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CBS Halloween online press event: Ghost Whisperer preview and How To Survive a Horror Movie

On Thursday October 18th, I attended a blogger event for CBS at Universal Studios in Los Angeles. After waiting a surprisingly long time to clear security (all the while the security guard kept my driver's license with him), I finally started my tour of the Ghost Whisperer stages. Along with a tour of the show's set, the press event also included interviews with the executive producers, a sneak preview of the Halloween episode (airing October 26th), and a tour of the show's back lot (in the context of the Universal Studios R.I.P. experience). Completely unrelated to Ghost Whisperer but interesting all the same, we got a sneak preview of How to Survive a Horror Movie: All the Skills to Dodge the Kills and an interview with writer/director Seth Grahame-Smith.
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The Fall Hot List: TV Guide in 60 seconds
What's in this week's issue of America's favorite TV mag?- Lost isn't on the cover, and neither is Desperate Housewives. So it must be Grey's Anatomy.
- How the new season stands so far, the winners and the losers.
- As The World Turns is finally going to deal with the death of soap vet Benjamin Hendrickson, who committed suicide earlier this year. His character Hal Munson will also die on the show.
- Matt Roush likes 1 vs. 100.
- An interview with horror master Wes Craven.
- Will Saxondale be another Brit comedy hit for NBC?
- In the print edition: a look at Ugly Betty (a surprising hit for ABC in the Thursday 8pm slot), and yet another damn article about Dancing with the Stars.
Starz looks at slasher films tonight
Back in July I mentioned Starz would be airing the documentary Going to Pieces: The Rise and the Fall of the Slasher Film on October 13th. Well, that just happens to be today, so horror fans like myself should check it out. Masters of the genre such as Wes Craven, Sean S. Cunningham and John Carpenter will talk about their favorite horror films and discuss the genre that made them famous. Craven did an interview with TV Guide where he talks about the scariest films he's ever seen (The Exorcist and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and about his remake of Last House on the Left. Unfortunately, I don't have Starz, so if you do watch this documentary, think kindly of me while you do, for I shall be sad. You'll have to imagine a violin playing while you read that last sentence. The documentary airs tonight at 9 pm.Project Greenlight movie heading to DVD quickly
Did anyone out there watch the third season of Project Greenlight on Bravo? I really enjoyed this show, but ratings for the most recent season were so-so at best, which means that we probably won't see a fourth season of the show. But fans have been waiting for Feast, the horror film from the last season directed by John Gulager and starring Balthazar Getty, Krista Allen, and Navi Rawat, to be released, but there has always been some delay from the Weinstein Company for a variety of reasons, and several dates announced as release dates have come and gone.
But the movie is heading to DVD on October 17. Sure, the movie will have it's premiere in Las Vegas on September 12, and will be seen in limited release on September 22 and 23 (late night showings only), but this is still basically a straight-to-DVD release, only with a twist.
I guess this is better than never seeing the movie at all. And fans might be happy that the film will be available on DVD so quickly (well, so quick after the theatrical run, not quickly in general).
New Starz documentary to look at slasher films
On Friday, October 13th, horror legend Wes Craven and several others will discuss slasher films for a documentary on Starz titled Going to Pieces: The Rise and the Fall of the Slasher Film. The documentary is based on Adam Rockoff's book, Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, 1978 to 1986. Wes Craven, the man behind such modern horror classics as A Nightmare on Elm Street, Last House on the Left, and The Hills Have Eyes has been doing a lot of press lately for the special. As a fan of horror movies, specifically of this era, I always love to hear his philosophical take on what many consider to be a genre not worthy of serious consideration. Craven disagrees, claiming such movies can reflect what's happening in society at the time. Other directors such as Sean S. Cunningham (Friday the 13th) and John Carpenter (Halloween) will also appear, along with actors such as Johnny Depp and Jamie Lee Curtis who got their first big breaks in horror films.
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