Elijah Wood’s SpectreFest unveils horror-centric lineupAugust 29, 2014 - 12:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - SpectreFest, which celebrates genre film and music, returns to Los Angeles for its second year beginning in September. It’s a two-month marathon of film, music, art and theater events, brought to you by SpectreVision partners Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller, in partnership with Cinefamily, according to The Hollywood Reporter. This year’s lineup, announced Thursday, August 28 features such hot titles as The Babadook, Open Windows, Drafthouse Films’ Nacho Vigalondo shorts program, Confetti of the Mind, Kevin Smith’s Tusk, Housebound, the double feature of Dead Snow and Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead, and the documentary The Creeping Garden. The fest will open on Sept. 4 with director Adam Wingard’s The Guest, starring Dan Stevens and Ethan Embry. And the L.A. premiere of horror pic Babadook will be followed by a sleepover marathon of kinder-carnage and childhood haunts, plus a few surprises. Clive Barker’s director’s cut of Nightbreed will have its world premiere at the fest, with a rare appearance by the writer/director, along with a special “show and tell” presentation by Barker, sharing items from his personal collection of ephemera. And cartoon impresario Jerry Beck will host an evening of specially chosen vintage cartoons for the program Spooktacular With Jerry Beck. Gremlins also will screen in celebration of the film’s 30th anniversary, followed by a panel led by director Joe Dante and other key players on the events that led to the creation of the PG-13 rating. Music will continue to be a prominent part of the fest, with synth master Chrome Canyon returning for a reprise of last year’s sold-out live score to the classic silent film Metropolis. Other performers include Polish composer-performer Jacaszek. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |