The Eerie Horror Fest is set to launch this week at the historic Warner Theatre in downtown Erie, Pennsylvania, running from October 4-7, 2023. To purchase tickets and obtain further details, visit www.eeriehorrorfest.com.

John C. Lyons, Festival Director, states, “This year the Eerie Horror Fest received submissions from 25 different countries. Every film submission was watched by at least 4 members of our programming team, and we broke our own rules to select 6 Pitch Competition finalists. We were blown away by the amount of talent out there. The horror genre is truly alive and well!”

The highlight of the festival is the attendance of American filmmaker, photographer, and artist Mark Pellington. On Friday, October 6th, the festival will screen his 2002 cult classic, “The Mothman Prophecies,” featuring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Debra Messing, and Will Patton. Pellington will engage in an in-depth Q&A session following the film with the festival’s pop-culture sociologist, Dr. Rhonda Matthews. Additionally, Pellington will participate in an industry panel on Saturday, October 7, and will be available for meet and greet sessions where he will offer original photos and storyboards from his various projects for purchase and autographs.

Here’s the Full Eerie Horror Fest 2023 Program:

**WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4th**

8pm:
“Night of the Living Dead”
Special Screening with Live Score by Morricone Youth
Director: George A. Romero
Country: United States
Runtime: 96 minutes
1968
Guests: Introduced by Tina Romero

**THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5th**

4pm:
EILEEN DIETZ
Meet and Greet
Autographs / Photos

5pm:
Pitch Competition
Arkham: The Thing on the Doorstep – Bradley & Christopher Thompson
Beyond a Goodbye – Jacob Perrett & Taylor Rhoades
Look Twice – William Davis & Kyle Wilson
Oread – Lee Copeland
Queen of the Night – Lauren Pruitt
The Tale of Nick Stalker – Katie Nixon
Judges: Jackie George (Warner Bros), Brandon Hill (Blood Oath), Jungyoon Kim (Blumhouse), Aaron B. Koontz (Blood Oath), Suzanne Romero (George A. Romero Foundation), Tina Romero (George A. Romero Foundation), Ashleigh Snead (Blood Oath)

9pm:
“Totally Killer”
Special Screening
Director: Nahnatchka Khan
Country: United States
Runtime: 106 minutes
2023

**FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6th**

10:15am:
“Grizzly”
Special Screening
Director: William Girdler
Country: United States
Runtime: 89 minutes
1976

12pm:
“Deadline”
Film Submission
Director: Idan Gilboa
Country: Israel
Runtime: 13 minutes
2023

12:15pm:
“Piranha”
Special Screening
Director: Joe Dante
Country: United States
Runtime: 94 minutes
1978

2pm:
“The Smile”
Film Submission
Director: Erik van Schaaik
Country: Netherlands
Runtime: 15 minutes
2022

2:15pm:
“Alligator”
Special Screening
Director: Lewis Teague
Country: United States
Runtime: 94 minutes
1980

3pm:
MARK PELLINGTON
Meet and Greet
Autographs / Photos

3pm:
EILEEN DIETZ
Meet and Greet
Autographs / Photos

3pm:
NANCY LOOMIS
Meet and Greet
Autographs / Photos

4pm:
“The Pump-King”
Film Submission
Director: Ethan Joseph
Country: United States (Edinboro)
Runtime: 3 minutes
2022
“Saetnere”
Film Submission
Director: Jeremy Parsons
Country: United States (Pittsburgh)
Runtime: 8 minutes
2023
“Eerie Times”
Film Submission
Director: Aerie Lombardozzi
Country: United States (Pittsburgh)
Runtime: 10 minutes
2023

4:30pm:
“Door (Remastered)”
Special Screening
Director: Banmei Takahashi
Country: Japan
Runtime: 95 minutes
1988

6pm:
“She Dreamt Alone”
Film Submission
Director: Nina McNeely
Country: United States
Runtime: 6 minutes
2023
“Tears of the Witch”
Film Submission
Director: Poul Erik Madsen
Country: Denmark
Runtime: 23 minutes
2022

