TV
News (UK): Adam Green “thrilled” to see Victor Crowley stalk Horror Channel as
Hatchet 3 gets UK TV premiere
Hatchet 3, the third gore-gantuan instalment of Adam Green’s modern
slasher franchise gets a UK TV premiere of Horror Channel on Dec 20 at
11pm.
Adam
Green said today: “I am thrilled to see the Horror Channel broadcasting the UK
television premiere of HATCHET 3 on December 20th. For those of
us behind the gory scenes, this trilogy was a decade long journey that never
would have happened without the extremely passionate fans that cheered us on
while we slashed, laughed, and blew up everything in our path”
He
went on to praise the UK horror fans in particular: “"I’ve always said
that HATCHET’s UK FrightFest premiere was really Victor Crowley’s birth into
the genre stratosphere as that was the first time that the film specifically
played for the very audience that we made it for. So it’s great to see Victor
back on UK TV screens, courtesy of one of FrightFest’s biggest supporters”.
Made
in 2013, Green’s script picks up immediately after the end of the last film and
Marybeth (Danielle Harris) uncovers the true secret to stopping the voodoo
curse that has left the ghost of deformed maniac Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder)
haunting and stalking the New Orleans bayou for decades. Cue an entire police
department face off with the infamous slaughter-machine in this action-packed,
explosive sequel full of splatter stunts - all adhering to Green’s strict
no-CGI rule. The first of the series to be filmed almost entirely on location
in New Orleans, this marks the directing debut of cameraman B J McDonnell (The
Walking Dead).
This masterful montage of mayhem also stars Zach Galligan, Caroline Williams
and Derek Mears.
Last
word with Crowley’s creator: “Are the Hatchet films sick? Perhaps.
But they certainly are fun and the long, long road in creating them was
worth every difficult step. I hope the UK horror fans enjoy the
television premiere of HATCHET 3."
Other
Film highlights for December include the network TV premiere of David
Cronenberg’s enigmatic body horror eXistenZ, starring Jude Law, Jennifer
Jason Leigh, Willam Defoe and Ian Holm and there are four other UK TV premieres
over the festive season to satisfy the cravings of the true horror fan: L.
Gustavo Cooper’s psychological supernatural thrillerCURSED, Scooter Downey’s
powerful, award-winning HAUNTED, Tyler Oliver’s teen occult
slasher FORGET ME NOT and Kohl Glass’ fantasy horror ORC WARS.
Saturday 27 December @ 21:00 – eXistenZ (1999) *Network Premiere
Canadian
filmmaker David Cronenberg, who has long been fascinated by the ways new
technology shapes and manipulates us, is in familiar territory with eXistenZ, a futuristic thriller
which combines elements of science fiction, horror and action-adventure. eXistenZ is a new organic
game system that, when downloaded into humans, accesses their central nervous
system, transporting them on a wild ride in and out of reality. A leader
is the field is game designer Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh) but when
she narrowly escapes an assassination attempt during a demonstration of a new
game, eXistenZ, she finds herself on the run with a marketing trainee
(Jude Law). In a race against time and many unseen enemies, they must try to
prevent the pod, which contains the only copy of the eXistenZgame, from being stolen.
But what is the game and what is reality?
Fri 5 December @ 21:00 – CURSED (2013) *UK TV Premiere
Newlyweds
Holly (Graci Carli) and Trevor Davidson (Rod Luzzi) are on a road trip to celebrate
their honeymoon in Miami when their new life together takes a surreal turn. A
whimsical pit stop in a tourist trap goes horribly wrong and they find
themselves forced to face an ominous new presence in their lives and an
ambiguous threat. But is that threat coming from Trevor's family, Holly's dark
past, or something far more sinister and otherworldly, such as the ancient
curse of the Copiii Pierdere? Directed by L.Gustavo Cooper.
Sat 6 December @ 21:00 – HAUNTED (2012) *UK TV Premiere
Russell
(Lance Henriksen) and his son October (Sean Elliot) venture into the woods to
salvage their relationship, but face a gruelling struggle against a powerful
force of evil while grappling with their tragic past. Subsequently stranded in
the forest after an accident renders Russell immobile, October vows not to give
up on him as a terrifying onslaught of phantoms and monsters emerge from the
trees. Are these horrors mere figments of his imagination, or the baleful
harbingers of an encroaching darkness that's about to make itself known?
Directed by Scooter Downer, this was originally released as It’s in the
Blood.
Sat 13 December @ 21:00 – FORGET ME NOT (2009) *UK TV Premiere
It's
graduation weekend, and Sandy Channing (Carly Schroeder), the popular class
president of her small-town high school, should be enjoying the time of her
life. But when her friends start disappearing, Sandy discovers they have
unwittingly awakened the vengeful spirit of a girl they wronged long ago. Fighting
for her sanity, Sandy must unlock a dark secret from her own past before it's
too late. Directed by Tyler Oliver
Fri 26 December @ 21:00 – ORC WARS (2013) *UK TV Premiere
John
Norton, a battle-weary ex-Special Forces Operative (Rusty Joiner) buys a ranch
in remote American West to flee from the world, But far from finding the peace
he craves, he encounters a strange series of trespassers, including a beautiful
elf princess (Masiela Lusha) and Orcs. When the Orcs invade his property,
John must give up his isolation to become a hero, before the Orcs unleash their
dragon god onto our world. Directed by Kohl Glass.
TV:
Sky 319 / Virgin 149 / Freesat 138
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