Well had some terrible news today that I never expected and sure quite a few of you in the Pittsburgh horror scene were as surprised as I was to learn Mario died yesterday. I never know what to say about things like this but Mario was a one of a kind person and I absolutely felt honored that Mario considered me a friend. His family is wonderful and I am still in shock of this news. R.I.P. Mario you will be missed big time my friend!
So taking Grossfest on the road twice in April and this is the first stop! I have a new book (sort of, you’ll be surprised and understand), $5 Indy DVDs and Blu-rays from a few different filmmakers, homemade beer coozies (everyone always asks), but most importantly Out of Print Dan and myself will be there with Drunken Yinzers movies of course along with some out of print stuff Dan has searched the four corners of earth to have them at $5 for you! http://www.cinemawasteland.com
For those who may have not heard we have another special guest coming to Grossfest making their first Pittsburgh convention appearance! This person is a writer, director, and actor whose career has spanned at least four decades now. This talented person has been known to act in such Indy films: Psycho Vampire, Hung Jury, Psycho Sisters, and Easter Bunny Bloodbath 2: No More Tears, but also directed films like: An Ex-Hooker’s Christmas Carol, Deep Undead, and The Blue Hole which they are putting the finishing touches on as we speak. But this person might be known to Indy fans most for being the founder of Sharkey Video and his talented underwater camera work of the feature Deep Undead that just got a wonderful rerelease recently we are delighted to introduce all of yinz to Dave Castiglione!
Grossfest 2024
Friday and Saturday August 2 and 3rd, 2024
Comfort Inn Conference Center
699 Rodi Road, Pittsburgh, PA, 15235
Need to reserve a room: Hotel link to reserve a room for Grossfest 2024! https://www.choicehotels.com/reservations/groups/ET81E2
Tickets: $10 at the door for one day, $15 for both days for those who will be attending
Vendor room hours:
Friday 4-10pm
Saturday 11-7pm
Grossfest 2024 guests
Sean Donohue
Sushii Xhyvette Holder
Jessa Flux
Kelsey Livengood
Matt Cannon… also appearing with Matt is Victor Butler who was the detective in Hexercise.
Jorge Delarosa
Nathan Rumler
Rebecca Rinehart
Special guests
Dave Castiglione
Steve Rudzinski
Also let’s not forget ultra-talented, super horror movie fan, tattoo artist Angel O’Connor who will be doing tattoos at Grossfest both days!
Vendor tables will go up for purchase October 1st, 2023.
Price is $80 for the two-day show.
Vendor Set Up: Friday August 2nd 12:00 pm – 4:00 PM
Vendor Hours: Friday 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM Saturday 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Same place, same set up, two days long this time!(Remember let’s keep this simple and fun)
We accept Cash, checks or PayPal, Zelle or Venmo – Please make checks are payable to Tom Gross
Please send the completed and signed form along with your payment (if paying by check, address will be emailed or texted to you if needed).
If paying by anything other than check, just screenshot your completed app and email it back.
If you have any questions please email us at grossfest@gmail.com
Grossfest 2024
August 2nd and 3rd, 2024
Comfort Inn Conference Center (Pittsburgh)
699 Rodi Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15235
(Grossfest hotel block: Need to reserve a room: Hotel link to reserve a room for Grossfest 2024! https://www.choicehotels.com/reservations/groups/ET81E2
September 25th an event we have never done before in West Virginia…
Then the week after… October 1-3rd we are back at Cinema Wasteland and our latest film Blood Freak will be playing at 6:30, October 2nd Saturday evening.
Go to ww.cinemawasteland.com for guests, movies, and more details.
Then October 8th our screening of Jagoff Massacre at Willow Station bar/restaurant in Castle Shannon, Pa.
Go to this facebook page for more details: https://www.facebook.com/events/345141160641950/?active_tab=discussion
or
You can go to the Willow Station facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/3841WillowStation
Screening of Jagoff Massacre begins at 7:30 but before we get started with the short film Hexercise!
Drunken Yinzers Productions returns to the conventions… The fat drunken bastards even have a banner now! We will have our latest feature Blood Freak! Along with copies of Jagoff Massacre, my three new books (that includes the infamous ‘Massacre’ book), some unknown/OOP movies you never heard of but wanna buy anyhow, we will have our one dollar DVD box again, new beer cozies (a couple new ones), and some other Halloween crafty things! So come join us and other cool vendors for this one day event as it will be a fun time as usual. For more details: www.cinemawasteland.com
With the holidays over and the new year underway, why not get involved with a great up and coming independent horror convention, GROSSFEST! Saturday, July 20th, 2019
With our first year being a big success and vendor spaces selling out quickly, we have changed to a new location and are able to add more vendors! Located at
Doubletree hotel
340 racetrack road
Washington pa 15301
If interested please email us grossfest@gmail.com
Tables are only $50!
#grossfest
Don’t forget if you are a filmmaker contact me about getting your film to our Grossfest contest?
For our next guest announcement is a pair like no other making independent horror films. They are raw, brutally honest, and have made some films that are absolutely disgusting and beautiful at the same time. The point is their films grab you by the naughty parts and make you pay attention! They may be the most talented duo out there in filmmaking land and have a constantly growing audience. A lot of people know them as TOE TAG or as I would like to introduce them to the few that haven’t had the pleasure of meeting these talented young people I give you… Fred Vogel and Shelby Lynn Vogel! I believe the picture explains everything…
#grossfest #grossfest2019
DoubleTree Hotel
340 Racetrack Rd.
Washington, Pa. 15301
1-724-222-6200
http://doubletree3.hilton.com/…/doubletree-by-hi…/index.html
We have a hotel block once again and rooms are $119 plus tax.
