Bryan Norton, the director of the short film TOMORROW'S BACON and the award-winning PENNY DREADFUL, will be premiering the new Halloween holiday-themed short film JACK ATTACK on Monday, May 20th, which he co-wrote and co-directed with Antonio Padovan.  The film will be screened at 5:00 p.m. at Manhattan's Clearview Chelsea Cinemas (260 West 23rd Street, just off 8th Avenue).  Audience members are instructed to go to the theater, where they will then be directed to the show where the cast and crew will be in attendance. There will also be a Halloween-themed reception taking place following the movie.

JACK ATTACK was produced by Joe Zaso (best known for Timo Rose's BARRICADE) and Lucia Bellini and stars Helen Rogers (V/H/S) as a young woman who gets far more than she bargained for when she babysits a boy named Jack (Tyler Rossell) and his little dog on Halloween night.

JACK ATTACK is the ultimate trick disguised as a treat. A gut-wrenching spin on Halloween and baby-sitting - you'll never look at pumpkin seeds the same way again…

STUDIOCANAL LAUNCHES WORLDWIDE APPEAL TO RETRIEVE ORIGINAL MISSING FILM MATERIALS FOR HORROR CLASSIC THE WICKER MAN:

40th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION TO RESURRECT AND RESTORE FOR UK CINEMA AUDIENCES

LONDON, UK, 30th April 2013 - STUDIOCANAL, with the endorsement of director Robin Hardy, today launched a world-wide public appeal to locate original film materials relating to legendary horror classic THE WICKER MAN, originally released in 1973, in celebration of the cult film's 40th anniversary.

2013 marks the 40th anniversary of the THE WICKER MAN'S original release. In celebration of this and continuing its project to conserve, restore and release for future generations the best of Classic British cinema, STUDIOCANAL today announces its intention to release the most complete version of the film possible. The now widely lauded film was released with minimal promotion in 1973 as second feature of a double bill with DON'T LOOK NOW. The version exhibited to audiences was significantly shorter than director Robin Hardy's original vision. In what has now become an apocryphal episode in British film history, the negatives disappeared from storage at Shepperton Studios, were then allegedly used as landfill in the construction of the nearby M4 motorway, and are considered lost forever.

STUDIOCANAL are now appealing worldwide to film collectors, historians, programmers and all-round fans to support the campaign and come forward with any information relating to the potential whereabouts of original materials.

Director Robin Hardy comments: "I never thought that, after forty years, they would still be finding lost fragments of my film! We thought all of THE WICKER MAN had gone up in flames, but fragments keep turning up and the hunt goes on!"

STUDIOCANAL General Manager UK Home Entertainment John Rodden adds: "The Wicker Man is not only a great horror film, it is a true classic that grows in stature as the years pass. We're now appealing to the public to help us create the most definitive version possible. ''

A special facebook page has been created to serve as a forum for the search to continue. For further updates and to join the conversation with any news please visit https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Wicker-Man/

THE WICKER MAN: A SHORT HISTORY

In 1973, Robin Hardy's debut film THE WICKER MAN fell victim to a boardroom takeover at distribution company British Lion, and had its release temporarily shelved. A finished version of the film that director Hardy was happy with had been delivered with a running time of 102 minutes.

When it did finally reach UK cinemas that year, with little fanfare or promotion, and as part of a Double Bill with DON'T LOOK NOW, 15 minutes had been cut, leaving the film's running time a trim 88 minutes. Director Robin Hardy and the other filmmakers had not been involved and did not approve of this new version.

A few years later when Hardy tried to track down his original version, he was told that all the negative trims from it that had been stored at Shepperton Studios had been thrown away, and the only ''original negative'' was now the 88-minute version. He finally managed to ascertain that Cult US Director Roger Corman still had a print of the full-length version, and this was used for the US theatrical release. Corman's print has been missing since the 1980's and only poor quality 1'' video material is known to exist of this version.

While going through boxes last year in a studio vault in California, both Cinema Epoch President Greg Hatanaka and Cinema Epoch Producer and Director of Acquisition's Douglas Dunning (he's also a cult actor and voice over artist) discovered the original 35mm camera negative to the late Mr. Shervan's film which has now been newly restored in high definition. 

SAMURAI COP will also be screened at midnight on May 31, 2013 at the Landmark's Nuart Theatre in the Westwood section of Los Angeles.  Tentatively scheduled to appear in person at the screening on the 31st are actor and stuntman Gerald Okamura, actors Jimmy Williams and Mark Frazer, film composer Alan DerMarderosian, cinematographer Peter Palian, and Ben Shervan (the late director's son).  There will also be a limited number of pre-signed DVDs autographed by actor Robert Z'Dar for purchase at this screening only. 

SAMURAI COP's Facebook page can be found here.

Upcoming screenings will also be taking place at:

May 10 & 11 at 12:30m - Egyptian Theatre, Seattle, WA

May 31 & June 1 at Midnight - Uptown Theatre, Minneapolis, MN

June 7 at Midnight - River Oaks Theatre, Houston, TX

June 7 at Midnight - E Street Cinema, Washington, DC

June 7 at Midnight - Ritz at the Bourse, Philadelphia, PA

June 14 & 15 at Midnight - Inwood Theatre, Dallas, TX

June 28 & 29 at Midnight - Sunshine Cinemas, New York, NY

June 28 & 29 at Midnight - Esquire Theatre, Denver, CO

The Housecore Horror Film Festival will be the function that Goblin is performing at and is scheduled to include some of the former members of Goblin, including frontman Claudio Simonetti. 

Goblin was originally scheduled to make their US debut at Cult Con 2000 in Tarrytown, NY thirteen years ago, however circumstances dictated otherwise.  Here is hoping that thirteen proves to be a lucky number this time around...

Taking place during October 25 - 27, 2013 at Emo's in Austin, TX, the Housecore Horror Film Festival will  also be screening 35mm prints of  THE EVIL DEAD, THE BEYOND, ZOMBIE and MANIAC, NEKROMANTIK 1 & 2 (with Jorg Buttgereit in-person) and THE MANSON FAMILY (with Jim Vanbebber in-person).  There will also be a look at Coffin Joe with with AT MIDNIGHT I'LL TAKE YOUR SOUL and THIS NIGHT I'LL POSSESS YOUR CORPSE.  Other bands playing include Anselmo's Down, Eyehategod, Warbeast and more.

For more on the festival, click here for its official site.