The 22nd Screamfest Horror Film Festival’s just released its first wave of feature films screening this year. The 2022 festival will take place October 11-20 and will be held at the Tcl Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
“We are excited to return to the Tcl Chinese Theaters since the theatrical experience is unlike anything else,” stated festival founder Rachel Belofsky. “We look forward to seeing the LA horror community in person this year and can’t wait to see these premieres on the big screen where they belong.”
The festival’s set Prime Video and Blumhouse’s Run Sweetheart Run with Shohreh Aghdashloo and Pilou Asbæk as its closing night film. Screamfest will also host the West Coast premiere of Living with Chucky, a documentary about the creepy serial killer doll written and directed by Kyra Gardner. Slayers starring Thomas Jane, Abigail Breslin, and Malin Akerman will have its world premiere...
“We are excited to return to the Tcl Chinese Theaters since the theatrical experience is unlike anything else,” stated festival founder Rachel Belofsky. “We look forward to seeing the LA horror community in person this year and can’t wait to see these premieres on the big screen where they belong.”
The festival’s set Prime Video and Blumhouse’s Run Sweetheart Run with Shohreh Aghdashloo and Pilou Asbæk as its closing night film. Screamfest will also host the West Coast premiere of Living with Chucky, a documentary about the creepy serial killer doll written and directed by Kyra Gardner. Slayers starring Thomas Jane, Abigail Breslin, and Malin Akerman will have its world premiere...
- 9/15/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Screamfest Horror Film Festival announced today its first-wave lineup of competitive features and shorts for its 22nd edition running October 11th through 20th at the Tcl Chinese Theater.
The Hulu Original film Matriarch will hold its world premiere screening on October 11 – opening night – before premiering on the streamer for Huluween on October 21.
From the press release:
“Run Sweetheart Run from Prime Video and Blumhouse will close Screamfest LA on October 20th. After what begins as dinner with a client, a single mom (Ella Balinska) finds herself hunted by a monstrous and seemingly unstoppable assailant (Pilou Asbæk). Co-written and directed by Shana Feste, the film is a must-see watch for the Halloween season and helmed by an extraordinary team of women both in front and behind the camera. A Q&a will follow the screening featuring the cast and crew.
“Considered the “Sundance of Horror,” Screamfest is proud to showcase new...
The Hulu Original film Matriarch will hold its world premiere screening on October 11 – opening night – before premiering on the streamer for Huluween on October 21.
From the press release:
“Run Sweetheart Run from Prime Video and Blumhouse will close Screamfest LA on October 20th. After what begins as dinner with a client, a single mom (Ella Balinska) finds herself hunted by a monstrous and seemingly unstoppable assailant (Pilou Asbæk). Co-written and directed by Shana Feste, the film is a must-see watch for the Halloween season and helmed by an extraordinary team of women both in front and behind the camera. A Q&a will follow the screening featuring the cast and crew.
“Considered the “Sundance of Horror,” Screamfest is proud to showcase new...
- 9/15/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
With the new slasher style horror Pitchfork selected to play at the Horror-on-Sea Film Festival on Friday 19th January. I got chance to ask actor Brian Raetz about; his character, how he got involved in the film and what makes Pitchfork stand out in the horror genre.
What can we expect from the film Pitchfork?
You can expect a satisfying blend of homages to all your classic horror film favourites with a kind hearted and authentic twist originating from our director Glenn Douglas Packard’s personal experience of coming out to his parents in rural conservative Michigan. This film is powered by the love of friendship and the will to survive amidst a world filled with characters that do not accept you. Some characters in this film would like to see Hunter change, to no longer be gay, and others would like to see him dead.
Can you tell me...
What can we expect from the film Pitchfork?
You can expect a satisfying blend of homages to all your classic horror film favourites with a kind hearted and authentic twist originating from our director Glenn Douglas Packard’s personal experience of coming out to his parents in rural conservative Michigan. This film is powered by the love of friendship and the will to survive amidst a world filled with characters that do not accept you. Some characters in this film would like to see Hunter change, to no longer be gay, and others would like to see him dead.
Can you tell me...
- 1/22/2018
- by Philip Rogers
- Nerdly
They thought they knew the score, but a group of thieves get more than they bargained for when they kidnap a girl possessed by a demon in House on Willow Street, coming to Blu-ray and DVD from Scream Factory this August. Today's Horror Highlights also includes a DVD contest for Glenn Douglas Packard's Pitchfork and release details and a trailer for Manhattan Undying.
