Once again, its TIME!!

HorrorSociety.com is proud to announce our second indie horror film festival…and this time its gonna be a brutal one!

We pulled off the first one in Cincinnati, Ohio. One of the most conservative cities in the midwest! Now its time to unleash the HORROR in the city of Chicago!

On October 11, 2008 at the Portage Theater in Chicago, Illinois - we are bringing you the most brutal, blood filled, extreme horror ever seen on the big screen. 12 hours of underground indie horror!

From NOON until MIDNIGHT the Portage Theater will be drenched in Blood and Gore as we present the “Horror Society Film Festival”

This festival will bring you titles never before seen on the big screen, and hell some of them probably should be outlawed, but we have strong stomachs here at HorrorSociety and we are big fans of GORE. So we have decided to give these filmmakers their shot and get these titles shown to the public. Most of the films that will be shown are filled with the most extreme horror, special effects, brutal and ultra-violent storylines, and some shit that just has to be seen and can never truly be explained.

We are unleashing the GORE on Chicago, so be prepared! And yes, with every ticket purchased, you will recieve you own BARF BAG, just in case you need it!!

Saturday, October 11, from NOON to MIDNIGHT at the Portage Theater in Chicago! Check below for directions to the theater.

Get your tickets at the door starting now! Only $15 for all 12 hours!! You will be able to order tickets online soon, so stay tuned for more info on that. Tickets will be availabel at the door on the day of the festival as well!

There will be a free prize raffle with every ticket purchased. Guests, film schedule, and vendors will be announced closer to the event so stay tuned for that.

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FILMMAKERS
We need your films! If you think you have what it takes to make the general public look away with disgust, then we need your film! Please download the application below, fill it out, and send us your film. If it meets the requirement, then your in!

Download the Film Submission PDF here

VENDORS
If you would like a table at the event to sell your products, promote your services, or anything else you can think of doing at the table (within reason) we have space available! Tables are CHEAP, so take advantage of this fest now to directly reach your audience. Great for bands wanting to sell their CD or filmmakers wanting to promote their work. Just email me HERE for more information on space and prices.

SPONSORS
If you would like to sponsor the event, there are several ways to do that as well. We have multiple levels of sponsorship available along with several different ways to advertise your company or products with us. Just email me HERE for more information on rates and sponsor levels.

PORTAGE THEATER
Directions to the venue are below and a link to the great Portage Theater for more info.

Portage Theater
4050 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, Illinois
Phone: (773) 736-4050
www.portagetheater.org

View Map Here

Enter to win a free autographed DVD of “Amateur Porn Star Killer 2” signed by stars Kai Lanette and Shane Ryan

http://alteregocinema.com/Features/AMATEUR2.html

Send an email over to amateurpornstarkiller@yahoo.com with the subject “DVD” by June 15, 2008.

And if you’re really an APSK fan, check out the page for Part 3 and find out how to get your name in the credits or get a part in the new film.
http://alteregocinema.com/Features/AMATEUR3.html

For those still new to the series check out the original film here
http://alteregocinema.com/Features/AMATUER.html

Charles Band is headed to a city near you with his 3rd Annual Full Moon Horror Road Show. Most people recognize him for his PUPPETMASTER series. I used to love to stay up late and watch those puppets creeping around killing people. I still have my Pinhead and Leech Lady figures somewhere. But Blade was my favorite.

PUPPETMASTER is still the highest marketed movie franchise in the independent (direct to video) catergory. Another one you might remember is his Trancer series staring Helen hunt or perhaps you remember him as the executive producer on Ghoulies. Whatever the case he is remembered.

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Starting on May 24th Charles Band is hitting the highway with his Full Moon Road Show and the first stop is Tempe Arizona. You need to see it to believe it. Charles will be showing off his puppets, rare film clips and creatures to all that venture out to see this magical experience. Here at HorrorSociety we will give you a set of tickets to the show of your choice.

To win a pair of tickets answer this simple question:

QUESTION: What famous pot head was in Charles Band’s Evil Bong?

Email the answer to admin@horrorsociety.com and HorrorSociety.com will hook you up! If you win you MUST tell what city you want to see the show in.

12 CITIES TOUR and VENUES

May 24th - Phoenix Arizona - The SETS in Tempe
May 30th - Portland OR - The Aladdin Theater
June 1st - Seattle WA - Showbox SODO Theater
June 6th - St. Louis MO - Off Broadway Theater
June 7th - Chicago IL - The Abbey Pub
June 8th - Madison WI - The Barrymore Theatre
June 13th - Charlotte NC - The Extravaganza Depot
June 14th - Atlanta GA - The Plaza Theatre
June 15th - Knoxville TN - Bijou Theatre
June 18th - New York City - The China Club
June 21st - Oklahoma City OK - The Diamond Ballroom
June 22nd - Dallas TX - Lakewood Theatre

For Tickets and information, visit www.fullmoondirect.com or www.trashcityentertainment.com

More Info Directly from the Source

(HOLLYWOOD) Charles Band, founder of sci fi/horror movie studio Full Moon Features and whose 270 plus films has established him as one of Hollywood’s most successful and prolific cult movie impresarios, has announced that he will stage the 3rd incarnation of his FULL MOON HORROR ROAD SHOW this summer.

