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8 Films have been announced:
8 Films have been announced:
;''[[Dread (film)|Dread]]''
;''[[Dread (film)|Dread]]''
:Dread, the second in the Book of Blood franchise is a stylish horror/thriller about three college students working on a documentary for school focusing on what others dread in life.<ref>[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/33665/dread-poster-creeps-online Dread Poster Creeps Online]</ref>
:Dread, the second in the Book of Blood franchise is a stylish horror/thriller about three college students working on a documentary for school focusing on what others dread in life.
''[[The Final (film)|The Final]]''
''[[The Final (film)|The Final]]''
:After receiving a lake-house granted to him in his uncle’s will, Dane and his friends, Jack, Ravi, Andy and Emily prepare for a single night that will leave their tormentors scarred for life…physically and emotionally.<ref>[http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18100 Horrorfest '10: 'The Final' Latest to Join 8 Films to Die For]</ref>.
:After receiving a lake-house granted to him in his uncle’s will, Dane and his friends, Jack, Ravi, Andy and Emily prepare for a single night that will leave their tormentors scarred for life…physically and emotionally.<ref>[http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18100 Horrorfest '10: 'The Final' Latest to Join 8 Films to Die For]</ref>.
;''[[The Graves (film)|The Graves]]''
;''[[The Graves (film)|The Graves]]''
:On their last weekend together, 2 girls are lost in a remote part of the Arizona desert where they are lured to Skull City Mine, an abandoned mine town. But they soon learn Skull City is anything but abandoned, and there’s no way out.<ref>[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/33622/exclusive-stills-after-darks-the-graves Exclusive Stills: After Dark's The Graves]</ref>.
:On their last weekend together, 2 girls are lost in a remote part of the Arizona desert where they are lured to Skull City Mine, an abandoned mine town. But they soon learn Skull City is anything but abandoned, and there’s no way out.
;''[[Kill Theory]]''
;''[[Kill Theory]]''
:Are you capable of the unthinkable? That’s the question seven college students face when they visit a secluded vacation home to celebrate graduation and are put to a horrific test by a mysterious killer.<ref>[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35268/eighth-film-die-announced-main-event-trailer-debut-and-stills Eighth Film to Die for Announced! Main Event Trailer Debut and Stills!]</ref>.
:Are you capable of the unthinkable? That’s the question seven college students face when they visit a secluded vacation home to celebrate graduation and are put to a horrific test by a mysterious killer.
;''[[Lake Mungo (film)|Lake Mungo]]''
;''[[Lake Mungo (film)|Lake Mungo]]''
:A sixteen-year-old girl drowns while swimming in the local dam. With a verdict of accidental death, her grieving family buries her. A series of clues lead the family to Lake Mungo where her secret past emerges.<ref>[http://iconsoffright.com/news/2009/09/lake_mungo_joins_after_dark_ho.html LAKE MUNGO Joins AFTER DARK HORRORFEST 4 Line-Up!]</ref>.
:A sixteen-year-old girl drowns while swimming in the local dam. With a verdict of accidental death, her grieving family buries her. A series of clues lead the family to Lake Mungo where her secret past emerges.<ref>[http://iconsoffright.com/news/2009/09/lake_mungo_joins_after_dark_ho.html LAKE MUNGO Joins AFTER DARK HORRORFEST 4 Line-Up!]</ref>.
;''[[The Reeds]]''
;''[[The Reeds]]''
:A weekend boating trip through the Norfolk Broads becomes a terrifying, deadly ordeal for six 20-something year old friends.<ref>[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35056/seventh-film-die-for-announced-the-reeds Seventh Film to Die For Announced -- The Reeds]</ref>.
:A weekend boating trip through the Norfolk Broads becomes a terrifying, deadly ordeal for six 20-something year old friends.
;''[[Hidden_(Skjult)|Hidden]]''
;''[[Hidden_(Skjult)|Hidden]]''
:A man unwillingly returns to the small town he ran from 19 years ago. His cruel mother has recently died, and left him the house he grew up in and soon is entangled up in a series of events that seem beyond anyone’s control…<ref>[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/33832/fourth-after-dark-horrofest-film-announced-hidden Fourth After Dark Horrorfest Film Announced: Hidden]</ref>.
:A man unwillingly returns to the small town he ran from 19 years ago. His cruel mother has recently died, and left him the house he grew up in and soon is entangled up in a series of events that seem beyond anyone’s control…<ref>
;''[[ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (film)|ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction]]''
;''[[ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (film)|ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction]]''
:A conservative island community is under attack! Port Gamble, WA is being overrun with braineaters, and a rag tag band of rebels try to turn the tide and push the invading hoards of undead back.<ref>[http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17783 After Dark Acquires 'Zombies of Mass Destruction']</ref>
