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The New York City Horror Film Festival partners with Wizard World for a cross country Horror Pavilion and new Killer Shorts Film Competition!

The Killer Shorts Sudden Death Film Competition

Have your short genre film receive a guaranteed screening slot at one of six of the largest genre conventions in America!

Entering this unique film competition gives all participants something no other festival can offer.....a guaranteed screening slot! The New York City Horror Film Festival and FEARSmag have partnered with Wizard World Conventions nationwide and we are bringing the show on the road...here's how it works:

Simply go to the festival's "submissions" page, pick your city, and then submit your films. That's it!

Screen in: Anaheim, Boston, New Jersey, Chicago, New York, or Philadelphia

Rules:

Screening slots are limited and are on a first come, first serve basis. If the city you requested is already filled, filmmakers will be given the option of the next available city or a full refund and materials returned. Films must be 15 minuets or less!!! (We will check running times)

Winners are picked by audience choice ballot in each city with one overall winner at each convention. All five winning films will receive a screening slot during the 2010 New York City Horror Film Festival and a prize pack courtesy of Wizard World.

Films submitted to "The Killer Shorts Sudden Death Film Competition" are not submitted to The 2010 New York City Horror Film Festival. Filmmakers are encouraged to do so through the festival's regular submission process.

All films must be submitted on DVD (ntsc only!)

Accepting submissions now through Oct. 1st. Each city has it's own deadline (see forms) Good Luck!

That's a wrap!

The 2009 New York City Horror Film Festival has wrapped and it was one hell of a good time! I want to thank the entire staff and all the sponsors for working tirelessly to pull off another outstanding year for the NYCHFF.

The call for entries for 2010 is now open and we'll see you all next fall!

Michael J. Hein Festival Director

2009 Festival Winners:

Best Feature: The Revenant

Best Director: D. Kerry Prior / The Revenant

Best Short: Eric Scherbarth / Sinkhole

Best Actor: (Tie) David Anders & Chris Wylde / The Revenant

Best Actress: Ellia English / Cornered

Best Cinematography: Pier Luigi Santi / The Shadow Within

Best Special Effects: Sweatshop

Best Screenplay (submitted film) Andreas Schaap / Must Love Death

Best Screenplay: Vincent Ho & Stan Shaw / Gargoyle

Audience Choice: The Revenant

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Kick Off Party at BLVD (199 Bowery @ Spring)

Five bands / 11 Films / One hour free beer!

The 2009 NYC Horror Film Festival kicks off on November 18th, 2009, with the open to the public opening night party at a new venue, BLVD, located at 199 Bowery, in New York City. Doors open at 8:00 pm, with the festivities to kick off at 9:00 pm. (Only $10 Cover!!)

Featuring live performances by Hayley Griffiths (Riverdance) Witches in Bikinis, (creepy rock & roll) M-16 (Heavy Metal) and many more!

The Dates are set!
November 18th through the 22nd

The 2009 New York City Horror Film Festival will take place November 18th through the 22nd at the world famous Tribeca Cinemas. Keep your eyes pealed right here for all the gory details to come!

A Lifetime Of Achievement: William Lustig

William Lustig Lifetime Achievement Award
As a kid, auteur William Lustig avidly watched a huge volume of lowdown trashy exploitation fare on 42nd Street's grindhouse theaters. Working way through the film business, Lustig found himself at the center of a storm of controversy when he made the grim, and gory landmark horror film "Maniac" which boasts an incredibly intense performance by legendary character actor Joe Spinell and hideously graphic make-up f/x by horror icon Tom Savini. Lustig followed up with the tough, gritty and exciting urban revenge thriller "Vigilante." He delivered another winner with the terrific "Maniac Cop," and the series follow ups 2 & 3, Hit List"and the suspenseful serial killer thriller "Relentless" all excellent and entertaining. Lustig's last film as a director was the nifty fright flick "Uncle Sam." William Lustig has also produced a staggering 84 films and TV projects to date. He went on to create the distribution company Blue Underground that lovingly restores and puts out some of the best classic genre films of all time!

Maniac
(Feature / Retrospective & Achievement Award)

Directed by William Listig

This 1980 grindhouse classic is back on the big screen! Starring Joe Spinell as the deranged Frank Zito. Frank is an embittered loser who talks to himself and his dead mother, stalks a pretty model (legend Caroline Munro), and spends his spare time brutally murdering and scalping women. A pristine 35 mm print will screen as part of this Lifetime Achievement Award program dedicated to Director / Producer William Lustig.

Saturday, Nov. 21st 9:30pm Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick @ canal)

See the classic Nosferatu: Orlok The Vampire in 3D!!

F. W. Murnau 1921 classic vampire tale starring Max Schreck as the vampire Count Orlok. Will screen at the 2009 NYCHFF!
The film has been beautifully remastered, with a brand new score, and show in theater in true 3D!! (see festival schedule for details).

Screenplay finalists announced!

