Hexploitation Film Festival
27 Dundurn St. N. L8R 3C9 Hamilton, ON, Canada

Now COVID-19 is messing with Blu-ray disc production. Raven Banner Entertainment's Hunky Boy Edition release of PG: Psycho Goreman has been delayed due to a shortage of polycarbonate plastics which are used to produce both medical syringes and Blu-rays.

Longtime festival supporter Ken Colville has released his first novel on Amazon. Check it out! "A sudden unexplainable flash of blinding light leads to the appearance of a mysterious green spore growing throughout a rural backyard. Now its up to two best friends to figure out what is happening, before its too late. First time author, Kenneth Rae Colville, offers a glimpse into an exciting new world, a world filled with strange and unexplainable events, where your fears become reality, where anything is possible, and after the flash, this world is just beginning to grow."

Staircase Cafe Theatre is now open for bubble screenings! Peep these deets

Jill Gevargizian's The Stylist feature film is now available to stream in the US, UK, and Canada via Arrow Video. Although we did not have the pleasure of screening this feature, members of its creative team are no strangers to HXFF and we want to congratulate them on the release of their latest film. Check it out! In 2016, we screened Gevargizian's short film "The Stylist" (on which the feature is based) where it won our award for MOST SHOCKING SHORT. In 2014 we screened Gevargizian's short CALL GIRL (starring Tristan Risk) and John Pata's short PITY (Pata is the editor on The Stylist feature). The film is expected to make its way to Blu-ray and VOD platforms in June.

For a limited time, you can watch the HXFF Official Selection FP2: BEATS OF RAGE for free on Youtube! 2019 Winner: Funniest Film, Best Visual Effects. Dance Dance Revolution meets Mortal Kombat meets Mad Max! In a post-apocalyptic future, the legendary Beat-Beat Revelation dance warrior JTRO must return to the deadly dance sport he swore to leave behind. JTRO and KCDC - his mystical hype man - will quest deep into The Wastes, a land decimated by the Beat Wars, to compete in ...the ancient Beat-Beat tournament, "Beats of Rage," and face AK-47 the sole stealer, JTRO's most powerful and personal foe yet. 2018, DIR. JASON TROST. 89 MIN. USA Starring: Jason Trost, Nick Principe, Mike O' Gorman

Hex Film Fest founder and director Aaron Allen was a guest this week on the Halloween Panel of the Art Waves radio show (The Hawk 101.5 FM) to discuss horror and the body. What more perfect context than during these times of COVID-19? Download the episode or stream it online: https://archive.org//406horror-panel-2020-w-bd-ferguson-aa

Now streaming in Canada! Worldwide coming soon Making Monsters #creatureactor #creatureperformer #horror #horrormovie #indiefilm The Bokeh Collective Ginger Cat Studios Vortex Media Buck Productions

Making Monsters -- the winner of five HXFF 2020 awards including BEST FEATURE FILM -- is now available in Canada! Just in time for Halloween, Vortex Media has released the Bokeh Collective and Buck Productions film MAKING MONSTERS on Digital HD and On Demand. To celebrate, Vortex Media is hosting an Instagram Pumpkin Carving Contest for a chance to win a Vortex Media Prize Pack. ... In MAKING MONSTERS, a celebrity couple famed for their YouTube scare-prank channel are invited to a friend’s converted church in the countryside for a weekend getaway where a series of startling events unfold that spiral them into an inexplicable nightmare. The film stars Jonathan Craig (Carved), Alana Elmer (Latched, Kookie) and Tim Loden (Bloodlines, Chuck). Making Monsters is produced by Jarrett Siddall (Kookie), Justin Harding (Latched, Kookie, Amazing Race Canada), Sean Buckley (Another WolfCop, Hellmington) with executive producer Dale Andrews (Carved, Latched). MAKING MONSTERS is now available On Demand and on Digital HD in Canada at iTunes, Rogers, Shaw, Telus, Bell and more.

On October 15th at 5 Drive-In Oakville, see the multi-award winning horror film MAKING MONSTERS which slayed the HXFF 2020 audience at its Hamilton Premiere in February. HXFF 2020 - Best Film (Audience Choice) HXFF 2020 - Scariest Film HXFF 2020 - Best Director (Rob Brunner & Justin Harding)... HXFF 2020 - Best Actress (Alana Elmer) HXFF 2020 - Best Supporting Actor (Jonathan Craig) See more

Now streaming in Canada! Worldwide coming soon Making Monsters #creatureactor #creatureperformer #horror #horrormovie #indiefilm The Bokeh Collective Ginger Cat Studios Vortex Media Buck Productions

WOLFMAN'S GOT NARDS -- the HXFF 2019 winner for Best Documentary -- is heading to release from Gravitas Ventures hitting VOD platforms in time for Halloween and Blu-Ray in the USA.

