Valentine Villainy at the Pioneer Theatre

Toronto, CANADA Rue Morgue Cinema and Shade Rupe presentValentine Villainy:An Evening ofShortHorrorFilms About Love and Desire(Monday February 11, 7:00 pm at The Pioneer Theatre, 155 East 3^rdStreet at Avenue A, 212.591.0434) for a night of award-winning films includingRue Morgue Magazinepublisher Rodrigo Gudi�� controversial shockerThe Demonology of Desire(Bizarre, shocking and brilliantly done. - Raindance Film Festival) and his acclaimed filmThe Eyes of Edward James(A stunning psychological thriller. Toronto Sun). Also screening will be Phil Muccis award-winning filmThe Listening Dead(voted Best Short Film of 2007 inRue Morgue Magazines Year In Review), and Stuart Andrews humorous and insightfulGirls, Guns & Goblins: Making The Demonology of Desire. Both Gudi��nd Mucci will be present to introduce their respective films and answer questions from the audience. A pile of swag bags courtesy of Rue Morgue will also be on hand for lucky attendees.

Shade Rupe proudly returns to the Pioneer for a grand night of filmic debauchery and debasement. Currently handling publicity for Wild Eye Releasings upcoming original feature,Blitzkrieg: Escape from Stalag 69, theBravos 100 Scariest Movie Momentscommentator and author of the upcoming interview anthologyDark Stars Risingis excited to offer the first full presentation of Rodrigo Gudi�� film output to date. Valentine Villainy is the world premiere of this collection, and the combination of Gudi�� colorful visuals and distinguished storytelling is guaranteed to send every participant home with a wry smile, and a coldly warmed heart.

An Official Selection of over fifteen film festivals worldwideThe Demonology of Desireis an unnerving and bizarre experience involving a precocious young girl with a very unusual need. A powerful wish rips the soft fabric of friendship between an unsuspecting boy, the girls best friend and a sinister thing they keep locked in a cage in the basement.

This brave, provocative, blackly comic and deeply perverse film (FanTasia Film Festival) was awarded Best Short 2007 (Rhode Island Horror Film Festival) and Special Jury Prize for Best Actress and Best Effects (Fantastic Fest, Austin).

The Demonology of Desirefeatures cinematography by Derek Rogers, CSC, (Cube,Resident Evil: Apocalypse) and special make-up effects by Gaslight Studio (300,Land of the Dead,Saw III).One fucked up number -Aint It Cool News.

An official selection of over twenty festivals worldwide, including the Toronto International Film Festival and the Seattle International Film Festival,The Eyes of Edward Jameshas garnered awards in Koreas prestigious Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival and Scotlands Dead By Dawn Horror Film Festival.

The fifteen-minute suspense films tale unfurls through a hypnotized patients couchbound recant of the evening that his wife is brutally murdered. His eyes become our own as he makes his way through the dark maze of his own twisted memory.

The Eyes of Edward Jamesstars Richard Underhill (Blue Murder).An auspicious debut - Twitch Film

Director Phil Mucci began his career as a music and advertising photographer in New York City.During his decade long stint as a photographer, he worked with a slew of popular artists, including Christina Aguilera, Jay-Z, Ludacris, Trent Reznor, My Chemical Romance, The Killers, and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, to name a few.In his gothic fableThe Listening Dead,an obsessed composer and his wife are haunted by the apparition of a young woman. The composers wife unknowingly inflicts him with a horrible curse, and the spirit takes matters into her own hands...

Phil Mucci creates melodic little pocket universes He has profound understanding of the techniques that make up film production from seemingly every era and uses those techniques to evoke the era itself in his work. Aint It Cool News