Saturday, February 5

Mez: Cranked Up Kill Clips -

Promotions have begun for Hayden Panettiere's new Teen Slasher movies on both TV and the Internet. The actress appears in Scream 4 and a Lifetime Cable TV production about the hand-wringing over Foxy Knoxy.

Panettiere was seen the other evening here in the U.S. on Access Hollywood, an American Celeb Tabloid program which is broadcast after the regular news. But, as a ditzy unguided missile, she's had to compete with the latest reports about Lindsay Lohan.

Now that film clips of the Perugia Slasher dramatization have been posted on the Internet, Meredith Kercher's father has expressed his horror at the depictions.

Lawyers for Amanda Knox have also reacted by issuing some kind of "cease and desist" notice to Lifetime, demanding the removal of the material, which they seem to feel could prejudice the appeals process for their client.

Any publicity about a movie is usually viewed by the Industry as better than no publicity, especially when its free. And controversy tends to fuel publicity.

Scream 4 is scheduled to debut on
April 15th. It is directed by Wes Craven.

"Ghostface often calls his victims
on the phone, taunting or threatening them
before killing them with a 6 inch hunting knife."

Panettiere plays Kirby Reed, the best friend
of Sidney Prescott's cousin, Jill Roberts.

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