Scott W. Davis
09-25-2003, 04:15 AM
I rarely watch TV these days, as there doesn't seem to be anything there for someone like me. What's that Bruce Springsteen once said, "Fifty-seven channels and nothing on?" Well, it doesn't even get much better with 157 channels.
As if it were a gift from Heaven, has delivered the best news I've heard in a very long time. If you're in the U.S. (or have access to U.S. channels via satelite) and you can wait a year, you will have a chance to get... The Horror Channel.
Yes, it's really happening. Before now, horror was largely absent. Turner Classic Movies has some good stuff, Sci-fi Channel has been slipping and American Movie Classics - well, they've just gotten pathetic with the censorship and constant commercial interruptions.
The man to thank is Horror Channel CEO, Nicholas A. Psaltos. Here's what he had to tell : "I truly believe we can bring the genre into the limelight, where it deserves to be... There's no reason why the Horror Channel should not exist and thrive. Comedy Central and Sci Fi are both doing extremely well. Both are very valuable enterprises and they're each only about a dozen years old. And they are both descendants of movie genres. Today there are the Golf Channel, Food Network and DiscoveryWings. None of these borrows its content from a proven, successful or hugely profitable movie genre. But the Horror Channel does." God bless you, man.
The Horror Channel is reaching out to horror filmmakers young and old, including: George A. Romero, John Carpenter, Eli Roth, Lucky McKee, Wes Craven, Mick Garris, Guillermo del Toro, Roger Corman, Stuart Gordon, Uwe Boll, Robert Pargi and Victor Salva.
Here's where it's up to you. On October 1, will premiere. Go there. Fill out the survey. "Our fans are extremely important in this process," Psaltos said. "We need the fans to fill out a survey so that we can petition every cable operator in the land with their unified voice clamoring for a horror channel. In addition, the fans will become part of our programming and content creation process. We will develop programs that they ask for and, in some cases, produce scripts that they write or air films that they've produced."
Woah, sounds like they are keeping an eye towards the indepedent stuff. Good deal, since that's where the most interesting horror is happening, not just in the U.S. but all over the globe. "We hope to create a compelling and successful company whose identity is fomented by the true grassroots horror fan," said co-founder Kim Bangash. "We want to take that vision and then create an international brand that pays homage to all the different genres of horror in this country and abroad." Great, so it sounds like the channel won't just be North American horror either.
But what format do they plan on? Will the films be uncut? Will we get commercial interruptions? . "Films will be uninterrupted and uncut," Psaltos said. He adds, "Older TV series will have the commercial interruptions that were originally edited into them. Some of the more graphic films will probably only be available on our sister Video On Demand channel."
I'm just too happy to speak. I highly suggest you read the for the full story.
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As if it were a gift from Heaven, has delivered the best news I've heard in a very long time. If you're in the U.S. (or have access to U.S. channels via satelite) and you can wait a year, you will have a chance to get... The Horror Channel.
Yes, it's really happening. Before now, horror was largely absent. Turner Classic Movies has some good stuff, Sci-fi Channel has been slipping and American Movie Classics - well, they've just gotten pathetic with the censorship and constant commercial interruptions.
The man to thank is Horror Channel CEO, Nicholas A. Psaltos. Here's what he had to tell : "I truly believe we can bring the genre into the limelight, where it deserves to be... There's no reason why the Horror Channel should not exist and thrive. Comedy Central and Sci Fi are both doing extremely well. Both are very valuable enterprises and they're each only about a dozen years old. And they are both descendants of movie genres. Today there are the Golf Channel, Food Network and DiscoveryWings. None of these borrows its content from a proven, successful or hugely profitable movie genre. But the Horror Channel does." God bless you, man.
The Horror Channel is reaching out to horror filmmakers young and old, including: George A. Romero, John Carpenter, Eli Roth, Lucky McKee, Wes Craven, Mick Garris, Guillermo del Toro, Roger Corman, Stuart Gordon, Uwe Boll, Robert Pargi and Victor Salva.
Here's where it's up to you. On October 1, will premiere. Go there. Fill out the survey. "Our fans are extremely important in this process," Psaltos said. "We need the fans to fill out a survey so that we can petition every cable operator in the land with their unified voice clamoring for a horror channel. In addition, the fans will become part of our programming and content creation process. We will develop programs that they ask for and, in some cases, produce scripts that they write or air films that they've produced."
Woah, sounds like they are keeping an eye towards the indepedent stuff. Good deal, since that's where the most interesting horror is happening, not just in the U.S. but all over the globe. "We hope to create a compelling and successful company whose identity is fomented by the true grassroots horror fan," said co-founder Kim Bangash. "We want to take that vision and then create an international brand that pays homage to all the different genres of horror in this country and abroad." Great, so it sounds like the channel won't just be North American horror either.
But what format do they plan on? Will the films be uncut? Will we get commercial interruptions? . "Films will be uninterrupted and uncut," Psaltos said. He adds, "Older TV series will have the commercial interruptions that were originally edited into them. Some of the more graphic films will probably only be available on our sister Video On Demand channel."
I'm just too happy to speak. I highly suggest you read the for the full story.
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