Badass 8 – October 23, 2022 The Rio Theatre, Vancouver-World Premire Of Death Rumble Starring Scotty Mac(ECCW Wrestling)Twan Holiday(Saints of Death) & Gigi Saul Guerrero(Director, Actress)

3pm - Death Rumble (dir Rusty Nixon, Canada, 2022) world premiere w/ wrestlers, cast & crew Q&A The world premiere of Vancouver writer/director Rusty Nixon’s (Residue, Candiland, A.M.I.) latest wild film: A group of professional wrestlers on a "Southern Hell Tour" are redirected through a small town of psychopaths bent on a show of their own. This killer new action/wrestling/ horror film stars Scotty Mac, Alice Mao, Twan Holliday, Christina Von Eerie & Gigi Saul Guerrero. The world premiere at Badass 8 includes live wrestling and a cast & crew Q&A!

Death Rumble Trailer(click here)

5:30pm Badass 8 International/Non-Local Shorts A Badass 8-hosted block of the best killer new shorts from around the world! Includes world, North American and Canadian premieres of new horror, thriller and just plain crazy short films. Full final list at vbaff.com

——— 7:30pm Badass 8 Local Shorts w/ filmmakers and Hosted Award Show w/ Caravan of Curiosities The Badass 8 big event starts with hosted screenings of two blocks of the best new local genre shorts with the filmmakers and cast & crew Q&As, followed by the Badass 8 film and script competition hosted awards show featuring performances by Caravan of Curiosities (including snake burlesque, shock magic, and fire & knives high unicycle juggling!) Program on site and at vbaff.com will include the final short film line-up, film award nominations, and genre script contest finalists. Vbaff.com Tickets: riotheatre.ca