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Sweatshop to Show as Part of Nychff
6 hours ago
A veritable feast for fans of horror and dark fantasy, this month's New York City Horror Film Festival will host more than 50 films and shorts at the Tribeca Cinemas. The festival boasts works from F. W. Murnau and William Lustig, as well as the new film Sweatshop. Our readers should take particular interest in Sweatshop, as two of the men behind it are Icons friends Ted Geoghegan as writer, and America's Baddest Kid John Torrani in a producer role. Sweatshop shows on November 20, and I'll be there to cover the event for Icons.
Come out and show your support for Sweatshop and other horror films at the Nychff, a festival dedicated exclusively to horror lovers.
Read the official press release below, which includes contact information for the Tribeca:
New York, NY – November 5, 2009 – Organizers of The 2009 New York City
Horror Film Festival (Nychff) today announced this year’s feature film
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Beware The Moon Wins Best Doc at South African Horrorfest
6 November 2009 7:15 AM, PST
Paul Davis' Beware The Moon, his documentary on American Werewolf In London, has won best documentary at the South African Horrorfest, held in Cape Town. Davis' lauded documentary can add one more accolade to its list with this honor. In conjunction with Davis' film, makeup artist Rick Baker and director John Landis both were inductees into Horrorfest's Hall of Fame.
For Landis and Baker to be honored should be no surprise to anyone, as American Werewolf is an iconic horror film known for its black humor and great special effects make up. For Davis to win shows just how impressive his documentary is. Congratulations Paul, you should be proud to be in such privileged company.
Check out the Horrorfest site for other winners. And take a look at the trailer below. It's nifty.
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Parlay Films Buys Rights to Heckerling's Vamps
5 November 2009 3:01 PM, PST
According to Screen Daily, Parlay Films has bought all international film rights to Amy Heckerling's forthcoming horror comedy Vamps at the American Film Market. Heckerling is more known for her coming of age comedies such as Fast Times At Ridgemont High and Clueless than horror fare, so it'll be interesting to see how she does with a romantic comedy about young, attractive vampires.
Screen Daily says that actress Krysten Ritter is already attached to the project, which should start filming in March, 2010.
Read the full article here.
--Phil Fasso
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EW's Top 25 Cult Movies Delivers for Horror Fans
5 November 2009 2:40 PM, PST
EW's recently posted Top 25 Cult Movies should have horror fans happy. From the picture of shock rocker at #25 all the way through a Stephen King adaptation at #1 (I don't understand how that entry's considered a cult flick, but I'll give you a hint: it's not Cujo), there are several entries that should get the average genre fan's juices going, covering backwoods farmhouse all the way to the streets of Tromaville. I don't want to give anything away, so I would suggest you look at the list for yourself here.
Okay, so that picture is a hint. I just couldn't resist a little decapitated loving for you Icons fans.
--Phil Fasso »
CNN's Piece on The Return of Classic Horror Directors
5 November 2009 2:11 PM, PST
CNN recently released a nice piece on how horror's elder statesmen are making a return. The piece provides two brief pages each on Wes Craven, Sam Raimi, John Landis and George Romero, as well as a short video in which each speaks about the genre. In a day where generally poor remakes stilfe any sense of creativity and cheapie direct-to-dvd releases offer low-budget, derivative drivel, it's nice to see a news organization as large as CNN give props to the men who paved the way.
Read the full article here, and check out the video of Romero, courtesy CNN, below.
--Phil Fasso »
Local News Coverage of the Living Dead Festival
3 November 2009 5:48 PM, PST
I've just returned from Gary Streiner's Living Dead Festival, and I'm happy to be able to share some coverage from the local news! Evans City, Pa's own Kdka (unfortunately not Wgon) provided some footage that includes interview with many of the Ldf's guests. Check out the video and a brief article here. And look at Icons News later in the week for my exclusive convention report and some Icons of Fright contests from the Ldf!
--Phil Fasso »
EW Questions Need for Let The Right One In Remake
3 November 2009 5:11 PM, PST
Not a surprise, but so do I. Apparently, the powers that be are running low on 1980s slasher films to rip off, and are stretching their reach out to Europe to steal material and outright kick originality in the crotch. In EW's Popwatchers section today, Margaret Lyons holds out little hope for the remake of the critically lauded Let The Right One In, with its shift in location from the snowy desolation of Europe to the mesas of New Mexico and its change in title to Let Me In. And her picture of the new kids playing the roles (which I'll include below) can't help the validity of the project, even if she does compliment the choice of one of them.
As for my own thoughts, I've seen the original and thought it was something daring and new. But if Matt Reeves, he of Cloverfield, attempts to make this basically »
New Stephen King Short Story Appears in the New Yorker!
3 November 2009 4:17 PM, PST
Is there an Icons of Fright follower out there who doesn't appreciate some of Stephen King's works? One of the true Icons, King has just published his newest short story "Premium Harmony" in the New Yorker, to whet his Constant Readers' appetite in anticipation of his new novel, Under the Dome.
Though "Premium Harmony" has echoes of his short story "Children of the Corn," marks a long-awaited return to Castle Rock (he abandoned the town in 1992's short story collection Nightmares & Dreamscapes) and makes a sly reference to Derry, Me's favorite clown Pennywise, it's not a horror story. As with many of the tales from his last two collections, it's a non-genre story that lacks any notion of the supernatural. For what it's worth, it's a good story; I just have my biases toward vampires and other preternatural creatures.
Read the full story here. You can also get King's »
iTunes Carrying Uncut Version of MTV Slasher Spoof
3 November 2009 4:05 PM, PST
iTunes is carrying the uncut version of MTV production My Super Psycho Sweet 16. I didn't watch this when it was on, and so I have no idea what the differences between the two versions are. But if you either missed it and want to see the full-gore version, or if you viewed and want to see what the censors clipped, hit up iTunes and do a title search.
Check out the MTV trailer below. »
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