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Horror icon Lynn Lowry – known for her roles in David Cronenberg’s Shivers, George A. Romero’s The Crazies, and Paul Schrader’s Cat People – will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Shawna Shea Film Festival.

The 10th annual event takes place September 21-24 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Lowry will be in attendance to accept the award and show some of her work.

On September 23 at 5 pm, Lowry will screen three short films she’s appeared in – J.T. Seaton’s Divination, Seaton’s The Peripheral, and Jason Reed’s Ready For My Close Up – followed by a Q&a. At 7:30 pm, you can see her in Guns of Eden, an indie action film directed by Gregory Lamberson (Slime City).

Shawna Shea Film Festival founder Skip Shea will present Lowry with her Lifetime Achievement Award at the awards ceremony that concludes the festival on September 24 at 10 pm.

“Throughout her career,...

Filmmaker Mark Bessenger and Thrillsville Productions have announced Bessenger’s latest project, Satan Is Not Dead, and the artwork for this upcoming topical and transgressive film has been unveiled. The poster was designed by filmmaker Jt Seaton, who directed such works… Continue Reading →

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For their seventh annual edition, the Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival is really blowing things up!

Well, not literally. But the world’s premiere horror movie fest is expanding to over double its regular size, screening over 50 films on nine terrifying nights Oct. 10-18 at its new home, the prestigious AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland.

The scares kick off on the 10th with the return of local fave filmmaker Richard Bates, Jr. with the feature-length version of Excision about a teenage girl obsessed with becoming a surgeon. The film co-stars John Waters, Malcolm McDowell and Traci Lords. Bates’ original short Excision on which the feature is based screened at Spooky Movie back in 2008.

A few other Spooky Movie alumni who are back with highly anticipated new films include Mike Davis‘ “green” horror movie President Wolfman, which is composed entirely of public domain footage mixed with a rip-roarin...

Last May "Elvira's Horror Hunt" began searching for features and shorts to be screened at the September HorrorHound Weekend with grand prize winners to be announced by Elvira herself during the con. Seven features and 13 shorts have been selected, and we have all the details here.

From the Press Release:

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, is excited to announce the films which have been selected for the 2012 edition of “Elvira’S Horror Hunt,” a horror film festival and competition presented in association with “Stan Lee’s Comikaze” and HorrorHound Magazine. The Festival, hosted in person by Elvira and Peaches Christ, is taking place in Indianapolis, Indiana, September 7th-9th.

Three (3) features and three (3) short films will be selected and presented to an all-star jury which includes Sybil Danning (Reform School Girls, Grindhouse), Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Massacre II, Repo! The Genetic Opera), film writer and personality Job Bob Briggs,...

What to do with a fairly serene zombie who becomes a discipline case? You could shoot ’em in the face…but what if they’re a loved one or relative? Director/co-writer J.T. Seaton’s George: A Zombie Intervention (previously titled George’S Intervention) offers a look at the pros and cons of trying to sensitively cope with living among the living dead.

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What to do with a fairly serene zombie who becomes a discipline case? You could shoot ’em in the face…but what if they’re a loved one or relative? Director/co-writer J.T. Seaton’s George: A Zombie Intervention (previously titled George’S Intervention) offers a look at the pros and cons of trying to sensitively cope with living among the living dead.

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Washington, D.C.’s Spooky Movie Film Festival presents their 4th annual A Midsummer’s Night Scream screening series. Over four weekends from July to September, they will be screening 6 horror feature films and over three hours of short films.

The half-dozen feature films come from all over the world and, for most of them, this is a rare chance to not only see them on the big screen, but to even see them at all! Most have not received distribution on DVD yet. Films include the bloody good Australian hit El Monstro Del Mar!, directed by Stuart Simpson; the necrophiliac love story Morgue Story, directed by Paulo Biscaia Filho and the return of the Godfather of Gore, Herschell Gordon Lewis, with The Uh-Oh Show.

Plus, on August 6, horror hosting legend Count Gore De Vol will present an evening of scary, spooky, gory, blood-drenched short films, as well as an...

