Con-of-the-Dead guests will experience an interactive event complete with playable demo stations featuring Resident Evil 6, a VIP suite decked out by Dark Sky Films, music spun by LAs DJ Amanda Jones, go-go ghoul dancers, customized refreshments and zombie-fied photo booth.
FANGORIA Entertainment, Screamfest Horror Film Festival and horror-centric websites, DreadCentral.com and Shocktillyoudrop.com will co-sponsor the event, with other partnerships soon to be announced.
FEARnet will team up with the 6th Annual Zombie Walk: San Diego, where 300 participating zombies will win admittance to FEARnets Con-of-the-Dead party taking place that same evening. The lucky undead winners will be able to enter the event after completing the walk in San Diegos historic Gaslamp District.
Peter Block, President and General Manager of FEARnet, is enthusiastic about the networks inclusion in the Comic-Con festivities. Our main goal at Comic-Con is to build an event that would allow fans to engage with our network firsthand, Block said. We are excited for the chance to showcase our network to invited members of the media and entertainment industry, as well as selected participants from San Diegos famous Zombie Walk.
The emerging network, now in more than seven million U.S. homes, is expanding into San Diego on June 30, as part of Cox Communications continued FEARnet rollout. FEARnet will be viewed on Coxs Movie Pak at channel position 311 prior to the start of the international convention.
Cox Communications is an important provider for our rapidly growing popular network, said Block. Were thrilled to be distributed on the third-largest cable company in the U.S. as part of Coxs Movie Pak and exclusively deliver genre-themed content in time for Comic-Con. Residents there have a deep appreciation for the genre and were thrilled to be able to bring them over 300 movie titles a year from our robust film library.
In addition, cast members of FEARnets first original TV series, Holliston, featuring Adam Green, Joe Lynch, Corri English, Laura Ortiz and GWAR front man Oderus Urungus will also be on hand, taking part in a panel presentation hosted by a surprise celebrity moderator on Thursday, July 12th from 8:30pm to 9:30pm.
