Horror

RIIFF Vortex Horror Film Fest Starts

The Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror Film Festival starts Saturday in venues across the state. The week includes films, shorts, H.P. Lovecraft walking tours and Lovecraft-inspired film screenings, and a few “Conversation with” events as well. A phantasmagoric symphony of international films blasts its way across the big screen as the Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film …

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‘They Remain’ Starts At Cable Car

Horror/sci-fi/mystery hybrid “They Remain” opens Friday at the Cable Car Cinema. Directed by Providence filmmaker Philip Gelatt, who also adapted the screenplay, the movie stars William Jackson Harper of NBC’s ‘The Good Place.’ It won ‘Best Feature Film’ at the Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, Oregon, and the lead won ‘Best Actor’ at the Panic …

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Creature Triple Feature For Halloween

Theoretically you could see all three. Thursday, October 30 @ the Avon Cinema — National Theatre Live presents the Battle of the Sherlocks . . . Danny Boyle’s “Frankenstein.” National Theatre Live’s 2011 broadcast of Frankenstein returns to cinemas as part of the National Theatre’s 50th anniversary celebrations. Frankenstein enjoyed a sell-out run at the National …

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H.P. Lovecraft Walking Tours — Saturday & Sunday

Providence native and cult horror writer H.P. Lovecraft will be the subject of a special walking tour and film series during the annual Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival. The life and work of Providence’s best-known fantasy and horror author, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, provide the backdrop for this walking tour. Acknowledged genius of occult and …

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RI International Horror Film Festival Starts

The RI International Horror Film Festival starts Monday and runs through Sunday, October 26th. Many events are scheduled in venues around Providence. Monday, Tuesday: free films, 3:30pm, Providence Public Library Thursday: “Thursday Night Spooktacular,” 7pm, Bell Street Chapel, 5 Bell Street Friday: 6:30pm, sci-fi double feature/9pm, thrillers, Bell Street Chapel/7:30pm, URI Paff Auditorium “Date Night …

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Macabre Horror Shorts At AS220

(10.14) Join host Carlos Gonzalez in the concert hall at AS220 for an evening of MACABRE, FR3AK, H0RR0R, and W3IRD0 short films. Filmmakers include: Alee Peoples, AT, Caitlin Doughty, Cordey Lopez, Cybele Collins, Jaime Mohr, Matt Underwood, Mike Stoltz, Xander Morro, and more. (Poster by Emily Salvatierra) Free, 9pm to 11:45pm, movies start 9:30pm, Sunday, …

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Lovecraft Double Feature At Cable Car

The Cable Car Cinema celebrates the birthday of horror writer, Rhode Island’s very own, H.P. Lovecraft (August 20, 1890) with a double feature — two nights only (note different times). The main attraction is The Whisperer in Darkness. Loft Cinema had this to say, In The Whisperer in Darkness, based on HP Lovecraft’s classic short …

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Lovecraft Walking Tour And Two Films

Providence native and cult horror writer H.P. Lovecraft will be the subject of a special walking tour and film series during the annual FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival. (Films will be shown at the Providence Public Library after the tour). The life and work of Providence’s best-known fantasy and horror author, Howard Phillips …

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Short Horror Films @AS220

Frank Difficult invites you to an evening of short horror films Wednesday at AS220. Come check out horror films — some made by local filmmakers, some in the public domain. We gettin’ creepy and poppin’ popcorn. Grab a horror themed cocktail from the bar to sip during the show. Features include; Torchlight by Lare Short, …

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Weird World of Eerie Publications tonight at Rochambeau Library

TONIGHT – January 13th, 7pm at the Rochambeau Library (708 Hope Street in Providence), Providence Community Library will be hosting Mike Howlett, author of “The Weird World of Eerie Publications” (Feral House, 2010). “Eerie Publications’ horror magazines brought blood and bad taste to America’s newsstands from 1965 through 1975. Ultra-gory covers and bottom-of-the-barrel production values …

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