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Is The Horror Channel REALLY coming next month?

post #1 of 46
9/8/04 at 4:30pm
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I'm not trying to flamebait or anything, but as the deadline of October 31st looms ahead, we've heard absolutely nothing in terms of scheduling, programming, and most importantly, who will be carrying it. Sure we've been given Dread Central, which is relly cool, but with so little news on the actual channel coming out, I'm beginning to wonder if my initial feelings of "too good to be true" when I first heard about The Horror Channel were on the money.

I switched over to Dish Network knowing how rarely the local cable company picks up new channels, but I'm beginning to wonder if I switched in order to get the TV equivalent of vaporware. As I said, I'm not trying to flamebait, and I would like nothing more in the world to have what is being promised, but unless we hear solid information soon, like what is actually going to be on The Horror Channel when it supposedly launches next month (which I assume a new network would have finalized with less than 60 days before launch), my feelings that we all may have been hoodwinked are going to grow.
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post #2 of 46
9/8/04 at 5:18pm
We absolutely are launching in October.

Within the next few weeks we will be making some HUGE announcements.

Have faith horror heads, we're right on target!
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post #3 of 46
9/8/04 at 8:16pm
I know most of 'em, and I can attest they are HUGE.
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post #4 of 46
9/9/04 at 1:15pm
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Originally Posted by Johnny Butane
I know most of 'em, and I can attest they are HUGE.
Ginormous?
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post #5 of 46
9/9/04 at 1:33pm
Wasn't it Oct. 1st at one point? Either way, my Direct TV people know of nothing.
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post #6 of 46
9/9/04 at 11:49pm
Just say Comcast sos I can sleep. Please.
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post #7 of 46
9/12/04 at 4:38pm
Right around the corner, within the next few weeks, whatever. It should be on the air within the next few weeks, then we will all know. Let the count down begin and we can see what comes first. This big announcement or Oct. 31st.

49 DAYS UNTIL THC!
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post #8 of 46
9/13/04 at 1:40pm
I was told by someone that works at Comcast that they are getting THC. He even said that they are moving Cimamax znd putting THC where it is now, channel 15.

48 DAYS UNTIL THC!
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post #9 of 46
9/13/04 at 4:00pm
I'm almost sure my cable won't be picking up THC but I'm still pumped.
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post #10 of 46
9/13/04 at 4:23pm
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Well, since it seems THC will be a reality, I now await the announcement that DirecTV has picked it up, but not Dish Network....I guess you might call me a "glass is half empty" kinda guy.
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post #11 of 46
9/14/04 at 5:26pm
47 Days!
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post #12 of 46
10/3/04 at 11:11pm
Well it is oct. 3 and i havent heard any new announcments about the channel. I am sure they have some kind of lineup by know that they can post.. What will they show on halloween? Who is carrying it as of right now? I am extremely excited about this channel but also nervous because i have not heard anything new for awhile.
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post #13 of 46
10/4/04 at 3:53pm
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Yeah, seeing as it is less than 30 days till launch, now might be a good time to make some of those announcements. I'm becoming a doubting Thomas again.
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post #14 of 46
10/7/04 at 11:28am
So am I. First it was "in the months ahead" then it was "right around the corner" and last but no least was "in the next few weeks". I guess "in a few days" will be next. I really tired of all of the hype and tease. I getting to the point where I really don't care anymore. THC? Dread Central? Maybe this is just joke from a bunch of pot heads.

I know one thing, I'm done with the phone calls, and letter writting. I feel like we've all been used. If I get it. I get it. If I don't that's fine too.
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post #15 of 46
10/9/04 at 7:40am
Are there any other English folks on here who've seen the English Horror Channel? It's pants. Granted, it has shown a few decent/very old horror/genre features, but for the last x amount of months has just been repeats. Disgraceful.
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post #16 of 46
10/11/04 at 2:22pm
It strikes me as being odd that we are less than three weeks away from Halloween now, and not one new bit of info on the horror channel. No advertising....nothing. Usually when a new channel is going to be making a debut, that's all you hear about, sometimes months in advance. I'm starting to shake my head on this one. Could it be that there is no interest by any cable companies in carring this?
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post #17 of 46
10/11/04 at 4:58pm
If cable companies can be interested in a channel devoted to videogames surely they'd be all over a horror channel.
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post #18 of 46
10/12/04 at 12:38am
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Originally Posted by Floydian Trip
If cable companies can be interested in a channel devoted to videogames surely they'd be all over a horror channel.
We have a channel called Scream up here in Canada, its actually quite good but theyve had to scale back in terms of cost as they used to have hosts and some original programming whereas now its all just horror movies all day long with stuff like Millenium and Ray Bradbury thrown in. It's great to watch and it would really suck for you guys if you don't get your Horror Channel, maybe the launch has been postponed or something...
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post #19 of 46
10/22/04 at 7:24pm
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Originally Posted by Uncle Creepy
We absolutely are launching in October.

