Horrible Imaginings Film Festival

"The Bunny Man" screened at Horrible Imaginings Film Festival in San Diego:

http://www.hifilmfest.com/2015/07/29/2015-horrible-imaginings-short-film-the-bunny-man/

HIFF is the beautifully organized and ever-expanding brain child of Miguel Rodriguez, the Alistair Cooke of the San Diego horror cinema scene - an intellectual and aficionado, with energy levels that I suspect come from a sinister pact with forces Beyond Our Ken.

The titles of the schedule blocks hint at the knowledge and enthusiasm the HIFF team bring to their curation of film:
Child's Nightmares
Horror-Comedy
Creature Feature
Youth and Student Showcase
Horror for Humanity
LGBT Showcase
Natural Born Killers
Supernatural
Animation

... and then there are Q&As, panels - which this year included a panel on the rise of Mexican horror cinema - and the Local Spotlight Feature, Valley of the Sasquatch! Something for everyone.

This year the festival expanded into the Museum of Photographic Arts in the very grand Balboa Park downtown - a 15-minute cab ride from the airport, with reasonably-priced hotels all around.

For me as a filmmaker, it was a good place to meet other filmmakers informally and trade experiences, but I also had a good time just watching the films.

The Horrible Imaginings Film Festival is a serious cultural asset to San Diego.

If you are a fan of horror cinema in any of its weird manifestations, go to San Diego and stay for the whole festival (now at three packed days and nights).