:A conservative island community is under attack! Port Gamble, WA is being overrun with braineaters, and a rag tag band of rebels try to turn the tide and push the invading hoards of undead back.<ref>[http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17783 After Dark Acquires 'Zombies of Mass Destruction']</ref>
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:A young man with the power of time-travel attempts to solve the mystery of his girlfriend's death. In doing this, however, he frees a vindictive serial killer.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/13555" | title= Latest Casting For Third 'Butterfly Effect' | publisher=Bloody-disgusting.com}}</ref>
:A young man with the power of time-travel attempts to solve the mystery of his girlfriend's death. In doing this, however, he frees a vindictive serial killer.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/13555" | title= Latest Casting For Third 'Butterfly Effect' | publisher=Bloody-disgusting.com}}</ref>
;''[[Dying Breed]]''
;''[[Dying Breed]]''
:Zoology student Nina and her friends go into the Tasmanian Forest in search of the Tasmanian Tiger. What they discover, however, is a cannibalistic clan who are the descendants of a famous escaped serial killer known as The Pieman.<ref name=2titles>{{cite web | url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/story/two-more-horrorfest-titles-named | title=Two More HorrorFest Titles Named | publisher=DreadCentral.com}}</ref>
:Zoology student Nina and her friends go into the Tasmanian Forest in search of the Tasmanian Tiger. What they discover, however, is a cannibalistic clan who are the descendants of a famous escaped serial killer known as The Pieman.
;''[[From Within (film)|From Within]]''
;''[[From Within (film)|From Within]]''
:The residents of a small town in the USA begin to die off, supposedly of suicides.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/13681 | title='From Within' Stills, Horrorfest Date Shift | publisher=Bloody-disgusting.com}}</ref>
:The residents of a small town in the USA begin to die off, supposedly of suicides.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/13681 | title='From Within' Stills, Horrorfest Date Shift | publisher=Bloody-disgusting.com}}</ref>
;''[[Perkins' 14]]''
;''[[Perkins' 14]]''
:Robert Perkins brainwashes 14 people, in order to create an army that will defend him from his parents' killers.<ref name=ADposter>{{cite web | url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/story/better-look-after-darks-poster | title=A Better Look at After Dark's Poster | publisher=DreadCentral.com}}</ref>
:Robert Perkins brainwashes 14 people, in order to create an army that will defend him from his parents' killers.
;''[[Slaughter (2008 film)|Slaughter]]''
;''[[Slaughter (2008 film)|Slaughter]]''
:A young woman meets a girl at a bar and returns to her family farm in the hope of escaping an abusive situation. Unfortunately, this safe place ends up being much more abusive than her previous one.<ref name=ADposter />
:A young woman meets a girl at a bar and returns to her family farm in the hope of escaping an abusive situation. Unfortunately, this safe place ends up being much more abusive than her previous one.<ref name=ADposter />
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====Miss HorrorFest 2008====
====Miss HorrorFest 2008====
The auditions for Miss Horrorfest 2008 were open from September 15 to October 17. There were online auditions via Youtube, as well as on-site auditions on October 6, 2008 in Sherman Oaks California,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/story/after-darks-miss-horrorfest-auditions-this-thursday | title=After Dark's Miss Horrorfest Auditions This Thursday! | publisher=Dreadcentral.com}}</ref> on October 7 in New York on October 7 and on October 9 in Los Angeles. All auditions were made available HorrorFest's Youtube site.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.youtube.com/horrorfest | title=Online Miss Horrorfest 2008 Auditions | publisher=Youtube.com}}</ref>
The auditions for Miss Horrorfest 2008 were open from September 15 to October 17. There were online auditions via Youtube, as well as on-site auditions on October 6, 2008 in Sherman Oaks California,{{cite web | url=http://www.youtube.com/horrorfest | title=Online Miss Horrorfest 2008 Auditions | publisher=Youtube.com}}</ref>
On October 31, the 8 semifinalists were announced: X-Actra, Princess Agoniya, [[Shelly Martinez]], Saffron Sinclaire, Dracula's Girls, Demon, Vic Tim, and Bella Vamp. Three weeks later, the 4 finalists were picked: [[Vanessa Rosa|Demon]], Princess Agoniya, Vic Tim, and Saffron Sinclaire.
On October 31, the 8 semifinalists were announced: X-Actra, Princess Agoniya, [[Shelly Martinez]], Saffron Sinclaire, Dracula's Girls, Demon, Vic Tim, and Bella Vamp. Three weeks later, the 4 finalists were picked: [[Vanessa Rosa|Demon]], Princess Agoniya, Vic Tim, and Saffron Sinclaire.


