Interview William Mahaffey, director Knoxville Horror Film Festival - Episode 9 - HNR Extra

The Horror News Radio grue-crew continue their 2016 journey to a series of amazing horror film festivals up and down the East Coast. Next up for Doc Rotten and, for this festival, Chad Hunt is the jam packed Knoxville Horror Film Festival in Tennessee playing October 21 - 23, 2016. Doc sits down with the director of the festival, William Mahaffey. The show has continued to to grow over the past year and the line up is as strong as ever, including showings of Phantasm Remastered and Phantasm Ravager. William shares his journey, the films and a peak into the future for the Festival.

Be sure to catch more of Horror News Radio each week where Doc is joined by regular co-hosts The Black Saint, Dave Dreher and Thomas Mariani. And continue to look to HNR Extra for additional reviews of Festival film, Horror on TV and interviews with directors, writers, effects artists and stars of the best horror films the independent market has to offer. Look for Paul Cardullo to return to discuss the films seen at GenreBlast Film Festival and Chad will discuss the films seen this weekend at the Knoxville Horror Film Festival.

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Episode 009 – Interview w/ William Mahaffey, director Knoxville Horror Film Festival
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 INTERVIEW: William Mahaffey, director Knoxville Horror Film Festival (2016)

For the eighth annual Knoxville Horror Film Festival, the programming crew have gathered an amazing festival full of fantastic horror films. Director William Mahaffey is here to discuss the festival, the films and the future. First he shares the origins of the festival and the passion he and his team have going into the curating and execution of the event each and every year. He shares some of the decisions he faces as he schedules the films. He also goes through each of the feature films and highlights many of the sensational shorts playing at this years festival. He also gives us a peak at the plans for next year including when and how to submit films for 2017.

The 2016 Knoxville Horror Film Festival Schedule

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2016 at Regal Cinemas Downtown West 8

• Trash Fire: d. Richard Bates Jr.
  • The Call of Charlie: d. Nick Spooner
  • The Stylist: d. Jill Gevargizian
• Phantasm Remastered: d. Don Coscarelli
  • Feeding Time: d. Matt Mercer
  • When Susurrus Stirs: d. Anthony Cousins
• Bad Blood: d. Time Reis
  • Postman Pat's Pet Sematary: d. Lee Hardcastle
  • Death Metal: d. Chris McInroy

 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2016 at Regal Cinemas Downtown West 8

• The Master Cleanse: d. Bobby Miller
  • An Eldritch Place: d. Julien Jauniaux
  • Deathly: d. Mike Williamson
• Fury of the Demon: d. Fabien Delage
  • Black Ring: d. Hasan Can Dagli
  • The Call: d. Alban Ravassard
  • A Knock at the Door: d. Katrina Rennels, Wendie Weldon
  • Polaroid: d. Lars Clevberg
• Red Christmas: d. Craig Anderson
  • Doll: d. Michael Peer
  • Madre de Dios: d. Gigi Saul Guerrero
  • Ideal: d. Kevan Tucker
• Phantasm: Ravager: d. David Hartman
  • Curve: d. Tim Egan
  • No Touching: d. Adam Davis, Will Corona Pilgrim
• The Greasy Strangler: d. Jim Hosking
  • Born Again: d. Jason Tostevin
  • The Procedure: d. Calvin Lee Reeder
• GG Grindhouse Grind-Out

 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2016 at Scruffy City Hall

• Short Block
  • The Sunken Convent: d. Michael Panduro
  • Cauchemar Capitonne: d. Sebastatien Huberdeau, Maude St. Pierre
  • The Plan: d. Ariel Poupart
  • The Sound Of Blue Green & Red: d. Joshua Erkman
  • Laura, Lost: Simon Sanquist
• Sadako vs Kayako: d. Koji Shiraishi
• Short Block
  • Wonderful Talking Board: A Misadventure in Belief
  • Bedside Visitors
  • There’s Something Down The Road: d. August Aguilar
  • Hush Little Baby
  • Bobby McGee: Ghost Hunter
• Beyond the Gates: d. Jackson Stewart
• Awards Party

GRUESOME LINKS

• Knoxville Horror Film Festival