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We ran the contest, and the best hostess won! Colleen Jones will be one of the hosts for this years film festival. New have many great events and films to show this year, and we have an excellent line up of hosts to help Colleen survive the weekend…maybe. After all, there is word of a zombie invasion coming on Saturday, and poor Colleen will be the only defense to keep the zombies from invading the festival.

But she won’t be the only one to grace our stages. Master Ron Fitzgerald will be helping to host various events as well as parts of the festival. As well as Mr. Willy will be on stage and even for a few moments, horror festival behind the scenes wizard and horror author, Jason R. Davis will take the nod. We will also have more additional guest hosts to help keep you tied to your seats, (plus the industrial strength rope to tie everyone in as well and you just, will never want to leave.)

And the Rumor is, that Jason will have a special announcement on Sunday!

So get ready. It just might be the fright of your lives!

We have finally released more details on Zombie Day, our day full of Zombie goodness and gore as a part of this years Chicago Horror Film Festival.  Get your hands on all the zombie, guts and blood juicies!  You can click on the above link as to the Zombie Day details or just read below.

Zombie Day!

September 25th

Z Day – It is coming.  Are you ready for the invasion?

A part of the 2010 Chicago Horror Film Festival

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Zombie Walk Prep at Portage Park.  We will be meeting under the pavilion on the western side of the park.  To anyone who does not do their own make up, we will have Make up artists there to help provide the make up.  Tips are always welcome to the F/X artists.

Make up provided by Hank Carlson (Children of the Night and Buffy the Vampire Slayer) of Autumn Night Studios and Colleen Jones

12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.  Zombie Walk – We will make a trip through the park and maybe make a second round, before we walk down Irving Park Ave. to Milwaukee Ave.  At Milwaukee, we will turn north and walk to the theater where we have planed our bloody finale you will have to see to believe!

Showing Zombie filled Horror Short Films from 2:30 p.m. until 4:40 p.m.

4:40 p.m. – 5:20 p.m. – Fright Mobile Presents Zombie Dance Off.  If your a Zombie and want to dance until your arms come off, then come up on stage.  The best Zombie Dancer (dance in the way a recently dead and decaying corpse can) will win prizes!  Prizes will also be available for second runner up.

5:20 p.m. – 7 p.m. More and more Zombie Films!

7 p.m. – Sinister Visions presents Zombie Pin ups – So if you are a Zombie and a Pin Up, come up on stage to win prizes.  Price packages presented by Sinister Visions!

7:45 – 11:30 p.m. – More Zombie Films.  Yes, we have More Zombie Films!  We are going to overload you with as many Zombie films as you can probably withstand!  Think you can Handle IT?  Then get ready, as Z-Day is coming!

Zombie Day – September 25th

A part of the Chicago Horror Film Festival

running from September 24th – 26th.

Order your tickets online

http://chicagohorrorfest.eventbright.com/

Or purchase them at the door!

We have finally released more details on Zombie Day, our day full of Zombie goodness and gore as a part of this years Chicago Horror Film Festival.  Get your hands on all the zombie, guts and blood juicies!  You can click on the above link as to the Zombie Day details or just read below.

Zombie Day!

September 25th

Z Day – It is coming.  Are you ready for the invasion?

A part of the 2010 Chicago Horror Film Festival

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Zombie Walk Prep at Portage Park.  We will be meeting under the pavilion on the western side of the park.  To anyone who does not do their own make up, we will have Make up artists there to help provide the make up.  Tips are always welcome to the F/X artists.

Make up provided by Hank Carlson (Children of the Night and Buffy the Vampire Slayer) of Autumn Night Studios and Colleen Jones

12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.  Zombie Walk – We will make a trip through the park and maybe make a second round, before we walk down Irving Park Ave. to Milwaukee Ave.  At Milwaukee, we will turn north and walk to the theater where we have planed our bloody finale you will have to see to believe!

Showing Zombie filled Horror Short Films from 2:30 p.m. until 4:40 p.m.

