TomOpus

Thanks for the info. IF I go, looks like I'll hit the AMC24 since it's closest. $75 is way too steep unless they pony up some extra shit. It just seems like they're doing their best NOT to make this successful.

Brent L

Ha, if it's $75 then there's no way in hell that I'll check it out.

BloodEagle

Yeah, tell me about it. I was planning on going all three days at the AMC24 but with a serious lack of information and a ticket price like $75 - I'm not so sure anymore. For probably eighty bones you could pick them all up on DVD when they are released and sit back and enjoy them in front of your own big screen without spening $17.65 on a large popcorn, drink and Red Vines.

Although I WOULD like to see it on the BIG screen, in a theatre full of potentially terrified, jumpy screaming females - I'm not sure I wanna shell out the dough. It could be worth a laugh though at the very least...

I read somewhere this morning that the all-access pass for $75 also gets you into after-parties and free merch like hats and t-shirts - crap like that. I wouldn't bet on the freebies and I would hate to think about trying to get information on an after-party (if there even are any) after trying to track down simple ticket information.

Brent L

Wow, they've added Anderson, SC to the list. If I can get tickets to a show or two I'll check them out, but no to the $75 deal.

natevines

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475298/

#9? Look on the 'showtimes' page

SunMonkey

They are now listing that encore presentations of fan favorites will occur on the 20th & 21st - still nothing on the tickets, though.

TomOpus

I went to the AMC website for the 17th and the local AMC theater listed 3 of the movies (Dark Ride, Rinne, Unrest) with odd play times. One showing had tickets available and the prices looked like the usual prices . They're probably still working things out.

TomOpus

If you check out their website, they list showtimes and dates. Looks like the 9th film is indeed Snoop Dog's Hood of Horror.

TomOpus

Okay, I clicked "Pre-order tickets" and instead of an email address, I see they put this up:

Advance ticketing for the films of “After Dark Horrorfest - 8 Films to Die For” will take place on a theater-by-theater basis. Tickets will be available for individual shows. Pricing will vary slightly by theater (but will be theaters' standard ticket pricing). Please check back for theater listings, showtimes and links to purchase tickets, as they become available. (Over the course of the next few days.)

If you would like to be on a mailing list to receive updates on ticketing, please send an email to horrorfest @ liquidadvertising.com and include the words "mailing list" in your subject heading.

SunMonkey

What a let down. It seems more like a badly run marketing gimmick than a horrorfest.

SHORTY

That site and it's webmaster sucks balls. No returned emails in regards to the all-access pass or any other info I requested. $9.50 per show at my local AMC24 is nuts. They need individual trailers to help pick & choose what films you really want to see now and what you want to wait for to release on DVD.

abintra

There are individual trailers up on the site now for all but one of the films.

TomOpus

They finally have their forum up. Also when you click "events" it talks about parties for those that buy tickets to all 8 movies. Unfortunately, it's limited to LA and NY only.

Bastards...

yecul

I live in VT and a theatre has listings for it. Hopefully the paper is accurate.

Giantrobo

I fear, that even if they make these seem like the kind of movies that go where other Horror movies are afraid to go, they'll still end up being "ho hum" by the time the credits role. I hope I'm wrong.

TomOpus

I'm not really happy with the fact that they're charging normal prices for movies that weren't having regular releases to begin with. This would've been a golden time to charge half-price to generate interest in movies that might've been otherwise missed.

This whole thing started out sounding pretty cool but my interest dwindled as info trickled out.

masbrad

same here I was very excited about this especially since it was playing in places where "festivals" dont usually go to. However I think now I am just going to wait the four months for the inevitable 8 movie DVD release.

yecul

I guess I completely misunderstood what this was all about. I half expected 8 short films rather than a faux-festival. Oops. Saw Redemption. It was meh.

Cosmic Bus

The Roxy, right? A friend of mine went to see the Abandoned (which he RAVED about) and Penny Dreadful yesterday afternoon -- I had to work all day.

natevines

So how are these? I missed them and my friend saw Hamiltons and claimed it sucked.
But yeah, I'm not shelling out that much money considering I know next to nothing of these films and what I've heard hasn't been great.

Brent L

I saw Dark Ride with my cousin, and it was very "meh". The two main stars are Jamie-Lynn DiScala (Meadow Soprano) and Patrick Renna (the red-headed kid from The Sandlot and The Big Green), and that kept me from totally getting into it. I kept expecting Tony Soprano to come in and save the day, and for the red-headed guy to start playing baseball or soccer. It's nothing against them, but they really didn't do much to make you think of them as new characters in the movie.

Anyway, it was a lot funnier than it was scary. The worst thing about the movie is that I guessed the ending right away, instantly. While I don't think this movie is this bad, one guy in the theater yelled out "well that movie was a piece of shit" the very second that it ended. Not great, not a piece of shit (in my opinion), but not even close to being anything special.

I think most casual filmgoers went to see these flicks thinking that they really were going to see something special, something controversial, but instead they were given a bunch of movies that should've just been direct-to-DVD.

I only saw this one movie, but I think that it's safe to say that this was the most over-hyped "event" having to do with movies in a long, long time.

Oleg23

I am going to see it :-)

Seantn

These were 8 films that weren't good enough to be released on their own. They were released in this "Horror Fest" in order to try to make a little money.

Cosmic Bus

Fangoria is saying that The Abandoned is getting it's own theatrical release (or re-release, if you care to look at it that way) in late January if anyone wanted to see it and wasn't able to.

I'm sort of bummed by this because now it means I've got to wait longer for the DVD.

CinemaNut

What fucked up half assed marketing and over priced as well. I'll wait for DVD to rent them.. especially since most reviews sound like these are straight to videos anyway.