The Ghastly Love of Johnny X

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Stephen Walker

The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
Screening @ HorrorFest
Film festival favorite flies into StarFest/HorrorFest

Truly a mad concoction, The Ghastly Love of Johnny X blends 1950s sci-fi melodrama, song-and-dance, and a touch of horror into a mesmerizing big screen spectacular! The fun begins as Johnny X and his misfit gang of juvenile delinquents from outer space are sentenced to Earth where “ghastly” is the word!

With highly stylized musical numbers, tons of genuinely humorous dialogue and wacky plot twists, The Ghastly Love of Johnny X is the only sci-fi dark comedy musical romance you need to see this year! Beautifully photographed on the last of Kodak’s 35mm black-and white Plus-X film stock, the cast includes sexy new stars Will Keenan and De Anna Joy Brooks, as well as seasoned professionals Creed Bratton (The Office), Reggie Bannister (Phantasm), Kate Maberly (The Secret Garden), Paul Williams (Phantom of the Paradise), HorrorFest’s own Jed Rowen (Dahmer vs. Gacy), and the late Kevin McCarthy (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) in his final role.

For more information about the film, watch the movie’s trailer or visit the Ghastly Love of Johnny X website. At StarFest, the first 100 people to the screening will receive a full-size 27×40 movie poster! Following the screening there will be a Q&A with the movie’s Director, Paul Bunnell and Jed Rowen, who plays Sluggo in the film.

Dark Shadows Balcony Contest

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Stephen Walker

Batman: The Line

Warner Bros. presents
The Dark Shadows Balcony Contest

Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, and Michelle Pfeiffer

In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with their young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet–or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles.

So there it is – the 1970′s of lava lamps, Disco and big hair, together with the wild and colorful imagination of Tim Burton and the funny whit of Johnny Depp. It’s time to cut a shag rug and build some scenes from your favorite Camp-Horror imaginations to delight and festoon the StarFest Atrium this year. As usual, prizes will be awarded for entries in both the Open and Dark Shadows categories for the contest – as voted by convention attendees.

Visit our contest page for complete rules and details for the competition.

Attack of the Moon Zombies Screening at StarFest

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Stephen Walker

Attack of the Moon Zombies
The most SHOCKING motion picture of our time!
An ancient evil returns to infect mankind…
…on the MOON!

Twenty years have passed since Dr. Vincent Edwards (once again played by the ever-talented Mike Cook) took on a certain radiation-mutated bat creature and he is ready to retire. While training his replacement on the Jackson Lunar Base, the two stumble upon a seemingly impossible discovery: alien plant life on the surface of the moon!

Unfortunately, exposure to the spores of this otherworldly flora cause instant death. Too bad those killed by them don’t stay dead and instead, want nothing more than to replicate!

Written, directed and edited by Christopher Mihm, who will be on hand for a Q&A at the screening at StarFest.

Pandora Celtica at StarFest

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Stephen Walker

Pandora Celtica
Vocal Band

Pandora Celtica is a dark faerie Celtic vocal band from Denver, CO. These five fun and colorful fae are sure to make you smile as they sing rousing songs of death and destruction! Their mix of ancient and original music, chilling harmonies, and tribal drumming has enchanted audiences near and far for 7 years.

Places you may have seen them before include the Colorado Renaissance Festival, the Celtica Harvest Festival, the Denver Witches Ball, and even DragonCon in Atlanta.

Please visit them at www.PandoraCeltica.com (leave a message on the forums or check out our 5 albums!) and be a fae friend at www.facebook.com/PandoraCeltica.

John Carter Screening

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Stephen Walker

John Carter Screening

Screening Tuesday, March 6th at 7pm
UA Colorado Center, I-25 & Colorado Blvd., Denver CO

Born in Virginia and a veteran of the Civil War, John Carter is an honourable and courageous man. However, the war left him dispirited and broken. Accidentally transported to the planet of Barsoom, he soon finds his strength and jumping abilities greatly amplified. He must use these newfound powers to survive the centuries-old war between the native inhabitants and save this dying world.

This film is rated PG-13.

Play now for tickets. Winners will be notified at 1pm on the day of the screening.

Silent House Screening

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Stephen Walker

Silent House Screening

Monday, March 5th at 7:30pm
UA Pavillions Theater, 500 16th St., Denver

SILENT HOUSE is a uniquely unsettling horror thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen as Sarah, a young woman who finds herself sealed inside her family’s secluded lake house. With no contact to the outside world, and no way out, panic turns to terror to terror as events become increasingly ominous in and around the house. Directed by filmmaking duo Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, SILENT HOUSE uses meticulous camera choreography to take the audience on a tension-filled, real time journey, experienced in a single uninterrupted shot.

Facebook.com/SilentHouse

This film is rated R. You must be at least 17 years of age to play for tickets.

Dee Wallace Added as HorrorFest Guest

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Stephen Walker

Dee Wallace

Actor/Healer/Best Selling Author

Dee Wallace is an Actor, Healer, and Best Selling Author. Her Film, TV and Commercial credits number in the thousands. Although she has had much success, she is still reachable by her audience, doing two radio shows a week, monthly live webcasts on her own network, and annual weekend work shops at her home in Woodland Hills. When Dee is not in the studio or on the set, you will find her at a convention somewhere between the west coast and east coast. Dee Wallace is today’s new renaissance woman.

