Revenge and heaping doses of it from Asia are what FEARNET is cooking up for you in February.<\/p>\n
Highlights<\/p>\n
OLDBOY, SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE, AND SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, AT 8 P.M. ET\/5 P.M. PT
\n FEARNET Also Presents the Teen Witch Thriller \u2018THE CRAFT\u2019, starring \u2018SCREAM\u2019 Queen Neve Campbell; and \u2018VAMPIRE\u2019, Starring Kevin Zegers and Rachael Leigh Cook
\n FEARNET.com Launches 25-Film \u201cShorts Spotlight\u201d on Monday, February 3, with the Guillermo del Toro-Produced Short \u2018THE CAPTURED BIRD\u2019; A New Short Film will be Uploaded Each Monday<\/p>\n
From FEARNET<\/p>\n
FEARNET is dishing out some good old-fashioned revenge this month, with Park Chan-wook\u2019s (STOKER) critically acclaimed \u201cVengeance Trilogy,\u201d on Thursday, February 6, featuring network premieres of OLDBOY, SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE, and SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE.<\/p>\n
For these three characters, the best revenge isn\u2019t living well\u2014it\u2019s making sure their enemies don\u2019t live at all.<\/p>\n
The fan favorite OLDBOY (8 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PT)\u2014which took home the Grand Prize of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival\u2014opens the marathon, with a man who has been mysteriously held captive for 15 years. Suddenly set free, equipped with money, a cell phone, and designer clothes, he sets out on a path of death and destruction to discover his tormentor\u2019s identity and unlock the truth behind his imprisonment.<\/p>\n
SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE (10:30 p.m. ET\/7:30 p.m. PT) follows, as a framed woman is released from prison after serving 13 years for the murder of a child. Seeking to salvage her relationship with her daughter, she begins a quest to hunt down the real killer, and bring peace to the families of his victims.<\/p>\n
SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE (1 a.m. ET\/10 p.m. PT) brings the evening to an end, with a desperate man in need of money for his sister\u2019s kidney operation. When thieves run off with his organ and his cash, his life is thrown into a violent spiral of kidnap and murder that blurs the line between what is right and what is wrong.<\/p>\n
Other February Highlights Include:<\/p>\n
\u201cExpedition FEAR\u201d \u2013 Every Friday (10 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. PT)<\/p>\n
A new month of \u201cExpedition FEAR\u201d kicks off on February 7, with the Hong Kong horror show THE CHILD\u2019S EYE (10 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. PT), the Pang Brothers\u2019 (THE EYE) supernatural chiller about six friends stranded at an old hotel, whose underground passages are home to ghosts and monsters.<\/p>\n
And Noomi Rapace (PROMETHEUS) stars in Norway\u2019s THE MONITOR (10 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. PT), as a single mother who hears disturbing sounds coming from a baby monitor.<\/p>\n
On February 14, a family of cannibals must figure out how to survive, following the death of their patriarch, in Mexico\u2019s WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (10 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. PT). And a man has five days to unravel the mystery of his 15-year captivity in OLDBOY (12 a.m. ET\/9 p.m. PT), Park Chan-wook\u2019s celebrated tale of murder and revenge.<\/p>\n
On February 21, a young couple is haunted by eerie images after fleeing the scene of a hit-and-run accident in Thailand\u2019s SHUTTER (10 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. PT).<\/p>\n
Then, Mia Farrow stars as a blind woman who comes home to a crime scene\u2026 and the madman is still in the house, in the UK\u2019s classic serial killer thriller SEE NO EVIL (12 a.m. ET\/9 p.m. PT).<\/p>\n
On February 28, it\u2019s the Irish zombie romp BOY EATS GIRL (10 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. PT), with a bullied teen reanimated by black magic, sending him on a bloody quest for his lost love.<\/p>\n
