When you buy tickets to our October 10th double-feature of THE EDITOR and BLOODY KNUCKLES, you will be automatically entered to win one of two hot-ticket horror event prize packs: 1.) HORROR-RAMA WEEKEND TICKETS
Win a weekend pass for two to Horror-Rama: Toronto's only ALL HORROR fan event (October 17-18). Presented by Suspect Video, Fangoria magazine, and Anchor Bay Entertainment, HORROR-RAMA raises hell at the GOREgeous Hyatt Regency Hotel on King St. West, right in the heart of downtown Toronto. Exciting and rare horror and cult film guests and vendors await you at Horror-Rama (a $90.00 value).
If you've got it, haunt it at CARNIVALE: Haunted Hamilton's 15th annual Halloween Costume Ball, this year rocking out Oct 31 in the Grand Central Ballroom at historic Liuna Station (a $90.00 value).
We are giving away tickets for two to the hottest costume party in Hamilton, hosted by Haunted Hamilton Founder & Owner, "Stephanie Spooky Queen" Lechniak and featuring:
* Special Guest MC, Mysterion the Mind Reader (https://www.facebook.com/MysterionThe...) * With Special Musical Guests, Ginger St. James & SnowHeel Slim (www.gingerstjames.com) * Opening Act by Frankie & Jimmy (http://frankieandjimmy.bandcamp.com) * A Spooky Act by Contortionist Troy James * Performance by Fire Artist HOT CARL * An EXTREME performance by VOODOO RAY (warning, NOT for the faint of heart!) * HUGE DJ DANCE with jumbo video screen, fog and special FX lighting * Over $5,000 worth of best costume prizes * Live entertainment * Full Cold Buffet & Desserts * 2 stocked Cash Bars
The Fright Night Theatre Film Festival and Hamilton's Trash Cinema are proud to present a special 26th Anniversary screening one of the greatest "so bad it's good" movies ever made: THINGS (1989)
Released straight to video, THINGS is a dirty and nasty Canadian horror film that is the true definition of "cult classic." Since its release, THINGS has developed a cult following among fans of trashy, gory, and bizarre indie b-movies. To celebrate the underground legacy of THINGS and its place in the annals of Canuxploitation, we will be joined in person by director Andrew Jordan and star Barry J. Gillis as well as other cast members to discuss all things THINGS.
Principal Cast: Barry J. Gillis, Amber Lynn, Doug Bunston, Bruce Roach, Patricia Sadler
Seating from 7:00pm
An impotent husband, driven by a fanatical desire to father children, forces his wife to undergo a dangerous experiment. The result: the birth of a multitude of monstrous THINGS
Screening with short film: SHIT'S ABOUT TO GET DARK (2014)
This March, unleash your inner beast at Fright Night Theatre! On Saturday, March 21st, we're bringing you a hairy and scary double feature of howling good modern werewolf films: the man vs. werewolf horror-drama LATE PHASES followed by the hilarious Canadian cult phenomenon WOLFCOP. Thanks to our awesome sponsors FANGORIA and SHOCK STOCK we'll be giving away monstrous prizes all night long, including free weekend passes to the SHOCK STOCK 2015horror and exploitation weekend (April 24 - 26, 2015). in London, ON. Read on for full details and purchase your tickets early to avoid disappointment.
LATE PHASES - 7:00pm
Directed by Adrián García Bogliano
(USA) 2014, 95 mins
Principal Cast: Nick Damici, Ethan Embry
Screens With Short Film: THE MAN WHO CHOKED || Canadian Premiere || (dir. Ross Jameson)
Seating from 6:30pm
When a wounded war veteran (Nick Damici, STAKELAND) moves in to the retirement community of Crescent Bay, he discovers that residents are dying in a series of grisly attacks. But his take-no-prisoners attitude is just what he needs to survive as it becomes clear that the increasingly violent and horrific attacks are being caused by beasts that are neither animal nor man, and the tight-knit community of Crescent Bay is harboring something truly sinister in its midst. Also starring Ethan Embry (CHEAP THRILLS, EMPIRE RECORDS). LATE PHASES is the English language film debut of director Adrián García Bogliano (HERE COMES THE DEVIL).
