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We got another Grossfest announcement for Grossfest 2026!

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We have a returning guest for Grossfest 2026… but this isn’t just any returning guest as the QUEEN HAS RETURNED TO PITTSBURGH! Yes Grossfest fans this wonderful talent isn’t just a pretty face in the independent filmmaking crowd. You would know her as a director, a producer, a writer, editor, or some would know her as THE QUEEN OF SCREAMS. Her anthology film “Body Count” that played at Grossfest two years ago pretty much cemented she is a force that people must take notice of in the independent genre but we know her as the absolutely entertaining talent… Jenn Nangle!

Grossfest 2026 – July 31st-August 1st

Friday 4-10pm

Saturday 11-7pm

Tickets: $15 for one day or $20 for both days

Vendor tables are $100 each and come with two passes (tables will go up to purchase soon)

Movie room schedule will come closer to event and of course we have a tattoo room

www.grossfest.com

Comfort Inn Conference Center

699 Rodi Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15235

(412) 244-1600

Now for another Grossfest 2026 announcement

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So let’s keep the Grossfest announcements going as you know we cannot have a Grossfest without her. And now as Grossfest fans have gotten to know her and her work over the years she might be the only person that is busier than The Gross Brothers during the convention weekend. This delightfully multi-talented artist and superfan of horror is none other than one of best tattoo artists in Pittsburgh… It is the one, the legendary, ANGEL O’CONNOR!

Grossfest 2026 – July 31st-August 1st

Friday 4-10pm

Saturday 11-7pm

Tickets: $15 for one day or $20 for both days

Vendor tables are $100 each and come with two passes (tables will go up to purchase soon)

Movie room schedule will come closer to event and of course we have a tattoo room

www.grossfest.com

Comfort Inn Conference Center

699 Rodi Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15235

(412) 244-1600

First Grossfest 2026 guest announcement!

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For our first guest announcement for Grossfest 2026 it only makes sense to have someone whose career that started in the mid-80s and hasn’t slowed down a damn bit! Projects like “Goblin”, “Zombie Rampage”, and “Sorority Babes in the Dance-A-Thon of Death” were Indie cult classics among video store nerds. Hard to find films that were talked about like myths around a campfire at summer camp until a little project he made “Zombie Bloodbath” hit the scene in 1993. His name was soon mentioned with the likes of the Polonia Brothers, Donald Farmer, Jon McBride, etc. As the 2000s came his career may have seem to slow down a little but that was just this legendary (I don’t say that lightly) talent gearing up for the second stage of his career that gave such weird and wild horror titles: “House of Forbidden Secrets”, “Dreaming Purple Neon”, and “Bonehill Road” with him not slowing down as it seems his career is now running on more caffeine than most humans have in their life we have the pleasure to introduce to Grossfest fans… the man, the myth, the legend… TODD F’N SHEETS! 

Grossfest 2026 – July 31st-August 1st

Friday 4-10pm

Saturday 11-7pm

Tickets: $15 for one day or $20 for both days

Vendor tables are $100 each and come with two passes (tables will go up to purchase soon)

Movie room schedule will come closer to event and of course we have a tattoo room

www.grossfest.com

Comfort Inn

699 Rodi Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15235

(412) 244-1600

Next event for Gross Movie Reviews

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(Next event up for the Gross Brothers and the Grossfest World Tour!)

We will have a lot of 4K, Blu-ray, DVDs for only … $5.

Also will have a bunch of Independent DVD and Blu-ray for $5.

Plus will some different best offer movies that will have people interested! See we will see yinz there!

Halloween and Horror Vendor Marketplace, just in time for the Halloween decorating season! Horror/Goth/Spooky/Creepy art, collectibles and decor items. Many local vendors showcasing their unusual wares.

Admission is only $5 at the door. Children 12 and under are free with accompanying adult.

Our venue is
Monroeville Mall
Time and Space Event Space
(upper level across from Victoria’s Secret)
200 Mall Blvd
Monroeville, PA 15046

The event space is located on the JC Penney/ Dick’s end of the mall, upper level, across from Victoria’s Secret. Vendors will be inside of our new 10,00 square foot event space in close proximity to the Living Dead Museum.

Free parking at the mall.
Vendor Spaces available at www.TimeandSpaceToys.com 

Gross Movie Reviews heads to this event next Sunday!

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(Okay kids this is what I am bringing to this great show with great vendors:

I will have copies of Tales from the Gross Side movie (DVDs $10 and Blu-rays $15, along with my coffee table book of the same name $20)

Lots of horror VHS for only $5!

Lots of Independent DVDs and Blu-rays (over three dozen different filmmakers) for only $5 (yes, I am bringing Midget Zombie Takeover

I will have independent VHS copies for $20-$25 each

I will have a dozen or so laserdiscs for best offer

Some other rare, used, and some weird movie stuff that will be best offer!

If that isn’t enough come see what I sell from the Time Bomb Toys table?

Wait… I will even have a few movie book novelizations for best offer.

Plus I will have a dollar bin of Rom/Coms if interested?)

We are REWINDING to play it a second time in 2025! The first show was such a huge hit that we are doing it again, Sept 7th, 2025.

Vendor market show featuring physical media to buy, sell, or trade.

Vendors and collectors selling: VHS & Beta Video Tapes; Laser Discs, CED Discs & DVDs; Vinyl Records & Cassette Tapes; CRT (tube) TVs; VCRs; Vintage Stereo Equipment.

Admission is only $5 at the door. Early Bird admission is $10 and begins at 10:00AM! Children 12 and under are free with accompanying adult. Tickets are sold at the door.


Monroeville Mall
Time and Space Event Space
200 Mall Blvd
Monroeville, PA 15046

The Event Space is located on the JC Penney/ Dick’s end of the mall, upper level, across from Victoria’s Secret. Vendors will be inside of our new single large event 10,000 sq ft venue.

