Written by Jessica Mayer
Every year Shockfest Film Festival showcases the best in indie horror films from around the world. This year only 40 films made the cut for Shockfest Film Festival of Hollywood, January 9-11, 2014.
This competitive film festival is excited to showcase films ranging from an exclusive sneak peek of Billy Pon's "Circus of the Dead" to notorious porn producer Adam Glasser's latest production, "Gold Show," and up-and-coming female director Patricia Chica's latest "Ceramic Tango." Opening night includes "Pin Up Girls on Ice" by Geoff Kline and Melissa Mira from Canada, locally produced World Premiere of horror web series "Horror Show Theatre: Season Two" by Matt Rosvally, Arizona Filmmaker Andre Noe's Sexy "Sara Mayhem: Dominance", and the directorial debut from Jessica Cameron "Truth or Dare".
Surviving audience members of this year's Midnight Massacre screening will even receive a limited edition Shockfest trading card. Will you survive? Speaking of female filmmakers, this year Shockfest is also home to Dawn Cobalt's "Swalk", Jennifer Nicole Stang's "The Devil's Snare" and Lauren Petzke's "Zombiewood." The festival is also proud to premiere David Oman's "The House at the End of the Drive" and the World Premiere of "Slew Hampshire" by Flood Reed from New Hampshire.
The festival loves honoring screenplays in our Writer's Symposium showcasing up and coming screenwriters such as Jonathan Weichsel and Thomas Lamont Ferguson from Los Angeles to Michael Yagnow from Brooklyn, New York to Jake Miller form Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Shockfest travels internationally every year to bring the best in foreign horror from countries such as "We Are Ghost" from Israel to "The Hair" from Australia to "You Win" from the Russian Federation to "Pelle Plutt" from Sweden. Shockfest honors students yearly from colleges from all over the United States from UCLA Mete Sozar's "Air" to the other side of the coast to Florida State University Zack Ogle's "Polterghost".
Shockfest rounds out its all-star guest list with Sean Young in "Crazytown" and Tom Noonan in "Skinhead Requiem." If that wasn't enough Shockfest kicks off the yearly festivities with an exclusive, invitation only pre-party initiation to the "Paranormal Detective Society" at the haunted Oman House, next door to the site of Charles Manson Massacres.
"I work non-stop throughout the year to make our competitive festival crazy, cutting-edge, twisted and fun," says festival director, G. R. Claveria. "We work hard to make Shockfest more than just a film festival. From our haunted maze, to the Miss Shockfest Battle, to the Zombie Walk and 'my yearly secret-scary surprises'. I am very proud of my dedicated crew who always believe in my demented vision. I am thankful to all the filmmakers who have chosen to save their Premiere Status for our festival yearly. I am also proud of the success of last year's opening night premiere, The Black Dahlia Haunting, and the success of Brandon Slagle and Devanny Pinn winning Best Director and Best Actress. They are true artists in the indie filmmaking game. I run my festival like an indie shoot. The bottom line is you work with what you have, push the limits of creativity and have maniacal fun while you scare the shit out of anyone who dares to attend!"
Shockfest Film Festival is honored to have MoreHorror.com announcing 2014 official selections. Check out the Shockfest site for the latest developments: www.shockfilmfest.com or www.shockfesthorrorfactory.com. Check out a sneak peek video below of Bill Oberst Jr. and Makenna Butcher announcing Shockfest 2014 official selections during a rehearsal for Monster Beautiful the musical. Honorable Mention will be announced in December 2013.
