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Chiller Theatre Review October 25-27, 2019 Chiller Theatre was packed on Saturday, October 26th. Halloween is near and the horror community gathered for the annual Chiller Theatre Expo in Parsippany, New Jersey at the Hilton. People came from all over to pick up collectibles, movies, t-shirts and meet celebrities. Chiller Theatre is also a convention where everyone sort of catches …

Spooky Empire, one of the most coveted and recognizable thriller conventions in the nation, hosted its much-anticipated yearly Fall convention from October 31 – November 3, 2019 in a new city, Tampa, FL. From the Halloween-themed celebrity guests to more than 20 tattoo artist booths and 100+ vendors, the “dark side of comic con” invaded the Tampa Convention Center for …

New York Comic Con NYCC 2019 Review October 3, 2019 Javits Center 655 W 34th Street, New York, NY 10001 https://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/ October 3-6, 2019 I was able to attend New York Comic Con on October 3, 2019. Thursday was building. I was nervous, excited and anxious to see what it was going to be like. I have never been to …

AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi, the American Film Institute’s annual celebration of cinema, will take place Thursday, November 14 – Thursday, November 21 in the heart of Hollywood. We have several films this year that we think will be of interest to your readers such as our Midnight section films JALLIKATTU (Dir Lijo Jose Pellissery) and SAINT MAUD (Dir Rose …

Halloween Horror Nights 29 (Orlando) Kicked off this year and I couldn’t be more enthusiastic. A quick overview of this year is that they’ve upped the ante with 10 killer houses, 5 manic scare-zones and 2 shows that will send a shiver down your spine. I like to start off by saying that I am an HHN veteran that has …

Anomaly – The Rochester Genre Film Festival is thrilled to be hosting the first U.S. screening of the brand-new holiday horror anthology DEATHCEMBER on Sunday, November 10, followed by an in-person Q&A with three of its filmmakers. The first cinematic advent calendar, DEATHCEMBER contains 24 terrifying visions by 24 international genre directors, ready to fill your holiday season with a …

DOZENS OF HORROR CREATORS CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF TWO NEW MY FAVORITE HORROR MOVIE BOOKS WITH A MINI-CONVENTION PARTY Black Vortex Cinema will celebrate the release of two new books of autobiographical essays by over 100 horror creators entitled My Favorite Horror Movie 2: The New Blood and My Favorite Horror Movie 3: Scream Warriors with the My Favorite Horror …

A GENRE OF ONE: THE CINEMA OF BONG JOON HO  A COMPLETE FEATURE RETROSPECTIVE OF BONG JOON HO’S WORK TWO DECADES IN THE MAKING  Co-Presented with the Korean Cultural Center, L.A., Oct. 30 to Nov. 2, 2019 American Cinematheque is proud to present A GENRE OF ONE: THE CINEMA OF BONG JOON HO, a complete feature retrospective of BONG JOON …

  “They say the place is haunted. Very Haunted. So we decided to see for our selves” Researched, devised and performed by Knock Knock Club members Caroline Buckley, Reece Connolly, and Christopher Keegan. Last Orders discovers what is lurking within the dark corners of each it’s three floors; the trio guides the audience through the immersive history of the 604-year-old …

THE SCREENWRITERS NETWORK LAUNCHES 1ST ANNUAL ‘KILLER SHORTS’ HORROR SHORT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION Award-winning screenwriter and contest director Alison Parker announced today the launch of the first annual “Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition”. In the past few years, horror shorts have become a goldmine for Hollywood. Feature films such as The Babadook, Lights Out, Mama, and Saw originated as proof-of-concept shorts. …

FEARnyc, NYC’s Biggest Horror Film Festival,  Announces 2019 Lineup, Honorees, Jury and More Featuring a Tribute to Legendary Producer Debra Hill With more than 60 films and events, including world premieres of J.R. Howell’s psychosexual LGBT thriller HURRICANE AARON, Christopher Wesley Moore’s mass shooting takeoff A STRANGER AMONG THE LIVING and Kangas Miller’s blood-soaked ode to the VHS era BLOOD …

The Philip K. Dick European Science Fiction Film Festival has unveiled the full lineup for its sixth annual event celebrating the life and career of novelist Philip K. Dick. With an emphasis on technological advancements and existence of alternative worlds and cultures, the festival will gather in Lille, France from October 25-26, 2019 and in Cologne, Germany from October 31-November …

Four-Day “Better Horror” Lineup Brimming with Premieres, Coveted Films from Around the World Columbus, OH – If this is a Nightmare, horror fans won’t want to wake up. Closely-watched Nightmares Film Festival has outdone even its most legendary stuffed-to-bursting programs with 2019’s lineup, which will pack 190 of the world’s best features and shorts from around the world into this …

Devil’s Night Gallery Film + Art Event Indie Film Festival and Art Show October 11th, 2019 at Studio 8700, 8700 W 9 Mile, Oak Park, MI By Terence Cover September 24, 2019 The only film fest in the world inspired by Rod Serling’s “Night Gallery”, featuring awesome short films, awesome artwork and an awful Rod Serling impersonator is back! This …

This Halloween season, Aberrant Theatre returns to Toronto with an all-new installment of their terrifying live horror event – The Ghost Light Anthology: Cataclysm. Following last year’s successful inaugural season, Aberrant Theatre’s Ghost Light Anthology returns with a brand-new format for it’s next chilling installment: The Ghost Light Anthology: Cataclysm. Tucked away in a lush and wild secret garden, The …