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“My Favorite Horror Movie” Horror Films that Inspired the Careers of 48 Filmmakers

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48 Horror Filmmakers & creators tell about the horror films that inspired their careers.

On May 22, 2018, new production company and imprint, Black Vortex Cinema, will celebrate
the release of their first book, entitled My Favorite Horror Movie, a collection of 48 essays by
horror creators on the film that shaped their lives.

The lights go down. 90 minutes from now, your feeble mind will never be the same. Thoughts of
flowers, puppy dogs, and serene shopping malls will be replaced with ghosts in your TV, zombies
tearing your flesh, and chainsaws ripping through your chest! This singular horror movie
experience, which caused you to forever hold disdain for preppies, wear black to family
functions, and scare your siblings to death, is now embedded in your DNA! Long live horror!

Produced and edited by horror filmmaker Christian Ackerman (Bethany/Death House/Slayer:
You Against You), the book is a ghoulish celebration of how the singular viewing of a horror film
can inspire someone to find their identity and develop an obsession with the dark side of arts.

Featuring legends of horror with some of the most prolific and unique new voices in the genre
such as Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp/Victor Crowley), Cerina Vincent (Cabin Fever/Stuck In
The Middle), Tony Timpone (Fangoria), Jeffrey Reddick (Final Destination), Dave Parker (The
Hills Run Red), Rolfe Kanefsky (There’s Nothing Out There/The Black Room), Ryan Lambert
(Monster Squad) and Michael Gingold (Fangoria), My Favorite Horror Movie is an intimate
glimpse into the development of their horror-obsessed minds.

“I’m truly proud of the passion my colleagues put into these essays. The book is an autobiographical
glimpse into their creative souls,” says Ackerman. “I hope it inspires everyone to
love horror as much as we do, and maybe even inspire them to create their own monsters!”

Featuring contributions from filmmakers, actors, writers, directors, painters, musicians,
journalists and film festival directors, the essays in My Favorite Horror Movie celebrate classic
films from the likes of George Romero, John Carpenter, Sam Raimi, Tobe Hooper, Dan
O’Bannon, Wes Craven, Alfred Hitchcock, and many more!

My Favorite Horror Movie will be available in paperback and Kindle on Amazon.com,

“An altogether engrossing compendium detailing the impact of art upon artists,
My Favorite Horror Movie is a terrifying must-read.”
-Tom Holland – Writer-Director (Child’s Play, Fright Night, Psycho 2)

The Conjuring 2 is #1 All Time Horror Film – Australian & New Zealand Box Offices

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Conjuring_2Warner Bros. Pictures and Roadshow Films are proud to announce that New Line Cinema’s THE CONJURING 2 has become the highest grossing horror film at the Australian and New Zealand box offices.

The 2016 supernatural thriller, from Australian horror mastermind James Wan, has conjured up over $10.75 million at the Australian box office, surpassing 2001’s THE OTHERS on $10.73 million; THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999) on $10.24 million; THE CONJURING (2013) on $8.87 million and PARANORMAL ACTIVITY (2007) on $8.63 million.

In New Zealand, the film has grossed $2.215 million, overtaking the classic horror flick SCREAM (1996).

THE CONJURING 2 brings to the screen another real case from the files of renowned demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. Reprising their roles, Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson star as Lorraine and Ed Warren, who, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

Rounding out the cast are Frances O’Connor as the single mum, with Madison Wolfe and newcomers Lauren Esposito, Patrick McAuley and Benjamin Haigh as her children; Maria Doyle Kennedy, Simon Delaney, Franka Potente, and Simon McBurney.

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The Conjuring 2 was directed by James Wan from a screenplay by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes & James Wan and David Leslie Johnson, story by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes & James Wan. Peter Safran and Rob Cowan, who previously collaborated on The Conjuring, produced with Wan. The executive producers are Toby Emmerich, Richard Brener, Walter Hamada and Dave Neustadter. New Line Cinema presents a Safran Company/Atomic Monster Production, a James Wan film, “The Conjuring 2.” The film was released in Australia and New Zealand on June 9, 2016, and is being distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Entertainment Company.

Terror Films Acquires Distribution for “Savageland.”

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Terror-Films-acquires-SavagelandTerror Films has acquired North American distribution rights for the horror film SAVAGELAND. The film was written, directed and produced by Simon Herbert, along with Phil Guidry and David Whelan. SAVAGELAND’s story is about a small town near the Arizona-Mexico border that is wiped out overnight. Suspicion falls on the lone survivor until a roll of photos, the survivor took that night, tells a very different and chilling story.

SAVAGELAND was an official selection at 15 film festivals including: the San Diego Comic Con, Morbido Film Festival and the New Orleans Horror Film Festival. At the NOHFF, Terror Films’ executive Jim Klock discovered the film and stated: “what struck me about the film right away was the level of realism, the filmmaker’s ability to create a rich documentary style world and a film with a feeling that we are watching something we maybe shouldn’t be watching.”

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On deciding to work with Terror Films, filmmakers, Simon Herbert, Phil Guidry and David Whelan of – The Massive – stated: “we set out to make a smart and innovative horror movie. When it came time to distribute it, we wanted to partner with a smart and innovative company. We always had a vision from the start, but Terror Films did what a great partner should do; it helped us expand that vision. We look forward to unleashing something genuinely creepy on audiences.”

Terror Films is planning a wide ancillary release across all major Digital, EST and VOD platforms in 2017 and will be reworking all previously released art and trailers.