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FEO NEWS FOR FALL
2008:
- SEPTEMBER -
The detritus of old Horror/Thriller history can be found here.
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SEPTEMBER
These are archived news items, many of them outside
of this website, so overtime, the links may not work.
SEP. 5
HAPPY
HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor Rose McGowan (SCREAM, PHANTOMS, DEVIL IN THE FLESH,
THE LAST STOP, GRINDHOUSE: PLANET TERROR, DEATH PROOF) is 35.
Actor Paddy Considine (CLOSE YOUR EYES, DEAD MAN'S SHOES, BOSQUE DE SOMBRAS, HOT FUZZ, THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM) is 34. |
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SEP. 4
From Brian Tuthill
AFTER DARK FILMS ANNOUNCES AFTER DARK HORRORFEST III
From Within Joins the After Dark Horrorfest 8 Films to Die For Lineup
(Los Angeles, CA) – The dates and newest addition for After Dark Horrorfest III were announced today by After Dark Films’ CEO Courtney Solomon. The After Dark Horrorfest will take place January 2-9, 2009 marking its third year. The new title joining the 8 Films to Die For lineup is FROM WITHIN, directed by Phedon Papamichael (Director of Photography on 3:10 to Yuma and the upcoming W.) and written by Brad Keene. The films stars Elizabeth Rice, Thomas Dekker, Kelly Blatz, Laura Allen, Adam Goldberg, along with Rumer Willis. Adrian Butchart and Chris Gibbin produced. From Within premiered at the 2008 Tribeca film festival.
In From Within, a rash of suicides hit the small community of Grovetown, causing fear and panic among local residents. As those around 18-year-old Lindsay continue to die gruesome deaths, she begins to distrust everyone and suspects she will become the next victim.
"We've been fans of the After Dark Horrorfest 8 Films to Die For series since it blasted onto the scene two years ago. We feel that we are in great company this year since the films look to be the best yet. We are delighted to have From Within take part in the latest installment,” stated Butchart.
This year, After Dark Films produced three of the eight films to be showcased in Horrorfest III’s 8 Films to Die For series that include: SLAUGHTER, PERKINS 14 and THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT: REVELATION (see additional information on these titles below). These films join Gaumont Films’ THE BROKEN, as part of Horrorfest. Three more soon-to-be-announced films will round out the lineup.
“After Dark Horrorfest III is poised to deliver more high quality horror films that our fan base has grown to expect from the 8 Films To Die For Series,” stated After Dark Partner/CEO Courtney Solomon. “We take a lot of pride in delivering films that span the entire horror genre. In addition, we are very pleased to be adding From Within to this year’s Horrorfest. The film has an excellent premise that delves into areas previously unseen in past Horrorfest films, and is a worthy companion to our previously announced slate.”
After Dark Horrorfest III runs over the course of one week in theatres across the United States from January 2nd – 9th, making it the largest film festival in the world. In it’s initial 2006 run, this unique festival was the first of its kind, celebrating the horror genre by showcasing films that run the spectrum of horror from thrillers to gore to the supernatural, and became the first film festival in history to break into the top 10 at the national box office, grossing over 2.5 million dollars, on only a quarter of the screens of any other film in the top ten that weekend.
In conjunction with YouTube, After Dark Films will also renew its search for the next great queen of scream – Miss Horrorfest III, the official spokesperson of Horrorfest. Contestants can submit 90-second videos on YouTube and participate in live auditions to be held in October 7 in New York and October 9 in Los Angeles, in the hopes of winning the coveted title of Miss Horrorfest III. In one of the most popular contests in YouTube history, users have the ability to influence the selection by voting live online all the way through to the crowning of the next Miss Horrorfest. Audiences can log on to YouTube.com/Horrorfest to cast their vote.
For more information on After Dark Horrorfest III, including how to purchase tickets and all access passes to this hair-raising national event, please visit the official website at HorrorfestOnline.com.
