FAFF is in its 6th year of offering a weekend of horror movies, music, comedy and art

The Frightening Ass Film Festival hits year six on Saturday, Oct. 29, with a full day of horror movies, guest directors, music, a comedy show and art exhibit.

Organizer Chris Dortch, executive director of the Chattanooga Film Festival and Mise En Scenesters, reminisces online about how, in such a short time, “the scope and scale of our FAFF- ery got bigger and better and more frightening.”

“Because there

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is truly no finer time of year to celebrate all things macabre and freaky than Halloween, we are pleased to lay down the gauntlet of what we believe is our biggest, most fun and certainly most ambitious/frightening year of FAFF yet,” he says in the post.

That includes five feature films on the Cine-Rama big screen.

“Beyond the Gates”: Director Jackson Stewart will be the special guest for the screening of this horror film, which What: Frightening Ass Film Festival 6. When: 11 a. m.-3 a. m. Saturday, Oct. 29. Where: Cine- Rama, Main St. Admission: $ 35 all- day wristband, $7-$ 10 feature films, $ 5 film challenge, $ 5 FAFFter Party, $ 10 comedy show.

Website: thecinerama.org/schedule.

Schedule

11 a. m. Shocking Ass Short Film Challenge, judged by director Jeff Burr 1 p. m. “Carnival of Souls” 2:30 p. m. “Phantasm: Ravager” 4:15 p. m. “Under the Shadow” 5:30 p. m. Haunted house/ horror show at Swine Gallery (free) 7 p. m. Spooky Ladies Night comedy show 8:45 p. m. “Beyond the Gates” with director Jackson Stewart

10:30 p. m. “Found Footage 3D” with director Steven DeGennaro

Midnight. FAFFter party with Music Band, Deluxin’ and guest DJ sets by Undaground

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To set the mood before the Frightening Ass Film Festival gets underway, organizers will offer a showing of “Evolution” at 8: 30 p. m. Friday, Oct. 28. The film centers on 10-year- old Nicolas, who lives with his mother on a remote island inhabited solely by women and young boys, and the questions he begins asking about the mysterious medical treatment the boys are subjected to. Tickets are $ 10.