20/Oct/2006
London
The world's first made-for-mobile horror series, When Evil Calls, will launch at Halloween with a killer cast including Jennifer Lim, Dominique Pinon and Chris Barrie.
In a move that puts the cutting into cutting edge technology, digital channel Zone Horror and its sister company Zone Mobile, have joined forces with Pure Grass Films to create the 20-episode series. The series will launch in association with O2 on October 23.
Viewers who prefer a more traditional TV watching experience will be able to tune into Zone Horror next week, when a behind the scenes documentary will be broadcast.
When Evil Calls centres around the mysterious appearance of a text message that grants the students at Willburn Hall their wildest desires. A-cup Alice wants bigger breasts, until her cup runneth over in an explosive mathematics class. Hilary would give her right arm to lose weight and the blades of a kitchen waste disposal unit oblige. One by one, Willburn's students learn a lethal lesson: be careful what you wish for. When Evil Calls is written and directed by rising British horror star Johannes Roberts
(Forest of the Damned, Darkhunters), and each two minute episode has been shot expressly for mobile devices.
Roberts says: When Evil Calls has forged new ground in my film-making career. Shooting two minute episodes meant really focusing the writing and intensifying the story. The result is a fast-paced, hilarious and scary romp that I hope will be enjoyed on
cell phones throughout the world.
When Evil Calls brings together an impressive international cast, including Jennifer Lim (Hostel, Rogue Trader), Dominique Pinon (Amelie, Delicatessen, Alien: Resurrection), Chris Barrie (Red Dwarf, The Brittas Empire, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider), Rick Warden (Band of Brothers, Rome), Oscar Pearce (Puffball, Resident Evil), Sean Brosnan (Robinson Crusoe), Lois Winstone (Last Orders), Victoria Aitken and model Vikki Blows.
The series will be available for download for O2 customers via O2 Active from October 23. Customers can access the content from within the Film section of the O2 Active portal or alternatively they can text the word WISH to 61616 where they will receive a
WAP push with a WAP URL which will link them straight into the content. It will also be available on general release through the Zone Horror WAP site and all major UK mobile operators.
Tanya Gugenheim of Zone Horror says: "We're breaking new ground. Mobile television is set to change they way we tune in to our entertainment. Together with our partners Pure Grass Films and O2, Zone Horror is proud to present a small screen series with big screen production values."
Russ Shaw, Capability and Innovation Director, O2 UK says: "We are very pleased to be delivering such a high value video production to our customers across the entire video enabled device range through O2 Active. When Evil Calls is a great piece of light entertainment that our subscribers will have a lot of fun with during the Halloween season and beyond."
Producers Zone Horror and Pure Grass Films advise viewer discretion as the series contains scenes of a violent and sexual nature, horror, nudity and intimidation. O2 will only make the series available after the 9pm watershed to safeguard the younger
audience.
www.whenevilcalls.tv
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