CONTACT: Marianne Connor   323-664-2770             February 26, 2004 Mixville II Productions www.ghostsofedendale.com marianne@ghostsofedendale.com THE GHOSTS OF EDENDALE HAUNT SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES, CA - From the maker of the independent hit film The Last Broadcast comes a haunting supernatural thriller, The Ghosts of Edendale. The Ghosts will have its Northern California Premiere at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival's Another Hole in the Head Horror Festival, screening on March 21 and 23 at the AMC Kabuki Theater. "There has been a lot of interest from fans across the country wanting to see The Ghosts on the big screen. We are delighted to screen at Another Hole in the Head," says writer/director Stefan Avalos. "We're in good, spooky company." In The Ghosts of Edendale, a young couple moves to Los Angeles determined to make it in the movies. They find the perfect house on a hill in Edendale -- "right next door to Hollywood". Here, all the neighbors are in the business, and they have high hopes for Kevin and Rachel. But when something sinister takes hold of Kevin, Rachel begins to realize that Edendale's deadly price for success. When fans of The Last Broadcast pushed Avalos to make another horror movie, he wrote a script inspired by silent-movie star Tom Mix, the man who once owned the hill where Avalos now lives. "Once upon a time, Edendale was the center of the movie-making world. Now, the characters in those old silent movies seem like ghosts. People long since dead walking through the same moments over and over. What if they wanted to make a comeback - immortality on the screen wasn't enough, and they were willing to do anything to return?" Avalos combined the history of Edendale with his own fears of what it might take to succeed in Hollywood. "Every newcomer to Hollywood asks himself the same nagging question: Will I have to sell my soul to follow my dreams?" Wired Magazine recognized Avalos as one of the top 25 people "helping to reinvent entertainment" when The Last Broadcast made cinematic history in 1998. The movie was sent by satellite to theaters across the country, pioneering the first fully digital national theatrical release of a feature motion picture. It went on to a highly successful international video release, eventually becoming an independent film hit. Stephen Wastell (Miner's Massacre) and Paula Ficara (A List, El Chupacabra) play the roles of Kevin and Rachel. The wizard behind the ghostly special effects is Scott Hale (Starship Troopers II, Stepford Wives). Director of Photography Lukas Ettlin (ASC Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography) and composer Vincent Gillioz (Sonata, Erosion) evoke the foreboding of a dreadful nightmare. The Ghosts of Edendale will be in wide home video release in August. For screening times and ticket information, go to www.sfindie.com or www.ghostsofedendale.com.