This is a list of films shown at the Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival (RIIHFF). The RIIHFF, described by Diabolique Magazine as "one of the top horror film festivals in the world", is the largest and longest-running horror film festival in New England. A jury chooses the festival's official selections to highlight leading horror films from around the world and to draw the public's interest to the New England film industry. The festival typically receives hundreds of submissions each year, from which only a handful are chosen. The 2012 Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival selected 63 films out of 461 submissions from 20 countries.
Multiple films have made their U.S. or international premieres at the RIIHFF. In 2004, six festival entries made their U.S. premiere, and five made their world premiere. Other films premiering at the festival have included: Dark Remains (2005), Day X (2005), Pretty Dead Things (2006), Sea of Dust (2008), Chloe and Attie (2009), and Sudden Death! (2010).
A number of films are accepted into the festival as non-competition entries. In its early years, the RIIHFF screened formerly lost and restored films, most often silent films with live accompaniment, at the historic Columbus Theatre. These have included Tales of the Uncanny (1919), Der Golem (1920), Nosferatu (1922), and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). In 2010, the festival offered a special world premiere screening of a restored, high definition version of Roger Corman's The Fall of the House of Usher (1960). The festival has also showcased cult and foreign horror films. From 2003 to 2004, the festival featured the "Japanese Horror Film Showcase", from which Shunsuke Yamamoto's The Strange Killers won the Viola M. Marshall Audience Choice Award. The 2006 screening of Day of the Dead was attended by cast member Gary Howard Klar. In addition, exclusive film screenings have included All the Love You Cannes! and Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part IV in 2002, with director Lloyd Kaufman in attendance for the latter film, and Scream 4 in 2011.
2000
2001
The festival took place between October 26 and October 28, 2001 at the Columbus Theater in Providence, Rhode Island. It selected a total of 14 films including one non-competition entry.
Feature competition
Cradle of Fear (Alex Chandon, ) Terror Tract (Clint Hutchinson and Lance W. Dreesen, ) – Best Feature
Non–competition features
The Phantom of the Opera (Rupert Julian, 1925)
Shorts
Dead In America (Lawrence Klein, ) Digging Ashley (Todd Cobery, ) – Best Short The Fragile Skin (John Carr, ) Teacher of the Year (Brian Adler, ) Thou Shalt Not Kill (Yuk Ting Chan, ) Tomorrow's Bacon (Bryan Norton, ) – H.P. Lovecraft Award Twitch (Daniel Giambruno, ) Vampire Hunter's Club (Donald F. Glut, ) Veil (B. Mark Seabrooks, )
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2002
The festival took place between October 25 and October 27, 2002 at the Columbus Theater in Providence, Rhode Island. It selected a total of 23 films including 4 non-competition entries. The event drew record attendance for the historic theater which was then celebrating its 75th year in operation. Feature competition Anacardium (Scott Thomas, ) The Human BEEing (Tony Shea, ) Tomorrow by Midnight (Rolfe Kanefsky, ) – Best Feature; East Coast premiere.
Documentaries
All the Love You Cannes! (Lloyd Kaufman, )
Non–competition features
Nosferatu (F. W. Murnau, 1922) Robotrix (Jamie Luk Kim Ming, 1991) Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (Nam Nai Choi, 1991) Citizen Toxie (Lloyd Kaufman, 2000)
Shorts
Abaddon (Pamela Theodotou, ) Anna's Room (Patrick Boyton, ) Copycat (Christian Davis, ) Daughter (Eduardo Rodriguez, ) Desert People () A Final Wish (Ose Oyamendan, ) First Night Shift (Hubert Cheng, ) Little Ricky (Michael Condro, ) Marcilla (Jenelle Troxell, ) Monkey Trap (Greg Nunes, ) Off (Tyler Polhemus, ) – (tie) Best Short Separation Anxiety (Guido Santi, ) Surface Calm (Mike Miley, ) The Snowman (Rene Dupre and Jim Lindstedt, ) The Terror of the Invisible Man (Adam Roffman and Wayne Kimball, ) Timmy's Wish (Patrick Cannon, ) – (tie) Best Short
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2003
The festival took place between October 23 and October 26, 2003 at the Columbus Theater in Providence, Rhode Island. It selected a total of 18 films including 4 non-competition entries.
Feature competition
Blood of the Beast (Georg Koszulinski, ) – Best Director
The Curse of Welwitschia (Adalberto Fornario, ) – New England premiere. Flesh for the Beast (Terry West, ) Ghost of the Needle (Brian Avenet-Bradley, ) – Best Feature King of the Ants (Stuart Gordon, ) – East Coast premiere.