House on Willow Street Blu-ray & DVD: From Scream Factory: "We are pleased to announce that we have a new IFC Midnight film planned for release on Blu-ray & DVD this August!
The House On Willow Street – The perfect kidnapping goes gruesomely awry in this shock-a-minute, supernatural wild ride. When a band of desperate criminals, led by the tough-as nails Hazel (Sharni Vinson, You're Next), abduct Katherine (Carlyn Burchell), the daughter of an ultra-wealthy family, they are certain they've found themselves an easy target for ransom. What...
House on Willow Street Blu-ray & DVD: From Scream Factory: "We are pleased to announce that we have a new IFC Midnight film planned for release on Blu-ray & DVD this August!
The House On Willow Street – The perfect kidnapping goes gruesomely awry in this shock-a-minute, supernatural wild ride. When a band of desperate criminals, led by the tough-as nails Hazel (Sharni Vinson, You're Next), abduct Katherine (Carlyn Burchell), the daughter of an ultra-wealthy family, they are certain they've found themselves an easy target for ransom. What...
- 5/12/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Feral forest children with pitchforks for hands. NYC visitors on foreign country turf. Choreographed dance numbers to Andy Grammer’s “Honey, I’m Good.” These are the supposed horrors of Glenn Douglas Packard’s Pitchfork, a new-age slasher film with a barnyard twist. The intent is to create a new breed of slasher icon worth fearing – this “Pitchfork” fellow – but the result is, without argument, an expected January release that silently comes and goes. What starts with a traveling band of “super-woke” city stereotypes ends with the impact of a size 72 font *shrug* emoji, lost amidst stale dialogue, misguided “emotionality” and a base-value representation of “horror.” It’s the kind of genre brand that kills people and assumes it’s enough, while supplemental material is nothing but throwaway repetition.
The film follows a diverse group of friends who travel many miles just to support their friend Hunter (Brian Raetz), since...
The film follows a diverse group of friends who travel many miles just to support their friend Hunter (Brian Raetz), since...
- 1/15/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Twenty-five of the UK's special effects experts have come together for a good cause. Each artist is customizing a bust of Frankenstein's monster, and 100% of the proceeds raised at the auction of these busts will be donated to Make-a-Wish UK. Also, details on the premiere screening of Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies, Ravenwolf Towers episode 2 details, a new trailer for Pitchfork, and the trailer and tie-in Vr video for Go North.
The Monster Charity Project 2017 Details: From the Press Release: "25 of the UK's top prop-making, sculpting and Spfx make-up artists have been brought together to take part in a unique charity project. Each artist has been given a bespoke Frankenstein-inspired monster bust, created and supplied by Svfx University of Bolton Special & Visual Effects team, with the simple instruction: Customise him into any design you like.
Once customised, the artists then donate the finished bust back to the Monster Charity Project...
The Monster Charity Project 2017 Details: From the Press Release: "25 of the UK's top prop-making, sculpting and Spfx make-up artists have been brought together to take part in a unique charity project. Each artist has been given a bespoke Frankenstein-inspired monster bust, created and supplied by Svfx University of Bolton Special & Visual Effects team, with the simple instruction: Customise him into any design you like.
Once customised, the artists then donate the finished bust back to the Monster Charity Project...
- 1/10/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
It’s not the most useful utensil, but it can kill.
Horror film Pitchfork makes its way into select theaters today as it launches a second trailer to promote a possible new villain with a pitchfork as a hand.
Here’s the official synopsis:
Having recently shared a life-changing secret with his family, Hunter recruits his friends to come with him from New York to the farm where he grew up as he faces his parents for the first time. As the college students enjoy the fresh air of Michigan farm country, an older, more dangerous secret slowly emerges. While Hunter navigates a new place within his conservative family, a vicious creature from their past descends on the farm, putting the unsuspecting city kids in mortal danger.
The cast includes Daniel Wilkinson, Lindsey Nicole, Brian Raetz, Ryan Moore, Celina Beach, Keith Webb, Sheila Leason, Nicole Dambro, Vibhu Raghave, Rachel Carter,...
