Monster Mash

A Halloween hookup turns into something more for a pair of morbid misfits costumed as Horror Cinema's most iconic female characters.

Created with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council.  

Written, Directed, Produced by Mark Pariselli
Produced by Olga Barsky
Starring: Geoff Stevens, Eric Rich
Director of Photography, Colourist: Conor Fisher
Editing by Daniel McIntyre

Screenings

  • Inside Out Toronto LGBTQ Film Festival - curated 30th anniversary online program (May 2020)

  • Behind the Camera: Mark Pariselli, Soho House, Toronto (July 2019)

  • Reelout - Kingston Queer Film + Video Festival (February 2019)

  • Queer Fear presentation of 'Carrie' (Brian De Palma, 1976), The Royal Cinema, Toronto (October 2017)

  • MIX Mexico: Festival De Diversidad Sexual En Cine (June 2017)

  • Retrospective of Short Works, Never Apart, Montreal (October 2016)

  • Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (October 2016)

  • Fresno Reel Pride LGBTQ+ Film Festival (September 2016)

  • Oslo Fusion International Film Festival (September 2016)

  • Retrospective of Short Works, The Short Films of Mark Pariselli 2010 – 2015, AltFest – New York, Anthology Film Archives, New York City (June 2016)

  • Frameline: The San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival (June 2016)

  • Retrospective of Short Works, Prismatic Intersection: Humber College’s LGBT Awareness Week (March 2016)

  • Santo Domingo OutFest – Festival Internacional de Cine GLBT (November 2015)

  • Queers in Shorts (U.K.) (October 2015)

  • MiFo LGBT Film Festival: Fort Lauderdale Edition (October 2015)

  • Out on Film: Atlanta's LGBT Film Festival (October 2015)

  • Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival (July 2015)

  • Sicilia Queer Film Festival (May 2015)

  • Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival (May 2015)

  • Schwule Filmwoche Freiburg – Freiburg International Gay Film Festival (May 2015)

  • La Samain du Cinéma Fantastique (October 2014)

  • The Slimebone City Horror Film Festival (October 2014)

  • Seattle LGBT Film Festival (October 2014)

  • MIX Copenhagen LGBT Film Festival (October 2014)

  • Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival (October 2014)

  • Pride Pictures Karlsruhe (October 2014)

  • Hamburg International Queer Film Festival (October 2014)

  • Reeling: The Chicago LGBT Film Festival (September 2014)

  • POMADA (Poland) (June 2014)

  • BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival (March 2014)