Part of this weekend’s Wizard World Comic Con in Chicago is Bruce Campbell’s Horror Film Festival, now in its second year. This year’s lineup of horror film screenings is truly incredible. The first film to kickoff the film fest was the highly anticipated horror anthology, Tales Of Halloween. The film opened to a packed house and rave reviews. Get more details on the screening down below.
We had a correspondent covering the event and we’ll have our review coming soon!
From The Press Release
Eleven visionary directors (Neil Marshall, Darren Lynn Bousman, Mike Mendez, Axelle Carolyn, Paul Solet, Lucky McKee, Dave Parker, Ryan Schifrin, Adam Gierasch, Andrew Kasch and John Skipp), renowned for their contribution to the horror movie genre, weave compelling, interconnected stories that unfold one terror-filled night in a typical American suburb on All Hallows’ Eve all to an incredible score by the legendary Lalo Shifrin. Epic Pictures Group (www.Epic-Pictures.com) co-founders Patrick Ewald and Shaked Berenson unveiled the most ambitious horror anthology this year, “Tales of Halloween,” at the Bruce Campbell Horror Film Festival at Wizard World Comic Con Chicago on Thursday, August 20that the Muvico Rosemont Theaters, 9701 Bryn Mawr Ave., to a packed house and critical raves. On hand and available for interviews Friday & Saturday at Wizard World are: Directors Mike Mendez, Axelle Carolyn, Paul Solet and John Skipp, producer Patrick Ewald, and one of the stars, Barry Bostwick. These gifted filmmakers, each and every with substantive credits and traction, are creative talents who are compelling interviews far in advance of their movie opening wide on October 16. “Tales of Halloween” trailer: https://bit.ly/1IWHQlG
One of the most buzzed about films opening this summer, Epic’s “Turbo Kid,” starring Munro Chambers (Degrassi: The Next Generation) and sci-fi icon Michael Ironside and directed-written by Canadian born directing trio Anouk Whissell, François Simard and Yoann-Karl Whissell, will screen exclusively at Muvico Theaters on Sunday, Aug 23rd at 3PM.. The nostalgic tribute to 80’s action-adventure film follows an orphaned teenager (Chambers) as he embarks on an adventure to save his female companion from the hands of the evil warlord Zeus (Ironside) who controls the only water supply. “Turbo Kid” Trailer:https://bit.ly/1Io8mnO
Film festival favorite “JeruZalem” directed byDoron and Yoav Paz (TIFF and Berlinale’sPhobidilia), stars hot breakout actress Yael Grobglas (Jane the Virgin) and follows two American girls on vacation who join a mysterious and handsome anthropology student on a trip to Jerusalem. The adventure is cut short when the trio are caught in the middle of a biblical apocalypse. Trapped between the ancient walls of the holy city, the three travelers must survive long enough to find a way out as the fury of hell is unleashed upon them. “JERUZALEM” trailer: https://bit.ly/1Eo5UNe
Epic Pictures Group produces, finances, licenses and distributes top-quality entertainment across the world. Since its inception in 2007, Epic Pictures has grown to become one of the most creative and dynamic movie studios in the entertainment industry, hand-picking only the most exciting projects and shaping them from script to launch and actively developing a full range of new relationships and strategic alliances with financiers, independent production companies, producers and studios worldwide. Company site: https://www.epic-pictures.com/
Event info:https://www.wizardworld.com/brucecampbellhff.html