THE MAN WHO CHOKED
An elderly patient in an institution encounters a sadistic nurse.
WOLFCOP - 9:30pm
Directed by Lowell Dean
(CANADA) 2014, 95 mins
Principal Cast: Leo Fafard, Amy Matysio, Sarah Lind
Screens With Short Film: THIS NEIGHBORHOOD || Canadian Premiere || (dir. Jerry Ochoa)
Seating from 9:15pm
It's not unusual for alcoholic cop Lou Garou (Leo Fafard) to black out and wake up in unfamiliar surroundings, but after Garou finds himself at the center of an occult conspiracy, his life begins to get a lot hairier. When the moon is full, Lou becomes a rage-filled, booze swilling, pistol-slinging werewolf cop with a hunger for justice. With the help of his friends, he sets out to clean up his town and become a better man...one transformation at a time.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
A deeply disturbed man stalks his neighbors, believing God has instructed him to murder everyone around him in order to save mankind.
Fright Night Theatre is thrilled to announce the launch of its 2015 competitive screening with the Hamilton Premiere of THE BABADOOK and the World Premiere of THE SHUTTERBUG MAN.
Fright Night Theatre returns to the beautiful Staircase Cafe Theatre for its seventh sin-sational season of horror movie and genre film screenings, beginning with one of the hottest supernatural horror thrillers of the year: THE BABADOOK.
Fans, audiences, filmmakers, and critics around the world are all raving about THE BABADOOK, the acclaimed debut horror feature from Australian filmmaker Jennifer Kent. Following a phenomenal festival run including two sold-out screenings at the 2014 Toronto After Dark Film Festival, THE BABADOOK is our first official selection of 2015. THE BABADOOK comes to the big screen on Saturday, February 7th, 2015. Advance tickets are now available for purchase online. Order early to avoid disappointment. BUY TICKETS
We've paired up this highly anticipated Australian hit with the World Premiere of THE SHUTTERBUG MAN, the new short from Canadian animator Chris Walsh narrated by Barbara Steele (Black Sunday).
For a night of thrilling terror tales, spine-chilling cinematic specters, and good-old-fashioned horror movie scares, look no further than FRIGHT NIGHT THEATRE!
Door Tickets from: 7:00pm. Seating from 7:15pm
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FEATURE: DESCRIPTION
Amelia, a single mother haunted by the death of her husband, struggles to discipline her ‘out of control' 6-year-old son who is plagued by dreams of sinister monsters. When a disturbing storybook called Mister Babadook mysteriously appears in their home, his hallucinations spiral out of control and as he becomes more unpredictable and violent. But when Amelia begins to see glimpses of a sinister presence all around her, it slowly dawns on her that the thing her son has been warning her about may be real. Praised by critics and filmmakers around the world, The Babadook is a beautifully spooky, richly metaphorical, and intensely terrifying achievement in cinematic terror. Without a doubt, an unforgettable film experience not to be missed!
SHORT: DESCRIPTION
Horror movie legend Barbara Steele (Black Sunday) narrates this dark and creepy stop-motion horror film about a twisted photographer whose passion for taking morbid photos transforms him into a disfigured child-like nightmare. Featuring horrifying hand-crafted stop-motion animation and a spooky score by Fangoria's Chris Alexander.
