The Horror Happens Radio show is a prestigious radio show that has been covering indie and underground horror for some time now. Just like with anything in life, this has now blossomed into what will become one hell of a film festival. Today Horror Society received the following press release:
Working to give indie horror films a home on the big screen and helping to aid and support the nearly 90 year old Washington Theatre (thewashingtontheatre.com) in its upkeep and restoration, The Horror Happens Radio Show (heard weekly live on Tuesday nights at 4 PM EST only on HomegrownradioNJ.com) and the Washington Theatre located in Warren County at 165 E. Washington Avenue, Washington, NJ have partnered to bring creative, diverse, intense and entertaining indie horror filmmaking together in the first Horror Happens Film Festival.
This event will showcase a variety of the horror genres best including 13 short films and 4 feature films in different sub-genres from the United States, Canada and Spain for one day and nearly 12 hours (12:30 PM to 11:30 PM EST) with doors opening at Noon on Saturday August 23rd. Plus the Horror Happens Film Festival will a showcase a variety of filmmakers involved in Q & As including filmmakers Jeremiah Kipp (Baggage), Skip Shea (Ave Maria), Evan and Liam Makrogiannis (Blood Mask), Jack Thomas Smith (Infliction) and Mike O’Mahony (A Dark Place Inside) with possibly more.
The film schedule will be diverse and a horror fans buffet including sub genres of thrillers, gore, psychological, supernatural, found footage, spiritual and slasher. The feature films selections will include famed Rue Morgue Magazine founder Rodrigo Gudino’s critical acclaimed spiritual film The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh. Kansas based filmmaker Patrick Rea with the thriller Nailbiter and his short film Counter Parts plus an encore presentation of New Jersey based Jack Thomas Smith’s dark psychological drama Infliction. This is highlighted by our closing night feature the disturbing A Dark Place Inside by Philadelphia based Michael O’Mahony.
The short films will showcase the martial arts/comedy/gore fest Fist of Jesus out of Spain, from Montreal the multiple award winning project Ceramic Tango by talented filmmaker Patricia Chica. Horror Happens Film Fest is proud to present short film based on the written work of Carol Joyce Oates’s in Zombie featuring the talented Bill Connington. Visiting from the New England area, Massachusetts filmmaking minds Skip Shea with historic and controversial film Ave Maria and Izzy Lee with the powerful Picket and Legitimate also California feature film director L Gustavo Cooper with the moving Velvet Road, Philadelphia psychological filmmakers Rob Dimension and Jeremiah Kipp with Hitchcock style thriller in Baggage. They will be also joined by New York City filmmakers Manny Serrano of Mass Grave Pictures with the ABC’s of Death 2 entry M for Mastectomy, Justin Morales’s return back to classic filmmaking with Blessed Are the Poor, and the throw back to good old school VHS horror gore fest with Liam Makrogiannis’s Blood Mask plus New Jersey’s own Thomas Ryan with his psychological survival short film Day 9 and the great state of Texas features Billy Pon’s slasher classic short with Doll Boy!
Tickets will run $15 for whole day viewing pass with $5 ticket per film blocks (Blocks 1-4) also available. All tickets can be purchased the day of the film festival at the Washington Theatre box office. Ticket sales will help to support the restoration of The Washington Theatre. For more information and updates, please check out Horrorhappensff.wix.com/hhffnj or to thewashingtontheatre.com also on Twitter @horrorhappensff. Parking is available in the surrounding areas, various restaurants are within a ½ mile from the theatre plus food and concessions at the theatre are available. Recommend 18 and over for film festival viewings. Thanks for your support!
This will be one hell of an event with some solid indie flicks making their rounds at this impressive festival. Those in the area or withing driving distance should definitely make the trek there. You will not be disappointed.
