Susan Jackson Launches Freestyle Home Entertainment a DVD Label Distributed Through Visual Entertainment

Susan Jackson Launches Freestyle Home Entertainment a DVD Label Distributed Through Visual Entertainment

First Release Is Director Marc Selz's 'The Rockville Slayer' November 1st

Thriller Centers on the Bloody Slaying of Two High School Couples and the Subsequent Discovery of Seemingly Unrelated Horrific Events in the Small Town of Rockville.

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Susan Jackson announced the formation of Freestyle Home Entertainment, Inc. a Los Angeles based DVD label with an output and distribution deal through Visual Entertainment and the first release is THE ROCKVILLE SLAYER, which hits stores November 1. Freestyle Home Entertainment, which is wholly owned by Jackson, furthers the branding of the Freestyle banner. Freestyle Releasing, LLC, is a domestic theatrical distribution and marketing company owned by Susan Jackson, Mark Borde and Mike Doban.

Freestyle Home Entertainment plans to deliver superior content to the DVD market across multiple genres including horror, thrillers, science-fiction, teen comedies, family, Latino, urban and specialty/arthouse. Freestyle Home Entertainment will bring the "best of the best" content from the indie film world to the home entertainment market with studio quality packaging and marketing support. The label will release 20 titles next year, both indie-titles with impressive theatrical runs, as well as exceptional direct to DVD films. Branded family entertainment and branded thriller lines are also in the works.

"We're excited to have Susan and Freestyle as one of our key studio partners and are committed to further developing their brand in the marketplace," stated Tom O'Malley, General Manager of Visual Entertainment.

"Based on my background in film, television and video, creating a DVD company seemed the natural next step," says Jackson. "With the wealth of impressive product I am fortunate to have access to and the talented filmmakers who are looking for more creative ways to get their films out, it gives me great pleasure to partner with Visual Entertainment and provide this vehicle for them." Jackson added, "Having worked with the same extraordinary marketing and sales team over the past ten years, it is exciting to have the opportunity to bring them on board to form my dream-team in this endeavor."

Heading the national marketing and publicity campaigns for Freestyle Home Entertainment are Brandon Wong and Victoria Sarro of M Media Group, Steve Zeller of Zeller PR, and David Roberson of Roberson Public Relations.

Packed with plenty of kills and thrills, director Marc Selz pays homage to famous scenes from horror classics such as PSYCHO, HALLOWEEN and DRESSED TO KILL. With no-punches-pulled gruesome gore, THE ROCKVILLE SLAYER brings audiences a send-up to horror films of past generations and boasts a classic, recognized and loved horror-genre cast including Linnea Quigley ("Return of the Living Dead"), Joe Estevez ("Soultaker") and Robert Z'Dar ("Maniac Cop" 1 - 3).

In THE ROCKVILLE SLAYER, the murder of two high school couples in a small town is just the beginning in a series of creepy, seemingly random, killings. Two detectives assigned to the case discover shocking truths about themselves as they uncover horrific facts about past murders. THE ROCKVILLE SLAYER is executive produced by Bob Farster along with Selz ("Shortcut Road"), who also wrote and directed

Jackson was the executive producer of the 2003 hit indie film "Cabin Fever" starring Rider Strong. She is also the executive producer of the upcoming theatrical horror film "Borderland" starring Brian Presley for Lions Gate and the comedy "Death to the Supermodels" starring Jaime Pressly for Sony. Jackson will continue to represent producers through Turtles Crossing, LLC her sales agency. Previously, Jackson ran BMG Independents for Bertelsmann BMG and held the positions of Senior Vice President of Marketing for Goodtimes Home Entertainment and Director of Marketing for BBC in New York. www.freestylehomeent.com

As CEO and co-president of Freestyle Releasing, Jaskson's recent theatrical releases include "The Green Street Hooligans" starring Elijah Wood, "Dirty Deeds" starring Lacey Chabert, "Dot the I" starring Gael Garcia Bernal and "Modigliani" starring Andy Garcia. Later this year Freestyle Releasing opens "Killer Diller" starring Lucas Black.

Enter for a chance to win a trip to LA at www.therockvilleslayer.com. "Know Your Death"

Director MARC SELZ and LIENNA QUIGLEY are available for interviews. Contact Roberson PR.

CONTACTS
Press Marketing
David Roberson Vicky Sarro & Brandon Wong
Roberson Public Relations Freestyle Home Entertainment
310-860-9150 310-395-3500
david@robersonpr.comvicky.sarro@mblmedia.combrandon.wong@mblmedia.com

PRNewswire -- Oct. 20

Source: Freestyle Home Entertainment, Inc.

Web site: http://www.therockvilleslayer.com/

Web site: http://www.freestylehomeent.com/

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