{"id":310,"date":"2020-07-15T12:01:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T12:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hailtothedeadites.com\/?p=310"},"modified":"2020-07-17T02:52:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T02:52:25","slug":"hail-to-the-deadites-world-premiere-to-be-taking-place-at-the-fantasia-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hailtothedeadites.com\/?p=310","title":{"rendered":"Hail to the Deadites\u2019 World premiere to be taking place at the Fantasia Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONTREAL, Wednesday, July 15th, 2020 \u00a0 <\/b>\u2014 After 7 years of hard work, HAIL TO THE DEADITES will have its world premiere next month at the Fantasia International Film Festival.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n

Given the continuing uncertainty related to physical cinema spaces and large gatherings which will likely continue through the remainder of the calendar year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Fantasia International Film Festival decided to mount their 2020 edition as a cutting-edge virtual festival in August. From what we heard so far, the movie should be available on the Fantasia online platform from August 20 to September 2nd. All film screenings will be geo-blocked to Canadian audiences and only accessible from within the country, vastly expanding the number of viewers we can engage with outside of Quebec.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cInspired by the 1981 classic\u2019s cult following, HAIL TO THE DEADITES is a documentary about the fans of the EVIL DEAD franchise. Through interviews with the cast, crew, collectors, fans, freaks and geeks, HAIL TO THE DEADITES seeks to illuminate the darkest reaches of the EVIL DEAD franchise\u2019s undying and still-growing popularity, a popularity that has spawned four films, a TV series, comic books, figurines, and surpassed even its creator\u2019s wildest dreams.<\/span><\/p>\n

HAIL TO THE DEADITES puts the spotlight on the fans that cultivated and spread this groovy pop-culture infection! It celebrates those who\u2019ve celebrated the films! <\/span>\u201dSome people might find it weird to not see any footage of the franchise in the documentary but this is what I\u2019ve been aiming for since day one. I\u2019m really proud to say that everything you will see or hear in this documentary was created by the fans. So, rev your chainsaws and load your boomsticks, it\u2019s time to give the DEADITES some sugar, baby!\u201d<\/b> – Steve Villeneuve<\/span><\/p>\n

Beside meeting with fans around the world, the 80 minutes documentary feature interviews with Evil Dead franchise cast members such as Bruce Campbell, Ted Raimi, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Tom Sullivan ,Dan Hicks ,Kassie Wesley DePaiva, Sarah Berry, Rick Domeier & Bill Moseley.<\/span><\/p>\n

Steve Villeneuve \/ <\/b>DiggerFilms \/ <\/span>steve.v@diggerfilms.com<\/span><\/a> \/ <\/span>Website<\/span><\/a> \/ <\/span>Facebook<\/span><\/a> \/ <\/span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

DiggerFilms is an independent film company specializing in genre cinema. Whether it’s short or feature films, the creative team thrives to push the limit on each production. Based in Montreal, DiggerFilms can offer films with both American and European influences to please different crowds<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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MONTREAL, Wednesday, July 15th, 2020 \u00a0 \u2014 After 7 years of hard work, HAIL TO THE DEADITES will have its world premiere next month at the Fantasia International Film Festival.\u00a0\u00a0 Given the continuing uncertainty related to physical cinema spaces and large gatherings which will likely continue through the remainder of the calendar year due to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hailtothedeadites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hailtothedeadites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hailtothedeadites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hailtothedeadites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hailtothedeadites.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=310"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/hailtothedeadites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313,"href":"http:\/\/hailtothedeadites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310\/revisions\/313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hailtothedeadites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hailtothedeadites.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hailtothedeadites.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hailtothedeadites.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}