Carrion film animations ‘Scayrecrow‘ and ‘The Screaming skull‘ have been officially selected to be shown tonight (Friday 5th June 2009 at 6pm) as part of the ‘Fangoria weekend of Horrors‘ Manhattan, New York.
“Quite literally moving art. I have never seen anything like them…truly original.” – Marla Newborn, Fangoria.
The films are to be shown ‘back to back’ in the film room as part of a 30th Anniversary event that has toured across the United States.
This years guests include Italian horror maestro Dario Argento – ‘Suspiria‘ and ‘Deep Red‘, Tobe Hooper – Director of the legendary ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre‘, make-up superstar Tom Savini and a signing session with the visionary Guillermo del Toro – director of ‘The Devils Backbone‘, ‘Hellboy‘ and ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’. There will also be a cast reunion of Wes Craven’s original ‘Last house on the left‘, ‘Hellraiser‘ – with Doug Bradley and Ashley Lawrence in attendance and a rare treat to meet a selection of the actors that have donned the mask of Jason Voorhees (Friday 13th)!
“In our continuing efforts to make these events the best that they can be we are introducing our latest cutting edge programming, SINISTER SEMINARS. This is where you can sit in with some of the Industries heaviest hitters for limited attendance 2 hour courses. We intend on covering topics such as writing, directing, scoring, and creating special effects, to name a few. The seminars will be taught by some of the biggest names in the industry, many of whom are currently working on new projects. So don’t miss out!” Some of the filmmakers confirmed for these seminars are Tobe Hooper, Herschell Gordon Lewis and regular Stuart Gordon screenwriter Dennis Paoli.
This is the first time that the animations have been screened as a double-bill and is also the official premiere of the films in the United States. Director Ashley Thorpe had this to say: – “I am absolutely thrilled by the selection. It really is a dream come true I have to say. I’ve read Fangoria since I was about 15 years old …I used to hide them in my English folders, ha ha, so to have these films screened at such an event is truly amazing. I think it’s incredible how the films have been so utterly embraced by the magazine. I feel very honoured and very lucky. It’s an amazing achievement. These are British independent films after all; films with no distribution, no major stars or advertising, it’s all been word of mouth so far. Incredible. Perhaps the British horror revival really has begun.”
The films, after Marla Newborn’s recommendation, have also been sent to Chicago for a possible future screening and also to L.A for entry in the Fangoria ‘Midnight Madness‘ event. Each week in L.A a horror feature is shown preceded by a short film. Both ‘Scayrecrow‘ and ‘The Screaming skull‘ have been entered. As soon as details are available about these screenings they will be posted here.
Both films are also contenders to be shown in the ‘Fright Fan Film fest‘ – an online festival currently under construction and due to be launched on www.fangoria.com later in the year.
Ashley Thorpe is currently concluding pre-production on the 4th Penny Dreadful animation – ‘The Hairy Hands’, which is due for completion Halloween 2009. Excerpts and interviews from the ‘Weekend of Horrors’ will be streamed live via www.fangoria .com for the duration of the festival.
FANGORIA WEEKEND OF HORRORS UPDATE 10/6/09
Reaction to the double-bill screening in NYC has been extemely positive, and this time the greatest crowd pleaser proved to be the sombre M.R James / Lovecraft / Poe inspired ‘The Screaming skull‘. Marla Newborn of ‘Fangoria‘ magazine reports: –
“People LOVED your work. The response to ‘The Screaming skull‘ was a notch more intense but you could have heard a pin drop when I ran the first one (‘Scayrecrow‘) because frankly Ashley they are beautiful.” – Marla Newborn, Fangoria magazine.
Ashley Thorpe, and all cast and crew at Carrion Film would therefore like to extend their heartfelt thanks to Marla and to all the organisers, staff and attendees at the festival for their time, dedication and enthusiasm.
To read Marla’s blog visit : http://www.fangoria.com/blogs/marla-newborn.html