The After Dark Horrorfest III Lineup to date:
THE BROKEN
WRITTEN BY: Sean Ellis
DIRECTOR: Sean Ellis
PRODUCER: Lene Bausager
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Franck Chorot
CAST: Lena Headey, Richard Jenkins, Asier Newman and Melvil Poupaud
SYNOPSIS: The psychological thriller premiered in January at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. In The Broken, a successful radiologist (Lena Headey: THE CAVE, THE BROTHERS GRIMM, 300, TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES) has her life spiral out of control when she sees the spitting image of herself driving down a London street. While attempting to uncover who the imposter could be, she stumbles into a terrifying mystery that her family and closest friends are somehow involved in, leaving her with no one she can trust.
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT: REVELATION
WRITTEN BY: Holly Brix
DIRECTOR: Seth Grossman
PRODUCERS: J.C. Spinks and A.J. Dix
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Courtney Solomon, Laura Ivey, Stephanie Caleb
CAST: Chris Carmack, Rachel Miner (PENNY DREADFUL) and Mistress Malice SYNOPSIS: In the third installment of the popular franchise, The Butterfly Effect: Revelation revolves around a young man who discovers he has inherited the powers of "The Butterfly Effect" and attempts to solve the mystery of his high school girlfriend's death using his newfound ability, only to unwittingly unleash a vicious serial killer.
SLAUGHTER
WRITTEN BY: Stewart Hopewell and Tim Long
DIRECTED BY: Stewart Hopewell
PRODUCED BY: Chris Milburn, Matthew Kuipers, Aimée Barth and Eryl Cochran Woodlief
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Courtney Solomon, Laura Ivey, Stephanie Caleb
CO-PRODUCER: Beau Genot
SYNOPSIS: In Slaughter, a young woman thinks she is leaving her abusive life behind when she moves to Atlanta and ends up living at her friend’s family farm. But she quickly learns that abuse comes in even crueler forms.
PERKINS’ 14
WRITTEN BY: Lane Shadgett; Story By: Jeremy Donaldson
DIRECTED BY: Craig Singer
PRODUCED BY: Chris Milburn, Matthew Kuipers and Jeremy Donaldson
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Courtney Solomon, Laura Ivey, Stephanie Caleb, Brett Icahn, Kenneth Woo
CO-PRODUCER: Beau Genot
CAST: Richard Brake, Patrick O'Kane, Shayla Beesley, Mihaela Mihut, Michale Graves, Katherine Pawlak, Trey Farley, Josh Davidson
SYNOPSIS: Perkins 14 is the winner of the After Dark Films and Massify.com venture dubbed “Ghosts in the Machine.” It’s the first feature film developed entirely via the internet and gave the Massify.com community the tools to create, submit and choose the idea for a unique motion picture. The winning pitch and audience selection was Perkins’ 14. The film revolves around the arrest of a suspected murderer and the bloodshed that follows.
Founded in 2006 by film producer/director/writer Courtney Solomon and real estate and textile financier Allan Zeman, After Dark Films is a leader in independent film finance, production and acquisitions of genre films for theatrical release. The company fully finances, produces and releases films in the $1 - $20 million range and enjoys a 3-year output deal with Lionsgate.
After Dark is perhaps best known for its creation and execution of After Dark Horrorfest – 8 Films to Die For (HorrorfestOnline.com). Debuting in 2006, After Dark Horrorfest is a one week national film festival that celebrates all areas of the horror genre. In its first year, Horrorfest became the first film festival in history to break into the Top 10 at the national box office, grossing over $2.5 million. Now gearing up for its third year, After Dark Horrorfest has created successful brand extensions in the form of the annual Miss Horrorfest contest (YouTube.com/Horrorfest) and the feature film contest in partnership with the filmmaker community site, Massify (Massify.com). |
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SEP. 3
From Mel Caylo
TOP COW AT BALTIMORE COMIC-CON
Publisher returns to the Charm City with special guests, exclusive comics and great giveaways LOS ANGELES, Calif., September 3, 2008 – Top Cow Productions Inc. announced today it will be exhibiting at the 2008 Baltimore Comic-Con, a comics and pop culture extravaganza to be held at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland from September 27 – 28. Top Cow will host scorching-hot, rising star Kenneth Rocafort (MADAME MIRAGE), who will attend to mark the debut of CYBLADE #1, for which he has provided a variant cover. CYBLADE #1 by Joshua Hale Fialkov (Pilot Season: ALIBI) and Rick Mays (New Avengers) marks the launch of a solo series based on the young, psionic blade-wielding member of Cyberforce and follows her adventures before joining the team. The series is a result of a fan-voted poll in Top Cow’s 2007 Pilot Season initiative, in which readers voted on which one-shot they’d like to see made into its own series.
