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Set to hit DVD, VOD and Digital on August 23rd is Closed for the Season from director Jay Woelfel. It’s coming through Mti Home Video and hopefully it will live up to the excellent artwork accompanying its release. It does have clowns in it, which is always a good thing!

Trapped in a forgotten amusement park, a young girl finds herself terrorized by the living memories of the park. She must break free from the park’s grasp before she becomes its next victim.

Closed For The Season was written and directed by Jay Woelfel (Ghost Lake, Battlestar Galatica: The Seoond Coming), and produced by Jay Ellison (Lizzie) and Jon D. Wagner (Your Name Here). The film stars Aimee Brooks (Monster Man, Critters 3), Damian Maffei (Ghost Lake, Christmas With the Dead) and Joe Unger (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3).

The film was shot on...

Closed for the Season Let the Carnie Games Begin... August 23rd on DVD, VOD and Digital.

Mti Home Video, the premier studio for independent films, including recently released hits like Respire & The Haunting of Amelia, has acquired Closed For The Season fromArtist View Entertainment for an August 23rd DVD, VOD and Digital release. 

In the film a young woman finds herself trapped in a forgotten amusement park, terrorized by its living memories. She must break free from the park's grasp, before she becomes its next victim.

Closed For The Season was written and directed by Jay Woelfel (Ghost Lake, Battlestar Galatica: The Seoond Coming), and produced by Jay Ellison (Lizzie) and Jon D. Wagner (Your Name Here). The film stars Aimee Brooks (Monster Man, Critters 3), Damian Maffei (Ghost Lake, Christmas With the Dead) and Joe Unger (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3). 

The film was shot...

Good new for horror fans: Jay Woelfel's (Ghost Lake) Closed for the Season. has been picked up by Mti Home Video for DVD and video-on-demand distribution. The park opens August 23rd and if your are not familiar, Closed for the Season involves a supernatural possession of a local amusement park. A young woman is lured there, but she must fight off its demonic pull or be lost to the park forever. Rewatch the trailer for this eagerly anticipated horror film and then, get set to watch crazed Carnie's at home August 23rd!

The synopsis for Closed for the Season is here:

"Trapped in a forgotten amusement park, a young woman finds herself terrorized by the living memories of the park. She must break free from the park's grasp before she becomes its next victim" (Closed).

Release Date: August 23rd (DVD, Video-on-demand, Digital).

Director/writer: Jay Woelfel.

Cast: Aimee Brooks,...

Many moons ago, we had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with writer/director/composer/etc. Jay Woelfel. We had discussed his film "Beyond Dreams Door" on Episode #23, and after a great many technical issues- we're proud to finally present this interview! Mr. Woelfel has been directing films since the late 80's and shows no signs of stopping. His most recent output are 2 films (Season of Darkness/Closed for the Season) both shot in our old/current stomping grounds in The Heart of it All. His other works include Ghost Lake, Live Evil, and Trancers 6. He currently resides in Los Angeles and is probably wondering why this has taken to long to post online.

Look for more of his films on upcoming episodes of Junk Food Dinner!

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Mti Home Video has acquired five new horror-thrillers for release over the next year. Those acquired at the American Film Market 2010 include:

Closed For The Season

Director: Jay Woelfel (Ghost Lake)

Acquisition from Artist View Entertainment

Genre: Horror

Synopsis: Trapped in a forgotten amusement park, a young girl finds herself terrorized by the living memories of the park. She must break free from the park′s grasp before she becomes its next victim. Starring: Aimee Brooks (The Hillside Strangler, Critters 3), Damian Maffei (Ghost Lake), William Waters and Joe Unger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)

The Undying

Director: Steven Peros (Footprints)

Acquisition from Circus Road Films

Genre: Supernatural Thriller

Synopsis: The Undying stars Deadwood’s Robin Weigert as a doctor who becomes obsessed with the ghost of a Civil War soldier dwelling in her new home, and contrives to have his spirit live again in the body of a violent...

Our reps at Mti Home Video have informed us that the company has acquired five new horror-thrillers for release over the next year. Those acquired at the American Film Market include... Closed For The Season Director: Jay Woelfel (Ghost Lake) Acquisition from Artist View Entertainment Genre: Horror Synopsis: Trapped in a forgotten amusement park, a young girl finds herself terrorized by the living memories of the park. She must break free from the park′s grasp before she becomes its next victim. Starring: Aimee Brooks (The Hillside Strangler, Critters 3), Damian Maffei (Ghost Lake), William Waters and Joe Unger (A Nightmare on Elm Street) The Undying Director: Steven Peros (Footprints) Acquisition from Circus Road Films Genre: Supernatural Thriller...

Our good friend Lee Perkins just dropped us a line with this official one-sheet for the upcoming horror film “Live Evil” from producers Mark Terry and Robert Sotto by director Jay Woelfel (Trancers 6, Ghost Lake) and starring Tim Thomerson (Trancers), Mark Hengst, Asa Wallander, Ken Foree (Halloween, Dawn of the Dead) and Lee Perkins (Carnies, Dahmer vs. Gacy). Synopsis: A hunter dressed in black. This cowboy-hat-wearing samurai-sword-wielding Priest is on a quest for blood. Vampire blood. He’s out for revenge on a “clique” of four vampires who are traveling across country in search of “pure blood.” The human blood stream has become polluted by drugs, alcohol, Aids, Diabetes, anti-depressants, cigarettes, [...]...

While we put the finishing touches on the schedule for the West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held this coming April 17-19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa), here’s a look at the Fearsome Fango Film Show (running all three days: Friday in Room 502 A, second floor; Saturday & Sunday in Room 501 A-c, second floor; both located in West Hall B) in the meantime. The program gives you the chance to catch exclusive screenings of many films you won’t be able to see anywhere else right now, plus special guests dropping by to introduce the showings.

For additional information and tickets to the Weekend of Horrors, produced by Creation and Fangoria Entertainment, go here and watch this site for the full schedule of panels tomorrow. Here’s the complete film show lineup:

Friday, April 17

4:00 p.m.: Mum & Dad

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Indie filmmaker Jay (Ghost Lake) Woelfel passed on a bunch of exclusive first pics (see ’em below the cut) and the trailer (at the bottom of the page) for his new feature Season Of Darkness. It’s the second of two films (the first being Closed For The Season; see item here) that Woelfel lensed back to back in Ohio last year.

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Producer Mark Terry dropped us a line with a status report and the new poster (seen below) for his vampire movie Live Evil. He also let us know that a new trailer (which you can see at the bottom of this page) was posted recently at the film’s MySpace page.

Terry recently returned from selling Live Evil, directed by Jay (Ghost Lake) Woelfel and starring genre vet Tim Thomerson as a sword-wielding, vampire-hunting priest, at the American Film Market. “Selling these kinds of movies feels like hawking a used car at times,” he tells Fango. “As a producer, I put all my focus on what I know genre fans want to see while still trying to tell an interesting story. That way, when buyers ask, ‘Do you have names, gore, action, stunts, was it shot on film, nudity, and is it a subgenre?’ I can say, ‘Yes, it has all those elements.