Wednesday, Oct. 8
Doors & Varsity Bar at 6
Screening at 7
Free Admission
SIU alumni will be screening their new film, “The Fright Stuff” at the Varsity on Wednesday, Oct. 8. Admission to the screening is free. Doors and Varsity Bar open at 6 with the screening at 7.
“The Fright Stuff” is a unique, all-access documentary that takes you behind the scenes of American's scariest business: The haunted attraction industry. The documentary explores the roots of the industry, from live spook shows and ghost trains; speaks with some of the biggest founders, movers and shakers in haunting; then brings us up to the present, following "haunters" throughout their 365-day-a-year pursuit of giving you the fright of your lives throughout the Halloween season.
Director Mike Meyer, an alumnus of Cinema and Photography at SIUC, has been an award-winning director and production jack-of-all-trades in the Chicagoland area for nearly 20 years.
Producer Chris Sato is also a C&P alumni and is the founder of Yokai Films, a boutique film production facility in Chicago.
Executive producer and SIUC School of Theater alum John
LaFlamboy is executive producer. John is creator/director of Zombie Army Production, an event company that produces live horror experiences.
Mike and Chris have been producing partners dating back to the Carbondale days, collaborating in corporate work, sketch comedy and short film work, culminating ultimately in the feature film “Heaven is Hell.” Searching for a controlled location to film some cave scenes for “Heaven is Hell,” they were connected with John and the three of them have been producing video content, including the web series “Days of the Living Dead,” the Emmy award-winning documentary “Feeding the Beast: 25 Years of Statesville Haunted Prison,” and now the feature documentary “The Fright Stuff.”
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