This year marks the 10th edition of the Frightening Ass Film Fest (FAFF); Chattanooga Film Festival’s seasonal festival held in and around Halloween, and this year it's going virtual!
Slated for October 30th and October 31st, FAFF will feature an exciting mix of short films, new indie features, and carefully curated cult classics. Organizers are also putting together a series of live events, similar to the events that made CFF’s virtual edition in May an interactive fan-friendly experience.
FAFF All Access Badges are available now for the price of $25 with individual tickets for certain films being made available closer to the event. Attendees will be able to access all films beginning 12:00am EST October 30th, and access ends 6:00am EST the morning of November 1st.
This yearly event functions as a fundraiser for the Chattanooga Film Festival, a 501c(3), with all proceeds benefiting the staging of the 2021 edition of the fest.
FAFF also marks the return of Chattanooga Film Festival collaborators Media Team and Silver Scream FX Lab along with the much-anticipated return of fan-favorite characters Bubz, Professor Morte and Guna, who will be on hand to host the weekend's live offerings.
The press release provides more details on screenings and special events, below.
FEATURE FILMS
76 HORROR BOOKSTORE: TIN OF FEAR | Directors David Chuang & Hung Tze-Peng
Taiwan, 2020
FAFF 10 is proud to present all four episodes in the first series of this bonkers Tawainese anthology series.
2011 | Director Alexandre Prieur-Grenier
Canada, 2020
The daily life of a night owl video editor working in his apartment, gradually slides into anxiety when a mysterious neighbor, whom he never meets, but whose presence is constantly felt, gradually torments his existence.
ANONYMOUS ANIMALS | Director Baptiste Rouveure
France, 2020
In Baptiste Rouveure’s surreal and gorgeously photographed film, we’re presented a series of vignettes in which humans and animals seem to have switched places. The result is one of the most haunting and unique films you’re likely to see this year. It gives all new meaning to the phrase The Deer Hunter.
BAD CANDY | Directors Scott Hansen & Desiree Connell
USA, 2020
At FAFF, we’re suckers for horror anthologies and even bigger suckers for films that take place on Halloween Scott Hansen & Desiree Connell’s Halloween manages both with genre fan faves Zach Galligan (Gremlins) and Corey Taylor (Slipknot). DJ's Chilly Billy and Paul spin a bloody and twisted version of a small town's craziest Halloween Happenings.
CYST | Director Tyler Russell
USA, 2020
In the 1960s, a nurse's last day is ruined when a doctor inadvertently creates a cyst monster that terrorizes the office. Genre fans will be happy to see The Room’s Greg Sestero in this icky slice of frightening ass fun.
GET THE HELL OUT | Director I-Fan Wang
Taiwan, 2020
Taiwan's parliament turns deadly when a virus transforms politicians into ravenous zombie mutants. We cannot wait to see how people react to this bloody blast of pure fun!
HAIL TO THE DEADITES | Director Steve Villeneuve
Canada, 2020
HAIL TO THE DEADITES is a documentary about the fans of the EVIL DEAD films and explores the classic franchise's undying and ever-growing popularity.
LUCKY | Director Natasha Kermani
Special Bonus Screening - USA, 2020
A suburban woman finds herself being stalked by a threatening figure who returns to her house night after night. When those around her don't believe her, she is forced to take matters into her own hands.
SHE DIES TOMORROW | Director Amy Seimetz
Special Bonus Screening - USA, 2020
Amy thinks she's dying tomorrow...and it's contagious.
SISTER TEMPEST | Director Joe Badon
USA, 2020
Anne Hutchinson's troubled relationship with her missing sister is under alien tribunal. Meanwhile, her new roommate's mysterious illness causes her to go on a cannibalistic killing spree.
SPARE PARTS | Director Andrew Thomas Hunt
Canada, 2020
A group of girls get lost on a random dirt road. The tow truck driver toes them to his junkyard. Everything seems normal until they wake up with weapons for limbs, thrown into the fight of their lives.
STING OF DEATH | Director William Grefé
USA, 1966
College girl Karen visits her dad, a marine biologist, at his island compound in the Florida Everglades. Her partying friends show up, dance to Neil Sedaka tunes, and taunt the doctor's creepy assistant, Egon. Soon they're victims of a wetsuit-wearing, bipedal jellyfish monster. Jealous of Karen's boyfriend, Egon kidnaps her and carries her to his secret underground lair.
THE STRINGS | Director Ryan Glover
Canada, 2020
In the dead of winter, a musician travels to a remote cottage to work on new material, but soon finds herself under attack from a mysterious dark presence.
THE HORROR CROWD | Director Ruben Pla
USA, 2020
A revealing, intimate documentary spotlighting the Hollywood horror community.
SHORT FILMS
ABBYGAIL WAS HERE | Director Keaton Smith
A young woman is left stranded at an abandoned house in apocalyptic rural America. Isolated for the first time in her life, she searches for a mysterious and valuable object. Is it all just a cruel trick? Or is it a cruel trick?
AXE TO THE FACE | Director Andrew Moorehead
Anna and Dylan meet on a dating app, and the two begin a budding relationship. As their chemistry progresses, we begin to see there is much more to this seemingly chance encounter than we were originally led to believe.
BLOODSHED | Director Paolo Macini
Grief-stricken and ridden with guilt after his wife’s untimely death from a rare blood disease, Getty turns his hobby shed into a bloody altar of worship and brutal sacrifice in his relentless search for Redemption. As he descends into madness, many will bleed. BLOODSHED. It's where you bleed.
CASSETTE | Director Ilya Polyakov
A young man working the graveyard shift at an old video store soon discovers something very sinister about the place.
COTTONMOUTH | Director Zachary Wincik
A woman takes action once she is sure that someone, or something, is sneaking into her room at night.
