Shriekfest The Orlando
Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival debuts at
Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center
Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival debuts at
Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center
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Published by Sareth Ney on Oct. 23, 2017 at 4:27 a.m.
Updated on Oct. 23, 2017 at 5:38 p.m. |
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Photo Credit: Sareth Ney
SANFORD, Fla. – Shriekfest The Annual Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival inauguration display of short films took place at the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, on Oct. 21.
Denise Gossett, festival director of Shriekfest The Annual Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival, welcomed those in attendance. After introducing the names of each film, the majority of them received cheers. She did so, prior to each portion of movies shown.
For the first short program, the following motions pictures were shown: “Agatha” (Director: Timothy Vandenberg, Location: N.C.), “Tethered” (Daniel Robinette, N.C.), “Daemonrunner” (Tristan and Kiah Roache-Turner, Australia), “Foxwood” (Trevor Dillon and Ian Hock, Calif.), “Classified” (Kevin McMahon and Andy Dylan, Calif.), “Hidden Delight” (Adrienne Lovette, N.Y.), “Conduit” (Tim Earnheart, Wash.), “Santapocalypse” (Jeff Hamm, Texas) and “Megrim” (Stuart Valberg, Mass.). “Classified” won the Best Super Short Film Award at Shriekfest. Lovette was in attendance and her interview can be viewed by scrolling down. During “Megrim”, a technical issue occurred and displayed during the second short program.
After the audience returned from the intermission, two commercials for Shriekfest were shown and they were followed by “Megrim”. “Blood Sisters” (Caitlin Koller and Lachlan Smith, Australia), “Burn” (Judson Vaughan, United Kingdom), “The Witching Hour” (Riley Geis, Calif.), “Six 2nds To Die” (James Card, Calif.), “Withheld” (James Bowsher, United Kingdom), “The Things They Left Behind” (Sara Werner, Fla.), “Good Morning” (Tim Clark, Calif.), “Jack” (Peter Hutton, Fla.) and “Humbug” (Matt Thiesen and Justin Lee, Calif.). “Burn” won the award for Best Horror Short Film and “The Things They Left Behind won Best Sci-Fi Short Film. Two of the films received zero applause. “Jack” had audio/video issues and shown in the third block.
“The Armoire” (Evan Cooper, Calif.), “Play Day”, (Gregory Mazzola, Calif.), “Savor” (Marc Cartwright, Calif.), “Bride of Frankie” (Devi Snively, Ohio), “Still Here” (Ryan Kreston, Pa.), “Ghosted” (Sevgi Isabel Cacina, Calif.), “Remnants” (David Ugarte, Ariz.), “Red Handed” (Tony Tilse, Australia), “Cherry Pepper” (Grant Withington, Calif.) were part of the third series.
“Echoes of the Passed” (Scott Lyus, United Kingdom), “Psycho Therapy” (Staci Layne Wilson, Calif.), “The Illustrator” (Quentin Ransohoff, Calif.), “Nightlight” (Kyle Daly, Calif.), “Secretions” (Goran Spoljaric, Australia), “Miscast” (Carsten Kurpanek, Calif.) and “Excarnate” (Ryan Schaddalee, Minn.) were shown on the fourth and final set. Two of the films received no ovation. “Excarnate” experienced some issues. However, it was displayed after they were fixed. Snively was present and her interview could be seen below.
Sponsors included: InkTip Distribber, AtmosFX and MoveToVegas.com.
Denise Gossett, festival director of Shriekfest The Annual Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival, welcomed those in attendance. After introducing the names of each film, the majority of them received cheers. She did so, prior to each portion of movies shown.
For the first short program, the following motions pictures were shown: “Agatha” (Director: Timothy Vandenberg, Location: N.C.), “Tethered” (Daniel Robinette, N.C.), “Daemonrunner” (Tristan and Kiah Roache-Turner, Australia), “Foxwood” (Trevor Dillon and Ian Hock, Calif.), “Classified” (Kevin McMahon and Andy Dylan, Calif.), “Hidden Delight” (Adrienne Lovette, N.Y.), “Conduit” (Tim Earnheart, Wash.), “Santapocalypse” (Jeff Hamm, Texas) and “Megrim” (Stuart Valberg, Mass.). “Classified” won the Best Super Short Film Award at Shriekfest. Lovette was in attendance and her interview can be viewed by scrolling down. During “Megrim”, a technical issue occurred and displayed during the second short program.
After the audience returned from the intermission, two commercials for Shriekfest were shown and they were followed by “Megrim”. “Blood Sisters” (Caitlin Koller and Lachlan Smith, Australia), “Burn” (Judson Vaughan, United Kingdom), “The Witching Hour” (Riley Geis, Calif.), “Six 2nds To Die” (James Card, Calif.), “Withheld” (James Bowsher, United Kingdom), “The Things They Left Behind” (Sara Werner, Fla.), “Good Morning” (Tim Clark, Calif.), “Jack” (Peter Hutton, Fla.) and “Humbug” (Matt Thiesen and Justin Lee, Calif.). “Burn” won the award for Best Horror Short Film and “The Things They Left Behind won Best Sci-Fi Short Film. Two of the films received zero applause. “Jack” had audio/video issues and shown in the third block.
