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13th Annual Film Festival - Terror Fest

Arts and Entertainment

October 5, 2023

From: Tucson Terror Film Festival

Schedule Of Events:

Thursday October 19, 2023

7:30pm - Sweet Dreams At The Screening Room 127 E. Congress

World Premiere!

A Group Of Young Girls Get A New Roommate Who Forces Them To Deal With Their Own Inner Demons, Literally. Sarah, The New Roommate, Has Brought Along The Poltergeist Of Her
Overbearing Christian Mother, Who Not Only Haunts The Girl's Dreams, But Soon Their Waking Lives As Well. Stephanie, The Alpha Of The Friends Jess And Kat, Instantly Has A
Connection To Sarah Who Shares The Same Self Inflicted Cuts On Her Wrists As Well As An Over Active Sex Drive.

While Sarah Attempts To Become Part Of The Group She Finds It Harder And Harder To Hold Back Her Deadly Mother. The Deadly Mother Who Comes Out Of Sarah's Vagina As A Black
Slime That Kills Anyone Sarah Has Sexual Contact With. With Stephanie's Help, Sarah Begins To Cope With Her Issues, Although Not In The Healthiest Of Ways. Sarah Begins To Drink And
Cut Herself In Order To Quiet The Voice Of Her Mother In Her Head.

Run Time: 95 Min

Directed By Grant Nelson

Cast: Maria Olsen, Sara Mirasola, Kelsey Reinhard

Cost: $8.00

9:30pm - Eight Eyes At The Screening Room 127 E. Congress

A Mysterious Local Crashes A Couple's Vacation Through The Former Yugoslavia, Pulling Them Deeper Into His Web Of Psychic Rituals. A Mysterious Local Crashes A Couple's Vacation Through The Former Yugoslavia, Pulling Them Deeper Into His Web Of Psychic Rituals.

Eight Eyes Is The First Original Co-Production From Vinegar Syndrome Pictures, The Newly-Launched Production Arm Of One Of The United States' Most Celebrated Boutique Home Video Labels, Known For Its Restoration And Release Of Genre And Underground Cinema.

Helming This Inaugural Film Production Are None Other Than The Producers And Director Of Shudder's The Last Drive-In. Not The Funeral Home (Executive Producers Justin Martell And Matt Manjourides) Produced, And Series Creator And Director Austin Jennings Co-Wrote And Directed It.

Photographed Entirely On Location In Serbia And Macedonia And On 16mm Kodak Film, Eight Eyes Draws From European Genre Cinema And American Horror Films Of The 70s To Create A Nightmarish Tableau Of Nostalgia Twisted Into Berserk, New Shapes. Set Among The Ruins Of The Former Yugoslavia, Eight Eyes Was Developed With Significant Contributions From The Film's Local Cast And Crew To Ensure An Authentic Portrayal Of The Cultural Environment In Which It Is Set – One Rarely Been Documented On Film.

Eight Eyes Is An Outstanding, Frenzied Nightmare" – Daily Dead

"A Strange And Surreal Film… Grim, Grimy, Gory And Oddly Gratifying. " – The Hollywood News

Run Time: 86 Min

Directed By Austin Jennings

Cast: Emily Sweet, Bradford Thomas, Bruno Veljanovski

Cost: $8.00

Friday, October 20, 2023

7:30pm - Short Film Showcase At The Screening Room 127 E. Congress

Short Film Showcase Gives Local Tucson Filmmakers A Venue To Gather And Share Their Work. A Place Where You Can Meet Future Collaborators Or Just Come Enjoy A Night Of Film. Submit Your Film! Submission Is Free!

Only One Film Per Filmmaker, 15 Minutes Or Shorter.

Your Film Will Be Downloaded And Ready To Play At The Event.

Hosted By Miss Baltimore Bombshell And The Wolf

Cost: $6
Free Admission For The Filmmaker Submitting Their Film!

10:00pm - Vhs Horror Night At The Screening Room 127 E. Congress

Its Vhs Horror Night With The 1988 Dead Heat On Vhs Playing On The Big Screen! Free Event!
A Cop Is Killed Investigating A Strange Case Of Resurrected Corpses. His Partner And A Pathologist Resurrect Him, But He Only Has A Limited Time Before He Starts To Decompose, And He Uses It To Chase Down The Diabolical Man Who Killed Him.

Cost: Free

Saturday October 21, 2023

11:00am - Deep Red At The Screening Room 127 E. Congress

From Dario Argento, Maestro Of The Macabre And The Man Behind Some Of The Greatest Excursions In Italian Horror (Suspiria, The Bird With The Crystal Plumage), Comes Deep Red – The Ultimate Giallo Movie.

One Night, Musician Marcus Daly (David Hemmings, Blow-Up), Looking Up From The Street Below, Witnesses The Brutal Axe Murder Of A Woman In Her Apartment. Racing To The Scene, Marcus Just Manages To Miss The Perpetrator… Or Does He? As He Takes On The Role Of Amateur Sleuth, Marcus Finds Himself Ensnared In A Bizarre Web Of Murder And Mystery Where Nothing Is What It Seems…

Aided By A Throbbing Score From Regular Argento-Collaborators Goblin, Deep Red (Aka Profondo Rosso And The Hatchet Murders) Is A Hallucinatory Fever Dream Of A Giallo Punctuated By Some Of The Most Astonishing Set-Pieces The Sub-Genre Has To Offer.

