Thanks to each one of you who came out to Scream Fest 2009. You made it a fantastic night! We are starting even now to plan next year so if you have any ideas, questions or comments please don’t hesitate to email
mikeklassen@homelessentertainment.net
Thanks to everyone again!
The Scream Fest Team
Mike Klassen, Kyle Parry and Dave During
Actress Gitta Hanson talks about her experience on the film Stripped!
The makers of Stripped are so stoked to screen their romp’n stomp’m homage to grindhouse that we have exclusive full-size posters for you to put up on your bedroom walls! So take down that Saved By The Bell poster right now! These sexy prints are guaranteed to bring your batting average of coolness up to the level of Barry Bonds with an injection of Herbert West’s* Re-Animation formula!
*if the Herbert West reference went over your head then let us enlighten you with this scene from Re-Animator
Hey all!
August 6th is quickly approaching and the celebration of horror filmmaking from the womb to the tomb is creeping up like a post-apocalyptic zombie with the rare ability to run.
We have a 4 hour program, so if you’re busy listening to ancient burial right cantations as the evening begins, fret not young warrior. The full festival program is listed out in the menu on the right side of our homepage…it’s in the direction of this crudely pointed typographical arrow —>
Justin Johnson who directed Zombie Girl: The Movie will be in attendance for a Q&A about anything and everything to do with compiling such an obscure behind-the-scenes feature that rises to the occasion of being it’s own awesome film.
There’s also a group of shadow-performers who have been taking Bloor Cinema by storm with their theatre-like antics that bring “Repo! The Genetic Opera” to life like you’ve never seen it before! Catch a behind the scenes glimps into the Genetic antics of The Shadow Cats in a short documentary on the big screen.
We’ll see you dead…I mean ‘there!’ WE’LL SEE YOU THERE!!
This aint no Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy comeback, we’re gonna tell you about and upcoming homegrown Toronto Indie film called 48 HOURS IN PURGATORY, a feature film by Director Jason Armstrong and Starring Andrew Roth and Emily Alatalo (from Stripped!) We’re all pretty stoked because some of our own Toronto Scream Fest clan have worked on this film and we’d like to show you a sneak peak at the screening in August.
The Official Site is up at: http://www.48hoursinpurgatory.com
Get Updates at:
http://www.movieset.com/48-hours
Join there Facebook group here:
http://tinyurl.com/mwuvl9
Hey everyone!
The Toronto Scream Fest is proud announce the following guests will be appearing at the festival - Dion Conflict, Members from Toronto’s own The Shadow Cats and
John Baxter, Paul Stachniak, Ryan Doyle & Graham Sheppard from theoffline.com
Below you will find information about each guest and links to their sites. Keep checking back for updates of more exciting guests!
The Shadow Cats are a group formed to “shadow” live on stage, a re-creation of the film Repo! The Genetic Opera. Performing at this years Fringe Festival and Polaris Festival, things are starting to really take off for this group of young performers. Check out their official site here - www.reposhadowcats.com and add them on twitter here - http://twitter.com/reposhadowcats.
The web-zine, always current and entertaining theoffline.com will add all the comedy this festival can handle! Started by Sheridan Media Arts grads as a way to post their work, this site has grown to a strong online community of fans and film makers alike. The site not only does short films but also music and movie reviews, podcasts, interviews with musicians like Thrice and tons more. They just finished a fantastically funny episode of the new series “whatever.” which you can check out here - http://tinyurl.com/mqvqvz. Their official site is theoffline.com. You can add them on facebook here - http://tinyurl.com/l8vjrg and check them out on twitter here - http://twitter.com/theoffline.
I met Dion at this years Shock and Awe that he put on at The Fox Theatre. His passion for finding and then subsequently screening un-heard of or hard to find film gems was apparent to me right off the bat. Traveling across the globe, Dion shows films that sometimes have not screened in decades and has an impressive collection of film prints. Check out more information on Dion and his events at www.dionconflict.com
- Mike Klassen, Progammer
July 10, 2009
Girls with Guns and Guy from Zombie Girl…Good God!
Toronto Scream Fest is proud to announce that Justin Johnson will be a guest at the screening for Zombie Girl: The Movie. Justin is both a director, producer and cinematographer of the documentary. He will be available for a Q&A after the show.
Also, check out actresses Emily Alatalo and Jennifer Polansky promote the feature short Stripped! with some webcam awesomeness!
Click here for Emily’s video: http://tinyurl.com/mh345b
AND click here for Jen’s video: http://tinyurl.com/m8hf8o. You can also find the videos on the side here on the site! Check back for more actors videos in the coming weeks!
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