Los Angeles, CA, October 2, 2008 - Halo-8 Entertainment has announced the program for its "Halo-8: Films That Kill" theatrical run. As originally reported in The Hollywood Reporter (Sept. 30, 2008), the fest runs from Thursday October 23rd through Wednesday October 29th at The Engine Theater in Hollywood.
The program consists of seven films playing every day all week, including "PINK EYE," "THE DEVIL'S MUSE," "GIMME SKELTER," "PUNK ROCK HOLOCAUST 2," "THREAT," and "N.Y.H.C." The eighth film, Halo-8's controversial and critically acclaimed documentary "YOUR MOMMY KILLS ANIMALS," will be distributed on DVD to all attendees as a Halloween treat - free with admission.
Each night will be capped off by the unique "SLUMBER PARTY SLAUGHTERHOUSE: THE GAME," a hybrid film-screening/live-event that mixes pub-trivia with Rocky Horror-style 'Audience Participation.' Halo-8 is also throwing SPS screening/trivia-parties in NYC, Philadelphia, Austin, and Baltimore in October, with more cities to be announced.
Directors, writers, actors, and actresses from the participating films will be on-hand to chat with fans at the after-parties and try their best to win the trivia contests.
"The most important thing an indie movie studio can do is provide a sense of community for its filmmakers and fans," said Halo-8 president Matt Pizzolo. "Our roster of artists are cinema lovers who enjoy one another's films and love connecting directly with audience-members. Our job is to provide a venue for those connections to take place, and we think a redefined theatrical experience might be the best way to do that."
HALO-8: FILMS THAT KILL program
at The Engine Theater: 1636 Wilcox Ave, Hollywood CA 90028
Thurs October 23rd - Wednesday October 29th
Hardcore/Punk Matinees:
3pm: "N.Y.H.C." [Dir. Frank Pavich]
"Smashing... a terrific, well-told story." -Cinematical
The legendary documentary about the world's hardest music. With Madball, 25 Ta Life, VOD, Crown of Thornz, Roger Miret (Agnostic Front), Toby Morse (H2O), Lou Koller (Sick Of It All), John Joseph (Cro-Mags), and Jimmy Gestapo (Murphy's Law). (90 mins)
4:30pm: "THREAT" [Dir. Matt Pizzolo]
"Makes KIDS look like an after-school special!" -Urb Magazine
Award-winning urban thriller about an intellectual black radical and a nihilistic punk who accidentally start a riot in NYC's Lower East Side. (88 mins)
6pm: "PUNK ROCK HOLOCAUST 2" [Dir. Doug Sakmann]
"Incredibly funny... a lunatic loveletter to bloodletting." -DVD Talk
The Van's Warped Tour slasher film in which a headless killer decapitates bandmembers and uses their severed heads as disguises. This time the death toll includes The Aquabats, The Bouncing Souls, My Chemical Romance, The Casualties, and many many more!(90 mins)
Horror Nights:
7:30pm: "GIMME SKELTER" [Dir. Scott Phillips]
"Pitch perfect... hits every target... a gleeful, pulpy outing." -Micro Cinema
Bare-knuckled horror about a guy who thinks he's Charles Manson's illegitimate son and decides to outdo his old man. With Gunnar Hansen ("Texas Chainsaw Massacre"), Elske McCain ("Poultrygeist"), and Trent Haaga ("Deadgirl"). (85 mins)
9pm: "THE DEVIL'S MUSE" [Dir. Ramzi Abed]
"Intoxicating & sensual" -Rue Morgue
Stylish and surreal horror about a young actress living out the last days of the Black Dahlia. With Kristen Kerr ("Inland Empire"), Julie Strain ("Heavy Metal 2000"), Lizzy Strain ("Magus"), Mark Borchardt ("American Movie"), Gidget Gein ("Marilyn Manson"), and pinup-star Masuimi Max. (90 mins)
10:30pm: "PINK EYE" [Dir. James Tucker]
"Vicious and convincing... a lingering nightmare." -Bloody Disgusting
Gore-drenched slasher horror about asylum inmates run amok. From the creative team behind Lionsgate's "Skinned Alive:" director James Tucker, writer/actor Joshua Nelson, actress Melissa Bacelar. (87 mins)
Midnight: "SLUMBER PARTY SLAUGHTERHOUSE: THE GAME" [Crt. Matt Pizzolo]
"Lets gorehounds fulfill their deepest, darkest fantasies." -Video Business
Interactive campy-horror film/party where the correct answers to slasher-movie trivia questions empower geek Paul Tard to take revenge on his ex-friends. With Tiffany Shepis ("Nightmare Man"), Masuimi Max ("The Devil's Muse"), Joanna Angel ("Sick & Twisted Horror of Joanna Angel"), Katie Nisa ("Threat"), and Melissa Bacelar ("Pink Eye"). Collaboratively directed by Doug Sakmann, Ramzi Abed, Joanna Angel, Kurly Tlapoyawa, and Matt Pizzolo. Hosted by a different starlet each night.
Halloween Treat: "YOUR MOMMY KILLS ANIMALS" [Dir. Curt Johnson]
"A miraculously even-handed treatment of a snarlingly divisive debate." -Variety
The critically acclaimed, controversial, and embattled documentary about the animal rights movement and why the FBI raised animal rights activists above Al Qaeda on the Terror Watch List.
The Engine Theater is a pioneering approach to theatrical cinema: a portable projection system featuring a 1000 pound light and steel sculpture that kinetically supports a 17 foot screen. The Engine debuted at The Architecture and Design Museum of Los Angeles in 2007 before touring around the world. It has taken up residence on Wilcox Avenue in Hollywood through the rest of 2008.
Halo-8 Entertainment
(www.halo8.tv) is a Hollywood-2.0 movie studio using bleeding-edge strategies to create and distribute daring new films and lifestyle videos. Recent releases include the controversial
documentary YOUR MOMMY KILLS ANIMALS (which Variety called "a
miraculously evenhanded treatment of a snarlingly divisive debate"),
the award-winning hardcore-punk thriller THREAT (which Urb Magazine said "makes
KIDS look like an after-school special"), and the legendary NY hardcore documentary N.Y.H.C. (which Cinematical called "smashing... a terrific, well-told, engaging story"). Current productions include the campy, interactive horror-DVD-game SLUMBER PARTY SLAUGHTERHOUSE: THE GAME (starring Tiffany Shepis, Joanna Angel, Melissa Bacelar, Masuimi Max) and the 'illustrated films' GODKILLER (which Comic Box called "an iconoclastic hero's journey like none before it") and HOW I LOST MY VIRGINITY -BY ALEXANDRA JONES (which Comic Box said "mixes firecracker charm with laugh-out-loud humor and a sly, subversive wit").
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