After Dark Horror Fest - 8 New horror flicks at the theatres in one weekend!

[Pain]

I'm hoping this shows at a theatre near me!:)

After Dark Horror Fest (http://horrorfestonline.com/)

8 New horror flicks are being screened over the weekend 17th-19th November. One of which is The Abandoned directed by Nacho Cerda (he directed the beautifully savage Aftermath/Genesis)

[The Blind Dead]

YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!! This is playing out by me. I'M THERE I'M SO GODDAMN THERE. I normally don't DO the theater shit anymore but I'll be purchasing an All-Access Pass for this!

[Pain]

Think i will be doing the same, seeing as they are playing at my local theatre:)

[Pain]

Seems new horror isn't that interesting :lol:

[Nemesis]

They played a trailer for it when I watched the new TCM. It does look interesting, although I'm not sure which ones my theater is going to get. Are any of your theaters getting all eight of them?

[zombiekilling101]

yes! there showing it at the higher scale theater at our big mall. kick ass.

nirvroxx.. were going.

[Pain]

I'm not sure. I was under the impression that they will be showing all of them. It will probably just be one or two screenings of each movie in just one auditorium. I may be wrong though.

I do know that the theatre that is showing them near me has about 20 screens, so there is plenty of room for all of them

[Dead J]

how can u find out if its playing near u?

[The Blind Dead]

how can u find out if its playing near u?
Checking the link Pain offered up in the first post would probably be helpful. :)


After Dark Horror Fest (http://horrorfestonline.com/)


This is normally the link to check out but they're updating their info.

http://horrorfestonline.com/theaters.html

[eardrumbuz]

i hope they get the theater info back up soon. I don't wanna miss this!

[Dead J]

Checking the link Pain offered up in the first post would probably be helpful. :)



This is normally the link to check out but they're updating their info.

http://horrorfestonline.com/theaters.html

Im not retarded I did check the website before I asked but there was no list for theaters .

[The Blind Dead]

Im not retarded I did check the website before I asked but there was no list for theaters .
Ah, then perhaps saying something along the lines of, "The theater page currently has no theater listings right now. Does anybody know if there's any other place online that might have the information I need?"

Course, that'd be far too easy.

My suggestion would be to call some of the major theaters in your area and ask about the upcoming film fesatival being planned for their theater on the 17th, 18th and 19th of November. I did and they knew exactly what I was talking about. Good luck.

[Sambob]

Darn they never do anything good like this near me.

[The Blind Dead]

Are you in in the UK?

Hopefully sometime soon these kind of things will make enough money to go worldwide.

[Sambob]

Yeah I'm in the UK, it's crap here *sulks*

[Pain]

Yeah I'm in the UK, it's crap here *sulks*

Unless you live near London lol

But yes it was pretty bad back there

[Sambob]

It's a 4-4 1/2 hour journey to London from where I live and I don't have the money to be making that journey, let alone regularly.

[Pain]

There used to be a good festival in Nottingham called Shots in the Dark, but that was more crime thriller orientated. Mind you Notts is still a couple of hours from you lol Is there nothing in Leeds or York?

[Sambob]

Not soo sure, to be honest I never really had the chance to go to anything like that. Either no money or no time, but when I get back to work I'll have the money and I'll make the time or I'll never get anywhere.

[eardrumbuz]

well, the theater listings are back up...I sure hope it's an incomplete list...nothing listed for New York!

[Pain]

Here's my schedule for next weekend. Unfortunately I can't make any on friday night, as for the rest though

Saturday

Penny Dreadful - 6.05pm
The Gravedancers - 8.30pm
The Abandoned - 11pm

Sunday

Wicked Little Things - 6.05pm
The Hamiltons - 8.30pm
Snoop Dogg's Hood Of Horror - 11pm

[eardrumbuz]

finally, they listed more NY theaters. I'll be going, just don't know when.
should the schedule (as far as groupings/order of films, not the exact showtimes) be the same at all theaters? what is the friday schedule? and if you could only go one night, which do you think is the one to see?

[jackskellington]

KICK ASS!!! This is playing in Savannah!! BTW, am I imagining things or is the poster for Wicked Little Things not the same poster they were using way back in the day for that 'Zombies' movie that Tobe Hooper was supposed to be making?

