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Move over Jason, Freddy and Leatherface... PLASTERHEAD Arrives on DVD Just In Time For Halloween 2007
Featuring a Killer Soundtrack
NEW YORK , NY - July 17, 2007 - In the tradition of Friday The 13th , Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and A Nightmare on Elm Street , comes a new film from Arts Alliance America. This soon-to-be-cult classic introduces a new, iconic horror villain - Plasterhead - a haunting figure who terrorizes four college students on their way to Miami for Spring Break.
A throwback to the more visceral, serious horror films of the late 70's and early 80's, Plasterhead is set in the bowels of West Virginia . Filmed primarily in the Catskills of upstate New York to evoke a sleepy backwoods town, Plasterhead pays homage to one of its predecessors, having shot its diner scenes at the infamous Blairstown Diner in Blairstown , New Jersey , the diner featured in the film Friday The 13th.
Plasterhead has a look and sound comparable to any full-length big budget feature. Special extra features on the DVD include: alternate scenes; commentary track and the film trailer. A viral web-based campaign targeting horror and hard-core music fans will be among the marketing elements supporting the release. Plasterhead will be available on DVD October 2, 2007 for a suggested retail price of $19.98.
Synopsis: Fifteen years ago, truck driver Ray Williams was brutally beaten by a band of locals after stopping off in Rolling Glen for a drink. His body, left for dead in an empty cornfield, was never found, and crooked sheriff Earl Taggart helped acquit those involved in the brutal attack. Today, whispers of the Williams incident still float through the tired walls of the rural community. Some believe Williams still roams the woods on the outskirts of town, while others claim to have seen Williams in person, a looming figure with a ghostly white visage, makeshift cast that supposedly masks the scars from his assault .
When four college friends from New Jersey veer off the main highway on their way to Miami for winter break, they quickly find themselves holed up in an abandoned farmhouse, mired in a macabre web of terror and uncovering the details of the grotesque legend. Sheriff Taggart will do anything to keep the truth buried.the truth that Plasterhead is frighteningly real.
Plasterhead was an Official Selection at the Atlanta Horror Film Festival and the Evil City Film Festival. It stars Scream Queen Raine Brown, who also starred in Satan's Playground, Aunt Rose and Barricade. Its diverse soundtrack runs the gamut from Edgar Allen Floe to The Cutaways.
ABOUT PLASTERHEAD PRODUCTIONS: Plasterhead Productions LLC was formed in 2005 by Kevin Higgins and Mike Salerno, for the pre-production, production and post-production of the horror feature, Plasterhead , starring Kathryn Merry, Ernest Dancy, Josh Macuga, Raine Brown, Gerard Adimando and Brian Dixon. The film was repped and the DVD distribution deal was brokered by Alex Barder and Lawrence Silverstein at Strategic Film Partners.
ABOUT ARTS ALLIANCE AMERICA - Arts Alliance America , formerly Hart Sharp Video, was founded in 2003 by Joe Amodei to develop, acquire, market and distribute DVD product in the theatrical feature film, documentaries, special interest and sports categories. Arts Alliance America has built partnerships with NBC Universal Entertainment, TV Guide, E! Entertainment Television, Sundance Channel Home Entertainment, ESPN, MLB Productions, and other high profile entertainment brands since their inception. Upcoming releases include Chalk , Impossible to Forget: The Story of the 1967 Red Sox and TV Guide Presents The Crow: Stairway To Heaven.
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