LA-area fans: Trapped Ashes premieres this week!

If you're in the Los Angeles area, you might be interested to know that the horror anthology film, Trapped Ashes, will premiere this Thursday, August 2 at 8:00 PM at the Egyptian Theater, as part of the 7th Festival of Fantasy, Horror & Science-Fiction. It will then be screened for the next six nights at 7:30pm.

Here's what the director of Tahmoh's segment, "Stanley's Girlfriend," had to say about it to the LA Times:

"'Stanley's Girlfriend,' " offers Hellman, is "the kind of horror movie that I like the best. It's really the least horror of any of the stories. It's there, but very subtle. It's hair on the back of your neck rising. When I do horror, I treat it as reality. The supernatural elements the audience can take or leave. I find a realistic way to look at it."

Here's the official movie description:

TRAPPED ASHES, 2006, Lions Gate, 105 min. Seven strangers are trapped inside an infamous "House of Horrors" during a Hollywood movie studio tour and forced to tell their most terrifying personal stories in order to get out alive.

A discusion will follow the August 2nd premiere with writer/producer Dennis Bartok, directors Monte Hellman, Sean Cunningham, actors John Saxon, Scott Lowell, Rachel Veltri, producers Yuko Yoshikawa and Yoshifumi Hosoya, and production designer Robb Wilson King.

Here's the full screening schedule:

TRAPPED ASHES

Thursday, August 2 - 8:00 PM - LA Premiere!
Friday, August 3 – 7:30 PM
Saturday, August 4 – 7:30 PM
Sunday, August 5 – 7:30 PM
Monday, August 6 – 7:30 PM
Tuesday, August 7 – 7:30 PM
Wednesday, August 8 – 7:30 PM

If anyone goes, please let me know!