The Shriekfest Film Festival, an international horror/sci-fi film and screenplay competition, has announced the 3 more of its 2016 feature film lineup. Film festival director Denise Gossett says “We have a wonderfully diverse selection of amazing films from all over the world.”.
The feature films selected thus far are listed below:
“Paramedics” (WORLD PREMIERE), written & directed by Rodney Wilson. Two brothers posing as paramedics kidnap their victims & harvest their organs. That is until they kidnap a very special woman. Starring Joe Bocian (Vampire Sheriff, The Lake), Brian Landis Folkins (Hoax), & Jenice Marshall (C.S.I Miami, Rock Paper Dead).
“Peelers”, (L.A PREMIERE) Directed by Seve Schelenzl, written by Lisa DeVita. A small town strip club owner must defend her bar, her strippers, and her life when violent infected patrons show up on her closing night. Starring Wren Walker (Man from Nowhere, Chord), Caz Odin Darko (Killer Bash, Wind Chill, Evil Exhumed), & Madison J. Loos (Home for the Holidays, The Tooth Fairy).
“I Had a Bloody Good Time at House Harker”(N. AMERICA PREMIERE) Directed by Clayton Cogswell, written by Neol Carroll. It’s been generations since the Harker’s great-great grandfather killed Count Dracula. Now the Harker brothers and their best friend Ned are a town joke-until a real vampire turns up. Starring Derek Haugen (Zombiewood Pines, Redemption), Whitney Moore (Birdemic: Shock and Terror), Jacob Givens (Zombiewood Pines, Good Cops), Noel Carroll (Good Cops, Tumbleweed), & Arlan Godthaab (Operation Terror, Hamlet’s Ghost).
The festival will also showcase 42 outstanding and diverse international short films, covering just about every aspect of horror, sci-fi, and fantasy.
The Shriekfest Film Festival runs October 6 – 9, 2016. An opening night party will take place at Club Sinister in Hollywood; the rest of the festival will be at the iconic Raleigh Studios on Melrose Blvd.
Shriekfest, now in its “Sweet 16th” year, was created in July 2001 by Denise Gossett and has grown into the longest-running and one of the largest horror and sci-fi film festivals in the country. Since its inception, Shriekfest has offered young and upcoming writers, actors, and producers a chance to have their work screened and rated by peers.