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Stanley Film Festival was a horror film festival located in Estes Park, Colorado. Founded in 2013, the festival showcased independent horror films, including features, shorts and special events with guest filmmakers. The festival was named for the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park where it is held, a neo-Georgian hotel that was the inspiration and setting of Stephen King's horror novel The Shining . The festival also held a student film competition titled, The Stanley Dean's Cup.[ citation needed ]

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2013 Festival

The inaugural festival was held May 2–5, 2013. [1] Opening night film: The Purge with director James DeMonaco and producer Jason Blum in attendance. [2] The 2013 festival was curated by Programming Director Landon Zakheim and programmer Michael Lerman, with films from 13 different countries. [3]

Selected Films

FilmCountryDirectorAdditional Notes
100 Bloody Acres AUSTRALIAColin and Cameron Cairnes
Aftershock USA, ChileNicolás LópezClosing Night
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane USAJonathan Levine
Beneath USALarry Fessenden
Berberian Sound Studio United KingdomPeter Strickland
Big Bad Wolves IsraelNavot Papushado & Aharon Keshales
Black Rock USAKatie Aselton
Cabin Fever – UNRATED DIRECTOR’S CUTUSAEli Roth
Frankenstein's Army NETHERLANDSRichard Raaphorst
Here Comes the Devil MEXICOAdrián García Bogliano
Macabre Singapore, IndonesiaKimo Stamboel & Timo Tjahjanto
Maniac USAFrank Khalfoun
No One Lives USARyûhei Kitamura
Room 237 USARodney Ascher
Sightseers United KingdomBen WheatleyCenterpiece
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari GermanyRobert Wiene
The Purge USAJames DeMonacoOpening Night
The Rambler USACalvin Lee Reeder
The Shining USAStanley Kubrick
Tower Block United KingdomJames Nunn & Ronnie Thompson
V/H/S/2 USA, Canada, IndonesiaSimon Barrett, Jason Eisener, Gareth Evans, Gregg Hale, Eduardo Sánchez, Timo Tjahjanto & Adam Wingard
Vanishing Waves Lithuania, France, BelgiumKristina Buozyte
Wither SwedenSonny Laguna & Tommy Wiklund

Special Events

It included Room 237 director Rodney Ascher and subject Jay Weidner, Leon Vitali, who was Kubrick's personal assistant on The Shining ,
Mick Garris, director of The Shining (TV miniseries), and moderated by Badass Digest writer Devin Faraci.

2013 Awards

AwardRecipientFilm/Note
Visionary Award Eli Roth Example
Audience Award for Feature Franck Khalfoun Maniac
Audience Award for ShortRyan SpindellThe Root of the Problem
Stanley Dean’s CupJohn McSweenPeak of Terror

2014 Festival

The 2nd annual festival took place April 24–27, 2014.

Selected Films

FilmCountryDirectorAdditional Notes
Doc of the Dead USAAlexandre O. PhilippeOpening Night
What We Do in the Shadows New ZealandTaika Waititi and Jemaine ClementClosing Night
The Babadook AustraliaJennifer Kent
Blood Glacier AustriaMarvin Kren
Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead Norway/IcelandTommy Wirkola
Eyes Wide Shut UK/USAStanley Kubrick
The Fall of the House of Usher France/USAJean Epstein
Gremlins USAJoe Dante
Housebound New ZealandGerard Johnstone
Late Phases USAAdrian Garcia Bogliano
Lesson of the Evil JapanTakashi Miike
LFO Sweden/DenmarkAntonio Tublen
Moebius South KoreaKim Ki-duk
The Nightmare Before Christmas USAHenry Selick
Nothing Bad Can Happen GermanyKatrin Gebbe
Open Windows Spain/USANacho Vigolando
Ragnarok NorwayMikkel Brænne Sandemose
R100 JapanHitoshi Matsumoto
Rigor Mortis Hong KongJuno Mak
The Sacrament USATi West
Sleepwalkers USAMick Garris
Starry Eyes USAKevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer
The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears Belgium / France / LuxembourgHélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre – 40th ANNIVERSARY RESTORATIONUSATobe Hooper
Witching and Bitching SpainAlex de la Iglesia
Who Can Kill a Child? SpainNarciso Ibáñez Serrador

2014 Awards

AwardRecipientFilm/Note
Visionary Award Elijah Wood
Daniel Noah
Josh Waller
Founders of SpectreVision
The Master of Horror AwardJoe Dante
Audience Award for FeatureWhat We Do In The Shadows
Audience Award for ShortHere Be Monsters
Jury Award for ShortGhost Train
Stanley Dean's Cup Jury Award and Stanley Dean's Cup Audience AwardWormbug

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2015 Festival

The 3rd annual festival took place April 30 - May 3, 2015.

Opening night film: Cooties with SpectreVision production company partners Daniel Noah, Josh Waller, and Elijah Wood in attendance. [5]

Selected Films

FilmCountryDirectorAdditional Notes
The Nightmare USARodney Ascher
We Are Still Here USATed Geoghegan
Body USADan Berk & Robert Olsen
The Boy USACraig Macneill
Deathgasm New ZealandJason Lei Howden
Director's Commentary: The Terror Of Frankenstein USATim Kirk
The Final Girls USATodd Strauss-SchulsonClosing Night
Cooties USAJonathan Milott & Cary MurnionOpening Night
Goodnight Mommy
Ich Seh Ich Seh
AustriaSeverin Fiala & Veronika Franz
The Hallow United KingdomCorin Hardy
Hollow VietnamHam Tran
The Invitation USAKaryn KusamaCenterpiece
Let Us Prey United KingdomBrian O'Malley
Over Your Dead Body
Kuime
JapanTakashi Miike
Scherzo Diabolico MexicoAdrian Garcia Bogliano
Shrew's Nest
Musarañas
SpainJuanfer Andrés & Esteban Roel
Some Kind Of Hate USA Adam Egypt Mortimer
Stung USATBenni Diez
Sun Choke USABen Cresciman
The Treatment BelgiumHans Herbots
When Animals Dream
Når Dyrene Drømmer
DenmarkJonas Alexander Arnby
Shivers CanadaDavid CronenbergRetrospective
Re-Animator USAStuart GordonRetrospective
The Bride Of Frankenstein USAJames WhaleRetrospective
Diabolique
Les Diaboliques
FranceHenri-Georges ClouzotRetrospective
Repulsion United KingdomRoman PolanskiRetrospective
The Rocky Horror Picture Show USAJim SharmanRetrospective

2015 Awards

AwardRecipientFilm/Note
Visionary AwardTom QuinnRADiUS-TWC co-president
Audience Award for FeatureThe Final GirlsDirector Todd Strauss-Schulson
Audience Award & Jury Award for Short FilmThe Babysitter MurderDirector Ryan Spindell
Stanley Dean's Cup Colorado PrizeMoon StudiosDirector Merritt Crocker
Stanley Dean's Cup International PrizeInherent NoiseDirector Karol Jurga

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