Photo courtesy of Fillmore Towne Theatre.

Written by Carina Montoya

The Fillmore Town Theatre will be featuring its first annual Happy Fright Film Festival on Friday, October 18, and will run comedy horror shows on Saturday, October 19.

Friday at 8:00 p.m., a special screening of George A. Romero’s 1968 iconic film, Night of the Living Dead, presented in classic 16mm print, courtesy of Record Outlet in Thousand Oaks. On Saturday, the film festival will run from 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and will feature special screenings of “Night of the Missing” starring Gigi Gustin, Jenna Kanell (Terrifier), Bill Moseley (House of 1000 Corpses) followed by a live cast and crew Q&A moderated by Mutant City Horror, along with a screening of award winning “Cannibal Comedian,” and a variety of horror shorts from independent film makers from around the country. There will also be stand up-comedy from Pancho Moler, and live music from psychobilly ghoul rock-band. There’s a 20% discount to the first 50 buyers. Use code HAPPYFRIGHT.

The event is made possible by Sean Haitz, Mutant City Horror, a filmmaker in Los Angeles whose genre is horror comedy. Sean said the old Filmore Town Theatre is the perfect setting to have a horror film festival.

The Fright Film Festival is a great kick off to Halloween. Come and join the horror, screams, and laughs while munching on popcorn made fresh by the theater’s new popcorn machine!