Eerie Horror Fest Kicks Off This Week in Pennsylvania!

The Eerie Horror Fest kicks off this week at the historic Warner Theatre in downtown Erie, Pennsylvania and runs from October 4-7, 2023. For tickets and more information, go to www.eeriehorrorfest.com.

“This year the Eerie Horror Fest received submissions from 25 different countries,” says Festival Director John C. Lyons. “Every film submission was watched by at least 4 members of our programming team and we broke our own rules to select 6 Pitch Competition finalists. We were blown away by the amount of talent out there. The horror genre is truly alive and well!”

The highlight of the fest is that American filmmaker, photographer, and artist, Mark Pellington, will be in attendance at this year’s epic event. On Friday, October 6th, the Fest will be screening his 2002 cult classic, The Mothman Prophecies, starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Debra Messing, and Will Patton. Pellington will join the festival’s pop-culture sociologist, Dr. Rhonda Matthews, for an in-depth Q&A immediately following the film. In addition, Pellington will take part in an industry panel on Saturday, October 7 and be available for meet and greet sessions where he will have original photos and storyboards from his various projects available for purchase and autographs.

Here’s the Full Eerie Horror Fest 2023 Program

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4th

8pm

Night of the Living Dead

Special Screening w/ Live Score by Morricone Youth

Director: George A. Romero

Country: United States

Runtime: 96 minutes

1968

Guests: Introduced by Tina Romero

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5th

4pm

EILEEN DIETZ

Meet and Greet
Autographs / Photos

5pm

Pitch Competition

Arkham: The Thing on the Doorstep

Bradley & Christopher Thompson

Beyond a Goodbye

Jacob Perrett & Taylor Rhoades

Look Twice

William Davis & Kyle Wilson

Oread

Lee Copeland

Queen of the Night

Lauren Pruitt

The Tale of Nick Stalker

Katie Nixon

Judges:

Jackie George (Warner Bros)

Brandon Hill (Blood Oath)

Jungyoon Kim (Blumhouse),

Aaron B. Koontz (Blood Oath)

Suzanne Romero (George A. Romero Foundation)

Tina Romero (George A. Romero Foundation)

Ashleigh Snead (Blood Oath)

9pm

Totally Killer

Special Screening

Director: Nahnatchka Khan

Country: United States

Runtime: 106 minutes

2023

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6th

10:15am

Grizzly

Special Screening

Director: William Girdler

Country: United States

Runtime: 89 minutes

1976

12pm

Deadline

Film Submission

Director: Idan Gilboa

Country: Israel

Runtime: 13 minutes

2023

12:15pm

Piranha

Special Screening

Director: Joe Dante

Country: United States

Runtime: 94 minutes

1978

2pm

The Smile

Film Submission

Director: Erik van Schaaik

Country: Netherlands

Runtime: 15 minutes

2022

2:15pm

Alligator

Special Screening

Director: Lewis Teague

Country: United States

Runtime: 94 minutes

1980

3pm

MARK PELLINGTON

Meet and Greet

Autographs / Photos

3pm

EILEEN DIETZ

Meet and Greet

Autographs / Photos

3pm

NANCY LOOMIS
Meet and Greet

Autographs / Photos

4pm

The Pump-King

Film Submission

Director: Ethan Joseph

Country: United States (Edinboro)

Runtime: 3 minutes

2022

Saetnere

Film Submission

Director: Jeremy Parsons

Country: United States (Pittsburgh)

Runtime: 8 minutes

2023

Eerie Times

Film Submission

Director: Aerie Lombardozzi

Country: United States (Pittsburgh)

Runtime: 10 minutes

2023

4:30pm

Door (Remastered)

Special Screening

Director: Banmei Takahashi

Country: Japan

Runtime: 95 minutes

1988

6pm

She Dreamt Alone

Film Submission

Director: Nina McNeely

Country: United States

Runtime: 6 minutes

2023

Tears of the Witch

Film Submission

Director: Poul Erik Madsen

Country: Denmark

Runtime: 23 minutes

2022

6:30pm

Sigil

Film Submission

Director: Jacob Perrett

Country: United States (Meadville)