DEATH WALKS ON NITRATE | Director Kevin Fermini
Rose, an icy photographer, encounters a mysterious old woman who plunges her headfirst into a psychedelic nightmare.
INFECTION | Director Michael Davis
A bizarre late-night text message from a friend sends a woman's quiet evening hurtling into violent madness, with only one hope of salvation. Based on the “Smile Dog” Creepypasta and made in quarantine on an iPhone 8.
In collaboration with Michael Lutz and The NoSleep Podcast.
MOMMA, DON’T GO | Director Rael De Leon Jr.
A mother and daughter struggle to survive a deadly home invasion.
NO ONE IS COMING | Director Matthew Barber
A young woman awaits the return of her boyfriend at a secluded cabin only to discover that she may not, in fact, be alone.
QUARANSTEIN | Director Brian Lonano
Filmmakers Brian Lonano & Kevin Daniel Lonano, responsible for the cult short film Gwilliam”, sought out filmmakers and friends under quarantine to create an exquisite corpse version of the classic film “Frankenstein.” Expect other notable monsters to appear in the film, including Brian and Kevin’s own creation “Gwilliam.”
SEEK | Director Aaron Morgan
Two sisters have been driving all night when they come across a dilapidated roadside park and bathroom. Horrific events follow when one of them stumbles upon a strange message and a mischievous resident that wants to play a terrifying game.
SUSPENSE | Director Ben Burghart
Having survived a harrowing plane crash, an army pilot finds himself suspended from a canopy of trees high above the forest floor by his parachute. After making contact with his co-pilot on the ground, they realize that something is stalking them in the dark.
THE DOOR | Director Kyle Mumford
After the unexpected death of her twin sister, a young woman makes an escape to the family cabin to get away from the trauma and guilt. However, all goes belly up when a mysterious tiny door appears at the foot of her bed.
THE HOUSE GUEST | Director David Walton Smith
A young woman reluctantly agrees to a seance because she suspects her house is haunted.
THE PURPLE IRIS | Director Arif Khan
In the near future, a refugee with a purple iris attempts to cross the border to start a new life, but is kidnapped by a doctor obsessed with collecting the rarest eyes.
THE SURROGATE | Director South Turk
A young boy ventures into the woods to retrieve a ball, unaware that he's being watched.
WELCOME TO HELLTOWN | Director Dominic Reno
SHOCK! Ghost stories. BOO! Local legends. GAG! Everything you’ve heard is true. In Helltown, allow the Genuine Nerd from Cleveland, Ohio, Toby Radloff (American Splendor), to guide you through three weird tales that could only happen in Northern Ohio on the Fourth of July. Welcome to Helltown.
EVENTS + PODCASTS
SCARRED FOR LIFE PODCAST
Hosts Terry and Mary Beth interview writers, directors, and more about the films that got under their skin when they were kids and have them look back at the ways those films shaped them. Scarred For Life is a show that's brought us lots of joy this year! It's an honor to have Terry and Mary Beth join us for a special FAFF episode!
MICK GARRIS ON HOCUS POCUS
After taking time out of his busy schedule to talk about making The Stand with us back in May, we're incredibly excited to have the master of horror himself, Mr. Garris, joining us for another conversation about the enduring legacy of the film Hocus Pocus as well as his own gateways into the horror genre as a young man.
SCREEN DRAFTS PODCAST: HALLOWEEN WES CRAVEN EDITION
Commissioners Clay Keller and Ryan Marker are joined by special guest GM’s Clarke Wolf and Dylan Guerra (hosts of AMC’s The Walking Dead Universe on Twitch) for a FAFF 10 exclusive Live Wes Craven draft sure to forever change the way you think of the late master of horror’s filmography. Will Shocker finally get it’s due? Will the dog flashbacks of the contractually obligated Hills Have Eyes 2 be carefully explored and considered? Will Bubz show up? Tune in y’all!
THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
If you've seen Clay Chapman perform at either of our last two editions of the Chattanooga Film Festival, then you already know he's indisputably one of the world's greatest living storytellers. The man managed to make us afraid of baby carrots (don't ask). The Halloween season is nothing without a good scary story, and we couldn't be prouder to have the mad genius that is Chapman on hand to tell us one.
SILVER SCREAM HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
Join CFF Fan Favorites Professor Morte, Guna, and of course, Bubz for a Halloween Special filled with madness and mayhem sure to put you in the Halloween spirit faster than doing pumpkin spice blow with the great pumpkin himself. Take our word for it.
NIGHTMARE UNIVERSITY WITH DR. REBEKAH MCKENDRY
Genre film historian, a national treasure, and CFF Audience Award-Winning filmmaker Rebekah McKendry joins us for a fascinating deep dive into horror cinema in a FAFF exclusive Nightmare University Lecture.
FAFFTER PARTY WITH SPECIAL GUESTS 200 STAB WOUNDS
Ancient FAFF tradition dictates that for our FAFFter Party, we must offer a dark sacrifice of face shreddingly radical death metal unto the old gods. 2020 has been a dumpster fire of mythic proportions, and for our money, no band has helped ease the pain of this cosmic Shit show more than Ohio's 200 Stab Wounds. For our metalhead fans out there, get ready to meet your new favorite band. For those of you who've already spent some time with Piles of Festering Decomposition, the band's debut EP, you'll understand why we high-fived in our office when these dudes agreed to be a part of this year.
WOLFMAN’S GOT NARDS ROUND TABLE
Celebrating the home video release of Andre Gower and Henry McComas love letter to the fans of The Monster Squad and also exploring the film’s enduring legacy as a gateway into the horror genre to so many of us we’re proud to have Andre and Henry join us for a special FAFF exclusive chat!
For more information, visit https://faff.festivee.com and follow Chattanooga Film Festival on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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