Adventureland Screening
Wednesday, April 1st, Denver Area Theater
Instant Win Screening on GOFOBO

It's the summer of 1987, and James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg), an uptight recent college grad, can't wait to embark on his dream tour of Europe.  But when his parents (Wendie Malick and Jack Gilpin) announce they can no longer subsidize his trip, James has little choice but to take a lowly job at a local amusement park. Forget about German beer, world-famous museums and cute French girls—James' summer will now be populated by belligerent dads, stuffed pandas, and screaming kids high on cotton candy.  Lucky for James, what should have been his worst summer ever turns into quite an adventure as he discovers love in the most unlikely place with his captivating co-worker Em (Kristen Stewart), and learns to loosen up.

This movie is rated R. You will need to be at least 17 years of age to reserve tickets for this movie.

If you would like to attend this screening, simply follow this link to GOFOBO and enter the code STAR1016 to reserve your tickets to the screening. That's easy enough, eh?

Scarlet Salem
Scarlet is an independent actress and model who specializes in the horror genre. She's been in numerous amounts of films including: the NFTS Productions' Pajama Party Massacre and Terror Overload; Haunted Autumn Productions' Tales of the Dead; Mike Etolls' Mutilated Movies; Regan Reddings' Killer Biker Chicks; Roflak Studios' Resist Evil! Trilogy; Sean Hopkins' short fan film Friday the 13th; and Deer Creek Productions' Camp Kill.

She is also a representative for Troma Entertainment as Tromette of the Month for December 2007. Scarlet is constantly keeping herself busy with new projects whether its acting, modeling, or attending film conventions. Keep your eyes peeled because Scarlet had many more projects in the works and many films are in production and will be out soon! Read more.

Jason Stephensen
Jason is head honcho of the horror film group NFTS (Not For The Squeamish) Productions based out of St. Paul, Minnesota. He takes care of everything from script development, casting calls and promoting to producing, filming, directing and more! His credits include the upcoming Terror Overload,YN3: Pajama Party Massacre, Doomed to Consume and Off The Beaten Path .Read more.

Alien Trespass Screening
Thursday, April 2 at 7:30PM in Denver - Blizzard Makeup Screening

To download two admit one passes, just visit gofobo.com/rsvp and enter the RSVP Code FILM7191. Supplies are limited and awarded on a first-come, first serve basis.

Alien Trespass is a thrilling sci-fi adventure from three-time Golden Globe winner and five time Emmy Award-nominated director/producer R.W. Goodwin (The X-Files) and brought to you in glorious color! The movie is an exciting and entertaining homage to the great science-fiction movies of the 1950s, the post-war boom period when the country was filled with great hope and prosperity and, at the same time, lived under the threat of nuclear annihilation.

The story begins in 1957 in the star-filled skies above California's Mojave Desert. It is a special night for noted astronomer Ted Lewis (Eric McCormack), who is preparing a special dinner for his beautiful, adoring wife Lana (Jody Thompson) to celebrate their wedding anniversary. In another part of town, Tammy (Jenni Baird), a waitress at the small local diner with big plans for the future, looks out her window and is excited to see a shooting star, which she takes as a good sign for her dreams.

But what Dr. Lewis and Tammy assume is a shooting star, is really an alien spaceship. The fiery ball hurtles toward earth and crash-lands on a butte in the desert. The only witnesses are Dick (Andrew Dunbar) and Penny (Sarah Smyth) who are necking in a nearby lovers' lane.

A tall, metallic alien named Urp emerges from the craft unharmed, alarmed to discover that the monstrous Ghota, who was also on board, has escaped. The menacing one-eyed creature's unquenchable appetite could mean the end of civilization as we know it.

Urp is the only one who knows how to stop the hideous extra-terrestrial, but to do so he has to take over the body of Dr. Lewis and enlist the aid of Tammy, the only human in town willing to believe and trust in his mission. The local police - including police Chief Dawson (Dan Lauria) and officer Vernon (Robert Patrick) - are confirmed skeptics and offer little help. Together, Urp and Tammy must hunt down the Ghota and neutralize it before it consumes all the local inhabitants and uses the human fuel to multiply and conquer the world!

Jeremy Make
Jeremy is a fixture of the Denver film and theatre scene. He has appeared in three notable feature films, including Suburban (Cinequest Audience Favorite), Skills Like This, (SXSW Audience Award) and most recently as Jacob the blind Pathfinder in Ink. He recently completed a 6,000 mile, 108-day journey around the country on a golf kart while making his feature length documentary, kART Across America, is due out this summer. Read more.

