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by Seth Metoyer, MoreHorror.com

Our video interview coverage of the Shockfest Film Festival 2011 continues to roll in. In this episode, Dawna Lee Heising interviews Writer, Director, Actress and Producer Maria Olsen.

Maria is very busy these days in Hollywood and she catches us up on some of her past, current and recent projects, including Live-In Fear (IndieGoGo page), Sam Hell, Shellter, A Gothic Tale, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and Paranormal Activity 3.

Check out the full interview below which was shot and edited by Astraes Locke.

For more information about Maria Olsen, you can check out her official IMDb page here. She can also be found on Twitter here.

We're getting all settled in out here in L.A., and the finishing touches have been put on this weekend's schedule of events. Our buddy Ted from Creation just gave me the Revised schedule, which I've posted after the jump. If you were planning your weekend around one of the previously posted schedules, please check this one out, as it may have changed.

Also a reminder, for the first time ever, we have Two Tracks of panels on both Saturday and Sunday!

Friday April 17

Main Track (Main Auditorium, Concourse, Rooms 151 & 152)

2:00 P.M. Greetings - With our hosts, Creation chief Adam Malin, Fangoria president/owner Thomas DeFeo, and Fango editor Tony Timpone.

2:10 P.M. Previews - A look at upcoming genre flicks!

3:10 P.M. Preview: “Walking Distance” - With writer/director Mel House and cast members Adrienne King, Reggie

Bannister, Shannon Lark and Denton Blane Everett

3:45 P.

Earlier this week we pointed you in the direction of the Fearsome Fango Film Show Line-Up for the upcoming Los Angeles Weekend of Horrors running April 17-19, 2009. Now that the full event schedule is live, we thought we'd point out a few "choice cuts" (i.e., those panels that we here at Dread Central are either moderating, participating in, or just generally think you shouldn't miss).

Note: All guests/events listed are tentative. More stars are still joining the fun at this late stage, so expect lots of surprises all weekend long. And for the first time ever, there will be a second track of programming that will take place concurrently with the main track on Saturday and Sunday!

Friday, April 17

Main Track (Main Auditorium, Concourse, Rooms 151 & 152)

3:10 P.M.: Preview: Walking Distance - With writer/director Mel House and cast members Adrienne King, Reggie Bannister, Shannon Lark, and Denton Blane Everett 4:30 P.

After a year of planning, the schedule for the West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors convention is ready to be unveiled. The event will to be held this coming April 17-19 (three monstrous days and over 100 guests!) at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa).

All guests/events listed here are tentative. More stars are still joining the fun at this late stage, so expect lots of surprises all weekend long. And for the first time ever, we’ve added a second track of programming that will take place concurrently with the main track on Saturday and Sunday! Be sure to note which rooms your favorite panels will be held in. Details for the jam-packed film schedule, including several world premieres and more unannounced bonus guests, can be found here. For additional information and tickets to the Weekend of Horrors, produced by Creation and Fangoria Entertainment, go here.

While we put the finishing touches on the schedule for the West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held this coming April 17-19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa), here’s a look at the Fearsome Fango Film Show (running all three days: Friday in Room 502 A, second floor; Saturday & Sunday in Room 501 A-c, second floor; both located in West Hall B) in the meantime. The program gives you the chance to catch exclusive screenings of many films you won’t be able to see anywhere else right now, plus special guests dropping by to introduce the showings.

For additional information and tickets to the Weekend of Horrors, produced by Creation and Fangoria Entertainment, go here and watch this site for the full schedule of panels tomorrow. Here’s the complete film show lineup:

Friday, April 17

4:00 p.m.: Mum & Dad

This British...

We thought we were finished, but everybody wants to come to our scary shindig next week! Legendary Skinny Puppy singer Nivek Ogre (a.k.a. Oghr) and a few more notable genre folks have joined the lineup of the fast approaching West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors convention, to be held April 17-19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa).

