'Fear Fest '06' Asks Viewers 'How Do You Like Your Horror?'

'Fear Fest '06' Asks Viewers 'How Do You Like Your Horror?'

The Month Long Movie Event Featuring Frightening Flicks on Starz, Encore, RetroPlex and Their On Demand Services Begins Oct. 1

Scary Lineup Includes the Premiere of the Starz Original Production 'Going To Pieces: The Rise and Fall of The Slasher Film' on Starz Oct. (Friday the) 13th at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Get your fill of blood, guts and terror the entire month of October with "Fear Fest '06," a multi-movie scare stunt across Starz, Encore, RetroPlex and their respective On Demand services. This month of nonstop, bone-chilling terror films asks viewers "How do you like your horror?"

The fright on Starz includes a 24-hour horror marathon beginning Oct. (Friday the) 13th, kicking off with the world television premiere of the Starz original production "Going To Pieces: The Rise and Fall of The Slasher Film" at 9 p.m. (ET/PT), which will be repeated on Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. (ET/PT) and Oct. 31 at 11 p.m. (ET/PT). "Going To Pieces: The Rise and Fall of The Slasher Film" provides a comprehensive and original look at the importance, prominence and newfound legitimacy of the "slasher film." The feature-length documentary contains interviews with pre-eminent actors, directors and producers, special effects masters, composers and experts, including such horror icons as Wes Craven, John Carpenter and Rob Zombie, and is interspersed with some of the most memorable scenes from classic films of the genre, as well as many current hits. The special is based on the book of the same title by Adam Rockoff.

A not to be missed, spine-tingling event, "Fear Fest '06" will bring viewers some of the most beloved and scariest films of the genre, including "Dark Water," "The Exorcism of Emily Rose," "Wolf Creek," "Night of the Living Dead," "Hellraiser: Bloodline," "The Omen," "Alien Resurrection" and "Blade: Trinity."

"We know horror fans take these movies very seriously and 'Fear Fest '06' promises to be the biggest and best line-up of nail-biting, heart-pounding terror-themed programming you'll find this October across multiple platforms," said Debbie Alther, executive director, Starz Movie Pack strategic planning.

Additional films included in the Starz 24-Hour Marathon:
STARZ

Friday, Oct. 13
* 9 p.m. "Going To Pieces: The Rise and Fall of The Slasher Film"
* 10:30 p.m. "Dark Water"

Saturday, Oct. 14
* 12:15 a.m. "The Exorcism of Emily Rose"
* 2:20 a.m. "Venom"
* 3:50 a.m. "Boogeyman"
* 5:20 a.m. "Child's Play 3"
* 6:50 a.m. "The Cave"
* 8:30 a.m. "Dark Water"
* 10:20 a.m. "The Exorcism of Emily Rose"
* 12:20 p.m. "Blade: Trinity"
* 2:15 p.m. "The Cave"
* 4 p.m. "Cursed"
* 5:40 p.m. "The Fog"
* 7:30 p.m. "Going To Pieces: The Rise and Fall of The Slasher Film"
* 9 p.m. "Wolf Creek"

ENCORE

For those craving even more hair-raising, adrenalin-rising thrillers, Encore presents a double-header of horror beginning Oct. 27 through Oct. 30, culminating with a 12-hour Halloween marathon.

Friday, Oct. 27
* 8 p.m. "Night of the Living Dead"
* 9:45 p.m. "The Dark Half"

Saturday, Oct. 28
* 8 p.m. "The Omen"
* 10 p.m. "Damien: Omen II"

Sunday, Oct. 29
* 8 p.m. "Alien Resurrection"
* 10 p.m. "Stephen King's Sleepwalkers"

Monday, Oct. 30
* 8 p.m. "Nightwatch"
* 9:45 p.m. "Hellraiser: Bloodline"

Tuesday, Oct. 31
* 6 a.m. "Night of the Living Dead"
* 7:40 a.m. "The Dark Half"
* 9:45 a.m. "The Haunted"
* 11:20 a.m. "Stephen King's Sleepwalkers"
* 12:50 p.m. "Frankenstein Unbound"
* 2:20 p.m. "The Omen"
* 4:15 p.m. "Damien: Omen II"
* 6:05 p.m. "The Final Conflict"

For interactive frightful features and a complete "Fear Fest '06" schedule, including RetroPlex and their respective On Demand services, visit www.starz.com/fearfest.

Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz(R) and Encore(R) brands with approximately 15.1 million and 27.1 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HD, Starz On Demand and Vongo(SM). Starz Entertainment is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation that is attributed to Liberty Capital Group, www.starz.com.

Contacts: Rhiannon Hendrickson Jonathan Taylor
Starz Entertainment The Lippin Group
(720) 852-5802 (323) 965-1990
rhiannon.hendrickson@starz.comjtaylor@lippingroup.com

Source: Starz Entertainment, LLC

CONTACT: Rhiannon Hendrickson of Starz Entertainment, +1-720-852-5802,
rhiannon.hendrickson@starz.com; or Jonathan Taylor of The Lippin Group,
+1-323-965-1990, jtaylor@lippingroup.com, for Starz Entertainment, LLC

Web site: http://www.starz.com/
http://www.starz.com/fearfest

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