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Abyssmal Entertainment's "2:22" to Premiere in Spain, Los Angeles and Orlando

ORLANDO, FLA., SEPTEMBER 9 – Abyssmal Entertainment is proud to announce that its latest cinematic creation; the short horror thriller 2:22, will have it's World Premiere at the 42nd Annual SITGES International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia where it will compete as a selection of the "Oficial Fantàstic".

Immediately following the film's World Premiere in Spain, 2:22 will have it's North American Premiere--at the legendary Mann's Chinese Theater--as part of the 2009 Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Los Angeles, California.

Abyssmal Entertainment would also like to announce that 2:22 will have it's Orlando Premiere at the Freak Show Horror Film Festival as part of Spooky Empire's Ultimate Horror Weekend.

2:22 is the terrifying story of Vickie Palmer who, after an incredible night out with her girlfriends, is wrenched from her peaceful slumber and cast mercilessly into a world spinning out of control. Writhing half naked on the cold porcelain tile of her bathroom floor, Vickie desperately tries to piece together the tragic turn of events that has twisted her once carefree life into a nightmare of pain and suffering. But when she discovers the truth, will it be too late to save her from eternal damnation?

The film, which was written and directed by Steven Shea and produced by Tim Anderson is the culmination of an intense production schedule that saw a three-day whirlwind of principal photography which was then followed up with an extreme three week post-production process, in order to have the film ready for a fall festival run. "I don't think we could have dared ask for a more devoted cast and crew" says producer Tim Anderson. A point that is reiterated by Shea "After being beaten, bloodied and shot at during production, its amazing to see our horrific vision come to life". Discover more at www.222short.com

SITGES International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia is the number one fantasy film festival in the world and represents, at the same time, the cultural expression with the most media impact in Catalonia. With a solid experience, the Sitges Festival is a stimulating universe of encounters, exhibitions, presentations and screenings of fantasy films from all over the world.

This 42nd annual festival will run from October 1st - 12th 2009 in the Mediterranean oasis of Sitges, Spain. Just 35 kilometers southwest of Barcelona, the 2008 SITGES Film Festival attracted an audience of over 100,000 in addition to 1000 journalists and media representing some 20 countries and 700 industry professionals.

The Screamfest Horror Film Festival, which will run from October 16th - 25th 2009, was founded in 2001 by film producers Rachel Belofsky (GOING TO PIECES: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SLASHER FILM) and Ross Martin in order to give filmmakers and writers in the horror/sci-fi genres a venue to have their work showcased to people in the industry. The festival partnered with the four-time Academy Award winner Stan Winston in 2004 to further broaden its industry reach. Screamfest also boasts an advisory panel made up of some of the biggest names in horror film history, including Wes Craven, Clive Barker, John Carpenter, Eli Roth, John Landis, Tobe Hooper and Sean Cunningham.

The Freak Show Horror Film Festival is part of Spooky Empire's Ultimate Horror Weekend (October 9th - 11th). The film will screen at 4pm on Saturday, October 10th at the Wyndham Orlando Resort. Convention tickets are available at www.spookyempire.com. Writer/Director Steven Shea and Producer Tim Anderson will be in attendance for the screening. The Freak Show Horror Film Festival is the brainchild of FEAR FILM President/CEO Robert J. Massetti. An independent horror filmmaker himself, Robert wanted a film festival that really celebrated the independent horror filmmaker by giving the artist a forum to show his or her work with other horror filmmakers. The festival is really a showcase of some of the most talented, up and coming horror filmmakers in the world and continues to grow by leaps and bounds every year.

This past week we released a music video that I Directed for our boys in T13C!. It's a spoof off of the popular "I'm on a Boat" video made by The Lonely Island. Check out our version.

[WARNING: NSFW, DOES CONTAIN MUCH PROFANITY]

CLICK HERE TO VIEW!

Long time, no blog. I'm very terrible at these things. LOTS have been happening in the past few months.

We just wrapped on a new short film titled “2:22� that will be used as our calling card for the next year or so, and will be a part of an investor package for a new feature film we are getting off of the ground called “Spook Hill�. Check out more on that short at www.222short.com


We also did a Photo Comic book for the Students of the Unusual, which we will be unveiling at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con.

A lot more coming soon!

For some reason I always forget that I have a blog on here, so I apologize for the absence. Here are some Abyssmal updates!

"Hoodoo For Voodoo" had another national release this month on Feb 10th, and is now available in almost all online retailers and Netflix! Please put it in your que, even if you’ve seen it!

Our award winning comic book “The Vandyls� gets into print just in time for the Megacon Convention in Orlando on Feb 27-March 1st. Come by our booth and grab a copy. Myself and the artist will be on hand signing autographs as well!

Our short film “Guitar God� is completed and will be premiering at the Orlando Museum of Art on March 5th. It is part of a larger project called “The Happiness Experiment� and will be screening at festivals through the summer.

“Doomsday County� is over halfway wrapped, and we will actually be premiering the Xenombies segment tomorrow night (Feb 23rd) at The Haven Lounge!

We will be helping produce a new short film directed by Rob Reider called “Pedestal�. Production is scheduled for this next week.

We are winding down production on the “Untitled Stainboy Documentary�. We have a few more shoots and interviews scheduled over the next couple months.

Our next official project is going to be our short film “2:22� that has been in pre-production for a while. We are going to create this short as part of the investor package for our next Feature “Spook Hill�.

Lots going on. I will try to blog more real soon!

-Steven.

Had a couple server issues with the Blog, but now everything is back up!

Just a couple of updates!

I was recently awarded a “Filmmaker of Distinction� award at the 2008 Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival, due to the contributions to the festival and the Florida film industry. I wanted to throw a shoutout to 3 Boys Productions for supplying me with this honor.

Our comic concept “The Vandyls� took home 1st prize in the Students Of The Unusual comic contest! We will get a cash prize and published in the next Students Of The Unusual horror comic compilation. A special edition of the “Stubborn� tale as to which I was on the team of writers for will be released in February, and “The Vandyls� book is scheduled to be released in April.

We wrapped post production on the Guitar God short, just in time to edit it into the “Happiness Project� timeline and get it over to the Florida Film Festival committee. We will take December and January to sweeten the audio and look to have a final cut by Feb 1st.

Photography on the “Vampire Academy� segment of Doomsday County begins this Saturday, in Orlando.

We have also started on our next journey on my next feature film directing project. At the moment the only details we have released are that it will be titled “Spook Hill� and will be written by Horror Author Owl Goingback. Stay tuned for more updates after the New Year!