WHEN: May 11, 2019 @ 7:00 pm

Are you ready for a haunt fix in spring? HorrorBuzz and Midsummer Scream present an evening of epic frightful fun at The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana on Saturday, May 11th—join us for a screening of Epic Home Haunts, a 90-minute documentary by Saga Studios that celebrates Southern California’s incredible haunters! Featured in the film are legendary haunts, including Boot Hill (Irvine), Rotten Apple 907 (Burbank), Beware the Dark Realm (Santa Clarita), and Restless Souls Manor (Palmdale). Immediately following the screening, HorrorBuzz Founder Norm Gidney will lead a spirited live panel discussion and audience Q&A session with filmmaker Josh Quillin, Jon Cooke of Plague Productions, haunt industry professional Ted Dougherty, and Midsummer Scream Creative Director, Rick West. Tickets for this epic evening of chills and thrills are now on sale for just $10 HERE, and can also be purchased at the theater box office when you arrive. Doors open at 7:00pm. Epic Home Haunts begins at 7:30 pm, followed immediately by our live, 60-minute panel. Don’t miss this night of fun with HorrorBuzz and Midsummer Scream! If you haven’t yet seen Epic Home Haunts, this is the perfect opportunity to see it on the big screen with fellow fans and mingle with some of the biggest players in the SoCal haunt industry afterward!

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Pet Sematary is on the tip of everyone’s tongues right now, including ours here at 25YL. The original Mary Lambert film is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch’s new adaptation is already a smash and one of the most interesting and hotly debated films of 2019. Members of the 25YL horror crew recently sat down to discuss Stephen King’s 1983 source novel, the original Mary Lambert film, and thoughts on the new adaptation. Join myself, Aaron D. Schweighardt, and Holiday Godfrey for a deep dive round table discussion on all things Pet Sematary.

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AMC announced that it has greenlit the third series in the expanding universe of The Walking Dead, an original drama co-created by Scott M. Gimple, chief content officer of The Walking Dead universe, and Matt Negrete, who has been a writer and producer on The Walking Dead for the past five seasons and will be showrunner of the new series. Produced and distributed by AMC Studios, the series will begin production on 10 episodes this summer in Virginia and premiere on AMC in 2020.

“We’re thrilled that the Dead will keep walking into a new corner of the post-apocalyptic world, a corner that will present stories and characters unlike any that The Walking Dead has dramatized thus far, and that is bound to excite one of the most passionate fanbases in television,” said David Madden, president of programming for AMC Networks and AMC Studios. “Scott has been an invaluable leader for the Universe since taking on the role of chief content officer, with a distinct and innovative vision for the franchise. Likewise, we’re excited to have Matt, who has been a crucial part of The Walking Dead family for over five years and penned many memorable episodes of TWD, at the helm of this original series.”

“On the heels of an incredible ninth season of The Walking Dead and as we approach an anticipated new season of Fear the Walking Dead on June 2, this is an exciting moment for the Dead franchise, which continues to thrive in a highly competitive environment,” said Sarah Barnett, president of the entertainment networks group for AMC Networks. “We are thankful to be working with some of the best creatives in the business to expand this Universe in new and exciting ways for our fans.”

“Showing audiences an unseen pocket of The Walking Dead Universe steeped in a new mythology is a very cool way to celebrate a ‘Decade of the Dead’ on TV and over fifteen years of Robert Kirkman’s brilliant comic,” said Gimple. “Matt Negrete is one of the best writer-producers in TWD’s long history — I’m thrilled to be working beside him to tell stories unlike we’ve seen before, taking our first step into an even larger world.”

“I’m beyond excited to be a part of this new show set in The Walking Dead Universe,” said Negrete. “Writing and producing for the original series has been the job of a lifetime and I’m honored to be working with Scott and all the fine Dead folks at AMC in this new capacity. I can’t wait for the fans of the franchise to see what we’ve been cooking up!”

The third series in a franchise that includes the global hit series The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead will feature two young female protagonists and focus on the first generation to come-of-age in the apocalypse as we know it. Some will become heroes. Some will become villains. In the end, all of them will be changed forever. Grown-up and cemented in their identities, both good and bad.

Based on the comic book series written by Kirkman and published by Image Comics, The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead reign as the #1 and #4 cable dramas among adults 18-49 in Nielsen live+3 ratings, respectively. Both series take place in the months and years after a zombie apocalypse and follow different groups of survivors traveling in search of a safe and secure home.