Runtime: 110 minutes

2022

7pm

EILEEN DIETZ

Meet and Greet

Autographs / Photos

7pm

NANCY LOOMIS
Meet and Greet

Autographs / Photos

9pm

The Mothman Prophecies

Special Screening

Director: Mark Pellington

Country: United States

Runtime: 119 minutes

2002

11pm

MARK PELLINGTON

Q&A

Celebrity Guest

12am

MARK PELLINGTON
Meet and Greet

Autographs / Photos

12:15am

Devils

Special Screening

Director: Kim Jae-Hoon

Country: South Korea

Runtime: 105 minutes

2023

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7th

11am

Hocus Pocus

Special Screening

Director: Kenny Ortega

Country: United States

Runtime: 96 minutes

1993

11am

Basic Mask Sculpting

Workshop

“Monster” Mark Kosobucki

12pm

“Fire the Photons”

Workshop

R. Frank Media

12:30pm

Child Safety & Trick or Treat

Presentation

1pm

How to Attract and Attach Talent to Your Film

Industry Panel

Panelists:
Jackie George (Warner Bros)

Brandon Hill (Blood Oath)

Ashleigh Snead (Blood Oath)

Mark Pellington (Pellington Films)

Patrick J. Rush (Patrick Rush Casting)

1pm

Alicia

Film Submission

Director: Tony Morales

Country: Spain

Runtime: 6 minutes

2023

Treeline

Film Submission

Director: Freddie Bonfanti

Country: United Kingdom

Runtime: 12 minutes

2023

Bad Boy Buck

Film Submission

Director: James Fitzgerald

Country: Ireland

Runtime: 22 minutes

2022

Why We Don’t Visit Anymore

Film Submission

Director: Orok Duke

Country: Nigeria

Runtime: 22 minutes

2022

Jeong-Dong

Film Submission

Director: Choi Woo Gene

Country: Republic of Korea

Runtime: 23 minutes

2023

2pm

CLAUDIO SIMONETTI

Meet and Greet

Autographs / Photos

2pm

MARK PELLINGTON

Meet and Greet

Autographs / Photos

2pm

Horror Legends

A Conversation with Eileen Dietz & Nancy Loomis

3pm

The Crazies

50th Anniversary Special Screening

Director: George A. Romero

Country: United States

Runtime: 103 minutes

1973

Guests: Live Commentary by the George A. Romero Foundation

5pm

EILEEN DIETZ

Meet and Greet

Autographs / Photos

5pm

NANCY LOOMIS

Meet and Greet

Autographs / Photos

5:15pm

Room Tone

Film Submission

Director: Michael Gabriele

Country: United States

Runtime: 9 minutes

2023

We Forgot About the Zombies

Film Submission

Director:

Country:

Runtime: 4 minutes

2022

The Sprayer

Film Submission

Director: Farnoosh Abedi

Country: Islamic Republic of Iran

Runtime: 9 minutes

2022

La Nueva (The Newcomer)

Film Submission

Director: Ivan Villamel

Country: Spain

Runtime: 15 minutes

2022

Escalation

Film Submission

Director: Christian Bachini

Country: Italy

Runtime: 15 minutes

2022

6pm

Portraits

Film Submission

Director: Stephanie Paris

Country: United States

Runtime: 84 minutes

2023

9pm

CLAUDIO SIMONETTI’S GOBLIN

Music Performance

Live Concert Event

11pm

After Party

Voodoo Brewing Co.

12am

Some Visitors

Film Submission

Director: Paul Hibbard

Country: United States

Runtime: 28 minutes

2022

12:45am

Visitors

Special Screening

Director:

Country:

Runtime: 61 minutes

2023