Housecore Horror Film Festival to Host U.S. Premiere of THE PROFANE EXHIBIT!!

PROFANE BLOODY ACTRESS
Philip Anselmo’s Housecore Horror Film Festival announces U.S. premiere of
THE PROFANE EXHIBIT

Eagerly Anticipated Horror Anthology features 100+ Icons of Horror and Metal

Coffin Joe, Ruggero Deodato, Tony Todd, cEvin Key, Laurence Harvey, Bai Ling, Chris Vrenna, Mayhem, Clint Howard, and many more

AUSTIN, Texas—It’s less than six months before horror and metal collide in Central Texas at the inaugural Housecore Horror Film Festival – the ultimate 3-day, underground fan event celebrating the twisted line where horror films and heavy metal meet. Today, festival creators – legendary metal frontman Philip Anselmo and best-selling true crime author Corey Mitchell – announce that producers David Bond and Manda Manuel have personally selected to premiere their eagerly anticipated international horror anthology, The Profane Exhibit, in the United States at the Housecore Horror Film Festival.

Set in a club deep within the underbelly of Paris, The Profane Exhibit explores the inner workings of a secret, wicked society. At first it resembles an ordinary fetish or Goth nightclub, but hidden within the cavernous building are many rooms, one of which is known as “The Room of Souls,” a private gathering place of the world’s richest and most evil people. Their host is the elegant, yet frightening, Madame Sabatier. As the film unfolds, each member takes a turn and spins a true tale of their depravity for the amusement of the group.

The only thing more shocking than watching The Profane Exhibit is realizing that you may be responsible for it.

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GOBLIN Comes to HHFF!!

Suspiria - Poster by Chamuco ATXPhilip Anselmo’s Housecore Horror Film Festival announces horror history-making event

Legendary Horror Rockers Goblin to Perform Live Score of

Dario Argento’s 1977 Masterpiece Suspiria

Maestros of Suspense Maurizio Guarini and Claudio Simonetti make first-ever appearance in North America

AUSTIN, Texas—It’s exactly six months before horror and metal collide in Central Texas at the inaugural Housecore Horror Film Festival – the ultimate 3-day, underground fan event celebrating the twisted line where horror films and heavy metal meet. Today, festival creators – legendary metal frontman Philip H. Anselmo and best-selling true crime author Corey Mitchell – announce that influential Italian progressive rock band Goblin will be performing their iconic score to Dario Argento’s 1977 horror masterpiece, Suspiria, live at Housecore Horror Film Festival.

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EYEHATEGOD, WARBEAST, ATTILA CSIHAR From MAYHEM, the Original EVIL DEAD & MANIAC, and More Coming to HHFF!!

eyehategod on stagePhilip Anselmo’s First-ever Housecore Horror Film Festival announces new event details
Extensive Horror Film Programming & More Metal Acts Revealed

Guest appearance by cult favorite filmmaker, numerous screening sessions, special events, and additional metal bands

AUSTIN, Texas—Halloween is still seven months away, but the horror is already heating up in Austin as Philip Anselmo and Corey Mitchell’s inaugural Housecore Horror Film Festival (HHFF) continues to release music and film event details for their three-day underground fan fest. Not for the faint of heart, the festival celebrates the best of the extreme and the wicked possibilities that arise when heavy metal and horror movie worlds collide. Today, HHFF announces a very special guest appearance by Brazilian cult horror actor and director Coffin Joe, a first look at some of the film festival screening categories, special events and other programming, and a second round of confirmed bands: Eyehategod and Warbeast.

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COFFIN JOE is coming to HHFF!!

Coffin Joe @ HousecoreHorror by ChamucoATX

 

Housecore Horror Film Festival co-founders Philip Anselmo and Corey Mitchell are HHFF is thrilled to announce that Brazilian director and actor José Mojica Marins, better known to horror fans as Coffin Joe, will make a special appearance at the inaugural event, marking the filmmaker’s first visit to the United States in nearly 20 years. He will introduce his classic films At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul and This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse, with a Q&A and autograph session to follow. He will also curate a museum-style exhibit of original artwork and posters never seen outside of Brazil.

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ATTENTION FILMMAKERS! Earlybird Deadline for Submissions is this Thursday, March 28!!

Hey Filmmakers!! You have until this Thursday, March 28, 2013, to get your films into the Housecore Horror Film Festival to qualify for our super inexpensive entry fees. The following day prices go up across the board for our regular deadline.

We’ve already had more than 50 of you take advantage of the Earlybird rates. Not bad for a brand new horror-specific film festival that is still seven months away! Philip Anselmo and I have been extremely happy with a large portion of the submissions we’ve received so far.

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HHFF Guide to SXSW 2013: The Metal Showcases

MetalSucks South by South Death 2013 SXSW

Cross-posted at MetalSucks

Each year, I’ve commented on how SXSW has made valiant efforts to increase the level and scope of metal bands playing the festival. In the distant past, it was nearly impossible to get any metal bands into SXSW.

Twenty-plus years ago, I organized a non-sanctioned showcase in an old dollar movie theater off Riverside Drive to bring attention to the likes of metal bands such as Deadhorse, Agony Column, and Insecticide. Fifteen years ago, I helped organize the only official metal showcase at SXSW, which featured Fear Factory, Earth Crisis, 16 Volt, and more.

Nowadays, there is metal everywhere at SXSW.

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Yes, You Do Need These Stinking Badges…

Hey horror and metal fans!!

Have you bought your discount-priced badge for the Housecore Horror Film Festival yet? Well, you’d better hurry then because we will have these bad boys on sale for only three more weeks. You can snatch up your own HHFF badge for only $149, which is $50 off the suggested retail price.

Your badge gets you into three days and nights of horror films and heavy metal concerts brought to you my legendary heavy metal singer Philip Anselmo and best-selling true crime author Corey Mitchell. Don’t miss out on this stellar opportunity to spend your pre-Halloween with some of the scariest folks on the planet!

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5679497530

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Third Big Announcement Today – FILMMAKER CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS OPEN!!

That’s right, filmmakers. If you’ve got something horrific, we want to see it!! We’re looking for the best in horror, suspense, thriller, true crime, experimental, gore, quiet, big budget, or no budget. They can be feature-length films, short films, mid-length films, documentaries, music videos, heavy-metal-related films, faux trailers, and much, much more.

Check out our SUBMISSIONS page to find out how you can get your film in the running. We prefer Withoutabox’s online submission service, but you can mail it directly to us as well. Also, get it in before March 30, 2013, and receive the Earlybird special.

Good luck and maybe we’ll see your masterpiece up on the screen this October!!

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Second Big Announcement Today – BADGES ON SALE!!

Housecore Horror Film Festival is happy to announce that we have released our second batch of All-Access badges for only $149 apiece. That’s a $50 savings off our suggested retail price of $199.

These badges get you into everything — films, concerts, vendor area, Haunted Corridor, parties, etc.

This is our way of saying “Thank You” to all of you who believe in what we are doing for horror and heavy metal.

You can purchase an all-access badge for the Housecore Horror Film Festival by either clicking on the Eventbrite Logo or the web address located directly beneath the logo.

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5352260756

We can’t wait to scare the crap out of you!!

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Lots of Announcements Today!

We have lots of cool info to share with the world today. I’ll parse it all out throughout the day, so as not to overwhelm you all in one huge post.

Just know that the first big news is that we can officially announce three of our confirmed bands for Housecore Horror Film Festival (HHFF):

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PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS

Check out what Blabbermouth has to say about the news!!

Please check our BANDS page for continuous updates on who will be playing HHFF!!

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