"HATCHET II" BRIGADE OF HORROR ICONS SLICE THEIR WAY INTO THEATRES OCTOBER 1st

ADAM GREEN, KANE HODDER, DANIELLE HARRIS, TONY TODD AND R.A. MIHAILOFF TO APPEAR AT SHOWINGS NATIONWIDE ON OPENING WEEKEND IN SUPPORT OF THE WIDEST RELEASE OF AN UNCUT AND UNCENSORED GENRE FILM IN MORE THAN 25 YEARS


Orland Park (IL) (September 24, 2010) - Dark Sky Films, a division ofMPI Media Group, announced today that in anticipation of the upcoming October 1st release of HATCHET II, the film's cast and director will be making special appearances at midnight and opening weekend showings across the country.

Moviegoers in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Tampa and Orlando will be treated to appearances by director Adam Green and the cast of HATCHET II - including horror icons Danielle Harris (HALLOWEEN), Kane Hodder (FRIDAY THE 13tH), Tony Todd (CANDYMAN), R.A. Mihailoff (TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE). Fans will get a chance to get a meet and greet the cast and participate in a Q&A following the film.

For a complete list of cities where the film is opening and locations where talent is appearing please see below.

Adam Green's HATCHET II will be distributed in theaters across the country under the AMC independent program, beginning midnight Oct 1. Cities where the film will be released include New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, Atlanta, Chicago, New Orleans, Boston, Baltimore, Detroit, St. Louis, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Houston, Dallas, Seattle, Washington DC, Milwaukee, Tucson, Montreal, and Toronto.

A ferociously fun tribute to the old-school horror sensation slasher movies of the 80's, HATCHET II is the follow-up to the popular original film, which was released theatrically in 2007 and became a sleeper-hit, gaining a wide following on DVD. Just as the 80's had their signature murderous maniacs-HALLOWEEN's Michael Myers of Haddonfield and FRIDAY THE 13th's Jason Voorhees of Camp Crystal Lake- the original HATCHET marked the arrival of the latest and most lethal of the genre's stalking murderers: Victor Crowley, a crazed backwoods killer stalking the bayous of New Orleans.

HATCHET II picks up right where the 2007 original film ends, as Marybeth (Danielle Harris fromHALLOWEEN) escapes from the clutches of the deformed, swamp-dwelling killer Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder from FRIDAY THE 13th). Marybeth returns to the Louisiana swamps along with an army of hunters to recover the bodies of her family and exact her revenge against Victor Crowley.

APPEARANCE LOCATIONS

KANE HODDER
TAMPA -- 10/1 for midnight showings at 12:01am
AMC Veterans Expressway 24 (9302 Anderson Rd)

ORLANDO - 10/1 for prime evening showing
AMC Pleasure Island 24 (1500 E Buena Vista Dr Lake Buena Vista, FL)
Q&A to follow film

TONY TODD
CHICAGO - 10/1 for midnight showing at 12:01am
AMC Crestwood 18 (13221 Rivercrest Dr, Crestwood, IL)
Q&A to follow film

ADAM GREEN
LOS ANGELES - 10/1 for midnight showing at 12:01am
AMC Universal CityWalk 19 (100 Universal City Plaza)
Q&A to follow film

RA MIHAILOFF
DETROIT - 10/1 for midnight showing at 12:01am
AMC Livonia 20 (19500 Haggerty Rd Livonia, MI)
Q&A to follow film

DANIELLE HARRIS
NEW YORK CITY - 10/1 for midnight showing at 12:01am
AMC Empire 25 (234 W 42nd St)

NEW YORK CITY - 10/1 for prime evening screening
AMC Empire 25 (234 W 42nd St)
Q&A to follow film

"HATCHET II" THEATRICAL PLAYDATES


ALABAMA
Eastern Shore Premiere Cinema (30500 State Highway 181 Spanish Fort, AL)
Tannehill Premiere Cinema (4801 Promenade Parkway, Bessemer, AL)
Gadsden Premiere Cinema 16 (1001 Rainbow Drive Suite 2 Gadsden, AL)

ARIZONA
TUSCON:
· AMC Foothills 15(7401 N La Cholla Blvd)

CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES:
· AMC Universal CityWalk 19 (100 Universal City Plaza)
· AMC 30 at The Block (20 City Blvd Orange, CA)
· AMC Ontario Mills 30 (4549 Mills Circle Ontario, CA)
· AMC Burbank Town Center 8 (201 E Magnolia Blvd, Burbank)
· AMC Norwalk 20 (12300 Civic Center Dr, Norwalk)
· AMC Covina 30 (1414 N Azusa Ave Covina, CA)
· MANN Chinese 6 (6801 Hollywood Blvd)

SAN FRANCISCO:
· AMC Bay Street 16 (5614 Shellmound Street, Emeryville)

SAN DIEGO:
· AMC Palm Promenade 24 (770 Dennery Rd)

CONNECTICUT
· AMC Plainville 20 (220 New Britain Ave, Plainville, CT)

FLORIDA
MIAMI / FT LAUDERDALE:
· AMC Mall of America (19501 Biscayne Blvd)
· AMC Sunset Place 24 (5701 Sunset Dr South Miami, FL)
JACKSONVILLE:
· AMC Regency 24 (9451 Regency Square Blvd.)
· AMC Orange Park 24 (1910 Wells Rd Orange Park, FL)
ORLANDO:
· AMC Pleasure Island 24 (1500 E Buena Vista Dr Lake Buena Vista, FL)
· AMC Universal Cineplex 20(6000 Universal BlvdOrlando, FL)
TALLAHASSEE:
· AMC Tallahassee Mall 20 (2415 N Monroe St)
TAMPA:
· AMC Veterans Expressway 24 (9302 Anderson Rd)
· AMC Regency Square 20 (2496 W Brandon Blvd Brandon, FL)

