Blind Film Director's Feature to Premiere at Tampa Festival

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Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:30:19 -0400
Sight Unseen Pictures
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Blind Film Director's Feature to Premiere at Tampa Festival

By Jessie Lilley Campbell

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release

Contact:
Jessie Lilley Campbell
(831) 316-8027
Jessie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

October 10, 2007

Filmmaker to introduce film, hold Q&A session at Halloween Horror Picture Show
October 19

TAMPA, Florida-Overcoming obstacles and surpassing expectations is something 
filmmaker Joseph M. Monks has been doing for years. Beginning with a small, 
upstart comic book publishing company in the early 1990s, Monks has continued 
to be a producer of horror stories-both prose and illustrated-since he first 
hit the publishing scene in 1989. Now, despite having lost his eyesight, the 
writer-turned-director continues to break new ground and defy the odds, having 
produced a film that will see its world premiere screening at the 5th  Annual 
Halloween Horror Picture Show taking place at the Channelside Cinemas on 
Friday, October 19th, at 9:30 p.m.

Monks, who lost his eyesight in 2002 after a long battle with diabetic 
retinopathy, chose to tackle film after returning to the comic book field to 
rave reviews for his work in Zacherley's Midnight Terrors. His first feature 
(he has had a previous screenplay adapted for a television pilot), centers on 
16-year-old Julia Jennings, the daughter of a U.S. congressman, who runs away 
on the eve of his bid for reelection. Once on the streets of New York City, 
however, she finds life outside the media spotlight is even more terrifying, 
when she is kidnapped by a sadistic serial killer with a devastating secret. 
Part horror film, part psychological thriller, The Bunker has begun generating
buzz in the industry not only because of the curiosity factor, but due to the 
quality of the film itself. With critical praise coming from the likes of 
FANGORIA's Tom Carnell, Rue Morgue Magazine, The Hacker's Source, and other 
genre trades, the word has spread to the mainstream, where Monks has been 
featured in the Miami Herald, and been a phone guest on the nationally 
syndicated Opie & Anthony radio program.

Monks will introduce The Bunker, and hold a Q&A session following the 
screening. For more information on the Halloween Horror Picture Show Film 
Festival, please visit:

http://www.halloweenhorrorpictureshow.com

For more information on director Joe Monks and The Bunker, visit:

http://www.sightunseenpictures.com

To schedule an interview, for further questions, or to obtain a press kit, 
contact publicity coordinator Jessie Lilley Campbell at:

(831) 316-8027

or via E-mail at: jessie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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