The VelociPastor our HXFF 2018 Winner Best Film (Audience Choice) gets the HDTGM treatment.

Looks like 5 Drive-In Oakville had a spooky time with Making Monsters!

CRYSTAL EYES (Mirada de Cristal), which had its Canadian Premiere at HXFF 2019 and picked up five awards that year including BEST DIRECTOR, is now available to stream on the Arrow Video Channel. If you love 80s slashers and giallo films, check out this fiendish fusion. https://www.facebook.com/watch/

Award-winning Canadian werewolf film Beast Within (which was an official selection of HXFF 2020 under the name Hunter’s Moon) is now available in North America on VOD https://www.beastwithinmovie.com/ondemand

Strap in and prepare to plunge into the cutthroat world of FASHION VICTIMS and BLOOD OF THE YAKUZA - The Arrow Video Channel September line-up is here, and it's going to knock you off your feet! Switch on, tune in, and sign up for your 30 day free trial now: apple.co/arrowvideo

The VelociPastor our HXFF 2018 Winner Best Film (Audience Choice) gets the HDTGM treatment.

Coming soon from the HXFF award-winning filmmakers of CHARISMATA. Barbara Crampton stars in the Lovecraftian horror film SACRIFICE (aka. THE COLOUR OF MADNESS).

AUG 11th: our friends at Shock Stock are bringing a grindhouse double feature of EVIL DEAD and PIECES to Starlite Hamilton, and our buddies at Black Fawn Distribution will have a booth! This might be your only chance this year to get Black Fawn Films merch in person. This is the horror event of the summer! Don’t miss out.

Black Fawn is BACK & this time we’re back to back, supporting a double-feature that will tear you in two! This Tuesday, Black Fawn will have a booth at the Sho...ck Stock Drive In Spectacular screening of Pieces & The Evil Dead at the Starlight Drive-In in the Hamilton area. So come enjoy these two legendary flicks, and swing by to say hi, we miss ya! See ya soon, Groovy. Shout outs to Grindhouse Releasing, Vagrancy Films, Jacob Windatt James Bialkowski Evil Dead Evil Dead

The production of UMBRELLA ACADEMY season 2 took over big sections of our city for months, turning whole streets into 1960s era Dallas. Not going to lie, we kind of wish those 1960s era diners and movie theatres that popped up on Ottawa St. were real!

For those of you who expressed interest in getting more information about the closure of our longtime venue -- The Staircase Theatre -- the Spec has an article about these developments.

Hey everybody, have you heard the news? CRYPTIDS -- the Feature Length Creature Horror Anthology starring horror host Joe Bob Briggs -- is now crowdfunding on Indiegogo, and there are a lot of former Hexploitation/Fright Night Theatre alumni and award-winning filmmakers involved! CRYPTIDS is a horror anthology that takes place in a radio station on a show called "The Truth Serum" hosted by Major Harlan Dean (Briggs). One night, Harlan decides to tackle the topic of cryptozool...ogy but as the phone lines light up and the calls come in, each caller's story becomes increasingly more bizarre, and Harlan starts to question if real dangers are lurking outside the station. The anthology is produced by Justin M. Seaman (The Barn) and Zane Hershberger (Force to Fear), and will feature segments directed by other festival alum like Billy Pon (Circus of the Dead) and Brett DeJager (Bonejangles). Check out the link for full details as well as the exclusive news of Joe Bob's casting dropped by Rue Morgue: https://rue-morgue.com/exclusive-poster-comments-joe-bob-b/

This post is a tribute to former festival and event volunteer Sarah White who passed yesterday (1979-2020). As a horror fan, model, and makeup artist, Sarah was one of our biggest supporters in the early years of Horror in the Hammer, the Hamilton Zombie Walk, and Fright Night Theatre / Hexploitation. Whether it was dressing up as a ghoul or vamp to hand out flyers or to assist with makeup at our events, she was always game to participate in our shenanigans. One of our favorite memories was in 2015 during our SCARY SH*T short film presentation. In tribute to the marketing gimmicks of William Castle, we offered attendees "DEATH INSURANCE" in case of Death By Fright. Sarah, of course, showed up as our glamorous nurse to perform a mock physical on all attendees. Sarah was beloved by many friends, family, and admirers. She will be missed.

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