Catacombs to premiere on Fearnet

FROM VARIETY: Horror film is VOD channel's first purchase

By John Dempsey of Variety -- Video Business, 9/12/2007

SEPT. 12 | FROM VARIETY: Horror pic Catacombs will get its U.S. premiere on Fearnet, the video-on-demand movie service jointly owned by Comcast, Sony Pictures TV and Lionsgate.

Catacombs is the first original movie bought by Fearnet since it launched 10 months ago. The ad-supported Fearnet's lineup consists of Sony and Lionsgate action pics, highlighted this month by Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Krull, Starman, Nightwing and three Godzilla movies.

Read the full story on Variety.com.

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