MCN SCHEDULE & EVENTS

The Motor City Nightmares Weekend of Horrors will take place
July 18th, 19th, and 20th, 2008

FRIDAY July 18th, 2008

SATURDAY July 19th, 2008

Entry Fee is $10
Winners will receive a gift certificate and trophy in each category. Prizes donated by:

Lucky Monkey

No entry fee for this contest
Winners will receive a trophy and movie swag for each category.

 

SUNDAY July 20, 2008

 

COCKTAIL PARTY

COCKTAIL PARTY WITH TOBE HOOPER AND OTHER CELEBRITY GUESTS

TICKETS NOW ON SALE!!!
SATURDAY NIGHT JULY 19th at the CONVENTION.
Hors' Dourves will be served and a cash bar.
NO AUTOGRAPHS WILL BE GIVEN.
You can bring personal cameras.
Tickets available at the door or can be purchased here: $50

MCN MOVIE ROOM 2 :  AMPHITHEATER

FRIDAY JULY 18TH

6:00 PM
The Evil Offspring (RT 01:32)
The Skeleton Factory, Directed by Tommy Brunswick.  Starring:  John Anton, Jim Lewis, Rudolph Hatfield, Sandee Rager, Rochelle Corwin.  Demon in the woods, sadistic farmers, criminals on the run, all come together for one Hell of a night.

7:30 PM
Postal (RT 01:41)
Running With Scissors, Directed by Uwe Boll. Starring:  Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola, & Many more.  The story begins with a regular Joe who tries desperately to seek employment, but embarks on a violent rampage when he teams up with cult leader Uncle Dave. Their first act is to heist an amusement park, only to learn that the Taliban are planning the same heist as well. Chaos ensues, and now the Postal Dude must not only take on terrorists but political figures as well.

9:30 PM
Hatchet (RT 01:24)
ArieScope Pictures, Directed by Adam Green.  Starring:  Joel David Moore, Kane Hodder, & Tony Todd.  A motley crew of tourists embark on a boat ride of the haunted Louisiana bayous where they learn the terrifying tale of local legend "Victor Crowley"; a horribly disfigured man who was tragically and accidentally killed with a hatchet by the hands of his own father. But when the boat sinks and the ghost story turns out to be real, the group tries desperately to escape the swamp with their lives...and all of their pieces.

SATURDAY JULY 19TH

12:00 PM
Postal (RT 01:41)
Running With Scissors, Directed by Uwe Boll. Starring:  Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola, & Many more.  The story begins with a regular Joe who tries desperately to seek employment, but embarks on a violent rampage when he teams up with cult leader Uncle Dave. Their first act is to heist an amusement park, only to learn that the Taliban are planning the same heist as well. Chaos ensues, and now the Postal Dude must not only take on terrorists but political figures as well.

2:00 PM
TATTOO CONTEST
followed by
COSTUME CONTEST

3:00  PM
Little Red Devil
The Skeleton Factory, Directed by Tommy Brunswick.  Starring:  Daniel Baldwin, Jim Lewis, James Russo, & Dee Wallace.  Jimmy Lidell is a "nobody", stealing to earn a living in a dead-end life searching for his long lost girlfriend... until he meets Luc Tyer... a bigger-than-life underworld heavy that makes him an "offer he can't refuse". Jimmy accepts, but is leery about the secret motives behind Luc's willingness to teach the business. Jimmy's mother suspects that Jimmy may be running with the wrong crowd, but Jimmy turns a deaf ear to her religious warnings. Luc soon reveals his plans to use Jimmy as his unholy servant in a deadly and bloody game of evil revenge and power.

5:00 PM
Attitude for Destruction (RT 01:20)
Music Video Distributors, Directed by Ford Austin.  Starring:  Colby Veil, Jed Rowen, & Annemarie Gracey.  A rock horror film; an epic tale of Sunset Strip-era metal, murder and mayhem. The GUNS N' ROSES-esque band HOLLYWOOD ROSES, fronted by vocalist DRAKE, is on the verge of super-stardom and courting a major record deal with Diamond Star Records. One small problem - the label doesn't want Drake in the band. So, the remaining band members do what any fame-hungry performer would do - they kill Drake. But Drake's girlfriend has made a pact with the devil and brings her deceased lover back from the dead. Drake then goes on a slashing spree of blood and guts against all who have crossed him, leaving behind a horrific trail of gruesome gory revenge.

7:00 PM
Seed (RT 01:30)
Boll Kino Beteiligungs GmbH & Co KG.  Directed by Uwe Boll.  Starring:  Michael Pare & Will Sanderson.  Sam Seed, an insane mass murderer, is scheduled for execution at the hands of Warden Wright. Before the executioner throws the switch, Wright steps in front of Seed, "Do you have any last words?" Seed, " I'll see you again." After three attempts to electrocute, complete with boiling blood that steeps from his eyes, he's still alive. The executioner, Wright & the doctor collectively agree, that the breathing Seed be pronounced dead. He is bound and buried alive. After biting & clawing his way to the surface, Seed, the blood soaked, enraged madman, is now bent on vengeance. The reign of violence that follows will redefine the boundaries of extreme gore, physical & mental torture explored through cinema.

