Idaho Horror Film Festival

Pass Pick-up will be held in the Lobby of The Owyhee.  Filmmaker check-in, Volunteer check-in, Press Passes, General and VIP will all be available for collection at this time.

Glacier 45 Cocktails and Draculager will be available for purchase.

Come and have a Draculager with Writer/Director of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT and SKYMAN, Daniel Myrick.  Our Trailblazer Award Honoree, Director, Chelsea Stardust will also be in attendance.  

This exclusive VIP event is a great opportunity to talk shop and chop it up with these two notable directors.

THE FAST AND THE FRIGHTENING a scary, speed micro-fiction writing contest in collaboration with Idaho Horror Film Festival.

If your creative cauldron is bubbling with devilish ideas, or you fancy yourself the next Edgar Allen Poe, you won’t want to miss The Fast and the Frightening, a speed micro-fiction writing contest in collaboration with Idaho Horror Film Festival!

Join us on Thursday, October 17th, 7pm-8:30pm at The Mode Lounge (21+).

You’ll receive a horror writing prompt and 20 minutes to concoct a sinister story of 500 words or less. We encourage bringing along a digital device, though we’ll accept pen/pencil and paper if your scrawling is legible. After the judges review the stories (assuming they don’t die of fright!) the top 3 will be awarded prizes and read their story aloud!

Thursday, October 17th
@ The Mode Lounge (21+)
7pm-8:30pm
Free / Drink specials + snacks provide

Join us for a mind-bending Opening Night of the Idaho Horror Film Festival. Best Bad Prom Costume wins a pair of VIP Passes! 

Grab your low-backed chair, or get there early and claim one of Boise Brewing's table and for just $5.00 at the door (FREE FOR IHFF PASS HOLDERS) screen one of our all-time favorites!

Carrie White may eat shit in Hell but she’ll fuck you up before she gets there. Based on Stephen King’s first novel, Brian De Palma’s adaptation is a bonafide horror classic. As social pariah Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) nears the end of her high school career she becomes more confident in her burgeoning telekinetic powers. As she faces down her school bullies and her overbearing, over-zealoted mother (Piper Laurie) she increasingly becomes a target for all those who want to control her. As prom night draws near little do all the characters know the darkness that awaits them. At once both a grisly coming of age tale and a tender look at a young woman who just wants to be accepted, Carrie remains one of the most frighteningly relatable horror films ever made.

We are kicking off IHFF with a bang! Join us at Woodland Empire for a very special screening of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT with Director, Daniel Myrick in attendance and exclusive Q&A after the movie.

This event is FREE For IHFF PASS HOLDERS and will receive advanced seating. Doors at 7pm, Film at 8pm. $15 includes admission and a free Draculager. THIS EVENT WILL SELL OUT! There are only 60 seats.

We are celebrating the release of our Official Festival Brew: Draculager! This crushable lager will be available that night at Woodland, around town and all weekend at The Egyptian Theatre.

Q&A will be moderated by IHFF's Emcee, Jeff Cullers.

Idaho Horror Film Festival & Humpin Hannah's present: The Rocky Horror Picture Show! This low-budget freak show/cult classic/cultural institution concerns the misadventures of Brad Majors (Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Sarandon) inside a strange mansion that they come across on a rainy night. The owner of this house is a transvestite clad in lingerie, Dr. Frank N. Furter (Curry), a mad scientist who claims to be from another planet.

But seriously, do you need a description? It’s ROCKY HORROR! THE cult classic... there is no other film quite like Rocky Horror and there never will be. This timeless film is best screened late and we’re more than happy to bring this tradition back to Humpin Hannah's!

Props: rice, toilet paper, water pistols, toast, noisemakers, cards, confetti & more sold at the door for ONLY $6! Character Costume Contest with HUGE Prizes for:

Dr. Frank N. Furter, a scientist
Janet Weiss, a heroine
Brad Majors, a hero
Riff Raff, a handyman
Magenta, a domestic
Columbia, a groupie
Dr. Everett V. Scott, a rival scientist
Rocky Horror, a creation
Meat Loaf as Eddie, an ex-delivery boy
The Criminologist, an expert

Rocky Horror is a true audience participation movie. People yell back lines at the screen during the extended pauses between dialogue, dress up in costume and act out the film, and throw props various times during the film. It is a rock-musical send-up of old science-fiction and horror films. Dress as one of the characters, or just in bustiers, fishnet and burlesque-type costume.

