Just Out - Paranormal Activity 2 Trailer, Plus Some Festival Updates

Let's just start this post off with the hottest trailer that's been uploaded in the last 24 hours... the trailer for "Paranormal Activity 2". Be among the first to check it out...



I have no idea of what direction they're going with the actual film, but I really like the way they've kept with the 'found footage' theme for the trailer by incorporating what looks to be surveilance camera footage. I was ready to get all negative, but I do like what they did... having said that, let's see how the movie turns out.

Anyhow, to the point of today's post, what's getting embarassing is how poorly I've maintained the film festival section of the site. I'm always preaching about how important the festivals are, yet I don't update that portion of the site. Ironic, maybe. Embarassing, definitely. So, each week, for a while, I'm going to pick a festival, talk a bit about it, then update their listing in the festivals section. Today, I'll do two, Shriekfest and Fright Night Film Fest.

It's the final call for entries for the 10th Annual Shriekfest Film Festival, which is being held in L.A. from September 30th - October 3rd. Shriekfest will accept shorts, features, screenplays and more, just head over to their site to read all about it. The main goal of Shriekfest is to help support indie film, indie filmmakers and screenwriters in the horror/thriller/scifi/fantasy genres and, for that, we salute them.

This is the 6th Annual Fright Night Film Fest, which takes place in Louisville, KY. They're doing some big things and have some great guests, including: Roger Corman, Tyler Mane, a Fright Night reunion, a Dawn of the Dead reunion, Night of the Creeps... unfortunately, the deadline for film submissions has passed, but they doesn't mean you can't attend. Also, we're going to be doing an interview with Ken Daniels, the director of the fest, soon. So, look out for that.

Getting Caught Up With A Couple Of Old Friends

I thought I'd share a few videos from some friends of Dead Harvey. The first one is from Jeff Palmer, who's still in promotional mode for his film, "The Sleeping Deep". We spoke with him a while ago, right after his script won the top prize at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival in 2008. If you'd like to read our original post, where we interviewed him about the win, click here. Since then, he's made various trailers and promo pieces and is doing his best to get the film made, here's his latest 30 second teaser.



Next up is Blake Reigle, writer/director of the film "Beneath the Surface" and he's gone off and made a spec commercial for Bud Light. Now, if you're very observant, you may notice that the lovely lady in the spot is Alexis Peters from the upcoming "Hatchet 2". "Beneath the Surface" was an unreal film and we discussed it with Blake a while ago, here's the link to it. Otherwise, check out his spec commerical spot.