4:40 p.m. – 5:20 p.m. – Fright Mobile Presents Zombie Dance Off.  If your a Zombie and want to dance until your arms come off, then come up on stage.  The best Zombie Dancer (dance in the way a recently dead and decaying corpse can) will win prizes!  Prizes will also be available for second runner up.

5:20 p.m. – 7 p.m. More and more Zombie Films!

7 p.m. – Sinister Visions presents Zombie Pin ups – So if you are a Zombie and a Pin Up, come up on stage to win prizes.  Price packages presented by Sinister Visions!

7:45 – 11:30 p.m. – More Zombie Films.  Yes, we have More Zombie Films!  We are going to overload you with as many Zombie films as you can probably withstand!  Think you can Handle IT?  Then get ready, as Z-Day is coming!

Zombie Day – September 25th

A part of the Chicago Horror Film Festival

running from September 24th – 26th.

Order your tickets online

http://chicagohorrorfest.eventbright.com/

Or purchase them at the door!

Greetings Children of the Night and Denizens of the Dark,

Come join Lady~A’s Vampire Social Club at Late Bar Thursday, September 16th for the major publication book release of Vampyre Sanguinomicon: The Lexicon of the Living Vampyre and win a FREE copy!

Come get your serious vamp on and learn about the deeper mysteries of the Vampyre community and their philosophy.

DJs Peroxide and VeganInBlack

$5 Bleed Eady Drink Special

Performance by Lana Lake

21+ 9pm-4am  Free Parking Available

The CHFF Horror Host/Hostess has been extended to September 3rd! So you still have time to get your videos done and sent in! Send the links to us! jdavis@chicagohorrorfest.com

What: September Chicago Vampire Meetup
When: Friday, September 3, 2010 9:00 PM
Where: Only Disclosed to Chicago Vampire Meetup Group Members
RSVP to this Meetup

What: September Chicago Vampire Meetup
When: Friday, September 3, 2010 9:00 PM
Where: Only Disclosed to Chicago Vampire Meetup Group Members
RSVP to this Meetup

TONIGHT TONIGHT!!! Come to Late Bar during Bittersweet for Lady~A’s Vampire Social Club and join me for CAKE OR DEATH? Lady~A’s Vampire Social Club Birthd~A Celebr~Ation! Special guest DJ Scarylady Sarah Ⓥ, DJ Peroxide, Drag Queen Lana Lake, $5 Bleed Easy drink specials, FREE VAMPIRES SUCK tee shirts and posters! $1… VSC cups, free buttons and stickers and CAKE…or death.

Hey guys! Save the date for CAKE or DEATH: Lady~A’s Birthd~A Celebr~Ation this Thursday, August 19th Late Bar in Chicago!! We have official tee shirts and posters for the new movie VAMPIRES SUCK opening August 18th, Special Guest DJ Scarylady Sarah Ⓥ and DJ Peroxide, Drag Queen Lana Lake and CAKE!!!! Come celebrate with me and RSVP!  Come have some cake…or death.

Chicago Horror Film Festival 2010 Schedule
Please check out the video section of our page to view trailers for many of these films.

Friday, September 24th

5:15 p.m.
El Monstro Del Mar!

7:00 p.m.
Block of Short Films Featuring
Clemency
Summon’ Lovin’
Necromicon
The Avon Lady

7:40 p.m.
Death Stop Holocaust

9:30 p.m.
Block of Shorts Featuring
DemiUrge Emesis
The Many Monsters of Sarah Roth
Before Mirrors
United Monster Talent Agency

10:30 p.m.
John Lechago’s Contagion

Saturday, September 25th

2:30 p.m.
Zomblies

3:20 p.m.
Opstandelsen

4:10 p.m.
Alice Jacobs is Dead

4:40 p.m.
EVENT
Zombies get down
Any Zombie attending the festival can participate in this dance off to see which Zombie can get down the baddest! Prizes provided by Festivals of Fright