Rocafort will also be on hand to sign copies of the Madame Mirage Vol. 1 trade paperback, which is available for the first time in September and collects all six issues that he and writer Paul Dini (DETECTIVE COMICS) worked on. Madame Mirage is the tale of a gorgeous, tech-savvy femme fatale who targets an underground organization of super-villains for termination, but as the title suggests, all is not what it seems. Rocafort also penciled one of 2008’s Pilot Season books, THE CORE, and will work on an as-yet-unannounced project for Marvel Comics.
An exclusive Baltimore Comic-Con cover for BROKEN TRINITY #2 by Top Cow founder and superstar artist Marc Silvestri will also be available at the show. Broken Trinity is a three-part mini-series with three tie-in books in which at least one established character dies and new characters are introduced to the Top Cow Universe with permanent ramifications.
Top Cow will also present a panel on Saturday afternoon (check schedule at the show for time and location), where attendees can hear some exciting announcements about upcoming publishing plans, including new projects from top creators. Top Cow Publisher Filip Sablik, VP Editorial Rob Levin, Ron Marz, Lee Moder and Kenneth Rocafort will sit on the panel for the presentation and will also be available to answer any questions.
At the Top Cow booth, Sablik and Levin will be conducting portfolio reviews and accepting leave-behind samples of artwork from individuals who are interested in entering Top Cow’s 2008 Talent Search, in which two talented up-and-comers will be invited to study under Marc Silvestri in the publisher’s Los Angeles-based studio. See the schedule at the booth for designated times.
As a bonus, there will be free preview books, prizes and other giveaways available at the Top Cow booth at Baltimore Comic-Con, so fans should be sure to stop by when they attend the show. Tickets for the event are available at BaltimoreComicCon.com.
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor Clare Kramer (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV], THE SKULLS III, MUMMY AN' THE ARMADILLO, THE GRAVEDANCERS, THE THIRST) is 34. Look for her upcoming Thriller movie, ROAD TO HELL.
This new birthday boy on the list has always kind of skirted around Horror, Thriller, Mystery, and Suspense, but since 2004 and his part in DINOCROC, he has seriously thrown himself into our stuff! So Happy Birthday to
Actor Costas Mandylor (FATAL PAST, ALMOST DEAD, VIRTUOSITY, SHELTER, DINOCROC, THE EVESDROPPER, DR. CHOPPER, THE SHORE, SAW II, IMMORTALLY YOURS, SAW III, TOXIC, TORN, SAW IV) is 46. Look for his upcoming movies, scheduled for a 2008 release, TORN, SAW V. And his tentatively scheduled 2009 releases, HYENAS and THE ROGUE.
Actor Holt McCallany (CREEPSHOW 2, ALIEN3, THE PEACEMAKER, FIGHT CLUB, BELOW, TOXIC, RISE) is 44. |
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SEP. 2
RIP'N
In a world without Don Fontaine...
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From F. Paul Wilson
IT'S F. PAUL, YALL!
AVAILABLE NOW: JACK: SECRET HISTORIES - a new novel about Repairman Jack as a teen. The first of three Repairman Jack novels for young adults. (Shall we call him Li'l Jack?). Alexis sent me a rough cut of the JACK: SECRET HISTORIES trailer. Not exactly how I pictured li'l Jack, but it looks great.
Check out, JACK: SECRET HISTORIES
For a perspective on how the bits and pieces of my opus vitae fit together, check out The Secret History of the World.
Historical note: Years ago I sold film rights to THE TOMB to Beacon Films/Touchstone Pictures. The idea has been to title the film "Repairman Jack" and turn our guy into a franchise character. The project has spent 11 years in development hell, chewing up 6 or 7 writers who've churned out reams of scripts. For a blow-by-blow account of the travails, go to: RepairmanJack.com/newsblog.htm.
