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The Sacramento Horror Film Festival is looking for independent horror film shorts, features, and animations for its first ever MERRY SCARY WINTER HORRORLAND which will take place on December 6th, 2008

The MERRY SCARY WINTER HORRORLAND will take place at the historic Colonial Theatre at 3522 Stockton Boulevard in Sacramento, CA.

Entries must be submitted by November 12, 2008. Entries can be submitted Submit your entries through Withoutabox.com or by Printing the Application . There is NO entry fee for film submissions.

The Sacramento Horror Film Festival is not responsible for lost, stolen, or missing entries. Send a copy and not the original work. Entries and press kits will NOT be returned.

Any film sent after the deadline will be placed into consideration for the 2009 festival.

The Sacramento Horror Film Festival will be accepting item donations for the Sacramento Childrens Home on December 6th during Merry Scary Winter Horrorland. Anyone who brings an item from the wish list for donation will recieve $5.00 off the admission to MERRY SCARY WINTER HORRORLAND.

Please visit www.kidshome.org for more information on how to help the Sacramento Childrens Home or to make cash donations.

For all those that crave Horror films…

The Starz FilmCenter has a Horrific Double feature of two BRAND NEW films destined to become Halloween classics. Both films will be presented back to back with some great horror film trailers sandwiched inbetween (and a peek at their upcoming midnight series at the 30th Starz Denver Film Festival - THE WATCHING HOUR).

It’s the perfect event for Halloween don’t miss your chance to be a part of it. See both films for only $10!

Films In Program…

Blood Car
USA, 2007, 75 Minute Running Time Genre/Subjects: Black Comedy, HorrorLanguage: English

In the near future gas prices have reached astronomical highs nearing $40 a gallon. One man, Archie Andrews, an environmentalist elementary school teacher, is trying to discover an alternate fuel source. While experimenting with wheat grass, Archie accidentally stumbles upon a solution. That solution turns out to be blood. HUMAN BLOOD!

Murder Party
USA, 2007, 80 Minute Running Time Genre/Subjects: Black Comedy, HorrorLanguage: English

Synopsis: It’s Halloween night in Brooklyn. Chris (Chris Sharp), a lonesome and unremarkable fellow, finds a mysterious invitation on the street and follows it to what he thinks will be a fun costume party. It turns out to be a lethal trap set by a gang of deranged hipster artists. Their plan is to lure someone to their remote warehouse base and ritually murder them as part of an extreme artistic event. As the booze-and-drug-fueled night wears on, rivalries within the group flare up with violent consequences. A body count accrues and Chris must take advantage of the ensuing chaos if he’s ever to escape the warehouse and survive the night. A deliciously over-the-top horror comedy written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier.

The term Midnight Movie has its origins from the practice of 1950s local television stations around the United States airing low-budget genre films as late-night programming, often with a host delivering humourous comments during commericals.

The term midnight movie is currently used in two different, though related, ways: as a synonym for B Movies reflecting the often low-budget status of late-night movies both theatrically and on TV, and also as a synonym for cult film.

Two of the better known Midnight Movie hosts were Vampira (Malia Nurmi) and Elvira (Cassandra Peterson). Both personas were sexy vampires, with Elvira’s being more campy.

Some of the films that are part of Midnight Movies history are:

El Topo (1970)

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Freaks (1932)