YOU GOTTA SEE THIS!Praise for THE BABADOOK
"I've never seen a more terrifying film than THE BABADOOK." - William Friedkin (director of The Exorcist)
"A flat-out masterpeice" - Indiewire
"One of the strongest, most effective, horror films of recent years" - Empire
"Truly frightening" - Total Film
"An intensely emotional white-knuckle shocker" - Radio Times
"There goes your peaceful night's sleep" - Time Out NY
"Intelligent, unsettling, classic" - Stylist
"Horror at its very best" - The Sunday Mirror
"Beautiful and petrifying" - Daily Telegraph
Before Suspiria, Italian horror-master Dario Argento created DEEP RED. Also titled Profondo Rosso and The Hatchet Murders, DEEP RED is held up as one of the finest giallo films ever created. This September, we celebrate Dario Argento's contributions to horror with a one night only screening of his giallo masterpiece. Experience the terror for yourself on the big screen and enter to win a Fangoria prize pack at Fright Night Theatre presents DEEP RED
DESCRIPTION
A musician (David Hemmings) witnesses the murder of a famous psychic and then teams up with a feisty reporter (Daria Nicolodi) to find the killer while evading attempts on their lives by an unseen and black-gloved murderer bent on keeping a dark secret buried. Throw in creepy dolls, a roving killer POV, and a classic score by Italian prog-rock group GOBLIN to round out this seminal 1975 giallo film, considered by many to be a masterpiece of the genre.
THANK YOU! On Friday, August 8th, 2014, the award-winning Canadian horror-thriller SILENT RETREAT had its Hamilton Premiere at Fright Night Theatre as part of a fundraiser for the SACHA sexual assault centre at the Staircase Cafe Theatre. Thanks to the generosity of the filmmakers, our sponsors, and fans, Fright Night Theatre was able to raise $244.52 in support of SACHA's services for survivors of sexual assault and abuse.
I would like to thank everyone who came out last week to support Fright Night Theatre's initiative to raise money for the SACHA Sexual Assault Centre. SACHA is a feminist, non-profit, community-based organization of women in Hamilton, Ontario guided by anti-racist and anti-oppressive values working to end violence in our community. SACHA offers several invaluable programmes such as a 24 Hour Support Line, Counselling and Advocacy, Diverse Communities Outreach, and Public Education. Services are confidential and completely free of charge
Recognizing dynamics of gender and power in sexual violence and the importance of organizations like SACHA, Fright Night Theatre invited director Tricia Lee and writer Corey Brown to screen their feminist horror film SILENT RETREAT in Hamilton as an official selection of Fright Night Theatre. We were honored to have Lee, Brown, and star Robert Nolan join to celebrate women in the horror industry, to raise money for SACHA, and to share their thoughts about how horror and the horror industry can be empowering to women.
We were also joined in our efforts by a number of stellar local sponsors and local artists who donated valuable prizes, perks, and original artwork for our charity raffles. Fright Night Theatre would like to thank the following sponsors who were crucial in making our fundraiser a success:
Fright Night Theatre would also like to thank the following individuals for all their work and assistance:
Ann Hopkins, CF Benner, Chelsea Jenish, Cheyenne Federiconi, Chris Alexander, Chris Crash, Colette Kendall, Corey Brown, Courtney Make, Erin Crickett, Jacqueline de Schutter, Jefferey Watson, Leah Visser, Lenore Lukasik-Foss, Mark Furukawa, Mark Sims, Robert Nolan, Suzanne Kirkwood, Ted Dalgetty, Tina Hall, Tricia Lee.
Thank you for coming out and supporting such a great cause. Don't forget: Silent Retreat is now available on VOD across Canada and will be hitting DVD on September 2nd from Black Fawn Distribution. Pre-order your copy at blackfawndistribution.com
Fright Night Theatre is thrilled to announce the next installment in its competitive screening series: SILENT RETREAT
After taking home the award for Best Canadian Feature at Toronto After Dark and completing an extended theatrical run, director Tricia Lee's critically acclaimed horror thriller meets creature feature SILENT RETREAT will be making its Hamilton Premiere at Fright Night Theatre on Friday, August 08, 2014! In addition, Fright Night Theatre will be donating all net proceeds from the screening directly to SACHA - the sexual assault centre of Hamilton.
