BUFFALO SCREAMS Special Guests

Buffal Screams Horror Film Festival is all about the movies, but we're pleased to feature special guests as well.  Although our guests generally have product available for sale in our small dealers' room, we encourage them to watch as many movies as possible, and to interact with the filmmakers and attendees for a richer film festival experience.

Actress and filmmaker Melantha Blackthorne will be our guest Wed, Oct. 26th - Friday, Oct. 30th.  Visiting us from Montreal, Canada, Melantha has appeared in several Buffalo based horror and science fiction productions, and she'll be screening a short film she directed, for which she'll conduct a Q & A.

Paige Davis is the Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Alternative Cinema, which includes the distribution labels Shock-O-Rama, Camp Motion Pictures, and Seduction Cinemas.  AC is one of the few indie genre distributors to survive the current economic crisis.  This is a rare opportunity for local filmmakers - and all of our visiting filmmakers! - to get first hand information on what it takes for an indie film to land a distribution deal, what delivery materials are required, and what it takes to properly promote a film in today's market.  Paige will be our guest Wed, Oct. 26th,a nd Thursday, Oct. 27th.

Roy Frumkes is the writer and producer of the 1987 cult classic Street Trash, which he'll be screening at Buffalo Screams along with Swirlee, a short film starring James Lorinz and David Caruso, and the final version of The Definitive Document of the Dead, his decades-in-the-making examination of the career of George Romero.  Roy is also the creator of The Substitute movie starring Tom Berenger and Treat Williams, and he produced The Sweet Life, starring Joan Jett, which had its theatrical run in Buffalo.  Roy will be our guest Friday, Oct. 28th, Saturday, October 29th, and Sunday, October 30th.  We're proud to present Roy with the Beuffalo Screams Dedication to Excellence in Independent Filmmaking Award (previosuly awarded to Debbie Rcohon).

Tony Mauro is a Buffalo based artist who has created many posters for Hollywood blockbusters and genre films, and now concentrates on fantasy art for book covers.  Tony will be conduct a look at the process involved in creating psoter art, from concept to finished piece, and we will be recognizing his achievements at our awards dinner on Sunday, Oct. 30th.

Rod Durick is the head of Buffalo based Zombified Studios, a full service special make-up effects studio in Buffalo.  Rod was the special make-up effects supervisor on Slime City Massacre and The Final Night and Day.  His instructional book Filming the Undead: How to Make Your Own Zombie Movie  was just published.

MORE INFORMATION TO COME!