Given to Daily Dead as an exclusive, the Night People trailer shows us that even criminals can spin the creepiest of yarns. Also: details on the 10th anniversary screening of Neil Marshall's The Descent and a look at the short film Tailypo.

Night People: "'Night People' is an Irish Sci-Fi / Horror film which marks the feature film directorial debut of Gerard Lough.

A pair of professional but badly mismatched criminals breaks into a vacant house to carry out an insurance scam. Awkwardly thrown together with an hour to kill, they reluctantly start telling each other tall tales. One concerns two friends who discover a mysterious device that may be of alien origin. The more they learn about it, the closer to the breaking point their friendship is pushed. The other is about an ambitious business woman who provides a dating agency for wealthy fetishists. She attempts to escape this shady line of work by taking on a new client who's habits may be of the vampiric variety. As the night progresses the line between fiction and reality starts to blur and the hidden agendas of both thieves become apparent."

To learn more, visit: https://www.facebook.com/nightpeoplefilm

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The Descent Screening: Press Release: "Denver, CO -- Over the last few weeks, the Mile High Horror Film Festival has proudly informed fright fans of our exciting media partnership with FANGORIA, announcing such top tier terror as a 30th Anniversary Screening of SILVER BULLET, Mile High's LGBT in Horror Panel, a live edition of FANGORIA's WE'LL SEE YOU IN HELL Podcast, a 30th Anniversary VHS Screening of THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD featuring a Q&A with Linnea Quigley, Mile High's 90th Anniversary screening of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA featuring a Q&A with Ron Chaney and much more. Now, MHHFF '15 and FANGORIA are proud to exclusively announce a trifecta of must-see screenings that will jumpstart the Halloween season at the festival, which is being held Thursday, October 1st through Sunday, October 4th at Alamo Drafthouse in Littleton, Colorado.

Mile High Horror Film Festival and FANGORIA are extremely excited to announce the first confirmed contemporary screening of the event: the anticipated anthology TALES OF HALLOWEEN! Featuring segments from Neil Marshall (DOG SOLDIERS), Lucky McKee (MAY), Axelle Carolyn (SOULMATE), Mike Mendez (BIG ASS SPIDER!), Darren Lynn Bousman (REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA) and more, this petrifying production from Epic Pictures has taken the festival scene by storm and will make its Colorado Premiere at Mile High Horror Film Festival 2015! Even more exciting is that director Neil Marshall will be on hand with the film as well for a live post-screening Q&A!

However, that's not all for fans of Neil Marshall, as Mile High Horror Film Festival will be hosting a 10th Anniversary screening of THE DESCENT! A film that has truly been cemented as a contemporary classic of the genre, this claustrophobic commercial and critical darling will have a rare stateside revival courtesy of Mile High 2015 in time for the 10-year anniversary of its original UK theatrical bow. And even better for U.S. audiences is that this screening of THE DESCENT will be the original, unrated cut of the film, after which Marshall will be taking part in a Q&A!

Lastly, Mile High Horror Film Festival is paying tribute to one of the all-time unforgettable fright films of all time with a 35th anniversary screening of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING on 35mm, with cast members Joseph Turkel and Lisa & Louise Burns in attendance! The ghostly trio of THE SHINING will reunite in Littleton for the first time since wrapping production on the film over 3-and-½ decades ago, and will be on hand to participate in a fan Q&A as well as autograph signings and photo ops on Friday, October 2nd and Saturday, October 3rd! It's a very special occasion worthy of a very special film, so plan accordingly and come play with us.

With a little over a month before Mile High Horror Film Festival 2015 kicks off, we will have more exciting announcements in the coming weeks! Be sure to avoid the anarchy of the box office while you still can: Membership Passes to the festival are still available a http://www.mhhff.com, while individual tickets will be released in early September.

Discounted lodging is available here: http://bit.ly/1aYhFCk

RSVP for the MHHFF here: https://www.facebook.com/events/386711454833774/"

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Tailypo: Press Release: "Red Headed Revolution unleashes a tale of a tail in creepy Tailypo short.

The Appalachian cryptozoology folk tale of “The Tailypo” has been brought to life, in a terrifying live-action film from director Cameron McCasland.

McCasland had been carrying the Tailypo story around for years stating, “The first time I heard this legend I was in elementary school, and my teacher told it to us around Halloween. It always stuck with me, and creeped me out. I wanted to tell it again, in a way that was frightening, but still accessible in the same way it was to me as a kid.”

Tailypo re-teams McCasland with actor David Chattam who had previously appeared as Carl Degas in his 2014 released slasher film, The Lashman.

The Tailypo is voiced by Danielle Geleherter more commonly known as TV horror host Penny Dreadful in the New England area. McCasland had previously worked with her on the Emmy-nominated 2010 made for television movie The Dreadful Hallowgreen Special. The short film also gave him the opportunity to re-team with Lashman director of photography Josh Ickes and composer Thomas Berdinski who performed a hauntingly original score for the film.

The movie was shot on location at the Copper Canyon Guntown Ranch in Hopkinsville, KY.

The Tailypo is the first in a series of shorts McCasland plans to collect for an anthology series hosted by his longtime collaborator Larry Underwood as seminal horror host Dr. Gangrene.

The Tailypo is currently free to view online at redheadedrevolution.com and will be screening at film festivals around the globe this year."