9:00 PM
They Must Eat
The Skeleton Factory, Directed by Tommy Brunswick.  Starring:  John Anton, Rudolph Hatfield, Jessica Hall, & Tom Reeser.  A down-trodden warehouse worker commands the forces of evil to do his bidding. Training the flesh-eating ghouls to devour those that stand in his way to becoming a "normal" citizen of society. But, will his thirst for vengeance be enough to control the group of demons' ever growing thirst for human flesh.

11:00 PM
Blood Car (RT 01:16)
Fake Wood Wallpaper Films, Directed by Alex Orr.  Starring:  Mike Brune, Katie Rowlett, & Anna Chlumsky.  In the near future, gas prices are at an astronomical high. One man is determined to find an alternate fuel source. That alternate fuel source turns out to be blood...HUMAN BLOOD.

SUNDAY JULY 20TH

12:00 PM
Seed (RT 01:30)
Boll Kino Beteiligungs GmbH & Co KG.  Directed by Uwe Boll.  Starring:  Michael Pare & Will Sanderson.  Sam Seed, an insane mass murderer, is scheduled for execution at the hands of Warden Wright. Before the executioner throws the switch, Wright steps in front of Seed, "Do you have any last words?" Seed, " I'll see you again." After three attempts to electrocute, complete with boiling blood that steeps from his eyes, he's still alive. The executioner, Wright & the doctor collectively agree, that the breathing Seed be pronounced dead. He is bound and buried alive. After biting & clawing his way to the surface, Seed, the blood soaked, enraged madman, is now bent on vengeance. The reign of violence that follows will redefine the boundaries of extreme gore, physical & mental torture explored through cinema.

2:00 PM
Born of Earth
The Skeleton Factory, Directed by Tommy Brunswick.  Starring:  Daniel Baldwin, James Russo, Brad Dourif, & Jennifer Kincer.  Over centuries humans have been mysteriously disappearing with no explanations, just hushed whispers in the dark. On the surface Prophet Hills seems like a perfect place to live and raise a family, but Danny Kessler has seen better days.  This is one mans journey to find the culprit of the ultimate sacrifice he’s endured.  He must face his demons and go back to the place that has haunted him.  He must convince family, friends and townspeople that something is not right in Prophet Hills.  He must make them believe that something evil is living beneath their own backyards.

MCN INDIE FILM ROOM SCHEDULE : SPRUCE ROOM

FRIDAY JULY 18TH

6:00 PM
It’s My Party and I’ll Die If I Want To (RT 01:20)
Featuring: Tom Savini.  Directed by Tony Wash Starring: Adrienne Fischer, Darcy Wood, &Danielle Nortum
In 1908 Jacob Burkitt locked his entire family in their house and no one saw them alive again. One month Later the sheriff was asked to investigate, and when he entered he found the Burkitt family…DISMEMBERED!
One Hundred Years Later, a group of teens plan to enter Burkitt Manor to throw a Halloween party, unaware of the house’s gruesome past.

7:30 PM TRAILERS!
Killer
The Demon’s Playtime
Black Devil Doll

8:00 PM
Detroit Blood City (RT 01:26)
Silver Bullet Pictures, Directed By Mike Hartman, Starring: Joe Morse, Lawrence J. Straughen, Angela Roberts.           
Mr. Delicious, crime kingpin of the city of Detroit, is about to make the drug deal of his lifetime.  Entrusting this deal to his top captain, Cass Coridore.  Things go terribly wrong when they mistakenly spill an unknown toxic goo on their stash.  Desperate for a way out of their mess, Cass and his crew sell the contaminated weed to the stoners of Detroit and unknowingly unleash a wave of flesh eating undead upon the city.

9:30 PM
Backwoods Bloodbath : Curse of the Black Hodag (RT  01:32)
Locked Trunk Productions, Directed by Donn Kennedy,  Starring:  Angela Lowe, Jess Cyr, Josh Mijal  
A group of young adults travel to a home in Northern Wisconsin for a reunion after their friend’s untimely death.   Unbeknownst to them, the house is located in the middle of a forest which is home to the terrifying Black Hodag!

11:00 PM TRAILERS!

 

SATURDAY JULY 19TH

12:00 PM
Deep Dark Woods (RT 01:58)
Twisted Spine Films, Directed By Brian Foster.  Starring : Mike Hayes, Michael Perzel, Gregory Lavelle.
A man found stumbling out of a desolate wooded area and covered in blood, is accused of the murders of seven friends with whom he had gone on a weekend camping trip.  With his only defense being a bizarre tale of encountering a psychopathic park ranger, he finds himself on an express trip to the electric chair.  His only hope for salvation?  A daring return to the scene of the crime with a group of investigators looking for clues. Will the truth be revealed or will the body count grow?

