Dean Lonsdale

Dark Match

A small-time wrestling company accepts a well-paying gig in a backwoods town only to learn, too late, that the community is run by a mysterious cult leader with devious plans for their match.

Everybody Altogether Now

12 short stories about the weird and wandering denizens of the city of Calgary, Canada. From a broken hearted immortal cowboy, to a teenage girl on the train, to an addict escaping his room. This experimental meditation on dreaming asks: Do we dream of the city, or does the city dream of us?

Heat Score

A washed up male stripper lands a job selling crack for an Edmonton strip club mogul.

Private Blue

A renegade private detective is hired by the police to find the source of a new mysterious drug that is causing death in the local sex trade industry.

Prairie Gothic

Shot entirely on film south of Vermilion, Alberta, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe and blended with elements from the tales of Baba Yaga, and with dialogue from the ancient Buddhist text, the Fire Sermon, Prairie Gothic takes you on a dark walk through the prairies to discover where true horror lies. Feautring a unique ambient soundtrack from Julian Cope and Thighpaulsandra.