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HAPPENING HERE, JUST IN TIME
FOR HALLOWEEN!
IT'S THE RHODE ISLAND
INTERNATIONAL HORROR FILM
FESTIVAL, AND IT'S RETURNING FOR
ITS 13TH, YES, 13TH ANNUAL
GHOULISH YEAR.
JOINING US IS GEORGE MARSHALL,
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
FESTIVAL.
FRIGHTENING FLICKS.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU
FOR HAVING ME.
OF COURSE.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THIS FOR OUR 13TH YEAR.
WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT THIS,
THE GOVERNOR RECENTLY SAID THAT
THIS IS ARTS AND HUMIDITIES
MONTH, AND ACTUALLY EVERY MONTH
IS ARTS AND HUMIDITIES MONTH.
BUT THIS FESTIVAL REALLY
COMPLEMENTS THAT, AND WHAT'S
NEAT ABOUT THIS IS WE GET
ACTUALLY HUNDREDS OF ENTRIES
FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE TO COME
IN.
I GET FASCINATED, I THOUGHT THIS
WAS AN AMERICAN THING, BUT WE
HAVE FILMS FROM GERMANY, FROM
BRAZIL, FROM SPAIN, LITERALLY
ALL OVER THE GLOBE.
THE GENRE HAS BECOME SO POPULAR,
IT'S ALSO INTERESTING BECAUSE A
LOT OF THE STUFF SEEMS TO BE
REFLECTING THE WORK OF H. B.
PROVIDENCE.
EVERY YEAR WE DO A WALKING TOUR
THAT DRAWS 50, 06 MORE PEOPLE.
IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THAT AND TO
KNOW THAT SOMEBODY WHO CAME FROM
THIS COMMUNITY HAS TOUCHED SO
MANY PEOPLE WITH THEIR WORK.
YEAH.
NOW, THIS FESTIVAL IS DIFFERENT.
WE'VE HAD A FEW DIFFERENT KINDS
OF FILM FESTIVALS IN RHODE
ISLAND.
HOW DOES THIS DIFFER FROM
SNORES.
IT'S VERY SPECIFICALLY NICHED
TO HORROR, SCI-FI AND FANTASY.
THIS IS VERY MUCH A TARGET
MARKET, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
STATE.
WE'RE AT FORT ADAMS RIGHT NOW,
RUNNING A SERIES FROM THE
BEGINNING OF THE MONTH WITH
THEIR NIGHTMARE OF HORROR, THE
FORTRESS OF NIGHT NIGHTMARE THEY
HAVE THERE, AND WE'RE RUNNING
MOVIES IN THE BARRACKS.
WHERE ELSE IS IT GOING TO BE
SHOWN?
JAMESTOWN ART CENTER,
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND, THE
THEATER IN DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE,
THE BELL STEET CHAPEL THEATER,
EVERYWHERE INCLUDING ROGER
WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY AND
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND IN
KINGSTON.
WOW, EMP HAS IT.
YOU SENT US TWO CLIPS.
FIRST WAS THE SHADOW OF
UNNAMABLES.
TOTALLY UNNAMABLE.
IT'S FROM GERMANY, SET IN THE
17TH CENTURY.
GERMANY.
WHAT AMAZES ME IS THAT THIS
CULTURAL LEVEL, THIS ICON, HAS
ACTUALLY JUST MOVED ACROSS THE
GLOBE.
AND TERROR SEEMS TO RECENT ON
ATE NOW.
THE FILM IS EXTRAORDINARILY WELL
DEVELOPED, AND IT'S GOING TO
SHOCK YOU.
OH, I BET.
ANOTHER ONE THAT SHOCKED ME IN A
DIFFERENT WAY, MY FRIEND, WAS
LIFELESS.
LIFELESS.
BP DOYLE, OUT OF NEW YORK FILM
ACADEMY.
HE'S UNIQUE AS A FILMMAKER
BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT THE TOPIC
IS, HE ADDS MUSIC.
IT'S ALWAYS ORIGINAL MUSIC.
I LOVE IT.
THESE ARE SINGING ZOMBIES.
YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT MY
GOODNESS.
I HEARD BIT, I SAID, I LOVE
MUSIC, I LIKE ZOMBIES, I
DEFINITELY IMMEDIATE TO -- NEED
TO THEY CHECK THIS OUT.
THANK YOU.
TO CATCH THESE HORRIFYING
FILMS HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE,