NORMAN REEDUS TO RECEIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN ACTING AWARD AT 13TH NYC HORROR FILM FESTIVAL, NOV. 13-16, 2014!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

WALKING DEAD STAR NORMAN REEDUS TO RECEIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN ACTING AWARD AT 13^TH ANNUAL NYC HORROR FILM FESTIVAL, NOV. 13–16, 2014!

 

New York, NY – Oct. 13, 2014. The 13^th edition of the New York City Horror Film Festival celebrates two stalwarts of the genre with a Lifetime Achievement Award presented to 88-year-old Phantasm series star, “Tall Man” Angus Scrimm, and The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus receiving the Achievement in Acting Award for his strong dedication to the craft, currently creating new heights, and depths, as everyone’s favorite crossbow-wielding zombie-killer Daryl Dixon.

 

Award recipient Norman Reedus is internationally known for the role of Daryl Dixon in AMC’s immensely popular series, now entering its fifth season. Roles for Guillermo del Toro in MIMIC and BLADE 2 have led to the upcoming dark videogame SILENT HILL, co-directed by Hideo Kajima. Norman will also soon be seen in AIR with costar Djimon Hounsou, and John Hillcoat’s TRIPLE NINE featuring Aaron Paul, Kate Winslet, Woody Harrelson, and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

 

Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Angus Scrimm received instant worldwide recognition for his frightening performance as The Tall Man in Don Coscarelli’s classic PHANTASM. Returning to the series over the course of five films, Angus also lent his talent to many features including Jim Wynorski’s THE LOST EMPIRE and CHOPPING MALL, and Don Coscarelli’s JOHN DIES AT THE END with Paul Giamatti.

 

The festival runs Nov. 13–16, 2014, at Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick St., in Manhattan. 13 features and 32 shorts, 5 World and 13 New York Premieres, include FEAR CLINIC starring Robert Englund and Slipknot’s Corey Taylor; Bart Mastronardi and Alan Rowe Kelly’s TALES OF POE with Adrienne King and Caroline Williams; Dead By Dawn award-winner HOUSEBOUND, and Andres Torres’ BAG BOY LOVER BOY, and films from New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Britain, and Portugal.

 

The NYC Horror Film Festival was born in 2002 by filmmaker Michael J. Hein as a venue for newer independent horror filmmaking. After Michael’s passing in 2011, the festival created the Michael J. Hein Achievement Award to celebrate the hard work and perseverance of creators in the field. George Romero was the first recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, followed by other classic scaremeisters including Tom Savini, Tobe Hooper, Roger Corman, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Frank Henenlotter, Robert Englund, Wes Craven, and Stuart Gordon.

 

Copies of Dustin McNeill’s exhaustive tome PHANTASM EXHUMED ($20), and Norman Reedus’ ode to his thankful fans, THANKS FOR ALL THE NICENESS ($75), will be available for purchase during the festival. Tickets are available at the door or at http://www.nychorrorfest.com

 

SYFY GETS INCORPORATED WITH MATT DAMON AND BEN AFFLECK’S PEARL STREET FILMS

SYFY GETS INCORPORATEDWITH MATT DAMON AND BEN AFFLECK’S PEARL STREET FILMS

 

NEW YORK— October 13, 2014. Syfyannounced today it is partnering with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Pearl Street Films and CBS Television Studios to develop Incorporated, a futuristic espionage thriller set in a world where corporations have seemingly unlimited power. This will be the story of one man’s efforts to beat the system.

 

David and Alex Pastor (“Selfless”, “The Last Days”) will write the pilot. Ted Humphrey (“The Good Wife”) will serve as executive producer/showrunner, with Damon, Affleck and Jennifer Todd also executive producing.  Pearl Street Film’s Margaret Chernin will serve as associate producer

Mike Tyson Mysteries Premieres on 10/27!!

Aided by the Mike Tyson Mystery Team — the Ghost of the Marquess of Queensberry, Mike's adopted Korean daughter Yung Hee, and a pigeon who was once a man — Mike Tyson will answer any plea sent to him.  

 

Watch the New Extended Trailer now!

Mike Tyson Mysteries premieres on Monday, October 27^th at 10:30pm ET/PT on Adult Swim!

 

A Hollow Screenplay Takes The Fear Out Of Hollows Grove.

Hollows Grove is an upcoming found footage horror picture that details the tragic circumstances surrounding a documentary filmmaker's excursion into a haunted orphanage where friends of his, who have a "Ghost Hunters" like program, have decided to focus upon because of the stories of children experimented upon by uncaring Doctors, the suicide of two nurses and a kid who went on a killing spree inside.

The film features Lance Henriksen in what is little more than a cameo, although he is given some ironic opening dialogue that makes one wish he was featured throughout the entire film. This is a low budget independent haunted horror story that features some nifty effects and a capable cast of young actors, but the script is weak and generic. 

What little information that is given by the characters does not offer enough of a mythology to capture the viewer's imagination. Instead you get a few throw away cliches that add nothing new to the already overused found footage sub genre and pretty much I did not find myself caring very much for any of the characters because they behave exactly as one expects them to behave. They are flat and when the shit hits the fan it becomes a by the numbers countdown of character deaths. 

If one had a greater understanding about the kids, the orphanage/hospital and the motivations and or greater history of the evil concentrated within then at least I might feel some sympathy. Instead what I see are people behaving irresponsibly in a situation when the moment something goes wrong, anyone with a half a brain would get out of the place pronto. Why the spirits do what they do and how they choose to do it seems random at best. One has to ask what are the rules here? How far do these ghosts have dominion over? Is it the place itself and is it concentrated sentient evil energy or a kind of broken record that is triggered when people touch things and go places they have no business being involved in? Besides a few brief disjointed stories, I felt as though what was going on had no purpose. 

Even ghosts, demons, and monsters have to have an agenda that clearly can be understood by the audience. Watch "The Blair Witch Project" and you get a pretty clear understanding of what the legend is, who the person was before being accused of witchcraft, what she was said to have done, and why she may still be haunting the woods. People bought that mythology up so much that they thought it was real.

All I kept asking myself while watching this film was "why?" The last scene while intended to give a shock only cheapened the story more and took whatever credibility it had with it.

Good effects and some expressive cast members ultimately stumble because of an underdeveloped script. Hollows Grove will debut on iTunes as well as on the film's website www.hollowsgrove.com on October 21, 2014.

(C) Copyright 2014 By Mark Rivera

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Incubi Incarnate Premieres On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 9PM

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12 MONKEYS TO PREMIERE FRIDAY, JANUARY 16 AT 9 PM ET/PT ON SYFY

12 MONKEYS TO PREMIERE FRIDAY, JANUARY 16 AT 9 PM ET/PT ON SYFY

 

FROM UNIVERSAL CABLE PRODUCTIONS, 12 MONKEYSUNCAGED AT NEW YORK COMIC CON THIS WEEKEND

 

NEW YORK – October 9, 2014 – Syfy’s anticipated adventure thriller 12 Monkeyswill make its series premiere on Friday, January 16 at 9pm ET/PT.  Inspired by the classic blockbuster film, which commemorates its 20^th anniversary next year, 12 Monkeys explores the provocative story of a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will all but annihilate the human race. The series is produced by Universal Cable Productions in association with Atlas Entertainment, producer of the original theatrical film. 

 

12 Monkeys stars Aaron Stanford (as time-traveler Cole), Amanda Schull (Dr. Cassandra Railly), Kirk Acevedo (Ramse), Barbara Sukowa (Jones) and Noah Bean (Aaron Marker).  Additional key recurring roles include Tom Noonan (Damages, Hell on Wheels) as a mysterious villain and Emily Hampshire (Rookie Blue) as mental patient Jennifer Goines. 

