8 Films To Die For

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8 Films to Die For
8 Films to Die For promotional poster
Film titles	Penny Dreadful, The Gravedancers, The Abandoned, The Hamiltons, Reincarnation, Unrest, Dark Ride, Wicked Little Things, Hood of Horror, The Tripper
Hosted by	After Dark Films
Number of films	10
Location	USA
Language	English
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8 Films To Die For (a.k.a. "Horrorfest") was a 3-night horror film festival featuring eight independent horror movies (plus a "secret" ninth film Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror), all produced by After Dark Films. The festival ran from November 17-19, 2006 in 500 different theaters around the United States. There were additional screenings November 20 and 21, 2006 of the more popular movies. The films are due to be released on DVD (with the exception of The Abandoned and Hood of Horror) on March 27, 2007. A second Horrorfest is planned for 2007.

The films' trailer says "the content of these films are considered too graphic, too disturbing, and too shocking for general audiences".

1 The Movies
2 Miss Horrorfest 2006
3 Pre-HorrorFest Celebration
4 DVD Release
5 HorrorFest 2007
6 External Links
- 6.1 References

[edit] The Movies

The movies shown were:

Penny Dreadful: Young Penny goes on a retreat with her psychologist. The intention is to help her overcome her phobia of cars. But events find her in a nightmarish situation where her worst fears come true.
The Gravedancers: A group of friends' lives are invaded by a trio of hostile ghosts after they engage in a drunken bout of gravedancing during a wake for an old chum.
The Abandoned: A film producer who was adopted as a baby and sent to America returns to her native Russia and the family farm. Once there, strange things begin to happen. After the festival, this film was released to theatres on February 23.
The Hamiltons: A picture-perfect American family is always kind, loving and respectful to their neighbors… except that they usually wind up killing them.
Reincarnation: A film from the director of The Grudge and The Grudge 2.
Unrest: A med student collapses upon sensing a "presence" about her cadaver. Her fears are strengthened by a mysterious death. She must discover the connection before an angry spirit can wreak further vengeance.
Dark Ride: Ten years after he brutally murdered two girls, a killer escapes from a mental institution and returns to his turf, the theme park attraction called "Dark Ride".
Wicked Little Things: Recently widowed Karen Tunny and her two daughters, Sarah and Emma, move to a remote mountain home which Karen has inherited from the family of her late husband. However, she is unaware that the home is situated near an old mine, the site of an early 20th century tragedy in which many children were buried alive.
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror: A bonus ninth movie is available for purchasers of the eight movie pass. Playing November 19th only. The film is about three stories of residents who live in an inner city neighborhood whose actions in their lives determine their destination in the afterlife.
The Tripper: A bonus tenth movie playing only on November 21st. The story is about a group of young hippies who set out on a drug-induced weekend of debauchery. Unknown to them, a crazed madman obsessed with Ronald Reagan is lurking in the woods.

All movies have been rated R by the the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).

[edit] Miss Horrorfest 2006

A contest for the 'official spokeswoman' of the film series and for After Dark Films was announced in Late September on YouTube. Participants auditioned both online and in person at Los Angeles and New York locations, and were later flown to those cities to appear at the Fuse/Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, the Dee Snider radio show, PlayMania and a short series of reality-style movies featured on YouTube. The four finalists were Chieko, MsBlackBetty, DarkSpider, and MaryAnne. Internet voting ended on November 9th. It was announced that the winner will be named on December 20th. This is a bit confusing, given that the movie festival takes place a full month before that. The winner ended up being Black Betty.

[edit] Pre-HorrorFest Celebration

On Thursday, November 16, 2006, Dark Delicacies, a horror-themed bookstore in Burbank, CA hosted a signing event with about 30 filmmakers and talents from the movies.^[1]

[edit] DVD Release

7 of the films from this festival will be released on DVD on March 27, 2007. Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror and The Abandoned have not been given a release date yet because they are still in theaters.