RIP to a real one. www.tmz.com/2026/07/24/c...

'The Mask' Director Chuck Russell Dead at 74

Chuck Russell -- the director behind 1994's "The Mask" and other massive films -- is dead ... TMZ has learned.

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It's almost all "lands her first lead" and "set to star" as though some casting agent said "yes, I want this robot opposite Callum Turner". It's all astroturf.

Heartbreaking animation, folk horror, gothic nightmares, and inventive genre experiments... @24thdoctor.bsky.social rounds up the short films that made @chattfilmfest.org one of the best festivals in the country for discovering emerging filmmakers. tinyurl.com/yj7vsf9p

(Chattanooga Film Festival) Chattanooga Film Festival 2026: Favorites of the Fest: Shorts Edition

From heartbreaking animated tales and inventive horror anthologies to striking folk horror and gothic nightmares, Katelyn Nelson highlights the short films that made the 2026 Chattanooga Film Festival...

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From BUNNY RABBIT and LENORE to KING OF BLACK GOO, MISPER, and SUNSHINE GIRLS, @24thdoctor.bsky.social looks back at the feature films that made @chattfilmfest.org one of the year's strongest showcases for independent genre cinema. tinyurl.com/mr8tf9v6

Chattanooga Film Festival 2026: Favorite Features of the Fest

From post-apocalyptic nightmares and body horror to unsettling social satire, Katelyn Nelson highlights her favorite feature films from the 2026 Chattanooga Film Festival and the themes that made this...

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Oh hey it's the first official day of film submissions for our 2027 festival AND we just got some very good news again from FILMFREEWAY. Show us whatcha got. The weirder THE BETTER. filmfreeway.com/ChattanoogaF...

Thanks to @chattfilmfest.org for the award! If you're curious to see DEAD MEDIA--a horror film about a haunted DVD--join us for the Los Angeles premiere! More details on the roadshow this summer coming from me and @antennareleasing.bsky.social! LA tix: studios.wearebraindead.com/movies/dead-...

Tune in at 10PM Eastern for the @chattfilmfest.org 2026 Awards Presentation. See who nabbed best of the fest with much love to all the rest! youtu.be/N-bY8U_LxC8

Award Presentation // Chattanooga Film Festival 2026

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If you join the @chattfilmfest.org Double Secret Cinema Society Patreon, you can watch ONE MORE Red Eye screening tonight. Do it.

Saw CAMP last weekend at @chattfilmfest.org. Evocative, provocative, beautifully shot and scored, and, to me at least, ambiguous. THE CRAFT for the 2020s. Thoroughly (ahem) bewitching.

ICYMI: Here's a 🧵of my coverage of @chattfilmfest.org for @bloody-disgusting.com: I had a fun chat with Brea Grant and Ed Dougherty about their horror comedy anthology GRIND, a parody of gig economy, hustle culture, and the evils of late-stage capitalism. bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3...

The Work ‘Grind’ Is Hell, So Brea Grant & Ed Dougherty Made a Horror Anthology About It [CFF 2026 Interview]

Genre fans rejoice! Chattanooga Film Festival is back for its 13th year in 2026 with a killer lineup and once again offering audiences both in-person and virtual options. After having its World Premie...

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Don’t know what we did to deserve the audience that show up for this festival but we’re awfully glad we did it. The generosity of all of you who’ve been a part of this year has us $700 from our fundraising goal and CFF2027 being a reality. Its lovely that so many of you seem to want us around.

Another fun way to support the arts, buy a ticket and shove as many things into your eyeholes and ear holes as hi can manage!

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TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO EXPERIENCE THE FILMS OF CFF 2026 GRAB! A TICKET OR OUR LAST GASP PASS FAST BEFORE ITS IN THE PAST. Just $65 gets you access to a cornucopia of cool cinema. www.chattfilmfest.org/2026-badges

We didn't cry AT ALL when we read this we were completely chlll and cooool. Thank you @philnobilejr.bsky.social we've truly never felt more understood. It means the world.

Phil Nobile Jr.@philnobilejr.bsky.social · last mo.

Went to Tennessee, where @chattfilmfest.org reminded me why I love movies and movie fans. This week’s Terror Teletype: manage.kmail-lists.com/subscription...

You can watch it right now! And you don't even need a festival pass because that's the kind of good eggs they've got at the @chattfilmfest.org!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0MS...

The Hip Pocket with Special Guest Michael Dougherty // Chattanooga Film Festival

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There's a new HIP POCKET tomorrow, and if you're attending the Chattanooga Film Festival, you'll be able to see the video version on their site! Our guest is Mike Dougherty! He picked a fistful of greats! It's gonna be a hoot!

TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO EXPERIENCE THE FILMS OF CFF 2026 GRAB! A TICKET OR OUR LAST GASP PASS FAST BEFORE ITS IN THE PAST. Just $65 gets you access to a cornucopia of cool cinema. www.chattfilmfest.org/2026-badges

ON GALLOWS HILL is a coming of age tale that uses animation, practical effects, and even stop motion bats to put a very unique and fun spin on vampirism. Made by a group of Gen Z artists, who really impressed me with this film. Very enjoyable! @chattfilmfest.org 2026. #filmsky #horrorsky

Horror…Is…CAMP!! 💄⛺️👠 Thanks to special guest Chris Dortch and @chattfilmfest.org for inviting us to host a LIVE “A Couple of Old Fashioneds” and everyone who showed up to talk about “Horror Is Camp!” Here’s the films we discussed! -SLEEPAWAY CAMP II:UNHAPPY CAMPERS -STAGE FRIGHT -MR. SARDONICUS

We're a nonprofit and we think money is DUMB. If we didn't need it to put on our event we'd make this shit free. Still we try to keep our pricing as punk rock as we can and that's why we are again offering our $65 Last Gasp Pass. An all you can eat buffet for your eyes as cheap as we can make it.

Our audience has shown up for us and we’re now just $1,900 from our fundraising goal and making CFF 2027 a reality. Even if we don’t get there what you’ve all done for us has been humbling. If you’re so inclined consider donating to our Venmo @cff2026 or patreon.com/ChattanoogaF...

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Here’s some impromptu Karaoke singing one of my favorite track from the seminal CLUELESS soundtrack, Smoking Popes “Need You Around” at @chattfilmfest.org Did NOT expect to go up there but hey, Liquid Courage does wonders! Photos by Toby Darling & Emily Bennett!

Co-writer/star Dina Silva is fierce af (and she can sing!) in bloody, darkly funny feminist slasher FRANKIE, MANIAC WOMAN, which takes a brutal look at fat shaming and unrealistic beauty standards. From director Pierre Tsigaridis. Seek this one out. @chattfilmfest.org 2026. #filmsky #horrorsky

Horror comedy DEMONETIZE challenges a group of social media influencers to stay the night in a haunted house and all hell breaks loose. The killer teddy bear sequence made me laugh out loud. Over-the-top performances and some genuine scares. Very fun. @chattfilmfest.org 2026. #filmsky #chattfilmfest

Our panel discussion of “A Couple Of Old Fashioneds” wasn’t all that was LIVE at 2026’s @chattfilmfest.org…turns out Jason also LIVES and the METAL is HEAVY! Such a blast getting to introduce some of our favorite cult classics before their gorgeously remastered big screen resurrections!

And a few more snaps…mind the bulge. @chattfilmfest.org

Sit ‘round the campfire and let me tell you a story. @chattfilmfest.org

CFF is the only genre fest that kept virtual access post-pandemic AND screens out AI users. They also run as a nonprofit and could really use the financial support! There's some wonderfully mindbending stuff this year and one of their features is sitting as my film to beat for 2026.

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Every year because we don’t ever want money to be a barrier to people having fun at our festival we launch our BACK HALF BADGE. $113 and your eyes get a whole ass buffet of badass genre cinema including five more of our nightly secret screening series REDEYE.

"There are few things the horror genre loves more than hurt people hurting people – especially at a summer camp." I could talk for hours about Avalan Fast's CAMP and why it's a much-needed evolution beyond traumatic horror. @chattfilmfest.org is crushing it this year; what a beautiful film.

'Camp' Review: Avalon Fast Explores the Other Side of Trauma

Writer-director Avalon Fast explores what happens when a broken soul heals wrong in their fantastical summer horror film 'Camp.'

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From @chattfilmfest.org, the bewitching documentary BLOOD AND GUTS is an up close and personal portrait of the endlessly interesting Adams Family. #filmsky #chattfilmfest My review on @bloody-disgusting.com: bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3956...

‘Blood and Guts’ CFF Review: An Intimate Portrait of the First Family of Horror

Over the past 13 years, the Adams Family has made 8 movies together. Comprised of Toby Poser, John Adams, and their daughters Lulu and Zelda Adams, each member of the Adams family is involved in every...

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New from @chattfilmfest.org, I reviewed @avalonfast.bsky.social's astonishing CAMP, a gorgeous piece of indie queer horror hitting select theaters on Friday. Full review at @popheist.com:

Avalon Fast's 'Camp' Is a New Heir to 'The Craft'

Filmmaker Avalon Fast creates a psychological horror dreamscape full of magic, sisterhood, and the ability to shed repression.

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