Within the next few weeks we will be making some HUGE announcements.

Have faith horror heads, we're right on target!
This statement was made 1 month and 2 weeks ago....And still nothing.

9 more days till Halloween....Halloween....Halloween.

9 more days till Halloween....Still....No....Horror Channel.

(That's my tribute to the song on Halloween 3)

My thoughts are this. We will not have this channel for Halloween 2004. Hell, we will be lucky to have it before 2004 ends at this rate. Nice fumble near the goalline guys.
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post #20 of 46
10/23/04 at 11:23pm
It's coming in October, though at this rate, I'm sure there won't be anything until Halloween from the looks of it. Not a fumble, just an all-encompassing need to make sure all Ts are crossed and Is are dotted before opening their mouths.
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post #21 of 46
10/24/04 at 1:04am
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Originally Posted by Johnny Butane
It's coming in October, though at this rate, I'm sure there won't be anything until Halloween from the looks of it. Not a fumble, just an all-encompassing need to make sure all Ts are crossed and Is are dotted before opening their mouths.
I really hope that you're right. I was just playing Devils Advocate there, hoping that my dumbass statement would only make the channel happen before Halloween.

Only 8 more days left though, hopefully they will have a statement on Monday or Tuesday.
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post #22 of 46
10/27/04 at 1:58am
Now they are saying that they hope to launch before Thanksgiving. Your guess is as good as mine as to if this will really happen or not.
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post #23 of 46
10/27/04 at 3:00am
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Originally Posted by Borgosi
Now they are saying that they hope to launch before Thanksgiving. Your guess is as good as mine as to if this will really happen or not.
If that's true, Halloween won't be as fun as I thought. I've been eagerly anticipating this channel since it was first announced and was hoping to have it for Halloween. Some friends of mine were planning to have some sort of party for the first day. Oh well, as long as we get at some point, I'll be happy. It will be really cool to come home from a bad day to know that I can just put The Horror Channel on and watch some movies. Well, as long as they don't play Sci-Fi Originals-type movies, that is.
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post #24 of 46
10/27/04 at 3:04am
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Originally Posted by Borgosi
Now they are saying that they hope to launch before Thanksgiving. Your guess is as good as mine as to if this will really happen or not.

FUCK!!! I knew it!! I checked through my channels and it went up till October 30th and nothing was showing up for a "Horror Channel".

Halloween is going to be controlled by my DVD player once again this year. I was hoping to have my TV on the Horror Channel and watch something new perhaps.

Oh well....Like I was really looking forward to seeing Horror movies and eating turkey. -_- Sure I'd have it on everyday once the channel is finally broadcast, but it needed to make its debut on Halloween, not Thanksgiving.

EDIT:

4 more days till Halloween....Halloween....Halloween

4 more days till Halloween....No....Horror....Channel
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post #25 of 46
10/27/04 at 10:35am
You guys think that you're dissapointed, believe me, your not alone. I've been working with these guys for several months now and I just found out as well. I'm sure that their reasons are sound, but it is still discouraging. I will say that the powers that be at the channel are really nice people and I like them alot and feel that this must have been a very hard decision for them. I will still support their effeorts and let's hope that it all comes together for the channel soon.
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post #26 of 46
10/27/04 at 6:29pm
I don't understand why there'd be any difficulty to get this thing going. There's a channel for videogames for christsake.
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post #27 of 46
10/27/04 at 6:30pm
You guys can have the UK Horror Channel if you want.

cause it really, really sucks...
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post #28 of 46
11/2/04 at 3:31pm
Esentially it came down to a matter of getting it in more homes if we waited a bit longer for the launch. Trust me, we weren't happy when we found out about it, but it's for the best. This way the channel will be in three times as many homes as if it were to launch on the 31st, and we have more control over it.