And, before you see him take on the Daleks and Cybermen, watch Peter Capaldi (DOCTOR WHO) in action as Father Steve, helping teens stalked by a werewolf in the Scottish highlands in WILD COUNTRY (12 a.m. ET\/9 p.m. PT).<\/p>\n
\u2018THE CRAFT\u2019 (Network Premiere) \u2013 Sunday, February 16 (8 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PT)<\/p>\n
THE MENTALIST\u2019s Robin Tunney leads an all-star cast, as a troubled teen who befriends a group of girls (Neve Campbell, Fairuza Balk, Rachel True), rumored to be witches, at her new high school.<\/p>\n
With their coven complete, and more powerful than ever, the girls perform the \u201cInvocation of the Spirit.\u201d But their actions have deadly consequences that even they cannot foresee.<\/p>\n
\u201cWicked & Wild\u201d Marathon \u2013 Thursday, February 20 (6 p.m. ET\/3 p.m. PT)<\/p>\n
Grab your cauldron and wolfsbane, and settle in for a night of witches and werewolves in this six-film shriek fest. First, Chace Crawford (GOSSIP GIRL) and Sebastian Stan (CAPTAIN AMERICA) front the Sons of Ipswich, teenage warlocks who rule the school, until an old enemy (Taylor Kitsch) returns, threatening to destroy everything in Renny Harlin\u2019s THE COVENANT (6 p.m. ET\/3 p.m. PT).<\/p>\n
Next, a mild-mannered man becomes THE WEREWOLF (8 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PT) when scientists inject him with a serum, in this \u201850s B-movie favorite. Then, a werewolf hunts teens on a hiking trip in WILD COUNTRY (10 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. PT), featuring a special appearance by DOCTOR WHO\u2019s Peter Capaldi.<\/p>\n
THE CRAFT (12 a.m. ET\/9 p.m. PT) follows, with a powerful coven of teen witches (Neve Campbell, Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Rachel True) whose abilities lead them down a path of darkness. And a lusty encounter transforms a man into a bloodthirsty beast in WEREWOLF: THE DEVIL\u2019S HOUND (2 a.m. ET\/11 p.m. PT). Joe Dante\u2019s lycanthrope classic THE HOWLING (4 a.m. ET\/1 a.m. PT) closes the witching hour, with genre icon Dee Wallace (THE LORDS OF SALEM) as a reporter who discovers a colony of werewolves at a secluded retreat.<\/p>\n
\u2018VAMPIRE\u2019 (Broadcast Premiere) \u2013 Sunday, February 23 (8 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PT)<\/p>\n
Kevin Zegers (THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS, FROZEN) stars as a biology professor and bloodsucker, feeding on suicidal young women who give their lives to satisfy his hunger. The film also boasts a star-studded roster that includes Oscar nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes (REVENGE OF THE SITH), Amanda Plummer (PULP FICTION), Adelaide Clemens (SILENT HILL: REVELATION), Kristin Kreuk (SMALLVILLE), and Rachael Leigh Cook (PERCEPTION).<\/p>\n
\u201cShorts Spotlight\u201d \u2013 Every Monday on FEARNET.com<\/p>\n
FEARNET.com\u2019s 2014 \u201cShorts Spotlight\u201d launches on Monday, February 3, as THE CAPTURED BIRD heads a fresh crop of 25 short films, with a new short uploaded to the site every Monday. As an added bonus, each film will run with filmmaker introductions made exclusively for FEARNET. THE CAPTURED BIRD\u2014directed by former RUE MORGUE editor Jovanka Vuckovic and executive produced by legendary genre auteur, Guillermo del Toro\u2014is a darkly poetic fable starring ORPHAN BLACK\u2019s Skyler Wexler as a young girl whose day at the playground turns into a nightmare, as she witnesses the birth of five supernatural beings that threaten the existence of her world.<\/p>\n
Other noteworthy entries include the animated POSTHUMAN, with Tricia Helfer (BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, KILLER WOMEN) lending her voice to the tale of a young man and his dog, in a future where espionage, super-science and assassins reign supreme; the Sundance darling BEAR, written and directed by stuntman Nash Edgerton, who also stars as a man with a new girlfriend (Teresa Palmer, WARM BODIES), who just hasn\u2019t quite learned his lesson; and SINISTER\u2019s Danielle Kotch stars in THE BANISHING, a harrowing take on family ties, true love, and murder, when two sisters decide to take the supernatural into their own hands.
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