Los Angeles – Sunday night November 4th, Adam Green and Joe Lynch from ArieScope’s HOLLISTON will join GWAR on-stage during their concert at House of Blues. Come laugh along in horror as the boys are slaughtered in the band’s meat grinder during the show’s encore. Tickets available at the House of Blues box office while they last.

LOS ANGELES! Looking for an awesome Halloween Haunt this weekend? This Saturday night is “Holliston Night” at the Blumhouse of Horrors (the people behind PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, INSIDIOUS, and SINISTER). Just mention “Holliston” at the box office to get $10 off admission, or if buying tickets on-line use the discount code “HOLLISTONYEA”. Laura Ortiz and Adam Green will be there from 7-8pm signing and taking pictures, so come say hello! For directions, advance tickets, and more info about the Blumhouse of Horrors, click here.

HOLLISTON “The Complete First Season” arrives on DVD and BLU-RAY in the United States today. Loaded with over 90 minutes of special features, the set includes all six extended-length episodes from Season One: “The Hooker”, “The Camera Rental”, “Skunked”, “Candyman”, “Laura’s Little Twitter”, and “Weekend of Horrors”.

UPDATE

According to Image Entertainment (HOLLISTON’s DVD and BLU-RAY distributor) the demand far outweighed the supply for HOLLISTON SEASON ONE and not enough units were created for each chain to properly supply all of their outlets. (We know that’s supposed to be bad news- but WOW that’s kind of awesome!) That’s why some fans may have not been able to find it at their local store this morning. Some retailers chose to offer HOLLISTON SEASON ONE only through their on-line stores because of this. We highly suggest that you purchase the show on-line from the retailer of your choice (Best Buy, Walmart, Amazon, etc). It will likely be faster than searching or waiting for stock to be replenished and may even prove to be cheaper and easier. Sorry for any hassle, but what great news for the show that the demand was so much bigger than the distributor ever expected. THANK YOU!!

ROCK AND SHOCK CONVENTION – WORCESTER, MA:  During his appearance at Rock And Shock 2012 (October 12th – 14th) in support of HOLLISTON, Adam Green will also be signing at the ArieScope Pictures booth for free (as always) at select times on Saturday and Sunday (13th, 14th) only.  So bring your ArieScope DVDs, posters, pictures, etc for Adam and he will gladly sign and pose for photographs free of charge.   As an exclusive to Rock and Shock, ArieScope is sending some rare items from our vault that will be for sale at this convention only.  These are items that cannot be bought anywhere else and that have never been made available for sale by us before.  (Sorry!  You can’t buy these items from us on-line!) These are incredible collectibles for only the biggest of fans.

Stock will be extremely limited as these are ultra rare items that we have held on to over the years and that were never made in mass quantities.  Items will only be for sale when Adam is appearing at the booth as the booth will only be open at those times… so stay on it!  ArieScope will not be set up to take credit cards or checks, so it is cash only.  The idea behind doing this is to make sure that these items find homes with REAL fans rather than sitting in storage for years or auctioned off on eBay to folks who will only turn around and try and sell them off at an even higher price.  So what better place to make these items available than in Adam’s home town and the birth place of ArieScope Pictures?

Below you’ll find just SOME of the items that ArieScope will have for sale at Rock and Shock.  If you’re going to be attending the convention, be sure and visit the ArieScope table to see what else we have!

HATCHET 1 bloody festival poster, banned from use in the actual theatrical run by the MPAA.  FULL SIZE THEATRICAL PRINT.  You’ll notice that this poster does not have the Anchor Bay logo on it as at this point in HATCHET’s life the film had not yet found a distributor.  These posters were made for the film’s world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2006 and only 100 were created.  Only 5 posters will be for sale.  NOTE: there is some crinkling due to sitting in storage for over 6 years now, but if you get the posters dry mounted and framed they will appear (almost) as good as new.

Price: $75

HATCHET 1 festival poster.  Only 100 of these were printed and they are unique from the actual theatrical poster in that they have the original tagline: “It’s not a remake, it’s not a sequel, and it’s not based on a Japanese one.”  The poster does not have the Anchor Bay logo on it as the film had not yet found a distributor at the time of printing for the world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2006.  Some minor crinkling has occurred due to storage but if dry mounted and framed the poster will appear (almost) as good as new.  Only 2 posters will be for sale.

Price: $50

HATCHET 1 UK theatrical quad.  FULL SIZE THEATRICAL PRINT.  Super rare in the US!  Only 5 will be available for sale.  Some minor crinkling due to the years in storage but if dry mounted and framed it will look (almost) as good as new.

