The ShockerFest International Film Festival is a Californian film and video festival for horror

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

, fantasy

Fantasy film

Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and horror film, although the genres do overlap...

 and science fiction film

Science fiction film

Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...

s since 2002.

ShockerFest 2009

ShockerFest 2009 was held on September 26-27, 2009, at the Galaxy 12 Theatre in Riverbank, California

Riverbank, California

Riverbank is a city in Stanislaus County, California, United States. The population was 22,678 at the 2010 census, up from 15,826 at the 2000 census...

. The announced special guests were Eileen Dietz

Eileen Dietz

Eileen Dietz is an American actress who is best known for her appearances in many horror films such as the face of the demon in The Exorcist and for her portrayal of characters on the soap operas Guiding Light and General Hospital.- Early life and career :As a child, Dietz appeared in commercials...

, Robert Axelrod

Robert Axelrod

Robert M. Axelrod is an American political scientist. He is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Michigan where he has been since 1974. He is best known for his interdisciplinary work on the evolution of cooperation, which has been cited in numerous articles...

 and Brinke Stevens

Brinke Stevens

Brinke Stevens is an American actress, model and writer.-Life and career:Born in San Diego, California, Stevens has studied several foreign languages, including Esperanto, and gained a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Psychology from San Diego State University and a Master of Science in Marine...

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2009 Program

Frank Sabella's Blood Night, Ursula Dabrowsky's Family Demons, Chris LaMartina's Grave Mistakes, Luke Ricci's How to Be a Serial Killer

How to Be a Serial Killer

How to Be a Serial Killer is a 2008 black comedy film about a young serial killer who imparts his knowledge to an eager pupil. The film was written and directed by Luke Ricci, and stars Dameon Clarke, Matthew Gray Gubler, Ryan Smith, Laura Regan and George Wyner.Ricci has gone on to produce among...

, Barbara Stepansky's Hurt, Michael Emanuel's Maneater, Jon Binkovski's Scare Zone, Dan Donley's Shellter, and Simeon Halligan's Splintered were announced as horror features, Aaron Yamasato's Blood of the Samurai II, Benjamin Pollack's Dark Room Theatre, Ken del Conte's Death Calls and Park Bench's The Death of Alice Blue as fantasy features and Christopher Mihm's Terror From Beneath the Earth was the only sci-fi feature. Additionally, as part of the short film program, 27 horror, 4 fantasy and 6 science-fiction short films were shown.