For anyone that wants to book their room for GrossFest the code for the discount is G19
Also people we didn’t go far from the original location (We like Washington, Pa. and they like us) but bar and restaurant will be open the whole time during the convention, plus the casino is only a short walk away, also for the out-of-towners always interested Primanti’s is a block or so away, plus this location is about a ½ mile from the exit off of I-79 and about a half mile or so from Route 19.
Once again we will have a great vendor room and movie room. But even better news people tickets are still only $10 for admission and vendor tables are still $50 each. VENDORS DON’T HESITATE to get your space. We sold out for our first show!
Hello people, independent horror movie fans, vendors, authors, fellow geeks. Quite a few people have recently ask, “What is the goal of Grossfest?”
The goal of Grossfest isn’t just to have fun but to do a film festival, convention, whatever you wanna call it a little bit different. Grossfest is not here to compete with the local Steel City Con, Living Dead Festival, or even Horror Realm at The Hollywood Theater. Grossfest is an idea that yes, started off as a joke but was always an idea of something that I have always wanted to do. It’s an idea that has been rolling around in my head for many years. Hell, some of the people who got to see the Bastards of Horror film festival years ago at Horror Realm knew I always would like to do something like this. The point of this idea is to have an event once a year with help that will cater to independent filmmakers, independent actors, their films, independent authors, and celebrate them. Give them another platform to show off their work! Instead of the Indy people being only a small part of the event how about make them the biggest and best part of the event?
I want this event to not only be something I have always enjoyed for so many years about low budget and independent movies. But how about have an event where not only focuses on these cool talented people but introduce them to a crowd of film lovers and geeks that may not know them or only heard of them. Plus, have the filmmakers and so on meet each other filmmakers, gain new fans, etc. Also we all know conventions can be expensive believe me I have been there done that for years. The other part of the goal of Grossfest for me and the others behind it is we are not in it for the money, but to celebrate the independent genre. So that means keeping costs of tickets and vendor spaces low so we can do this every year at the same location! As I always said, “you never know when meeting these talented people and seeing their films when you might be introduced to the next Tom Savini or George Romero or KNB FX group?”
By some chance the event isn’t successful a really cool person, Tim Wilder (R.I.P.) said to me, “Order pizza and turn it into a party. All of our friends will be there anyway and there will be awesome movies!” And that I can never argue.
So if you are interested in being a vendor, contact us (grossfest@gmail.com) tables are only $50. Just a fan or wanna see what all the fuss is about tickets will be $10 at the door. You are a filmmaker or producer that has a feature or a short film? We are taking those. Of course we already have our main lineup of films but we do have a segment where the best feature and short film sent to us will have a spot in the movie lineup but also win a “Grossfest” award! And again if successful my hope is to have another movie room to show off even more independent movies…
Guest list:
Todd Sheets
Brian Paulin
Thomas Berdinski
Jim Roberts
Eliza Jayne
Steve Rudzinski
Justin M. Seaman 
Zane Hershberger
Nick Charles
Terrence Main
All are welcome to the Grossfest event and if you have questions or want more details about the hotel go to www.grossfest.com or the Grossfest Facebook group page. Otherwise I will see yinz all in less than six months on July 28th, 2018 at The George Washington Hotel in Washington, Pa.
P.S. Thank you to the people who are taking a chance and standing behind this event and putting their time and money into it.
#grossfest2018 , #grossfest
Thank yinz,
Tim Gross
Our first guest of Grossfest and one of my favorite filmmakers of all time is Todd Sheets! Or as I like to call him Todd “Mother Fucking” Sheets!
The man has a passion like no other for independent movie making. Todd Sheets is one of the few filmmakers out there that has been doing this since the shot on-video days! Todd is the link between new and old or from Jon McBride and The Polonia Brothers to Chris Seaver and Mike Watt to Jim Roberts and Dustin Wayde Mills. Mr. Sheets best known for his tidal wave of crazy zombie gore horror flicks “Zombie Bloodbath trilogy” has made many more since he started 30 years ago. Mr. Sheets has written, directed, produced segments for anthologies and has made other independent horror projects. But Todd is making waves again with his even more outrageously beautiful and different horror movie taste with projects such as: “House of Forbidden Secrets”, “Dreaming Purple Neon”, and “Bonehill Road”. Mr. Sheets shows no signs of slowing down. Mr. Sheets’ unmatched passion and love for the genre was a no-brainer to be the first guest for Grossfest. So it will be a great pleasure to have him at this one day event plus my inner 16 year old self will be doing cart wheels in the parking lot…
Our second guest of Grossfest is fresh face to the independent filmmaking world. Proud to present Nick Charles! Nick is an interesting person who for his first big project did a documentary about independent filmmaking called “B-Documentary”. He was able to get a few iconic people into the film and its impact of a film I believe is something all new independent filmmakers should check out before venturing out in the backyard, the woods, the abandoned property, etc. to start their first film. Nick has already a sequel just about finished and a couple other projects in pre-production. Nick’s excitement, passion, and just pure happiness of independent filmmaker is contiguous and again a pleasure to have at Grossfest!
Grossfest
Saturday, July 28,2018
The George Washington Hotel
60 S. Main St.
Washington, Pa. 15301
www.thegeorgewashington.com
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