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===Pre-HorrorFest Celebration===
===Pre-HorrorFest Celebration===
On Thursday, November 16, 2006, '''Dark Delicacies''', a horror-themed bookstore in [[Burbank, CA]] hosted a signing event with about 30 filmmakers and talents from the movies.<ref>[http://www.dreadcentral.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=848 Pre-HorrorFest Celebration article] at Dread Central</ref>
On Thursday, November 16, 2006, '''Dark Delicacies''', a horror-themed bookstore in [[Burbank, CA]] hosted a signing event with about 30 filmmakers and talents from the movies.


===Miss HorrorFest 2006===
===Miss HorrorFest 2006===

Revision as of 06:56, 13 February 2010

After Dark Horrorfest (a.k.a. "8 Films to Die For") is an annual horror film festival featuring eight independent horror movies, sometimes with "secret" bonus films, all distributed by After Dark Films in the USA. The first HorrorFest was held in 2006.

After Dark Horrorfest IV
8 Films to Die For promotional poster
Opening filmJanuary 29, 2010
Closing filmFebruary 04, 2010
LocationUnited States
Film titlesDread
The Final
The Graves
Kill Theory
Lake Mungo
Hidden
The Reeds
ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction
Hosted byAfter Dark Films
Festival dateJanuary 29th - February 04th, 2010 [1]
LanguageEnglish
Websitehttp://www.horrorfestonline.com/

HorrorFest 4

After Dark's HorrorFest for 2010 is scheduled for January 29 through February 4, 2010[2].

Films

8 Films have been announced:

Dread
Dread, the second in the Book of Blood franchise is a stylish horror/thriller about three college students working on a documentary for school focusing on what others dread in life.

The Final

After receiving a lake-house granted to him in his uncle’s will, Dane and his friends, Jack, Ravi, Andy and Emily prepare for a single night that will leave their tormentors scarred for life…physically and emotionally.[3].
The Graves
On their last weekend together, 2 girls are lost in a remote part of the Arizona desert where they are lured to Skull City Mine, an abandoned mine town. But they soon learn Skull City is anything but abandoned, and there’s no way out.
Kill Theory
Are you capable of the unthinkable? That’s the question seven college students face when they visit a secluded vacation home to celebrate graduation and are put to a horrific test by a mysterious killer.
Lake Mungo
A sixteen-year-old girl drowns while swimming in the local dam. With a verdict of accidental death, her grieving family buries her. A series of clues lead the family to Lake Mungo where her secret past emerges.[4].
The Reeds
A weekend boating trip through the Norfolk Broads becomes a terrifying, deadly ordeal for six 20-something year old friends.
Hidden
A man unwillingly returns to the small town he ran from 19 years ago. His cruel mother has recently died, and left him the house he grew up in and soon is entangled up in a series of events that seem beyond anyone’s control…Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

HorrorFest III

After Dark Horrorfest (a.k.a. "8 Films to Die For") is an annual horror film festival featuring eight independent horror movies, sometimes with "secret" bonus films, all distributed by After Dark Films in the USA. The first HorrorFest was held in 2006.

After Dark Horrorfest III
8 Films to Die For promotional poster
Opening filmJanuary 9, 2009
Closing filmJanuary 15, 2009
LocationUnited States
Film titlesThe Brøken
Slaughter
Perkins' 14
The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations
From Within
Dying Breed
Autopsy
Voices
Hosted byAfter Dark Films
Festival dateJanuary 9th - January 15th, 2009 (scheduled)
LanguageEnglish
Websitehttp://www.horrorfestonline.com/

After Dark's HorrorFest for 2009 was scheduled for January 9 through January 15, 2009.

