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42 FILMS, 12 COUNTRIES, 4 RUNNING DAYS, 1 OPENING NIGHT SPOOKTACULAR, 1 Horror Double-Bill and an H.P. Lovecraft Walking Tour

Festival Unleashes A Cinematic Symphony Of Horror From Across The Globe

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A symphony of cinematic horror slashes its way across the big screen as the FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) unwraps its 12 Annual RI International Horror Film Festival, October 27-30th. In addition to its traditional spooky film fare, this year’s festival includes its popular H.P. Lovecraft Walking Tour with the RI Historical Society, a Double-Feature Date-Night Evening with Scream 4 at The Vets, and a special partnership with Woodhaven Production Company, creators of the locally produced Inkubus starring noted horror film icon, Robert Englund who will be on hand. The 2011 festival will include an expanded focus that will include horror, thrillers and sci-fi that will run as a thread throughout the screenings.

The Festival kicks off officially on Thursday, October 27th, 7:00 p.m. at the Bell Street Chapel Theatre, 5 Bell Street, Providence, RI. The Opening Night Spooktacular will feature a series of international shorts and the feature film State of Emergency directed by Turner Clay. The story follows a small group of survivors forced into hiding after a chemical facility explodes in their small town as they defend themselves against those who were affected by the chemicals.

On Friday, October 28th, at 10:30 a.m. Horror fans will want to be at the Mary Tefft White Cultural Center, University Library at Roger Williams University in Bristol. Thanks to Rhode Island-based Woodhaven Productions, a preview of the highly anticipated horror film Inkubus, will take place. The free program, called Behind the Camera Lens, will feature star Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Freddy vs. Jason, Hatchet), director Glenn Ciano and Producer Chad A. Verdi, who will be on hand to answer questions and discuss their new film. Inkubus opens in Rhode Island at the Showcase Cinemas in Providence and Warwick over the weekend. (http://www.inkubusmovie.com/)

Inkubus tells the story of a skeleton crew working the final shift of a closing police station when a demon named Inkubus (Robert Englund) calmly walks in. The screenplay was penned by Carl Dupre of Hellraiser: Hellseeker and Hellraiser: Hellworld, and was filmed in Cranston, Rhode Island.

On Friday evening, screenings will take place in both Providence and Jamestown, Rhode Island.

The Jamestown Arts Center located at 18 Valley Street; Jamestown presents nine international short films in a program called RIIFF Bloody Shorts of Horror. From Australian werewolves to viral contagion, it’s non-stop horror starting at 7:00 p.m.

still from An Evening with my Comatose Mother

At the Bell Street Chapel Theatre, there will be two screenings. At 7:00 p.m., the Canadian feature The Corridor is a buddy feature with a macabre twist. It’s paired two shorts: Paths of Hate from Poland, and Worm from the United Kingdom. At 9:15 p.m. the thriller An Evening With my Comatose Mother leads off a new film by acclaimed Oculus director Mike Flanagan–Absentia tells the story of a woman and her sister who begin to link a mysterious tunnel to a series of disappearances.

On Saturday, October 29th, The Festival’s “Weekend of Frights” will continue with screenings when The Vets, the elegant and historic 1,900-seat theater located in the heart of the capital city (1 Avenue of the Arts, Providence) becomes ground zero for this year’s frightful programming.

Matinees at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. will focus on international horror shorts including, Cabine Of The Dead, directed by Raul Cerezo (France), centers on an ordinary man who gets stuck in a phone booth, the night when the dead return to life; Enter The Dark directed by Todd Miro (USA), takes you into the dark recesses of a haunted house and the even darker fathoms of the human soul; Doll Parts directed by Karen Lam (USA), a serial killing driver’s bad day becomes much worse when he picks up the wrong girl; Last Seen On Dolores Street directed by Devi Snively (USA), a heartbroken woman says goodbye to an old pet and hello to a new nightmare; Maquinas Infernales directed by Simon Pernollet (France), In Mexico, a boss makes a deal with evil forces from another world; and I Rot directed by Josef J. Weber (Australia), a high powered business man takes a deadly turn when his job and all that he knows is threatened by a group of employees he fears most.

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