This attractive, happy go lucky blonde actress, educated at the University of Kansas and a former ballet soloist, first broke into both TV and cinema screens in the mid 1970s and through her appearances in several well remembered horror and sci-fi films, and Dee quickly gained a cult following amongst the fantasy film fans. Poor Dee always seemed to be on the wrong side of some malevolent person or evil creature….she was pursued by a clan of cannibal killers in The Hills Have Eyes (1977), terrorized by a pack of werewolves in the superb The Howling (1981), got a break from the horror, as a sympathetic mum in the mega sci-fi hit E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and nearly ends up lunch for a rabid St. Bernard in the heart stopping Cujo (1983).

In the early 1980s, Wallace-Stone actually shared the screen several times with her then husband Christopher Stone before his unfortunate, early demise from a heart attack in October, 1995.

However, typecasting Dee Wallace-Stone as a horror heroine does not do her justice, as unlike some other scream queens whose careers quickly faded, Dee has gone on to have a very busy and varied acting career, appearing in over 90 feature films to date! Her All-American looks and easy going demeanor has seen Dee often cast as a typical suburban mother, a sympathetic friend or a trusted ally. Fans warm to her endearing smile and natural warmth and Dee continues to find herself in constant demand in front of the camera, plus she has her own much visited website at iamdeewallace.com/.

–Bio from IMDB and iamdeewallace.com

Ms. Wallace will be at StarFest all three days of the convention. She’s officially appearing as a HorrorFest guest, but with her incredible list of credits, she really doesn’t fit into any one particular genre.

Wanderlust Screening

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Areia64

Wanderlust Screening

Screening Thursday, Feb. 22nd at 7pm
Denver CO

Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston star in Wanderlust, a raucous comedy from director David Wain (Role Models) and producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up) about a couple who leaves the pressures of the big city and joins a freewheeling community where the only rule is to be yourself.

George (Rudd) and Linda (Aniston) are an overextended, stressed out Manhattan couple. After George is downsized out of hi…s job, they find themselves with only one option: to move in with George’s awful brother in Atlanta.

On the way there, George and Linda stumble upon Elysium, an idyllic community populated by colorful characters who embrace a different way of looking at things. Money? It can’t buy happiness. Careers? Who needs them? Clothes? Only if you want them.

Is Elysium the fresh start George and Linda need? Or will the change of perspective cause more problems than it solves?

Text the word FREEDOM and your ZIP CODE to 43549 for your chance to win an admit 2 pass to the special advance screening! (Example text: FREEDOM 80202)

Winners will be notified on Tuesday, 2/21 by 5:00pm. One entry per phone. Seating is not guaranteed and is on a first come first served basis.

This film is rated R. You must be at least 17 years of age to play for tickets.

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Screening

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Stephen Walker

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Screening
Screening Thursday, February 16th @ 7pm
UA Pavilions Theater, 16th & Champa, Denver, CO

Nicolas Cage returns in Columbia’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, which opens nationwide on Friday, February 17.

Johnny, still struggling with his curse as the devil’s bounty hunter is hiding out in a remote part of Eastern Europe when he is recruited by a secret sect of the church to save a young boy from the devil. At first, Johnny is reluctant to embrace the power of the Ghost Rider, but it is the only way to protect the boy and possibly rid himself of his curse forever.

Visit the movie’s official website at http://www.thespiritofvengeance.com for additional details. This movie is rated PG-13.

Text the word BLAZE and your ZIP CODE to 43549 for your chance to win! (Example Text: BLAZE 84101)

The entry deadline is Tuesday, February 14. Winners will be notified by Wednesday, 2/15 by 5:00pm. One entry per phone. Seating is not guaranteed and is on a first come first served basis. Arrive early. Theaters are over-booked to ensure a full house.

Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary Blu-Ray and DVD

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Stephen Walker

zombie21 The 25th Anniversary DVD & Blu-ray Quiz/Contest
Available in stores now!
25th Anniversary performance from Albert Hall

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is out on DVD and Blu-Ray! The musical phenomenon, seen and loved by over 100 million fans worldwide, winner of over 50 major theater awards, is now the must own musical event on Blu-ray and DVD. Don’t miss the fully staged, spectacular celebration from the Royal Albert Hall in London as Broadway’s longest running musical of all time celebrates 25 years – a once in a lifetime experience to own forever on Blu-ray and DVD!

Lurking beneath the glamour and spectacle of the Paris Opera House, the horribly disfigured Phantom, once a promising musician, now terrorizes the opera company. Shamed by his physical appearance and feared by all, the Phantom is drawn to the beautiful ingénue Christine Daaé and begins coaching her secretly, as a tragic romance unfolds between the unlikely pair. This dazzling live restaging of the original production recreates the jaw-dropping scenery and breathtaking special effects of the original, set to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s haunting score.

Answer questions about the original West End cast to win a copy of the movie!

Play now for a chance to win a copy!