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b336/jackskellington70/film8_lg.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b336/jackskellington70/untitled-3.jpg

[Pain]

I think the schedule may well be the same nationwide, although I could be wrong.

Friday:
Dark Ride
Reincarnation
Unrest

Saturday:
Penny Dreadful
The Abandoned
Grave Dancers

Sunday:
Hood of Horrors
The Hamiltons
Wicked Little Things

If i only saw one each day they would be

Fri - Dark Ride (maybe)
Sat - The Abandoned (without a shadow of a doubt!)
Sun - The Hamiltons

[Nemesis]

This isn't playing anywhere near me. http://www.allthingszombie.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif

[Divided Soul]

This isn't playing anywhere near me. http://www.allthingszombie.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif
Yeah.... don't it suck?

[Nemesis]

Yes it does. I was really looking forward to it too.

[chickenchop1]

This is something I don't see much, so I will try to check one of these eight horror films out this weekend if it plays at the big theaters.

[Divided Soul]

This is something I don't see much, so I will try to check one of these eight horror films out this weekend if it plays at the big theaters.
I found a theatre near me carrying it... wooo hooo... hopefully can find the time to check it out!

[The Blind Dead]

KICK ASS!!! This is playing in Savannah!! BTW, am I imagining things or is the poster for Wicked Little Things not the same poster they were using way back in the day for that 'Zombies' movie that Tobe Hooper was supposed to be making?

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b336/jackskellington70/film8_lg.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b336/jackskellington70/untitled-3.jpg
The very same. Once Hooper became "unattached" Cardone took the helm.

[chickenchop1]

Wicked Little Things has the zombies, playing Sunday only. Hope to check it out.

EDIT: Looking at the official website's picture gallery, they don't look like zombies...

[eardrumbuz]

well, anyone in the Long Island region of NY...

I'm going Saturday - 8pm Gravedancers, 10:15 Abandoned

buzz buzz me if yer interested!

[Pain]

well, anyone in the Long Island region of NY...

I'm going Saturday - 8pm Gravedancers, 10:15 Abandoned

buzz buzz me if yer interested!

If i was a little closer to NY, and didn't have work AM i'd be up for it. I can't wait for these two movies.

[eardrumbuz]

I'm sure we'll hook up for a movie or two (or something horrific!) someday :)

[The Blind Dead]

I'll be going to see The Hamiltons and Wicked Little Things on Sunday. I can't wait.

[eardrumbuz]

so, I'm home typing this and therefore not out seeing Gravedancers right now. Spent 5 hours on the lawn and garden today, finished dinner about 30 mins ago, and I'm just too beat.
I suppose I could still make it to The Abandoned, but I'll probably just use the bucks I'm saving to buy a dvd or 2...or 4 if I'm lucky :) and I'll catch these 2 on dvd when they become available.
Looking forward to the reviews!

[The Blind Dead]

I'll POSITIVELY be getting MOST of these on screener as they become available but I'm interested in catching this and hopefully helping this horror fest gain footing. I'm hoping to see this next year.

[Pain]

Just got back from seeing The Gravedancers and The Abandoned. I won't say too much as i will be working on reviews for both. However, The Gravedancers was definitely worth seeing, and as for The Abandoned, well I'll just say I was blown away by it.

[The Blind Dead]

:) Nice! I've already got artwork waiting brotherman!

[Pain]

:) Nice! I've already got artwork waiting brotherman!

Great! One should be over later tonight, the other one tomorrow:)

Looking forward to some pimping action from Snoop tomorrow:lol:

[eardrumbuz]

Just got back from seeing The Gravedancers and The Abandoned. I won't say too much as i will be working on reviews for both. However, The Gravedancers was definitely worth seeing, and as for The Abandoned, well I'll just say I was blown away by it.

Man, I so wish I had made it out tonight. How was the crowd reaction?

[Pain]

Man, I so wish I had made it out tonight. How was the crowd reaction?

Positive to both.

[USNinc]

I went to the late show of Unrest on Friday and wow.....total snooze fest.
Not much action and very lame.
I expected more but was let down....

The crowd was nice tho...something over 200 with 250 being a sell out.

The guys next to me had watched the previous two movies, can't recall what they were, and planned to see the remaining movies the following few days.

[Pain]

The crowd was nice tho...something over 200 with 250 being a sell out.


I was surprised at how busy the screenings were. The Abandoned started at 11pm and was virtually full. The Gravedancers was packed.

[The Blind Dead]

The screening for The Hamiltons was almost completely empty. There was maybe 10 people in a 250 seat theater. Shame because it was the better of the two I went and saw. Wicked Little Things was just weak and the house was packed for it. The theater was overflowing with horror nerds yammering about the possibility of real life possessions and the Pulse.

The Hamiltons was quite cool though. I was definitely happy with that flick.

[Pain]

Just got back from Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror. Hmm, now to review it:roll:

[The Blind Dead]

Yowza...that don't sound good lol

[Pain]

2001 Maniacs it isn't, but all is not completely lost.

[The Blind Dead]

Nice. Yeah, urban horror still hasn't gotten a great shake yet.

[Pain]

It just wasn't "horror" enough.

[The Blind Dead]

I know it sounds silly but I think they do that purposely. Generally, blacks and latinos aren't big on horror. Making urban horror more comedic than "scary" tends to work better.

[eardrumbuz]

Is this the movie with Jason Alexander?

[Nemesis]

Is this the movie with Jason Alexander? Yes it is.

[Pain]

He's in it for one scene

[The Blind Dead]

I gotta say...all in all...awesome attempt to get new horror enjoyed in theaters. I'm really hoping for an '07 fest.

[eardrumbuz]

I noticed a couple of the films were playing last night and tonight as well. I thought about going Monday for Gravedancers, but it was showing with Unrest, which didn't look to be as well received. If The Abandoned was on for last night I definitely would've been there.

[jackskellington]

It was announced today that Lionsgate will release the After Dark Horrorfest titles Dark Ride, The Gravedancers, The Hamiltons, Penny Dreadful, Reincarnation, Wicked Little Things and Unrest all on DVD March 27, 2007. The Tripper is getting a limited theatrical release sometime this Spring from After Dark, while Nacho Cerda's The Abandoned is hitting theaters this January. Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror should be arriving on DVD this January courtesy of Xenon.:drinking:

[Pain]

That's great news JS! Am glad to see The Abandoned will be getting a theatrical release, i'll be going to see it again!

[B00Ne]

So far I've only had a chance to see The Gravedancers and Wicked Little Things. Both were a little hokey in my opinion.

[eardrumbuz]

thanks for the update, jack.

[The Blind Dead]

Great! I get to see this in theaters now!

[Pain]

Seven of the Horrorfest movies will be released in one box set apparently:)

http://www.davisdvd.com/news/dvd.html (http://www.davisdvd.com/news/dvd.html)

[The Blind Dead]

HOLY HELL ON EARTH! I'm there!

*reads a bit further*

$140?!! Wow...yowza...I'm still there but it's gonna hurt like hell.

[Pain]

$20 a movie is ridiculous, but i'm sure Deep Discount will be knocking it out for around $100 for the set.

[eardrumbuz]

yeah, i know. i was like "cool!"... ..."woah, that sucks." :lol:

but that is the retail price. so, unless you're buying it at Border's you should hopefully get a decent discount right off the bat. I hope it starts at 50% off or better.

[The Blind Dead]

I'm figuring DDD will start it off at like $85 or something like that. I'm grabbing it though! I do wish The Abandoned was part of the set but what can ya do?

[Pain]

I do wish The Abandoned was part of the set but what can ya do?

Hopefully it will get similar treatment that Aftermath got when Unearthed released it. I doubt it though.

[The Blind Dead]

I just hope we get it uncut from Lionsgate. Everything else after that is gravy. I'm really just hoping to grab The Abandoned, The Hamiltons, The Gravdancers and Reincarnation.

[goesaround]

I hope they rent them out. Big bucks for films when I may only like two in the set. The T.V ad was very effective. Using 'Exorcist' split second shots and that massive music. I've notice a lot of new horror flicks are using the subliminal shots. The folks who did the credits for Dawn of the Dead 04 have been very busy,

[The Blind Dead]

I'm fairly certain these will be available for rental.