Dead Bang written by Stephen Pantoja
Fools Gold; The Legend of Pickaxe Phil written by Phil Brandt McGuire
Sid Vicious Shot Me written by Trevor Hollen & Joe Telich
Unseen written by Kristi Barnett
#14 written by Solomon Grundy
Necropolis written by Steve Peterson & John Murlowski
The Town written by Jay M. Mauser
Gargoyle written by Vincent Ho

Sneek peek of Night of the Living Heads throughout the festival!

"A mysterious yet potent strain of Marijuana from Jamaica has hit the streets in a quiet, suburban neighborhood. It doesn't take long until the effects of the powerful Ganja take control of the town stoners; and cause them to start acting strange. Can you handle the high-caliber chronic? Or, will you fall victim to the...Night of the Living Heads?"

See special sneak peek of Won Ton Baby throughout the fest!

A horror-comedy in the spirit of the 80s B-movie horror flicks, Won Ton Baby! not only features one of the most recognizable actresses in the genre in Debbie Rochon, but also stars horror veterans Lou Martini, Jr. (Spiker, The Sopranos), Suzi Lorraine (Knock, Knock, Rise of the Ghosts), and Gunnar Hansen (Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Hell Block 13).  From an Asian-themed brothel to a menacing umbilical cord, Won Ton Baby! is as funny as it is horrifying.

Pick up Gravestoned now!!

GRAVESTONED out on DVD now!

Shark and Coltrane, two out-of-work pot farmers, desperately want to break into the movie business. They receive the task of acquiring a prop arm for an upcoming film shoot. Not knowing any better, they chainsaw a cadaver's arm off. Now they have to survive the night in the graveyard with a cadaver zombie that wants his arm back. Pot-smoking gravediggers, a movie goddess (Lar Park Lincoln), an obsessed movie mogul, hot cheerleaders (or are they exotic dancers?), a redneck and a Scottish Terrier are all here in this over-the-top comedy horror film for stoners

Now offering promotional & vendor tables!

This year we will be offering a limited amount of promotional and vendor space for the 2009 New York City Horror Film Festival. Tables will be on a first come, first serve basis, so book the affordable space now!

Offering full promo packages for indie films (table, trailers, links)

For more information contact us at NYCHorrorfest@aol.com

Killer Shorts Sudden Death Competition

Monstermania and The New York City Horror Film Festival team up for the Killer Shorts Sudden Death Film Competition. If you have a short film under 15 minuets and submit to the NYCHFF no later then August 17th it will screen at Monstermania!!!

The NYC Horror Film Festival in conjunction with Monster Mania Con (www.monstermania.net), & sponsored by FEARSmag.com, is offering short filmmakers a unique opportunity to have their short film viewed by a live audience - THE KILLER SHORTS SUDDEN DEATH COMPETITION. The Monster Mania audience will select one winner that will be part of the 2009 NYC Horror Film Festival programming. The audience will have their say on Sunday, August 23, 2009.

MONSTER MANIA is the New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia's premiere Horror film & Memorabilia convention. Found in 2006 by David Hagen in 2003, MONSTER MANIA attracts thousands of attendees to their semi-annual show, and guests not only feature Hollywood legends, but many of the biggest names working in the genre entertainment industry today. Upcoming guests include director John Landis, actors John Astin, Michael Madsen, Michael Biehn, and many more. For a complete list of guests and events visit the convention's website at www.monstermania.net

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2009 call for entries now underway!

The call for entries for the 2009 New York City Horror Film Festival is now officially underway. See our "submissions" page for all the details on how to submit projects. So polish up those features, shorts, and scripts because in 2009....the NYCHFF will take your horror, sci-fi, & thrillers and feed them to the beast that is NYC!

The NYCHFF gives Pontypool it's highest recommendation!

presents
PONTYPOOL

A thriller from the renowned horror auteur BRUCE MCDONALD

**OFFICIAL ENTRY: 2008 TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL**
**OFFICIAL ENTRY: 2009 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL**
**OFFICIAL ENTRY: THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART'S 2009 CANADIAN FRONT SHOWCASE**



Directed by Bruce McDonald, the horror auteur behind the contemporary cult classics HARD CORE LOGO and THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS, comes PONTYPOOL, a genre-bending psychological thriller about a deadly flesh eating virus starring Stephen McHattie (THE WATCHMEN). The screenplay is adapted by Anthony Burgess from his own best-selling book, PONTYPOOL CHANGES EVERYTHING. Lisa Houle, Georgina Reilly and Hrant Alianak also star.

PONTYPOOL tells the story of shock-jock radio D.J. Grant Mazzy (McHattie). Mazzy has, once again, been kicked off the Big City airwaves and now the only job he can get is the early morning show at CLSY Radio in the small town of Pontypool which broadcasts from the basement of the small town's only church. What begins as another boring day of school bus cancellations due to yet another massive snow storm quickly becomes deadly. Bizarre reports start piling in of people developing strange speech patterns and committing horrendous acts of violence. But there's nothing coming in on the news wires. So...is this really happening? Before long, Grant and the small staff at CLSY find themselves trapped in the radio station as they discover that this insane behavior taking over the town is caused by a deadly virus that may be spreading as a direct result of their radio transmissions... Now they must shut up or die.