Word from Beacon that they're meeting with a company tomorrow that is interested in partnering with them, and will be going over directors. They think it "could be terrific news for the project." I have no idea what this means.
For more news, check out F. Paul Wilson's official website, RepairmanJack.com.
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END OF THE MONTH UPDATE
Thanks to yall, feoamante.com continues to be the #1 Horror Thriller website on all of the top five search engines for the second month in a row!
Google.com
Yahoo.com
Live.com
Lycos.com
Altavista.com
and
Dogpile.com (an aggregate engine)
What's more, this month, feoamante.com debuts as the #1 Horror Thriller website on the search engine,
AllTheWeb.com
Info.com (an aggregate engine)
As always, thanks for making feoamante.com Number One!
Three DVDs competed for the number one seller in August. The race was close, but these were the top three selling franchise titles in order:
1. BATMAN
2. THE HOWLING
3. HOUSE
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Okay, admittedly, she hasn't been in that many Horror / Thriller movies. BUT: She IS SALMA HAYEK!
Did I say SALMA HAYEK? No, I Wrote SALMA HAYEK. But
just in case I may have caused some confusion let me wish a special Happy
Birthday to
Actress SALMA HAYEK (DESPERADO, FROM
DUSK TILL DAWN, THE FACULTY, DOGMA, SPYKIDS 3D, ONCE UPON A
TIME IN MEXICO) who is 42.
Actor Keanue Reeves (RIVER'S EDGE, DRACULA [1992], FREAKED, SPEED, JOHNNY MNEMONIC, CHAIN REACTION, THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, THE MATRIX [all], THE WATCHER, THE
GIFT, CONSTANTINE, A SCANNER DARKLY) is 44. |
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SEP. 1
TOMORROW'S DVDS TODAY!
Every Tuesday in the U.S.A. is DVD release day and these are the DVDs getting released!
TeeVee -
SUPERNATURAL: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON
BLU-RAY -
THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN, OUTBREAK, TRANSFORMERS (2 disc)
And these are the movies
BACHELOR PARTY IN THE BUNGALOW OF THE DAMNED - With a title like that, these folks weren't exactly aiming high. Take it for what it knows its worth and you might have a good time. Stars Monica Dupree (SKELETON KEY 2).
CANNIBAL - Could be good. Based on the true life instance of a man who had a lifelong interest in Cannibalism, deciding to seekout wannabee bowel movements for a get-together. Amazingly enough, he found several and, once he made his buffet choice, captured the whole thing on video in case he needed to defend himself in court. He did indeed, and even though he had a video recording of the victim plainly saying that he wanted to be eaten, the cannibal still went to prison. This movie is a dramatic re-enactment.
COONS! NIGHT OF THE BANDITS OF THE NIGHT - It could only be from Troma, and it is.
DO OR DIE - From 2003 comes this SciFi Horror Thriller with all of the quality you've come to expect from the SciFi channel.
THE GLEAM - Mad scientist takes in boarders for VERY mad reasons!
THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN - This is an animated feature film. NOT to be confused with the live-action IRON MAN.
THE MORGUE - Six strangers hovering between life and death hang out at the local morgue and get to know one another.
SAVAGE WEEKEND - From 1976 comes this tale of a Savage Weekend. How Savage was it? Hoboy, you shouldn't know from it! See, these city slickers took a vacation in rural upstate new York, and you know what happens to city folk in the woods!
SILENT MOBIUS: THE MOVIE - From 1992 comes this Japanese anime. Only the future police force known as AMP can stop the evil creatures who want to take over the ravaged city of Tokyo.
SKELETON KEY 2 - Nothing like the first SKELETON KEY, not that it was any great shakes either. Stars Monique Dupree (BACHELOR PARTY IN THE BUNGALOW OF THE DAMNED) and Syn DeVil (DARK PLACES).