In SILENT RETREAT, Janey (Chelsea Jenish), an orphaned
young woman with a troubled past, is sent to a
rehabilitation camp for young girls as an alternative to prison. The doctor overseeing this shady operation (Robert Nolan) enforces a very strict policy: absolutely no speaking or noise-making whatsoever. No personal items. No direct eye contact with the camp administrators. What looks on the outside to be a rehabilitation camp quickly shows itself to be something far more sinister: a misogynistic experiment in social programming. Failure to comply, however, is punished not at the hands of the administrators but by the tooth and claw of a dangerous creature that stalks the dense, dark woods. The only way to survive the silence...is to SCREAM. Directed by Tricia Lee. Written by Corey Brown. CANADA, 2013, 84 mins. Screening with the short film PITY(dir. John Pata).
Director: Tricia Lee
ONE SCREENING ONLY! Director and Cast in Attendance for Q&A
Friday, August 8, 2014
"[A] tense little beast of a movie that has some powerfully terrifying moments" - Aint It Cool News
"[B]eautifully blends supernatural horror with the terrors of the real world" - Rue Morgue
"[A]n absolute horror winner" - The Man Sphere
"Fans of quieter psychological horror drama as well as blood-soaked monster movies should seek out Silent Retreat" - Horror in the Hammer
Please join us for a night of hair-raising Canadian cinema by one of Canada's rising female genre directors as we raise funds to support services for survivors of sexual assault and abuse.
Thank you to all who came out last Saturday for the Fright Night Theatre Canadian Premieres of Radio Silence and Call Girl. Due to your generosity and the support of our awesome sponsors at Fangoria and Raven Banner Entertainment, we were able to raise an additional $50.00 in raffle proceeds for the All Out For Ang cancer fundraiser!
Presented by Ben Rispin, Crash Landing and Rebel Time Records, All Out for Ang was a charity punk show organized to raise funds for Angela Orchard, the drummer for The Rotten, in order to help her in her ongoing battle against cancer. Horror in the Hammer donated a prize pack for raffles at the event and also took the extra step to put together a second round of charity raffles at our Fright Night Theatre Canadian Premiere of the German horror/thriller Radio Silence that very night. For more on Ang's story and to make further contributions, visit http://www.dontstopbelieving.ca.
Thank you to all our loyal fans, generous attendees, and amazing sponsors for supporting us in not only our ongoing celebration of independent horror cinema but also in our efforts to give back to the local community and make a difference in people's lives.
Fright Night Theatre invites you to a night of Canadian Premieres full of shocking scares, terrifying twists, and petrifying prizes!
Fright Night Theatre is proud to announce a double-bill of Canadian debuts: Saturday, June 28th at the Staircase Theatre. Our feature RADIO SILENCE (dir. Marco Riedl and Carsten Vauth)is a pulse-pounding horror/thriller from Germany that recently picked up the awards for Best International Thriller and Best Directors at the 2013 Buffalo Dreams International Film Festival.
Our official short selection will also be making its Canadian premiere: director Jill Sixx Gevargizian's CALL GIRL is a violent voyeuristic vignette starring Laurence Harvey (Human Centipde 2) and Tristan Risk (American Mary).
DATE: Saturday, June 28, 2014 ONE SCREENING ONLY!
TIME: Doors @ 7:00pm / Films @ 8:00pm
CLUB ABSINTHE - $5.00 w/ Fright Night Theatre ticket
38 King William St
Hamilton, Ontario L8N 1B3
But that's not all! Courtesy of our sponsors Fangoria, Raven Banner Entertainment, and Horror in the Hammer, we'll be holding a horror prize raffle at Fright Night Theatre as a fundraiser for the All Out For Ang Cancer Benefit.
All proceeds from the following raffle prizes will be donated to the All Out for Ang Fundraiser. Raffle Tickets: $1 for 1, $2 for 3, $5 for an arm's length, $10 for a body's length.
