Texas Frightmare Weekend, the largest horror convention in the Southwest United States, has announced the first wave of their film screenings for the 2016 event.
In addition to the multitude of fantastic guests and vendors TFW attracts every single year, they've become one of my favorite venues to see new underground horror films. Past Texas premieres have included Kurando Mitsutake's Gun Woman, Astron-6's Father's Day, Nishimura Yoshihiro's Helldriver, and dozens more. This year the first wave includes several eagerly awaited by gorehounds nationwide as well as some lesser known films that are sure to please!
Texas Frightmare Weekend 2016 takes place April 29-May 1 at the Hyatt Regency DFW Hotel in Irving, Texas.
LAST GIRL STANDING
Director: Benjamin J. Moody
Starring: Akasha Villalobos, Danielle Evon Ploeger, Brian Villalobos
Scaring audiences at UK’s Frightfest and the NYC Horror Film Festival, LAST GIRL STANDING poses a terrifying question: what happens after the horror movie? In Benjamin J. Moody’s dark psychological horror film, the sole survivor of a brutal massacre by a masked madman attempts to move on with her life and start anew. However, as the line between the past and the present blur, she begins to doubt whether the bloodthirsty maniac really did die that fateful night.
MORTAL REMAINS
Directors: Christian Stavrakis & Mark Ricche
Starring: Christian Stavrakis, Mark Ricche, Eduardo Sanchez
In this demented faux-documentary, filmmakers Christian Stavrakis & Mark Ricche investigate the lost work of infamous regional horror director Karl Atticus, whose alleged suicide in the ‘70s has been shrouded in mystery. However, as Stavrakis & Ricche get closer to the truth, they find out that the cult of Karl Atticus might be deeper- and darker- than they ever could imagine.
DEAD BODY
Director: Bobbin Ramsey
Starring: Rachel Brun, Nathan Pringle, Jay Myers
From the writer of ZMD: ZOMBIES OF MASS DESTRUCTION and producer Ian Bell, DEAD BODY follows nine teenagers who get together the summer before college for a rowdy weekend at their cabin getaway. However, an old parlor game to ease rising tensions turns deadly, and soon, everyone’s a suspect as the search for a real killer pushes them to the edge of sanity.
GETTING SCHOOLED
Director: Chuck Norfolk
Starring: Mayra Leal, Tom Long, Ron Jeremy
In this bloody horror offering from indie splatter filmmaker Chuck Norfolk, GETTING SCHOOLED follows a group of high-schoolers whose detention becomes deadly when their wheelchair-bound teacher turns out to be a murderous ex-black ops soldier. Set in the ‘80s, GETTING SCHOOLED is a twisted throwback that yields both horror and humor in equal measure.
TROPHY HEADS
Director: Charles Band
Starring: Adam Noble Roberts, Brinke Stevens, Linnea Quigley
An obsessed fan and his mother kidnap former ‘scream queens’ and force them to reenact their famous film roles…with deadly results. And if the star-studded cast doesn’t do the trick, Charles Band will be on-hand to present the film at Texas Frightmare Weekend!
AMERICAN GUINEA PIG: BLOODSHOCK
Director: Marcus Koch
Starring: Dan Ellis, Lillian McKinley, Andy Winton
The second entry in Stephen Biro’s AMERICAN GUINEA PIG series, Chainsaw Award-nominated FX guru Marcus Koch helms this black-and-white chiller not for the faint at heart. Having debuted at last year’s Housecore Horror Film Festival, this controversial fright flick is unique, intense and gore-tastic in a way that will be enjoyed by only you and disgust everyone else!
HAIRMETAL SHOTGUN ZOMBIE MASSACRE: THE MOVIE
Director: Joshua Allan Vargas
Starring: Andrew Bourgeois, Tom Araya, Randy Blythe
Featuring music from Tim “Ripper” Owens, HAIRMETAL SHOTGUN ZOMBIE MASSACRE pits drugged-out metalheads against bloodthirsty demons in a splattery, over-the-top free-for-all.