[goesaround]

Excellent. Because I'll tell you what that shot they showed you on the commercial of a possessed girl or demon or a ghost was excellent. Which film was that if my description suffices

[The Blind Dead]

Could be The Abandoned, Gravedancers or Reincarnation. Probably Gravedancers.

[goesaround]

Thanks, the movie I am thinking of and again it was only a quick shot had her sitting on a bed I believe, the make up or image over, was equal to the Exorcist in nightmare or 6th level of hell type demonology. This could be gravedancers?

[Pain]

I don't recall any bed sitting in The Gravedancers, but I could be mistaken. I did find a link for the trailer, however I couldn't get it to load for some reason. I'll have another look today though.

[Pain]

Ok, I checked it out, and yes it was in actual fact The Gravedancers:lol:

You can find the trailer, plus trailers to 5 of the movies, here (http://movies.aol.com/movie/8-films-to-die-for-horrorfest/27424/trailer)

[goesaround]

Thanks,Grave dancer thats it, all right! It even looks scarier in the trailer! There are two scary 'ghosts' in that clip. Subliminal Some of the scariest makeup I've seen in a long time. How does it play out in the movie? Scary as it looks? Do those particular ghosts have a longer appearance? I'm getting this if the rest of the film is as good.

[Pain]

The ghosts show up relatively frequently, it's definitely worth checking out, although there is more humour than you might expect.

Check out my review at Joe Horror:)

The Gravedancers review (http://www.joehorror.com/0000540.html)

[The Blind Dead]

I'm skipping this box set. I haven't seen Dark Ride, Penny Dreadful or Unrest and though Wicked Little Things was trashola so I'm going to stick to just buying these seperately.

[Pain]

New 2007 Horrorfest Trailer. Looks like we're getting more at the theatres this year:)

Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/v/gGT9SvUEACE)

[The Blind Dead]

Very nice! I'm there.

[jackskellington]

New 2007 Horrorfest Trailer. Looks like we're getting more at the theatres this year:)

Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/v/gGT9SvUEACE)

Dead link. New one with the same damned teaser...

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/975

[DentFoster]

Wow, I just popped in Wicked Little Things and saw the teaser for these. Just finished putting 'em all in my netprix queue.

[The Blind Dead]

Wicked Little Things? Yikes, I feel for you.

[DentFoster]

It wasn't bad, not horrorific but I liked it. :)

[chewy]

It wasn't bad, not horrorific but I liked it. :)

You'll be disappointed with Unrest. I've watched it twice and I'm still not sure what's happening during the final 15 minutes.

[The Blind Dead]

lol I found it more interesting than Wicked Little Things though.

[DentFoster]

Watched The Gravedancers last night. Nice and creepy.
I think it hit home with me a little more than it should have as I've been haunted (not to those extremes) in the past, plus while I was watching, our house kept settling and our cats must've been playing craps or something in the spare bedroom. :scare:

[DentFoster]

You'll be disappointed with Unrest. I've watched it twice and I'm still not sure what's happening during the final 15 minutes.
I watched Unrest last night. It was quite effective I thought. Yes, in the last 15 or so, there was a few times I was like, WTF? It seems the story jumps around and hiccups a couple times. I would have liked to have actually seen some ghost/monster/demon action but even without that, it was still effective.

[DentFoster]

Watched The Hamiltons and The Abandoned last night.

The Hamiltons wasn't bad, however I think I had my expectations for this one set too high. I still enjoyed it.

The Abandoned sets up a good creepy atmosphere then throws you into a confusing whirlwind of events that finally make sense in the last five minutes. Very well done.

[chewy]

The Hamiltons wasn't bad, however I think I had my expectations for this one set too high. I still enjoyed it.

The Abandoned sets up a good creepy atmosphere then throws you into a confusing whirlwind of events that finally make sense in the last five minutes. Very well done.

Thanks. I'll have to pick those up next time I'm at the video store.

