Performed by Val Cole
Month: July 2025
HORROR Festival 1st Scene: BLOOD RED, by Roberto Roy Nylund
Summary: Researching transfusion therapy on different blood groups, something goes completely wrong when the test subjects start mutating and transforming into Zombie like creatures.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Marv: Geoff Mays
Ruby: Val Cole
HORROR Festival 1st Scene: THEY BRING HELL, by Bernard Schaffer
Two Federal Agents investigate cases of the paranormal, usually ending with them splattered with goo, but a darker evil awaits.
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CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Pike: Geoff Mays
Farley: Val Cole
Officer Santos: Shawn Devlin
HORROR Festival 1st Scene: VAMPIRA AND TIMBO, by A.L. Jobrail
A lone prepubescent soon-to-be werewolf falls in love with a vampire. His family disapproves, but it’s too late to stop them.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Vampira: Val Cole
Timbo: Shawn Devlin
HORROR Festival 1st Scene: SOME KIND OF ROT, by Connor Jr Brown
When a young, broke librarian buys an abandoned house on the outskirts of a British Columbian town, he starts to uncover the house’s secrets as unexplained incidents occur.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Anna: Elizabeth Rose Morris
Eric: Shawn Devlin
HORROR Short Story Reading: MY MOTHER’S FOOTSTEPS, by Micah Jones
Performed by Val Cole
HORROR 1st Scene Reading: THE YEARNING, by Paul Frank
After having to put down her aggressive rescue, Nina and her Boyfriend Paul take a trip with a group of Nina’s friends, however, with a massive snowstorm, they are trapped at the log cabin facing a deadly virus.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne –
Nina: Val Cole
Paul: Geoff Mays
FEMALE Festival 1st Scene: CYCLIC, by Fenton E. Queens
Celia is out to break general curses when she learns that her grandmother, her mother and herself were all victims of sexual abuse. With her 5 year old niece the main focus, she sets out a path to continue speaking out about this to avoid it happening to her.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Celia: Val Col
FEMALE Festival Best Scene: HIGH GROUND, by AG Conlyn
Gloria is uncomfortable on her own skin and needs to learn how to love herself. She endured many challenges to love her body and even embraces a pregnancy that she didn’t consent to.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Nancy: Val Cole
Gloria: Elizabeth Rose Morris
FEMALE Festival Best Scene: WAKING UP TO CHRISTMAS, by Susan Arscott
She thought she had it all—until she woke up in someone else’s perfect life.
Logline: When high-powered executive Claire Beckett dozes off in an airport lounge, she wakes to a life she never lived—complete with a Christmas tree farm, a cozy cabin, and a quiet artist who creates beauty from broken things.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Claire: Val Cole
Jake: Shawn Devlin