CINEMUERTE 2004: Oct. 27-31
Pacific Cinematheque - Vancouver, BC
www.cinemuerte.com

Western Canada's premiere genre festival CineMuerte is back. And this year's event promises an even more hectic and eclectic mix of retro obscurities and heart-stopping (literally) premieres than ever before.

Festival organizer Kier-La Janisse is pleased to bring together a great selection of internationally acclaimed films, including Lee Soo-yeon's The Uninvited, Jim Van Bebber's epic masterpiece The Manson Family, and Oscar-nominee Bill Plympton's latest animated feature Hair High.

This year's festival will feature more special guests than in years previous, on hand to not only meet and greet fans, but also available for interviews throughout the festival.

Guests this year include Jim Van Bebber, cult director Jeff Lieberman (Blue Sunshine), actress Millie Perkins (The Diary of Anne Frank, Wild in the Streets), Drive-In legend and Jayne Mansfield's ex Matt Cimber, original Texas Chainsaw alumnus Edwin Neal, Spanish director Christian Molina, legendary Montreal comic artist Rick Trembles and Korean director Lee Soo-yeon.

Also new this year is Bloodshot - the 48 hour Horror Film Challenge. Aspiring filmmakers have 48 hours to write, shoot and edit a 10-minute horror film. The contest will take place Oct. 22-24, and the completed films will be viewed on Friday Oct. 29 at the festival. Celebrity judges in the house will include LYNN FERO (Vice President of Paramount Pictures) and EDWIN NEAL (the Hitchhiker from the original TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE). Full details about the contest and how it will work will be available on www.cinemuerte.com by Oct.1, 2004. Winning films will be sent to Austin, TX where they will be eligible for the Grand Prize, in a competition judged by rogue director ROBERT RODRIGUEZ (From Dusk Til Dawn).

TICKETS AND PASSES:

Passes: $60.00 includes 2 Gala Tickets and a Cinematheque membership.
From Oct. 1-21, tickets can be purchased online at The Alamo Drafthouse. For details see the home page.

Passes paid for in cash will be available starting October 27th at the Pacific Cinematheque (1131 Howe St). The unfortunate shutdown of Black Dog Video due to fire means early passes cannot be purchased there. Check our front page for further notice if we are able to find a new location for selling passes. You can buy a pass on GALA night to get into the party.

Passholders will have preferred seating up until 15 minutes before showtime. Within 15 minutes of showtime, it's first come, first served.

Individual Tickets: The prices of individual tickets vary. Regular admission is $7.00 per film + $3.00 Pacific Cinematheque membership (valid for one year). The EXPLOITATION ALL-NIGHTER is $10 (must have Cinematheque membership) or $14 including breakfast, and screenings with special guests cost $8.00 (plus Cinematheque membership).

Tickets and Passes will be available online between Oct. 1 -21. Check our home page for in October for details.

Get your pass and ticket info here.

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CINEMUERTE PRESENTS: BLOODSHOT
The 48hour Horror Filmmaking Challenge
OCT. 22-24
COMPLETED FILMS SCREEN AT THE CINEMUERTE FILM FESTIVAL
ON FRIDAY OCT. 29 at 5PM

REGISTRATION INFORMATION AVAILABLE OCT. 1st at www.cinemuerte.com

BLOODSHOT: The 48 Hour Horror Filmmaking Challenge screenings
Celebrity judges in the house will include LYNN FERO (Vice President of Paramount Pictures) and EDWIN NEAL (the Hitchhiker from the original TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE). Both are flying in just for the occasion. Additional jury members will be added, so keep checking back to the website!

PRIZES INCLUDE:
A private paid lunch with LYNN FERO on Oct. 30, where you can pitch her on your film ideas and she can tell you why they rock/suck. You won't get this kind of candid information in film school, folks.

A private "adventure" with ED NEAL later in the afternoon on Oct. 30.
Interpret that however you like. But I will warn you: Ed is psyched.

BLOODSHOT GUEST BIOS:
LYNN FERO
In addition to being Vice President of Paramount Pictures Domestic Division, Lynn is a renowned painter and writer. Several of her paintings appeared in the film KISS THE GIRLS with Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd.
Matt Cimber and Lynn Fero collectively run Cimero Entertainment, through which they offer story consulting, publishing, and exclusively represent the ancillary rights for the Harold Robbins Estate.

EDWIN NEAL
Since his fearsome and now-iconic debut as 'the Hitchhiker' in the original TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, Ed Neal has continued to exert his unique charm over the women and genre directors of the world. A Vietnam vet and owner of one of the world's largest movie poster collections, Ed's career runs an impressive gamut that includes working with Oliver Stone, Bob Balaban and Sean Cunningham, as well as regular voice work on cartoons and anime. He was inducted into the Horror Hall of Fame in 1993 and currently resides in Austin, TX.

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Full schedule and film descriptions posted.

EXPLOITATION ALL-NIGHTER - $10, or $14 includes breakfast, Latecomers after 2:30am $5, $9 includes breakfast. PASSHOLDERS get breakfast included free of charge.

Passes paid for in cash will be available at Black Dog Video (3451 Cambie St) starting October 23, and the Pacific Cinematheque (1131 Howe St) starting October 27th. Anyone wishing to buy a pass on GALA night will need exact change, because there will not be a float available. Passes do not guarantee seating. Passholders will have preferred seating up until 15 minutes before showtime. I will not hold seats for you if you're not there at showtime. There will be a limited number of passes available for sale.

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS: The prices of individual tickets vary. Regular admission is $7.00 per film + $3.00 Pacific Cinematheque membership (valid for one year). The EXPLOITATION ALL-NIGHTER is $10 (must have Cinematheque membership), and screenings with special guests cost $8.00 (plus Cinematheque membership).

All passes, tickets, merchandise, and concessions purchased at the Pacific Cinematheque are CASH ONLY.

FESTIVAL LOCATION:
THE PACIFIC CINEMATHEQUE
1131 Howe St., Vancouver BC.

For interviews, screeners, images, please contact kier-la(at)drafthouse.com

After what seemed to be an indefinite hiatus, Western Canada's premiere genre film festival is back by popular demand. While in truncated form - 15 films as opposed to the usual 30 - this year's event promises an even more hectic and eclectic mix of retro obscurities and heart-stopping premieres than ever before.

Festival director Kier-La Janisse attributes the festival's brevity this year to the fact that she has been living abroad for the last year, programming for the renowned Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas. Spearheading events as varied as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Reunion (at the original house, no less), The Warriors reunion, hosting noir babe Ann Savage in person for a screening of Detour, and even A Small Faces/Faces night with former Face Ian McLagan in person, has kept Kier-La pretty busy.

Films and guests for this year are not confirmed yet, but on the slate for CineMuerte VI are Frankenstein: The True Story (the ULTIMATE 3-hour 1970s made-for-television epic, in a fully UNCUT 16mm version rarely seen); Christian Molina's homage to Spanish horror icon Paul Naschy Rojo Sangre; and the devastating backwoods-horror exploitation staple Poor Pretty Eddie, which is elevated to high art by the masterful editing of frequent Donald Cammell collaborator Frank Mazzola.

Also new this year is the 48hour Horror Film Challenge: as a means to accommodate and encourage local horror filmmakers, CineMuerte presents its own version of the filmmaking craze that has been sweeping the globe over the last few years - 48 hours to write, shoot and edit a 10-minute horror film. The contest will take place Oct. 22-24, and the completed films will be viewed on Friday Oct. 29 at the festival. Full details about the contest and how it will work will be available on the CineMuerte website by Oct.1, 2004.