Texas Frightmare Weekend is pleased to announce that they are presenting this year’s midnight/horror features at the Lone Star International Film Festival (Fort Worth, Nov. 12-16)! The first film is a Swedish feature that is getting rave reviews:


Let the Right One In ( Trailer / Buy Tickets) 10:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14 at AMC Palace 1 (Sundance Square)


Oskar, a fragile 12-year-old boy, regularly bullied by his classmates befriends a peculiar girl, Eli, who moves in next door. A series of disappearances and macabre murders coincide with her arrival —a man is found strung up in a tree, another frozen in the lake, a woman bitten in the neck. Captivated by her eccentric ways, Oskar soon figures out that Eli is the vampire responsible for the gruesome murders around town. Nevertheless, their friendship strengthens, and a subtle romance blooms. In spite of their loyalty to each other, Eli can only survive if she keeps moving. But when Oskar faces his darkest hour, Eli returns to defend him the only way she can.


DEADGIRL
(Website, Trailer)
DEADGIRL is screening at Midnight Saturday the 15th. Theater and tickets TBA.


Bound to draw controversy by virtue of its premise alone, Deadgirl spins a smart and surprisingly funny tale of friendship, morality and the horror of growing up.


Rickie (Shiloh Fernandez) and JT (Noah Segan) are the kids you remember from high school as skids or bangers – dudes from the wrong side of the tracks. One afternoon, the pair skip class and escape their adolescent despair by quaffing beers and causing mischief at an abandoned mental hospital. Breaking through a rusted door that leads into a boiler room, they discover the naked body of a woman strapped to a gurney and covered in plastic. At first they suspect they’ve stumbled into the lair of a deranged killer, but the rusted entrance is proof that no one else has been in the space for years.


Things take a dark turn when the body shows signs of life, and JT suggests he and Rickie shouldn’t waste the opportunity to have some lewd and lusty fun with their naked captive. Horrified and disgusted by his friend’s intentions in this unusual circumstance, Rickie struggles with his own moral compass. When word of their discovery spreads, a dangerous battle of wills erupts between friends, leading to a disturbing climax.

Tags: film, Horror, Lone Star International Film Festival, screening, Texas Frightmare Weekend

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