Ogre will appear with his Repo! The Genetic Opera cast and crew on Sunday. The singer played Pavi Largo in the cult horror/rock musical. The latest bonus guests (hey, we are running out of room!) include:

• Greydon Clark: cult director of Without Warning, Satan’S Cheerleaders, Wacko, Black Shampoo and Dance MacAbre (signing at Hollywood Book & Poster table)

• Tim Thomerson: fan favorite from Near Dark, Trancers, Dollman, Nemesis and new War Wolves and Live Evil (the latter screening at the con; Thomerson will...

The Los Angeles Weekend of Horrors just keeps getting better, with so many guests being added (and some day-of surprises in-store!) that we can barely keep up here at Fango HQ! The latest addition to the West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors convention, to be held April 17-19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa) is G Tom Mac, the writer and voice of "Cry Little Sister" from The Lost Boys. He'll be joined with star Corey Haim at the event on Sunday, April 19th!

The most recent announcement of Fango terror talent includes:

• Roddy Piper Wrestler/They Live star previews new film A Gothic Tale; also appearing: Piper’s daughter, actress Ariel Teal Toombs of Creeper (Sunday)

• Terrance Zdunich, Repo! The Genetic Opera star and co-creator (appearing Sunday)

• Last House On The Left reunion: with original baddies David Hess, Fred Lincoln, Jeramie Rain and Marc Sheffler...

Wrestler/They Live star Roddy Piper and a ton more genre stars have joined the lineup of the fast approaching West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors convention, to be held April 17-19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa). Piper will appear with his daughter, actress Ariel Teal Toombs of Creeper (formerly Little F*Cker), on Sunday to discuss their respective new fright films (also screening at the con), including Piper’s new anthology A Gothic Tale (pictured).

The additional, perhaps final, windfall of Fango terror talent includes:

• Terrance Zdunich, Repo! The Genetic Opera star and co-creator (appearing Sunday)

• Last House On The Left reunion: with original baddies David Hess, Fred Lincoln, Jeramie Rain and Marc Sheffler (panel on Sunday; signing all three days at Hollywood Book & Poster tables)

• Christa Campbell: star of 2001 Maniacs and Day Of The Dead, signing free posters from her new...

What Do Edgar Allen Poe'S Classic .Tell Tale HEART., Robert Louis Stevenson'S .MARKHEIM. And Nathaniel Hawthorne'S .Dr. Heidegger's EXPERIMENT. All Have In Common? "A Gothic Tale" Writer-Director Justin Paul Ritter, coming on the heels of his critically acclaimed 2005 debut Horror Thriller Feature Film, (http://www.katiebirdthemovie.com/) has crafted a brilliantly haunting modern day Gothic tragedy, inspired by the most influential and creative minds of classic Gothic storytelling. Based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson and Nathaniel Hawthorn, a visually inspired Justin Paul Ritter takes us on an emotional and violent journey that examines love, emotional greed and personal choice, as well as challenges one's own sense of morality, loyalty, and the...

Filmmaker Justin Paul Ritter tipped Fango off that Little *Ucker (pictured), the stoner-goblin flick he produced for FX-artist-turned-director Michael Muscal, is set to have its world premiere this evening at 10 p.m. at La’s 1st Annual Severed Head Film Festival. The event will also showcase Ritter’s anthology chiller A Gothic Tale, which plays Friday, October 31 at 2 p.m. (see the full schedule below).

“To finally have A Gothic Tale and Little *Ucker completed and ready to show people is really exciting,” says Ritter, who previously helmed the indie shocker Katiebird*Certifiable Crazy Person. “These movies were both made to satisfy particular hardcore viewer bases, and we really hope we can create avenues for those people to learn about the movies and see for themselves.

“The pair of screenings at Severed Head is especially meaningful,” Ritter says of the fest, programmed by Dylan Reynolds and taking place at 251 South Main Street in downtown La.