Horror Highlights: Brad Dourif to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award, Cavitycolors, The Asylum Screenings, DEAD ANT, ZOMBIES, TOKYO GHOUL: RE

2017/09/19 15:11:36 +00:00 | Derek Anderson

He's brought many characters to life on screen in a wide range of powerful performances, and this October, actor Brad Dourif will receive a well-earned Lifetime Achievement Award at the New York City Horror Film Festival. Today's Horror Highlights also includes a look at Cavitycolors' "Every Day is Halloween" collection re-stock, Thursday night at The Asylum screenings at Cinemark Theatres, the trailer for the rock and roll horror film Dead Ant, release details for the Tony Todd-starring Zombies, and info on VIZ Media's new manga series, Tokyo Ghoul: Re.

Brad Dourif to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award: Press Release: "Sept 12, 2017 - New York, NY – At this year’s 15th edition of the New York City Horror Film Festival, broad-ranged character actor Brad Dourif, beloved to fright fans as the voice of killer doll Chucky, will receive the event’s Lifetime Achievement Award on Saturday, Oct. 28. The prestigious trophy honors Mr. Dourif for his long-ranging contributions to horror cinema, and the actor will accept in person.

Brad Dourif began his career on the stage where he was eventually noticed by Milos Forman and cast as Billy Bibbit in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST, a role which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He has brought his craft to classic genre films including the John Carpenter-scripted EYES OF LAURA MARS; David Lynch’s DUNE and BLUE VELVET; and William Peter Blatty’s THE EXORCIST III. Dourif gained further renown for voicing Chucky in the CHILD’S PLAY franchise, the latest film of which, CULT OF CHUCKY, debuts this fall.

13 features and 31 short films make up this year’s festival, which opens Thurs Oct. 26, with a range of films including New York premieres of Mitchell Altieri’s THE NIGHT WATCHMEN; Norbert Keil’s REPLACE starring Barbara Crampton; Benjamin Arfmann’s DISMISSED starring Dylan Sprouse; Richard Stringham’s CLOSE CALLS; and Mathieu Turi’s HOSTILE starring Javier (IT) Botet; and the North American premiere of Michael Mongillo’s ghost story DIANE.

The festival runs October 26–29, at Cinépolis Cinemas, 260 West 23rd Street., at the corner of 8th Avenue and 23rd Street in the heart of New York’s Chelsea district, just one block over from the famed Chelsea Hotel, once home to Sid Vicious, Andy Warhol, Patti Smith, Jim Morrison, Bob Dylan, and Arthur C. Clarke.

The NYC Horror Film Festival was born in 2002 by filmmaker Michael J. Hein as a venue for newer independent horror filmmaking. After Michael’s passing in 2011, the festival created the Michael J. Hein Achievement Award to celebrate the hard work and perseverance of creators in the field. George Romero was the first recipient of the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award, followed by other classic scaremeisters including Rob Zombie, Roger Corman, Frank Henenlotter, Robert Englund, Stuart Gordon, and the beloved late Wes Craven, Tobe Hooper, Angus Scrimm, and Herschell Gordon Lewis.

The full schedule for the New York City Horror Film Festival is here:
http://nychorrorfest.com/schedule"

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Cavitycolors' Every Day is Halloween Collection Re-Stock: From Cavitycolors: "Did you get yours?! Nothing screams Halloween more than Pumpkins, Witches, and Skulls! Celebrate the season of frights all year long with our EVERY DAY IS HALLOWEEN collection, which includes this vintage-style baseball tee, and more! Let the world know you're a Halloween fiend, just like us!"

To learn more about the "Every Day is Halloween" collection re-stock, visit Cavitycolors' website.

Thursday Night at The Asylum Theatrical Screenings: Press Release: "LOS ANGELES, CA - September 15, 2017 - Moviegoers will go insane every Thursday night as The Asylum - the studio behind the Sharknado franchise phenomenon - partners with Cinemark Theatres for a weekly late-night theatrical movie series. Thursday Night at The Asylum launches on September 28, 2017 in 76 Cinemark theaters across the country. (tickets: Cinemark.com/asylum).

Targeting students in college markets and film enthusiasts in general, attendees will have the option of a low cost $5 general admission ticket or a $10 Premium Ticket which will include a digital download of the movie. Thursday Nights at The Asylum will also offer attendees a unique glimpse into Hollywood with a chance to meet the filmmakers, the studio and win signed merchandise and other promotions, including a walk on role in an Asylum film.

"Cinemark is excited to form this partnership and create this unique showcase of Asylum films!", said Bryan Jeffries, Vice President of Marketing and Promotions for Cinemark, "There has always been a tremendous audience for these movies and we know our customers will go crazy for the chance to see them on the big screen!"