Films

The titles of all eight of the HorrorFest III Films have been announced:

Autopsy
A young woman attempts to find her injured boyfriend in a bizarre hospital.[5]
The Broken
A young woman is surprised to see what looks like herself, drive by one day. She follows the woman, which sets off a chain of events which leads her into a haunting, nightmare reality.[6]
The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations,
A young man with the power of time-travel attempts to solve the mystery of his girlfriend's death. In doing this, however, he frees a vindictive serial killer.[7]
Dying Breed
Zoology student Nina and her friends go into the Tasmanian Forest in search of the Tasmanian Tiger. What they discover, however, is a cannibalistic clan who are the descendants of a famous escaped serial killer known as The Pieman.
From Within
The residents of a small town in the USA begin to die off, supposedly of suicides.[8]
Perkins' 14
Robert Perkins brainwashes 14 people, in order to create an army that will defend him from his parents' killers.
Slaughter
A young woman meets a girl at a bar and returns to her family farm in the hope of escaping an abusive situation. Unfortunately, this safe place ends up being much more abusive than her previous one.[9]
Voices
Overnight, brutal murders become everyday occurrences as friends turn on friends, brothers turn on sisters, and husbands turn on wives. Originally released in Korea as 'Du saram yi-da' ("2 people"), based on the best selling Korean comic book series of the same name. Also known as 'Someone Behind You'.

After Dark Films will produce and distribute both Slaughter and Perkins' 14, making these the first films that the company has produced and then released as part of the 8 Films to Die For.[10]

Miss HorrorFest 2008

The auditions for Miss Horrorfest 2008 were open from September 15 to October 17. There were online auditions via Youtube, as well as on-site auditions on October 6, 2008 in Sherman Oaks California,"Online Miss Horrorfest 2008 Auditions". Youtube.com.</ref> On October 31, the 8 semifinalists were announced: X-Actra, Princess Agoniya, Shelly Martinez, Saffron Sinclaire, Dracula's Girls, Demon, Vic Tim, and Bella Vamp. Three weeks later, the 4 finalists were picked: Demon, Princess Agoniya, Vic Tim, and Saffron Sinclaire.

On December 13, Vic Tim (aka Kelly Marchand) was announced as the third Miss Horrorfest.

Horrorfest III DVD Releases

The DVDs were released March 31, 2009.

HorrorFest 2007

HorrorFest 2007: 8 More Films to Die For
8 Films to Die For promotional poster

HorrorFest 2007 took place from November 9 to November 18, 2007 in over 350 theatres across America. The 2007 festival's trailer stated "Horror - a genre of motion picture intended to thrill viewers by provoking fear or revulsion through the depiction of grotesque, violent, or supernatural events." As with the previous year, tickets were available to be purchased individually online or at local theater box offices. An all-access pass, which included guaranteed seating and a goodie bag, was sold through the festival's website until October 31.

Films

The eight films shown during this festival were:

Borderland
Phil and his two college buddies road-trip down to a Mexican border town to celebrate their college graduation. While there, they run into a cult looking for human sacrifice and their weekend becomes a bloody test of survival.[11]
Crazy Eights
After a mutual childhood friend dies, six friends reunite for the funeral. While there, they find a map to unearth a time capsule. They go on a hunt for this time capsule, but discover something else as well: the remains of a dead child.
The Deaths of Ian Stone
Ian Stone is trapped in a constant cycle of dying every night, only to wake up with a different life.[12]
Lake Dead
A group of teenagers inherit a motel on a lake, only to uncover a series of dark and frightening family secrets.
Mulberry Street
A deadly infection breaks out in New York and six evicted people find themselves having to fight off were-rats.[13]
Nightmare Man
After receiving an African fertility mask as a gift, Ellen Morris is attacked by a being she dubs "The Nightmare Man"[14]
Tooth and Nail
A group of people in a post-apocalyptic world have to fight to survive against a band of vicious cannibals.[15]
Unearthed
A creature unearthed during an archaeological dig in a New Mexico town terrorizes the people of the town.[16]
Frontier(s)
A group of crooks attempt to take advantage of the riots ensuing a conservative regime taking control of France, only to run amok a family of neo-nazi cannibals. Frontier(s) was slated to be one of the films shown at Horrorfest 2007, but after the MPAA gave the film an NC-17 rating, it was decided that it would instead be released to theatres separately in May, 2008.[17] The DVD was released with the same Horrorfest packaging as the other films.

Miss HorrorFest 2007

Mistress Malice (aka Melissa Jones) was chosen as Miss HorrorFest 2007.[18] In 2008, she joined the cast of Butterfly Effect: Revelation, which will be shown as part of Horrorfest III.[19]

HorrorFest 2007 DVD Releases

DVDs of all 8 films were released March 18, 2008.

HorrorFest 2006

HorrorFest 2006: 8 Films to Die For
8 Films to Die For promotional poster

HorrorFest 2006 took place from November 9 to November 11, 2006 in over 500 theaters in 35 American cities. Tickets were available to be purchased individually, either through the festival's website or through local theater box offices. The 2006 films' trailer stated "the content of these films are considered too graphic, too disturbing, and too shocking for general audiences."

