San Diego’s Comic-Con International is the biggest event in the world devoted to genre pop culture. While the big Hollywood movies get the most mainstream press, there’s also a large, lesser known and promoted Independent Film Festival devoted to genre short films tucked away within the overall convention.
The Cci-iff, as it’s acronymed, runs completely concurrently with the convention with programming running from morning to night that includes films devoted to comic book-inspired movies, horror movies, sci-fi flicks, comedies and documentaries. There are also several panels on filmmaking sandwiched in between the on-screen entertainment.
The fest also gives out awards. This year’s juror panel includes filmmakers Steven-Charles Jaffee and Kyle Newman, plus entertainment journalist Borys Kit.
Programming blocks are broken up by genre and the full film lineup below gives the exact starting time of each short film. There’s also one feature film screening this year,...
The Cci-iff, as it’s acronymed, runs completely concurrently with the convention with programming running from morning to night that includes films devoted to comic book-inspired movies, horror movies, sci-fi flicks, comedies and documentaries. There are also several panels on filmmaking sandwiched in between the on-screen entertainment.
The fest also gives out awards. This year’s juror panel includes filmmakers Steven-Charles Jaffee and Kyle Newman, plus entertainment journalist Borys Kit.
Programming blocks are broken up by genre and the full film lineup below gives the exact starting time of each short film. There’s also one feature film screening this year,...
- 7/10/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
We already told you about the horror/suspense and sci-fi/fantasy films screening during this year's Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival (Cci-iff), but a couple of zombedies slipped under the radar due to being included in the humor category. We have that info for you now.
All screenings and panels for the Cci-iff will be held in the Marriott Marquis and Marina, right next door to the Convention Center (next to the Hall A end). The Film Festival will screen in Marriott Hall 2, which is at the far (north) end of the Marriott lobby, outside of the building (follow the signage to get to Marriott Hall 2).
Summer of the Zombies - Friday, July 13th, 3:50-4:15
A charming and clever look at the zombie apocalypse through the eyes of a vegetarian zombie named Summer, whose veggie-loving tendencies are so deep-rooted they stick with her even as she wanders the...
All screenings and panels for the Cci-iff will be held in the Marriott Marquis and Marina, right next door to the Convention Center (next to the Hall A end). The Film Festival will screen in Marriott Hall 2, which is at the far (north) end of the Marriott lobby, outside of the building (follow the signage to get to Marriott Hall 2).
Summer of the Zombies - Friday, July 13th, 3:50-4:15
A charming and clever look at the zombie apocalypse through the eyes of a vegetarian zombie named Summer, whose veggie-loving tendencies are so deep-rooted they stick with her even as she wanders the...
- 7/2/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
With Drive-In Massacre producer Brandon Sites promised sex, drugs, a drive-in and, of course, a massacre. He then went on to ponder "what else could you want?". ...well, there was one thing missing. How about a little rock n' roll? Jonathan Tiersten, who so memorably starred in Sleepaway Camp, Return to Sleepaway Camp & The Perfect House, has just signed on to star in Drive-In Massacre.
Jonathan Tiersten is able to convey that bad boy sensibility effortlessly. There is something inherently exciting and dangerous about that kind of persona on screen which seamlessly lends itself to a slasher. He was that missing element that will bring it all together in Drive-In Massacre.
Drive-In Massacre is about a cursed drive-in movie theater. A group of college aged kids who ignored all the signs. Now, one fateful night he will make them pay for their indiscretions.... in Blood!!!
Also starring in Drive-In Massacre...
Jonathan Tiersten is able to convey that bad boy sensibility effortlessly. There is something inherently exciting and dangerous about that kind of persona on screen which seamlessly lends itself to a slasher. He was that missing element that will bring it all together in Drive-In Massacre.
Drive-In Massacre is about a cursed drive-in movie theater. A group of college aged kids who ignored all the signs. Now, one fateful night he will make them pay for their indiscretions.... in Blood!!!
Also starring in Drive-In Massacre...
- 10/13/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Have you been craving an 80s-styled slasher comedy in the vein of such horror staples as Slaughter High, April Fool's Day or Killer Party?
Then get ready for Drive In Massacre. A remake of the 1976 horror flick has been announced by producer and screenwriter Brandon Sites.
Brandon said the film aims to bring back memories of going to a drive-in movie late at night with your friends and incorporates a slasher film story with some 80s teen sex comedy thrown in.
The plot outline is as follows: A cursed drive-in movie theater. A group of college kids who ignored all the signs. Now, one fateful night he will make them pay for their indiscretions.... in blood. Drive In Massacre delivers sex, drugs, murder and drive-in movie theatre. What more could you want?
Starring 80s scream queen Debra Lamb (Stripped to Kill), Shawn C. Phillips (Attack of the Sasquatch), Lisa Musser...
Then get ready for Drive In Massacre. A remake of the 1976 horror flick has been announced by producer and screenwriter Brandon Sites.
Brandon said the film aims to bring back memories of going to a drive-in movie late at night with your friends and incorporates a slasher film story with some 80s teen sex comedy thrown in.
