JamesG
10-05-2010, 08:59 PM
AMC Announces Fearfest Slate
Source: Shock Till You Drop
October 5, 2010
AMC announced their breakdown today for the 2010 Fearfest - a countdown to the original series "The Walking Dead".
AMC PREMIERE EVENTS:
Among a vast library of horror favorites, AMC Fearfest will present premieres of the following:
• House of Wax debuting October 22, 10pm ET
• Dead Silence debuting October 23, 12 :30am ET
• 28 Days Later debuting October 24, 8pm ET
• Jeepers Creepers 2 debuting October 24, 10 :30pm ET
• Evil Dead II debuting October 30, 10pm ET
• Dawn of the Dead debuting October 31, 8pm ET
• From Dusk Till Dawn debuting October 31, 8pm ET
In addition to the AMC Premieres events, AMC Fearfest will feature horror favorites from the vintage to the contemporary including:
• Friday the 13th parts 1-9 airing together for the first time, in celebration of the franchise’s 30th Anniversary airing primetime, October 18-22
• Halloween I-V airing primetime, October 25-27
• Stephen King classics Cujo, Pet Sematary, The Shining, Sleepwalkers and Graveyard Shift airing throughout the day on October 9
• Night of the Living Dead (1968), Frankenstein (1931), Dracula (1931), The Wolf Man (1941), and many others
"KILLER CONVERSATIONS"
Throughout AMC Fearfest, the network will feature conversations between celebrated horror filmmakers including Darabont and award-winning makeup artist Greg Nicotero, Wes Craven, and Mick Garris.
Each pair will talk candidly about their experience with the genre and what it takes to make a great horror film.
"NEW BLOOD"
AMC Fearfest will profile new and upcoming filmmakers and actors who are creating waves in and transforming the horror genre.
Included are Shawnee Smith, James Gunn, and Alexandra Aja, among others.
“New Blood” segments airs throughout the primetime AMC Fearfest movies.
FANBOY IMAGE SHORTS
Airing during AMC Fearfest, the network will feature a series of ten comedic shorts, which showcase two fanboys parodying horror film classics from 'Friday the 13th' and 'Pet Sematary' to 'The Shining' and 'Halloween'.
B-MOVIE CLASSICS ON AMCTV.COM
In anticipation of the Halloween premiere of “The Walking Dead”, AMCTV.COM features five new zombie classics including:
• King of the Zombies (1941)
• Revolt of the Zombies (1936)
• Teenage Zombies (1959)
• White Zombie (1932)
• The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Additional horror B-movies being shown online include:
• Asylum
• Corridors of Blood
• What a Carve Up
• The Undead
Each of these films will be available on AMCtv.com until December 31st.
http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=16809
Source: Shock Till You Drop
October 5, 2010
AMC announced their breakdown today for the 2010 Fearfest - a countdown to the original series "The Walking Dead".
AMC PREMIERE EVENTS:
Among a vast library of horror favorites, AMC Fearfest will present premieres of the following:
• House of Wax debuting October 22, 10pm ET
• Dead Silence debuting October 23, 12 :30am ET
• 28 Days Later debuting October 24, 8pm ET
• Jeepers Creepers 2 debuting October 24, 10 :30pm ET
• Evil Dead II debuting October 30, 10pm ET
• Dawn of the Dead debuting October 31, 8pm ET
• From Dusk Till Dawn debuting October 31, 8pm ET
In addition to the AMC Premieres events, AMC Fearfest will feature horror favorites from the vintage to the contemporary including:
• Friday the 13th parts 1-9 airing together for the first time, in celebration of the franchise’s 30th Anniversary airing primetime, October 18-22
• Halloween I-V airing primetime, October 25-27
• Stephen King classics Cujo, Pet Sematary, The Shining, Sleepwalkers and Graveyard Shift airing throughout the day on October 9
• Night of the Living Dead (1968), Frankenstein (1931), Dracula (1931), The Wolf Man (1941), and many others
"KILLER CONVERSATIONS"
Throughout AMC Fearfest, the network will feature conversations between celebrated horror filmmakers including Darabont and award-winning makeup artist Greg Nicotero, Wes Craven, and Mick Garris.
Each pair will talk candidly about their experience with the genre and what it takes to make a great horror film.
"NEW BLOOD"
AMC Fearfest will profile new and upcoming filmmakers and actors who are creating waves in and transforming the horror genre.
Included are Shawnee Smith, James Gunn, and Alexandra Aja, among others.
“New Blood” segments airs throughout the primetime AMC Fearfest movies.
FANBOY IMAGE SHORTS
Airing during AMC Fearfest, the network will feature a series of ten comedic shorts, which showcase two fanboys parodying horror film classics from 'Friday the 13th' and 'Pet Sematary' to 'The Shining' and 'Halloween'.
B-MOVIE CLASSICS ON AMCTV.COM
In anticipation of the Halloween premiere of “The Walking Dead”, AMCTV.COM features five new zombie classics including:
• King of the Zombies (1941)
• Revolt of the Zombies (1936)
• Teenage Zombies (1959)
• White Zombie (1932)
• The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Additional horror B-movies being shown online include:
• Asylum
• Corridors of Blood
• What a Carve Up
• The Undead
Each of these films will be available on AMCtv.com until December 31st.
http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=16809