5:20 p.m.
Farm

6:30 p.m.
CONTAINMENT

6:45 p.m.
Zombies and Cigarettes

7 p.m.
EVENT
Sinister Vision Presents Zombie Pin Up Contest
Zombie Pin ups pose on stage where the best and most pin up like Zombie shall win. Prizes provided by Sinister Visions

7:45 p.m.
Rise of the Living Corpse

7:45 p.m.
Flesh

8:00 p.m.
Chemical 12-D

8:15 p.m.
Dead Justice

8:30 p.m.
Vs. The Dead

10 p.m.
Broken Springs

Zombie day comes to a close as we prepare for our paranormal investigation of the Portage Theater

11:30 p.m.
I Hunt Ghosts Documentary and Paranormal Presentation

Sunday, September 26th

2 p.m.
The Sacred

3:40 p.m.
Block of Short Films Featuring
82 Westing Street
Stranger Danger
2:22
Nickel Children

4:00 p.m.
Night of the Beast

4:40 p.m.
Written By

5:00 p.m.
EVENT
I Want to Hear You Scream contest
Think you have what it takes to scream like your in a horror film. Open to Scream Queens and Kings, come up on stage and scream yourself to death.

5:30 p.m.
The Man Who Collected Food

7:10 p.m.
Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer

8:50 p.m.
Devil’s Creek

9:20 p.m.
Enter the Dark

9:40 p.m.
Unusual Occurances

It was inevitable that somebody would make a movie parody of Twilight and the recent resurgent vampire mania in general. Luckily, that movie looks really funny. VAMPIRES SUCK opens nationwide on Wednesday, August 18th, and [website] has passes for an early-bird Tuesday night (the 17th) advanced screening!

The first 15 people who go to http://www.gofobo.com/rsvp and input the code PRMO01KY to RSVP will each receive 2 printable passes, each admits one person, for the Tuesday night screening*.

Even better, there’ll be a contest at the screening for Best Vampire Costume (with prizes!), so be sure to wear your fanged finest.

We’ll also have some tasty Vampires Suck shwag to give away at Lady~A’s CAKE OR DEATH? Birthd~A Celebr~Ation at the Vampire Social Club at Late Bar on Thursday the 19th, along with special guest DJ Scary Lady Sarah.

* The screening is first-come, first-served, so get there early to assure entry. Passes do NOT guarantee admission if theater is full.

THIS JUST IN!  The one and only DJ Scarylady Sarah of American Gothic Productions will be spinning for Lady~A’s Vampire Social Club‘s Cake or Death? Lady~A’s Birthd~A Celebr~Ation, Thursday August 19th at Late Bar in Chicago!  Come for cake, birthday celebrations, vampire friendly fun, dancing, drinking and a drag queen!  If you have fangs, bear them.  If you brought fangs, wear them!

Resident DJs Peroxide and VeganInBlack

Resident Drag Queen Lana Lake!

$5 Bleed Easy Drink Special

21+ 9pm-4am

$2 suggested cover for members, $3 for nons and any you want to throw to the DJs!

Free membership cards and swag!

We are back again this year with another bigger and better Zombie Disco! Yep that’s right, its time to shake your groove thang on the dance floor 70′s style!

We will have DJ Joe Wallace spinning some of your favorite disco hits, drink specials to get you in the mood, BEST DANCE MOVE CONTEST, BEST MAKEUP AND COSTUME CONTEST (both with CASH PRIZES!) and more! You can also get Zombiefied there as well.

Its going down at Lucky Number Grill in Chicago, IL on Saturday, July 24th starting at 9pm and going till you are done!

We are bringing back the favorite from last year, Zombie Twister, along with some new games (Pin the Limb on the Victim, Bobbing For Brains) and more, so get ready to get twisted!

Tell your friends, tell your family, and tell your enemies that you are going to shake that ass on Saturday July 24th.

Tickets are only $10 at the door – $8 online (coming soon) and with every ticket purchased, you will be entered in a raffle to win some great prizes!