The plot outline is as follows: A cursed drive-in movie theater. A group of college kids who ignored all the signs. Now, one fateful night he will make them pay for their indiscretions.... in blood. Drive In Massacre delivers sex, drugs, murder and drive-in movie theatre. What more could you want?
Starring 80s scream queen Debra Lamb (Stripped to Kill), Shawn C. Phillips (Attack of the Sasquatch), Lisa Musser...
- 10/11/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Okay, folks, here's your chance to get in on the ground floor again. You know I like to pass along info on new projects just getting started so when it gets released you can say, "Oh yeah, I heard about that shit on Dread Central last year." Well, listen up and keep an ear to the ground for Drive-In Massacre.
With a taste for the '80s, the filmmakers of Drive-In Massacre promise to bring you all the things you loved about that golden decade of horror. And they've got all the social media stops covered (Twitter (@DriveNMassacre) and Facebook) as well as a weekly updated blog so you can keep up with what's going on from the very beginning as they are currently in pre-production and getting the word out.
From the Press Release
"It's going to be a Killer movie night!"
Have you been craving an 80's styled...
With a taste for the '80s, the filmmakers of Drive-In Massacre promise to bring you all the things you loved about that golden decade of horror. And they've got all the social media stops covered (Twitter (@DriveNMassacre) and Facebook) as well as a weekly updated blog so you can keep up with what's going on from the very beginning as they are currently in pre-production and getting the word out.
From the Press Release
"It's going to be a Killer movie night!"
Have you been craving an 80's styled...
- 10/10/2011
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
Rigamortis A Zombie Love Story Dave Dewes is the the co-director behind Rigamortis: A Zombie Love Story, one of the year's most entertaining genre offerings. Rigamortis seamlessly managed to blend a story about love, zombies and musical dance numbers all into one cohesive film! I never thought in my lifetime I would see a musical zombie love story. Lisa Musser, who plays one half of the zombie couple, turned in a breakthrough performance. Boston Stergis channeled his inner Bruce Campbell with the film's elements of parody, but yet also brought a human side to a character who amounts to being the antagonist. And Maxwell Glick, did the appealing aww shucks thing well. Sure Rigamortis has creativity to spare, the premise alone is going to draw people in and the three leads are terrific, but in my opinion what makes Rigamortis so successful is that in the midst of it all,...
- 7/9/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Lisa Musser Every once in a great while you see someone who has such a compelling screen presence that you just know right off the bat that they are going to be a star. The first time I ever saw Jennifer Hudson on American Idol performing John Lennon's "Imagine", she gave me chills and sent shivers down my spine. She was one of the most incredibly talented people I had ever seen and, for me, she was in a completely different league then any other contestant that had appeared on the show up to that point. Or I remember watching Cheaper by the Dozen 2 and their was this young kid actor named Taylor Lautner who just had this sparkle on screen that it made you take notice. That young kid went on to star in this little franchise known as Twilight. Or on the horror front, you have...
- 6/19/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Boston Stergis Boston Stergis channeled the presence of legendary horror icon Bruce Campbell of The Evil Dead to turn in a memorable performance in the one of a kind "Rigamortis: A Zombie Love Story". The film deals with the last two remaining zombies on Earth finding love with one another in the world amidst everyone wanting to kill them, including an ex-boyfriend (played by Boston Stergis) who has risen to fame for his zombie killing abilities. For Boston Stegis, Rigamortis: A Zombie Love Story is the film that could help make his career as a film actor as his layered performance in the film showed that he could capture the parody elements of the film with ease, but yet switch it up to show the more human side of a character as he finds himself torn between the townsfolk who see him as a hero for helping to wipe out...
- 6/5/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Rigamortis: A Zombie
Love Story Ahhhh! Zombies!! (aka Wasting Away) started the theme that zombies are people. Now the horror / comedy / musical (?!?) "Rigamortis: A Zombie Love Story" continues on with that theme as a pair of zombies look, not only, for their place in a big bad cruel world, but also for that funny little thing known as L-o-v-e all while belting out musical numbers!
From Ted Campbell & Daves Dewes comes a film in which, shortly after humanity has put down a recent zombie outbreak, the last two zombies left "undead" are looking for their place in the world. One lonely zombie hunter's new found fame and glory can't fill the hole in his heart left by the recent loss of his now undead love. The characters are forced to confront zombies, angry mobs, double-barreled shotguns, and an ever-dangerous thing called love, until fate brings them all face to face in an explosive finale.
Love Story Ahhhh! Zombies!! (aka Wasting Away) started the theme that zombies are people. Now the horror / comedy / musical (?!?) "Rigamortis: A Zombie Love Story" continues on with that theme as a pair of zombies look, not only, for their place in a big bad cruel world, but also for that funny little thing known as L-o-v-e all while belting out musical numbers!
From Ted Campbell & Daves Dewes comes a film in which, shortly after humanity has put down a recent zombie outbreak, the last two zombies left "undead" are looking for their place in the world. One lonely zombie hunter's new found fame and glory can't fill the hole in his heart left by the recent loss of his now undead love. The characters are forced to confront zombies, angry mobs, double-barreled shotguns, and an ever-dangerous thing called love, until fate brings them all face to face in an explosive finale.
- 4/4/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
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