Horrible Imaginings Film Festival (HIFF) has announced their opening night film, La Quinceañera (Stage 13/Studio+), a brutal tale of family and revenge, co-created by genre veterans Gigi Saul Guerrero and Shane McKenzie.

With support from Luchagore Productions and  Stage 13, HIFF will be showing the digital episodic series as a feature-length version of La Quinceañera. Alejandra Santos’ life is about to change forever on the night of her quinceañera. In this daring revenge tale, a young girl will learn the limits of resilience and strength as she is thrust into the most extraordinary of situations over the course of 24 hours. With her Abuela by her side, Alejandra transforms into a gutsy heroine everyone will be rooting for as she avenges her family against the cartel.

This very special screening will take place on Friday, August 31st at 8pm at The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, CA. Director and Luchagore co-founder Gigi Saul Guerrero will be in attendance to discuss her film and her vision for Luchagore Productions.

In  addition Horrible Imaginings Film Festival has announced they will add a special bonus night to their already-packed festival lineup on Labor Day Weekend. Director Kevin Tenney will make a guest appearance at The Frida Cinema on Thursday, August 30th at 8:00 PM for a special 30th Anniversary presentation of his cult classic film Night of the Demons. Entrance will be included for all Horrible Imaginings passholders.

Night of the Demons tells of ten teenagers who decide to hold a party in an abandoned funeral parlor on Halloween night. Not a good plan — as every horror fan instinctively knows. But if you insist on this venue, you really shouldn’t hold a past life séance as one of your party games. The teens awaken an evil force that keeps them from leaving and turns their party into… you guessed it… a living hell!

Audiences will laugh and scream with their friends at this big-screen presentation of one of the most enduring cult films of the home video age, followed by a chat with Mr. Tenney.

Kevin Tenney will be the first recipient of Horrible Imaginings’s Banquo’s Ghost Award, given to those who have left a mark on the genre that will haunt us forever. Since the festival and its other awards take their names from Macbeth, Horrible Imaginings turned to Shakespeare’s horror play once again, this time tapping the character whose ghost haunts Macbeth’s banquet as a reminder of bloody deeds.

About Horrible Imaginings Film Festival: Established in 2009 and named by MovieMaker Magazine one of “Fifty Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee” for 2018, the annual Horrible Imaginings Film Festival showcases the newest voices in horror, sci-fi, and fantasy genre cinema over a multi-day event consisting of film screenings, diverse panels, parties, and networking sessions. Over the past 9 years, HIFF has shown over 700 independent genre films and welcomed over 8,000 attendees.

To purchase tickets, festival passes, or for additional information on HIFF, please visit: www.hifilmfest.com.