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» Wednesday March 03, 2010 - 05:24 am
Shock Fest Praised On Ain't It Cool And Rue Morgue Radio
Press continues to roll in for Alternative Cinema's February 2010 release, Stephen Romano Presents Shock Festival! Harry Knowles praises Shock Fest in his monthly DVD Picks and Peeks column, and the Caustic Critics of Rue Morgue Radio chime in with kudos and a contest! Stephen Romano Presents Shock Festival was selected for Harry Knowles DVD Picks for February, 2010:
"If you love 70s and 80s genre cinema, this is pretty much a blissful experience. The DVD with zillions of mp3's of old radio spots are GOLD! I find I can lose an entire afternoon listening to them as I surf the web. In all this has tons of awesome trailers and weird stuff that makes people that love both just happy as hell. Romano did a great job with this!" -Harry Knowles, Ain't It Cool News http://www.aintitcool.com/node/44049
The Caustic Critics of Rue Morgue Radio aired a detailed and very positive review of Shock Festival, incorporating a generous number of the classic radio spots from disc three - plus – a contest:
February 12, 2010 Feedback interviews ROY FRUMKES, writer/producer of STREET TRASH. Shannon hosts What's Happening?!!! The Blood Spattered Guide, with Liisa Ladouceur, counts down the 5 creepiest things about PETER MURPHY. The Caustic Critics, featuring Feedback and Last Chance Lance, take on SHOCK FESTIVAL. Plus music from Wolfgang Parker, Graverobber, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Badawi, Bedouin Sound Clash featuring Honeychild, The Green Goblyn Project, Peter Murphy, The Anti Inflammatory Action Force, Mars, P. Reno, The Groovie Ghoulies, and more!
You can access the episode it from the Rue Morgue Archives (February 12th)
You can read some of the amazing entries to the contest here
Plus we have been featuring interviews with the Shock Festival's "faux trailers" content creators on the Alternative Cinema website, Myspace page and the Alternative Cinema Blog. Currently featured is Richard Griffin, director of Dark Night of the Demon House:
Rock102online DJ "Scotch", also ran a Shock Festival contest for a full week playing a random classic radio spot from disc three and listeners would call, email, or text in to win. they also had a great response.
And this great article ran in the Austin Chronicle on February 12th featuring an interview with Stephen Romano.
Upcoming – Editorial and review in the Spring issue of Scream Magazine! Editorial and review in the Spring issue of Film Fax!
Previous Praise for Shock Festival:
"Delightful when taken in small doses or in an orgy of wallowing, Stephen Romano Presents: Shock Festival is the perfect thing for the genre fan - it's like a huge box of candy, and only your self control stands in the way. 4 Stars" – DVD TALK
"Anyone who enjoys trailer compilations and is interested in some fairly recent exploitation-film history will want to check out this set." - DVD Verdict
"It all adds up to a nice primer on the kind of cinema we don't see today: softcore silliness like Flesh Gordon; oddball atrocities like Sadomania or Gone with the Pope; splatterific statements like Maniac or Bloodsucking Freaks. Film is too safe today, too micromanaged in to what will work within a certain specific demographic and what won't. Missing is most of the fun, the chutzpah, and the hackneyed hilarity of the Shock Festival follies."
- Popmatters
"Out of all the classic exploitation film trailer compilations on DVD, Stephen Romano's Shock Festival has got to be the best single release to date." – Grindhouse Database.com
"As much fun as the new specifically created trailers for bogus films are, it's the massive selection of genuine archive trailers that make this set truly desirable. With great extras and fantastic packaging to boot, this comes highly recommended." - Sex Gore Mutants
"Shock Festival exceeded my expectations in every way." – Killer Reviews
"This is a great set for movie lovers who hunger for something more than your average Hollywood blockbuster." – Arrow In The Head
"You simply can't lose with SHOCK FESTIVAL" - Film Fanaddict
"Overall Stephen Romano presents Shock Festival is a must own for any genre movie fan. It's the absolute best trailer compilation DVD set I've ever seen and pretty much knocks the socks off anyone ever released before and that's saying something." - Bloodtype Online
"Shock Festival is every cult cine aficionados dream." - Synergy Magazine
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of the content contributors, cast, and crew who were able to make it out to our NYC screening at the Anthology Film Archives and for knocking a few back at the Double Down both before AND after the show. It was an incredible night, well documented by our own Michael Raso on the Alternative Cinema Blog
Print Advertising - Full page ad's are running in the following magazines -
- Rue Morgue issue #197 Jan/Feb issue Available Now (Best Buy tagged)
- Videoscope Issue #73 Winter 2010 issue Available Now (Best Buy tagged)
- Filmfax Winter 2010 issue (Best Buy tagged)
- Screem Magazine Available in March (FYE & Suncost tagged)
- Synergy Magazine Available in March Available Now
- Confirmed Press
- FANGORIA issue #290, Available Now has a plug for SHOCK FESTIVAL in the DVD List section.
- Screem Magazine will have a feature on the Shock Festival DVD in the March 2010 issue
- FilmFax confirmed coverage in their Spring 2010 issue
- MSN movies http://movies.msn.com/new-on-dvd/movies/ will include Shock Festival DVD in their weekly email blast for the week of Feb 8th.
- Theatrical
- Screening in L.A. @ the New Beverly January 19
- Screening in NYC @ Anthology Film Archives January 30th
Misc.
- The Alternative Cinema Blog and MySpace pages have been featuring Interviews with each of the contibuting directors of the Shock Festival tribute trailers and will continue through the coming weeks. Some of the interviews will include behind the scenes footage, production photographs, music videos and out takes.
- Rock102 online will be running a Shock Festival contest running the week of streetdate to promote the release.
-Rue Morgue Radio will be running a give away contest during their show the week of streetdate (Feb 9th)
                    
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