The Fears For Queers 2 Lgbt Film Festival, first held in 2010, will showcase a selection of independent feature and short horror films that have been written and/or directed by Lbgt filmmakers and/or of gay interest. The festival will be held on June 25th, 2011 at The Historic Texas Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Half of all ticket sales will be donated to Youth First Texas. Youth First Texas is the only non-profit organization in Dallas exclusively committed to providing social services, education opportunities, recreational activities and leadership development to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Questioning (Lgbtq) Youth through age 22. More information about Yft can be found at http://www.youthfirsttexas.org.

The films selected for this year are:

George’s Intervention from Jt Seaton

Bite Marks

Cupcake from Rebecca Thomson

I Was a Tranny Werewolf from Lola Rocknrolla

More information at Right Turn Left Productions.

Hey peeps! February is Women in Horror Month and you all are invited to celebrate with the lovely ladies!

From the Press Release:

This year we are excited to announce

The Second Annual Women In Horror Month Celebration

At Dark Delicacies In Burbank, CA February 12th, 2011

We would like to officially invite you to the second year’s festivities for Women In Horror Month celebrations in Burbank, California at Dark Delicacies!

Dai Green and Reyna Young have teamed up with Sue and Del Howison to bring this exciting event to the friends and fans of women in the horror genre and to celebrate our strides in the industry throughout the years while also meeting up for two great causes!

February 12th, 2011 we will be having a food drive to benefit the Burbank Food Bank and a clothing drive to benefit The Covenant House whose mission is to reach out to...

Creation Entertainment held their Weekend of Horrors in Los Angeles last, well, weekend, and Hug a Zombie was there!

Creation Entertainment held their Weekend of Horrors in Los Angeles last, well, weekend, and HugaZombie was there! While most of the events were not zombie-related (odd, considering the proximity to the opening of George Romero's Survival of the Dead), so instead the Nightmare on Elm Street documentary Never Sleep Again was the focus, as well as panels featuring the stunt men who played both Michael Myers and Jason and a finale presentation with Dario Argento.

Here are a few highlights:

-Hey, Hatchet fans: Hatchet writer/director Adam Green revealed that Hatchet 2 will feature 17 death scenes, compared to the 7 of the original. The Hatchet 2 panel was terrific and the highlight of the weekend, with two clips shown of the movie.

- Stopped by to say hello to Joe Pilato...

Part 2 of the Big Bear Horror Film Festival recap. Read Part 1 here.

Saturday

After being up way too late the night before watching Golden Girls and Sex And The City reruns in my hotel room (P.S., I’m totally gay), it was time to get back to the Big Bear Horror Film Festival for a really great film, Die-ner (Get It?).

Yes, the “Get It?” is part of the film title, which I’m now publicly begging the filmmakers to change. Why? Because this film is so much smarter than the title. Die-ner (Get It?) is a well directed, well written and well acted serial-killer-plus-zombie flick that makes great use of its limited resources. I don’t want to give too much away, but I definitely recommend Patrick Horvath’s awesome motion picture.

As we walk out of the theater for a quick break, J.T. Seaton* and Michael Simon* join our gay horror cabal.

"George's Intervention" is an independent horror, comedy and a further addition to the Bram Stoker 2009 Film Festival. Blending a comedic zombie intervention with gory on-screen deaths "George's Intervention" will stimulate the senses mid October '09. Director J.T. Seaton (Nightshadows) has already garnered some early positive reviews for this zombie spoof, which will be shown in Whitby, England. So, buy your tickets now and prepare for a large turn-out at this once a year horror themed film festival and prepare to see one of the best independent horror films at the premiere.

A synopsis for "George's Intervention" here:

"George's friends have all gathered for an intervention... George's intervention. You see, George is a zombie and George's friends are attempting to convince George to stop eating people and to enter 'zombie rehab'. But the intervention doesn't go quite as planned."

Director: J. T. Seaton.

Writer: Brad Hodson, and J. T. Seaton.

Cast: Peter Stickles,...