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First Images From ‘The Beacon’, Texas Screenings!
We just got our hands on the first three images from Michael Stokes’ The Beacon (Haunting At The Beacon), along with information of special screening in six Texas cities. Starring Teri Polo, David Rees Snell and Michael Ironside, while trying to get their lives back on track after the loss of their four-year-old son, Bryn (Polo) and Paul Shaw (Snell) move to the charming old Beacon Apartments. Bryn begins seeing a ghostly little boy skulking around the building. With the help of an eccentric young professor and a tough old beat cop, Bryn tries to uncover the details of the boy’s death. She hopes that freeing the child will allow him to carry a message to her son. Too late she realizes a second malevolent entity stalks the halls of the Beacon: one that doesn’t want the boy to escape.
In advance of its 2010 domestic release — and just in time for Halloween — comes a sneak preview of THE BEACON starring Teri Polo (best actress winner at the 2009 Paranoia Film Festival), David Rees Snell, Elaine Hendrix, recent Emmy Award winner (and newly elected SAG President) Ken Howard, and genre legend Michael Ironside.The movie will screen over six nights in six theaters in six different Texas cities.
SCREENING INFO:
Sunday, Oct 25: Houston City Centre (this first preview is FREE).
Monday, Oct 26: Lewisville
Tuesday, Oct 27: Arlington
Wednesday, Oct 28: Plano
Thursday, Oct 29: Addison (Beltline)
Friday, Oct 30: Dallas (Royal & Central)
All screenings will start at 7.30 p.m. Tickets are available at studiomoviegrill.com and sabbaticalpictures.com. Group discounts will be offered on the Sabbatical Pictures site starting this weekend.
The film is also an official selection in La Femme Film Festival in Los Angeles and will screen 10.00 a.m. Saturday, October 17th at the Renberg Theater. Tickets are available at the door. Check out lafemme.org for details.
Written and directed by Michael Stokes, THE BEACON is the second film produced by Sally Helppie’s Dallas-based Sabbatical Pictures. The first was the action thriller EXIT SPEED starring Fred Ward, Lea Thompson, and Desmond Harrington. THE BEACON was shot in Waxahachie, Texas in the haunted Rogers Hotel. It was the Best Picture winner at the 2009 Paranoia Film Festival and an official entry into the Burbank International Film Festival. It has secured international distribution with American World Pictures (who re-titled it “Haunting At The Beacon” for foreign sales). You can check out their website at www.americanworldpictures.com.
Her House of Horrors, the horror division of Independent Production House WOMXNOGRAPHY, has launched its Bite Size Short Grant Program, ahead of its film festival Dollhouse of Horror, which will take place in March 2025 in Los Angeles, CA.
The Bite Size Short Grant Program awards $2,000 film grants to female-identifying and queer horror filmmakers. Shorts must be able to be made for $2,000, with a minimum runtime of 8 minutes. Submissions are now open on Filmfreeway, and are being judged by a panel of horror lovers and content creators.
The 2024 Bite Size Short Grant Program judge lineup is as follows:
“James H. Carter II- A documentary director, film producer, podcaster, marketing specialist, and writer. James is the founder and co-owner of Creepy Kingdom. Creepy Kingdom was founded in 2011 and is a multimedia website, and production studio specializing in creepy content. Their primary focus lies at the intersection of childlike fantasy and the macabre, covering horror films, theme parks, haunts, and much more. Beyond their extensive media coverage, Creepy Kingdom hosts events, offers original merchandise, and engages in film production under the Creepy Kingdom Studios brand producing original films like “Foolish Mortals”, exploring Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” fan culture, and “Georgie”, featuring Tony Dakota from the original “It” miniseries.
“In addition to founding Creepy Kingdom, James has won awards for his documentary work, including the award-winning “Foolish Mortals,” which has earned him recognition. He has been featured on Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween special.
“Ashleeta Beauchamp is the editor-in-chief of Peek-A-Boo! Magazine, a cheeky horror magazine created to uplift marginalized writers, artists, models and other creators within the horror community. She also runs The Halloween Coalition, a community group to provide support and marketing for horror and Halloween events around the Southern California area.
“Titeanya Rodríguez is a multi-hyphenate creative, and the founder and owner of HER HOUSE OF HORRORS, home of DOLLHOUSE OF HORROR and the horror division of WOMXNOGRAPHY. As a fellow storyteller and a self-proclaimed artivist, Titeanya’s mission is to create opportunities for women of color and queer women, across film, tv, sports, music, and beyond. She is also the creator of the BITE SIZE SHORT grant program.”
Winners will have a one-night theatrical screening at Regal Cinemas. Submissions Close April 8 at Midnight. Winners will be announced on May 27, 2024. Shorts must be shot and through post-production by June 30, 2024. The screening will take place on July 8, 2024, in Los Angeles, CA.
WOMXNOGRAPHY, HER HOUSE OF HORRORS, and Rodriguez are represented by Azhar PR, Granderson Des Rochers, and Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir.
To submit your short to the Bite Size Short Grant Program, go to the FilmFreeway link here.
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