Free parking at the mall.
www.TimeandSpaceToys.com

Grossfest 2025 is two weeks away my friends

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GUESTS:

Mark Polonia

Jeff Kirkendall

Jamie Morgan

Tim Hatch

Jessa Flux

Mel Heflin

Phil Herman

Steve Rudzinski

Aleen Isley

Morrigan Thompson-Milam

The official Grossfest tattoo artist and all around coolest horror movie fan ever to exist Angel O’Connor!

Special guest – Jason Burke

Grossfest August 1st & 2nd, 2025

Location:

Comfort Inn Conference Center

699 Rodi Road, Pittsburgh, PA, 15235

Tickets for admission: $10 for one day or $15 for both days.

Vendor, movie, and tattoo room hours:

(Again no one under 18 will be allowed to get a tattoo so please don’t ask. Also you will need a Grossfest wristband in order to make your appointment with Angel the tattoo artist.)

August 1st, Friday 4-10pm

August 2nd, Saturday 11-7pm

Here is the vendor list:

Nene’s Soaps

Nekroshark Films

Burghbrats Krafty Kreations

Melissa Sapienza-Garrett

Classy Crows

Lowell Squires

Sam Hice Art

Ultra Violent

Matthew W. Parmenter

Cheevies Film Productions

Chase Will

Nomad Comics

MMH Productions

Kiss of Death Productions

RJR Craft Labs

13 Occult

Secondhand Spooky

Video Nasty Productions

Clifton Taylor

Celebration of Spirits

1282 Productions

Loretta Lynn Chambers

Steve Livengood

Static Talent/Matt Chasin/Michael Coulombe

Dandylinn

Dazed N Disorderly

Drunken Yinzers Productions

JAB Productions

Chanda Rawlings

Tabatha Rader

Grossfest 2025 movie room schedule!

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Grossfest 2025 Movie Schedule

Friday, August 1st 

As always we start off Grossfest with the Matt Cannon short film classic

4:05pm – 4:30pm – Hexercise

4:30pm – 4:55pm – What Scares You (short film)

5:00pm – 7:00pm – Phil Herman’s Unearthed

7:00pm – 8:40pm – Macabre Medicine (Blu-ray release premiere)

8:40pm – 10:40pm – Torture the Flesh

10:40pm – 11:30pm – Wally Meets Popeye (premiere)

11:35pm – Midnight – Special Screening of Maddie Deering’s Trash Removal

Saturday, August 2nd

11:00am – 12:35pm – Violent Streets (Brad Sykes unreleased film premiere)

12:35pm – 12:45pm – Grossfest Lifetime Achievement Award in main room

12:45pm – 2:15pm – Return to Splatter Farm (with Mark Polonia and crew Q&A after film)

2:15pm – 3:35pm – Magnum Opus

3:35pm – 4:45pm – Cagey

4:45pm – 6:45pm – Jacker 3: Road to Hell (premiere) maybe if it’s finished?

6:45pm – 8:05pm – Leech (close out the show with a wild one)

Remember folks all films are unrated (so please be mindful of your kids) and remember schedule and films are subject to change!

Did you know we have a tattoo artist at Grossfest 2025? Award winning tattoo artist!

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Come meet her and get something done!

Angel O’Connor

Once again almost no introduction is needed after Grossfest 2024, back by popular demand we present to yinz the multi-talented tattoo artist Angel O’Connor!!! Her work speaks for itself and Grossfest fans absolutely loved her!

Make your reservations at the hotel today and join us:

Grossfest August 1st & 2nd, 2025

Comfort Inn Conference Center

699 Rodi Road, Pittsburgh, PA, 15235

Tickets for admission: $10 for one day or $15 for both days.

(Again no one under 18 will be allowed to get a tattoo so please don’t ask. Also you will need a Grossfest wristband in order to make your appointment with Angel the tattoo artist.)

August 1st, Friday 4-10pm

August 2nd, Saturday 11-7pm

http://www.grossfest.com

Flicks in the Sticks Short Film Festival will be held on April 18, 2026

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Flicks in the Sticks Short Film Festival will be held on April 18, 2026 at the Quakertown Farmers Market 201 Station Road Quakertown, PA 18951 at the Event Space inside Entrance #1

Flicks in the Sticks Short Film Festival is a grassroots celebration of DIY filmmaking, dedicated to showcasing local, low- to zero-budget short films up to 15 minutes in length. The festival highlights bold storytelling and inventive filmmaking from creators who work with passion, creativity, and limited resources. The festival is funded by DONATION ONLY, there is NO REQUIRED FEE TO SUBMIT YOUR FILM.

Held in community-centered and unconventional venues, Flicks in the Sticks brings together filmmakers, cinephiles, and curious locals for gatherings of authentic, offbeat cinema. Each event features a curated mix of genres and styles, shining a spotlight on the diversity and originality of independent short films.

But Flicks in the Sticks is more than just a film screening—it’s a hub for community connection and creative exchange. Through filmmaker Q&As, informal networking, and a laid-back, welcoming atmosphere, the festival fosters a space where local voices are heard and celebrated.

Whether you’re an emerging filmmaker looking to share your vision or a film lover eager to discover something fresh and unpolished, Flicks in the Sticks offers a front-row seat to the spirit of grassroots cinema.

FREE TO ATTEND! 

Interested? Submit your film here —-> https://forms.gle/Z3QZY3zhx2xueqf98

Reviews and news are coming soon

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Sorry folks for those who do read my reviews but with the recent untimely death of my great friend and filmmaker Maddie Deering on June 13th I went offline for some time to take care of some things. I promise you the reviews and news will start back up again. Maddie you will be missed my dear friend.