Dark House nabs Top Honor at Shriekfest Film Festival
Director Darin (Caught Up) Scott informed Killer Film that his newest feature – Dark House – won the Best Horror Feature Film award at the 2009 Shriekfest Film Festival. This scribe attended the screening last Saturday and thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s a throwback to 80’s horror, with a nice mixture of practical and digital FX.
Shriekfest is an international festival and screenplay competition dedicated to getting horror/thriller/sci-fi/fantasy filmmakers and screenwriters the recognition they deserve.
Synopsis: Traumatized by an terrifying event in her youth, Claire Thompson tries to exorcise her demons by revisiting the old house where a terrible children’s massacre took place. Now a haunted house attraction set up by impressario Walston Rey, the former foster home run by the evil Miss Darrode is set to open for the press and Walston recruits Claire and several of her fellow acting class students to perform as part of the show. Unfortunately, a series of horrible murders happen at the haunted house, generating from the malevolent spirit of the departed Miss Darrode, or by Claire herself…