IHFF passholders get in for FREE or ONLY $5.00 at Hannah's door!

IHFF's Executive Director invites all attending Filmmakers to a special Champagne Toast.

Pass Pick-up will be held in the Lobby of The Egyptian.  Filmmaker check-in, Volunteer check-in, Press Passes, General and VIP will all be available for collection at this time.

Short Films:

SOLD
Directed by: Troy Greenwood
Runtime: 2:30
Synopsis: A gambler in over his head makes a deal he isn't prepared for. When the chips start to fall he's left looking for a way out!

THE THING ABOUT BEECHER'S GATE
Directed by: Jeremy Herbert
Runtime: 25:10
Synopsis: Deputy Eli Stoker (Morgan McLeod) knew was he was getting into. Everyone told him the same thing. Watch out for the boys from Beecher’s Gate. But he still filed for a transfer as soon as he saw an opening. And there always seemed to be an opening in Beecher’s Gate. It didn’t much surprise Stoker when the Sheriff (Chris Cipa) gave him a short-straw shift before the end of his first week: spend the night in a shed out in the middle of the woods. No explanation. No expectation. All the Sheriff could offer was a flashlight, a shotgun and a word - tradition. It happened every year, and the fresh meat always handled it. Whatever it was. The Sheriff’s son, Deputy Clancy (Alex Bryan), tried to help as much as he could, but if he was in on the joke, he didn’t seem to find it funny anymore. Whether it was a prank or pure waste of time, Stoker would have to wait until the oldest tradition in Beecher’s Gate came knocking at the door.

THE RAT (Sundance Selection)
Directed by: Carlen May-Mann
Runtime: 12:00
Synopsis: It's Halloween night, and 18-year-old Renee is madly in love with her boyfriend Jim. They've made plans to go to a frat party, but after he picks her up he takes a detour, driving off the beaten path to a haunted house. Here, Renee is forced to confront a terrifying situation and come face to face with the thing that, deep down, she’s most afraid of.


TOE (Animated)
Directed By: Neal O'Bryan, Chad Thurman
Runtime: 7:00
Synopsis: A starving boy eats a toe he finds sticking out of the ground. Later that night, something ghastly comes to his bedroom wanting it back.


BOO
Directed by: Rakefet Abergel
Runtime: 15:00
Synopsis: A traumatic event forces a recovering addict to face her demons, without her worried fiancé uncovering the truth. Over the course of a rough night, Devi, 7 years sober, must make a difficult choice between WHO she loves and WHAT she loves.


SELF DEFENSE
Directed by: Zach Bradley
Runtime: 11:47
Synopsis: Two sisters stuck in the woods with a flat tire must find a way to defend themselves from two men who approach them with nefarious intentions.

This invitation-only bash welcomes filmmakers, sponsors, celebrity guests and VIP Passholders to a networking party that only IHFF can throw!

A big thank you to our sponsors, Glacier 45 and The Paramount Group for hosting this event! IHFF's Official Festival Beer, Draculager will be available, Tin Roof Tacos will host a taco bar and Amsterdam Lounge is providing us with their beautiful space.

Glacier 45 signature cocktails will be available for purchase.

Please email volunteers@idahohorrorfilmfestival.org with your name and email address for the guest list and why you need to be invited! (There will be an official invite for this bash!)

Do you have a secret?  Do you need to confess?

Join Scaryfort and IHFF and purge your secrets in the Poetry Confessional. A poet will transform your confession into a poetic work of art to be displayed for all to see!