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SCALP theatrical run at Tribeca Cinemas, NYC

What happened in the Lost Ravine Woods in 1825 continues to haunt the woods of North Carolina. Now; six people out for a day of hiking are about to find out what horror, courage, loyalty, and the will to survive really mean.

Theatrical dates: June 12 - 18 2009:
Full week at Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013. Showtimes and tickets available online May 2009 at www.tribecacinemas.com

Visit the official site:
www.scalpthemovie.com

Stop by and meet the cast & crew during the NY Fangoria Weekend of Horrors!!

See Last House On The Left for Free!

The New York City Horror Film Festival & FearsMag.com Presents:
The Last House On The Left

Tribeca Cinemas (Canal & Varick) / Thursday, March 12 / 7:00pm

Must be 21 or over to attend this screening / Email NYCHorrorfest@aol.com for tickets

Masters of horror Wes Craven and Sean Cunningham revisit their landmark film that launched Craven's directing career and influenced decades of horror films to follow: THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT. Bringing one of the most notorious thrillers of all time to a new generation, they produce the story that explores how far two ordinary people will go to exact revenge on the sociopaths who harmed their child.

The night she arrives at the remote Collingwood lakehouse, Mari (Sara Paxton) and her friend are kidnapped by a prison escapee and his crew. Terrified and left for dead, Mari's only hope is to make it back to parents John and Emma (Tony Goldwyn and Monica Potter). Unfortunately, her attackers unknowingly seek shelter at the one place she could be safe. And when her family learns the horrifying story, they will make three strangers curse the day they came to The Last House on the Left.

THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT has been Rated “R” for sadistic violence including rape and disturbing images, nudity, and some drug use.

THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT opens nationwide on March 13, 2009

IFC FILMS PRESENTS MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
OF THE THRILLING NEW FILM FROM DANIEL MYRICK
'THE OBJECTIVE'

Friday February 6 and Saturday February 7
At the IFC CENTER
323 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10014
For Tickets visit www.ifccenter.com or call 212 924 7771

ALSO AVAILABLE ON DEMAND NATIONWIDE STARTING FEBRUARY 4th
Call your local cable operator for more information

When reconnaissance satellites pick up a radioactive heat signature in a remote tribal region of Afghanistan, CIA Agent Benjamin Keynes is sent in to investigate the phenomenon. Amidst the bedlam of the war-torn region, the Agency fears that Al-Qaida has finally gotten their hands on a nuclear weapon. However, it seems that this threat may be coming from something much more powerful, and definitely not human. A thrilling new ride from Daniel Myrick, THE OBJECTIVE blurs genre lines in a smart look at post-9/11 paranoia and the chaos in the Middle East. Winner of the Audience Award at the 2008 New York City Horror Festival, the movie is sure to lend new meaning to the phrase ‘shock and awe' with midnight-movie fans everywhere.

TUNE IN Monday Feb. 2nd at Midnight to WBAI 99.5 FM for Night Shift and hear an exclusive interview with director Daniel Myrick. Also streaming on the web at www.wbai.org

View The Trailer:
http://www.ifcfilms.com/viewFilm.htm?filmId=1356

New York City Horror Film Festival 2008 Wrap-up!

The 2008 New York City Horror Film Festival has concluded and I'd liked to thank everyone involved. From the filmmakers, to my incredible staff, and especially everyone that attended. Without you guys there is no NYCHFF!!!

Sincerely,
Michael J. Hein
Festival Director

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Lifetime Achievement Award:
Frank Henenlotter

Frank Henenlotter's body of work runs from the terrifying, to the perverse, to the outright weird. Regardless of genre, his films embody the spirit of everything independent filmmakers strive for in a career... to make the films they want to make. From Basket Case, to Brain Damage to Bad Biology and everything in-between, his work has influenced millions.

The NYCHFF was honored to have Mr. Henenlotter on hand to receive the award and show off his new film Bad Biology.

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The Best Of Awards for the 2008 NYC Horror Film Festival:


Feature - Frank Henenlotter & R.A The Rugged Man, BAD BIOLOGY

Actor - Dameon Clarke, HOW TO BE A SERIAL KILLER

Actress - Ryan Simpkins, SURVEILLANCE

Cinematography - Stephanie Martin, THE OBJECTIVE

Screenplay for a submitted film- Nacho Vigalondo, TIMECRIMES

Best Screenplay (submitted) Jason Contino, Remake

Special Effects - Gabriel Bartalos, BAD BIOLOGY

Director - Jennifer Chambers Lynch, SURVEILLANCE

Short - Nathan Bezner, ALTAR


Audience Choice Awards:

Short - TREEVENGE, Jason Eisener director

Feature - TIMECRIMES, Nacho Vigalondo, director

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