Horror film Pitchfork makes its way into select theaters today as it launches a second trailer to promote a possible new villain with a pitchfork as a hand.
Here’s the official synopsis:
Having recently shared a life-changing secret with his family, Hunter recruits his friends to come with him from New York to the farm where he grew up as he faces his parents for the first time. As the college students enjoy the fresh air of Michigan farm country, an older, more dangerous secret slowly emerges. While Hunter navigates a new place within his conservative family, a vicious creature from their past descends on the farm, putting the unsuspecting city kids in mortal danger.
The cast includes Daniel Wilkinson, Lindsey Nicole, Brian Raetz, Ryan Moore, Celina Beach, Keith Webb, Sheila Leason, Nicole Dambro, Vibhu Raghave, Rachel Carter,...
- 1/6/2017
- by Gig Patta
- LRMonline.com
Debuting filmmaker Glenn Douglas Packard tries mightily to create a new iconic horror film villain with the title character in his low-budget effort about a maniacal killer sporting a pitchfork for a hand and wearing an animal-fur mask. Alternately registering as an homage and rip-off of the countless slasher pics that have preceded it, Pitchfork is a strictly disposable affair.
The director and co-scripter Darryl F. Gariglio at least attempt to provide some thematic depth to the tale revolving around Hunter (Brian Raetz), a young man who returns to his rural Michigan home after informing his parents and sister that...
The director and co-scripter Darryl F. Gariglio at least attempt to provide some thematic depth to the tale revolving around Hunter (Brian Raetz), a young man who returns to his rural Michigan home after informing his parents and sister that...
- 1/5/2017
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and/or own this week via various Digital HD providers such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical Blair Witch (horror sequel; James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez; rated R) Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (family comedy; Griffin Gluck, Lauren Graham; rated PG) Denial (drama; Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall; rated PG-13) Operation Avalanche (drama-thriller; Sharon Belle, Matt Johnson; rated R) Nerdland (adult animated comedy; voices: Paul Rudd, Patton Oswalt; premieres 1/6 on cable Mod; not rated) Pitchfork (horror-thriller; Daniel Wilkinson, Brian Raetz...
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- 1/4/2017
- by Robert B. DeSalvo
- Movies.com
Stars: Daniel Wilkinson, Brian Raetz, Lindsey Nicole, Ryan Moore, Celina Beach,Nicole Dambro, Keith Webb, Sheila Leason, Vibhu Raghave, Rachel Carter, Andrew Dawe-Collins | Written by Glenn Douglas Packard, Darryl F. Gariglio | Directed by Glenn Douglas Packard
I love slasher films. I always have. In fact, I would say that it is the slasher, more than almost any other subgenre, that has defined me as a horror fan. As a fan, my reverence for these oft-maligned films knows no bounds and I find great comfort in revisiting them over and over.
However, as a film-maker, the prospect of actually making a slasher film terrifies me. As much as I want to believe that there is new ground just waiting to be broken, I struggle to see what can still be done with the slasher film. I approach every new entry with the hope that I will find something new, something that...
I love slasher films. I always have. In fact, I would say that it is the slasher, more than almost any other subgenre, that has defined me as a horror fan. As a fan, my reverence for these oft-maligned films knows no bounds and I find great comfort in revisiting them over and over.
However, as a film-maker, the prospect of actually making a slasher film terrifies me. As much as I want to believe that there is new ground just waiting to be broken, I struggle to see what can still be done with the slasher film. I approach every new entry with the hope that I will find something new, something that...
- 1/3/2017
- by Andy Stewart
- Nerdly
Fright Rags is giving us a glimpse into what they have in store for us in 2017, and this teaser image featuring just the face of Alfred Hitchcock suggests something exciting is on the horizon. Also in today's Horror Highlights: a Q&A with the director of Pitchfork and release details on Funko's Game of Thrones The Night King Sofubi figure.
Fright Rags 2017 Teaser Video Released: From Fright Rags: "From all of us here at Fright-Rags, we hope you have a wonderful holiday!
As a special gift, we put together this little video to show just a few of the exciting things we have planned for 2017, including one very special announcement. Feast your eyes on it below and we will be back in full force on January 3.
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Pitchfork Q&A with Director Glenn Douglas Packard: "Home Entertainment and Theatrical Film Distributor Uncork'd Entertainment has acquired director Glenn Douglas Packard...
