Horror film festival returning to Gainesville

GAINESVILLE - The Fright-Fest Film Festival returns to Gainesville this fall, albeit with a new name.

Now called Cine-Macabre Film Festival, it will be held Oct. 8-10 at the Georgia Mountains Center.

Tobe Hooper, director of such horror classics as Poltergeist and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, will join the festival organizers as the recipient of this year's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Highlights of last year's 2003 festival were the Best Feature Film winner "Ghost of the Needle" and Film Threat Award Winner "Savage Island". Films submitted to date include Jack-O-Lantern, Stragglers, Vlad, Freezer, Thanatos Road, Hush Little Baby, Sins, Deadly Predator Vengeance, Darker Suggestion, Chosen, I.Zombi, A Stranger Within, and Vampires Die!, among others. The short film, Open Road, will have its World Premier debut.

Cine-Macabre is produced by T E H Productions, and is sponsored by Hayes Dodge Chrysler, PC Doctors, and Square-Deal Collectibles.

Theaters at the Georgia Mountains Center are open to the general public, who may attend at a cost of $5.00 per person (or by a Day Pass). Films will be shown all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday - Oct. 8, 9 and 10 - at the Georgia Mountains Center.

The Awards Ceremony will be held at Pearce Auditorium Sunday, Oct. 10, where films will be awarded within the following categories:

Best Feature Film;
Best Short Film overall;
Best Shockumentary (Documentary);
Best Sci-Fi Short Film;
Best Horror Short Film;
Best Fantasy Film;
Best Director Feature Film;
Best Director Short Film;
Best Actor/Actress Short Film;
Best Actor/Actress Feature Film;
Festival Directors' Award for Most Horrifying Film;
Best Special Effects;
Best Musical Score;
Best Cinematography.

For additional information on the Cine-Macabre Festival, please contact Ron McLellen, Festival Director at [email protected]. or go to the website at www.Cine-Macabre.com.