Screamfest L.A. Announces Tales of Halloween as Opening Night Film
Steve Barton
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With news that the 2015 Screamfest L.A. Film Festival will be screening Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension as its closing night film, we’ve been wondering what would open it. The news has come, and we couldn’t think of a more perfect way to kick off the festivities!
From the Press Release:
America’s largest and longest running horror film festival, Screamfest Horror Film Festival, will celebrate its 15th year in Hollywood this October 13 through 22, 2015. Screamfest will open the festival with the critically acclaimed anthology film Tales of Halloween on October 13 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the screening are currently available for purchase at ScreamfestLA.com. Tickets are $10.
Tales of Halloween tells 10 horrifying tales penned and helmed by Axelle Carolyn (Soulmate), Andrew Kasch (Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy), Neil Marshall (The Descent, Game of Thrones), Dave Parker (The Hills Run Red), John Skipp (A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child), Lucky McKee (The Woman, All Cheerleaders Must Die), Mike Mendez (Gravedancers, Big Ass Spider!), and Ryan Schifrin (Abominable); other installments were written by Clint Sears and directed by Adam Gierasch (Night of the Demons), Paul Solet (Grace), and Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II, III and IV). The film has an ensemble cast including Lin Shaye (Insidious, Insidious: Chapter 2), Barry Bostwick (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), Pat Healy (Cheap Thrills), John Savage (The Deer Hunter), Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog), John Landis (Director of Animal House), Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, We Are Still Here), Greg Grungberg (“Heroes,” Star Wars), Alex Essoe (Starry Eyes), Booboo Stewart (The Twilight Saga), Keir Gilchrist (It Follows), Noah Segan (Looper), Pollyanna McIntosh (The Woman), James Duval (Donnie Darko), Kristina Klebe (Halloween), Marc Senter (Alleluia! The Devil’s Carnival), Jose Pablo Cantillo (“The Walking Dead”), Grace Phipps (Fright Night), Sam Witwer (“Being Human”), and Graham Skipper (Almost Human). Cameo appearances are made by celebrities and horror icons including Joe Dante, John Landis, Adam Green, Adam Pascal, Adrianne Curry, Mick Garris, and Lombardo Boyer. The film was produced by Carolyn, Mendez, Patrick Ewald, Shaked Berenson, and Tada Chae and is distributed by Epic Pictures.
Tales of Halloween brings you Halloween night like you’ve never seen it before. Eleven directors, self-dubbed “The October Society” and renowned for their contribution to the horror movie genre, have joined forces to create a series of interconnected stories. Ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and the devil delight in terrorizing unsuspecting residents of a suburban neighborhood on Halloween night. This creepy anthology combines classic Halloween tales with the stuff of nightmares.
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“We’re kicking off the festival with Tales of Halloween, a fun anthology to get everyone in the Halloween spirit,” stated Rachel Belofsky, founder of Screamfest Horror Film Festival. “This year is extraordinarily special because it’s our 15th year in Hollywood. In celebration, we have some exciting appearances, Q&A’s, and premieres that we’ll be announcing with the festival lineup very soon!”
Among Screamfest sponsors are Destination America, Birns & Sawyer Inc., Write Brothers, Dapper Cadaver, Inktip, and Verena King Public Relations via King Social, LLC. Screamfest is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and is a member of Melies d’Or European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation.
The 2015 Screamfest Film Festival will run October 13th through October 22nd at TCL Chinese Theater. More info and tickets are available at screamfestla.com.
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