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Texas Frightmare Weekend 2008 Lineup

February 21-24, 2008

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Films:

Bloodsuckers From Outer Space
Director: Glen Coburn
Starring: Glen Coburn, Big John Brigham, Laura Ellis, Rick Garlington, Robert Bradeen, Chris Heldman, Thom Meyers, Billie Keller, Jim Stafford, Richard Wainscott, Samantha Walker, John Webb, Pat Paulsen
Plot: This horror spoof finds a small Texas town's residents taken over by an alien force.

Chopping Mall
Director: Jim Wynorski
Starring: Kelli Maroney, Tony O'Dell, Russell Todd, Karrie Emerson, Barbara Crampton, Nick Segal, John Terlesky, Suzee Slater, Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Dick Miller
Plot: In this 1986 cult classic, state-of-the-art security robots working in a mall malfunction and turn into killing machines. Star Kelli Maroney and director Jim Wynorski will attend the screening.

Fingerprints
Director: Harry Basil
Starring: Kristin Cavallari, Leah Pipes, Lou Diamond Phillips, Sally Kirkland, Josh Henderson, Andrew Lawrence, Geoffrey Lewis
Plot: Fifty years after a group of children die when their school bus is hit by a train, a series of murders shocks a small town. Could the two events be related? I'm betting yes.

The Flesh Keeper
Director: Gerald Nott
Starring: Erin McCarthy, Dion Day, Arianne Martin, Morgan McCarthy, Peyton Wetzel, Clint Glenn, Parrish Randall, Jimmy Hazard
Plot: In the tradition of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, this film finds a group of friends terrorized by a murderous family when their car breaks down in rural Texas.

The Lost
Director: Chris Sivertson
Starring: Marc Senter, Shay Astar, Alex Frost, Megan Henning, Robin Sydney, Michael Bowen, Ed Lauter, Dee Wallace, Erin Brown, Ruby Larocca, Tom Ayers
Plot: A teenager coldly murders two female campers, and his two friends help him cover it up, but the truth is dangerously close to being revealed as the police increase the pressure. Based on the controversial Jack Ketchum novel.

Night of the Living Dead
Director: George Romero
Starring: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hadman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley
Plot: The classic zombie movie airs with a cast and crew reunion for the 40th anniversary of the film, including six stars, director George Romero and co-writer John Russo.

Red Victoria
Director: Anthony Brownrigg
Starring: Anthony Brownrigg, Arianne Martin, Edward Landers
Plot: A struggling horror writer discovers that he has a muse -- except she's a zombie.

Risen
Director: Damon Crump
Starring: GiGi Erneta, Joe Thackery, Jason Harper, Steven Lee, Audrey Davis, Oliver Luke, Mohammad Ahmed, Lucy Glockzin, Robert Works
Plot: Parents search for their daughter in the midst of a zombie outbreak.

Slaughter House
Director: Parrish Randall
Starring: Parrish Randall, Joe Bourgeois, Burton Bailey, Michelle Henderson, Shannon Roberts, Brandi Getz, Kathy Cooper, Brandy Eastman, Jessica Crisp, Bobbie Casto, Rikk Eastman
Plot: Four escaped convicts go on a reign of terror inside a women's shelter...until the women decide to turn the tables. Inspired by Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left.

Soul's Midnight
Director: Harry Basil
Starring: Armand Assante, Robert Floyd, Elizabeth Ann Bennett, Lucila Sola, Miguel Perez, Joe Nipote, Jane Hall, Keven Cleveland, Nando Betancur, Jack Hurst
Plot: A vampire cult seeks to resurrect the dragon-slaying St. George by sacrificing an unborn child. Um, what?

Spiral
Director: Adam Green and star Joel David Moore
Starring: Joel David Moore, Amber Tamblyn, Zachary Levi, Tricia Helfer, David Muller, Annie Neal, Ryan Chase
Plot: A loner befriends a new coworker but discovers that the friendship opens up old wounds that send him teetering close to the brink of sanity.

The Wild Man of the Navidad
Director: Duane Graves and Justin Meeks
Starring: Kim Henkel, Justin Meeks, Tim Harden, Charlie Hurtin, Laura Johnson, Alex Garcia, Stacy Meeks, Bob Wood, Shannon Biggers, William McBride, Kevin Graves, John Sholtis, James Bargsley, Gary Houser, Blanton Robertson
Plot: Supposedly based on real events, a small Texas town is kept on edge by a creature that inhabits the local forest.

Wrestlemaniac
Director: Jesse Baget
Starring: Leyla Razzari, Rey Misterio Sr., Irwin Keyes, Adam Huss, Margaret Scarborough, Jeremy Radin, Catherine Wreford, Zack Bennett
Plot: A low-budget filmmaking crew get stranded in a remote Mexican town terrorized by a homicidal masked Mexican wrestler with a fondness for tearing off people's faces.

Guests Include:

Malcolm McDowell, John Russo, George A. Romero, Cassandra Peterson (AKA Elvira), Dee Wallace, Tom Atkins, Ken Foree, Tom Savini, Jim Wynorski, Robert Joy, Ed Neal, Joe Pilato, Eugene Clark, Danielle Harris, Scout Taylor Compton, Jason Lively and Harvey Stephens.

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