More is coming soon..
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post #29 of 46
11/2/04 at 11:53pm
I have heard they are claiming for it to air in november. Why are they giving people a deadline before knowing anything. wouldnt it be better, to just say they are trying to start the channel and not make promises until they have some facts. I am all for it, but I dont think constantly giving a date should happen unless they are positive... too many people love horror and are looking foreword to the day it is airing.
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post #30 of 46
11/3/04 at 4:06am
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Originally Posted by Charles B
You guys can have the UK Horror Channel if you want.

cause it really, really sucks...
Sweet mercy, yes. The perils of trying to build programming out of public domain material.
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post #31 of 46
11/3/04 at 9:09am
Great (and by that I mean scandalously -- in the best way -- tongue in cheek) article by Allan Bryce in Dark Side a few issues back about the guy who programs that abortion of a channel. I don't think he's 30 yet and he seems to think Jade Fox -- she of the alarming dolly bird blandness -- is a future horror icon. And of course he also resembles the kind of red faced, sweaty boy who would sell his own mother to wipe up a bit of Jade Fox's phlegm with his bottom lip. Seems to be a typical UK fan boy with bigger ego and passable copy skillz. Because having a suitably experienced program buyer who specialises in horror product would be too much like common sense.

And he resigned from the channel in June allegedly. http://www.jonathansothcott.co.uk I hear the channel's gone into receivership as well. Good fucking riddance. Sky Cinema is actually a far better horror channel.

And to think the vastly knowlegeable and literate Dan's the one stuck hacking out Hugh Grant bios. Sothcott seems a bit like the Paul Anderson of the UK journo scene.

/cocksuck
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post #32 of 46
11/3/04 at 9:26am
He's a sexy motherfucker.
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post #33 of 46
11/3/04 at 9:40am
He's the zombie Daniel Beddingfield:

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post #34 of 46
11/3/04 at 3:11pm
Now the question is: Will the Horror Channel be available in November 2004??

When I first heard of the channel being ready before Halloween 2004 I was excited. Now, with Halloween over and after buying about 10 new DVD's to my already large Horror collection I don't feel as excited about the channel anymore. If it's on the air in November, I might still have it turned on at my house. Or maybe I'll just stay in "Watch a DVD" mode for another several months and then decide to watch the channel.
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post #35 of 46
11/19/04 at 2:05am
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Originally Posted by Borgosi
Now they are saying that they hope to launch before Thanksgiving. Your guess is as good as mine as to if this will really happen or not.
One week until Thanksgiving. I'll bet that the channel will not be here.

And I find it SUPER funny that the website for this channel has little to no information about it's own damn release!!

My prediction: Horror channel....Februrary....2005
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post #36 of 46
11/19/04 at 12:20pm
It's even funnier watching the board moderators get pissy when you actually have the gall to ask for any info.
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post #37 of 46
11/19/04 at 3:22pm
We hoped to, but obviously that's not going to happen. The only reason the moderators "get pissy" is because everyone asks the same questions over and over, when it's quite obvious the answers will be given when they can. You see.

Seems to me some people just want this to fail, just so they can say they told us so.
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post #38 of 46
11/19/04 at 3:42pm
No Johnny, we don't want it to fail. But the hype machine for halloween was in full swing and everyone was a little dissapointed. And nobody from THC was talking until the last minute. You should be happy that people are asking questions.
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post #39 of 46
11/19/04 at 5:37pm
That's right, Johnny. People aren't hoping for it to fail (not me, anyway).
It's just time to serve a little steak with all that sizzle. When you rally people to call their cable provider and write their congressman and what not, they are going to expect a little feedback. Something more than "When we can tell you something, we will tell you something". At the very least have the courtesy to tell us WHY you can't divulge a schedule or a program list or anything at all.
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post #40 of 46
11/19/04 at 9:01pm
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Originally Posted by Altar
No Johnny, we don't want it to fail. But the hype machine for halloween was in full swing and everyone was a little dissapointed. And nobody from THC was talking until the last minute. You should be happy that people are asking questions.
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Originally Posted by BobClark
That's right, Johnny. People aren't hoping for it to fail (not me, anyway).
It's just time to serve a little steak with all that sizzle. When you rally people to call their cable provider and write their congressman and what not, they are going to expect a little feedback. Something more than "When we can tell you something, we will tell you something". At the very least have the courtesy to tell us WHY you can't divulge a schedule or a program list or anything at all.
I agree with what the members posted here. I don't want it to fail, but I'm getting very upset with the attitude and total lack of information from the Horror Channel's website. They are breaking their own deadlines and are delaying the channel, yet won't tell us (the fans who signed the petitions, and will be paying for this channel each month) anything until the last minute, or won't say much of anything.

They probably knew that the channel would never air for Halloween a few weeks before the 31st, yet only told us about it a few days before the deadline. Or was it after the deadline? I don't remember. This was the biggest mistake IMO, since Halloween is your only day of the year for Horror fans to unite and get excited about the channel. They failed here, and it shouldn't of happened.

Now, with Thanksgiving less than a week away, will they tell us anything? Will they now say Christmas 2004? Or just be safe and say "Sometime in 2005"?

