Story by Jonny Bunning
Halloween came earlier than October in Brussels this week.
The 33rd International Fantastic, Thriller & Sci-Fi Festival presented an Alex Essoe double feature with Axelle Carolyn’s (pictured above right) section from the new Sam Hain anthology Tales of Halloween followed by Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer’s Starry Eyes.
Insidious seance starter Lin Shaye started the short film telling a story to an enthralled gathering at her house party. She warns of Mary Bailey taking revenge & the eyeballs of those who dare to investigate her cackle.
A crimson dressed Essoe calls it a night & leaves the soirée only to encounter car trouble on the road home.
A jolt filled fear trek finished the section before debuting a teaser trailer flashing up glimpses from each director lighting a Jack O’ Lantern in the feature.
Highlights included single eyed wooden masked monster & a triple armed red demon.
The cast of Tales of Halloween include Pat Healy (The Innkeepers, Cheap Thrills), Alex Essoe (Starry Eyes), Booboo Stewart (The Twilight Saga), Keir Gilchrist (It Follows), Noah Segan (Looper), Pollyannna McIntosh (The Woman), James Duval (Donnie Darko), Kristina Klebe (Halloween), Marc Senter (The Devil’s Carnival), Jose Pablo Cantillo (The Walking Dead), Grace Phipps (Dark Summer), Sam Witwer (Being Human), and Graham Skipper (Almost Human).
The ten shorts take place in the same small American town whose denizens are terrorized by ghouls, aliens, and killers one Halloween night. Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II, III and IV), Axelle Carolyn (Soulmate), Adam Gierasch (Night of the Demons), Andrew Kasch (Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy), Neil Marshall (The Descent), Lucky McKee (All Cheerleaders Die, The Woman), Mike Mendez (Big Ass Spider!), Dave Parker (The Hills Run Red), Ryan Schifrin (Abominable), John Skipp (Stay at Home Dad), and Paul Solet (Grace) are at the helm of Tales of Halloween, which follows in the footsteps of recent horror anthologies like V/H/S and The ABCs of Death.
