MANIAFEST LAUNCHES THIS WEEK
There are a lot of genre festivals coming this fall! One of the first will be the brand new ManiaFest, running September 18-21 and backed by Mania Entertainment, publisher of Cinescape magazine and producer of the Cinescape Saturn Awards. Highlights of the schedule include a Masters of Horror panel with Clive Barker, Wes Craven, George Romero, Stuart Gordon, Eli Roth and Tobe Hooper; the West Coast premiere of BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR, with actors Jeffrey Combs and Enrique Arce and writer Miguel Tejada-Flores on hand; the world premiere of Lions Gates thriller MONSTERMAN, attended by writer/director Michael Davis and the cast; a screening of the original FRIDAY THE 13TH with actresses Adrienne King and Robbi Morgan and filmmaker Sean S. Cunningham, who will make a special announcement regarding the future of the franchise; a HILLS HAVE EYES screening with Wes Craven and actors Robert Houston, Susan Lanier and Janus Blythe; a Comic Books to Film panel with Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Russell, Stan Lee and others; an amateur filmmaker competition and closing night awards party; and numerous other film screenings.
Courtesy of Fangoria
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