Ma ka hopena pule o ʻOkakopa 18-21, 2018, ua ʻākoakoa nā mea hana kiʻi ʻoniʻoni kūʻokoʻa mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa ma ka Gateway Film Center ma Columbus, Ohio no ke kolu o ka makahiki Nightmares Film Festival, a he hopena pule kēia e poina ana.

Ma mua o ka iho ʻana o nā kukui no ka hōʻike mua o ka pāʻina, ʻo Bill Lustig (ʻO Maniac Cop) me ka leʻaleʻa i hoʻonohonoho i ke ʻano no ke koena o ka hopena pule i kona haʻi ʻana i ka hana kuhi hewa ʻana o kāna kime hana i ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole no kā lākou 1980 slasher maʻamau Maniac. Ua lepili lākou i nā pahu waihona a pau me kā lākou inoa hana a lākou i hoʻohana ai i nā ʻae, nā pepa kāhea, a pēlā aku. kipi kolohe.

He neʻe ia e pili ana nā mea he nui i ka lehulehu e pili ana, a i ke kū ʻana o nā kukui ma hope o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o 4K o Maniac kānana ʻia, ua pane hauʻoli ʻo Lustig i nā nīnau a kamaʻilio i nā mea pā.

I ka komo ʻana o ka hoʻolauleʻa i loko o kāna ana, ua lilo kēia mau Q & As i alakaʻi ʻia e nā alakaʻi festival ʻo Jason Tostevin lāua ʻo Chris Hamel me Bridget Oliver a me kahi limahana o nā limahana a me nā limahana ʻē aʻe i hoʻonohonoho i nā hana, lilo i hoʻokahi o ka nā wahi ma hope o ka nānā ʻana.

Ua pane ikaika nā mea hana kiʻi i nā nīnau e pili ana i kā lākou hana lima a i ka hopena i hiki i kekahi ke koho i kekahi mau mea ʻoniʻoni ʻē aʻe e hana ana i kā lākou mau manaʻo noʻonoʻo ponoʻī a ke hana nei i nā hoʻolālā e hoʻopili iā lākou i nā hana e hiki mai ana.

ʻO kēia ʻano o ke kaʻana like a me ke aʻo ʻana mai kekahi i kekahi e mālama pono ʻia ma Nightmares Film Festival. Ua hele a mamao loa e hoʻokaʻawale i hoʻokahi hola me ka ʻole o ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kēia makahiki i hiki i nā luna, nā mea kākau, nā mea hana, a pēlā aku.

ʻO nā manawa e like me kēia i hoʻonohonoho i ke kani a hōʻoia i kā lākou hoʻolaʻa ʻana i kā lākou Better Horror hashtag.

ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hiki i ka hopena pule ke wehewehe maʻalahi i nā hoʻolauna a me nā pilina i hana ʻia e like me nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i hōʻike ʻia.

A e kamaʻilio ana i kēlā mau kiʻi ʻoniʻoni! Hiki iaʻu ke kākau 200 ʻatikala mau ʻatikala a ʻaʻole hiki ke uhi i ka laulā o ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kēia ʻahaʻaina.

Makemake wau e kāhea i kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona nui.

ʻO ka poloka Horror Comedy Shorts o kēia makahiki i ka wehe ʻana i ka pō kahi hana kūikawā no nā mea pā me nā leʻaleʻa pouli e hoʻokoe me Randy Gonzalez's Amigos.

Ua nānā ka mea kākau / alakaʻi i kahi wā pōuliuli e hiki mai ana o ka US kahi e ʻākoakoa ʻia ai nā poʻe o ke kala a kūʻai aku ʻia no ke kālā. Nānā ʻole ʻo ia i ka poʻe e hui pū me ia neʻe a huli i ke aniani i kā lākou hana me ka wili pahi kahi kahi. Lanakila pū ʻo ia i kaʻu makana ponoʻī no ka laina pani maikaʻi loa o kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni mai ka hopena pule āpau aʻu e kaʻana aku ai e hōʻalo i nā mea hōʻino.

Ua hoʻomaka ka Pōʻalima i ka lā me kahi bang me ka luna ʻO Rob Grant'Ā Alive, i kākau ʻia e Chuck McCue lāua ʻo Jules Vincent nāna i haʻi ka moʻolelo weliweli o kahi kāne a wahine ʻeha ʻeha hoʻi i ala i loko o kahi haukapila haumia i haʻalele ʻia me kahi kauka wale nō i hoʻopilikia ʻia (Angus Mcfadyen) e mālama iā lāua.

He kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i wili ʻia me kahi pūʻiwa e hoʻopau ana ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia e kekahi o ke anaina e hiki mai ana.

Ua ʻike pū kekahi ka Pōʻalima i ka makamua o ka makahiki hou NFF Esprit de Gore ʻo Chris Ethridge kiʻi ʻoniʻoni sci-fi / weliweli hou. Ka Hopena a Haven. Ua hele ʻo Ethridge me kahi hapa nui o kāna mea hana keaka a me nā luina pū me Catherine Taber, Anthony Nguyen, a me ke ʻano punahele ʻo Hana Fierman (V / H / S.) me ka mea hana a me ka mea pena ʻo VFX ʻO Stacey Palmer–ʻO wai ka mea i kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka pāʻina o Social Progress Through Horror panel ma hope o ka hopena pule.

Ke kamaʻilio nei nā mea a pau e pili ana iā Michelle Iannantuono's ʻO Livescream ma ka Poaono. ʻO kēia hiʻohiʻona, i hui pū ʻia me ka kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻoi loa a Torin Langen Nā mōhai, he mea ʻokoʻa loa ia no ka poʻe hoʻolohe ke lawe ka luna iā mākou i loko o kahi kahawai ʻo Twitch kahi i hoʻomaka ai kahi pāʻani hou hewa e pepehi i nā mea nānā ke hoʻomāinoino i ke kāne e pāʻani ana i ka pāʻani.

ʻAʻole wale ʻo Iannantuono i kuhikuhi i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, akā ua hana pū i ka pāʻani me Unreal Engine e loaʻa ana iā ia KĀLĀ o nā kiko ʻoluʻolu e loaʻa ai.

Ua hoʻopiha pū kekahi ʻo Fans i ka hale keaka e nānā i ka moʻolelo nui o Vincente DiSanti Friday ka 13th pā kiʻiʻoniʻoni, Mai Hike 'Ole wale, a hahau ʻia ʻaʻole wale e kona ikaika akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoiai ʻaʻole paha ia kahi hopena hopena, ʻo ia paha kekahi o nā hopena i hana maikaʻi ʻia a mākou i ʻike ai i mau makahiki.

Ma o lākou āpau, ua ʻākoakoa nā mea hana a me nā mea pā a puni nā kī o ka Gateway Film Center e kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka hana hoʻokalakupua ʻo ke kiʻi ʻana i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. ʻAʻole ia ma waho o kahi e hoʻolohe ai i nā hana kuikahi a hana ʻia nā pilina hou no nā mea inu a me ka ʻaina awakea ma ka Torpedo Room a i luna paha i ka lumi VIP.

A i nā manawa āpau, ua hana nā limahana o ka NFF i nā pōʻai, hoʻolauna i nā mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni, e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā papahana, a me ka hoʻowahāwahā ʻana i ka hana a ʻaʻole wale nā ​​huaʻōlelo a lākou e hoʻolaʻa nei no ka hoʻolauleʻa kiʻi ʻoniʻoni kūʻokoʻa ʻoi loa iā lākou.

Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e nalo i kēia makahiki ʻo Nightmares Film Festival, mai makaʻu. Ke hoʻomaka nei nā hoʻolālā e hoʻomaikaʻi iā 2019, a na iHorror e hoʻomaopopo iā ʻoe i ka puka ʻana o nā kikoʻī i ka makahiki hou.