The road to HOLLISTON has begun!  Head to the official HOLLISTON page on www.FEARnet.com to watch the first in a series of promos for the new sitcom premiering April 3, 2012 on the FEARnet cable network.

Chicago Fear Fest is in for a treat when HOLLISTON stars Adam Green & Joe Lynch appear alongside producer Sarah Elbert on April 13th & 14th to present the pilot episode of HOLLISTON as well as a sneak preview of a future episode that no one else in the country will have been able to see yet.  Green is also going to host a special HATCHET event while he’s in town, so stay tuned for more details and make your plans to attend Chicago Fear Fest now.

Help scare off the winter blues with this amazing limited exclusive FROZEN T-shirt and zippered hoodie from Fright Rags!

Today, Entertainment Weekly spilled the news on HOLLISTON’s first season guest stars. Including:

·       Colton Dunn (Hatchet 2, Parks and Recreation)
·       Danielle Harris (Halloween 4 and 5)
·       Kane Hodder (Hatchet)
·       John Landis (An American Werewolf in London, Animal House)
·       Derek Mears (Friday the 13th)
·       Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects)
·       Brian Posehn (The Sarah Silverman Show)
·       Parry Shen (Hatchet, Better Luck Tomorrow)
·       Tony Todd (Candyman, The Rock)
·       Ray Wise (X-Men First Class, Reaper)

More guest stars to be announced as the season premiere draws closer!

This week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly features a “first look” at ArieScope’s upcoming TV series HOLLISTON. Premiering on the FEARnet cable television network this spring, the outrageously funny sit-com stars Adam Green, Joe Lynch, Laura Ortiz, Corri English, Dee Snider, and Oderus Urungus. Pick up your copy of Entertainment Weekly wherever magazines are sold!

Happy Holidays from all of us at ArieScope Pictures!  Here’s to a happy and healthy 2012 to all of our ArieScope family, friends, fans, and to the Hatchet Army worldwide.  Next year… Victor Crowley returns.

(Christmas Crowley by Cody Schibi.)

On Saturday December 17, 2011, Maurice Huggett from the Phoenix Artists Club in London passed away.  The Phoenix Artists Club in London has long been the central hub for the UK’s FRIGHTFEST Film Festival (London and Glasgow), a festival that has been near and dear to ArieScope’s heart as it is is where such film as HATCHET, HATCHET 2, SPIRAL, GRACE, FROZEN, and CHILLERAMA launched their UK debut.  For 6 + years, filmmakers Adam Green and Joe Lynch have been dubbed the honorary “patron saints” of FrightFest with their 3-part 15 episode “Road to FrightFest” series that played the genre festival in 2008, 2009, and 2010.  Maurice was a staple in FrightFest’s nightly celebrations welcoming the greatest genre fans in the world with true hospitality each year and entertaining all of us with food, drink, and his uncanny singing each night.  “Maurice was a gentle soul with the biggest heart in the world.” Says filmmaker Adam Green who personally attended and premiered such films as HATCHET, SPRAL, HATCHET 2, and CHILLERAMA at the UK’s summer London festival over the past 6 years.  “He was a wonderfully kind human being and he was crucial in making the FrightFest event the success that it was each summer and a true celebration year after year.  He was not only a friend but a true supporter of what FrightFest was all about.”  FrightFest will never be quite the same and on behalf of everyone at ArieScope (cast and crew from our films over the years) we can only say that Mr. Huggett will be greatly missed and always on our minds at future Frightfest events.  We urge all FrightFesters to raise a pint in the legendary Phoenix this Christmas season and honor the passing of one of our brothers.

Green’s Blog has been updated with his annual end of the year blog.  Read “FAREWELL 2011.  BRING ON 2012.” in the GREEN’S BLOG section of this website.

HATCHET/SLASH (part of Tim Seeley’s hit comic book HACK/SLASH) hit comic book stores everywhere today.  This limited annual where Cassie Hack faces off with HATCHET’s Victor Crowley features two different covers and will only be available while supplies last, so get out to your local comic book store and get your copy quick!

CHILLERAMA is now available on DVD and Blu Ray in the USA.  Hit your favorite major retail store or buy it here in our merchandise section through Amazon.com.