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"Anchor Bay Entertainment, an IDT Entertainment Company and the renowned leader in horror DVD programming, has signed on as the official Presenting Sponsor for Creation Entertainment’s 2006 FANGORIA’s Weekend of Horrors convention tour. Anchor Bay will bring in headlining guests from their stable of scream stars to appear at the shows, debut upcoming releases and preview new Anchor Bay Entertainment DVD titles at the Fango events." (For full story see below)
By Lafemmenikita07
The aforementioned is one group of business organizations that knows and enjoys the business they are in and most importantly knows what the genre fans want on an onging and consist basis. They read the fan feedback and enhance the show each year so the genre fans woll come back and new fans will come.
This was my first show this year. In addition, to everything going on I enjoyed the fans. They were exciting, rushing off to panels and asking questions, watching trailors, hitting the vendor tables, etc. For the most part they was not much trouble for a large group in a confined space and most importantly the celebrities felt comfortable and safe and where out and among the fans. It was a joy for me to witness this. I attended June 2-4 in Burbank, California at the Burbank Airport Hilton Convention Center.
I was there the day, June 2, 2006 when Actor/Artist Lance Henriksen received a Lifetime Acheivement Award from Fangoria and Creation Entertainment. The genre fans really enjoyed this and gave Lance a standing ovation. Kudos to Fangoria, Creation Entertainment, Anchor Bay and IDT Entertainment and most of all to Actor/Artist Lance Henriksen and the other celebrities. By Lafemmenikita07
In addition, later that night Actor/Artist Lance Henriksen shared his award with a Super Fan. Super fans are fans that have the ability to influence and/or persuade other fans to see, reject, and/or ignore movies and films that do not meet their expectations and/or not the actor/actress that "has fallen out of grace" such as Tom Cruise. Super Fans are opinionated and may be brutally honest and extremely wise with their economic dollar. However, if you can win the Super Fan over you may have a lifetime fan and free positive publicity. Super Fans exist all around us and in various occupations. One comment thread is that they primarily use the Internet to share their "likes and/or dislikes" about actors/actresses, movies and film plots and whether other fans should watch the movie at the expensive theater or wait for DVD or cable. Super Fans have been around a long time. However, while in a time when mostly everybody is on some kind of budget referring to Super Fans for entertainment recommendations is as commonplace as a fork and spoon. Super Fans are Bloggers, Blogmasters, Webmasters, etc. The word of their message crosses the United States into other countries where our American movies also distributed. To get a glimpse of the amount of Super Fans consider the amount of people that will attend the conventions this year such as: Convention Events such as Fangoria, Monster Mania, San Diego Comic Con, Anime, WonderCon, Film Festivals and other venues. Those that ignore the Super Fans debate over what went wrong when their project performs less than expected and/or the feedback are very critical. However, actors such as Actor/Artist Lance Henriksen knows the economic power of the Super Fans, are familiar with most of them and where they hang out. When possible Lance Henriksen attends such conventions and other venues to spread hugs, handshakes, pictures, etc. Sometimes the archenemy of a movie is the Super-Fan, the kind with the power to create a firestorm of negative buzz on the Internet. By Lafemmenikita07 ("Do not shoot the messenger.)
Super Fan, With A Web Handle of: "Rather Tenacious", according to our sources Actor/Artist Lance Henriksen had something to do with that handle name. However, "RatherTenacious" will not tell the story behind it. "Rather Tenacious" indicated that it is very innocent yet a special memory for her regarding how the name came about when they she and Lance met each other for the second time. By Lafemmenikita07
For additional Lance Henriksen sites go here
http://www.web-magic.demon.co.uk/links.htm
About the Businesses That Made it Possible
"January 26, 2006
For Immediate Release
IDT Entertainment’s Anchor Bay Entertainment
To Be Presenting Sponsor Of 2006 Fangoria
“Weekend of Horrors” Convention Tour
Anchor Bay Entertainment, an IDT Entertainment Company and the renowned leader in horror DVD programming, has signed on as the official Presenting Sponsor for Creation Entertainment’s 2006 FANGORIA’s Weekend of Horrors convention tour. Anchor Bay will bring in headlining guests from their stable of scream stars to appear at the shows, debut upcoming releases and preview new Anchor Bay Entertainment DVD titles at the Fango events. Anchor Bay will also be prominently featured in all of Creation’s advertising, signage, banners, website listings, press releases and promotional materials related to the Weekend of Horrors. “Anchor Bay Entertainment is very pleased to once again be working with our friends at FANGORIA and Creation Entertainment,” says director Tom Bambard, Anchor Bay’s Director of Marketing for Horror. ”Our involvement with them in the past has always been very rewarding since both FANGORIA and Creation reach out to the same great fans that enjoy Anchor Bay’s horror DVD titles. We constantly seek effective ways to stay in touch with the horror and genre communities to gain their valuable insight and to benefit from their direct feedback. Our new role as presenting sponsor for the 2006 Weekend of Horrors convention tour represents an excellent opportunity to interact with the multitude of genre fans that are drawn to these fantastic events. Between our spectacular roster of upcoming DVD releases and the great celebrity guests we have in the works, we’re looking forward to a very big year.” “We are very thrilled that Anchor Bay has made such a major commitment to the Weekend of Horrors,” adds Creation Entertainment co-CEO Adam Malin, who produces the Fango shows with partner Gary Berman and FANGORIA magazine editor Tony Timpone and publisher Norman Jacobs. “They have been a great participant in the past, and will be an even stronger ally and important presence at all our Fango shows this year. The fact that the best DVD company for horror and the best producers of live horror events have joined forces will prove monumentally exciting for fans and the entire genre community.”
