Global InformationRhode Island International Horror Film Festival information
| Location | Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| Hosted by | Rhode Island International Film Festival |
| Website | http://www.film-festival.org/Horror_ri.php |
The Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Providence, Rhode Island, which features a wide variety of horror, sci-fi, and thriller films, as well as documentaries, from the United States and around the world. Founded in 2000, as one of several "festival sidebars" of the Rhode Island International Film Festival, it is the largest and longest-running horror film festival in New England.[1][2][3]
The festival is known for screening formerly lost and restored films, most often silent films with live accompaniment, at the historic Columbus Theatre. The German horror films Nosferatu (1922) and Unheimliche Geschichten (1919) premiered at the 2002 and 2004 festivals respectively.[4] Several years later, the festival offered a special world premiere screening of Roger Corman's The Fall of the House of Usher (1960) which had been restored and in high definition.[5] The event has also featured guest appearances by actors and filmmakers, book-signings from horror writers, art exhibitions, and the annual H.P. Lovecraft Walking Tour.[6]
A number of films have made their U.S. or international premieres at the festival. In 2004 alone, six festival entries made their U.S. premiere and five made their world premiere. Other films have included: Dark Remains (2005), Day X (2005), Pretty Dead Things (2006), Sea of Dust (2008), Chloe and Attie (2009), and Sudden Death! (2010). In January 2006, the Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival was called one of the top horror film festivals in the United States by Rue Morgue.[7] MovieMaker has described the festival as "one of New England’s premier cinema events".[3] The 2012 Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival received 461 submissions from 20 countries of which 63 films were selected. That same year, Chris Hallock of Diabolique Magazine wrote that it had "quietly become one of the top horror film festivals in the world".[2]
- ^ The Independent Film & Video Monthly. Vol. 29. New York: Foundation for Independent Video and Film, 2006. (pg. 53)
- ^ a b Hallock, Chris (November 6, 2012). "Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival 2012". DiaboliqueMagazine.com. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
- ^ a b Wood, Jennifer M. (October 21, 2009). "Horror Comes to Rhode Island". MovieMaker. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
- ^ "BEST BETS - Great ideas for the weekend". The Providence Journal. October 14, 2004.
- ^ "R.I. International Horror Film Festival creeps into town". The Providence Journal. October 21, 2010.
- ^ Larsen, Mary (host) (October 24, 2012). "Happening Here: Horror Film Fest comes to RI". The Rhode Show. WPRI-TV.
- ^ "The Definitive 2006 Horror Convention Schedule". Rue Morgue. Issue #53 (January 2006)