Or maybe....They will just delay this until October 2005? Who knows, since getting information from the site is almost like asking Jason Vorhees to get on stage and sing a few songs.
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post #41 of 46
11/20/04 at 10:47am
Okay, a few things; the desicion to delay the launch was made, and told to us for the first time evere, officiall two days before the announcment went up on the sites. So it wasn't a matter of holding back until the last minute, it was a matter of we did not know this was happening until the last minute. Uncle Creepy and the crew have been tireless in their answering of every single question but forth to them, and the night the announcment was made stayed up for about 26 hours straight to try and calm those screaming on the message boards.

The reason why no info was forthcoming has been stated, over and over. Competition. Everything, and I mean every single details, needs to be set in stone before any information is given out, because right now there are not one buty two other channels out there that are trying to get off the ground, and they would love nothing more than to work against us.

Understand, UC and the online crew have made themselves more than available for inquiries, which has also left them the ones that everyone yells as when things aren't going like they planned. It's a buisness, a coporation, and any info coming out of it has be checked beforehand. TRUST ME, I think it sucks too, but that's the way it has to happen.
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post #42 of 46
11/20/04 at 7:51pm
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Originally Posted by Johnny Butane
Okay, a few things; the desicion to delay the launch was made, and told to us for the first time evere, officiall two days before the announcment went up on the sites. So it wasn't a matter of holding back until the last minute, it was a matter of we did not know this was happening until the last minute. Uncle Creepy and the crew have been tireless in their answering of every single question but forth to them, and the night the announcment was made stayed up for about 26 hours straight to try and calm those screaming on the message boards.

The reason why no info was forthcoming has been stated, over and over. Competition. Everything, and I mean every single details, needs to be set in stone before any information is given out, because right now there are not one buty two other channels out there that are trying to get off the ground, and they would love nothing more than to work against us.

Understand, UC and the online crew have made themselves more than available for inquiries, which has also left them the ones that everyone yells as when things aren't going like they planned. It's a buisness, a coporation, and any info coming out of it has be checked beforehand. TRUST ME, I think it sucks too, but that's the way it has to happen.


I love film, esp those of the horror ilk, so it makes me no never mind the details of how they arrive ... and since The Horror Channel is in BUSINESS of bringing films to the fan's homes, it is YOUR responsibility to keep some semblance of reason ...

In other words, you are there to get the show on the road, you DON'T make the films or have part in the creative output ( at least those films we already all know and love, and are anticipating ) so right now PR is your main thing, esp considering your talk of competition ...

If the Horror Channel site can't even field a few questions from the fans ( your bread and butter ) without becomng irate, well, perhaps it is your competition that is better suited to deliver the goods ...
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post #43 of 46
11/21/04 at 12:43am
Again, the only reason you might see them "get pissy" is because everyone's asking the same question over and over again. Although honestly, I really don't see where you're getting that from.

See this thread for an example of what I'm talking about.
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post #44 of 46
11/21/04 at 4:01am
I feel that some things work out for a reason. And that reason, is maybe this "Scream Network" is the better deal? I mean, if THC wasn't delayed we all would be watching it. Very few of us would even care about the Scream channel. But now, since one deadline was broken, and soon to be another one (if you count Thanksgiving as one) maybe this is a sign.

The Scream Network is slated for a January 2005 release. While THC is looking at maybe a December 2004 release, or one in the same month as the Scream channel. Either way, everytime something bad happens with THC, I feel myself looking at The Scream Network and thinking "Maybe they are the better channel?"

I also just checked ahead on my Direcway channel listings and it reached Thanksgiving morning. No channel was listed, or any movies under said channel. Not to mention that Direcway never knows anything about the channel when I ask them. But maybe they have the same education and knowledge as the big shots at THC??
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post #45 of 46
11/27/04 at 2:32pm

The Scream Network

First let me say that I totally support THC 100% and wish it nothing but success. They are trying to do something special and I can't wait. Why? because its run by FANS

The Scream Channel however is a different story. This channel is corporate all the way. Watered down content and no uncut movies. Go to the website get a password and read it for yourself. I joined their forums last month and there were only 30 members. I haven't been back.

THC just needs to keep building its fan base and keep spreading the word.
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post #46 of 46
11/28/04 at 5:19pm
Word is that Scream and Fangoria are becoming a team. Maybe they were all along. The Scream site says that they were thinking about using a different name. Maybe that other name is The Fangoria Channel. One things for sure, if Scream and Fangoria are a team, it will be run buy fans. And Fangoria has been in the horror business for about 25 years now. This could be one hell of a fight for top horror channel because if anyone knows horror it's Fangoria.
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