It sounds like a dream assignment for festival film programmers, particularly those whose cinematic tastes run left of the dial. This Saturday, the Calgary Underground Film Festival will present a marathon all-nighter of horror to celebrate Halloween. But don’t expect tried-and-true classics such as The Shining or Night of the Living Dead. Don’t expect fashionable fright-trends such as found-footage films or torture porn, either. No, the programmers at the Calgary Underground Film Festival — all of whom have experience offering customers cinematic advice at various video stores over the years — are zeroing in on more obscure fare.

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