Coney Island Film Festival opening night screening:
AMERICAN SCARY
New York Premiere!
Friday, September 28, 2007 - 7:30pm
Sideshows by the Seashore, 3006 W.12th St. @ Surf Ave. Tickets for the opening night screening & party are $25. Tickets for the screening only are $6. Advance sale has ended.
Tickets are available at the Sideshows By The Seashore box office beginning at 7pm. Cash only.
Attending from the film:
Sandy Clark - Creator/Writer/Producer
Zacherley (tentative yes, check back for confirmation)
Check back for more confirmations.
American Scary - Documentary Feature
Directed by John Hudgens. Knoxville, TN 92 minutes
American Scary is a look at the nation's tradition of horror hosting, from Zacherley to A. Ghastlee Ghoul.
Hosts of all kinds were once a staple of television, and especially local television productions. But as production demands and the availability of cheaper syndicated material changed the local TV business model, local hosts were also one of the first things to go, no matter how popular they were with the viewing public.
With interviews and footage from major hosts from the 1950s to the present day, such as Zacherley, Vampira, Ghoulardi and others, along with memories from celebrities and fans who were influenced by these hosts, you'll follow this American folk art form from its glamorous beginnings, through repeated waves of popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, to its scrappy resurgence and survival in the current age of cable access and the Internet.
American Scary looks to remind people how much fun local TV could be - and maybe could be again.