This one night only show is a horror-palooza of sorts. Cult Horror Film Director Charles Band packs his shows to the brim with puppets, creatures and rare film clips. For horror movie fans and fans of the PUPPETMASTER film series, this event will feature unique interactive audience participations on stage, upcoming new release film trailers by Full Moon Features, surprise celebrity guest appearances, original puppet and doll auctions, hot chicks, unique merchandise and novelty items and live special effects demonstrations!!

CHARLES BAND
A pioneer in the field of home video, Band has built a reputation as a prolific and frequent director of entertaining low-budget genre films. Band has produced a string of features variously delving into the realms of horror, sci-fi and fantasy. “The Puppetmaster Series” may be his most celebrated and popular franchise. 8 Puppetmaster features have been released to date and the franchise is known as the most successful independent direct to video horror film series of all time. Full Moon has also created many other well know franchises such as the TRANCERS series starring Helen Hunt and Tim Thomerson, the SUBSPECIES series shot on location in Transylvania Romania as well as DOLLMAN, DEMONIC TOYS, KILLLJOY and THE GINGERDEADMAN (starring Gary Busey as a killer cookie!). In addition to all the feature film work FULL MOON is also very active in creating and marketing a wide variety of merchandise including original action figures, resin statues and 1:1 scale replicas of its more well known puppets and dolls.

“The show is absolutely unique and totally unpredictable! It’s extremely interactive and I’m really excited to get back on the road and have fun with all the fans. The event really gets crazier every year – I feel a bit like those travelling turn of the century magicians who went from city to city doing bizarre stuff on stage. And I’m very lucky that there are so many fans out who like my films and enjoy coming to the show!”
- Charles Band (03/27/08)

We have a new contest thanks to Nerdoh.com!!

You can win this custom "Andy’s Gun Shop" T-Shirt from our friends over at Nerdoh.com. They offer cult and horror t-shirts of superb quality, so all you have to do is answer me one question…

What is the name of the mall from "Dawn of the Dead" 2004 version?

Just email me with the answer and I will enter you in the contest and pick a name randomly very soon.

Head over to the contest page HERE to enter!!

Here is your chance to enter and win a Blue Ray Disc Player and a copy of One Missed Call!!

You’ve heard of this flick right? The one where you can hear your own death before you die.

Now you can enter to win yourself a copy of the movie, or be the grand prize winner (just got a picture of the Bozo Show in my head), so head over to the address below and enter!!

http://www.onemissedcallmovie.com/

One Missed Call Sweepstakes

We have a new contest out now with your chance to win some tickets to the LA Fangoria Convention!

This year the lineup looks great with all sorts of special guests and events. All you have to do is send us an email with your name and full mailing address and sit back and wait for me to tell say "You WON!"

We have 4 tickets to give away, so sign up soon. Time is limited with this one as well, so hurry before they are gone.  Check out this page here for more details about the convention and how to enter to win.

Win LA Fangoria Convention Tickets

Check out the latest contest from Sony Pictures….you can win yourself a camera. And its a nice one too!

Shutter is coming to theaters soon from sony pictures, and with this release is a new contest to win yourself a digital camera. More specifically, its a Digital SLR Camera.

Just click ont he link below, fill out some info, and wait for it to arrive in the mail, if you’re lucky.

Also check out Shutter coming to theaters March 21, 2008. Plot Outline below:

A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.

Contest Link

Eerie Horror Film Festival announces Call for Entries for independent horror, science fiction & suspense themed movies, screenplays and video games. Annual event features celebrity guests, an Expo and workshops. Special categories for young filmmakers, screenwriters and video game developers ages 10 - 17.

Erie, PA, January 20, 2008 –(PR.com)– The 5th Annual Eerie Horror Film Festival has officially opened its call for entries and is currently seeking submissions from all over the world.

Submission categories for the 2008 competition includes Horror Feature, Horror Short, Science Fiction Feature, Science Fiction Short, Suspense Feature, Suspense Short, Student (10 - 17 yrs of age) Horror Feature; Student (10 - 17 yrs of age) Horror Short; Short Length Screenplay; Feature Length Screenplay; Student (10 - 17 yrs of age) Feature Length Screenplay; Student (10 - 17 yrs of age) Short Length Screenplay, Video Game Concept, Video Game in Production and Completed Video Game.

