The FREAK SHOW Horror Film Festival which runs Halloween Weekend October 26-28, 2018, has announced its full lineup of horror, thriller, and freaky films taking place in Orlando’s Epic Theaters, located at Lee Vista near the Orlando Airport will join filmmakers, industry insiders, and horror lovers in celebrating the art and exceptional voices in horror cinema. The festival kicks off its freaky activities with an opening night industry party at Marlow’s Tavern which is a hop, skip and a jump from the theater.
Festival Opening night includes the US Premiere of the Zombie, Action, and Martial Arts film REDCON-1 and the Florida made Short Film THE DOLL MAKER. Florida Premieres include the haunting feature film BALLET BLANC, the supernatural thriller THE WITCHES OF DUMPLING FARM, and the dramatic vampire thriller HUNTER. The festival lineup also includes several short films showcased in shorts blocks with a student made shorts block Sunday morning. Closing out the festival is the German reality based horror feature Heilstätten shot on location at a real haunted abandoned hospital in Germany.
Sunday Night closing festivities include the 13th annual FREAKY AWARDS presentation honoring the best of the fest with the coveted FREAKY AWARD presented by FEAR FILM Studios in Orlando, Florida. Each film screening at the festival is eligible to receive this prestigious award spanning 10 categories including BEST FEATURE, BEST FLORIDA SHORT , JURY AWARD and more.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 26, 2018
7PM – Opening Night Industry Party at Marlow’s Tavern
9:30pm – FESTIVAL BLOCK 1
- The Dollmaker (9 mins)
- REDCON-1 (120 mins)
SATURDAY OCTOBER 27, 2018
11:30am – FESTIVAL BLOCK 1 – Shorts Program
- A Doll Distorted (16 minutes)
- Here There Be Monsters (15 minutes)
- Gray Matter (35 minutes)
1pm – FESTIVAL BLOCK 2
- Post Mortem Mary (9 Minutes)
- Lost In Apocalypse (90 Minutes)
3:30pm – FESTIVAL BLOCK 3
- Time Box (8 minutes)
- Ballet Blanc (90 minutes)
6:00p – FESTIVAL BLOCK 4
- Baghead (15 minutes)
- The Witches of Dumpling Farm(80 minutes)
8:30pm – FESTIVAL BLOCK 5
- The Recurring (7 minutes)
- Hunter(93 minutes)
10:30pm – FESTIVAL BLOCK 6
- I Am Albert (3 minutes)
- Killers Within(100 minutes)
SUNDAY OCTOBER 28, 2018
11:30am – FESTIVAL BLOCK 1 – Student Shorts
- Attack Of The Potato Clock (3 minutes)
- Painted Skin (4 minutes)
- The Waiting (8 minutes)
- Rigor Mortis (12 minutes)
- I Am Not A Monster (17 minutes)
- Stillborn (25 minutes)
1:00pm – FESTIVAL BLOCK 2
- Sock Monster (5 minutes)
- Road Trash (6 minutes)
- Downpour (9 minutes)
- You’ll Only Have Each Other (18 minutes)
- Lunch Ladies (19 minutes)
- Dead Cool (20 minutes)
3:30pm – FESTIVAL BLOCK 3
- Banshee (13 minutes)
- Heilstätten (90 minutes)
6:00pm – FREAKY AWARDS PRESENTATION