Kiowa K. Winans
The colorado native has a degree in Finance and law degree from DU. She has co-produced the short film Spin and assisted in its world-wide promotion. Recently she aquired financing for Ink and contributed to the creative and business aspects of pre-production, production and post-production. She is very proud to have been able to bring Ink to completion on time and on budget. Read more.

Ray Harryhausen Tribute
Hosted by Kevin Atkins, our Master of Ceremonies
Saturday morning documentary narrated by Leonard Nimoy and
Sunday morning screening of The Seven Voyages of Sinbad

"Ray Harryhausen was born on June 29, 1920 in Los Angeles, California. Today he is considered a true inspiration to an incalculable number of special effects artists, directors and producers. The likes of Joe Dante, James Cameron, Peter Jackson, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg all hail him as having changed the face of fantastic film-making. And it doesn’t begin and end there. Many other followers of fantasy art pay tribute to him, as well as many others who have simply fallen in love with his creatures, worlds and stories."

"To the delight of cinema audiences the world over, Ray Harryhausen has made dinosaurs walk the earth, horses fly, statues come to life, apes play chess, and skeletons fight.  Harryhausen calls his work “kinetic sculpture”; it is a method of stop-motion filmmaking that has made him a cult figure in the world of cinema."

"Ray Harryhausen stands alongside Willis O'Brien as one of the greatest stop-motion animators creating fantastic films that have amazed audiences since he began his work. Few film-makers have inspired the awe and admiration of an audience as Ray Harryhausen has. His films contains visual images that are burned into the minds of everyone who has seen them. One has only to mention the skeleton battles in either The 7th Voyage of Sinbad or Jason and the Argonauts and you can visualize the scene in you mind. It is this power that has made Ray Harryhausen something of a cult figure and in a world sadly in need of heroes like Jason and Sinbad, Mr. Harryhausen's films remain a beacon to a brighter time when heroes were truly good and villains were truly evil."

Do a quick Google search for the name “Ray Harryhausen” and you’ll find a myriad of sites devoted to the man and his films. The three paragraphs above are just a few examples of the love and praise for this warm and unassuming man who turns 89 years young this year!

In an age of CGI, where vast armies of technicians labor on computer-generated special effects, Harryhausen’s films are revered for their ingenuity, the handicraft of a single, gifted artist. Considered an auteur and true visionary, he was honored by the Academy Awards in 1992, receiving the Gordon Sawyer award for a lifetime of technical achievement. His films have experienced a resurgence of interest, as new generations of fans flock to greet him at conventions, purchase his DVD’s, and collect model kits based on his creations.

Starfest MC Kevin Atkins invites you to spend time with him on Saturday and Sunday as he presents  an illustrated look at the man and his movies.

On Saturday morning in Main Events Kevin will present  The Ray Harryhausen Chronicles narrated by Leonard Nimoy. This 1997 documentary of Ray’s life and works includes appearances by Ray Bradberry, Dennis Muren and George Lucas. All of Ray’s films are covered from Mighty Joe Young through Clash of the Titans. You’ll also get a rare look at his early work a well. After the film we’ll take a look at some of Ray’s “Lost Projects” and what he’s up to today.

On Sunday in Main Events you’re invited to view The 7th Voyage of Sinbad. Ray’s first full color production celebrated it’s 50th anniversary last year! Kevin will introduce the film afterwards will present a look at the production of the special effects.

Fast and the Furious Screening
Tuesday, March 31 @ 7pm
Olde Town Theater, 5550 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reteam for the ultimate chapter of the franchise built on speed—Fast and Furious. Heading back to the streets where it all began, they rejoin Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster to blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars across Los Angeles and floor through the Mexican desert in the new high-octane action-thriller. This film is rated PG-13. Play for tickets.

Starship Troopers
Wednesday, April 1st $5 Flashback Feature
Continental Theater, I-25 & Hampden @ 9pm

Bugs, glorious bugs! Starship Troopers is a movie that works on so many levels. It's based on the classic science fiction novel by Robert Heinlein. Like so many great SF stories, it examines moral issues under the guise of action and adventure.

When the world is attacked by a great faceless enemy, high school student Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien StarFest 1999) and his friends are enticed into military service through slick propaganda ads. Soon they realize that war is really just a gory and painful conflict of kill or be killed. In one of the film's great climatic battles with the bugs, Paul Verhoeven, the film's director, uses cutting edge computer animation and blood to pit Michael Ironside against a numberless army of scary insect-like bugs bent on destroying humanity.

The film also stars Clancy Brown (StarFest 1997) who appears in the 2nd greatest role of his illustrious career as the tough Sgt. Zim.

