For our final stop on the Roadshow tour, we returned to the TV Studio in Warf Pickel Hall at ETSU for a visit with award-winning bodypainter, makeup artist, and mixed media artist Ren Allen who, along with her assistant Olivia Parchem, discussed and demonstrated makeup and airbrush techniques for horror films. Check out the links … More Makeup & SFX for Horror with Ren Allen
Last week we shifted focus back to downtown Johnson City in the taproom of Yee-Haw Brewing where the duo of writer and filmmaker Troy Prater and actor, writer and filmmaker Ryan Renfro discussed their experience developing The Scrotum feature film series and finding distribution for the second film through Troma Entertainment. Check out the links … More Indie Production & Distribution with Troy Prater & Ryan Renfro
We returned to the TV Studio in Warf Pickel Hall on the campus of ETSU for last week’s workshop with playwright, director and ETSU Theatre Professor Bobby Funk who discussed and demonstrated acting for horror films including manifesting truthful emotion when filming violent scenes or staged combat. Check out the links below to watch the … More Fight or Fright with Bobby Funk
ETSU Media & Communication’s Horror Film Production class released a final teaser for the festival this afternoon. Check it out at the link below…
Back at the Wallace Theatre, last week’s workshop featured artist, musician and filmmaker Dylan Rutherford as he described how he navigates creating commissioned artwork, music for his band Coffin Smoke, and his newest horror anthology film The Dog from a Graveyard all while working a regular 9 to 5. Check out the links below to … More Surviving as a Creative with Dylan Rutherford
Despite an impromptu deluge that chased us from Atlantic Alehouse to the friendly confines of ETSU’s Warf Pickel Hall, last week’s workshop with Allen C. Lopez was a success. Allen has directed several independent films using a variety of different actors and character types. His workshop offered solutions to the most common problem between directors … More Directing Actors with Allen C. Lopez
Last week we had our first workshop of the Roadshow at the Wallace Theatre where filmmaker Tyler Payne offered his insights on the development and distribution of his upcoming feature film, SycoPsilico SilicoSolutions, and how he leverages social media platforms to create funding opportunities and grow his audience while expanding his original concept into a … More Viral Marketing with Tyler Payne
Last Wednesday we kicked off the Highlands Horrorfest Roadshow with a beer release party at Johnson City Brewing’s downtown taproom where co-owner Eric Latham interviewed festival organizer Jake VanHuss, event host Big Daddy Voodoo, and the owner of the Wallace Theatre Chris Maloney. We had a great crowd and the experimental flight and official beer … More The road begins…
From deep in the heart of the Appalachian Highlands, sinister tales of murder and mayhem spawned a dark brew with a sweet finish. Notes of peanut butter and chocolate flood your tastebuds as the darkness slowly makes its way inside, igniting an insatiable craving that must be satisfied. Enjoy the official elixir of the twisted … More Enjoy Our Sweet Revenge
As the season draws near, we are proud to announce a special series of events leading up to the festival – the Highlands Horrorfest Roadshow! Each week beginning on September 13, we will host a different event in various locations in downtown Johnson City. There will be filmmaker Q&A’s and screenings, workshops, and the launch … More highlands Horrorfest Roadshow
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