SCREAMFEST ANNOUNCES ITS 2007 LINE UP

LOS ANGELES, October 1, 2007 ? Rachel Belofsky, founder and festival director of SCREAMFEST Horror Film Festival has announced its 2007 selected films this morning. The ten day festival running October 12th ? October 21st, 2007 will include nineteen independent feature films, twenty-nine shorts and ten special screenings. Screenings will be held at the Grauman?s Mann Chinese 6 Theatre located at Hollywood and Highland in Hollywood.

ScreamFest will open on October 12th with George A. Romero?s DIARY OF THE DEAD.

Feature films eligible for awards include Denmark?s KOLLEGIET (ROOM 205), directed Martin Barnewitz, Frances?s A?L?INTERIEUR directed by Alexandre Bustillo and Julian Maury which is this year?s Centerpiece Film, Thailand?s ALONE directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom, DAYS OF DARKNESS directed by Jake Kennedy, Austria?s DEAD IN 3 DAYS directed by Andreas Prochaska, Netherland?s DOOEIND (Dead End) directed by Martin Barnewitz, HALLOWED GROUND directed by David Benullo, Pakistan?s first gore film HELL?S GROUND, directed by Omar Khan PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, Robert Kurtzman?s THE RAGE, Ireland?s SHROOMS directed by Paddy Breathnach, THE SIGNAL directed by David Bruckner, Dan Bush and Jacob Gentry which made its premiere in this year?s Sundance, and SYMPATHY directed by Andrew Moorman. Making its US debut at ScreamFest 2007 is STORM WARNING directed by Jamie Blanks (URBAN LEGEND). Making their world premiere at Screamfest 2007 includes TOOTH AND NAIL (Michael Madsen, Rider Strong) directed by Mark Young, WASTING AWAY directed by Matthew Kohnen, FRAYED directed by Norb Caoili and Rob Portman and The Closing Night Film TIMBER FALLS directed by Tony Giglio and produced by Arnold Rifkin and Chris Eberts.

Special screenings include the 25th anniversary screening of the classic FRIDAY THE 13TH Part 3 in 3D followed by a Q & A with Tracie Savage, Paul Kratka, Richard Brooker, Larry Zerner, David Katims and Harry Manfredini.

As well as the special advance screening of 30 DAYS OF NIGHT. The special screening will be attended by the film?s stars, Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, and Ben Foster. Producers Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert, director David Slade, and Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith, authors of the graphic novel on which the film is based, will also attend. (Niles also contributed to the screenplay.)

?We are extremely excited to present this special screening of David Slade?s film 30 Days of Night,? said Belofsky. ?Horror fans looking for a new take on the vampire legend are going to love it.?

30 Days of Night marks Steve Niles? return to Screamfest; last year, the festival opened with David Arquette?s The Tripper, which Niles executive produced.

ScreamFest is open to the general public and tickets are available by calling (310) 358-3273 or purchase opening night and festival passes by visiting their website at www.screamfestla.com. Tickets for individual films are $10.00, while a ScreamFest pass is $300.00. Full Festival passes include all screenings, after parties, and the closing dinner awards ceremony.

Screamfest is sponsored by Boost Mobile, Dimension Extreme, Shocktilyoudrop.com, Fearnet, Screenplay.com, Baseline and Moviola.

Dedicated to ?Discovering The New Blood of Horror and Honoring The Masters? ScreamFest is in its seventh year.

Friday, October 12th
Opening Night Film

Time 7:30 - Diary of the Dead

Saturday, October 13th
12pm - Student shorts
3pm - Short film program 1 (click here for titles)
5pm - Short film program 2 (click here for titles)
7:30pm - Dead in 3 Days
9:30pm - 25th Anniversary screening and reunion: Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3-D (followed by a Q&A)
11:30pm - 25th Anniversary screening and reunion: Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3-D (with introduction by select cast members)

Sunday, October 14th
12pm - Room 205
1:45pm - Alone
3:30pm - Dood Eind (Dead End)
5:30pm - Paranormal Activity
7:30pm - Days of Darkness
9:30pm - Hell's Ground

Monday, October 15th
7pm - Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror (Director's Cut)
9:15pm - Return to House on Haunted Hill preceeded by 30 Days of Night: Blood Trails

Tuesday, October 16th
7:30pm - Grauman's Chinese Theatre: 30 Days of Night
7:30pm - Mann Chinese 6: Tooth and Nail
9:30pm - Mann Chinese 6: Wasting Away

Wednesday, October 17th
7:30 - Suck (short will screen before the feature)

Centerpiece Film
7:30pm - Inside (? l'intérieur) followed by a party at Mood

Thursday, October 18th
5pm - Sympathy
7pm - Frayed
9:30pm - The Tripper followed by a party at Garden of Eden
11pm - Shrooms

Friday, October 19th
7:30pm - Hallowed Ground
9:30pm - Storm Warning
11pm - The Rage

Saturday, October 20th
12pm - Buried Alive
2pm - Boogeyman 2
4:30pm - Headless Horseman
7pm - The Signal

CLOSING NIGHT FILM

9pm - Timber Falls

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