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Salem Horror Fest Includes Screenings of ‘Goosebumps 2,’ ‘Halloween’ and ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ Doc
This year’s Salem Horror Fest is taking place in Salem, Massachusetts from October 4 – October 14, and we recently learned that David Gordon Green’s Halloween will be having an opening night showcase at the event, a full two weeks before it arrives in theaters.
Additionally, we’ve learned today, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween will have its New England premiere at the Salem Horror Fest this year!
Here’s the full press release for the event…
“Salem Horror Fest returns with the 30th anniversary screening of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark with Cassandra Peterson, the premiere of Sony’s Goosebumps 2, and an opening night showcase of the new Halloween film from Blumhouse Productions and Universal Studios on Thursday, October 4th 2018.
For two weeks, Salem Horror Fest will host a series of screenings, lectures, podcasts, parties, premieres and celebrity appearances that focus on themes of social fear and cultural anxiety throughout the haunted and historic downtown district.
EARTHDOOM centers around a weekend of eco-horror with films that include The Return of the Living Dead, The Toxic Avenger, Day of the Dead, and Creature From the Black Lagoon with appearances by George C. Romero, son of legendary zombie director George A. Romero, scream queen and horror workout star Linnea Quigley, and the last surviving member of the Universal Monsters, Ricou Browning.
Weekend of the Witch explores mystical feminist themes in Suspiria, The House of the Devil, Death Becomes Her, The Witches of Eastwick and Rosemary’s Baby with a live podcast by The Faculty of Horror, and academic lectures about Hell, lady killers, and social resistance.
The program will also feature a lineup of premieres that include Blood Fest, Sex Madness Revealed, Scary Stories, Wolfman’s Got Nards, St. Agatha and The House of the Seven Gables with introductions and Q&A sessions from those involved.
The festival runs Thursday, October 4 through Monday, October 15 at CinemaSalem, Peabody Essex Museum, Opus, BitBar and Count Orlok’s Nightmare Gallery. Salem Horror Fest is sponsored by TJ Lynch Realtor, Rue Morgue Magazine and Daily Dead.”
Head over to the Salem Horror Fest website for all the details and to grab tickets!
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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