Pretty/Scary - Ashley Fester's 'Celluloid Horror' at Rue Morgue Festival of Fear!

Indie Producer / Director Ashley Fester has decided to self-distribute her horror documentary Celluloid Horror accross Canada, starting with the Rue Morgue Festival of Fear in Toronto this August 23rd. The documentary follows Kier-La Janisse, creator of Canada's First International Horror Film Festival, CineMuerte & Bloodshots 48hr filmmaking challenge, over the course of several years as she strives to keep her festival running without detsroying her personal life. Kier-La’s tumultuous past provides her with a unique ability to recognize the significance of these narratives amidst the extremity of horror, successfully broadening the definition of the genre.

Read on for screening time at the Festival of Fear! ...

Featuring dynamic appearances by Udo Kier (Flesh for Frankenstein), Jeff Lieberman (Squirm), Buddy Giovinazzo (No Way Home), and delves into the likes of Jean Rollin (Requiem for a Vampire) & Jorg Buttgereit (Nekromantic) & a spattering of blood-soaked moments, courtesy of some the most villainous films of our time, such as Douglas Buck’s Cutting Moments, Paulus Manker’s The Moors Head, Narciso Ibanez Serrador’s Who Could Kill a Child?, Japan’s Mermaid in a Manhole, Spain’s own chainsaw massacre, Pieces, Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond, Andrzej Zulwski’s Possession, and Italy’s infamous Cannibal Holocaust, a film still banned in over 30 countries to this day.

DATE: Saturday - August 23rd 2008
PLACE: SCREAMING ROOM # 709
TIME: 11am
DIRECTOR: In attendance with SCREAM FX