2:00 PM TRAILER!
Heavy Mental (RT 00:03)
Silver Bullet Pictures, Directed By Mike Hartman

2:15 PM
The Spell of 13
Heat Lightning Productions, Directed by Richard Yates and Rodney Pasko.
Starring: Brian Panyard, Rodney Pasko, Richard Yates.
For over 20 Years a quiet, abandoned movie theater has lain dormant, until three strangers force their way in from the cold.  Within the building, Gunner, Drew, and Rob discover an old newspaper clipping that describes the savage murders of ten innocent theater employees by a maniac named Garver.  As the strangers dig deeper into the catacombs of the abandoned complex, and old journal is discovered, and with its removal from its sacred resting place the theater comes to life in more ways than one.  Now, trapped within the journal’s power,  the three men must decipher its evil, or fall prey to the bloodthirsty ghouls around every corner….

4:00 PM
Splatter Movie (RT 01:29)
Happy Cloud Pictures, Directed by Amy Lynn Best.  Starring:  Amy Lynn Best, Tom Sullivan, Debbie Rochon!!!
An independent film crew arrives at a haunted attraction to shoot a low-budget slasher movie, unaware that they are being stalked and murdered by a killer masquerading as one of the crew.

5:30 PM
Living Dead World (RT 01:17)
Evil Genius Entertainment, Directed by Mike Zawacki.  Starring: Michael Reed, Eric Maurer, Michelle Roberts.
A strange object crashes to the Earth, carrying with it a plague that turns humanity into flesh eating zombies!

7:00 PM
Horror Convention Massacre (RT 01:06)
Old School Sinema, Directed by Joe Ostrica.  Starring: Bryan Jalovec, Ted Wodoslawsky.  Special Appearances by:  Lew Temple, Ari Lehman, Syn Devil, & Lloyd Kaufman!!!   
Everyone is gearing up for a fun weekend at a popular Horror Convention.  Things quickly take a turn for the worst as an unknown assailant begins stalking and killing the conventions guests!

8:15 PM
Lurking Terror (RT 01:24)
Crossbow 5 Ent., Directed by Tommy Brunswick.  Starring: John Anton, Angela Ransdell, Dave Cunningham.     Inbred Cannibals, & and a pissed off Monster wrapped up and served with and Evil Curse!!!

10 PM
Writer’s Block (RT 01:20)
Crossbow 5 Ent., Directed by Tommy Brunswick.  Starring: John Anton, Jessica Hall.
A famous crime author takes some time in the country to write his new book, however the horrors that he faces are far more terrifying than anything he’s ever imagined!

11:30 PM
Bite Me (RT 01:31)
Daydream Pictures, Directed by Kris Smith.  Starring:  Eric Pierce, Jonathan Klaft, Sarah Allport.
A group of co-workers head to the woods for a company picnic and retreat.  Everything seems to be going smoothly until someone mysteriously starts turning them one by one into vampires!

 

SUNDAY JULY 20TH

12:00 PM SHORT!
Mina (RT 00:15)
KsFilms, Directed by Jose Zambrano Cassella.  Starring:  Jessica Blackmore, Bre Morgan, David Mackey.  
Mina Blackmore is a young girl with a terrible secret. She and her family descend from a long line of “Wendigos” , cursed humans that must eat human flesh in order to survive.  Mina knows that she is wrong, and must try to contain the demon inside her.

12:30 PM SHORT!
Cannibal Flesh Riot (RT 00:35)
Mad Creator Productions, Directed by Gris Grimly.
CANNIBAL FLESH RIOT! Is a black comedy about unusual friendships, culinary tastes and the repercussions for feasting on the dead.  A stylish modern film that mixes verbal wit, stop motion and B-Horror from the ‘50s Drive in Era. 

1:30 PM
The Remake RT 01:15
Crossbow 5 Ent., Directed by Tommy Brunswick.  Starring: Heather Doba, Jessica Hall, Doug Kolbicz, Cassy Harlo, Jon Manthei.   
A serious horror fan discovers a major studio is about to remake his favorite horror film, so he sneaks onto the crew and murders them all before they can destroy another classic!!

3:00 PM
Mr. Jingles (RT 01:18)
Crossbow 5 Ent., Directed by Tommy Brunswick.  Starring:  Jessica Hall, Rudolph Hatfield, John Anton, Tom Reeser.
Yes it’s Mr. Jingles!  The now infamous killer demonic clown is back and ready to kick some ass!  Come on and enjoy it with a crowd (Rocky Horror meets MST3K!)