Arts and Entertainment
October 14, 2024
From: Tucson Terror Film FestivalSchedule:
Thursday, October 24, 2024
7:30 p.m: Shaun of the Dead is back to celebrate 20 bloody years Hosted by Veronica Chase
There comes a day in every man's life when he has to get off the couch and kill some zombies. When flesh-eating zombies are on the hunt for a bite to eat, it's up to slacker Shaun (Simon Pegg) and his best pal (Nick Frost) to save their friends and family from becoming the next entree.
9:30 p.m: Warhol's Frankenstein In3D
The eccentric Baron von Frankenstein (Udo Kier) partners with his peculiar assistant, Otto, to craft a superior master race, with the Baron as it's leader. He assembles two flawless 'zombies' from assorted body parts, intending them to produce offspring. Amidst this, a web of complications unfolds as Nicholas, a farmhand, engages in an affair with the Baron's unsatisfied wife. Simultaneously, Nicholas seeks his vanished friend Sacha, whose head and brain have been employed in the creation of Frankenstein's male 'zombie'. 18+ Only
Friday, October 25, 2024
7:30 p.m: Horror Shorts 1
A Green Affair
A woman in a lonely marriage begins an affair with her favourite house plant ‘Boston’ but soon becomes unsure whether he is frond or foe.
Directed by Rebecca Thomson, 18 min
What A Catch
On a late night trip to the lake, a victorian fisherman's evening takes a sinister turn.
Directed by Thomas Pickering, 5 min
Wandered Away
A hot shot social media influencer vlogs her "sponsored by" scavenger hunt but is unaware that the clues lead her and her partners to something or someone in the woods.
Directed by Kat Kones, 10 min
Rejected
A short horror parody, three twisted tales of macabre horror unfold, all linked by an antiquated digital camera from 1997. The tales intertwine, creating a narrative that is both terrifying and hilariously absurd. Directed by Rene Rivas, 15 min
Howl If You Love Me
Boy has girl. Boy loses girl. Boy wins girl back, but girl is a werewolf. An animated short by Academy Award nominated director John R. Dilworth , 8 min
Lovesick
A waitress with an obsessive crush on a regular customer seeks out a love spell with terrifying consequences.
Directed by Mira Pike, 8 min
The Gourd, The Brad, and The Ghostly
After causing a tragic accident on Halloween night, Brad is haunted by his guilty conscience as he takes the elevator down to the scene of the crime. Is he heading to the lobby... or straight to hell?
Directed by Jillian Terwedo-Malsbury, 10 min
Strange Creatures
Desperate to see her brother again, a young woman visits the site of his death.
Directed by Nicholas Payne Santos, 6 min
9:30 p.m: Vhs Horror Night
Its VHS horror night This is a free event We'll play a random 80's horror film on VHS from very start to the very end. What will be the film this year.
Saturday, October 26, 2024
11:00 a.m: House On Haunted Hill
Directed by the great William Castle and starring the master of macabre Vincent Price.
Rich oddball Frederick Loren has a proposal for five guests at a possibly haunted mansion: show up, survive a night filled with scares and receive $10,000 each. The guest of honor is Loren's estranged wife, Annabelle, who, with her secret lover, Dr. Trent, has concocted her own scheme to scare Loren's associate, Nora Manning, into shooting the potentially crazy millionaire. However, more spooks and shocks throw a wrench into the plan.
1:00 p.m: Mccurdy Point: A Ghost Story
A celebratory trip to the woods takes a turn for the worse, as four friends find themselves under the power of a force they don't understand.
3:00 p.m: Horror Shorts 2: The Revenge
Lumberjack
A young couple, struggling to keep their relationship alive, embark on an overnight to the woods, but are stalked by an axe-wielding lumberjack.
Directed by Colin Stryker, 12 min
Closed Circuit
During a routine graveyard shift, a security guard spots a mysterious black dog on the monitors. When he investigates, the dog chases him through dark corridors and transforms into a towering 7-foot demon. As he struggles to escape, reality distorts into chaos. Directed by Karl Redgen, 14 min
Falling Shadows
What lies between this world and the next….
Directed by John Santiago, 5 min
Sundown
As the sun slowly goes down, two men must make a decision.
Directed by Cristian Macias, 6 min
Astray
Longing to be a world-renowned painter, Chirs has developed an obsession for obtaining inspiration in his own torment.
