Episode 25 Part 2: Vestron Video Reborn!

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Performing Arts, Arts, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.8 • 936 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2016

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In Part 2 of episode 25, join your hosts Rob Galluzzo, Ryan Turek, Elric Kane and Rebekah McKendry as they welcome on special guests Chela Johnson and Garo Setian from Lionsgate! Chela is the Vice President of marketing in Home Entertainment and the one that helped make this Vestron line a reality! And Garo is an in-house editor for Lionsgate and has been the man behind hundreds of trailers, TV spots and promotional videos, including the new trailers for the Vestron Blu-Ray releases. We delve into their history with horror and Lionsgate. Discuss the first 6 titles in the Vestron Blu-Ray library, which consist of CHOPPING MALL, BLOOD DINER, WAXWORK 1 and 2, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3 and CHUD II: BUD THE CHUD. Not only do we learn about how this line came to be, but we make suggestions for titles we'd personally like to see. Then we talk about the importance of horror movie trailers! This includes the most successful ones, our favorite teasers and much, much more. Kick back, relax and enjoy!

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0:00.0	The Oh, Okay and welcome to episode 25, part two. This is the interview portion of our show,
0:38.4	and we're very excited. I'm your host, Rob Gee, and I'm sitting here with Mr. Elricane, Rebecca McHenry, and Ryan Turk.
0:44.5	The whole gang's here.
0:46.0	Whole gang is here, we promise.
0:47.2	For a momentous occasion.
0:49.0	It feels like we never left.
0:51.2	And we've got two very special guests with us today.
0:55.0	For you guys, you know, when we tend to have people involved in some of these DVD companies on the show like Scream Factory and we had Severn on earlier this year.
1:06.4	Those episodes tend to be some of our most popular.
1:10.0	You know, as a fan myself, it's because I know I like to buy this stuff.
1:13.5	I like to hear how this all works in terms of acquiring the rights and what it takes to put a movie out.
1:19.3	You know, it's one thing to like see something on a VHS shelf and be like I wish they would just put out that movie but to actually physically get there is always fascinating and now there's a whole new line coming through Lionsgate of the Vestron video titles. So joining us from Lionsgate is our friend
1:36.8	Chila Johnson. Hello. Hi. And what is your title again? You were the head of video.
1:42.2	Vice Vice Vice President of What is your title again? You are the head of video.
1:43.0	Vice President of Marketing in Home Entertainment.
1:46.6	Thank you.
1:47.6	I should have asked that before we started.
1:49.4	And you've been there, how long?
1:52.0	Most of my adult life.
1:54.4	And I only ask that because I met you at a random convention like in somewhere in like
2:00.5	Alhambra that Bill Mosley was at and Andrew Devoff and
2:04.4	you and I just hit it off we were like oh yeah you were for Lionsgate I
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