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The annual RIP HORROR FILM FESTIVAL celebrates its fourth successful
year in Los Angeles with plans to screen up to 70 new feature films and
shorts during the epic four day festival. The festival will be held at
the Vintage LOS FELIZ 3 CINEMAS and run
November 10th through November 13th, 2016. The
festival will feature special Q&A panel discussions, celebrity
guest appearances, filmmaker parties, and a signature red carpet award
ceremony. Micro shorts will screen on two additional dates at the Echo
Park Film Center on September 30
th and October 28
th.
A special
Filmmaker Spotlight will showcase L.A. independent film actor / director Chris Morrissey and two of his recent films.
Heavy Makeup will launch opening night of the festival with a celebrity red carpet premiere event at
8:00pm on
Thursday,
November 10th. Morrissey will introduce the film and participate in a Q&A with actress Share Cherrie.
Heavy Makeup
is a campy twisted thriller about a serial killer stalking Hollywood
actresses. The film features a hot soundtrack by UK artist Joe Wheeler
and stars indie scream queen Share Cherrie (
Superstar Female Serial Killer, Jengo Hooper), Whitney Quinlan (
Beverly Hills Ghost Club), Jessica Velle (
It’s Not Me, It’s You!) and Elizabeth Young (
Class of Nuke ‘Em High 3).
Morrissey’s award-winning supernatural chiller
Trick of the Witch will screen on
Saturday, November 12th at
10:00pm with the director and cast members attending to introduce the film.
Trick of the Witch
centers on a group of fashion models fighting an evil witchcraft curse
while stranded at a secluded mansion during a photo shoot. The film also
stars Share Cherrie, Owen Alabado (Showtime’s
Shameless) Suzy Cote (TV’s
CSI, The Guardian) and Rebecca Da Costa (
Mine Games)
. Trick of the Witch previously
won the Best Horror Film Award and the Audience Award at the New York
International Independent Film Festival in 2010 and had a limited
theatrical run at the Laemmle Theatres.
Another festival highlight is
Condo Hell, the directorial debut from actress Amy Wade (
Special Dead).
Condo Hell is a suspenseful, action-packed thriller starring Amy Wade, Gia Franzia (
Trick of the Witch) and Wayne Stemmler. Condo Hell will have a special red carpet event screening on
Friday, November 11th at
9:00pm. Wade and cast members from the film will introduce the screening.
RIP Horror Film Festival is one of the largest independent horror
film festivals currently held in Los Angeles. The festival was
established in 2012 and has since become recognized by the independent
film industry as one of the leading horror film events on the Los
Angeles festival circuit. The festival was established by local
entertainment industry leaders working to represent and award legendary
indie giants, the working filmmaker and future student filmmakers.
Supporting, mentoring and representing the Indie community in all genres
of filmography. The complete list of scheduled films in the festival
will be announced after final selections in early October.
Advance Tickets for the RIP HORROR FILM FESTIVAL,
Condo Hell,
and Chris Morrissey’s two films are on sale now through Brown Paper
Tickets. Special pre-sale ticket packages at a discount price are
available for each day of the festival, specific films and a full
festival ticket pass.
Tickets can be purchased at the following link:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2583002
For more information about the RIP HORROR FILM FESTIVAL and for
filmmakers wishing to submit their films for consideration, please
visit:
http://riphorrorfilmfest.com“The only indie festival everyone’s dying to get in!”
For more information about Heavy Makeup and Trick of the Witch
Please visit Chris Morrissey’s official movie website at:
http://www.chrismorrisseyfilms.com
Official Facebook pages for both films:
http://www.facebook.com/heavymakeup
http://www.facebook.com/trickofthewitch
For more information about Amy Wade’s Condo Hell please visit:
http://www.condohellmovie.comhttp://www.facebook.com/condohell
