FOR AFM 2004:
February 27, 2004 (Santa Monica, CA) - - MTI Home Video, the leading independent U.S. home entertainment studio, has acquired The Ghosts of Edendale, the long-awaited feature from The Last Broadcast writer/director, Stefan Avalos. The limited theatrical and film festival favorite (winner of the Silver Lake Award from the Silver Lake Film Festival) will debut on VHS/DVD August 2004.
The distribution deal was brokered through producer Marianne Connor and Stefan Avalos. The film is available for international territories at AFM through Atlas International (#828).
Following the success of his internationally acclaimed feature, The Last Broadcast, Avalos moved to the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles and quickly became fascinated with his neighborhood's place in film history.
When fans of The Last Broadcast pushed Avalos to make another horror movie, he began writing a script inspired by Tom Mix, the man who once owned the hill where Avalos now lives. "Once upon a time, Edendale was the center of the movie world. Now, the characters in those old silent movies seem like ghosts. What if they wanted to comeback -- immortality on the screen wasn't enough, and they were willing do to anything for a return…?," said Avalos.
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 begins to take hold of Kevin, Rachel begins to realize Edendale's deadly price for success.
Stephen Wastell (Miner's Massacre) and Paula Ficara (A List, El Chupacabra) play the roles of Kevin and Rachel. Director of Photography Lukas Ettlin (ASC Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography) and composer Vincent Gillioz (Scarecrow, Scarecrow II) evoke the foreboding of a dreadful nightmare.
MTI Home Video:
Established in 1984, MTI Home Video is a full service independent motion picture studio that distributes feature films to the domestic marketplace. Based in Miami, Florida, the independent along with their Studio Partners - Artist View Entertainment, Bedford Entertainment, Delta Entertainment, Fangoria Presents, and Redrum Entertainment, release more than sixty feature films on VHS and DVD each year. MTI acquires films for distribution and maintains a substantial and expanding library. For more information, please visit www.mtivideo.com.
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