Arkansas-based horror film festival Fantastically Horrifying Cinema runs October 17-29
Shock Till You Drop is excited to be co-sponsoring the Film Society of Little Rock’s 2nd Annual Fantastically Horrifying Cinema, an offshoot of the Arkansas-based Fantastic Cinema beer and horror film festival.
The 10 feature-length films selected to screen at the scrappy, indie-focused Fantastically Horrifying Cinema fest have won multiple awards at festivals all over the world, including Fantasia (Canada), Stiges (Spain), Macabre (Mexico), Popcorn Frights, Fright Night, Scarefest, HorrorQuest, NOLA Horror Fest, Night of Horror (Australia), HorrorHound, and dozens of others.
Here’s a look at the features:
All The Wrong Friends, Directed by Ryan Hawkins & Mark Kerins
USA | 2016 | 78 mins | LITTLE ROCK PREMIERE
A darkly comedic thriller about a group of high school friends on a road trip, who begin to turn on one another when they try to cover up a murder.
The Barn, Directed by Justin M. Seaman
USA | 2016 | 96 Mins | LITTLE ROCK PREMIERE
Its Halloween 1989, best friends Sam and Josh are trying to enjoy what’s left of their final Devil’s Night before graduating high school. But trouble arises when the two pals and a group of friends take a detour on their way to a rock concert, finding an old abandoned barn and awakening the evil inside. Now it’s up to Sam and Josh to find a way to protect their friends and defeat the creatures that lurk within “The Barn”.
Camp Killer, Directed by Shawn Jones
USA | 2016 | 83 mins | SOUTHEAST REGIONAL PREMIERE
The sheriff of a town (JimmyO Burril creator and star of The Chainsaw Sally Show) plagued by an unstoppable killer (newcomer James Watkins) meets up with his nemesis one last time as a pair of survivors (Melissa LaMartina from Callgirl of Cthulhu & April Monique Burril Chainsaw Sally, The Good Sisters] complicate matters for the worse. Who will be left standing and what will remain of their sanity? Featuring Ari Lehman (Friday the 13th). Shawn Jones’ wild slasher flick is a bloody, bizarre joy to behold.
Channel Zero, Directed by John Nicol
Canada | 2015 | 83 mins | SOUTHEAST REGIONAL PREMIERE
Imagine a world void of people and life as we know it. Yet this world displays evidence of very recent human occupation. The power is still on, buildings still stand – everything is as it was, except everything living has vanished. This is the shocking reality Darlan suddenly finds himself in. His story begins in a bed within an empty hospital. Upon opening his eyes, he remembers nothing, but quickly gleans a few disturbing facts. Darlan is dressed like a criminal and armed with a crowbar. Nearby is a smashed pharmaceutical cabinet… The signs are grim and imply something nefarious – and these are the only facts Darlan has to go on. He knows instinctively that things are wrong, and that his reality has been radically altered. Darlan must try to distinguish fact from fiction one painstaking step at a time…
Child Eater, Directed by Erlingur Thoroddsen
USA, Ireland | 2016 | 82 mins | SOUTHEAST REGIONAL PREMIERE
A babysitter. A missing kid. A local legend who feasts on the eyes of children. Child Eater is a nightmarish roller-coaster ride of a horror movie inspired by the fantastical tone of 1980s slasher movies.
Frankenstein Created Bikers, Directed by James Bickert
USA | 2016 | 120 mins
Bickert’s crazy 35mm exploitation masterpiece comes to Little Rock! A resurrected outlaw biker finds himself addicted to the substance that brought him back from the grave. In order to get his daily fix, his gang is forced to do the bidding of two sadistic scientists attempting to capture a biological mutation and perform a human head transplant on kidnapped teenagers. When his disgruntled ex-girlfriend is released from prison, she embarks on an explosive manhunt for her former lover and his strung-out pack of degenerates. With three dysfunctional bounty hunters, a rival motorcycle gang and an army of machine-gun toting strippers, it becomes a race against law-enforcement for bragging rights to the gang leader’s demise.
Holy Hell, Directed by Ryan LaPlante
Canada | 2015 | 90 mins | ARKANSAS PREMIERE
Holy Hell is the over-the-top, outrageous, sexually-deviant, blood-drenched story of Father Augustus Bane: a priest pushed too far who begins praying to a revolver and hunting down the gangsters who killed his parishioners. Having been described as Death Wish meets The Toxic Avenger by way of Hobo With a Shotgun (nerdly.co.uk), Holy Hell is a modern take on classic Action, Horror and Exploitation film tropes. The goal of this feature length movie is to break through every limit set by film, taste and reasonable societal behavior: all with anarchic glee.
Mania, Directed by Jessica Cameron
USA | 2015 | 88 mins | ARKANSAS PREMIERE
Brooke makes a deadly mistake during a manic episode, forcing her and her lover to flee their home and embark on a sex-charged and gore-filled road trip. Can Mel bring Brooke back from the edge or is it too late for their love and their lives?
Parasites, Directed by Chad Ferrin
USA | 2016 | 80 mins | SOUTHEAST REGIONAL PREMIERE
A group of friends get lost in the seedy streets where they encounter a crazed gang of homeless derelicts that seizes them and one-by-one, horrifically kills all but one man. The surviving man escapes on foot, naked and unarmed, with a pack of depraved transients in pursuit, and only seconds away from capture.
Peelers, Directed by Sevé Schelenz
Canada | 2016 | 95 mins | ARKANSAS PREMIERE
A small town strip club owner must defend her bar, her strippers and her life when violent infected patrons show up on the final closing night and all hell breaks loose.
To learn more about Fantastically Horrifying, to purchase tickets and to check out the fests amazing short film program go to the official site. See you at the fest!