With a focus on college students and genre fans, the series will showcase the best in frightening, provocative, and fun feature films every Thursday starting September 28. The weekly series will build up to a special live Sharknado event featuring Sharknado5: Global Swarming on November 16 - with appearances from the cast and crew of the pop-culture juggernaut.

The Asylum co-founder David Michael Latt adds, "I'll be front and center every week as the biggest fan of all, there's nothing else that can duplicate the theatrical experience. For Cinemark movie goers, we're bringing back the thrill of drive-ins and Grindhouse cinema with this chance to see unapologetic and completely original films.

The experience for some attendees won't end at the theater! After each screening, movie goers who purchase a the Premium Ticket will own the movie forever by digitally downloading the film available on its home video release. For more information and to buy tickets go to Cinemark.com/asylum."

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Dead Ant Trailer: "When the "one-hit-wonder" glam-metal band "Sonic Grave" embark on a trip to coachella in hopes of a comeback, their peyote trip pit stop in Joshua Tree incites an "unworldly" viscous attack, and they must "rock" themselves out of harms way.

DEAD ANT was written and directed by Ron Carlson (All American Christmas Carol) and stars Tom Arnold (“Sons of Anarchy,” True Lies), Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings Trilogy, “Stranger Things”), Jake Busey (The Predator, “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series"), Rhys Coiro (“Texas Rising,” “Entourage"), Leisha Hailey (“The L Word,” “Bosch"), Cameron Richardson (Get a Job, Alvin and the Chipmunks), and Danny Woodbury (“Bones,” Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)."

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Release Details for Zombies, Starring Tony Todd: Press Release: "LOS ANGELES (September 15, 2017) – Legendary horror icon Tony Todd (Candyman, The Man from Earth) delivers another bucket of fun and blood when he takes up the fight against the horde of the undead that has taken over the world in ZOMBIES, also starring Steven Luke (War Pigs, upcoming Wunderland), Raina Hein (“America’s Next Top Model” 2010) and Aaron Corteau (After the Dawn). Written and directed by Hamid Torabpour, and produced by George Cameron Romero and executive produced by Jared Safier, ZOMBIES opens in theatres and will be available on VOD September 29. Domestic sales were repped by Safier Entertainment. The film has a running time of 84 minutes and is not rated.

Synopsis: With the world in shambles, plagued by a zombie outbreak, Luke works to clear the streets of the undead, helping anyone left unscathed. After a rescue mission goes off the road, Luke is saved by his old flame, Bena (Raina Hein). Back at camp, they join up with Detective Sommers (Tony Todd) before they are over run by a horde of the undead."

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Tokyo Ghoul: Re Manga Series: Press Release: "San Francisco, CA, September 18, 2017 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, announces the sequel to the smash-hit horror/action manga series with the launch of TOKYO GHOUL: RE on October 17th.

The new series, by TOKYO GHOUL creator Sui Ishida, will be published in print and digital editions under the VIZ Signature imprint. TOKYO GHOUL: RE is rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens; Volume 1 will carry a print MSRP of $12.99 U.S. / $17.99 CAN. The series will also be available digitally via VIZ.com and the VIZ Manga App, as well as from the Nook, Kobo, Kindle, iBooks, comiXology, and Google Play Store. Subsequent volumes will be published in English on a bi-monthly basis.

In TOKYO GHOUL: RE, the Commission of Counter Ghoul is the only organization fighting the Ghoul menace, and they will use every tool at their disposal to protect humanity from its ultimate predator. Their newest weapon in this hidden war is an experimental procedure that implants human investigators with a Ghoul’s Kagune, giving them Ghoul powers and abilities. But both the procedure and the newly formed Qs Squad are untested. Will they become heroes…or monsters?!

“Fans will not want to miss this riveting sequel, with its cast of colorful new characters and familiar favorites in a story that dives further into the lore of TOKYO GHOUL,” says Pancha Diaz, Editor. “Follow the Qs Squad this fall as they take on the lethal and often unpredictable attributes of the Ghouls they are charged with hunting!”

Manga creator Sui Ishida was born in Fukuoka, Japan. He is the author of TOKYO GHOUL and several TOKYO GHOUL one-shots, including one that won him the Young Jump 113^th Grand Prix award in 2010. TOKYO GHOUL began serialization in Weekly Young Jump in 2011 and was adapted into an anime series in 2014.

For additional information on TOKYO GHOUL and other manga titles published by VIZ Media, please visit VIZ.com.

About the Author - Derek Anderson

Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.

When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.

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