EL REY NETWORK LAUNCHES A NIGHT OF FRIGHT WITH THE MASTER OF HALLOWEEN AND A NEW GENERATION OF HORROR FILMMAKERS JOHN CARPENTER HOSTS TWO-HOUR PREMIERE INSTALLMENT OF “THE PEOPLE’S NETWORK SHOWCASE” FEATURING 10 SHORT HORROR FILMS ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 AT 8:00PM ET.
Special Airs As part of El Rey’s Month Long Celebration of Horror
“Blood, Sweat and Fears”
El Rey Network announced today the launch of a new series of specials featuring short films from stand-out independent filmmakers from around the world. “The People's Network Showcase” will air as a 2-hour quarterly programming event.
“The People’s Network Showcase: Horror Edition”, hosted by the master of horror films John Carpenter, and featuring 10 short horror films submitted by rising independent filmmakers, will debut on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 8pm ET, with an encore airing at 10pm ET. It will air as part of El Rey’s month long celebration of Horror “Blood, Sweat and Fears.”
“When I started El Rey I wanted the network to provide a new pipeline for creators. My roots are in independent filmmaking and I believe in providing opportunities to people working outside of the studio system,” said El Rey Network founder and Chairman Robert Rodriguez. “We’ve discovered these terrific short films by very talented makers and with this on-air special hosted by my friend John Carpenter, we can help get them noticed.”
“Whether for digital or linear, programming is no longer dictated from the top down. Audiences today know what they want, and in many cases are able to make it themselves,” said El Rey Network President and G.M. Daniel Tibbets. “The People’s Network is our disruptive tool to demolish the wall between Professional and User Generated Content.”
“The People’s Network” celebrates filmmakers and artists from diverse cultures by giving them a platform to showcase their work. The new on-air series will feature interviews with the filmmakers and special vignettes of current working industry professionals who share the behind the scenes secrets of their craft to inspire future creators. Each collection of films that airs will be curated by genre or central story theme.
Filmmakers can submit their films to El Rey Network’s People’s Network here:
Films and filmmakers featured on Sunday, Oct. 30 include:
ELI ROTH PRESENTS: CHAINSAW
Directed by David Dinetz and Dylan Trussell
A bickering couple enters a haunted house with a mad man on the loose. They're splitting apart tonight.
THE VISITANT
Directed by Nick Peterson
A mother protects her children from a demon inside their home.
DRUDGE
Directed by Kheireddine El-Helou
What was supposed to be a romantic night in for a young couple, quickly turns into a terrifying encounter with Drudge.
THE SMILING MAN
Directed by AJ Briones
A little girl home alone finds herself face-to-face with pure evil.
THE GNOME and NEAR SIGHTED
Directed by Joe Price
The Gnome
What Brett and Russell find inside a cottage will change their night. What they find the next morning will change their lives.
Near Sighted
When Miguel takes out his contacts to get ready for bed, through his blurred vision, he realizes there is something horrendous within his apartment. The biggest problem is, without his contacts, Miguel is truly helpless.
LOVE AND DATING IN L.A.
Directed by Alex Russell
A vicious serial killer looks for love in the City of Angels... and finds rich pickings.
JACK THE RIPPER
Directed by Nick and Lexie Trivundza
As we follow the infamous killer Jack the Ripper on one of his evenings out in the city, we enter a world somewhere between Sin City and the Opening Titles of Mad Men.
COME OUT AND PLAY
Directed by Pablo Olmos Arrayales
Brenda is alone at her house. All her friends have left and she is about to clean her house but she sees on the table the game board they were playing a minutes ago: Ouija. She doesn ́t believe in any paranormal activity. So, as a joke, she sits down and ask the ouija if she is really home alone...
ALL YOU CAN EAT
Directed by Tommy Groth
Did you have nightmares about clowns when you were a child? Do you still have nightmares? All You Can Eat will confirm your fear because in a small town lives an ordinary clown with extraordinary secrets.
About John Carpenter
Carpenter’s breakthrough film was Halloween (1978), the seminal horror film; made for $300,000, it was the most profitable independent movie of its day, and to date has spawned several sequels. Following Halloween, he further established his reputation with such genre hits as The Fog, They Live, Prince Of Darkness, the psychological horror film, In The Mouth Of Madness, Christine and The Ward. His rank as an action director on a wider scale is also evident in such productions as Escape From New York, Vampires, The Thing, Ghosts Of Mars, Escape From L.A. and Big Trouble In Little China. His motion picture credits also include the comedy-thriller, Memoirs Of An Invisible Man, the sci-fi love story, Starman, which earned Jeff Bridges a Best Actor Oscar nomination, and Village Of The Damned, the terrifying remake of the classic 1950s horror story. For the small screen, Carpenter directed the thriller Someone’s Watching Me, the acclaimed biographical mini-series, Elvis, and the Showtime horror trilogy John Carpenter Presents Body Bags. He also directed two episodes of Showtime’s Masters Of Horror series.
About El Rey Network
El Rey Network is a 24-hour English language network founded by maverick filmmaker Robert Rodriguez. Curated by Rodriguez and his artistic collective, the network unites "the new mainstream" through badass content that awakens the renegade in everyone. El Rey's action-packed slate is anchored by signature series including the original drama, "From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series" in its third season, the one-on-one interview program, "El Rey Network Presents: The Director's Chair" and "Lucha Underground," a freestyle wrestling series from Mark Burnett. El Rey Network's lineup also showcases a wide range of iconic feature films and TV series including genre, cult classics, action, and horror/sci-fi. El Rey Network LLC is jointly owned by Robert Rodriguez and FactoryMade Ventures with a minority stake held by Univision Networks & Studios, Inc.
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