THE WRAP: The Year’s 9 Biggest Payoffs

This article by Lucas Shaw from The Wrap shows that good low budget horror films can make money. This is great news for the horror genre.

MOVIES | By Lucas Shaw on December 27, 2013 @ 5:35 pm Follow @lucas_shaw

None of the year’s biggest films — not “Iron Man,” “Hunger Games” nor “The Hobbit” — offered as good a return on investment as “Insidious: Chapter 2″

“Iron Man 3″ was the year’s highest-grossing movie and “Despicable Me 2″ its highest-grossing animated movie. Yet grosses aren’t everything in modern Hollywood.

Happy Holidays from Screamfest

Submitted by Wichita on December 20, 2013 - 3:49pm

happy_holidays_14.jpgWishing everyone a joyous holiday season! Hope your holiday is filled with awesome horror movie watching. It's a great time to gather around and re-watch those holiday horror movies ranging from good to cheesy, Gremlins, Black Christmas, Silent Night Deadly Night, Sint (Saint, Rare Export), Jack Frost, Santa Slay, Christmas Evil and Don't Open Until Christmas.

So spike the egg nog, pop in a film and enjoy.

NOVEMBER MIXER

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The Screamefest mixer has been announced! Come mingle with Horror industry folks & Horror fans while enjoying happy hour priced drinks and food. FREE EVENT

Date: November 21, 2013 at 7:30PM.
Location: Saint Felix~1602 N Cahuenga Blvd~Los Angeles, CA 90028
Phone: (323) 469-5001

Screamfest 2013 Opening Night Film & Party (Photos)

Submitted by screamfest on October 9, 2013 - 4:10pm

Beneath opened Screamfest Horror Film Festival October 8th, 2013 to a sold out crowd. Our Screamfest photographer Angelica Ulloa captured the excitement of Opening Night. This is just a teaser...more photos to come!

  • Laemmle NoHo7 Opening Night
  • Lines for the Sold Out Opening Night Film, "Beneath"
  • Opening Night film, "Beneath"
  • Screamfest Opening Night at the Laemmle NoHo 7
  • Sold Out!
  • Crowded Lobby
  • Brett Forbes, Josh Stewart & Patrick Rizzotti of The Hunted
  • Toby Wilkins editor of Beneath
  • Rene Rivera from Beneath
  • Brian Netto & Adam Schindler of Delivery
  • Matt Eskandari & Adam Lawson of The Gauntlet
  • Cyclops Woman courtesy of Dapper Cadaver attends Opening Night
  • Denny Sumargo, Shandy Aulia, Rocky Soraya, Ram Soraya & Jose Poernomo from 308
  • FearNet sponsored photo booth with props
  • Opening Night Party
  • One of the unfortunate miners at the Opening Night Party
  • Complimentary massages from SOCHi Massage Therapist at the Opening Night Party

Screamfest Announces Next Wave of Films

Submitted by screamfest on September 24, 2013 - 8:29pm

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

13th ANNUAL ……………
Screamfest Announces Next Wave of Films

Hollywood, CA., September 24, 2013 – Screamfest®, premiering films from around the world.
https://screamfestla.com/film-guide Screamfest takes place October 8 through October 17 at the Laemmle NoHo 7 (5240 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601).

Screamfest Announces First Wave

Submitted by screamfest on September 7, 2013 - 7:28pm

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13th ANNUAL ……………

Screamfest Announces First Wave

Hollywood, CA., September 4, 2013 – Screamfest®, the preeminent horror festival in the country, and what the LA Weekly calls “the best place to get a jump on tomorrow’s cult hits” kicks off its 13th annual event in Los Angeles on October 8 through October 17 at the Laemmle NoHo 7 (5240 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601).

Design for Screamfest Horror Film Festival

Submitted by screamfest on September 4, 2013 - 3:07pm

Calling all artist! Screamfest is collaborating with Talenthouse to have a designer create a killer design to be printed on our festival bags.

The winner will receive two full passes to the festival which runs October 8 - 17th in North Hollywood, Ca.

The grand prize winner who will receive:
Two full passes to the Screamfest Horror Film Festival (worth $600) (transportation at winner's expense).

The winning design will be printed onto the official Screamfest recyclable keepsake bags that will be distributed at the festival.

NEW -- SCREAMFEST LAUNCHPAD AWARD for SHORT FILMS

Submitted by Wichita on August 8, 2013 - 5:14pm

New award category JUST ADDED:

This year's SHORT film category just received an additional exciting prize award!!

SCREAMFEST LAUNCHPAD AWARD - Sponsored by U.K.'s Matador Pictures

Awarded to the Director who, in Matador's opinion, shows the most promise for the next step up into feature films. The award consists
of:

- an exclusive first look deal with Matador Pictures for your next feature project pitch with the opportunity for your project to be commissioned for Matador's development slate

THALE Gets An English-Language Sequel

Submitted by screamfest on May 14, 2013 - 10:12am

Thale Sequel
Screamfest title THALE just completed its theatrical run in last month. It played in Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Denver, New York and Los Angeles. If you were not lucky enough to be in one of these cities to see it on the big screen, you can check it out on iTunes and VOD. It is also available on DVD (Walmart, BestBuy, Amazon etc.) and still in the top of the Amazon charts as of this post.