camera, plunges into
the jungles of Vietnam to track down the elusive saola, also known as the ’Asian
unicorn’. Confronted by harsh realities, his mission becomes a poignant exploration of human audacity; and the temptation of certainty in an ambiguous world.