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VICTOR CROWLEY (2017)

Easily the bloodiest, funniest, and best HATCHET film to date.” (Flickering Myth)  Andrew Yong has spent over a decade claiming that local legend Victor Crowley was responsible for the 2007 massacre that left over 40 dead. Yong’s allegations have been met with widespread disbelief, but when a twist of fate puts him back at the scene of the tragedy, Crowley is mistakenly resurrected and Yong must face the bloodthirsty ghost from his past.  Made in complete secrecy over a two year period, this fourth installment in the HATCHET franchise was unveiled as a surprise during a “10th Anniversary” screening event in Hollywood on August 22, 2017.  DreadCentral.com hails VICTOR CROWLEY as “Smartly written, outrageously funny, and incredibly gory.”  The film played US theaters across the United States throughout the Fall of 2017 as part of Adam Green’s “Dismember America Tour.”

Written and directed by Adam Green.

Theatrical release: 10.1.17
DVD/Blu-Ray release: 2.6.18

“This movie is everything we hoped it would be, and it delivers everything even the most demanding of fans could ask for.  The kills are more brutal than ever (with one in particular that was actually pretty hard to watch), the comedic moments are well-placed and unobtrusive to the tension, and the character chemistry works better than in previous installments or in most other slasher movies.” – ScareTissue.com (September 2, 2017)

HOLLISTON – TV Series (2012, 2013, ?)

Two down and out aspiring horror movie filmmakers struggle with life, career, and the opposite sex in this acclaimed sit-com full of tremendous laughs, cartoonish violence and genuine heart.  Starring Adam Green (HATCHET), Joe Lynch (EVERLY), Laura Ortiz (THE HILLS HAVE EYES), Corri English (UNREST), and Dee Snider (TWISTED SISTER), critics have hailed HOLLISTON as “The show you hoped BIG BANG THEORY would be” (Austin Chronicle), “Laugh out loud funny” (Dread Central), and “The strangest sitcom ever made” (HitFix). Guest starring Seth Green (AUSTIN POWERS), Bailee Madison (PARENTAL GUIDANCE), Tony Todd (CANDYMAN), Danielle Harris (HALLOWEEN 4 & 5), Kane Hodder (FRIDAY THE 13th VII-X), John Landis (COMING TO AMERICA), David Naughton (AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON), Derek Mears (SLEEPY HOLLOW), Colton Dunn (SUPERSTORE), Paul Solet (JACK CHOP), Sid Haig (HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES), and more.  HOLLISTON entered a long hiatus following the tragic death of main ensemble cast member Dave Brockie (“Oderus Urungus” / GWAR) and the dissolving of the show’s original cable television network (FEARnet) in 2014. The series became a hit once again at the end of 2020 when the first two seasons were added to the SHUDDER network. More details are coming when we have them.

Series created and written by Adam Green

Season 1 world television premiere 4.3.2012
Season 1 DVD/BLU-RAY release 10.9.2012
“The Holliston Christmas Special” television premiere 12.18.12
Season 2 world television premiere 6.4.13
Season 2 BLU-RAY release 4.8.2014

“What’s not to love? As horror fans, this show is made for us. It is us! And it shows horror fans in a positive light. We’re real people who go through all the same adventures, loves and losses as everyone else. “Holliston” shows that and is like nothing else on television.” – Scott Hallam (October 23, 2013)

Driving Lessons (2012)

In John Carpenter’s 1978 classic HALLOWEEN, “Michael Myers” was suddenly able to drive a car after having sat in a sanitarium staring at the wall since childhood. While the filmmakers addressed this slight plot hole briefly in the original movie with a throw away line by Donald Pleasance (“Maybe someone around here gave him lessons”), we here at ArieScope Pictures were fortunate enough to track down a never-before-seen deleted scene from HALLOWEEN that thoroughly explains what really happened. Our 14th annual Halloween Short Film parodies our favorite slasher film of all time and stars Joel David Moore (AVATAR, HATCHET) and Kane Hodder (HATCHET 1-3) as “Michael Myers”.

Frozen (2010)

Critics have called it “JAWS in the snow”, audience members fainted during the film’s Sundance premiere, and legendary critic Rex Reed of the NY Observer said he was “so paralyzed with terror that I chewed a whole pencil in half watching it.”  When three skiers find themselves stranded on a chair lift at a New England ski resort that has closed for the next week, they are forced to make life or death choices that prove to be more perilous than staying put and freezing to death. Shawn Ashmore (X-MEN), Kevin Zegers (TRANSAMERICA), and Emma Bell (THE WALKING DEAD) star in this relentlessly chilling survival thriller that Ain’t It Cool News calls “Hitchcock…with teeth.”

Written and Directed by Adam Green

Theatrical release 2.5.2010
DVD/BLU-RAY release 9.28.2010

“FROZEN is a brilliantly conceived, gut-wrenching horror film about every skier’s worst fear, and the talented writer-director Adam Green gives it life in ways that will leave you impacted long after the 94 minutes of unrelenting suspense have ended.  Every aspect of the nightmare is captured as realistically as breathing by director Green, and his screenplay miraculously finds the time to develop character and build rapport between the excellent actors and the audience.  FROZEN is the best kind of horror film, about innocent people plunged into mind-boggling circumstances beyond their control. I predict instant word-of-mouth success at the box office, but it’s no fad or phenomenon.” – Rex Reed (February 2, 2010)

 

Jack Chop (2009)

“One… and ya’ fahkin done, kid!”  ArieScope’s 11th annual Halloween short stars Paul Solet (writer/director of GRACE) as “Nicolo”- a Boston area Jack-O-Lantern enthusiast pimping out a pumpkin carving set that is guaranteed to make you “the baddest dude in Revere.”   An instant viral internet phenomenon (over 6 million views to date), Jack Chop’s “Nicolo” character became so popular that Adam Green brought him back as a re-occuring character in ArieScope’s hit sit-com HOLLISTON.

Hatchet (2007)

When a motley crew of tourists embark on a tour of the haunted Louisiana bayous they learn the terrifying tale of local legend “Victor Crowley”; a horribly disfigured man who was tragically and accidentally killed with a hatchet by the hands of his own father.  When their tour boat sinks and the ghost story turns out to be real, the group tries desperately to escape the swamp with their lives… and all of their pieces.  Featuring an all-star horror cast including Kane Hodder (“Jason Voorhees”), Robert Englund (“Freddy Krueger”), and Tony Todd (“Candyman”), HATCHET swept film festivals all over the globe before hitting theaters worldwide.  Hailed by critics as “the holy grail of slasher films” and creating “the next icon of horror”, this celebrated horror classic has now become a worldwide franchise with two sequels.

Written and Directed by Adam Green

Theatrical release 9.7.2007
DVD release 12.18.2007

“Adam Green — like John Carpenter, Wes Craven and the get-it-done directors he obviously admires — is smart enough to ratchet up the horror in HATCHET to a level that should satisfy party-hard gore hounds and casual tourists alike.  To the dishonor-and-dismember roll of Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees and Freddie Krueger, you may now add Victor Crowley, the deranged and deformed bogeyman of HATCHET.” – Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press (September 7, 2007)