The first panel to kick off the 2009 FANGORIA WEEKEND OF HORRORS was a special preview of WALKING DISTANCE, which took place Friday, April 17th. On hand were stars Adrienne King, Reggie Bannister, Denton Blane Everett, (former FANGO"Spooks Model") Shannon Lark, producer/star James Lamarr and writer/director Mel House.

The group had prepped a nice behind the scenes featurette to debut exclusively for the FANGO crowd, but technical difficulties wouldn't allow the disc to play! The trailer wouldn't play either, but thankfully, fans & attendee's were able to visit the WALKING DISTANCE table in the vendor's room all weekend and see both previews at the table.

House began by telling us the origins of this project, his 4th film and I confessed that even though I've seen 2 trailers and a behind the scenes featurette, I'm still not completely sure what this movie is about, which he took as a major compliment. (See 2 of those trailers HERE and HERE!)

Casting was pivotal, so we talked about getting genre faves such as Reggie Bannister (PHANTASM) and Adrienne King (FRIDAY THE 13TH), whose role in WALKING DISTANCE marks her first on screen appearance since FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2! In fact, her role Louis Strack was originally written for a male lead, but converted to suit the actress once she came on board. Bannister was cryptic about his character Joseph Webber but said he's a "sick bastard", which was a nice change of pace for the actor.

What sets apart WALKING DISTANCE is some of the wild FX and visuals evident from the trailers and behind the scenes, courtesy of FX artist Marcus Koch, who's work Adrienne compared to seeing Tom Savini work on the original FRIDAY THE 13TH.

Also interesting to note, King confessed she has yet to see the recent Platinum Dunes remake of FRIDAY THE 13TH, but she had met new Jason Voorhees Derek Mears for the first time the night prior to the convention and had nothing but nice things to say about the new actor portraying her former killer.

No release date is set yet, but look for potential festival screenings of WALKING DISTANCE later this year. And of course, we'll keep you posted when we hear something. Panel pictures below! 



























(Photos by Shannon Robles)