GEORGIA
ATLANTA:
· AMC Barrett Commons 24 (2600 Cobb Place Ln NW Kennesaw, GA)
· AMC Southlake Pavilion 24(7065 Mount Zion CirMorrow, GA)


ILLINOIS
CHICAGO:
· AMC Crestwood 18 (13221 Rivercrest Dr, Crestwood, IL)
· AMC Pipers Alley 4 (1608 N Wells St)

LOUISIANA
NEW ORLEANS:
· AMC Elmwood Palace 20 (1200 Elmwood Park Blvd)
· AMC Westbank Palace 16 (1151 Manhattan Blvd Harvey, LA)


MASSACHUSETTES
BOSTON:
· AMC Boston Common 19 (175 Tremont St)
· AMC Liberty Tree Mall 20 (100 Independence Way, Danvers)
· AMC Methuen 20 (90 Pleasant Valley St, Methuen

MARYLAND
BALTIMORE:
· AMC Owings Mills 17 (10100 Mill Run Cir Owings Mills, MD)

MICHIGAN
DETROIT:
· AMC Livonia 20 (19500 Haggerty Rd Livonia, MI)
· AMC Southfield 20 (25333 W 12 Mile RdSouthfield, MI)
· AMC Great Lakes 24 (4300 Baldwin RdAuburn Hills, MI)

MISSOURI
ST. LOUIS:
· AMC West Olive 16 (12657 Olive St Creve Coeur, MO)

NEW YORK / NEW JERSEY
NEW YORK CITY:
· AMC Empire 25 (234 W 42nd St)
· AMC 34th Street 14 (312 W. 34th St.)
· AMC MJ Harlem 9 (2309 Frederick Douglas Blvd)
· AMC 84th Street 6 (2310 Broadway)
· AMC Village 7 (66 Third Ave)
NEW JERSEY:
· AMC New Brunswick 18 (17 Route 1 New Brunswick)
· AMC Jersey Gardens 20 (Jersey Gardens Mall Jersey City, NJ)
NEW YORK STATE:
· AMC Palisades Center 21 (4403 Palisades Center Drive West Nyack)


NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE:
· AMC Carolina Pavilion 22(9541 South Blvd)
· AMC Concord Mills 24 (8421 Concord Mills BlvdConcord, NC)

OHIO
CINCINNATTI:
· AMC Newport on the Levee 20 (1 Levee WayNewport, KY)

COLUMBUS:
· AMC Easton Town Center 20 (160 Easton Town Center)
· AMC Lennox Town Center 24 (777 Kinnear Rd.)

PENNSYLVANIA
PITTSBURGH:
· AMC Waterfront 22 (300 Waterfront Dr W Homestead, PA)

PHILADELPHIA:
· AMC Cherry Hill 24 (2121 Route 38 Cherry Hill, NJ)
· AMC Hamilton 24 (325 Sloan Ave Hamilton, NJ)

TEXAS
HOUSTON:
· AMC Studio 30 (2949 Dunvale Rd)
· AMC Gulf Pointe 30 (11801 S Sam Houston Pkwy E)
DALLAS:
· AMC The Grand 24 (10110 Technology Blvd E)
· AMC Mesquite 30 (19919 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy, Mesquite)

VIRGINIA
HAMPTON, VA
· AMC Hampton 24 (Town Center Way)

WASHINGTON
SEATTLE:
· AMC Alderwood 16 (18733 33rd Ave West, Lynnwood)
· AMC Uptown 3 (511 Queen Anne Ave N)

WASHINGTON DC
· AMC Hoffman Center 22 (206 Swamp Fox Rd Alexandria, VA)
· AMC Potomac Mills 18(2700 Potomac Mills CirWoodbridge, VA)

WISCONSIN
MILWAUKEE:
· AMC Mayfair Mall 18 (2500 N Mayfair Rd Wauwatosa, WI)


CANADA
TORONTO:
· AMC Yonge & Dundas 24 (10 Dundas Street East)
MONTREAL:
· AMC Montreal: Forum 22 (2313 Ste-Catherine Ouest)



ABOUT DARK SKY FILMS
Dark Sky Films is dedicated to the discovery, preservation and production of classic and contemporary horror, sci-fi and cult films from around the world. Based in Chicago, Dark Sky Films is a wholly owned subsidiary of The MPI Media Group - one of the largest independent entertainment companies producing and distributing a compelling slate of the world's most respected cinema, documentaries, performances and television programs.


ABOUT MPI MEDIA GROUP
The MPI Media Group is a leading distributor, licensor, and producer of films, home entertainment, historical footage and more. Founded in 1976, Chicago-based MPI Media Group remains one of the largest independent entertainment companies offering a compelling slate of the world's most respected cinema, documentaries, performances and television series. MPI's wholly owned subsidiaries include MPI Home Video, Dark Sky Films, and the WPA Film Library programs. In North America, product is released via the company's subsidiary labels; MPI Home Video and Dark Sky Films. www.mpimediagroup.com.

ABOUT AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., AMC Entertainment Inc. is a leading theatrical exhibition and entertainment company. With a history of industry leadership and innovation dating back to 1920, the company today serves hundreds of millions of guests annually through interests in 380 theatres with 5,325 screens in five countries. www.amctheatres.com.