September 25, 2005

Fangoria Weekend of Horrors, Secaucus, NJ, September 25th, 2005 at the Crowne Plaza Meadowlands

Sunday’s show started out with a presentation from Anchor Bay Entertainment. They previewed a slew of their upcoming releases including Bruce Campbell’s The Man With The Screaming Brain and Alien Apocalypse. They also mentioned that The Cemetery Man DVD is definitely still on the way! This lead directly into the panel for Dante Tomaselli’s Satan’s Playground, which Anchor Bay officially picked up for distribution and release!

Writer/director Dante Tomaselli took the stage with Ellen Sandweiss, Danny Lopes, and Christie Sanford. They started off with a 5 minute clip of various scene’s from Dante’s latest Satan’s Playground. The group was very thrilled with the official announcement from Anchor Bay about adding Satan’s Playground to their library.

Dante assured the audience that he only intends to make horror films during his career and unlike most filmmakers, he’s proud to be associated with the genre. He also mentioned what “a dream” it was to work with Ellen Sandweiss, because he had always been a fan of The Evil Dead since he first saw it at age twelve. He talked a bit about his next film, The Ocean which will shoot later in the year in Puerto Rico and will also star Felissa Rose, Jessica Harper (Suspiria) and Judy O’ Dea (Barbara from the original Night Of The Living Dead).

After the panel, Dante and the cast stuck around for a bit to meet fans and sign Satan’s Playground promotional items!

*All photos by Robert V. Galluzzo and property of Icons Of Fright.com