​Wisconsin is home to some of the best twisted filmmakers. We like to showcase these homegrown talents.

A man sets up a tinder date while his wife is away. What shows up is no date.

Love Me Tinder

Young newlywed Claire returns home late one night, some disturbance clawing at the back of her mind. In the gloom of this newly purchased home, she frets and fidgets over the object of her apprehension: a small plastic pregnancy testing kit. The results of the test will force her to make a decision about the trajectory of her and her husbands’ life together, but dread may have already won out. Dread is down the hall, in the kitchen, it may have already invaded the safest of places.

Apprehension

Young newlywed Claire returns home late one night, some disturbance clawing at the back of her mind. In the gloom of this newly purchased home, she frets and fidgets over the object of her apprehension: a small plastic pregnancy testing kit.

Two morons think they can get rich quick by kidnapping and ransoming a "celebrity". Unfortunately, the only famous person they can find is a mime from the local park.

Mime Sublime

A woman aggressively cleans her apartment of foreign contaminates, but will it be enough to protect from the outside world?

Contaminated

In Greek mythology, the Meliae, or Meliai were nymphs of the ash tree.Movie starts with an eight year old boy getting attracted by the beautiful singing of a nightingale that draws him deeper into the forest. While looking for the nightingale he falls down and hurts his legs. A little girl comes to his help and they make friendship. Through their conversation, movie progresses and discusses some important topics like preserving nature. What the eight year old boy experiences in this exchange is a new appreciation of the things around us. In the end the little girl with the name Meliae becomes one with the nature.

Meliae - Nature movie

As they struggle to find the killer, two detectives investigate a series of murders in which the victims' blood is drained entirely from their bodies.

The Happenings in Whistler Night

This is a creative Pop Art narrative film documenting a couple's recent alien abduction. This short narrative sci-fi film is very artistic and unique. It features an actual abduction story as told by a couple in their own words.

Alien Abduction

A single mom and her two kids construct a massive box fort with the empty moving boxes in their new home. After the power goes out, the mom is haunted by something demonic from inside the box fort.

The Box Fort

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The Milwaukee Twisted Dreams Film Festival is a celebration of indie genre films. With over 50 films to choose from in a variety of categories we are sure you will be able to find something to entertain you. 

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