Thriller! Chiller! International Fantastic Film Festival announces 2019 official schedule

By Shirley Clemens Griffin, Thriller! Chiller!

Thriller! Chiller! International Fantastic Film Festival announces its official selections and final schedule for this year’s festival on Oct. 8-12 at the Wealthy Theatre in Grand Rapids.

The action, sci-fi, suspense and horror-themed film festival will screen a total of 64 independent movies from 8 countries in the genres of sci-fi, action, suspense, and horror at the five-day event. The lineup includes: 13 features and 40 shorts, including 10 Michigan movies. Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Republic of Korea, Sweden, U.S., UK are represented at this year’s festival.

Cult classic screenings of five, fun, fantastic films round out the event:

Night of the Living Dead
Shaun of the Dead
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Bride of Frankenstein
The Evil Dead (First-round, limited-release EXCLUSIVE screening of digitally remastered, with a new reimagined score by original composer, Mr. Joseph LoDuca.)

The Evil Dead SFX and Makeup arts TOM SULLIVAN to appear and give a presentation on his art created for the Evil Dead franchise (Saturday)

* Zom-Com DOUBLE FEATURE – Night of the Living Dead & Shaun of the Dead (Tuesday)
*BRIDEZILLA!! – (yes, there will be costumes & cake!)
Featuring Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (Thursday) + Bride of Frankenstein (Friday Night Freak-out)
*Cosplay and costume contests. Private Party & Online screenings available for Passholders only.

2019 Thriller! Chiller! Pass Information

All-Access Pass or Day Pass
Individual Tickets available for “The Evil Dead” screening & presentation

Pricing

Entry is priced two ways for maximum access: All Access to the entire festival; or all access by the day in the form of a Day Pass. There will be no tickets to individual screenings available except for the EVIL DEAD screening and Tom Sullivan talk sold separately at $8.

All-Access Festival Pass, $50
Day Pass, $12 Tuesday – Friday
Day Pass, $20 Saturday
The Evil Dead, $8 for only this film + Tom Sullivan presentation

On sale now at www.wealthytheatre.org and https://squareup.com/store/thrillerchiller.

FULL SCHEDULE

Tuesday, Oct. 8

THEATRE A
– MEANWHILE MOVIES presented by Thriller! Chiller!
– 8pm, Night of the Living Dead
– 10pm, Shaun of the Dead

THEATRE B
– 8pm, The Tangle with The Call
– 10pm, Volition with Zero

Wednesday, Oct. 9

THEATRE B – ONLY
– 6pm, SHORTS BLOCK:
Rebecca Gold, Boy!, Kiss the Devil in the Dark, Exhibit Man
– 8pm, Ascension (feature) with The Phone Call

Thursday, Oct. 10

THEATRE A
– 6pm, MICHIGAN SHORTS BLOCK:
Emergency Alert, Puppet Dimension, Roulette, Living Deadhead, Keeper of the Light, Poaching Death, Emma, Bury Me, The Hunt for the GorillaDactyl

Michigan Film & Digital Media Office’s $250 Filmmaker Grant to be announced!

– 8pm, Rockford Brewing Company presents Godzilla vs. Destoroyah – North American Big Screen Premiere of this cult gem!

THEATRE B
– 6pm, The Invisible Mother with The 404 Diner
– 8pm, Fugue with Madame

Friday, Oct. 11

FRIDAY NIGHT FREAK-OUT
The wildest, bloodiest, most offbeat movies screen on Thriller! Chiller!

THEATRE A
– 6pm, Bob Freeman: Exterminator for Hire with Night of the Fluffet, Braineater, Five Course Meal

Storey Award presentation will take place prior to the Bride of Frankenstein event.

– 8pm, “Bride of Frankenstein” with “Filth“

Including a Best of Bride of Frankenstein cosplay and a special guest Emcee to be announced later this week.

THEATRE B
– 6pm, To Your Last Death with The Devil’s Fire
– 8pm, Barney Burman’s Wild Boar with Rough Love, Lost Lake

Saturday, Oct. 12

Saturday Spook-a-thon

THEATRE A
– 12pm, The Dark Red with Bad Dream
– 2pm, Super Shorts – Block One
Bad Dreams, Anacronte, Ripple, Heads will Roll, Atomic Ed, Lili Sees You, Jacindu
– 4pm, Attack of the Demons with Don’t Croak and Moon Ghost
– 6:30pm, Film Awards Ceremony
–7pm, THE EVIL DEAD event: TOM SULLIVAN. Make-up, props and SFX artist for the Evil Dead series, Tom Sullivan, presentation on his art created for the Evil Dead franchise. Sponsored by Asifa.org.
– 8pm – EVIL DEAD screening.

This is the EXCLUSIVE theatrical release of Sam Raimi’s EVIL DEAD by Grindhouse Releasing featuring the reimagined score by original composer, Mr. Joseph LoDuca and an all-new 5.1 surround-sound mix.

THEATRE B
– 12pm, Friday the 13th: The Conspiracy Begins! with Friday Night Death Slot
-2pm, Straight Edge Kegger
-4pm, Beast Mode with Blank Verse
-6pm, Super Shorts – Block Two
Zero, Miracle Desert, Last Trip, The Hand, Bleeding Backs, 12/14, The Alluring Frontier, The Furious Gospel of Johnny Tan