Crit Killen and Catrine McGregor started their careers on the same film: Bladerunner. Crit designed weapons for the film and Catrine was involved with background player casting, but they  met only  a few years ago when they were both guests at a ComicCon. Strangely enough, they found out that they were both working as producers on the same documentary, King Cohen. During those interim years, Crit and Catrine both worked on many prominent films - in various positions. Crit designed the Beetlejuice costume and was the script doctor on dozens of studio films, including Inception. Catrine has worked on hundreds of films, TV shows and video games as a producer and casting director, for which she has received several national awards.

This special Test Screening of Skyman is a private event for our VIP's and invited guests. Director, Daniel Myrick will be in attendance. Comment cards and Q&A Session will be held post-screening.

Synopsis: The story of Carl Merryweather who believes he experienced an alien encounter at 10-years-old and is now trying to reconnect with the UFO as the same location.

Skyman Trailer: https://youtu.be/nmY1TizGxJU

Short Films:

THE DISTURBERS
Directed by: Vermaercke Michael
Runtime: 1:35
Synopsis: Two people on a date are being disturbed by an unusual enemy.

THE VICIOUS with Director, Trevor Dillon
Directed by: Ian Hock
Runtime: 13:00
Synopsis: Worlds collide as a family on a road trip stumbles upon a farmhouse with a peculiar set of residents.

MIKUS
Directed by: Zak White, Todd Spence
Runtime: 3:42
Synopsis: Your childhood is a dangerous thing to forget.

THE PICKMAN MODEL with Director, Tim Troemner
Directed by: Tim Troemner
Runtime: 7:01
Synopsis: What's the secret behind Richard Pickman's unearthly art? Join Pickman as he walks you through his three-part model to artistic success!

PREFIGURED with Director, Zeshaan Younus
Directed by: Zeshaan Younus
Runtime: 10:30
Synopsis: A woman experiencing a strange phenomenon seeks out an esoteric support group.

Join us for the official IHFF Friday Night Afterparty presented by Spacebar Arcade!

Drink some Draculagers, play some pinball and challenge your friends to a good old game of Street Fighter.  All while groovin' to some sweet sweet sounds.  Come dance the night away with us and kick off the weekend right!

This event is FREE, but you must be 21+ to partake.

FIVE COURSE MEAL
Directed by: James Cadden
Runtime: 6:00
Synopsis: Mark and Jenny agree to take part in a mysterious experiment for money. Things get exceptionally messy.

HELMINTH
Directed by: Merinda Staubli
Runtime: 6:26


THE OBLITERATION OF THE CHICKENS
Directed by: Izzy Lee
Runtime: 3:19
Synopsis: The universe does not care. The abyss is stupid. Narrated by author Bracken MacLeod, this Herzog-inspired fever dream uses 100% stock footage to reflect on the banality of existence.

GHOSTING THE PARTY
Directed by: Carlos Alberto Fernandez Lopez
Runtime: 7:11
Synopsis: A gang of gal pals conjure up a frenzy at a Halloween party after a drug-fueled dare exposes the true nature of a mysterious guest.

THE ONLY THING I LOVE MORE THAN YOU IS RANCH DRESSING
Directed by: Sydney Clara Brafman
Runtime: 1:00
Synopsis: Ranch. Dipped. Chicken. Fingers.

HOT DOG
Directed by: T.J. Yoshizaki
Runtime: 7:10
Synopsis: In the crime capital of the world, an LAPD officer was having a just another bad day... or not. A mind-bending, nightmarish visionary created by T.J. Yoshizaki.

GWILLIAM
Directed by: Brian Lonano
Runtime: 5:45
Synopsis: A recently released criminal is looking for a good time. He can forget his sins but he can never forget...Gwilliam. WARNING: This film contains strong and graphic sexual content. Viewer discretion is strongly advised. NSFW!!!

BAD HAIR
Directed by: Oskar Lehemaa
Runtime: 12:00
Synopsis: Insecure and balding LEO (35) has closed himself in his apartment to try hair growth liquid for fixing up his looks. The liquid causes a series of grotesque metamorphoses with his skin and hair and as Leo tries to get his bodily changes under control the evening quickly turns into chaos.

THE PROCEDURE 2
Directed by:
Runtime: 5:00


GWILLIAM'S TIPS FOR TURNING TRICKS INTO TREATS
Directed by: Brian Lonano
Runtime: 3:30
Synopsis: This is what you wanted! Gwilliam is back and offers some tips for getting special treats this Halloween.

Z-GOAT: AT FIRST BLEAT
Directed by:Julien Jauniaux
Runtime: 3:30
Synopsis: The year is 2078. Resources are scarce and the world is slowly dying. Darwina the young huntress will encounter a new threat very soon.

This adorable tradition celebrates it's 6th year. Join us for a free screening of Halloweentown! There will be a facepainting station and a raffle for a big Halloween themed basket. Dress up is highly encouraged.

Claim your free tickets now.

Synopsis:
Marnie and her kids get a big shock when they follow grandma home to Halloweentown - and find out they come from a family of witches. The town is the only place where supernatural beings can lead a `normal' life, but trouble is looming, and on her 13th birthday Marnie not only finds she is a witch, but that she and her family are involved in a fight against the evil that is threatening to take over the world.

Ever wondered what goes into making a movie? Have specific questions only a working filmmaker can answer? No problem. The Filmmaker Panel at the Idaho Horror Film Festival gives full access to working filmmakers with films in the Idaho Horror Film Festival. Find out how they got their ideas, what problems did they run in to during shooting, and how they got their first job. Ask away!

In this exclusive panel session, they’ll share about their experiences making films and answer your questions about the process.

h48/2019 is screening at the Idaho Horror Film Festival! 15 teams made horror short films in 48 hours, come check them out! Ticket are $10.00 and will be available soon at the Egyptian. This is a rated R event so no kids please!!!!

What should you do with your short after it's completed?
Short films are tricky. There are many reasons to make one, but ultimately, shorts are less likely to have the mass appeal of feature-length films. So, what do you do with a short once you're ready to release it?
Do you put it immediately online? Do you submit to a festival? And if you do submit to a festival, is it for cash prizes or exposure? How do you make your short appealing to festivals? Do you look for some avenue of distribution thereafter? These are all questions you should be asking before you make any decision, including your initial decision to shoot short in the first place.

The most crucial thing you can do as a short filmmaker is to be prepared for what comes next.

Do you have a secret?  Do you need to confess?

Join Scaryfort and IHFF and purge your secrets in the Poetry Confessional. A poet will transform your confession into a poetic work of art to be displayed for all to see!

This panel bringing into focus how you make a film in State without incentives and how partnering with another state that does (Montana) can help you fund your project. Molly Deckart, Director of the Boise Film Foundation will discuss their fiscal sponsorship and the benefits of funding your film using this model.  JD Jacoby of the Montana Film Office will explain the robust grant programs and the newly passed Media Act! Director, Andrew Garcia will talk successful funding of his projects, particularly how his film HERO became a calling card for funding future projects.

Montana's MEDIA ACT:

The MEDIA Act provides for a 20% production expenditure tax credit, with additional components that can increase the transferable credit to a maximum of 35% of total base film production investment. Those add-on incentives can include:
• 25% of compensation for Montana resident crews
• 15% of compensation for non-Montana resident crew
• 30% of compensation paid to students
• 20% of above the line compensation per production or television series season, with ceiling
• 15% of compensation paid to actors
• 10% of payments to Montana colleges or universities
• 10% of all in-studio facility and equipment rental expenditures
• 5% of expenditures in a high poverty county
• 25% of post-production wages (Not effective until 2021)
• 5% for Montana screen credit

GEORGIE- with Director, Ryan Grulich
Directed by: Ryan Grulich
Runtime: 7:26


I AM THE DOORWAY
Directed by: Simon Pearce
Runtime: 19:48:00
Synopsis: After a journey to investigate desolate Pluto, astronaut Arthur returns home a shattered man. He sees eyes forcing their way through the skin of his hands, eyes that distort his friends and the landscape itself into monstrous visions. Believing himself the doorway to an alien invasion and gruesome murder, he must take desperate action.

GHOSTMANS
Directed by: Ricardo Yanofsky
Runtime:4:51
Synopsis: A grotesque film-ballet set in the ghost dimension. A spiritual sequel to COLORMAN'S

EAT ME
Directed by: Helena Aguilera
Runtime: 9:00:00
Synopsis: Late at night, two policemen attack the owner of a local restaurant. Her sister steps in, however, and soon the secret ingredient of their sandwiches is revealed. It’s to die for!

THE SWALLOW, with Director, Elizabeth Findley
Directed by: Elizabeth Findley
Runtime: 9:37
Synopsis: Mary and Frances are left alone for a short time in a small cottage. When Mary keeps seeing swallows everywhere after she killed one by mistake she is convinced they are cursed.

HUNTING SEASON
Directed by: Shannon Kohli
Runtime: 11:08
Synopsis: Callie (Hannah Levien), is a small-town gas station attendant at a crossroads in her life. A recovering alcoholic, she is struggling to move on from her past in her blue-collar community. When a violent creature escapes from a group of local hunters, it happens upon her at the station. Callie comes face to face with the beast and the demons of her past. An unlikely bond between the beast and Callie will change her life forever, forcing her to face and conquer her fears. Hunting Season is a fantasy short film set against a bleak, small town in rural Canada. Our film captures what it means to be female, to be alone, and to find purpose in something strangely magical.

BITTEN
Directed by: Sarah K Reimers
Runtime: 10:40
Synopsis: A mysterious & violent encounter sends a dog on a night of adventure and possibility.

WITCHES GET STITCHES, with Director, Matt Robinson
Directed by: Matt Robinson
Runtime: 4:11
Synopsis: A coven of ancient witches begin to conjure a demon with a blood sacrifice... "But cutting myself HURRRRRTS! NO!"

DON'T CROAK
Directed by:
Runtime: 1:40
Synopsis:

GOOD GIRL
Directed by: Wesley Alley
Runtime: 9:45
Synopsis:

OSCAR'S BELL
Directed by:
Runtime:12:15
Synopsis:

RECOMMENDED FOR YOU
Directed by: Andrew Garcia
Runtime: 5:05
Synopsis:

THE TENT- WORLD PREMIERE
Directed by: Rene Rivas & Bryan C.Goff
Runtime: 15:00
Synopsis:

Join us as we celebrate our 3rd Annual Trailblazer Award honoring Director, Chelsea Stardust with a special screening of her feature film, SATANIC PANIC.

SCREENS WITH:
Piggy14:00:00The Death Vendor 5:40:00The Video Store Commercial4:10:00Road Trash5:00:00



STARRING
Rebecca Romijn, Arden Myrin, Jerry O’Connell, Hayley Griffith, Ruby Modine, AJ Bowen, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Jordan Ladd, Michael Polish, Skeeta Jenkins, Hannah Stocking, Whitney Moore

SYNOPSIS
A pizza delivery girl at the end of her financial rope has to fight for her life - and her tips - when her last order of the night turns out to be high society Satanists in need of a virgin sacrifice.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Chelsea Stardust has been a horror film fan since the age of 10 when her father showed her George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead and Tod Browning’s Dracula. When she wasn’t racing sled dogs in the snowy Midwest, Chelsea consumed all the cinema she could get her hands on. During high school she attended night classes at the Cleveland Institute of Art, where she assisted filmmaker Robert Banks Jr. in shooting Super 8 experimental horror films. Robert also introduced her to films like Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Larry Cohen’s God Told Me To and Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes.
After high school, Chelsea attended Ohio University’s Honors Tutorial College School of Film program where she focused on Directing. Upon graduating, Chelsea moved to sunny Los Angeles to pursue her filmmaking dreams. After working for comedy legends Ivan Reitman and Judd Apatow, Chelsea found her horror home at Blumhouse Productions (Paranormal Activity, Insidious, Sinister, The Purge, Whiplash, Get Out, Split) where she served as the executive assistant to Jason Blum for several years.
Since leaving her post at Blumhouse Productions, Chelsea started directing full time. Her first short film, Where Are You?, was part of the 2016 Etheria World Tour and was also featured on Nerdist’s SHORT ENDS on
Alpha. Chelsea also released four short films on Crypt TV, Slay Per View, Marco Polo, Project Hope, Under The Bed, two of which have exceeded 1M views.
She recently directed a horror-musical-comedy for the stage titled Slashed! The Musical for the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival, which was nominated for Best Musical and Screamiest Show and won the Encore Award.
She also directed the holiday-horror radio play Christmas Eve for Earbud Theater, which was released in December 2017 and had over 10K downloads.
Chelsea’s first feature film, All That We Destroy,is being released as part of the Blumhouse-produced anthology series Into the Dark on Hulu.
She is repped by United Talent Agency and Heroes & Villains Entertainment.

