MTV GETS FREAKY ON FRIDAY WITH HALLOWEEN THRILLER "MY SUPER PSYCHO SWEET 16"

Original Movie Premieres Friday, October 23 at 10 PM ET/PT on MTV

New York, NY (October 8, 2009) � MTV kicks-off Halloween early with the premiere of the original movie "My Super Psycho Sweet 16" airing October 23, at 10p.m. ET/PT, following its theatrical run.

"My Super Psycho Sweet 16" marks the first premiere from the new slate of original movies produced by MTV and is the network's first foray into the horror genre. The film tells the story of Madison Penrose (Juliana Guill), a spoiled and beautiful high school queen bee, and Skye Rotter (Lauren McKnight), the class outcast whose father Charlie Rotter committed a series of grisly murders a decade before the movie's events. Madison's plans for the ultimate birthday bash are ruined when Skye shows up to get closer to Madison's ex-boyfriend Brigg (Chris Zylka), but things get really psycho when Charlie returns to crash the party too. "My Super Psycho Sweet 16" offers the perfect blend of teen drama, sly humor, horrific thrills and eye-popping special effects.

The film stars Juliana Guill ("Friday The 13th"), Lauren Mcknight ("House of Fear"), Chris Zylka ("Cougartown") and Matt Angel ("Raising The Bar"). The film was written by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas, Maggie Malina served as executive producer, was directed by Jacob Gentry and produced by Alexander Motlagh, both of Popfilms ("The Signal" nominated for Best First Feature Award at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards). Chris Linn is executive in charge of production for MTV.

To view the trailer, click HERE.

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