Come and join us on Wednesday night at 9pm to watch this great science fiction epic on the Continental's fabulous 3-story screen. Tickets are just $5 each. The Continental is conveniently located at I-25 & Hampden in Denver. Starship Troopers is rated R for graphic sci-fi violence, gore, some language and nudity.

Be sure to take a look at the complete list of Wednesday night Flashback screenings at the Continental. Next week's feature stars Brent Spiner in Star Trek Generations and the following week, April 15th, we'll present the cult classic Serenity.

Mario Acevedo
Guest Author Returns for another bite at HorrorFest

Mario is the author of the Felix Gomez vampire-detective series from Eos HarperCollins. In his latest adventure, Jailbait Zombie, Felix fights zombies for the ultimate undead smackdown. His previous books include: The Undead Kama Sutra, The Nymphos of Rock Flats and X-Rated Blood Suckers. Read more.

Jeanne Stein
New York Times Bestselling Author

In the last 20 months, national bestselling author Jeanne C. Stein has had four novels and two short stories published. The novels are part of the popular Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles, of which the fourth, The Legacy, was released in September. One of her short stories, The Witch and the Wicked, appeared in the NYT bestseller, Many Bloody Returns, and a new short story, Better Lucky Than Good, in At The Scene of the Crime, an anthology with a forensic theme. Read more.

Carrie Vaughn
What a difference one year has made!

Carrie is the New York Times bestselling author of a series of novels about a werewolf named Kitty. The fifth and sixth installments were released earlier this year. Carrie has other projects in the works, including a young adult novel about rock climbing and dragons, due out next year. She lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her dog, Lily. Read more.

All the exciting details about GameFest 2009 are now posted and you can now purchase your tournament entries. GameFest is brought to you by: Game Stop, Colorado Cutthroat Connection, Death of the Arcade, NOS Energy Beverages, and NVGA.

Battle For Terra Presentation At Starfest
with the film's Writer/Director - Aristomenis Tsirbas "Meni"
Meni was the Visual and Digital Effects Supervisor for A Wrinkle in Time and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is the writer/director of Ray Tracey in Full Tilt, Mech Warrior: Vengeance, and the highly acclaimed short The Freak. He is coming to Starfest to present footage from his latest project the animated feature Battle for Terra.
Read more.

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Wednesday Night $5 feature at the Continental

Don't Panic!

Arthur Dent wakes to find his house is going to be demolished. Looking for help, he runs into his eccentric friend Ford Prefect who reveals to him that he is not human and that the planet is about to be demolished by the Vogons to make way for a new intergalactic motorway. This is just the beginning of an adventure that features a two-headed former president of the galaxy named Zaphod Beeblebrox, an intelligent Earth woman Trillian (whom Arthur has eyes for) and Marvin, a depressed android.

Come and see the movie on the Continental's 3-story screen this Wednesday night, March 25th at 9:00pm. Tickets are just $5 each. The Continental Theater is located at I-25 & Hampden in Denver. Look at the complete list of Wednesday night $5 screenings at the Continental.

The Fast and the Furious Trilogy
First Time on Blu-Ray- Win a Copy
All 3 Movies - Plus Sneak Peeks

The Fast and the Furious Trilogy is filled with heart-pounding racing sequences, mind-blowing stunts and intense full-throttled action. It all begins in Los Angeles, where an undercover cop infiltrates the city's infamous street racing subculture, in The Fast and the Furious. Adventure takes an explosive turn in Miami as an ex-cop is forced to bring down an international drug lord in 2 Fast 2 Furious. Halfway across the world, American street racing collides with the Japanese underworld in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. All three movies are rated PG-13. Play for your own copy of the trilogy.

Giving Back To Those In Need
Charitible Opportunity At ComicFest

The Hero Initiative is an organization designed to provide monetary assistance to former comic book creators requiring supplemental health, medical, and quality-of-life assistance. This organization has given us the opportunity to give back to the creators that have given us so much enjoyment throughout the years. 
 
At Comicfest you will have the opportunity to give back to those that have given so much to you through a series of silent auctions featuring exciting collectors items throughout the weekend. We have a variety of items donated to us by organizations such as library bindings to rare signed items.
 
For more information about the Hero Initiative go to heroinitiative.org, or if you would like to donate an item to the silent auctions please email Jason Page at comicfest@gmail.com.