 

Aaron Stanford (as Cole), Amanda Schull (as Cassandra Railly) and Emily Hampshire (as Jennifer Goines)

 

NEW YORK – October 9, 2014 – Syfy’s anticipated adventure thriller 12 Monkeyswill make its series premiere on Friday, January 16 at 9pm ET/PT.  Inspired by the classic blockbuster film, which commemorates its 20^th anniversary next year, 12 Monkeys explores the provocative story of a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will all but annihilate the human race. The series is produced by Universal Cable Productions in association with Atlas Entertainment, producer of the original theatrical film. 

 

12 Monkeys stars Aaron Stanford (as time-traveler Cole), Amanda Schull (Dr. Cassandra Railly), Kirk Acevedo (Ramse), Barbara Sukowa (Jones) and Noah Bean (Aaron Marker).  Additional key recurring roles include Tom Noonan (Damages, Hell on Wheels) as a mysterious villain and Emily Hampshire (Rookie Blue) as mental patient Jennifer Goines. 

 

TBS to offer digital sneak peek of premiere episode of all-new season of AMERICAN DAD!

TBS to Offer Digital Sneak Peek of Premiere Episode from

All-New Season of American Dad!

 

Season Premiere to be Available for 48 Hours

Via Facebook, Twitter and YouTube Starting

Sunday Night, Oct. 12, at Midnight (ET)

 

TBS is set to offer a special digital sneak peek of the premiere episode from the all-new season of American Dad! via social media, one full week ahead of the show's launch in its new home on TBS. The first episode will be available for streaming via Facebook(www.facebook.com/AmericanDad), Twitter(twitter.com/americandadtbs), and YouTube(www.youtube.com/user/TBS), starting Sunday night, Oct. 12, at midnight (ET). The episodes will remain available for 48 hours, until Tuesday night, Oct. 14, at midnight (ET).

 

"This sneak peek is a wonderful way to reward the nearly 20 million fans of American Dad! on Facebook and Twitter for their longtime devotion to the series," said Tricia Melton, senior vice president of entertainment branding & marketing for TBS, TNT and Turner Classic Movies (TCM). "It's also a great way to build up the excitement for the show in its new home on TBS.”

 

TBS and sister network Adult Swim will launch the new season of American Dad! on Monday, Oct. 20. The premiere will air on TBS at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) and on Adult Swim at 10 p.m. (ET/PT). In subsequent weeks, new episodes of American Dad! will premiere on TBS each Monday night at 9 p.m.(ET/PT), with encores on Adult Swim the following Monday night at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).

 

American Dad! is the award-winning animated comedy created and executive-produced by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman. The series follows staunch GOP supporter and CIA agent Stan Smith (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) and the misadventures of his unconventional family in Langley Falls, Va. Stan's blissfully unaware wife, Francine (Wendy Schaal), has an unfaltering loyalty that allows her to turn a blind eye toward Stan's unabashed arrogance. Meanwhile, Stan constantly butts heads with his 18-year-old left-wing activist daughter, Hayley (Rachael MacFarlane), who knows just how to push her father's buttons, whether it's by helping the homeless, demanding women's rights, or advocating gun control. Hayley's 14-year-old brother is the geeky-yet-confident Steve (Scott Grimes), a kid who spends his time playing video games and obsessing about the opposite sex.

 

The Smith cabinet is rounded out by two rather unconventional members: Roger (MacFarlane), the sassy, sarcastic and routinely inappropriate space alien who is constantly trying on new disguises and, with them, new personalities, and Klaus (Dee Bradley Baker), the attention-starved goldfish with the brain of a German Olympic skier who always throws in his two cents, regardless of whether anyone is listening. Together, this screwball family of radically different personalities is just trying to figure out how to love and trust one another in a bi-partisan world. And with a guy like Stan in charge of national security, it's guaranteed to be one hilarious ride.

 

Since premiering on FOX in 2005, American Dad! has earned several industry accolades, including two Emmy® nominations for Outstanding Animated Program, two Annie Award nominations and seven Teen Choice Award nominations. In 2012, it took home the top television series prize at the ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards.