In the Buffy...
Bindi Lavelle
From humble beginnings as a teen comedy flick, Buffy with its post-modern humor was able to build a lucrative universe and a massive name on the small screen.
In 1992, screen writer Joss Whedon, (Titan AE, Toy Story, Alien Resurrection) penned Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The film stared Donald Sutherland and 90210 heart-throb Luke Perry in what was intended to be little more than a throw away pop-corn comedy.
And it very nearly ended there.
With little more than a small cult following, 5 years later Whedon was asked if he would like to develop Buffy for television. And, well, Joss said yes.
Buffy aired in 1997 and ran 2003, even spawning the spin-off Angel, which followed the adventures of everyone's favorite vampire with a soul.
Rather than simply picking up where the movie left off or re-working and repeating the film's plot Whedon did a combination of the two; after some bad stuff happens, Buffy and her mum move to Sunnydale to start afresh, there Buffy has to deal with the usual teenage dramas such mean girls and trying to find a date to the prom all the while battling various demons, because as it turns out Sunnydale High sits on a Hell mouth.
A solid quality of this series was its characters; awkward teens who get picked on from time to time instead of cheerleaders and football players. The scooby gang as they called themselves, weren't a super team but average teens trying figure themselves out amongst the chaos around them.
What makes Buffy worthy f merit is: its exploration of high school literally being a hell-hole, Whedon showed adolescence as a horror film and provided the audience with characters they could grow with. The post-modern comedy used in the show has been copied to death, but of course the clones fall down flat.
The world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer has spilled into all kinds of media (comics, novels and video games to name a few) because Sunnydale is a pleasant retreat for the imagination; who doesn't want to travel to a place where you and your nerdy mates can save the world?
And Now Boils and Ghouls...
Bindi Lavelle
In the 80s Horror was established as a viable television genre, however there was a significant difference between what was being made for TV and the films being produced. That was until Tales From The Crypt.
Based on the EC comics series' Tales from the crypt, Vault of Horror and The Haunt Of Fear which ran in the early 50s.This gave the show a wealth of source material to draw upon. Each issue told three to four short grizzly stories, almost always with a macabre twist ending; these stories were introduced by one of three hosts, known as the three GhouLunatics the Vault Keeper, the Old Witch and the Crypt Keeper, who had a playful rivalry throughout the series'.
Only the Crypt Keeper made the transition to television, introducing each episode with his pun laden humor, and giving a more balanced tone to the stories told.
During its run from 1989 to 1996, Tales From The Crypt brought a new dynamic element to horror television. This series brought what has been a staple of horror cinema to the small screen: sex and gore. Using forty year old source material did not lessen the imagery, (especially not when the original comics were banned by the FCC), rather the choices made by the revolving door of directors ensured that we saw the level of blood and tits we have come to expect in 80s horror.
Tales From The Crypt, established horror in television as a adult genre by telling stories with mature content for horror fans rather than trying to give horror a wider appeal; Tales From The Crypt was made purely for the horror lover.
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Contact UsFright Night Film Fest - Aug. 14th - 16th 2009
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Who will be there?
Linda Blair
Michael Madsen
William Forsythe
Steve Dash
AJ Bowen
Deadpit.com
Tim Gross
Al Snow
John Dugan
Jim O'Rear
Joel Robinson
Jeff Gaither
JD Fiegelson
Daniel Emery Taylor
Sybil Danning
& Many More
What will be happening?
Film showings of all kinds
Georgetown Drive In Event
Costume Contest
Battle of the Bands
Award Ceremony
Celebrity Cocktail Party
Make-Up War
Kids Costume Contest
After Parties Galore
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