The 2006 Fango convention stops include:
March 4-5: Chicago, IL; Wyndham Chicago O’Hare
• June 2-4: Los Angeles, CA; Burbank Airport Hilton
• September 29-October 1: Secaucus, NJ; Crowne Plaza Meadowlands
Celebrity guests set for FANGORIA’s Chicago convention, which will be held at the newly renovated Wyndham Chicago O’Hare Hotel (6810 North Mannheim Road, Rosemont, IL), include: pioneering ghoul master George A. Romero, whose DAWN OF THE DEAD, DAY OF THE DEAD, KIGHTRIDERS and SEASON OF THE WITCH are available on DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment; MASTERS OF HORROR creator/producer/director Mick Garris, who will preview Anchor Bay’s upcoming DVDs of the critically-acclaimed series; a gigantic SLITHER panel with writer/director James (DAWN OF THE DEAD) Gunn, stars Michael (HENRY) Rooker, Gregg (BODY DOUBLE) Henry and Elizabeth (SPIDER-MAN) Banks and producers Eric (DAWN OF THE DEAD) Newman and Paul (WHITE NOISE) Fox; heavy metal legend/actor Dee (STRANGELAND) Snider; director Mark (SCARE ME) Borchardt, subject of the documentary AMERICAN MOVIE and featured in Christopher Garetano’s HORROR BUSINESS (Garetano will also be on hand); 2001 MANIACS director Tim Sullivan and his film’s femme fatales, Wendy Kremer and Christa Campbell; scream queen siren Misty (SCREAMING DEAD) Mundae and her SHOCK-O-RAMA director Brett Piper; a indfire Entertainment panel with actress Ellie (HALLOWEEN 4) Cornell, director Michael (HOUSE OF THE DEAD II) Hurst and producer Mark (THE THIRST) Altman; FANGORIA TV hostess Debbie (TRAILER PARK) Rochon; RING film series actress Kelly Stables (a hit at both the West and East coast WOH editions) and original FRIDAY THE 13TH Jason Ari Lehman, who will perform with his new horror rock band, Firstjason. Veteran director Gary Sherman, responsible for the fright classics RAW MEAT (a.k.a. DEATH LINE) and DEAD & BURIED, will discuss his career as well, including his genre return, the serial killer thriller 39—A FILM BY CARROLL MCKANE. THE ROCKVILLE SLAYER writer/director Marc Selz and actors Joe (SOULTAKER) Estevez and Robert (MANIAC COP) Z’Dar will discuss their recent slasher yarn. Indie director Rusty (ACNE) Nails will offer tips to fans on breaking into the low-budget fright scene and debut clips from his feature-length documentary on Romero. FX artist/director Ryan Nicholson and actor Rob Scattergood will preview their gory torture flick LIVE FEED, while KNB EFX Group founder-turned director Robert (WISHMASTER) Kurtzman (along with co-scripter John Bisson) will have the first footage from their new chiller, THE RAGE. The burgeoning horror comics field will be represented by Avatar Press, with editor William Christensen, JASON VS JASON X artist Mike Wolfer, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE artist Jacen Burrows and ESCAPE FROM THE LIVING DEAD writer John Russo (also co-creator of the original NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD) attending the Weekend. The early lineup for the three-day June 2-4 Burbank Weekend can be found here: http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=5364.
Check out www.creationent.com for further details on the Weekend of Horrors conventions and you can surf the Anchor Bay website at
www.anchorbayentertainment.com."