Price: $50

 SPIRAL theatrical poster.  Very hard to find!  FULL SIZE THEATRICAL PRINT.  Excellent condition!   We’ll have 7 of these for sale.

Price: $40

GRACE theatrical poster.  Super rare.  FULL SIZE THEATRICAL PRINT.  Some very minor damage on the edges from storage but if dry mounted and framed the poster will appear (almost) as good as new.  Only 3 will be for sale.

Price: $30

CHILLERAMA theatrical poster.  Super rare.  FULL SIZE THEATRICAL PRINT.  In perfect condition.

Price: $40

HATCHET 2 UK theatrical quad.  FULL SIZE UK THEATRICAL POSTER.  Perfect condition.  Only 5 for sale.

Price: $40

HATCHET 2 Alex Pardee print.  Only 100 printed.  Beyond rare!  Hand signed by artist Alex Pardee and director Adam Green.  Size 17 X 22.  Only 2 for sale.

Price: $100

Also available at Rock and Shock will be full-size theatrical posters for HATCHET, SPIRAL, HATCHET 2, and FROZEN plus smaller 11 X 17 posters for CHILLERAMA (theatrical art and teaser art), DIGGING UP THE MARROW (teaser art), HOLLISTON and much, much, much more from the ArieScope catalogue.  (Prices and quantities will vary.)  Sorry, no pictures or prices available at this time.  You’ll have to stop by the booth to see for yourself!

For each film ArieScope produces, Adam Green personally makes up exclusive crew T-shirts as gifts to the cast and crew.  The shirts are usually made to look like a concert shirt, with the film’s logo in the form of a popular band’s logo and the tour/shoot dates on the back of the shirt.  These are printed in strict quantities and only for those who worked on the films.  Until Rock and Shock, these shirts have never been made available for purchase by anyone outside of the cast and crew that made each film.  Unless you worked on the film – you could never get access to one of these shirts!  These will be extremely limited in both quantity and sizes as the shirts being sold are overstock that were either ordered by mistake or in some cases never picked up by the cast or crew member they were ordered for.  Sorry, no pictures available at this time.  You’ll have to stop by the booth to see for yourself!

HATCHET 1 “Victor Crowley Lives” Crew T-shirt.  As seen in the original movie in the voodoo shop where Ben and Marcus sign up for the swamp tour.  Tour/shoot dates on the back.  The rarest of rare crew shirts!  Only 3 XL shirts left in existence and for sale!  Price: $70

HATCHET 2 Film Crew T-Shirt.  Resembling the “Megadeth” logo with the tour/shoot dates on the back.  Limited quantity and sizes available.  Price: $40

HATCHET 3 Film Crew T-Shirt.  Resembling the “Slayer” logo with tour/shoot dates on the back.  Limited quantity and sizes available.  Price: $40.

HATCHET 1 / Newbury Comics T-Shirt.  Ben’s shirt from the movie with the (bloody) Newbury Comics smiley face logo on the front and HATCHET 1 logo on the back.  Extremely limited quantity and sizes available.  Price: $30.

HATCHET ARMY (2007) T-Shirt.  Hatchet Army logo on front with text that says “On September 7, 2007… Victor Crowley lives!” on the back.  Only 1 army green shirt in size XL, 1 black shirt in size L, and 1 women’s tank top in size S.  Extremely rare!  Price: $40

HATCHET ARMY (2010) T-Shirt. Hatchet Army logo on front and  text that says “Victor Crowley fans are the best, f**k all the rest!” on the back.  Limited quantities and sizes available.  Price: $25.

FROZEN Film Crew T-shirt.  Navy blue with FROZEN logo and dueling chairs on the front and tour/shoot dates on the back.  Extremely rare!  Only a few available in limited sizes.  Price: $40.

CHILLERAMA: THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANKENSTEIN Film Crew Shirt.  Resembling the “Cinderella” logo with tour/shoot dates on the back.  Extremely limited quantity and sizes available.  Price: $40

HOLLISTON: SEASON 1 Film Crew T-Shirt.  The show’s logo on the front with tour/shoot dates on the back.  Limited quantity and sizes available.  Price: $30

ADAM GREEN “HOPE” T-Shirt.  Green’s severed head in Obama/Hope print with the word “GREEN” in place of “HOPE”.  Limited quantity and sizes available.  Price: $15.

JACK CHOP T-Shirt.  Logo and “Free fahkin glow stick!” on the front.  As worn by Laura Ortiz in HOLLISTON Season 1, Episode 6 “Weekend of Horrors”.  Extremely limited quantity and sizes available.  Price: $20.

