Photo Flash: Photo Flash of Bill Connington in ZOMBIE at Film Festival in Syracuse

Bill Connington, star of the award-winning film ZOMBIE, based on the novella by Joyce Carol Oates, appeared at the Slaughter in Syracuse independent underground horror festival in Syracuse, New York, July 9 - 10. This is the 20th film festival for the film which has been called "Shocking . . . a chilling one-man study of perversity" by the New York Times, and "The most realistic, tension driven and terrifying short film ever" by the Horror Happens Radio Show.

Connington was interviewed the Horror journalist Jay Kay after the screening, and spoke about how he adapted the novella into a one-man play that he acted in in New York, with the blessings of the famous literary author Joyce Carol Oates. He then adapted it into a film, which was directed by Thomas Caruso (Southern Comfort, at The Public Theater) and also starred Kelley Van Dilla. Connington spoke with the audience about what it is like to play a serial killer.

Bill Connington is an actor and writer whose musical Love, Always (written with Michael Cooper) recently premiered at Zeiders American Dream Theater in Virginia, and whose other films include Cocktails with the Browns, which was also directed by Thomas Caruso.

Slaughter in Syracuse is an annual Independent Underground Horror Festival, presented by Jason West of Vultra Video and Ellen Vass Sanderson of Lair of Terror.

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