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Comic-Con ’11: FIRST BLOOD! ‘ChromeSkull’ Clip and Image a Stab to the Face!
Slashers are supposed to be disgusting and over-the-top bloody, which is why you’re going to LOVE the following exclusive first clip and image from Rob Hall’s hotly anticipated ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2, Image Entertainment’s sequel that will WORLD PREMIERE for FREE at this week’s San Diego Comic-Con this Friday!
The night gets underway at 9:45PM on Friday, July 22nd at the Gaslamp 15 (701 5th ave, San Diego, CA) with writer/director Robert Hall, Producer Kevin Bocarde and stars Thomas Dekker, Owain Yeoman, Christopher Nelson, Aimee Lynn Chadwick, Angelina Armani and Brett Wagner on hand for a post-screening Q&A. To get tix, simply send an e-mail to ltr2Screening@gmail.com with the subject, CHROMESKULL. Be aware that seats are first come, first serve and not guaranteed unless you email to RSVP. Arrive early and get ready for what they’re calling “jaw-dropping insanity!”
“The maniac in the metal mask returns-and this time he’s not alone. After his gruesome encounter with the girl with no name, ChromeSkull has to rely on his assistant Preston, (Brian Austin Green, Desperate Housewives) to take care of business. With a growing taste for bloodlust, Preston slashes his way from one gory mess to another. Not to be outdone, ChromeSkull resurges with a massacre of his own that is nothing short of ‘jaw dropping insanity!’ ”
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‘The Haunting of Pennhurst’ Exclusive Clip Trains Scare Actors For Historic Haunt in Tribeca Doc
The past and present collide in haunting, poignant ways in the genre documentary The Haunting of Pennhurst, which sees a Halloween haunt serve as a reclamation of true historic horrors.
Ahead of its world premiere at the 25th Tribeca Film Festival, we have an exclusive clip that sees scare actors in training for the Halloween season. The catch? This haunt is opening at the historic Pennhurst State School & Hospital site, a facility that caused immense harm to its disabled patients over decades of its operation.
In the documentary, “For over seventy years, Pennhurst State School & Hospital was called a place of care. What happened inside killed over half its population. It closed in 1987, leaving behind unmarked graves and an unresolved history. Today, on those same grounds, disabled performers – many living with the same conditions that once sent people to Pennhurst – put on their makeup, pull on their costumes, and prepare to scare people for a living.
“Through grit, compassion, and buckets of blood, the eclectic performers of the Pennhurst Asylum haunted attraction are wrestling with a space that is at once a lucrative business and a gravesite.”
The upcoming documentary hails from directing trio Nathan Stenberg, Mike Attie, and Katarina Poljak, who explore their socially-relevant subject through archival footage, first-hand accounts, and an immersive verité.
“Pennhurst has haunted us since we first passed through its dragon-tooth gates; the horrors of the institution echo through the site today. We are so grateful to bring this film to the Tribeca Festival, particularly the Escape from Tribeca section, which feels right for a story where past and present bleed together. We hope audiences leave unnerved and asking the same uncomfortable questions we did,” Attie, Stenberg, and Poljak said in a statement.
Watch the clip below that sees disabled and neurodivergent scare actors learning the ropes of a Halloween haunt, reclaiming the site’s grim history in the process.
Tribeca Screenings:
- Public 1 (Premiere) Screening – Friday, June 5 at 9:15PM at Village East by Angelika
- Public 2 Screening – Sunday, June 7 at 3:15PM at Village East by Angelika
- Public 3 Screening – Tuesday, June 9 at 6:15PM at Village East by Angelika