Run Time: 127 Min

Directed By Dario Argento

Cast: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi

Cost: $6.00

1:30pm - Horror Shorts: Everyone Needs A Good Scare At The Screening Room 127 E. Congress

Anya

When A Sinister Entity Emerges From The Forest On A 1970s Halloween Night, A Young Woman's True Motives Are Revealed – And Her Future Is Decided Forever.

Dir: Chris Davies Cast: Tava Hill, Steven Van Tiflin, Mary Beth Gray

Run Time: 6 Min

Crave

A Young Man In An Isolated Motel Desperately Tries Not To Succumb To Addiction While Navigating A Night Of Temptation.

Dir: Zac Coats, Dana Kippel Cast: Marissa Patterson, Zac Coats, Caden Finch

Run Time: 13 Min


Waka Chicka Waka

Things Take An Unexpected Turn When Two Young Women Hire A Skeezy Plumber To Fix The Kitchen Sink.

Dir: Ryan Clausen Cast: Isaac Muir, Alex Demeroutis, Amy Crater

Run Time: 4 Min


Death At Her Door

A Young Woman Begins Having The Same Cryptic Dreams Her Mother Had Before She Took Her Own Life In Front Of Her Years Ago.

Dir: Carina Isabelle Acosta Cast: Charlize Diaz De León, Sara Jahan, Freddy Walker

Run Time: 18 Min

Badger

A 'Karen' Flees The City After Going Viral For A Racist Incident, Only To Become The Target Of A Homicidal Wolf-Worshipping Cult.

Dir: Cleaver Lemar Mclean Cast: Siobhan Lee, Robyne Parrish, William Morrissey

Run Time: 30 Min, Usa, 2022


Good Night

A Small Boy Caring For Himself And His Cat Hides A Dark Secret Behind Closed Doors.

Dir: Francisco Landin Jr Cast: Michael Leyba, Andrea Casamasa, Eg Seitz, Margoth Barrera

Run Time: 8 Min


Liminal Space

A Reporter Tries Desperately To Escape A Shadowy Labyrinth Before The Unknown Horrors Can Capture Her.

Dir: Gary Taylor Cast: Cyn Shepard, Maggie Shepard, Owen Morris, Kane Cheshier

Run Time: 15 Min

Arcana

A Female-Led Horror Film Follows A Coven Of Witches Seeking Revenge Through A Tarot Card Reading, But The Cards Hold A Chilling Truth That Cannot Be Ignored.

Dir: Wesley Gonzales

Cast: Teri Andrez, Adelaide Kane, Christian Gehring

Run Time: 7 Min

I Don't Like Scary Movies

Brooke, An Introverted 20-Something, Is Stuck At A Party With Her Extroverted Best Friend Naomi. When Everyone Decides To Watch A Scary Movie, Brooke Panics And Separates From The Group. Upon Returning, She Comes To Find That The Horror Movie Has Seeped Its Way Into Reality, And More Importantly, Into The Party Guests.

Dir: Alex Mendivil Cast: Isabel Ramirez, Sarahi Vargas, Tyler Palomo, David Young

Run Time: 18 Min

Cost: $8.00

4:00pm - John Carpenter's Prince Of Darkness At The Screening Room 127 E. Congress

It Is Evil…It Has Awakened. Master Of Horror John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) Directs This Terrifying Battle Between Mankind And The Ultimate Evil. A Group Of Graduate Students And Scientists Uncover An Ancient Canister In An Abandoned Church, But When They Open It, They Inadvertently Unleash A Strange Liquid And An Evil Force On All Of Humanity. As The Liquid Turns Their Co-Workers Into Zombies, The Remaining Members Realize They Have Released The Most Unspeakable Horror Of Them All. Terror Mounts As The Team Must Fight To Save The World From A Devilish Fury That Has Been Contained For Over Seven Million Years.

Run Time: 102 Min

Directed By John Carpenter

Cast: Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Jameson Parker

Cost: $8.00

6:00pm - Dracula

Hosted By Miss Baltimore Bombshell And Veronica Chase
The Original Dracula, Starring Bela Lugosi, Launched The Hollywood Horror Genre And Defined The Iconic Look And Frightening Character Of The Famed Vampire. Towering Ominously Among The Shadows Of The Carpathian Mountains, Castle Dracula Strikes Fear In The Hearts Of The Transylvanian Villagers Below. After A Naive Real Estate Agent Succumbs To The Will Of Count Dracula, The Two Head To London Where The Vampire Sleeps In His Coffin By Day And Searches For Potential Victims By Night. The Inspiration For Hundreds Of Subsequent Remakes And Adaptations, This Classic Film Directed By Tod Browning Is The Signature Adaptation Of Bram Stoker's Story With Its Eerie Passion, Shadowy Atmosphere And Thrilling Cinematography.

