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SCARE CAMPAIGN Wins Four Awards At MonsterFest World Premiere.

ScareCampaign_1SheetSCARE CAMPAIGN Scoops Four Awards at MonsterFest 2015 Including ‘Best Film’ & ‘Best Direction’ as Official Poster is Released

November 30th, 2015 – SCARE CAMPAIGN, the upcoming horror feature film from writers and directors Colin & Cameron Cairnes (100 Bloody Acres) and producer Julie Ryan (Red Dog), picked up four awards after its Premiere at Aussie horror festival Monster Fest this weekend.

SCARE CAMPAIGN, which charts the increasingly extreme attempts of a horror-themed TV “prank” show to stay one step ahead of its nihilistic online rivals and stars Olivia DeJonge (The Visit) and Meegan Warner (“Turn”), picked up awards for ‘BEST FILM’, ‘BEST SOUND IN A FEATURE’, ‘BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY’ and ‘BEST DIRECTION’.

“Having a hometown World Premiere is very special, but it’s particularly satisfying when the film plays to a room full of people as passionate and discerning as the Monster Fest audience” commented writer/director Colin Cairnes. “The gasps, sighs and laughs all seemed to come in the right places and it was a powerful reminder of why we got into this filmmaking caper in the first place – to thrill an audience!” he continued.

SCARE CAMPAIGN producer Julie Ryan echoed Cairnes’ sentiments, “it’s particularly satisfying to have confirmation that our target audience loves the film” she said. “We’re thrilled to have received these awards especially as it’s our first public screening and we look forward to premiering the film internationally and showing it to more horror film fans around Australia in 2016.”

The release of the official SCARE CAMPAIGN poster comes hot off the heels of last week’s brutal 15 second teaser trailer which fueled anticipation for the film’s 2016 release amongst discerning horror fans online. In what has been quite the start for the Aussie horror, perhaps Colin Cairnes sums it up best “You couldn’t ask for a better start to the film’s festival life – a sold out screening, and now four awards. We can’t wait to share the film with a wider audience both here and abroad.”

SCARE CAMPAIGN stars Meegan Warner (“Turn,” The Veil), Olivia DeJonge (Hiding, The Visit) Ian Meadows (The Moodys, The Pacific) and Josh Quong Tart (Underbelly) as well as Sigrid Thornton (Sea Change), Cassandra McGrath (Wolf Creek), and John Brumpton (The Loved Ones).

SCARE CAMPAIGN will be released in 2016.

SYNOPSIS: Popular TV prank show, Scare Campaign, has been entertaining audiences for the last five years with its mix of old school scares and hidden camera fun. But as we enter a new age of online TV, the producers find themselves up against a hard-edged web series which makes their show look decidedly quaint. It’s time to up the ante, but will the team go too far this time, and are they about to prank the wrong guy?

SALES AND DISTRIBUTION: The film was financed by Screen Australia, Film Victoria and Soundfirm in association with Cyan Films, Major International Pictures and South Australian Film Corp. Australian distribution for SCARE CAMPAIGN will be handled by Bonsai Films and Madman Entertainment, with international sales by Films Distribution.

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Michael DeFellipo

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