Since 2004 the Eerie Horror Film Festival has screened over 200 films and has featured appearances by Jason Mewes (Clerks), Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog), Dee Wallace Stone (Cujo), Tony Todd (Candyman), Tom Savini (From Dusk Till Dawn), PJ Soles (Halloween), Gunnar Hansen (Texas Chainsaw Massacre ‘74), Lloyd Kaufman (Troma), Eugene Clark (Land of the Dead), Joe Pilato (Day of the Dead), Lynn Lowry (The Crazies), Tom Atkins (Halloween III), Charles Cyphers (Halloween), Nancy Loomis(Halloween), Alex Vincent (Child’s Play), Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick (The Omen ‘06), Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes), and many, many more.

The internationally recognized event also features an Expo area featuring dozens of vendors and workshops for visiting filmmakers and screenwriters.

“The 2008 Eerie Horror Film Festival will feature even more special guests and vendors”, promises Festival President, Greg Ropp, “expect a lot of surprises this season.”

The Annual Festival and Expo will take place in October of 2008, in Erie, Pa.

For information on how to enter a film, screenplay or video game project, visit their official website: www.eeriehorrorfilmfestival.com

Toronto After Dark is proud to announce the Award Winners of its recently wrapped 2007 Festival. Over 2,000 votes were cast for the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature Film…..

Gold (1st Place) winner is Thai supernatural horror film ALONE
Silver (2nd Place) going to horror-comedy MURDER PARTY
Bronze (3rd Place) to Russian Fantasy film WOLFHOUND.

Short Film Award Winners and, new for this year, the Toronto After Dark Spirit Awards recognizing outstanding independent genre filmmaking, where the big winner was indie zombie flick MULBERRY STREET, have also been announced.

For the complete run-down of winners, click here.

Quarterly small press magazine The Future Fire which is subtitled “Speculative Fiction and Dark Fantasy,” is running a short story contest with a $500 first prize.

The deadline is 10 December 2007, and the length limit is 2,000 words, but one of the keys to this contest is that entrants must log in to Second Life, visit a specific site (the Black Swan sim), and then write a story based on their experiences there. “The story may be in any genre on any topic, but there must be some discernible link to The Black Swan artwork. Bear in mind also that The Future Fire tends to prefer speculative and dark stories with a social conscience that confound the reader’s expectations. Quality will be the deciding factor in all judgements regarding this competition.”

Full entry requirements and details are available on this page.

UK SF Book News notes that the magazine has “an emphasis on the slipstream and socially responsible storytelling.” Talking to UKSFBN, Future Fire editor Djibril says “There’s a small technical barrier to entry, but no cost involved: the contest requires you to register and enter the Second Life virtual world and visit the Black Swan sim, which is a spooky, atmospheric island with a raised pathway, sculptures, events, and inhabitants. Visit for as long and as often as you like, and then write a story inspired by your experience.

Horror film Kentucky Fried Horror Show Announces Call for Entries for the “A Day of Greasy Horror” contest!

Deadest Contestant to Win Speaking Part and Trip for Two to the Premiere.

Los Angeles, CA (rushprnews) November 2, 2007– Kentucky Fried Horror Show, the much anticipated motion picture that stars Scarlett Pomers, Brad Dourif, and Playboy model Rachael Robbins, set for shooting spring of 08’, already has such a massive 500,000 and growing fan base, that the producers are thanking their fans with a death wish contest. With a Shoreline Entertainment distribution deal in place, the film is sure to reach a worldwide audience.

Currently the filmmakers have more than 125,000 submissions from people all over the world who want a chance to fake their death before the cameras. The director, C.L. Gregory, says, “It seems that the desire for pain and death is not at all dead. But also, fans want to have fun expressing their darkest sides.”

The winning contestant will be rewarded a speaking part in the film, but to win, he/she must first die; or at the very least, demonstrate a gory imagination. The contest has also drawn its share of critics who believe the filmmakers are glorifying violence, since participants must write a short paragraph on how they would kill someone or personally die, in detail.

The bloodier and gorier they can kill or die, the better the odds of winning are for the contestants. Executive Producer Rik Walters states, “This is a worldwide contest to thank the fans of Kentucky Fried Horror Show and for those who are passionate about horror films.”

The contest, which began September 25,h 2007 at midnight, seeks to capture what many independent films are fighting for today– the imagination of the public and consumer spending. In a market that has become oversaturated with horror films, not to mention the lackluster past summer at the box office for the horror genre, the producers of the Kentucky Fried Horror Show are betting they can change the tide with their latest endeavor/ And, judging by the sheer numbers, they are already doing just that.

More than 500,000 Europeans have already signed online petitions to premiere the movie in the U.K. and, by the current count, the numbers are only rising for this film that has yet to shoot a single frame.