Fright Rags 2017 Teaser Video Released: From Fright Rags: "From all of us here at Fright-Rags, we hope you have a wonderful holiday!
As a special gift, we put together this little video to show just a few of the exciting things we have planned for 2017, including one very special announcement. Feast your eyes on it below and we will be back in full force on January 3.
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Pitchfork Q&A with Director Glenn Douglas Packard: "Home Entertainment and Theatrical Film Distributor Uncork'd Entertainment has acquired director Glenn Douglas Packard...
- 12/27/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
An eye-opening, or should I say door-opening, Q&A with the director of Never Open the Door courtesy of our very own Derek Anderson kicks off today's Horror Highlights! Also, we have trailers for both Pitchfork and Red Hollow and a call for submissions for Popcorn Fright Film Festival 2017.
Never Open the Door Q&A: Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us, Vito. When did you first come up with the idea for Never Open the Door?
Vito Trabucco: Thanks for having me. The idea first came from Chris Maltauro, my producer and co-writer, our camera operator Mike Bates, and me one night in a parking lot when we wrapped on another shoot. A few months prior I completed my first feature, Bloody Bloody Bible Camp. We were just eager to do another one.
Where did filming take place and what did that environment add...
Never Open the Door Q&A: Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us, Vito. When did you first come up with the idea for Never Open the Door?
Vito Trabucco: Thanks for having me. The idea first came from Chris Maltauro, my producer and co-writer, our camera operator Mike Bates, and me one night in a parking lot when we wrapped on another shoot. A few months prior I completed my first feature, Bloody Bloody Bible Camp. We were just eager to do another one.
Where did filming take place and what did that environment add...
- 12/12/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Exclusive: Samuel Goldwyn Films has picked up the North American rights to the drama “Green Is Gold,” written and directed by Ryon Baxter and starring Jimmy Baxter, Ryon Baxter and David Fine. The film recently had its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival over the summer, where it won the Audience Award for Best Fiction Feature.
The film follows “a thirteen-year-old boy [who] is forced to live with his estranged brother after their father is sent to prison. Their relationship is soon tested when the older brother’s occupation as a marijuana dealer infringes on his ability not only to raise his brother, but to even take care of himself. However, through constant tribulation, they discover...
– Exclusive: Samuel Goldwyn Films has picked up the North American rights to the drama “Green Is Gold,” written and directed by Ryon Baxter and starring Jimmy Baxter, Ryon Baxter and David Fine. The film recently had its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival over the summer, where it won the Audience Award for Best Fiction Feature.
The film follows “a thirteen-year-old boy [who] is forced to live with his estranged brother after their father is sent to prison. Their relationship is soon tested when the older brother’s occupation as a marijuana dealer infringes on his ability not only to raise his brother, but to even take care of himself. However, through constant tribulation, they discover...
- 9/30/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
“All work and no play makes a Jack a dull boy”. Cavity Colors’ The Shining-inspired pin, in collaboration with artist Bruce Parker, is limited to only 300 pins and is available right now. Also in today’s Highlights: the lineup for Lost Episode Fest Toronto 2016 and the new teaser trailer for Pitchfork.
Cavity Colors’ The Shining Pin Release Details: From Cavity Colors: “We’re super excited to finally release a collaboration with our friend, and incredible artist Bruce Parker.
We have many more collaborations with Bruce on the way,
but it’s time to feast your eyes on this newest pin offering!
– Limited Edition Of 300 for 1st pressing *
Once this pin sells out, we are unsure if (or) when it will be re-stocked.
– 1.5 inches tall
– Hard Enamel Pin with a shiny finish that resembles an Axe Blade!
– Double rubber clutch on the back for secure attachment
– Cavitycolors logo stamp on the...
Cavity Colors’ The Shining Pin Release Details: From Cavity Colors: “We’re super excited to finally release a collaboration with our friend, and incredible artist Bruce Parker.
We have many more collaborations with Bruce on the way,
but it’s time to feast your eyes on this newest pin offering!
– Limited Edition Of 300 for 1st pressing *
Once this pin sells out, we are unsure if (or) when it will be re-stocked.
– 1.5 inches tall
– Hard Enamel Pin with a shiny finish that resembles an Axe Blade!
– Double rubber clutch on the back for secure attachment
– Cavitycolors logo stamp on the...
- 7/22/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
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