The movies shown during the course of the festival were:

The Abandoned
A film producer who was adopted as a baby and sent to America returns to her native Russia and the family farm. Once there, strange things begin to happen.
After completion of the festival, this film was re-released to general theatres on February 23, 2007, due to being named the Fan Favorite.
Dark Ride
Ten years after he brutally murdered two girls, a killer escapes from a mental institution and returns to his turf, the theme park attraction called "Dark Ride".
The Gravedancers
A group of friends' lives are invaded by a trio of hostile ghosts after they engage in a drunken bout of grave-dancing during a wake for an old chum.
The Hamiltons
A picture-perfect American family is always kind, loving and respectful to their neighbors… except that they usually wind up killing them.
Penny Dreadful
A young girl and her therapist take a road trip to help her overcome her phobia of riding in cars. This trip turns deadly as an escaped mental patient starts a new spree of killings.
Reincarnation
A film crew recreates a gruesome mass murder at a hotel only to find themselves suffer fates they are acting out in the film.
Unrest
A med student collapses upon sensing a "presence" about her cadaver. Her fears are strengthened by the mysterious death of a friend. She must discover the connection before an angry spirit can wreak further vengeance.
Wicked Little Things
Recently widowed Karen Tunny and her two daughters, Sarah and Emma, move to a remote mountain home which Karen has inherited from the family of her late husband. However, she is unaware that the home is situated near an old mine, the site of an early 20th century tragedy in which many children were buried alive.

Two bonus films were also added to the festival, to be shown after the first lineup of eight films had completed showing.

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
The Hound of Hell (Snoop Dogg) narrates a trilogy of films, all involving the actions of a group of inner-city residents, and how those actions will affect where they go in the afterlife.[20]
The Tripper
A serial killer obsessed with Ronald Reagan hunts a group of hippies on their way to a concert.[21]

Pre-HorrorFest Celebration

On Thursday, November 16, 2006, Dark Delicacies, a horror-themed bookstore in Burbank, CA hosted a signing event with about 30 filmmakers and talents from the movies.

Miss HorrorFest 2006

A contest for the 'official spokeswoman' of the film series and for After Dark Films, was announced September 2006 on YouTube. Participants auditioned both online and in person at Los Angeles and New York locations, and were later flown to those cities to appear at the Fuse/Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, the Fangoria Radio Show with Dee Snider and Debbie Rochon, PlayMania and a short series of reality-style movies featured on YouTube. The four finalists were chieko13, msblackbetty, darkspidernyc, and Ysabella Brave[1]. Internet voting ended on November 9, 2006. Msblackbetty was named Miss HorrorFest 2006 on November 18, 2006.

Horrorfest 2006 DVD Releases

7 of the original list of 8 films from the 2006 festival were released on DVD on March 27, 2007. The Abandoned was released on June 19, 2007, the delay having been caused by the theatrical re-release. Of the bonus films, Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror was released on September 11, 2007, and The Tripper was released by Fox Video on October 23, 2007.

References

  1. ^ Horrorfest '10: Main Event Poster and Trailer
  2. ^ Horrorfest '10: Fourth After Dark Horrorfest Title Announced
  3. ^ Horrorfest '10: 'The Final' Latest to Join 8 Films to Die For
  4. ^ LAKE MUNGO Joins AFTER DARK HORRORFEST 4 Line-Up!
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2titles was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Broken Joins Horrorfest". SciFi.com. 2008-05-20. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  7. ^ " "Latest Casting For Third 'Butterfly Effect'". Bloody-disgusting.com.
  8. ^ "'From Within' Stills, Horrorfest Date Shift". Bloody-disgusting.com.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference ADposter was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Siegel, Tatiana (2008-05-07). "After Dark to Produce Scare Pair". Variety.com. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  11. ^ "Borderland (HorrorFest) in HorrorFest 2". 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
  12. ^ "First After Dark Horrorfest 2 films named". Fangoria.com. 2007-09-07. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
  13. ^ "Mulberry St. In Horrorfest 2". 2007-09-14. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
  14. ^ "The Nightmare Man Plot Synopsis". RottenTomatoes.com.
  15. ^ "Tooth and Nail". IMDB.com.
  16. ^ "Plot Synopsis for Unearthed". IMDB.com.
  17. ^ Frontiers official site
  18. ^ "Miss Horrorfest 2007 Is..." Moviesonline.ca.
  19. ^ "Latest Casting for 3rd Butterfly Effect". Bloody-Disgusting.com.
  20. ^ "Hood of Horror". IMDB.com.
  21. ^ "The Tripper". IMDB.com.

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