Cable channel AMC is revamping its annual Halloween movie marathon into Fearfest, which will now be hosted by none other than musician/filmmaker Rob Zombie. The Devil’S Rejects/Halloween director will share his knowledge and fright-flick passion and provide movie introductions for the event (formerly known as Monsterfest).
From Friday-Friday, October 24-31, AMC Fearfest will showcase a variety of genre-film favorites, including two AMC Premiere Events. The eight-day marathon will encompass more than 175 hours of genre films, culminating on Halloween day with a special “Evil 8 Countdown” of killer movies all day long, from 7:30 a.m. to 12 a.m.
Filmed in a morgue and a boiler room (visual references to Return Of The Living Dead and Nightmare On Elm Street, perhaps?), Zombie will offer “unscripted, edgy and unique” commentary on AMC’s two prime-time movies each night—including interviews with actors and filmmakers from the flicks in question—beginning...
From Friday-Friday, October 24-31, AMC Fearfest will showcase a variety of genre-film favorites, including two AMC Premiere Events. The eight-day marathon will encompass more than 175 hours of genre films, culminating on Halloween day with a special “Evil 8 Countdown” of killer movies all day long, from 7:30 a.m. to 12 a.m.
Filmed in a morgue and a boiler room (visual references to Return Of The Living Dead and Nightmare On Elm Street, perhaps?), Zombie will offer “unscripted, edgy and unique” commentary on AMC’s two prime-time movies each night—including interviews with actors and filmmakers from the flicks in question—beginning...
- 10/16/2008
- Fangoria
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