{"id":2113,"date":"2023-04-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ohmr.mailnewsgroup.com\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2023-04-14T15:52:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T20:52:43","slug":"the-third-saturday-in-october-part-v-and-the-third-saturday-in-october-part-i-coming-to-vod-a-digital-platforms-may-5th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/the-third-saturday-in-october-part-v-and-the-third-saturday-in-october-part-i-coming-to-vod-a-digital-platforms-may-5th\/","title":{"rendered":"The Third Saturday in October: Part V and the Third Saturday in October: Part I Coming to VOD a Digital Platforms May 5th"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“LOST” FILMS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF SLASHERS RESTORED<\/p>\n

\nTHE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER<\/p>\n

PART V & PART I<\/p>\n

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What if a lost horror franchise made during the peak of the slasher genre was unearthed today, but only two of the films could be restored? Filmmaker Jay Burleson imagined just that with\u00a0THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER: PART V\u00a0and\u00a0THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER: PART I\u00a0coming to VOD + Digital Platforms on May 5th from Dark Sky Films.<\/p>\n

\nA double feature of terror,\u00a0THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER Part V\u00a0sees unstoppable killer Jakkariah Harding once again stalking and butchering the football-loving residents of a small Alabama town, this time finding a treasure trove of victims after he chances upon a football watch party. And then get ready to see how the horror began in\u00a0THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER Part I, which tells the story of Harding’s death row escape and ensuing slaughter as two survivors of his initial attack hunt him down.<\/p>\n

\nAiming to recreate the by-gone video store days when horror fans might have had to watch a franchise out of order, the filmmakers intended for viewers to start with Part V and then go back to Part 1.<\/p>\n

\nTwice the scares, twice the laughs, and a world-building start of a franchise that\u2019s as outlandishly clever in its deception as every gore set piece it throws on screen,\u00a0THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER<\/a>\u00a0films are a red-blooded American slice of Southern gothic infused with a deliciously twisted sense of humor.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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WATCH THE TRAILER: click here for embeddable trailer<\/a><\/p>\n

\nTHE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER: PART V<\/p>\n

\nOFFICIAL FILM SYNOPSIS:<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s Part V. Unstoppable killer Jakkariah “Jack” Harding is back in town after seven years, as he stalks and kills at random before chancing upon a football watch party. The game is, of course, between longstanding rivals the Alabama-Mobile Seahawks and Tennessee A&M Commonwealth. Chaos ensues, in increasingly ridiculous fashion, with inventive murders and multiple love triangles. Hearts are broken and appendages are torn.<\/p>\n

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THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER: PART V<\/p>\n

Directed & Written by:\u00a0Jay Burleson\u00a0(The Nobodies)<\/p>\n

Produced by:\u00a0Frank Crafts & Ian J. Cunningham<\/p>\n

\u00ef\u00bb\u00bfCountry of Origin:\u00a0United States<\/p>\n

Language:\u00a0English<\/p>\n

Genre:\u00a0Horror\/Thriller\/Comedy<\/p>\n

Distributor:\u00a0Dark Sky Films<\/p>\n

Run Time:\u00a089 minutes<\/p>\n

Cast:\u00a0Kansas Bowling\u00a0(Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Christmas Bloody Christmas),\u00a0Poppy Cunningham\u00a0(The Death of Dick Long),\u00a0Taylor Smith\u00a0(Angels on Earth the Light of Faith),\u00a0Bart Hyatt\u00a0(The Nobodies),\u00a0Autumnn Jaide\u00a0(Deathless),\u00a0Tom Hagale\u00a0(Dormant),\u00a0Parker Love Bowling\u00a0(Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\nTHE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER: PART I<\/p>\n

\nOFFICIAL FILM SYNOPSIS:<\/a><\/p>\n

A lost slasher film from the golden age of the slasher genre. October 1979. Ricky Dean is a man on a mission. Years ago, he lost a child at the hands of a psychopathic killer named Jakkariah Harding. When Harding escapes Death Row, Ricky Dean throws himself into the line of fire to stop him from killing again as Harding preys upon a group of friends gathered to watch a college football game.<\/p>\n

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THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER: PART I<\/p>\n

Directed & Written by:\u00a0Jay Burleson\u00a0(The Nobodies)<\/p>\n

Produced by:\u00a0Frank Crafts, Lauren Musgrove & Ian J. Cunningham<\/p>\n

\u00ef\u00bb\u00bfCountry of Origin:\u00a0United States<\/p>\n

Language:\u00a0English<\/p>\n

Genre:\u00a0Horror\/Thriller\/Comedy<\/p>\n

Distributor:\u00a0Dark Sky Films<\/p>\n

Run Time:\u00a097 minutes<\/p>\n

Cast:\u00a0Darius Willis\u00a0(Benched, The Dead Center),\u00a0K.J. Baker\u00a0(The Starling Girl),\u00a0Allison Shrum\u00a0(Ozark),\u00a0Lew Temple\u00a0(The Devil’s Rejects, Unstoppable),\u00a0Antonio Woodruff\u00a0(He Got Away),\u00a0Casey Aud\u00a0(Love Incidental),\u00a0Kate Edmonds\u00a0(Root Letter),\u00a0Veanna Black\u00a0(Echoes, Single Drunk Female)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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The Filmmakers’ “History” of\u00a0The Third Saturday in October\u00a0Franchise<\/p>\n

\nThe long-lost slasher franchise\u00a0THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER\u00a0is back!<\/p>\n

\nRed Corpses LLC and Sleep Creature LLC are proud to announce they have partnered with Dark Sky Films to restore and release two entries in the long-running slasher saga.<\/p>\n

\nThe series began in 1979 as a quick cash-in on John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN. Series producer Frank Crafts, an Alabama native, believed he had a great idea for a horror film with Southern roots – what if HALLOWEEN were set in the South, and instead of a traditional holiday, it centered around a Southern institution: college football. Thus, THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER was born, a small-town slasher film revolving around a group of friends watching an annual football match between the Alabama-Mobile Seahawks and the Tennessee A&M Commonwealth. Unfortunately for them, an unstoppable killer named Jakkariah Harding shows up to murder them one by one.<\/p>\n

\nThe original film garnered little national attention but birthed multiple low-rent sequels throughout the 1980s before the franchise flamed out when the trashy fourth installment ran the series completely off the rails. Borrowing a page from the HALLOWEEN playbook, Crafts doubled down and attempted to resurrect the saga with an unrelated spin-off in 1990, but the series returned to the Jakkariah Harding storyline in 1994, utilizing a comedic approach to hopefully win back its audience. The series officially ended in 2000 with PART VI: THE LAST THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER, but the series ultimately fell victim to what producer Ian Cunningham refers to as “The Third Saturday Curse”, as the films slowly vanished off the face of the earth after a series of unfortunate events, including internal feuding, bankruptcy, a warehouse fire, and cheap VHS manufacturing leading to unplayable tapes.<\/p>\n

\nWith the assistance of Dark Sky Films, the creators of the saga have unearthed two of their lost films: the original offering from 1979, and the 1994 sequel THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER PART V.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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