SPOOKY MOVIE: 2008 - THE 3RD ANNUAL WASHINGTON, D.C. INTERNATIONAL HORROR FILM FESTIVAL is thrilled to announce the Washington, D.C. premiere of the new award winning Australian film NO THROUGH ROAD as our opening night feature on Thursday, October 16 at 7:00 p.m.
Winner of the 2008 WA Screen Awards for Best Director, Best Actor, Best Editing, and Best Sound., NO THROUGH ROAD is a modern indie masterpiece - one of the most gripping tales of terror you will see this year!
The serenity of a yet another quiet evening alone is shattered for amateur photographer, Richard (James Helm). Desperate, frightened and uninvited, Samantha (Megan Palinkas) has taken refuge in Richard's sprawling, suburban home. Is there substance to her fear and paranoia, or are substances the cause? Is her arrival a break-in or an escape? As she seeks salvation from savage retribution, Richard is forced to fight Samantha's battle for survival in order to save his home, his life and his sense of humanity. Only dawn will reveal the blood-soaked fallout of being alone in the middle of suburbia.
For the third year in a row, THE SPOOKY MOVIE FILM FESTIVAL is proud to have the one and the only Count Gore De Vol on hand to host our opening night festivities. A Washington, D.C. institution for over 35 years, the Count has recently begun his year long 10th anniversary celebration as the internet's first Horror Host - predating YouTube, MySpace, iTunes and TiVO, and long before Podcasting and Video On Demand were commonplace, there was a vampire with a camera, a website and a revolutionizing concept of television over the internet. We are thrilled the Count will be with us once more - it wouldn't be Opening Night without him!
Preceding NO THROUGH ROAD will be an eclectic selection of four amazing short films: the animated short BACK TO LIFE, a modern underground classic FOET, the hysterically subversive THE SLEUTH INCIDENT and the grisly new Spanish entry SNIP. Australia and Spain are two of 11 countries represented by this year's selections; over40 feature films and shorts will be screened during five days and nights of THE 2008 SPOOKY MOVIE FILM FESTIVAL. Admission to this block is $8.00; an All-Fest Passes, good for all five days of the festival is now available at the Cinema Arts Box Office or through the website for only $30.00.
ALL FILMS ARE UNRATED - PARENTAL DISCRETION IS ADVISED FOR ALL FILMS.
UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ANYONE UNDER 17 WILL HAVE TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY,
OR HAVE PERMISSION FROM, A PARENT OR GUARDIAN.
