It looks like yet another horror channel is on the horizon, this time courtesy of Lion’s Gate and Sony. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, the two studios have teamed up with Comcast to create Fearnet, and apparently it’s due this Halloween via cable and the internet. The most interesting aspect of the announcement, aside from the rather shocking claim that the two studios combined own about 50% of the horror market, is that they are planning original content.

Plans for Fearnet call for it to offer mainly movies from studio libraries but also some original content such as short films.

In addition, there are plans to reach out to horror genre directors for a program called Masters of Fear.

You’ve got to be kidding me. I gave the Italian Masters of Horror a pass because there’s a long-standing tradition for such things, but if they’re honestly considering calling their director driven show Masters of Fear, Fearnet must be out of their minds. Despite that, I wonder who they might approach for their Masters show. It would be interesting to see if Fearnet is forced to scrape the bottom of the barrel, especially considering that’s where some of the tastiest trash can be found.

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