Scream Factory celebrates 13 years of fear, frights, and films to-die- for with multiple activations coming throughout September.
Scream Factory will host an anniversary event at Vidiots in Los Angeles on Friday, September 19th. The evening will begin with a happy hour from 4-7pm, followed by a screening of the 1978 classic horror film PIRANHA and a pre-screening Q&A with director and horror legend Joe Dante at 7pm. Next up at 9:30 pm is the world premiere of Scream Factory’s long-anticipated restoration of DAY OF THE DEAD in 4K. In addition, Vidiots will host a Scream Factory pop-up store featuring some of the imprint’s most popular releases as well as photo opportunities. Tickets for PIRANHA are available here and tickets for DAY OF THE DEAD are available here.
Fans can also participate from home by entering to win an instant Scream Factory horror collection: 130 Scream Factory 4Ks, Blu-rays, SteelBooks, and box sets, including the complete Halloween, Child’s Play, and Friday the 13th franchises, fan favorites and deep cuts from the archives. Enter the giveaway, open to U.S. residents, here.
Scream Factory TV will be streaming a marathon of 13 classic Scream movies from 9/19-9/21 including Hush, The Slumber Party and more. Scream Factory TV can be found on the Shout! TV app on Android, Apple TV, Roku, andAmazon Fire TV, and is also streaming on Fawesome, CW, Local Now, Plex, Sling, and Live TVx, available on Google devices.
For physical media lovers, Scream Factory will host a 13 Days of Scream ecommerce sale on ShoutFactory.com from 9/18 - 10/1, leading up to the online store's counting down the days from the anniversary to the annual Shocktober sale event. Products can be purchased at https://shoutfactory.com/collections/scream-factory.
Scream Factory is also partnering with 13 independent video stores across the continental US to celebrate the brick-and-mortars that keep horror and physical media thriving. Look out for spotlight posts going up on Scream Factory’s social media to shine a light on an official Scream Factory Partner video store near you.
About Vidiots
A one-of-a-kind hub for film lovers, filmmakers, and everyone curious about cinema, Vidiots is dedicated to inspiring human interaction around film through preserving, growing, and providing access to a 70,000-title diverse DVD, BluRay, and rare VHS collection, and showcasing and celebrating the work of emerging, master, and underrepresented artists with year-round, unique, and affordable film events and vital education programs.
Vidiots operates seven-days-a-week at the historic Eagle Theatre in Northeast Los Angeles, serving thousands of audience members and devoted video store customers, and hosting special guests and artists year-round. At Vidiots, we believe in the power of film to bring people together, especially when we need it most.
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