22nd Calgary Underground Film Festival

April 17-27, 2025

13th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival

November 19-23, 2025

The Dead Center

United States, 2018: 93 minutes: Canadian Premiere
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description

A mysterious John Doe wakes up in a body bag and walks out of the morgue. When the medical examiner begins a search for the missing body, he is unaware of the circumstances unfolding. The subject has made his way to the psychiatric ward and is now under the supervision of the hospital psychiatrist. As the doctor investigates what happened to the frightened amnesiac patient, his own sanity is pushed to the edge as it becomes clear that the patient has in fact died and brought something terrible back from the other side. Shane Carruth, director of PRIMER and the 2013 CUFF Best Narrative Feature Winner UPSTREAM COLOR, stars in this supernatural thriller from director Billy Senese.

OFFICIAL SELECTION
LA Film Fest 2018
ArrowFrightfest Glasgow Film Festival 2019
Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival 2019
Chattanooga Film Festival 2019

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Billy Senese is the Director & Screenwriter of THE DEAD CENTRE (2018), CLOSER TO GOD (2015) and A DARK AWAKENING (2006).

press for The Dead Center

"A masterclass in rising tension"
- SciFiNow Magazine
"An intelligent piece of filmmaking that demonstrates an acute understanding of horrors present in the mundane world."
- Eye for Film

details

Horror / Thriller / Suspense

93 minutes

special guest

Guest in Attendance!

credits

Director
Billy Senese

Producers
Shane Carruth
Denis Deck
Jonathan Rogers
Billy Senese

Screenwriter
Billy Senese

Cinematographer
Andy Duensing

Cast
Shane Carruth
Poorna Jagannathan
Jeremy Childs
Bill Feehely

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