Friday Night Kickoff Party & Concert
Great People, Great Desserts, Great Sounds

The Castle Rock Orchestra Jazz Ensemble will be performing with Robert Picardo (on vocals) at the Starfest Kickoff Party & Concert April 17, 2009 at 7:00pm. The ensemble, a small group consisting of members of the Castle Rock Orchestra and the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra, has performed at the First United Methodist Church of Castle Rock, the Castle Rock Ducky Derby, and the Parker Branch of the Douglas County Library. The ensemble features Bruce Blomquist on bass, Ken Metz on sax, Rick Packard on drums, Matt Rose on piano and vocals, and Keven Stewart on trombone.

The party starts with a casual reception at 7pm and many of our Starfest guests will be in attendance. After we've all had a chance to become acquainted over desserts and refreshments, we'll be treated to a great show. There just isn't a better way to start off the convention!

Tickets for the Kickoff Party and Concert are available for $44.95 per person. You are strongly urged to purchase your tickets online or by phone prior to the convention. Seating is limited.

Denver-shot Sci-Fi Fantasy Film Ink
Now showing at the Starz Film Center

It’s a Wonderful Life meets Sin City in this high-concept visual thriller.

Ink follows 8-year-old Emma, portrayed with excellence by Quinn Hunchar, through a mysterious dream-world.  Dragged along by the mercenary Ink, colorful characters emerge to fight for Emma’s life. This fight also rages within Emma’s tragically broken father, played by the outstanding Chris Kelly, who must come to terms with his demons.

The film is currently in a two-week run at the Starz Film Center in Denver and will be screened at Starfest on Saturday night, following the costume contest.

Ari Lehman Joins HorrorFest Cast
The First Jason Voorhees

A native New Yorker, Ari grew up in Westport, CT, where he trained in classical music and jazz piano. Recognized at an early age for his musical abilities, Ari was presented with an award for pianistic excellence and a scholarship to Berklee School of Music by jazz great, Dr. Billy Taylor. Also actively engaged in performance and theatre, Ari snuck into an audition for a new movie, Manny's Orphan's, directed by Sean S. Cunnngham. This role led to Ari getting the call for Friday the 13th - and the rest is history.

Ari returned to New York City where he studied jazz piano in its breeding ground with Joanne Brackeen and enrolled in NYU studying big band orchestration and jazz piano with Jim McNeely and Vladmir Shafranov.

A seasoned recording artist and professional musician, Ari already received acclaim with his world rock and reggae band, Ari Ben Moses Band, when upon moving to Chicago in late 2002, he (after long laying quiet about his 1980 role) was "discovered" by horror fans who actively sought his attention.

In response to their enthusiasm, Ari drew upon 20 years of experience as a professional musician and recording artist and created First Jason specifically for Horror Fans, especially the fans of Jason Voorhees and Friday the 13th.

First Jason has performed in clubs, festivals, and conventions throughout the Chicago area. The engaging showmanship and superior musicianship have consistently received enthusiastic response and have developed a strong following.

Ari Lehman has appeared in E!, Entertainment Weekly, Blender Magazine, Chicago Reader, Illinois Entertainer, and signings nationwide. In November 2005, he was the first Jason Voorhees to visit Hamburg, Germany. In 2006, he appeared at Collectormania G-Mex in Manchester, England.

Ari Lehman and his wife Elaine are currently based in Chicago, Illinois. Ari will be attending HorrorFest April 17-19, 2009.

I Love You Man
Wednesday, March 18th @ 7:00PM
AMC Westminster Promenade, 10655 Westminster Blvd.

In I Love You, Man, a comedy from John Hamburg (Along Came Polly, co-writer of Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, Zoolander), Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. 

This film is rated R. You will need to be at least 17 years of age to play for tickets.

Knowing
Wednesday, March 18, @ 7:00PM
Denver Metro Location

Academy Award® Winner Nicolas Cage (National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Leaving Las Vegas) stars in KNOWING, a gripping action-thriller of global proportions about a professor who stumbles on terrifying predictions about the future—and sets out to prevent them from coming true. This film is rated PG-13. Play for tickets.

Marc Gunn Performing At Starfest

An accomplished professional performer, Marc is a songwriter and producer who brings a powerful and expressive voice to Celtic music. He is accomplished on an unusual instrument - the autoharp. His work fuses Celtic with blues, jazz and folk. Read more.

B9 Greg and His Human
A personal Invitation to Starfest

B9 Greg and his pals are members of the B9Builders Club that will be meeting at Starfest. Believe it or not, the guys that build these robotic masterpieces are more than happy to tell you how to make your own mechanical creations. B9 and his buddies will be in the Starfest Model Show at the Starfest Entertainment Festival. There you can find and participate in hundreds of activities and demonstrations. It all takes place April 17-19, 2009. Get your tickets today.