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Paris Hilton will search for best friend on MTV; CW will air Sam Raimi horror reality series 13
Published 3/14/2008 by Andy Dehnart at reality blurred
... Meanwhile, The CW has ordered an eight-episode summer series from director Sam Raimi called 13. The show will "[u]tilize horror-themed challenges to knock players off one by one, until just one is left, having survived all that bloodshed," Variety reports. ...

The horror setting that terrifies you the most
Published 3/14/2008 by Mandi Bierly at Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
... You've heard about the horror-themed reality show The CW is cooking up for us this summer: Tentatively titled 13, it will put 13 contestants in a horror-film inspired setting and weed them out one-by-one with terrifying challenges. (Spider-Man/Evil Dead director Sam Raimi is among the exec producers, so it should be more legit that it sounds.) According to Variety, producers are still debating what kind of classic setting to use: "An evil small town? A lakeside retreat with a creepy secret? An abandoned cabin in the forest?" ...

Sam Raimi Readies Horror Movie-Style Reality Show
Published 3/17/2008 by BuzzSugar at BuzzSugar -- Entertainment hourly.
Sam Raimi, writer/director of The Evil Dead, A Simple Plan and Spider-Man 3 (among other stuff), is a busy guy. In addition to directing a horror flick (Drag Me to Hell) and creating an action/fantasy TV series (Wizard's First Rule), he's decided that the world also needs another reality TV show. A reality show that's kind of like Fear Factor, but shot like a horror movie. Or something. Airing on the CW, the eight-episode summertime series titled simply 13 will "utilize horror-themed challenges to knock players off one by one, until just one is left, having survived all that ...