Directed by Andrew Merfeld, 13 min
That Time of The Year: Isidro's Diary
A demon speaks his truth.
Directed by Joel Romero, 2 min
Breed
A young couple goes on a romantic getaway in an attempt to save their relationship. Tonight, they realize their relationship might not be worth saving.
Directed by Fuller Freeman, 18 min
The Closet
A sinister stuffed bunny terrorizes a family and a community.
Directed Sydnee Ackiss, 7 min
Its Better This Way
Two sisters are divided at a crossroads — the line between end of the world and the beginning of the next.
Directed by Chris Davies, Mary Beth Gray, 5 min
The Parcel
Chad’s first day on a new job takes a gut wrenching turn.
Directed by Jared Tipton, 8 min
5:00 p.m: Dawn Of The Dead 20th Anniversary Screening
20th Anniversary screening of this edgy and frightening remake of George A. Romero's apocalyptic horror classic starring Ving Rhames, Sarah Polley, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer and Ty Burrell. From visionary filmmaker Zack Snyder and writer James Gunn, comes a nightmarish vision where society is endangered by a mysterious virus that turns people into mindless, flesh-eating zombies, and a handful of survivors must wage a desperate, last-stand battle to stay alive…and human Unrated version, 101 min
7:00 p.m: Creature From The Black Lagoon In 3D
Hosted by Miss Baltimore Bombshell and Veronica Chase
Perfectly blending Universal's classic monster heritage with the science-fiction explosion of the 1950s, Creature from the Black Lagoon tells the mythical story of a dangerous half-human, half-fish creature lurking in the depths of the Amazon. After discovering a unique prehistoric claw fossil on an expedition deep in the jungle, scientists investigate its origins which lead them directly to a mysterious creature. Led by ichthyologist David Reed (Richard Carlson), the men try to capture the monster who has become obsessed with David's assistant, Kay (Julia Adams). Originally released in 3D, this thrilling adventure inspired sequels, TV series and more that continue to strengthen the monster's legacy to this day.
9:00 p.m: Horror-Con Selects: Tremors
A pulse-pounding love letter to 1950s creature features that delivers horror and humor in equal measure, Tremors is a bonafide cult classic that has grabbed audiences’ affections ever since its release and spawned a successful franchise that continues to this day. Good-ol’-boy handymen Val (Kevin Bacon) and Earl (Fred Ward) are sick of their dead-end jobs in one-horse desert town Perfection, Nevada (population: 14). Just as they’re about to escape Perfection forever, however, things start to get really weird: half-eaten corpses litter the road out of town; the phone lines stop working; and a plucky young scientist shows evidence of unusually strong seismic activity in the area. Something is coming for the citizens of Perfection… and it’s under the goddamn ground
Sunday, October 27, 2024
11:00 a.m: The Last Man On Earth
In our second Vincent Price screening of the festival, Dr Robert Morgan (Vincent Price) is the lone survivor of a plague that spread across the world. The plague caused the entire population of Earth to die, but the doctor soon realizes that they are not going to remain dead.and turn into blood sucking ghouls.
1:00 p.m: Stalkers
Sometimes one phone call can change your life. Kate Swanson left her Michigan hometown behind more than a decade ago, reinventing herself in California as cult ****-star Tabitha Swann. An unexpected call from Michigan Child Services brings Kate’s troubled past to the forefront as Kate learns that Charlotte, the daughter she gave up for adoption in high school has been orphaned in a tragic double homicide.
3:00 p.m: Meathook
The sole survivor of an infamous slasher killer grapples with her past while trying to overcome the loss of her murdered friends. But when a string of new murders occurs, this “final girl” must face her fears head-on with help from a true-crime podcaster. A refreshingly original slasher film for the modern era.
5:00 p.m: Lost Episode
Assembled by XPU$HER and made available through the Black-Torrent Release Group, The Lost Episode is a raw and unsettling look at unaired footage captured during a police ride-along on Halloween night. The film follows officers Paul Massaro and Terrence Williams as they navigate the sleepy streets of Franklin.
7:00 p.m: The Forest Hills
Starring Edward Furlong (Terminator 2), Dee Wallace(E.T, Cujo), Chiko Mendez, and Shelley Duvall in her final role. The Forest Hills follows “a disturbed man who is tormented by nightmarish visions, after enduring head trauma while camping in the Catskill Mountains.
Date: October 24 - 27, 2024
Location:
The Screening Room
127 East Congress
Tucson, AZ 85701
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