[The Blind Dead]

The Hamiltons was my favorite film in the series. I gotta say Gravedancers and The Abandoned were also fantastic. I haven't seen Penny Dreadful or all of Dark Ride yet.

[DentFoster]

The Hamiltons was my favorite film in the series. I gotta say Gravedancers and The Abandoned were also fantastic. I haven't seen Penny Dreadful or all of Dark Ride yet.
I'll be watching Penny Dreadful, Dark Ride and Reincarnation sometime next week.
Apparently someone can't count....
On the After Dark Horror Fest site, they list 9 flicks, the 9th being Snoop Dog's Hood Of Horror. WTF?

It looks good but it's not available on DVD yet and they don't have a date for release. Anybody know why there's a 9th and when it's coming to DVD? I really want to see this one.

[The Blind Dead]

The 9th film was just an added bonus for select theaters. It wasn't actually part of the series. The After Dark films are on Lionsgate. Hood of Horror is on Xenon.

[DentFoster]

The 9th film was just an added bonus for select theaters. It wasn't actually part of the series. The After Dark films are on Lionsgate. Hood of Horror is on Xenon.
Cool. Any info on a DVD release date?

[The Blind Dead]

Hmm...I stand corrected. Apparently Xenon licensed the film to Lionsgate or they lost the property because Lionsgate will be releasing it September 11th. It's doubtful they'll slap an After Dark label on it but I've been wrong before lol

[DentFoster]

Hmm...I stand corrected. Apparently Xenon licensed the film to Lionsgate or they lost the property because Lionsgate will be releasing it September 11th
Good deal! Thanks for the info TBD! :drinking:

[The Blind Dead]

*salutes*

I believe there's to be an After Dark Horror Fest this year as well so keep an eye out for that. It's a fun time to be had by all at theaters.

[DentFoster]

Watched Dark Ride last night. It wasn't bad. It had some creepy moments and a decent story. It failed to hit me in the face with a shovel though. For some reason (it may have been just my mood) it just didn't do much for me.

[DentFoster]

I watched Reincarnation last night. Not bad. It seemed little disjointed at times, but that could have been me getting distracted by my computer.
Whatever it was lacking throughout was made up for in the last 15 to 20.

[The Blind Dead]

It was definitely a bit disjointed no doubt about it. It just didn't flow as well as I had hoped it would.

[DentFoster]

I watched Penny Dreadful yesterday. Not bad. It was effective but not overly enjoyable. I liked the last fifteen minutes the best.

[midniteloser]

Can anybody tell me if REINCARNATION was good? Thanks.

[The Blind Dead]

Can anybody tell me if REINCARNATION was good? Thanks.
That really depends on whether you're a fan of Asian horror cinema. If you're a fan, it was decent though occasionally muddled. If you dislike Asian horror cinema, especially "long-haired ghost girl" films...steer clear. It's not novice friendly.

[DentFoster]

Watched Snoop Dog's Hood Of Horror last night. This has got some really good gore & original deaths. My favorite was
death by 40! I knew as soon as he started to run that the 40 was going
to go through him, but when it popped out the top of his head and started
spewing bloody beer, I was like "Hell Yeah!"
The animation was awesome as well.

[The Blind Dead]

:( I haven't seen it yet. *sniffles*

I'm going to contact the last company that was to distro this and find out what's what. Hopefully, if they're going out of business I can score some last minute screeners lol

[DentFoster]

:( I haven't seen it yet. *sniffles*

I'm going to contact the last company that was to distro this and find out what's what. Hopefully, if they're going out of business I can score some last minute screeners lol
It was just released yesterday and is available on Netflix.

[jackskellington]

Trailer for The Deaths of Ian Stone...

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/Player.php?id=1309

[BloodStained Scalpel]

I heard May is in it this year. That's my one of my faviorite movies, Baby!

[The Blind Dead]

May is one of my favorites as well but I really hope they do a bit more digging and find newer material. So far they've got a great lineup.

[USNinc]

Did anyone go to the opening night of HorrorFest?
I will be catching Tooth and Nail this afternoon with my sister.
I don't think I'll get a chance to see anything else this weekend but I will try again for one next weekend.

[jackskellington]

March 18th release date for DVD's!!!!

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/10839