For more info and online tickets, head over to http://www.horrorsociety.com/zd2

Facebook Invite: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102065456509796&ref=mf

Buy Tickets Now

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/116295

21+ Event, so its only for grown ups!

See you there!!

NOTE: No one under 21 years old will be admitted.

Friday, August 13th at the Hawthorne Race Course, 3501 S Laramie Ave, Stickney, IL 60804 (near Cicero).

Five live bands:

• Cobia
• Punch Cabbie
• Stuck Underwater
• Diagon Alley
• Soul Pollution

Full details & info at http://www.zombiefestchicago.com

Collateral Damage Productions is holding auditions for their upcoming film, Rigamortis: A Zombie Love Story. The film is a 30-40 minute comedic musical in the vein of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, but is a far more classic musical in nature. It is funny and romantic, but also delves into questions about what it means to be human. You can find out more on our website: www.RigamortisMovie.com.

Friday and Saturday, July 9th and 10th • 10am – 8pm
Superior Street Rehearsal
2744 W Superior St. Chicago, IL • Room 318

If you are unable to make these audition times, please still contact us with your headshot/resume as we may hold more auditions for this film in the future.

Casting is being held for three main characters (two male, one female), all of which must be able to sing and have some ability to dance or learn to dance.

For FULL info, requirements, characters needed and details:
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/tfr/1826511741.html

Rigamortis website:
http://www.rigamortismovie.com/

Collateral Damage Productions is holding auditions for their upcoming film, Rigamortis: A Zombie Love Story. The film is a 30-40 minute comedic musical in the vein of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, but is a far more classic musical in nature. It is funny and romantic, but also delves into questions about what it means to be human. You can find out more on our website: www.RigamortisMovie.com.

Friday and Saturday, July 9th and 10th • 10am – 8pm
Superior Street Rehearsal
2744 W Superior St. Chicago, IL • Room 318

If you are unable to make these audition times, please still contact us with your headshot/resume as we may hold more auditions for this film in the future.

Casting is being held for three main characters (two male, one female), all of which must be able to sing and have some ability to dance or learn to dance.

For FULL info, requirements, characters needed and details:
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/tfr/1826511741.html

Rigamortis website:
http://www.rigamortismovie.com/

Dream Reapers Haunted House Presents: The Halfway to Halloween Monster Ball

Come dressed in your most frightening monster or creature attire and revel in a night of sheer terror and madness as we celebrate the halfway to Halloween milestone.

With just six months until Halloween, the ghouls and monsters of Dream Reapers haunted attraction are howling with activity, wanting to feast upon your darkest nightmares.

All creatures 18+ will be admitted.

Hideous and Horrible costumes highly encouraged!

Can’t make your own makeup monstrous enough? Have the Dream Reapers makeup team bring your nightmares to life for only 5$.

Music Provided by:
Fiendo
Through Ashes
Ardmore And Warwick

1945 Cornell Avenue, Melrose Park, IL 60160
Saturday, April 17th, 2010
8:00pm-2:00am

Open to the general public!

More details TBD
Facebook Event Page

Dream Reapers Haunted House Presents: The Halfway to Halloween Monster Ball

Come dressed in your most frightening monster or creature attire and revel in a night of sheer terror and madness as we celebrate the halfway to Halloween milestone.

With just six months until Halloween, the ghouls and monsters of Dream Reapers haunted attraction are howling with activity, wanting to feast upon your darkest nightmares.

All creatures 18+ will be admitted.

Hideous and Horrible costumes highly encouraged!

Can’t make your own makeup monstrous enough? Have the Dream Reapers makeup team bring your nightmares to life for only 5$.

Music Provided by:
Fiendo
Through Ashes
Ardmore And Warwick

1945 Cornell Avenue, Melrose Park, IL 60160
Saturday, April 17th, 2010
8:00pm-2:00am

Open to the general public!

More details TBD
Facebook Event Page