“The Armoire” (Evan Cooper, Calif.), “Play Day”, (Gregory Mazzola, Calif.), “Savor” (Marc Cartwright, Calif.), “Bride of Frankie” (Devi Snively, Ohio), “Still Here” (Ryan Kreston, Pa.), “Ghosted” (Sevgi Isabel Cacina, Calif.), “Remnants” (David Ugarte, Ariz.), “Red Handed” (Tony Tilse, Australia), “Cherry Pepper” (Grant Withington, Calif.) were part of the third series.
“Echoes of the Passed” (Scott Lyus, United Kingdom), “Psycho Therapy” (Staci Layne Wilson, Calif.), “The Illustrator” (Quentin Ransohoff, Calif.), “Nightlight” (Kyle Daly, Calif.), “Secretions” (Goran Spoljaric, Australia), “Miscast” (Carsten Kurpanek, Calif.) and “Excarnate” (Ryan Schaddalee, Minn.) were shown on the fourth and final set. Two of the films received no ovation. “Excarnate” experienced some issues. However, it was displayed after they were fixed. Snively was present and her interview could be seen below.
Sponsors included: InkTip Distribber, AtmosFX and MoveToVegas.com.
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SHRIEKFEST FINALISTS:
Feature screenplay finalists were: “The Funny Farm” (Robert Ward, Calif.), “Stronghold” (Julia Camara, Calif.), “Chapel Perilous” (Jeff Eyres, Calif.), “From Hell” (Tom Batha, Calif.), “Shadow Vista” (Mark Steensland, Calif.), “The Caddy” (Carroll Brown, “Calif.), “The Last Adventure of Shay Blaze” (Howard Fridkin, “Calif.), “Pickman’s Model” (James Van Fleet, “Calif.), “C” (Jonathan Fitzsimmons, Calif.), “Miracle Vilage” (Alan R. Baxter, Calif.), “The Blight” (Jerron Spencer and Jeffrey Stackhouse, Nev. and Calif.), “Remote” (Marc Roussel, Canada), “Not Even Past” (Jeffrey Howe, Mo.), “The Heebies” (Andrea D. McGee, Fla.), “Rational Panic” (Robert Rhyne, Calif.), “Necromancer” (B. Douglas Robbins, Calif.), “Strappado” (Robert J. Rogers, S.C.), “F7/F2” (Ana Ziegler Loes, Iowa), “The Knot” (Edward Martin III, Ore.) and “All These Devils” (Darren Callahan, Ill.).
Short screenplay finalists included: “Darker Ink” (Joe Toplyn, N.Y.), “Fade To Red” (Tom Radovich, Calif.), “Latcher” (Travis Gentry, Wash.), “Bloodhound” (Kenny Wright, Calif.), “Undying” (Ethan Teller, Calif.), “The Tell-Tale Art” (Evan Baughfman, Calif.), “Greal” (Jay Sharron, Calif.), “Harboring A Fugitive” (Jeffrey Stackhouse, Calif.), “Dark Hour” (Edward Martin III, Ore.), “Crazy for the Blonde (Tom Brag, N.Y.), “Carnival of Carnage” (Paul Hottenstein, N.Y.), “A She Demon Rises (Nikhail Asnani, Hong Kong), “Piggy” (Carlota Pereda, Spain), “Page Turner” (Marc Roussel, Canada), “Seek” (Mark Renshaw, United Kingdom), “The Enchanted Quill (Mark Renshaw, United Kingdom), “Red Bud” (Kay Phllips, Md.), “Girls Night Out” (Janet L. Loftis, Calif.), “Medicine Show Blues” (Jeffrey Howe, Mo.) and “Leslie” (Guillermo Gonzalez, Calif.).
Short screenplay finalists included: “Darker Ink” (Joe Toplyn, N.Y.), “Fade To Red” (Tom Radovich, Calif.), “Latcher” (Travis Gentry, Wash.), “Bloodhound” (Kenny Wright, Calif.), “Undying” (Ethan Teller, Calif.), “The Tell-Tale Art” (Evan Baughfman, Calif.), “Greal” (Jay Sharron, Calif.), “Harboring A Fugitive” (Jeffrey Stackhouse, Calif.), “Dark Hour” (Edward Martin III, Ore.), “Crazy for the Blonde (Tom Brag, N.Y.), “Carnival of Carnage” (Paul Hottenstein, N.Y.), “A She Demon Rises (Nikhail Asnani, Hong Kong), “Piggy” (Carlota Pereda, Spain), “Page Turner” (Marc Roussel, Canada), “Seek” (Mark Renshaw, United Kingdom), “The Enchanted Quill (Mark Renshaw, United Kingdom), “Red Bud” (Kay Phllips, Md.), “Girls Night Out” (Janet L. Loftis, Calif.), “Medicine Show Blues” (Jeffrey Howe, Mo.) and “Leslie” (Guillermo Gonzalez, Calif.).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sareth Ney is the journalist for A Quarter and Dream Pictures. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications from Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is a former apprentice to master of horror, Clive Barker. He is a Wu-Tang Clan inspired superhero, Wu-Man Chu. He is an award-winning short filmmaker; his goal is to write 150 articles in select time zones, he inducts every article into his hall of fame, is a stand-up comedian, motivational speaker, philanthropist, founder and co-host of Pueblo's Independent Multimedia Podcast, is the festival director at Sareth-Fest Music and Comedy Festival and Corazon Comedy Festival.
