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Two Events for Competitive ‘Scream’ Documentaries
For those of you keeping tabs, there are a pair of Scream documentaries arriving this year.
The first, “Scream: The Inside Story” will air on A&E’s Bio 8pm ET/5pm PT on Wednesday, April 6th. Director Dan Farrands, and writer Thommy Hutson, will be joining Dread Central for a live chat-enabled commentary during the documentary’s television premiere.
On the other spectrum, Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective, Ryan Turek’s feature-length documentary on the Scream trilogy, will be holding its world premiere at the Sunset 5 in Los Angeles on Thursday, April 14 at 10pm. You’re all invited.
“A lot of people involved in the series sat down for me to talk about the ups and downs of making the films, including Neve, Wes, Jamie, Arquette, Ehren Kruger, Parker Posey, etc. and I tossed in a few surprises,” says Turek. “This thing digs a bit into the series’ themes, the origins, the script problems, the conflicts with Dimension, the MPAA, the Santa Rosa school board and more.”
Inside you’ll find the official trailer debut, but if you want to be a guest at the world premiere all you have to do is RSVP to stillscreamingrsvp@gmail.com. Seating will be on a first come first serve basis, so even if you receive confirmation that you are on the list, make sure you get there early to secure your seat!
A contemporary reimagining of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story Herbert West: Reanimator is on the way, and Deadline has unveiled the first look at the new Herbert West and the pathologist drawn to his orbit.
Adam Simon (The Haunting in Connecticut, “Salem”) and Tim Metcalfe (The Haunting in Connecticut, Kalifornia) penned the script. The original screenplay and storyline come from Jade Sandberg Wallace.
Michael Grossman (“The Originals”, “Pretty Little Liars”) directs.
The new images introduce star Joseph Morgan (“Vampire Diaries“), who plays “brilliant surgeon and scientist Herbert West, who is obsessed with creating a serum to reanimate the dead.” Katie Cassidy (Speed Demon) stars opposite as the pathologist with a troubled past who joins his efforts.
Together, they prove that conquering death may be the ultimate sin against life itself.
The film’s official synopsis: “As a child, Herbert West watches his father Peter reanimate his dead mother Judith in a secret basement lab — only for Judith to mortally wound Peter and nearly kill Herbert before Peter shoots her. The trauma leaves its mark on Herbert, but so does one final image: his mother’s finger, twitching after death. Thirty years later, Herbert West is a brilliant, secretive surgeon still chasing his father’s obsession.
“Pathologist Kate Locke arrives in town and is drawn into his orbit — first through a spark at a hospital fundraiser, then through his secret lab, where he reveals a serum capable of reanimating severed tissue. Kate, hiding a dark past of her own, is thrilled rather than horrified, and moves into West’s mansion to work alongside him. Their early experiments on a cadaver succeed only briefly. West concludes that dead tissue is the problem — they need something fresher.”
Supporting cast includes Scott Aiello, Ira J Amyx, Randall Newsome, Emma Reinagal, James D. Bryce, Kathryn A Bentley, Jack Lancaster, Amy Holland Pennell, John Pierson, Mindy Shaw, Eric Dean White, Tristan Wilder Hallet, Adrienne Lamping, Aaron Crippen, and Drew Patterson.
Makeup artist Jeff Lewis (“Star Trek: Voyager,” “Star Trek: Enterprise”) and cousin Roger Lewis are heading the production via their newly established Woodlake Entertainment.
Lovecraft’s short story, first serialized in Home Brew magazine in 1922, is the first among his works to mention the fictional Miskatonic University. It was most famously adapted into a 1985 horror movie from Stuart Gordon, starring Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West.
Herbert West: Reanimator is set in Alton, Illinois, where production is now underway.
Herbert West: Reanimator. Photo credit: Matt Lief Anderson
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