Tucson Terror Film Festival

Tucson Terror Film Festival
Saturday, Oct 26, 2024 at 11:00am
The Screening Room
127 East Congress

Schedule:

11:00 a.m: House On Haunted Hill
Directed by the great William Castle and starring the master of macabre Vincent Price.
Rich oddball Frederick Loren has a proposal for five guests at a possibly haunted mansion: show up, survive a night filled with scares and receive $10,000 each. The guest of honor is Loren's estranged wife, Annabelle, who, with her secret lover, Dr. Trent, has concocted her own scheme to scare Loren's associate, Nora Manning, into shooting the potentially crazy millionaire. However, more spooks and shocks throw a wrench into the plan.

1:00 p.m: Mccurdy Point: A Ghost Story
A celebratory trip to the woods takes a turn for the worse, as four friends find themselves under the power of a force they don't understand.

3:00 p.m: Horror Shorts 2: The Revenge

Lumberjack
A young couple, struggling to keep their relationship alive, embark on an overnight to the woods, but are stalked by an axe-wielding lumberjack.
Directed by Colin Stryker, 12 min

Closed Circuit
During a routine graveyard shift, a security guard spots a mysterious black dog on the monitors. When he investigates, the dog chases him through dark corridors and transforms into a towering 7-foot demon. As he struggles to escape, reality distorts into chaos. Directed by Karl Redgen, 14 min

Falling Shadows
What lies between this world and the next….
Directed by John Santiago, 5 min

Sundown
As the sun slowly goes down, two men must make a decision.
Directed by Cristian Macias, 6 min

Astray
Longing to be a world-renowned painter, Chirs has developed an obsession for obtaining inspiration in his own torment.
Directed by Andrew Merfeld, 13 min

That Time of The Year: Isidro's Diary
A demon speaks his truth.
Directed by Joel Romero, 2 min

Breed
A young couple goes on a romantic getaway in an attempt to save their relationship. Tonight, they realize their relationship might not be worth saving.
Directed by Fuller Freeman, 18 min

The Closet
A sinister stuffed bunny terrorizes a family and a community.
Directed Sydnee Ackiss, 7 min

Its Better This Way
Two sisters are divided at a crossroads — the line between end of the world and the beginning of the next.  
Directed by  Chris Davies, Mary Beth Gray, 5 min

The Parcel
Chad’s first day on a new job takes a gut wrenching turn.
Directed by Jared Tipton, 8 min

5:00 p.m: Dawn Of The Dead 20th Anniversary Screening
20th Anniversary screening of this edgy and frightening remake of George A. Romero's apocalyptic horror classic starring Ving Rhames, Sarah Polley, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer and Ty Burrell. From visionary filmmaker Zack Snyder and writer James Gunn, comes a nightmarish vision where society is endangered by a mysterious virus that turns people into mindless, flesh-eating zombies, and a handful of survivors must wage a desperate, last-stand battle to stay alive…and human Unrated version, 101 min

7:00 p.m: Creature From The Black Lagoon In 3D
Hosted by Miss Baltimore Bombshell and Veronica Chase
Perfectly blending Universal's classic monster heritage with the science-fiction explosion of the 1950s, Creature from the Black Lagoon tells the mythical story of a dangerous half-human, half-fish creature lurking in the depths of the Amazon. After discovering a unique prehistoric claw fossil on an expedition deep in the jungle, scientists investigate its origins which lead them directly to a mysterious creature. Led by ichthyologist David Reed (Richard Carlson), the men try to capture the monster who has become obsessed with David's assistant, Kay (Julia Adams). Originally released in 3D, this thrilling adventure inspired sequels, TV series and more that continue to strengthen the monster's legacy to this day.

9:00 p.m: Horror-Con Selects: Tremors
A pulse-pounding love letter to 1950s creature features that delivers horror and humor in equal measure, Tremors is a bonafide cult classic that has grabbed audiences’ affections ever since its release and spawned a successful franchise that continues to this day. Good-ol’-boy handymen Val (Kevin Bacon) and Earl (Fred Ward) are sick of their dead-end jobs in one-horse desert town Perfection, Nevada (population: 14). Just as they’re about to escape Perfection forever, however, things start to get really weird: half-eaten corpses litter the road out of town; the phone lines stop working; and a plucky young scientist shows evidence of unusually strong seismic activity in the area. Something is coming for the citizens of Perfection… and it’s under the goddamn ground