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Video: 6th Annual Eyegore Awards, Horror Nights Mazes!

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Over at BDTV you can chew on some red carpet footage from last week’s 6th Annual Eyegore Awards, along with footage of some of the New Line horror mazes as part of this year’s Universal Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights, which is ongoing through November 1st. This year’s eclectic Eyegore Award honorees included Julie Benz, star of “Dexter” and the upcoming Saw V,” and Tobe Hooper, director of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist. Also receiving awards were actors Bill Moseley, the famous “Choptop” from Texas Chainsaw Massacre II and star of Rob Zombie’s “House of 1000 Corpses” and “The Devil’s Rejects,” George Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” and the soon-to-be release “Repo: The Genetic Opera,” in which he stars opposite Paris Hilton, and Gunnar Hansen, who created the Leatherface character in Texas Chainsaw Massacre and stars in the upcoming Escape of the Living Dead.
Presenters included legendary producer and director and 2007 Eyegore Award recipient Roger Corman, whose resume features over 400 movies, and rock singer Ogre from the band Skinny Puppy. Actor Corey Feldman, star of Lost Boys 2: The Tribe, Lost Boys, Friday the 13th films and “The Two Coreys” served as this year’s Master of Ceremonies.

Previous Eyegore recipients have included Patricia Arquette, Jennifer Tilly, Janet Leigh, Karen Black, Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie and Clive Barker.

“Halloween Horror Nights” pairs Hollywood’s top entertainment scenic and special effects artists with a cast of thousands to create terrifying new experiences including the theme park’s unique “Terror Tram: The Nightmare Tour” – an excursion that expands to double the length of previous Halloween tram experiences — and for the first time, incorporates a series of spine-chilling mazes and a stopover at the infamous “Psycho” house and a walk through the tortured landscape of “War of the Worlds.” The “Terror Tram” will also showcase a rare and exclusive first look at Universal Pictures’ The Wolfman on the LCD monitor aboard the trams.
“Halloween Horror Nights” feature the return of two other notorious horror icons: “Friday the 13th’s” Jason Voorhees and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s” Leatherface, each featured in his own meticulously crafted maze of shock corridors.

Universal Studios Hollywood’s favorite thrill-ride attractions will also remain open for “Halloween Horror Nights” nocturnal affair, many with menacing twists. “The Simpsons Ride,” “Jurassic Park – In the Dark,” the “Revenge of the Mummy” psychological thrill-ride roller coaster and “WaterWorld,” aptly transformed into “Slaughter World” for the occasion, will all seem like tranquil respites from the mayhem of Jason, Freddy and Leatherface. The standing sets and themed streets of the theme park will also be transformed into a bloodbath, as if scenes from horror films that were left on the cutting room floor had exploded to life.

Universal Studios Hollywood, The Entertainment Capital of L.A., is a unit of Universal Parks & Resorts, a division of Universal Studios, a part of NBC Universal. NBC Universal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Formed in May of 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80% owned by General Electric, with 20% controlled by Vivendi.

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‘Boorman and the Devil’ Documentary Trailer Chronicles Complicated Relationship with ‘Exorcist II’

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Critically acclaimed documentary Boorman and the Devil chronicles how one of the world’s greatest filmmakers made one of the most hated movies ever: Exorcist II: The Heretic. A new trailer highlighting some of the troubled production woes has arrived.

Boorman and the Devil opens at The Quad in NYC on August 28 before opening wider in various cities on September 4, including: Los Angeles, Columbus, Houston, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Seattle and more.

After the success of Point Blank and Deliverance, Warner Brothers offered John Boorman the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to direct a sequel to their smash hit, The Exorcist. The result was one of the biggest disasters in movie history. A critical and financial failure that not only changed how Hollywood did business, but nearly ended Boorman’s filmmaking career… but to be an artist is to be a risk-taker.

Now, John Boorman, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher, Karyn Kusama, Joe Dante, Mike Flanagan, and more reflect back on the ambition of the film, the artistry and craft, and the value of big creative swings.

“I am beyond thrilled that Yellow Veil has come on board to help us share this story with a larger audience,” said director David Kittredge. “Like myself and the rest of our team, they’re huge cinema-lovers. It’s so exciting that a film which is not only a love letter to John Boorman, but also to ambitious filmmaking, will be handled by people who share the same passions that our team shares.”

“I first saw the film at an early festival screening and the post-screening buzz was just electric. Everyone was loving Boorman and the Devil,” added Yellow Veil co-founder Justin Timms. “To be able to team up with David and the filmmaking team on this release is incredibly exciting, and we can’t wait to spread that post-screening electricity with audiences across the country.”

Boorman and the Devil is produced by Kittredge’s Triple Fire Productions, Travis Stevens (Jodorowsky’s Dune, Starry Eyes) of Snowfort Pictures, and Jim Fall (The Lizzie McGuire Movie), with Alan Koenigsberg of Milton Ventures Media serving as co-producer.

Daniel Kurland wrote in his review, “Boorman and the Devil goes above and beyond to be the definitive text on Exorcist II. This documentary will delight horror and Exorcist fans alike, but it also provides incredible insight for anyone who is just marginally interested in film production.

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