ARIESCOPE T-Shirt.  Logo on front.  Be part of our crew- or at least lie to your friends and say you were!  Limited quantity and sizes available.  Price: $10.

Also available…

Only 2 copies of last year’s HATCHET/SLASH comic (the HACK/SLASH vs HATCHET crossover) – one in each of the variant covers.  Mint condition!  Price: $40.

Select BLU-RAYS and DVDs of the ArieScope catalogue (including HOLLISTON: The Complete First Season) in various quantities and prices.

Lastly, the mother of all ArieScope items… a SCREEN-USED PROP HATCHET from HATCHET 2!  Yes, this fake hatchet was used by “Victor Crowley” (Kane Hodder) when he killed “Reverend Zombie” (Tony Todd) in the movie!  Though the blood has been cleaned off, the prop still has the marks and beatings on it to proudly display its battle scars from the movie.  The ultimate Hatchet artifact for the ultimate fan.  Price: $150.

But that’s not all!  There will be more items available at Rock and Shock only!  Keep an eye on the ArieScope booth and get in line fast when the HOLLISTON signings end and Adam steps over to the table.  Good luck getting what you’re after while supplies last and remember that Adam Green will gladly sign anything for free that you bring to or buy at the convention.  He’ll also have FREE pictures to giveaway and sign for fans who stop by the booth to say hello.

See you in Worcester, Rock And Shock!

The 14th Annual ArieScope Halloween short film is here!  Watch Joel David Moore (AVATAR, HATCHET) and Kane Hodder (HATCHET, FRIDAY THE 13th VII-X) in DRIVING LESSONS, now available in the SHORTS section of this website.

Check out “A Blur in the Life of a Sleepless Work-a-holic”, Green’s newest blog detailing what he’s been up to making HATCHET 3 and HOLLISTON SEASON 2 these past 5 months.

Season 2 of HOLLISTON has wrapped principal photography. With 1,303 camera set-ups shot in a mere 21 shooting days, the shoot was the most challenging (and the most fun) that ArieScope has ever accomplished. The hour-long “Christmas Special” will air on the FEARnet cable TV channel this December and Season 2 (10 episodes) begins airing in the Spring of 2013. Congratulations to cast and crew on an amazing production!

Season 1 hits DVD and BLU RAY (complete with over 90 minutes of special features) on Tuesday October 9th wherever DVDs and BLU RAYs are sold.

The young and amazingly talented Bailee Madison (DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, ONCE UPON A TIME) has joined the cast of HOLLISTON as a guest star in Season 2. In the episode, Adam meets a young girl (Madison) who may or may not be pretending to be something she is not. The episode is currently shooting in Hollywood, CA.

In addition to the HOLLISTON cast’s appearance at the Rock And Shock convention in Worcester, MA October 12th-14th – TWO more Boston area appearances have been added:

MONDAY OCTOBER 15th – 4pm
Meet Adam Green, Joe Lynch, Laura Ortiz, and Corri English as they sign copies of HOLLISTON Season One on DVD/BLU RAY at Newbury Comics in Natick, MA.
NEWBURY COMICS
Natick Mall
1245 Worcester Street
Natick, MA 01760
(508) 650-4911

TUESDAY OCTOBER 16th – 4pm
Meet Adam Green, Joe Lynch, Laura Ortiz, and Corri English as they sign copies of HOLLISTON Season One on DVD/BLU RAY at Fiske’s General Store in Holliston, MA.
FISKE’S GENERAL STORE
776 Washington Street
Holliston, MA 01746
(508) 429-4041

FEARnet’s IRREVERENT HORROR COMEDY SERIES ‘HOLLISTON’ STARTS PRODUCTION ON SEASON 2

Network Greenlights a 10-Episode Order of the Original Sitcom Starring Adam Green,
Joe Lynch, Laura Ortiz and Corri English. Dee Snider and Dave Brockie Reprise Roles

Celebrity Guest Stars Include Kane Hodder, Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Danielle Harris and many more!

(SANTA MONICA – SEPTEMBER 4, 2012) – FEARnet’s original irreverent horror-comedy series “Holliston” has started production in Los Angeles on a 10-episode order for season 2 plus a one-hour holiday special set to air at the end of this year. The entire cast, including music legends Dee Snider (“Celebrity Apprentice” and Twisted Sister) and Dave “Oderus Urungus” Brockie (GWAR), will be returning for the second season in the show created, written and directed by series star Adam Green (“Frozen,” the “Hatchet” franchise). This season’s highlights will feature an animated episode, as well as a hilarious take on the “found footage” fad, and is chock full of over the top special effects.

