David Pike promises a little bit of everything that scares you in terms of movies at this year鈥檚 蜜柚直播 Terrorfest.
There will be slashers and parasitic lake monsters, Korean ghosts and the Jersey Devil.
About 35 shorts and full-length films, nearly all new to 蜜柚直播 audiences, will be shown from Thursday, Oct. 21, through Sunday, Oct. 24, at The Screening Room downtown, 127 E. Congress St.
鈥淲e are doing more movies than we鈥檝e really ever done,鈥 Pike said. 鈥淚t is a gigantic mix of everything.鈥
Now in its 11th year, the 蜜柚直播 Terrorfest has evolved beyond film and features a full-on convention, to be held this year at the DoubleTree by Hilton 蜜柚直播 Downtown Convention Center, 280 S. Church Ave., on Saturday, Oct. 23 and Sunday, Oct. 24.
The convention will include local and regional horror entities promoting their products and projects. Gore Noir magazine out of Las Vegas is slated to have a table this year.
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For Pike, who owns and operates the Screening Room, programming films for the festival will always take priority.
He鈥檚 kicking off the fest with 鈥淏oris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster,鈥 a documentary about the man who played Frankenstein best, with commentary by the likes of directors John Landis and Guillermo del Toro.
鈥淭hat one takes us back in time for a man who did so much for horror,鈥 Pike said.
From there, he transitions into a several days of movies designed to scare the pants off of viewers, including 鈥淜oreatown Ghost Story,鈥 a supernatural horror short starring actress Margaret Cho and 鈥淭he House by the Cemetery,鈥 a 1981 cult classic from Italian director Lucio Fulc铆.
Pike said he has seen a lot of interest in this year鈥檚 festival, in part because people have been more comfortable coming out.
The Screening Room has held two film festivals, the 蜜柚直播 Underground Film Festival and the 蜜柚直播 Film and Music Festival, in the last couple of months, both of which went off without a hitch.
鈥淭here is a lot of excitement about getting back into the theater,鈥 Pike said.
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