Thriller! Chiller! Festival taking 2009 off

Thriller! Chiller! Festival

Organizers of Grand Rapids’ own Thriller! Chiller! Festival say, in a notice on the festival’s website say they will taking a “bye year to work on our own collective film projects while enjoying the increased business opportunities to thrive in our professions as Michigan transforms into Hollywood North.”

The festival usually runs in October and is a showcase for horror, sci-fi, action, and suspense movies and runs out of the Wealthy Theater in Grand Rapids.

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Originally published October 19, 2008:

Local Film Festival “Thriller! Chiller!” begins Thursday at Wealthy Theater in Grand Rapids

Its the 3rd year of this local film festival showcasing more than 30 small, independently made sci-fi, action, suspense, horror, thrillers and chillers and showing a few classic movies like “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, “The Shining”, and “Night of the Living Dead”.

The 4-day Thriller! Chiller! festival begins Thursday night at Wealthy Theater in Grand Rapids with the opening night selections: the feature length “Art of Pain”, the 10 minute short “Dusty”, the 5 minute short “The Green Machine”, and the 32 minute short “Vito Power”.

Thriller! Chiller!’s organizers are from the Grand Rapids area and are determined for you to have fun – check this entry on the festival’s website: “We will play genre movies – and play them well – and be proud of it.  We will encourage audience participation.  Our festival will be a party and we’ll have fun, scary and thrilling movies for your enjoyment.  No need to hide it. We’re all friends here.  Have fun at a film festival again.  This one is for the real fans out there.  Come to a festival where you can still call a film a movie.”

In addition to the 38 other student movies and independently produced features, there are 4 mainstream movies you’ve no doubt heard of:

“Night of the Living Dead” – showing Thursday night (Oct 23) at 5pm

“Raiders of the Lost Ark” - showing Friday night (Oct 24) at 8pm

“Monsters, Inc.” - showing Saturday afternoon (Oct 25) at 1pm

“The Shining” - showing Satuday night (Oct 25) at 10:30pm

Its not just about movies, there are also seminars and discussions on Sound Effects, Makeup & FX, and Filmmaking in Michigan.

For tickets/more info: go to the Thriller! Chiller! website