As you may be aware, YouTube is launching a whole slew of channels that will provide original video content and compete in a big way with TV Broadcast Networks. BlackBoxTV, a horror channel, launches Friday, April 13 from Producer Anthony Zuiker, creator of CSI, and Tony E. Valenzuela. Bloody Disgusting has a brand new interview with the duo where they reveal how this team-up came to be and what it might mean for scripted broadcast TV.
As far as what, exactly, BlackBoxTV is, Zuiker reveals part of the content is “a new anthology genre series, containing horror, thriller and sci-fi, that we’re describing as The Twilight Zone set in the town of Twin Peaks. We’ll be premiering two of those a month.”
Elaborating further, horror fans can also expect that “once a month we’ll have a short film of the week in the form of Anthony E. Zuiker Presents. High-level writers, directors, stars coming in and delivering a new, fresh short film. Another show we have is called “True Stories,” a doc-style show that is an overnight experience where unexplained events have occurred, which will have both a live and edited component to it. Black Fridays, in partnership with Bloody-Disgusting.com, is a hosted show featuring what’s new in genre programming, from debuts of movie trailers, to video games, TV and more. And finally, a couple times a year, we’ll have a “Film Festival” style show where we premiere or highlight the best of short films, web series and more.”
Valenzuela adds that “We are going to show YouTube and the world exactly what we can do with the medium. I honestly don’t see a limit to YouTube and I want to see how far we can push it. This is something very different. Not a cookie-cutter reality series, that fans of the genre can really sink their teeth into.”
As you can see, there will be a full slate of thrills and chills for horror fans. Go subscribe now and prepare for a Friday the 13th where all your nightmares will come true!
