WORCESTER – Horror comes to the city on Sunday, Feb. 25, with the First Annual Dead of Winter Horror Festival at Mechanics Hall at 321 Main St.
The festival features three films blocks of 19 total short films, all made in New England, with some making their premier. There will also be over 40 vendors and a collection of local cosplayers.
It Came from the 508 Productions are partnering with Magenta Manor Productions, and Manny Jae Media to produce the event. Doors open at noon with the first film block starting at 12:30. The event runs until 6 PM. Tickets are available online, with a standard admission $20 or a VIP Pass at $45. There is also a Facebook Group for the event.
See the schedule of films and the vendor list, below.
Film Block 1 – 12:30 PM
Consumed
Director: Emily Tullock, Boston
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Priest Hunter
Director: Skip Shea, Uxbridge
Recently released from the institution, Dan is hired by the church to renovate an old building. But a child’s voice drives him to find a file cabinet filled with the secret files of pedophile priests. Dan takes one and decided to confront Father Bob.
It’s Me, Ma
Director: Michael Neel, Framingham
Writer’s Block
Director: Steven Schloss, Boston
The story follows a prisoner who is given all the tools necessary to complete his unconventional and bloody writing process. As he begins to write, he confronts his own mortality and comes to terms with the pain and chaos in his life.
Cup of Tea
Director: Diana Porter, Boston
A daughter returns home in the dead of night, dripping in blood, no memory of what happened and not a scratch on her. Her mother, disturbed and unsettled, struggles to find out the truth about what happened to her daughter. Is this creature in her home the girl she loves, or something more nefarious?
Special Treatment
Director: Mathew Fisher, Weymouth
Rats
Director: Rick Chandler, Canton
Eight Killers. One mission. All vermin. Rats.
Film Block 2 – 2:30 PM
The Halloween Party
Director: Erica Stockwell, Maynard
A Halloween-loving mom throws a party for her son’s class
Pocket Money
Director: Alex DiVincenzo, Scituate
The Devil on Derby Street
Director: Luke St. Germaine, Salem
A woman at home receives a nightmarish phone call and begins to realize her reality is not what it seems.
The Evil Unleashed
Garry Medeiros, North Dartmouth
Happenstance
Director: George James Fraser, Boston
A lone-soul murderer living life like any other, trying to fill the space in his heart as well as the space in his meat freezer. He all but loses hope when he spots a damsel in distress. Could she be what he is looking for? Or is she so much more?
Mrs. Holloway
Director: Connor Morley, Rhode Island
An elderly widow must do what she can to win the pie baking contest – even if it means killing someone for it.
Step Right Up
Director: Kris Salvi, Worcester
Glen Tavern’s coffee maker breaks, lucky for him Big Dave’s coffee maker emporium is selling new coffee makers. Now Glen not only has to make it to Big Dave’s but also face the craziness which is, the outside world.
Film Block 3 – 4:30 PM
Jessica
Director: Jeremy Arruda, Fall River
Killing with Kindness
Director: Patrick Rahall, Worcester
A young woman named Vicky learns that escaping a masked killer is no piece of cake.
Sweet Dreams
Director: Ashes Homon-Rahall, Worcester
One Last Kill: The Grindhouse Cut
Director: James Lamond, Fall River
Carl Stefano is looking for an escape. An escape from his past, An escape from his addictions, and an escape from himself. His search is stopped short when he meets a young hitchhiker, promising him one last fix. But, he will soon learn, when looking for one last kill, no debt goes unsettled.
The Box: Director Cut
Director: James Lamond, Fall River
Two months after Carl Stefano’s killing spree was brought to it’s bloody end, in the sleepy town of Longview, Massachusetts, an estranged husband and wife struggle to reconcile after the disappearance of their daughter 2 years beforehand. Until a discovery, buried in their backyard, forces their worst fears to crawl to the surface.
Vendors
The following vendors are expected to be in attendance at the festival:
- Amanda Dufresne -Artist
- ARTmuffin
- BoomBastic Films
- Cart’s and Crafts
- Chris Butler Designs
- Dark Side Ink
- Friendly Filmmaker
- Ghostwatch.us
- Hellitosis
- Jason Parent
- KILLdorable Creations
- Louise’s cabinet of curiosities
- Madame Macabre
- Magenta Manor Productions
- Midnight, Moonlight & Magick
- MonstahXpo
- Mr. Munchies Itnl.
- New England Horror Writers
- ROUGH HOUSE Publishing
- Sass Craft Society
- Swisell Sisters
- That’s Entertainment
- The Knotty Witches
- The Nefarious Strumpet
- Truly Outrageous Jewels
- Vision Studios
- Weirdo Wonderland Art – Gifts – Collectibles
- Wicked Wonders Shop, LLC
