The Hexploitation Film Festival is coming March 23 - 25 to the Staircase Theatre (27 Dundurn St. N.) in Hamilton, ON for three days of Horror, Exploitation, and Cult genre film mayhem!
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IMPORTANT TICKET INFORMATION (updated 3/16/18)
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IMPORTANT TICKET INFORMATION (updated 3/16/18)
- Advance Sales of Friday and Sunday Passes ($15.00 ea.) End on 3/22/18 at 11:55pm (ET)
- Online Sales of Individual Film Tickets will Remain Open for the Duration of the Festival
- Individual Film Tickets can also be purchased at the door for $11.00 (cash or credit card * subject to additional service charge)
- Please print your online tickets from Universe.com and bring them to the event to check in and redeem your admission or pick up your pass.
The HILARIOUS HOUSE OF FRIGHTENSTEIN 48TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION (March 24th) is FREE. No passes or tickets are required. General admission seating - first come, first served.
EVENT SCHEDULE
7:30 pm: I WISH I WISH (Canadian Premiere!)
2017, DIR. EDUARDO M. CLORIO, 83 MIN. MEX
== DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&A ==
*Subtitled in English*
2017, DIR. EDUARDO M. CLORIO, 83 MIN. MEX
== DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&A ==
*Subtitled in English*
Five cousins discover a diabolical board game that grants their deepest desires, they just have to be prepared to lose the most valuable things in their lives to see their wishes come true. Screens with short film LATCHED by Justin Harding and Rob Brunner
50% SOLD OUT
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2017, DIR. ANDY COLLIER & TOOR MIAN, 96 MIN. UK
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Psychological horror about a rookie police detective whose sanity begins to unravel as she investigates a series of brutal ritualistic murders. When the chief suspect takes a personal interest in her, a game of cat and mouse ensues which sees Rebecca's grasp on reality beginning to spiral out of control. Screens with short film A DOLL DISTORTED by Niall Shukla== DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&A ==
60% SOLD OUT
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SATURDAY MARCH 24, 2018
FREE EVENT
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== SPECIAL GUEST MITCH MARKOWITZ IN ATTENDANCE ==
The Hexploitation Film Festival invites you and your family to join us on March 24th for a free Saturday Morning Cereal Buffet as we celebrate this historic made-in-Hamilton series with a special screening of two original episodes It'll be fiendishly funny fun for the whole family
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Hexploitation Film Festival director Aaron Allen moderates a panel discussion about the history and cultural legacy of The Hilarious House of Frighteinstein and its origins in Hamilton. Panel guests include Mitch Markowitz (co-producer and co-star), Stacey Case (filmmaker, musician, and Frightenstein Super Fan), and Chris Alexander (filmmaker, film critic, and composer)
The Hexploitation Film Festival invites you and your family to join us on March 24th for a free Saturday Morning Cereal Buffet as we celebrate this historic made-in-Hamilton series with a special screening of two original episodes It'll be fiendishly funny fun for the whole family
FREE EVENT
FREE EVENT
A program of the best in indie horror, exploitation, and cult genre shorts from Canada and around the world including local Hamilton filmmakers. This block includes:
- BIT BY BIT (dir. COLIN BAXTER)
- BANSHEE (dir. ADAM O'BRIEN)
- BUZZ CUT (dir. JON RHOADS & MIKE MARRERO)
- FUN (dir. GREG KOVACS)
- HUMAN CATTLE (dir. CARLOS HENRIQUES & PHIL PATTISON)
- JULIETTE (dir. LORA D'ADDAZIO)
- MAKE A STAND (dir. CAMILLE AIGLOZ, SIMON ANDING, MICHIRU BAUDET, MARGO ROQUELAURE, DIANE TRAN DUC, LUCY VALLIN)
- MY FIRST TIME (dir. ASAF LIVNI)
- STAY (dir. DAVID MIKALSON)
- WE SUMMONED A DEMON (dir. CHRIS MCINROY)
- ZANDAVI LIVES (dir. MICHAEL PEREIRA)
2017, DIR. CHAD ARCHIBALD, 90 MIN. CAN
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A notorious cult kidnaps a young girl, and sacrifice themselves by the light of the locust moon. The next morning the girl awakes, caked in dried blood and surrounded by corpses...but safe - or so she thinks. Years later, the locust moon is about to rise again and the girl is captured once more by a surviving member of the cult. She is taken to a remote cabin where she learns that a demon has been growing inside of her all these years, and before the dawn it will rise. Screens with short SCRAPS by Christopher Giroux
70% SOLD OUT
A notorious cult kidnaps a young girl, and sacrifice themselves by the light of the locust moon. The next morning the girl awakes, caked in dried blood and surrounded by corpses...but safe - or so she thinks. Years later, the locust moon is about to rise again and the girl is captured once more by a surviving member of the cult. She is taken to a remote cabin where she learns that a demon has been growing inside of her all these years, and before the dawn it will rise. Screens with short SCRAPS by Christopher Giroux
70% SOLD OUT
2017, DIR. LLOYD KAUFMAN, 84 MIN. USA
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== TROMA MERCH FOR SALE & PRIZES! ==
In Volume 2 of Troma's two-part event film RETURN TO NUKE'EM HIGH, Lauren and Chrissy, two lesbian lovers, must face and defeat not only the mutant glee-club Cretins who have taken over Tromaville High but also the corrupt and evil forces of the Tromorganic Foodstuffs Conglomerate which threatens to destroy Tromaville... and the world! Screens with short TERMITATOR by Camille Monette, Roxane De Koninck, and Keenan Poloncsak
65% SOLD OUT
After losing his parents, a priest travels to China, where he inherits a mysterious ability that allows him to turn into a dinosaur. At first horrified by this new power, a hooker convinces him to use it to fight crime. And ninjas. Screens with short THE JERRY SHOW by Stephen Stull
60% SOLD OUT
4:00pm: BLOODSUCKA JONES VS. THE CREEPING DEATH (Canadian Premiere!)
2017, DIR. JUSTIN ARMAO, 96 MIN. USA
The baddest mofo with the killer afro -- Bloodsucka Jones -- and his gorgeous sidekick Vanessa must help a couple of idiots fight an army of zombies unleashed by an evil group of vampires. Screens with short film LUNCH LADIES (a Clarissa Jacobson production directed by J.M. Logan).
40% SOLD OUT
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SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2018- CLOSING NIGHT!
4:00pm: BLOODSUCKA JONES VS. THE CREEPING DEATH (Canadian Premiere!)
2017, DIR. JUSTIN ARMAO, 96 MIN. USA
The baddest mofo with the killer afro -- Bloodsucka Jones -- and his gorgeous sidekick Vanessa must help a couple of idiots fight an army of zombies unleashed by an evil group of vampires. Screens with short film LUNCH LADIES (a Clarissa Jacobson production directed by J.M. Logan).
40% SOLD OUT
Alexandra reluctantly tags along for Slasher Sleepout, an extreme event that is part camping trip, part haunted house, and part escape room. But when the fun turns deadly, Alex has to play the game if she wants to make it out alive. Screens with short BON APPETIT by Erenik Beqiri.
40% SOLD OUT
