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| IFC's Midsummer Night's Scream Film Festival |
| Posted
on Sunday, May 25, 2003 - 12:01 AM |
Get ready for one wicked week with IFC'S Midsummer Night's Scream Film Festival, featuring thrills and chills from independent cinema's masters of the macabre. Seven nights of frightening film fare begin Monday, June 2 at 9 p.m. ET during the Midsummer Night's Scream Film Festival.
The festival kicks into high fear with The Gate on Monday, June 2 at 9 p.m. ET. The removal of an old tree in Glen's backyard reveals a large and mysterious hole that is eventually discovered to be a portal to Hell. Later, at 11 p.m. ET, Rome is the chilling setting for director Dario Argente's Tenebre, as an American mystery novelist travels to Italy to promote his latest book. Shortly after his arrival, he discovers that a killer is using his novels as the inspiration to commit murder.
The spine-tingling sequel to the supernatural thriller The Gate brings to life the worst fears of three teenagers as they battle the demonic forces they've unleashed when The Gate II airs Tuesday, June 3 at 9 p.m. ET. At 11 p.m. ET, prepare to be terrified with Near Dark, a story about the seductive relationship between Caleb, a restless young man from a small farm town, and his new friends, a gang of bloodthirsty vampires. The film stars Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright and Bill Paxton.
For spine-tingling entertainment on Wednesday, June 4 at 9 p.m. ET, don't miss Shivers, David Cronenberg's film tale of laboratory-bred parasites who escape into a Montreal apartment complex and infect the inhabitants with uncontrollable lust. And what fright night would be complete without people returning from the dead? Comedy, mayhem and murder combine to bring some ghoulish fun to the small screen in Evil Dead 2. When a woman's soul is taken over by evil spirits, her brawny but clueless boyfriend is forced to battle his once-beloved. Bruce Campbell stars in this film which airs at 11 p.m. ET.
In Pin, on Thursday, June 5 at 9 p.m. ET, a lonely teen in a psychotic family strikes up a relationship with his father's life-size anatomy doll and together they kill anyone who invades their private world.
And, if that's not enough, Prom Night I and II are sure to make your skin crawl. When a child dies as an accidental victim of an eerie childhood game, her four playmates swear a lifelong pact of secrecy. Six years later, a series of brutal attacks on prom night make them realize that they may not be able to escape their past crime. The film and its sequel air Friday, June 6 and Saturday, June 7 at 9 p.m. ET respectively.
The gore continues with director Wes Craven's Scream trilogy starring Neve Campbell as Sydney Prescott. In Scream, Sydney comes up against a murderer who takes all of his cues from the movies. The only way to survive is to have the presence of mind to follow horror movie "rules." Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich and Drew Barrymore also star in the first Scream film, airing on Thursday, June 5 at 11 p.m. ET. In Scream 2, Sydney is about to start a new life on a safe, quiet college campus, far away from the memories of the heinous crimes that took place in her hometown. But the madness follows her to college. Then, in the third installment of the series, a murderer goes on a rampage and slaughters the characters of "Stab", a movie that's based on the murders that took place in Sydney's hometown. Scream fans can get an ample dose of horror with Scream 2 airing on Friday, June 6 at 11 p.m. ET and Scream 3 airing on Saturday, June 7 at 11 p.m. ET.
On Sunday, June 8 at 9 p.m. ET, Cronenberg returns with Rabid. An entire city erupts in homicidal mania when a new medical technique turns a woman into an out-of-control erotic plague carrier.
Later, at 11 p.m. ET, vampires revisit the IFC screen with the creepy but intriguing Shadow of the Vampire. Starring Willem Dafoe and John Malkovich, this film, which is believed to be based on true events, explores the fictional premise that the star of the 1922 German expressionist horror film, Nosferatu, was an actual vampire. In the film, the film's director hires Schreck, a grotesque and reclusive man, to play the part of Count Orlok. Schreck proceeds to both horrify and fascinate the cast and crew, who, at first, believe Schreck is merely an eccentric actor. As the production continues, however, mysterious accidents and deaths begin to occur making the cast and crew curious about the man they know as Schreck.
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