Blumhouse Announces Virtual Event BlumFest, Featuring a Panel on 'Halloween Kills', Exclusive Footage and Surprise Announcements!

Good news all. Halloween isn't cancelled. It never was...

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...The pandemic has most of us staying home this Halloween, but that doesn't mean we can't still have a great Halloween weekend, and Blumhouse is one of those studios making sure of that. That's because Blumhouse has announced that this weekend, they will be hosting BlumFest 2020, a virtual fan event featuring loads of horror royalty!

Beginning on October 29th at 10am PT on the Blumhouse Youtube Channel and Facebook Page, Blumhouse will host a celebration composed of virtual panels, sneak previews, updates and news announcements from your favorite genre movies and TV shows, which will help get you through these scary days.  

Said Blumhouse CEO and founder, Jason Blum, “This year has sidelined a lot for all of us, but Halloween is a treasured season at Blumhouse, so we conceived BlumFest to celebrate with our fans via a virtual event that will feature exclusive interviews and never-before-seen footage on an upcoming release or two."

The event will be hosted and moderated by Jacqueline Coley, editor at Rotten Tomatoes. Check out the full schedule below, and prepare yourselves for a weekend of virtual terror to be remembered. 

• Welcome to the Blumhouse - Join Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios and Jason Blum for a lively conversation about the successful collaboration between Amazon and Blumhouse on the recently launched films, The Lie, Nocturne, Evil Eye and Black Box. Mamoudou Athie from the film Black Box will join the conversation, along with surprise guests for an announcement or two.  The four films are available to stream on Amazon Prime Video now. #WelcomeToTheBlumhouse #BlumFest2020

• The Craft: Legacy - Writer / director Zoe Lister Jones and her film’s coven, stars Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, and Zoey Luna have a bewitching chat about continuing the original film cult hit and reveal secrets from the set. The film is set for an Wednesday, October 28 (midnight EST) release on PVOD and EST in North America, with a planned theatrical release in select international countries. #TheCraft #BlumFest2020

• Freaky - Writer / director Chris Landon; stars Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton; and producer Jason Blum talk about the highly anticipated body swapping horror comedy that will arrive in theaters on Friday, November 13 in the US and in select international markets.  #FreakyMovie #BlumFest2020

• Halloween Kills - Writer / director David Gordon Green; actress and icon Jamie Lee Curtis; franchise producer Malek Akkad from Trancas Films; producer Bill Block from Miramax; and producer Jason Blum convene to talk about the upcoming film’s October 2021 release.  #HalloweenKills #BlumFest2020

• The Good Lord Bird - Executive producer, writer and star, Ethan Hawke, of the critically acclaimed series, and series executive producer Jason Blum discuss their most recent collaboration, which is currently airing on Showtime. #TheGoodLordBird #BlumFest2020

• And watch for surprise guests who will share exclusive news about unannounced Blumhouse projects coming soon. 

By Matt Konopka