The talented cast features Green, Joe Lynch (“Knights of Badassdom,” “Wrong Turn 2: Dead End”), Laura Ortiz (“The Hills Have Eyes”), and Corri English (“Unrest”). Special celebrity guest stars in season 2 include Kane Hodder (“FRIDAY THE 13TH VI-X,” the “Hatchet” films), Bill Moseley (“The Devil’s Rejects,” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2”), Sid Haig (“Spider Baby,” “House of 1,000 Corpses”) and Danielle Harris (“Halloween 4 & 5”), among others.

Set in the small town of Holliston, MA, this offbeat series follows the lives of two friends (Adam Green and Joe Lynch), chasing the dream of becoming prominent horror movie filmmakers. In their pursuit, they struggle with financial woes and the opposite sex, while working at a local cable access channel where they host a late night movie show, “The Movie Crypt.” Snider plays the role of Lance Rockett, the Hair Metal-obsessed owner of the small cable company with dreams of Rock superstardom, and Brockie as Oderus Urungus, Adam’s twisted, closet-dwelling version of Jiminy Cricket who is always there to offer misguided advice and a well-timed insult.

“’Holliston’ is the cornerstone for FEARnet—not only does it compliment the movies we serve our viewers, but it showcases the culture and lifestyle of horror fans with its spot-on humor and comedic tone and style,” said Peter Block, president and general manager of FEARnet. “’Holliston’ fits in perfectly with our curated content, both on the linear TV channel and VOD schedule, as it melds horror fans with horror films and produces horrifyingly funny results.”
“‘Holliston’ is my own unique take on the traditional multi-camera sitcom, drawing upon experiences from my life and examining that time when you’re fresh out of college, everything is about the struggle, and nothing ever works out like they said it would,” said series creator and show runner Green. “We were overjoyed by how quickly fans of both comedy and genre films embraced the show, and are thrilled with the strong attachments that fans have quickly developed for these characters and for this cast.”
“From a marketing and distribution perspective, ‘Holliston’ is attractive to advertisers and carriers who desire to reach the loyal, rabid 91 million* strong fan base of genre programming. This series’ light-hearted take and approach to horror is one that can be enjoyed by fans of all ages and as such, makes it a perfect vehicle for family viewing,” said Faye Walker, FEARnet’s vice president of marketing.

“Holliston” is produced by Adam Green’s TV and film production company, ArieScope Pictures in association with Hacienda Films and A Bigger Boat Productions. Joining Green and Lynch as executive producers are Cory Neal and Andrew Mysko, as well as producers Sarah Elbert, Will Barratt and Sean Becker who will also be directing many of the episodes this season.

Season 2 will begin airing on FEARnet next spring, and “Holliston” season 1 will be available for purchase on DVD and BLU Ray on October 9 through Image Entertainment.
(*Source: Nielsen NPower, 9/26/11-4/1/12, Reach (30 minute qualifier), Persons 2+, genre programs on Broadcast & Cable (The River, The Walking Dead, The Fades, Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, Fringe, American Horror Story, True Blood, Teen Wolf, Grimm, Dexter), Live+SD. Combined schedule.)

About FEARnet
FEARnet is a multi-platform programming service delivering original and acquired horror, thriller and suspense content as a cable TV network, a video-on-demand outlet and web portal. FEARnet, a partnership among Sony Pictures Television, Lionsgate Entertainment and Comcast Corporation, features a robust lineup of popular titles from major film studios and independents, encompassing 300 plus movie titles a year, including 27 world television and 11 theatrical broadcast premieres. The Network is distributed to U.S. cable subscribers across the country on various systems and is often ranked as the number-one free VOD movie service available in more than 27 million homes. In 2011, the website, FEARnet.com, ranked as one of the most popular sites in the genre category among total uniques and duration per visit. Follow FEARnet on Facebook and Twitter (@FEARnet). For more information about the company, visit www.FEARnet.com. To access photos visit FEARnetPR on flickr.

About ArieScope Pictures
ArieScope Pictures is a feature film and television production company founded in 1998 by writer/director Adam Green, producer Cory Neal, and cinematographer Will Barratt. An industry leader in independent genre fare, ArieScope has produced seven theatrical titles over the past five years including “Hatchet,” “Hatchet 2,” “Frozen,” “Spiral,” “Grace,” “Chillerama,” and the upcoming “Hatchet 3.” Their hit television sitcom “Holliston” is currently in production on its second season. For more information visit http://www.ariescope.com.

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Contact: Cindy Ronzoni, FEARnet Publicity (cindy_ronzoni@fearnet.com) 310.255.3203