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In 2007 the center premied the horror film Bryan Loves You written, produced and directed by ASU alum Seth Landau at the Harkins Valley Art theater in Tempe. Two student interns from the Film and Media Studies Program also worked on the film.

Here's an update on the film which is now available on DVD.

WIN A REAL MASK OF THE BRYANS
Original valuable movie prop used in Anchor Bay horror release to be given away on YouTube for Halloween

LOS ANGELES (CA) Oct 1, 2009 – BRYAN LOVES YOU, the controversial Anchor Bay Entertainment release and tabbed one of horror’s Top 10 of 2008 by MovieWeb’s Steve Anderson and called by JoBlo.com’s JimmyO “the film to make you wonder ‘am I being watched?’” is giving away authentic Bryan cult masks seen in the movie.
Anyone with a US or Canadian mailing address is eligible to win.

To enter, just comment on the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YryUHHhD-Q .

Winners will be chosen at random Halloween 2009 and Halloween 2010, one mask given away per Halloween. BRYAN LOVES YOU rock concert-style t-shirts will be given to the runners up.

Bryan Loves You is the true 1993 story of a cult that takes over an Arizona town and stars Tony Todd, George Wendt, Tiffany Shepis, Brinke Stevens, Lloyd Kaufman, Daniel Roebuck and featuring a DVD audio commentary with a ghastly ending. MovieWeb says “if Oscars were given to direct-to-video horror, then ‘Bryan Loves You’ would be on the Best Picture list”, David Carter of FILM FANADDICT! suggests “this one will likely slip under the radar of most – make sure it doesn’t do the same for you” and film critic Louis Fowler enthuses “’Bryan’ is perfect 2 a.m. freaky fare that will leave you looking over your shoulder.”

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