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The 22nd Screamfest Horror Film Festival’s just released its first wave of feature films screening this year. The 2022 festival will take place October 11-20 and will be held at the Tcl Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

“We are excited to return to the Tcl Chinese Theaters since the theatrical experience is unlike anything else,” stated festival founder Rachel Belofsky. “We look forward to seeing the LA horror community in person this year and can’t wait to see these premieres on the big screen where they belong.”

The festival’s set Prime Video and Blumhouse’s Run Sweetheart Run with Shohreh Aghdashloo and Pilou Asbæk as its closing night film. Screamfest will also host the West Coast premiere of Living with Chucky, a documentary about the creepy serial killer doll written and directed by Kyra Gardner. Slayers starring Thomas Jane, Abigail Breslin, and Malin Akerman will have its world premiere...

It’s review day and everyone is laughing about what raises and bonuses they’re going to request this year. Nico (Alex Vizorek) jokes about asking for an SUV and money. Why not? It worked for someone else in the past. EcoClean Pro’s manager Patrick (Peter Van den Begin) decided to give his latest intern (Laetitia Mampaka’s Melody) a stack of papers to shred on her first day, so it’s not much of a leap to assume the books have been cooked to allow for such extravagant perks to be passed around. Except, of course, when it comes to the team’s legal expert Inès (Jasmina Douieb). She’s worked here for seventeen years, does the equivalent of five jobs, and still makes the same abysmal salary as day one.

Will this be the year she refuses to leave Patrick’s office without compensation? Director Véronique Jadin...

Do you ever feel that your hard work isn’t getting the attention it deserves?

Inès (Jasmina Douieb) has been working at EcoCleanPro for 17 years and has only taken two and a half days off in total. She answers phones, she makes coffee, she makes excuses, she does pretty much everything she’s told, with only her loyal goldfish Jean-Philippe (now on his seventh incarnation) to support her. In all that time, she has never had a raise. When regional manager Anna (Laurence Bibot) raises the topic of equal pay at a meeting, everybody just bursts out laughing. Inès’ daughter has advised her to assert herself more. Will this be the day that she finally does it?

Today is a little different from the usual grind because Inès has acquired an additional responsibility: she is now expected to supervise new accounting intern Mélody (Laetitia Mampaka). This mostly involves sitting...