6:30pm:
“Sigil”
Film Submission
Director: Jacob Perrett
Country: United States (Meadville)
Runtime: 110 minutes
2022

7pm:
EILEEN DIETZ
Meet and Greet
Autographs / Photos

7pm:
NANCY LOOMIS
Meet and Greet
Autographs / Photos

9pm:
“The Mothman Prophecies”
Special Screening
Director: Mark Pellington
Country: United States
Runtime: 119 minutes
2002

11pm:
MARK PELLINGTON
Q&A
Celebrity Guest

12am:
MARK PELLINGTON
Meet and Greet
Autographs / Photos

12:15am:
“Devils”
Special Screening
Director: Kim Jae-Hoon
Country: South Korea
Runtime: 105 minutes
2023

**SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7th**

11am:
“Hocus Pocus”
Special Screening
Director: Kenny Ortega
Country: United States
Runtime: 96 minutes
1993

11am:
Basic Mask Sculpting
Workshop
“Monster” Mark Kosobucki

12pm:
“Fire the Photons”
Workshop
R. Frank Media

12:30pm:
Child Safety & Trick or Treat
Presentation

1pm:
How to Attract and Attach Talent to Your Film
Industry Panel
Panelists: Jackie George (Warner Bros), Brandon Hill (Blood Oath

), Ashleigh Snead (Blood Oath), Mark Pellington (Pellington Films), Patrick J. Rush (Patrick Rush Casting)
1pm:
“Alicia”
Film Submission
Director: Tony Morales
Country: Spain
Runtime: 6 minutes
2023
“Treeline”
Film Submission
Director: Freddie Bonfanti
Country: United Kingdom
Runtime: 12 minutes
2023
“Bad Boy Buck”
Film Submission
Director: James Fitzgerald
Country: Ireland
Runtime: 22 minutes
2022
“Why We Don’t Visit Anymore”
Film Submission
Director: Orok Duke
Country: Nigeria
Runtime: 22 minutes
2022
“Jeong-Dong”
Film Submission
Director: Choi Woo Gene
Country: Republic of Korea
Runtime: 23 minutes
2023

2pm:
CLAUDIO SIMONETTI
Meet and Greet
Autographs / Photos

2pm:
MARK PELLINGTON
Meet and Greet
Autographs / Photos

2pm:
Horror Legends
A Conversation with Eileen Dietz & Nancy Loomis

3pm:
“The Crazies”
50th Anniversary Special Screening
Director: George A. Romero
Country: United States
Runtime: 103 minutes
1973
Guests: Live Commentary by the George A. Romero Foundation

5pm:
EILEEN DIETZ
Meet and Greet
Autographs / Photos

5pm:
NANCY LOOMIS
Meet and Greet
Autographs / Photos

5:15pm:
“Room Tone”
Film Submission
Director: Michael Gabriele
Country: United States
Runtime: 9 minutes
2023
“We Forgot About the Zombies”
Film Submission
Director:
Country:
Runtime: 4 minutes
2022
“The Sprayer”
Film Submission
Director: Farnoosh Abedi
Country: Islamic Republic of Iran
Runtime: 9 minutes
2022
“La Nueva (The Newcomer)”
Film Submission
Director: Ivan Villamel
Country: Spain
Runtime: 15 minutes
2022
“Escalation”
Film Submission
Director: Christian Bachini
Country: Italy
Runtime: 15 minutes
2022

6pm:
“Portraits”
Film Submission
Director: Stephanie Paris
Country: United States
Runtime: 84 minutes
2023

9pm:
CLAUDIO SIMONETTI’S GOBLIN
Music Performance
Live Concert Event

11pm:
After Party
Voodoo Brewing Co.

12am:
“Some Visitors”
Film Submission
Director: Paul Hibbard
Country: United States
Runtime: 28 minutes
2022

12:45am:
“Visitors”
Special Screening
Director:
Country:
Runtime: 61 minutes
2023