Run Time: 75 Min

Directed By Tod Browning And Karl Freund

Cast: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners

Cost: $8.00

9:00pm - Music With Couch Surf, Angelfood, Guttertown At The Screening Room 127 E. Congress

Costume Contest
Dress At A Your Favorite Scary Movie Character For A Chance To Win $1oo

Cost: $7

Sunday October 22, 2023

11:00am - Nightmare Castle At The Screening Room 127 E. Congress

At The Height Of Her Career As The Dark Goddess Of Italian Horror, The Legendary Barbara Steele (Black Sunday) Delivered Two Of Her Most Memorable Performances In This Tale Of Obsession, Madness And Depravity. Steele Stars As A Cheating Wife Who Is Chained, Whipped And Tortured To Death By Her Sadistic Scientist Husband, And As Her Unstable Blonde Stepsister Whose Fate May Be Even More Ghastly. Paul Muller (Vampyros Lesbos), Helga Line (Horror Express) And Rik Battaglia (Sister Emanuelle) Co-Star In This Twisted Shocker Directed By Mario Caiano, Featuring Stunning Black and White Cinematography By Enzo Barboni And The Very First Horror Score By Ennio Morricone. Throw Away All Those Inferior Transfers From Censored Tv Prints: This Is Nightmare Castle Like You've Never Seen It Before!

Run Time: 90 Min

Directed By Mario Caiano

Cast: Barbara Steele, Paul Muller, Helga Line

Cost: $6.00

1:00pm - Cryptids At The Screening Room 127 E. Congress

Major Harlan Dean (Joe Bob Briggs – 'Shudder's The Last Drive-In' And 'Tnt's Monstervision') Is The Host Of The Widely Popular Radio Show '"The Truth Serum", A Platform Which He Discusses All Things Weird, Unknown, And Sometimes Scary. On Tonight's Broadcast, Harlan Tackles The Topic Of Cryptozoology To Coincide With The Annual Mothman Festival In Point Pleasant, West Virginia. However, With Each Caller, Something More Sinister Appears To Be Waiting In The Shadows And This Could End Up Being Harlan's Very Last Broadcast.

A Horror Anthology Jammed Packed With Practical Creature Feature Effects With Stories That Are Reminiscent Of 90s' Tv Shows 'Monsters', 'Tales From The Crypt', And 'Tales From The Darkside'. Featuring Segments Written And Directed By The People Who Brought You Force To Fear (Zane Hershberger And Robert Kuhn), The Dooms Chapel Horror (John William Holt), Bonejangles (Brett Dejager), The Circus Of The Dead (Billy Pon), And The Barn Part 1 and Ii (Justin M. Seaman).

Run Time: 77 Min

Directed By Justin M. Seaman, Zane Hershberger, Billy Pon, John William Holt, Brett Dejager, Robert Kuhn

Cast: Joe Bob Briggs

Cost: $8.00

3:00pm - I'll Crush Y All At The Screening Room 127 E. Congress

After Its Sold Out Screenings At Fantastic Fest, I'll Crush Y' All Is Now At The Terrorfest. Nuthead Is Getting Finally Free From Jail, So He Wants To Become A Good Cityzen. Suddenly His Father Dies And Leaves Him Alone, Leading To A Short Period Of Time Where A Bunch Of Different People Arrives To Nuthead´S Home With Bizarre Intentions. He Has The Same Willing For Each One, To Crush´Em All.

Run Time: 92 Min

Directed By **** Narcea

Cast: Mario Mayo Piedra

Cost: $8.00

5:00pm - Abruptio At The Screening Room 127 E. Congress

Les Hackel Is A Guy Down On His Luck Who Wakes To Find An Explosive Device Has Been Implanted In His Neck. He Must Carry Out Heinous Crimes In Order To Stay Alive While Trying To Identify The Mastermind Manipulating The Now Twisted And Strange World Around Him.

Run Time: 94 Min

Directed By Evan Marlowe

Cast: Jordan Peele, James Marsters, Sid Haig, Robert Englund

Cost: $8.00

7:00pm -  They Live At The Screening Room 127 E. Congress

They Influence Our Decisions Without Us Knowing It. They Numb Our Senses Without Us Feeling It. They Control Our Lives Without Us Realizing It. They Live. Horror Master John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) Directs This Heart-Pounding Thriller In Which Aliens Are Systematically Gaining Control Of The Earth By Masquerading As Humans And Lulling The Public Into Submission. Humanity's Last Chance Lies With A Lone Drifter Who Stumbles Upon A Harrowing Discovery—A Unique Pair Of Sunglasses That Reveals The Terrifying And Deadly Truth.

Run Time: 93 Min

Directed By John Carpenter

Cast: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster

Cost: $8.00

Date: October 19-22, 2023

Time:
October 19, 2023 at 7:30pm
October 20, 2023 at 7:30pm
October 21, 2023 at 11:00am
October 22, 2023 at 11:00am

Location: The Screening Room, 127 East Congress, Tucson, AZ 85701

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