BLOODY-DISGUSTING.COM Your best source for the latest horror news, reviews, interviews, and more... 'Automaton Transfusion' Infects Screamfest Festival!! http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/7107 Print This Page Major major news from this year's Screamfest Horror Film Festival, which has already announced that Adam Green's highly anticipated Hatchet (review) will be showing. It was revealed to Bloody-Disgusting today (via press release) that Steven Miller's Automaton Transfusion, which we hyped last week here, has officially been selected for the fest. Screamfest, which has been called the "Sundance of Horror", will be held October 13-22 at the Mann Chinese 6 Theaters in Hollywood, CA. If you head on over to the official website you can pick up full festival passes right now and guarantee yourself seats in every screening and even the red carpet premieres, which are yet to be announced. Read on for the official press release on Automatron entering Screamfest. ‘AUTOMATON TRANSFUSION’ Officially Selected for the 6th Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival BLOOD… WIILL… RUN at the Mann Chinese 6 Theaters This October… Beverly Hills, CA (August 22, 2006) – Rachel Belofsky, founder of the annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival, is pleased to announce the selection of Steven C. Miller’s Automaton Transfusion into the 6th annual event, which is to be held October 13-22 at the Mann Chinese Theaters in Hollywood, California. Visit the official website for festival details: www.screamfesla.com In Automaton Transfusion three teens find themselves in a town over run with zombies. Deciding to fight back, they go on a punch you in the throat, action packed, non stop ride through the city, woods, and schools. Automaton Transfusion, which was shot for a mere $30,000, has become a one of the most talked about independent horror films since The Blair Witch Project. Critics have been raving about the film, “Automaton Transfusion is going to be this years Hottest film. With a brilliant Director, an amazing cast and talented crew. The movie will fulfill your taste for gore and blood, but also entertain you with young beauty and talent,” writes Horror-Movies.ca, “In the recent rash of zombie films in Hollywood, I've been dying for something fresh, Steven C. Miller's Automaton Transfusion is that breathe of fresh air… Miller delivers one of the best zombie films in decades!” – Bloody-Disgusting.com Automaton Transfusion joins Adam Green’s Hatchet, which stars Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees), Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger) and Tony Todd. Screamfest Horror Film Festival has been called “The Sundance of Horror” by many journalists. 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. Source: http://www.screamfestla.com