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The “Cannes” of Horror Comes to Ohio With Nightmares Film Festival

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Two years have passed since the inaugural opening of Nightmares Film Festival (NFF), sponsored by iHorror, and it has continued to grow into one of the biggest and best collections of horror movies anywhere in the country.

Dare we say that it may be the “Cannes” of horror movies?

That may be a bold statement but just look at the lineup of films, world premieres and special guests they have scheduled for 2017.

Co-founder and festival programmer Jason Tostevin and his team have meticulously hand-selected each movie with the most devout horror fans in mind.

“At Nightmares, a program of the best and rarest indie genre films forms the heart of the experience,” said Tostevin. “We’re so excited to present our 2017 program, which is a truly one-of-a-kind collection of top horror films from around the globe.”

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The fest will kick off with much-anticipated screenings of Victor Crowley – Adam Green’s secret Hatchet sequel, with Green in attendance – and one of 10 U.S. screenings of Leatherface, the newest installment in the Texas Chainsaw mythos.

In addition, the program boasts 11 world and North American premieres among its 25 total features, including the first-ever screening of Rock Paper Dead, which sees Tom Holland (Fright Night, Child’s Play) return to the feature film director chair after a 21-year hiatus. The film is co-written by Friday the13TH scribeVictor Miller and scored by Harry Manfredini.

The festival will also screen three shorts starring Melanie Gaydos (Insidious: The Last Key), a model and actress with a rare disorder, whose breakthrough into film and print is challenging the norms of both industries.

Notable shorts include an early disturbing film from Turkish director Can Evrenol (Baskin), To My Mother and Father, from; Polaroid, the short that inspired the upcoming feature film of the same name; and Teddy Bears Picnic, the directorial debut from lauded illustrator and movie poster designer “The Dude Designs” Tom Hodges (Hobo with a Shotgun, Frankenstein Created Bikers, Father’s Day).

Nightmares is held at the renowned Gateway Film Center in Columbus, Ohio, named a top-20 North American art house by Sundance and home to one of the last remaining tech and projectionist teams on earth. Film presentation is excellent there, and its three bars and branded undersea restaurant make for a comfortable four days of horror.

Nightmares Film Festival is from Thursday, October 19, 2017, to Sunday, October 22, 2017. 

An event horror fans should not miss, NFF tickets are available HERE, and to read more about this celebration of cinema and horror click HERE.

The complete lineup for NFF 17 follows below. The festival schedule will be released in October.

HORROR FEATURES

Victor Crowley – With Adam Green in attendance

Leatherface – One of 10 planned U.S. screenings

House Shark – World Premiere

Bong of the Living Dead – World Premiere

Unnuyayuk – World Premiere

Found Footage 3D – Presented in 3D

Don’t Fuck in the Woods

Capture, Kill, Release

3 Dead Trick or Treaters

Ruin Me

HORROR SHORTS

Polaroid

Prepare to Die

Drip

Husk

Admonition

For a Good Time, Call

The Jitterman

Eldritch Code

Dawn of the Deaf

Spotlight

Postal

Nibble

Slapface

Fish

Meat

Hada

Daughters of Virtue

Undress Me

Your Date Is Here

Vexed

Night In

Haematophilia

Pigskin

Creeper

Secretions

Late Tales

Sorry, We’re Closed

Creswick

Sol

Used Body Parts

Cry It Out

aMorfe

Thump

Nasty Robin Goodfellow

Night Runners

Banshee

Agatha

Draw

House for Sale

When Susurrus Stirs

Tethered

Teddy Bears Picnic

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’28 Years Later’ Trilogy Taking Shape With Serious Star Power

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28 years later

Danny Boyle is revisiting his 28 Days Later universe with three new films. He will direct the first, 28 Years Later, with two more to follow. Deadline is reporting that sources say Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes have been cast for the first entry, a sequel to the original. Details are being kept under wraps so we don’t know how or if the first original sequel 28 Weeks Later fits into the project.

Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes

Boyle will direct the first movie but it’s unclear which role he will take on in the subsequent films. What is known is Candyman (2021) director Nia DaCosta is scheduled to direct the second film in this trilogy and that the third will be filmed immediately afterward. Whether DaCosta will direct both is still unclear.

Alex Garland is writing the scripts. Garland is having a successful time at the box office right now. He wrote and directed the current action/thriller Civil War which was just knocked out of the theatrical top spot by Radio Silence’s Abigail.

There is no word yet on when, or where, 28 Years Later will start production.

28 Days Later

The original film followed Jim (Cillian Murphy) who wakes from a coma to find that London is currently dealing with a zombie outbreak.

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Watch ‘The Burning’ At The Location Where It Was Filmed

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Fangoria is reporting that fans of the 1981 slasher The Burning will be able to have a screening of the film at the location where it was filmed. The movie is set at Camp Blackfoot which is actually the Stonehaven Nature Preserve in Ransomville, New York.

This ticketed event will take place on August 3. Guests will be able to take a tour of the grounds as well as enjoy some campfire snacks along with the screening of The Burning.

The Burning

The film came out in the early ’80s when teen slashers were being churned out in magnum force. Thanks to Sean S. Cunningham’s Friday the 13th, filmmakers wanted to get in on the low-budget, high-profit movie market and a casket load of these types of films were produced, some better than others.

The Burning is one of the good ones, mostly because of the special effects from Tom Savini who had just come off of his groundbreaking work on Dawn of the Dead and Friday the 13th. He declined to do the sequel because of its illogical premise and instead signed on to do this movie. Also, a young Jason Alexander who would later go on to play George in Seinfeld is a featured player.

Because of its practical gore, The Burning had to be heavily edited before it received an R-rating. The MPAA was under the thumb of protest groups and political bigwigs to censor violent films at the time because slashers were just so graphic and detailed in their gore.

Tickets are $50, and if you want a special t-shirt, that will cost you another $25, You can get all the information by visiting the On Set Cinema webpage.

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‘Longlegs’ Creepy “Part 2” Teaser Appears on Instagram

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Neon Films released an Insta-teaser for their horror film Longlegs today. Titled Dirty: Part 2, the clip only furthers the mystery of what we are in for when this movie is finally released on July 12.

The official logline is: FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes unexpected turns, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again.

Directed by former actor Oz Perkins who also gave us The Blackcoat’s Daughter and Gretel & Hansel, Longlegs is already creating buzz with its moody images and cryptic hints. The film is rated R for bloody violence, and disturbing images.

Longlegs stars Nicolas Cage, Maika Monroe, and Alicia Witt.

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