Screen Media Ventures owner of Popcornflix has launched FrightPix the company’s second free ad-supported digital channel. FrightPix launches with more than 100 feature-length horror films and will be adding 30 additional films each month. Like Popcornflix FrightPix is ad supported and free to the viewer. The new channel boasts a wide range of horror genres including the Creature Feature Slasher Splatter Zombie Supernatural Creepy Cult Demon and Gothic categories. The company also announced the launch of a new horror label. “We’re very excited to launch our second digital movie platform ” said Gary Delfiner president of Screen Media Digital. “The horror genre is a great niche with many devoted fans and we expect the channel to be extremely popular.” To assist with content Screen Media Films another division of Screen Media Ventures has created its own horror label: Screen Media Darkside. The label will focus on the development production and acquisition of new genre films. The label was first announced at the Toronto Film Festival in September. Since then it has completed a number of genre acquisitions featuring quality innovative content such as the home-invasion slasher film Home Sweet Home and the high-school-set creepy thriller The Expelled. Screen Media Ventures www.screenmedia.net Float Left Interactive http://www.floatleftinteractive.com