In a time where some are calling for congressional intervention against the growing number of horror films depicting violence, the makers of Kentucky Fried Horror are hoping that horror fans will jump on board and be their darkest when it comes to their expressing their violent fantasies.

The contest is simple:

One Grand prize winner will land a speaking part in the film, attend the premiere with their family and receive a cast-signed copy of the script!

To win the prize, contestants must write a short paragraph of death and mutilation and send pictures of the reenacted scene. Five lucky winners will be allowed to be on set for filming and meeting the cast of the film. They will meet Director and Writer, C. L. Gregory, who will give them each a signed copy of the script.

The winners, along with a guardian or parent (if under 18), will travel to Kentucky for the ultimate Horror fan’s dream holiday. The grand prize includes return economy air fare for two from the nearest international airport to the winner’s home, 2-night accommodations, airport and hotel transfers and 2 passes each to the Kentucky Fried Horror Show set (approximate value $5000 U.S.)

FOR COMPLETE CONTEST RULE AND SUBMISSION GO TO:

Website: www.midnite-films.com

www.myspace.com/kentuckyfriedhorror

Independent Film Clips and Creative Talent Judged by Top Industry Professionals

IScreenVideos.com is screaming for independent filmmakers to enter their film clips for contests with the opportunity to win cash prizes. Independent filmmakers submit their information including a link to their 3-5 minute film clip to IscreenVideos.com through online video websites. An all new creative arts contest offers undiscovered talent of all ages and categories to enter a film clip of their talents for cash prizes and professional critique.

IscreenVideos.com boasts a prestigious panel of judges for writing and film making like Bart Gavigan, soon to be a household name with his honorable reputation as a writer and filmmaker. Bart Gavigan runs clinics for major European and Hollywood screenwriters with his creative partner, Martina Nagel. Bart is an adviser to Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute and acted as adviser to Equinox and British Screen in Europe.

Here’s what Iain Smith, producer (”Alexander the Great”, “Cold Mountain”, “The Fifth Element”, “Entrapment”, “Seven Years in Tibet”) has to say:

“Working with Bart and Martina is to discover the hidden potential of your story or script. Enlightening, encouraging, exceptional!”

IscreenVideos.com provides filmmakers with the leverage needed to be recognized in the industry with a highly sought after talented panel of judges, including: Timothy Sullivan, a film producer and in-demand script consultant affiliated with Screen Gems Studios run by Frank Capra, Jr.; Producer, Rick Garside, an independent filmmaker in Los Angeles has created many award-winning dramas with SidebySide Films; Wolf-Dieter Kretschmer from Germany, is an Executive Producer of two nation-wide weekly TV programs and Co-producer of various international projects (fiction and non-fiction).

IscreenVideos will stop at nothing to find talent by offering the creative arts contest with the opportunity to be seen, heard and discovered. Film clips and videos of all media arts are accepted including musicians performing, singers, dancers, mime and comedians Even artists painting to indie artist music, humorous and creative talents that entertain are encouraged to submit their unique performances. All submission info to enter is available online at IscreenVideos.com.

Check this out. Here is a Photoshop contest from Worth1000. What if zombies ruled the earth?

“What would happen if the dead walked the earth? Oh sure, at first there’s be the stalking and the screaming, but after they managed to kill off all the living, what would they do with the rest of their un-life?

Your job is to show a typical day in a world where the dead rule. Don’t simply create a zombie or vampire - show them doing something, like reclining in their coffin waterbed, enjoying a family picnic in the cemetery, or shopping for brains at the local supermarket. You can also show products that would be popular with the life-challenged, like vulture repellant or sun block SPF 5000.”

Check it out here

Acid Farm Productions is proudly hosting the 1st ever Region From Hell Film Festival. This is an opportunity for you to direct a 5-15minute short horror film and have it be seen by an audience and your peers.

This is also an opportunity for filmmakers, actors, models, and others a like to network with each other.

Must be 21 to enter!!

Cash Prize, Food, Booze, Girls, and a raffle to have a speaking role in the next Acid Farm Film.

When: Saturday Jan. 20 2008
Where: Mighty Micks Bar in Crown Point, IN.

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Anyone want some tickets for the Halloween Double Feature???

We just got this in our inbox and wanted to pass it along with everyone…(and its for real!!)

We would love to give away 8 passes to anyone who wants to see the Halloween 4 & 5 Double-Feature on the big screen for one night only! Plus, a special never-before-seen bonus “Halloween: Faces of Fear” an in-depth documentary directed by Mark Cerulli featuring interviews and rare behind-the-scenes footage including “Meet the Michaels” conversations with six of the men behind the mask.

In select movie theaters nationwide on October 30th at 7:30PM (local).

To enter the contest please email: halloween4and5tickets@gmail.com with your full name and best phone number and which theater you want free tickets to.

We will contact you on October 30th by Noon to let you know if you won!