Angela Orchard, the drummer for the punk band The Rotten, has been battling breast cancer for the last four years. After undergoing a double mastectomy and hysterectomy in hopes of stopping the disease, Angela was given a terminal prognosis but continues to fight! Her friends in the local music community have put together an amazing fundraiser benefit show to raise money to help Angela with the cost of standard and usual medical treatments such as chemotherapy/radiation/etc as well as alternative treatment(s). To read her story: http://www.dontstopbelieving.ca
The Tromatons were off the scale last Saturday night for the Hamilton Premiere of Troma's RETURN TO NUKE 'EM HIGH: VOLUME 1 at Fright Night Theatre!
PHOTO GALLERY SLIDESHOW
Before a sold-out capacity crowd full of Cretins and diehard Tromaniacs, Horror in the Hammer kicked off its first Fright Night Theatre screening of the year with Lloyd Kaufman's latest offering of boobs, blood, and bad taste. Our official selections -- short film Killer Kart and feature film Return to Nuke 'Em High: Volume 1 -- caused a nuclear explosion of laughter and applause that blew the roof off the Staircase Theatre. In the nuclear fallout, we were joined by the Troma team -- including the Toxic Avenger himself -- as well as a special on-screen Q&A with Return to Nuke 'Em High stars Asta Paredes, Catherine Corcoran, and Clay von Carlowitz and a live panel with actors and crew Brenda Rickert, Mick O'Keefe, T.J. Smith, Matt Lord, and John Migliore.
Following the Q&A, all Cretins in attendance were invited up for our Cretin Costume Contest, with hundreds of dollars in prizes to be won courtesy of our magnanimous sponsors FANGORIA and HAMMER CITY RECORDS. We even raffled off a screen-used Tromorganic Foodstuffs poster.
But the fun didn't end there: those passionate enough to brave the snow joined us for beers and even more prize giveaways at The Winking Judge Pub for our official After-Party.
Thanks to everyone who came out to our Hamilton Premiere screening of Return to Nuke 'Em High: Volume 1 and a special thanks to all our volunteers and promotional sponsors for making our first Fright Night of 2014 a rousing, radioactive success.
Our generous sponsors at FANGORIA and HAMMER CITY RECORDS have sent us some amazing prizes to give away as part of our Cretin Costume Contest. Attend the Hamilton Premiere of RETURN TO NUKE 'EM HIGH (Vol.1) on March 1st dressed up like one of the post-apocalyptic radioactive punks from the film for your chance to win. The most original and creative costumes will be awarded one of three prize packs. FIRST PLACE - Fangoria Prize Pack (over $150 in value)
A gift assortment of Fangoria magazines, horror movies, and merch
Fangoria #326-330
Gorezone #1 &2
Fangoria Legends presents JOHN CARPENTER
KISS #2: The Official Album and Tour Magazine
Blurays: Blood for Irina & Nightmare City
Fangoria T-shirt – your choice of size (S, M, L) - not pictured
Free admission for one to SINISTER CINEMA - not pictured
SECOND PLACE - Hammer City Records Prize Pack ($50 value)
A hard rocking goodie bag for Canadian punk and metal maniacs.
CDS: Main Man: A Tribute to Dee Dee Ramone / Unruled: Butchers of Warfare / Get Thee to a Nunnery / Legion: 666
Records: Ride at Dawn: Chrome Pillars / The Class Assassins
Poster - not pictured
Swag: buttons, stickers, beer cozy, patch, key chain, etc.
Free admission for one to SINISTER CINEMA
THIRD PLACE - Horror in the Hammer Movie Pack ($50 value)
A package of over 11 horror movies on DVD including Troma's original Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986). Also, free admission to SINISTER CINEMA - not pictured.
The only way to win is to be present at the Hamilton Premiere of RETURN TO NUKE 'EM HIGH (Vol. 1) in your wildest, craziest Cretin costume. Tickets are $12 at the door. Doors @7pm. Seating is limited, so come early to ensure you get a ticket before they're sold out.