TIME AFTER TIME - From 1979. Author H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell: CAT PEOPLE, FIRESTARTER 2, Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN, DOOMSDAY) invents a time machine. His friend, John Leslie Stevenson (David Warner: CAST A DEADLY SPELL, IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, SCREAM 2, PLANET OF THE APES [2001]) turns out to be Jack the Ripper (these kinds of things are NEVER a pleasent surprise) and steals the machine to escape into the future. The machine comes back without Jack and Wells goes into the future to stop his old pal.
WATCH ME - Folks who never heard of FEAR DOTCOM or KAIRO or PULSE are in big trouble with a killer email attachment.
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HAPPY
HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Make your mark by being fan specific! Going by the moniker, Splat, today's
birthday boy has carved a cult niche for himself by being a major fan of
- Not JURASSIC PARK, not
even JURASSIC PARK II,
but specifically JURASSIC PARK
III! Whether or not that works for you is a matter of taste, but he
does have the most popular JURASSIC PARK III fansite on the net! Happy Birthday
to
Webmaster Dan Finkelstein (DAN'S
JPIII PAGE) who is 27.
And On Saturday -
Director William Friedkin (Alfred Hitchcock Presents [TV], Alfred Hitchcock Hour [TV], THE FRENCH CONNECTION, THE EXORCIST, SORCERER, CRUISING, RAMPAGE, THE GUARDIAN, JADE, RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, THE HUNTED, BUG) who is 73.
Writer Nancy Holder (SPELLBOUND, Various books in the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel", and "Highlander" series) who is 55.
Writer / Director Joel Schumacher (FLATLINERS, FALLING DOWN, THE CLIENT, 8MM, GOSSIP, PHONE BOOTH, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE NUMBER 23) who is 69. Look for Joel's upcoming 2008 Horror Thriller film, TOWN CREEK.
Writer Glenn Walker (Horror Thriller and general Comic Book Gadabout) is 44. Look for Glenn's upcoming project which is ... everything. |
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Contributors to Feo Amante are going places! Check it out below!
Starring Adrian Paul
(THE HIGHLANDER),
Bokeem Woodbine, and Ling Bai (THE CROW), This Alternate History
movie is part Horror, Part crime, part S.F. and all Vampires.
From the screenplay by alumni
Christos N. Gage
and
Ruth Fletcher Gage.
Brian Keene was one of the first reviewers at feoamante.com and has gone on to become one of the fastest growing Horror writers in publishing.
Harry Shannon began writing for us in the new millennium and has gone on to write mass market novels and pen the motion picture,
DEAD AND GONE
Scott Nicholson had a career before us, but he wanted to contribute anyway! |
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Links:
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Chancery House |
Dancing Skeletons
Sure, why not? |
Evil
On A
Budget
Every Evil Overlord has to start somewhere. |
Evil Overlord,
Inc.
Valuable advice for setting up your own world dominating empire. |
GoreLets
Once this site buries its hook in you, you won't want to pull
it out.
Flash Enabled. |
Halloween
Midis - Music - and Wavs |
| The
Haunted Graveyard |
| The
Haunted Playhouse |
Hell2U
Hell, Michigan. It's a beautiful little place that's a helluva lot of fun to visit. |
The Hilarious House of Frightenstein
I've never met a soul who remembers this whacked out show, yet Canadians
Bill Strutt and Ben Kane have created this excellent tribute site. |
The
Monster Dance
Sigh... for those of you who really crave kitsch. |
The
Monster Mash
More dancing monsters. This time with lyrics. |
The
Moonlit
Road |
MustDie
A Russian site. I don't know what they are saying, but it looks so COOL! |
Necropsy
A fledgling Horror site hosted on the Louisiana State University
servers. Not much there so far, but the roster of reviewers, including
S.T. Joshi, is impressive. |
Rather Good
Not Haunted or Horror but being this twisted, where else would he
have a link? |
The
Ossuary In Sedlac
A massive and ornate building made of human bones. |
Screams From The Abyss
Few images, mostly text. It's a 24 hour, 7 day a week Geoff Cooper
Bitch-Fest! |
Spectrum
Of Fantasy
Is back online! A Russian site, with pages in English and/or Russian.
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