Greetings all!

We are pleased to announce the official kick off of the Spring 2012 Slash and Bash Horror/Sci-Fi Short Film Competition running April 3rd 2012 till April 30th 2012.
If you are interested in participating please click the short film contest link at the top of the page.
We are looking forward to seeing all of your entries!

The Spring 2012 Slash and Bash Horror and Sci-Fi film festival will be held May 25th-26th, 2012 at the Break Room (911 S Kansas Ave Topeka, 66612) in downtown Topeka, KS!

We will have screens inside The Break Room to show films all day and evening Saturday and outdoor big screen on Saturday night.

Admission is completely free!!!!

We will also be holding another Topeka Zombie Walk (to benefit Let’s Help) as well as a short film festival.

Check the schedule page for more information as to the films we are showing.  Out of town visitors are definitely welcome, we offer an exclusive deal with the senate suites in downtown Topeka, right by where all the action is!

The updated Schedule is available for the events, that kick off Oct 6th 2011!  We will feature another zombie walk (with proceeds going to Let’s Help of Topeka), a homemade horror film fest, and films at the Break Room, Field of Greens, and Gizmo Pictures!

Join us for a horrifically fun night!

The 2011 Slash And Bash Film Festival was held this past weekend in Downtown Topeka, with great success.  Hundreds of people attended both days of the fest, with highlights including the Zombie Walk, the outdoor showing of “Aliens” and the short film contest (the entries of which can be seen HERE.)

The administration staff will be hard at work over the next few weeks (after taking a well deserved breather!) combing over the festival and the aspects that worked, along with the ones that didn’t, so that we can present you with an even better festival next time.  If you have comments, please give them to us, as feedback is the second most valuable thing our fans can give us.  But the first most valuable thing is for you to tell a friend.  Like us on Facebook, follow us on twitter, but tell your friends and help us make the next festival even more successful!

Slash And Bash WILL return in October for a double feature event, check back for details!  And tell your friends…

This year is the 25th Anniversary of James Cameron’s “Aliens”, so be sure to join us Friday, June 24th downtown Topeka for a special screening of the director’s special edition! If you’ve never seen this iconic film, you owe it to yourself to remedy that.  If you’ve only ever seen the theatrical release, you owe it to yourself to come and see the special edition which incorporates a full 17 minutes of additional footage and scenes back into the film.   If you’ve never seen it on the BIG SCREEN, you owe it to yourself to NOT MISS THIS!

Local filmmaker Patrick Rea from SenoReality Films will be on hand to present two short films before hand, “Time’s Up Eve” and “Get Off My Porch” followed by a question and answer session. The Break Room will have popcorn as well as a full menu available for good eats. And don’t forget about our “SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT”! Oh, did we mention the Zombie Walk? Friday is shaping up to be a very big evening! So big we’ll have Kansas Avenue closed off between 9th and 10th streets (plan accordingly), don’t forget to bring your lawn chairs and prepare for a fun time!!!

Submissions for the 1st Annual Slash-And-Bash Short Film Contest are now closed! We had 4 teams enter, and a wild and wooly nine days later now have 4 complete short films turned in! Judging is now underway to determine how our filmmakers fared.
Don’t forget to come down to the Slash-And-Bash Film Fest the last weekend of June, Friday the 24th and Saturday the 25th when we will premier these films and YOU’LL have a chance to judge for yourself! Help decide who will take home the audience award.

4 Teams signed up for the film contest this weekend and were given their top secret criteria which included the following:

• Line of Dialogue.  “Game Over, Man!” The required Line of Dialogue must be used verbatim. It may be spoken, sung and/or written. It may be in any language, though if it is unclear that it is the required Line, there must be a translation subtitle.
• Character name:  “Adrianne Barbeau” The required person’s name can be mentioned, or a character bearing the name can be named and seen on-screen. (No, you don’t have to get THE Adrianne Barbeau.)
• Prop:  “A WU Woman Calendar Model” You will draw/be assigned a WU Woman Calendar Model the night of registration.  They must be seen on-screen. (So you’ll have to work within the model’s available times that week.)
• Genre: Since Slash-and Bash is a Horror/Sci-Fi Film Fest, we expect your film to fall into one of those categories.

The teams now have until this coming Sunday at 7pm to turn in a completed short film.  The films will be graded by our panels of judges and then shown at the Slash And Bash Film Festival at the end of June.

We wish all the teams good luck, and look forward to seeing their creations!

Our Hotels page has been updated to reflect an exclusive deal with a luxury hotel in the area, Senate Suites.

Also new to the page is our Short Film contest page!  All interested parties should check out the page and register if you haven’t already!

Check out our photos from previous years!

Slash and Bash returns for its 6th year of SCI-FI and HORROR film festival in Topeka, KS on Oct 6th-9th!

We will be featuring films at the Break Room, Field of Greens, Gizmo Pictures, and the big outdoor screen will make its return Saturday night!  Check the schedules page for full listings.

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