It was revealed to Bloody-Disgusting today (via press release) that the hotly anticipated film by Adam Green, Hatchet (review #1, #2), will be showing at this year's Screamfest Horror Film Festival ("The Sundance of Horror"), which will take place October 13-22 at the Mann Chinese 6 in Hollywood, CA. You should probably pick up your full festival passes over at the official website asap as we've been tipped off to some major red carpet events, which all access pass holders can get into. If you read on you can check out the official announcement for Hatchet, or you can click the title above for pics, trailers and more.
Screamfest Horror Film Festival Officially Selects the Highly Anticipated ‘HATCHET’ for its 6th Annual Event in October!
Beverly Hills, CA (August 22, 2006) – Rachel Belofsky, founder of the annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival, is pleased to announce the selection of Adam Green’s Hatchet (official website) into the 6th annual event, which is to be held October 13-22 at the Mann Chinese Theaters in Hollywood, California.
In Hatchet a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.
Hatchet displays an extremely solid cast which includes Kane Hodder (best know as Jason Voorhees in many of the Friday the 13th films), Tony Todd (Candyman) and the infamous Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street). Up and coming actor Joel Moore (Dodgeball, Art Scool Confidential) also stars next to Tamara Feldman, Deon Richmond, Mercedes McNab, Parry Shen, Joleigh Fioreavanti, Joshua Leonard and Patrika Darbo.
Critics have been raving about the film, “Hatchet is one of the best horror films this year, and probably the best slasher flick in decades,” writes Bloody-Disgusting.com; “[The film is] a brutal slasher that manages to balance over-the-top jaw dropping gore and humor, tailor-made for its core audience,” writes Icons of Fright; “Hatchet is completely fantastical in its portrayals of murder. And I loved it. Crowley literally rips his victims limb from limb.” - Aint it Cool News.
ABOUT SCREAMFEST
The Screamfest Horror Film Festival is the #1 horror film festival in the United States. Some of the largest horror online publications have called it the "Sundance of Horror." Normally held at Loews Universal Studios Cinemas, Universal CityWalk, the festival is now held annually at the prestigious Grauman’s Mann Chinese 6 in Hollywood. Screamfest premieres and showcases new work from American and international independent horror filmmakers. Film entries are accepted in the categories of Best Feature, Directing, Cinematography, Editing, Special Effects and Musical Score. In addition, there are special categories for Best Animation, Best Short, Best Documentary and Best Student Film.
The festival has hosted many famous filmmakers as guests, including Sam Raimi, Wes Craven, Eli Roth, James Wan, Zack Snyder, Stan Winston, Sean Cunningham, Tim Sullivan and even John Landis. Screamfest has also introduced some major horror films onto the world, including Wolf Creek, Boo!, Curandero, Feast, Three... Extremes, Sigaw, 2001 Maniacs, Cube: Zero, Dead Meat, 28 Days Later, Dog Soldiers, Wrong Turn and many more.
While the horror boom continues to show no signs of slowing down, Screamfest continues to grow at an alarming rate. Annually Screamfest holds a private party at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT and has many exclusive engagements in Los Angeles throughout the year. The festival has been featured in Variety, Time Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter' and other major publications.
For more information please call the Screamfest Horror Film Festival at 310-358-3273 or visit www.screamfestla.com to order tickets. The Nations largest horror film festival is only getting bigger.
Beverly Hills, CA (August 22, 2006) – Rachel Belofsky, founder of the annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival, is pleased to announce the selection of Adam Green’s Hatchet (
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