Shorts Program Includes:

MAGGIE MAY
Directed by: Mia'Kate Russell
Runtime: 14:00
Synopsis: Sometimes doing nothing can be the worst move of all.

WE GOT A MONKEYS PAW
Directed by: Aaron Pagniano
Runtime: 8:32
Synopsis: Zack and Jakki are you typical “odd couple” roommates. Jakki likes staying in, reading a good book now and again; while Zack has other hobbies like waking the dead. Things get hairy when Zack convinces Jakki to spend the day making wishes on a Monkey’s Paw. Soon the two find themselves doing backflips trying to undo the cataclysmic series of events they’ve set off. Ghost brides, demon boxes, dead-y bears, oh my! This paw is definitely in the wrong hands.

OVERTIME
Directed by: Craig D. Foster
Runtime: 8:30
Synopsis: Stuck at the office working overtime, Ralph must race home before nightfall… or his terrible secret will be let loose.

PEEP
Directed by: Zachary Dehm
Runtime: 8:21
Synopsis: A young woman is harassed by a shadowy figure that lurks outside her new apartment. Is it a disgruntled neighbor? Teens playing pranks? Or something much, much worse? Her peephole may be the key to finding out...

CHATEAU SAUVIGNON: terroir
Directed by: D.M. Night Maire
Runtime: 13:10
Synopsis: Chateau Sauvignon: terroir' follows the isolated adolescent son of a storied vintner family who finds himself torn between obeying his father’s callous restrictions and preventing his ailing mother from deteriorating further. When a doting woman and her indifferent son arrive seeking a tasting and tour of the winery, Nicolas sees an opportunity to help care for his mother, as well as prove his worth to his choleric father. However, his wayward plan quickly takes a turn for the worse, and his missteps puts his family’s secretive murderous ways in peril of being unearthed.

CALL FOR A GOOD TIME
Directed by: Jon Rhoads, Mike Marrero
Runtime: 5:20
Synopsis: A stoner finds out why you never call the numbers scrawled on the bathroom stall.

KEEP THE GASLIGHT BURNING
Directed by: Lou Elsey, Dave Elsey
Runtime:18:35
Synopsis: Mrs. Maxwell has a problem. She killed her abusive husband, but he won’t stay dead. Now he comes to her bedroom door every night for her, but cannot enter as long as she keeps the gaslight burning. She is trapped and her bedroom has become a prison, until the new lady’s companion, Maya, proves she is brave enough to help...for a price.

SEASONAL DEPRESSION
Directed by: Yohann Thiou
Runtime: 7:54
Synopsis: Elisa does not want to go out.

Join us as we announce our IHFF 2019 AWARD WINNERS  and boogie down with GiggleBomb, a DJ + Drummer duo playing mashups of all your favorite songs!

Free for ALL IHFF Pass holders or $5 at the door.

We invite you to wrap up IHFF 2019 with a very bloody brunch hosted by Woodland Empire. Ease your horror hangover with bloody beers and a complementary Cereal "Killer" Bar.

Load your bowl will a selection of cereals and settle in with your low-backed chair as we kiss IHFF 2019 goodbye with a screening of Mary Haddon's classic, AMERICAN PSYCHO.

Admission is Free for Pass Holders. Non-pass holders are welcome! Cost is $10 and includes cereal bar and a beer.

This event is 21+