OPENING NIGHTMARE 1/10/2014 9:00PM
PIN UP DOLLS ON ICE (LOS ANGELES PREMIERE) FEATURE FILM GEOFF KLINE and MELISSA MIRA from MONTREAL, CANADA
SARA MAYHEM: DOMINANCE (WORLD PREMIERE) MUSIC VIDEO ANDRE NOE from PHOENIX, ARIZONA
HORROR SHOW THEATRE PRESENTS "THE MAN IN THE CORNER OF MY EYE" MATTHEW ROSVALLY (WORLD PREMIERE) from BURBANK, CALIFORNIA
CIRCUS of the DEAD EXCLUSIVE "SNEAK PEEK" BILLY PON from ODESSA, TEXAS
MIDNIGHT MASSACRE 1/10/2014 11:00PM
SURVIVE ALL THE SCREENINGS GET THE OFFICIAL "MIDNIGHT MASSACRE" TRADING CARD TRUTH or DARE (HOLLYWOOD PREMIERE) FEATURE FILM JESSICA CAMERON'S DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
THE HAIR (U.S. PREMIERE) SHORT FILM DANIEL JAMEISON from AUSTRALIA
THE HORROR SHOW (WORLD PREMIERE/DEBUT) WEB-SERIES MICHAEL PICKLE from WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA
SINYAL LUFTU EMRE CICKE from TURKEY
SLEW HAMPSHIRE (WEST COAST/LOS ANGELES/HOLLYWOOD PREMIERE) FEATURE FILM FLOOD REED from LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
THE DEVIL'S SNARE (WORLD PREMIERE) JENNIFER NICOLE STANG from BURBANK, CALIFORNIA
A PACK OF KILLER BEES (HOLLYWOOD PREMIERE) JOE CASTRO from VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA
LONE WOLF LEE ARTER from LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
REALITORY: WELCOME TO THE MACHINE MICHAEL CONDRO from LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
AIR METE SOZAR from SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA (Student Competition/UCLA)
GIRL AT THE DOOR (WORLD PREMIERE) COLIN CAMPBELL from LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
SOMETHING GONE SETH WIMMER from VENICE, CALIFORNIA
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY RICK BOURN from VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA
PHOBIA FERNANDO MARK PAIZ from LA MIRADA
MONSTER MOTEL 1/11/2014 12:00PM
THE GAUNTLET MATTHEW ESKANDARI from RANCH CUCAMONGA
SWALK (WORLD PREMIERE) SHORT DAWN MARIE COBALT from LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
YOU WIN (WORLD PREMIERE) PAVEL KHVALEEV from RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ASSASSIN'S MEETING 1/11/2014 2:00PM
DEAD RECKONING EDWARD PLUMB from LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
SEASICK SAILOR TORRE CATALANO from LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
I, SPY (WORLD PREMIERE) BEN JACKSON from AUSTRALIA
LAVINIA'S REVENGE DAVID MILLER from NEW YORK, NEW YORK
KILLER'S KORNER 1/11/2014 3:00PM
HOUSE AT THE END OF THE DRIVE (HOLLYWOOD PREMIERE) DAVID OMAN from BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA
SKINHEAD REQUIEM JASON VICTOR EVERETT from SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
WE ARE GHOST (U.S. PREMIERE) BENYAMIN ESTERLIS from ISRAEL
MOCK-SHOCK-BLOCK 1/11/2014 5:00PM
WITHIN THE DARKNESS (WEST COAST/CALIFORNIA/LOS ANGELES/HOLLYWOOD PREMIERE) JONATAHAN ZUCK from WASHINGTON D.C.
CRAZY TOWN (HOLLYWOOD PREMIERE) JULIA DAMERON from LOS ANGELES, CALFIORNIA
POLTERGHOST (WEST COAST PREMIERE) ZACK OGLE from TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA (STUDENT COMPETITION/FLORIDA STATE)
DEATH BY 10,000 PUPPIES (WORLD PREMIERE) MATT BROOKENS from LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE RESCUE 1/11/2014 7:00PM
ZOMBIEWOOD LAUREN PETZKE from LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA>
THE WORKING DEAD LEE ARTER from LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
DEAD TO ME RYAN ROTHMALER from LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
EXIT OF THE DEAD PETONG SAKULCHAI from GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA
CLOSING NIGHTMARE & AWARDS CEREMONY 1/11/2014 10:00PM
THE GOLD SHOW (WORLD PREMIERE) WEB-SERIES ADAM GLASSER from LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
TRAPPED (WEST COAST PREMIERE) ROBERT PHELPS from LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
CERAMIC TANGO (HOLLYWOOD/LOS ANGELES/CALIFORNIA PREMIERE) PATRICIA CHICA from CANADA
PELLE PLUTT (WEST COAST PREMIERE) PER VON KOCH from SWEDEN
THE MISTAKE (WEST COAST PREMIERE) BRYAN MOSES from AUSTRALIA
WRITERS SYMPOSIUM on 1/11/2014 5:00pm
CAT LADY of GRAMERCY by JONATHAN WEICHSEL from LOS ANGELES, CA.
DEAD DELORES by MICHAEL YAGNOW from BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
SHARK TOOTH SNAKE FANG BEN SHUPE from CLANCY, MONTANA
ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK by THOMAS LAMONT FERGUSON, L.A., CA.
DARK AGE by JAKE MILLER from SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA