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Showtime Hosts Blood-Splattered Party for Dexter DVDs

D. Channing Muller
August 17, 2010

Showtime hosted a party at the National Hotel in Miami Beach on Saturday night to celebrate the DVD release of the fourth season of Dexter. The 150-person event was the first release party the company has held for the serial killer series, which inspired the crime-scene decor throughout the event space.

"We believe that season four was such an outstanding season that it really deserved its own party to release it and bring attention to it," said David Bowers, vice president of marketing for Showtime Entertainment. 

The network reached out to local event planner Frank Fuentes of Hyphen Media to bring the crime-ravaged event to life. The bloody decor began with the arrivals carpet, where supporting cast members posed for photographers amid blood spatter and crime-scene tape. Outside, a model with multiple bullet wounds in his chest floated in the pool like a corpse.

Fuentes created vignettes in the surrounding cabanas that included plastic-covered murder scenes, dismembered fake bodies, and more blood spatter.

Jose Cuervo sponsored the bar at one end of the pool, serving specialty cocktails like the Killer Margarita and Blood Spatter Martini. DJ Jason Vernau kept guests on the dance floor until nearly midnight, an hour later than scheduled.

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Photo: PictureGroup L.L.C.
Supporting cast members David Zayas, Lauren Velez, and C.S. Lee posed for photographers on the blood-spattered white carpet.
Supporting cast members David Zayas, Lauren Velez, and C.S. Lee posed for photographers on the blood-spattered white carpet.
Photo: PictureGroup L.L.C.
GE Audio Visual projected a gobo of the show's logo into the National's pool.
GE Audio Visual projected a gobo of the show's logo into the National's pool.
Photo: PictureGroup L.L.C.
Fuentes created crime scenes inspired by the show in each of the cabanas lining the pool deck.
Fuentes created crime scenes inspired by the show in each of the cabanas lining the pool deck.
Photo: PictureGroup L.L.C.
Fuentes used crime-scene tape to rope off the cabana vignettes.
Fuentes used crime-scene tape to rope off the cabana vignettes.
Photo: PictureGroup L.L.C.
A model with fake gunshot wounds floated in the pool like a dead body.
A model with fake gunshot wounds floated in the pool like a dead body.
Photo: PictureGroup L.L.C.
So Cool Events created an ice sculpture with the Dexter logo.
So Cool Events created an ice sculpture with the Dexter logo.
Photo: PictureGroup L.L.C.
Bartenders prepared four theme drinks made with Jose Cuervo Silver, including the Blood Spatter Martini (pictured).
Bartenders prepared four theme drinks made with Jose Cuervo Silver, including the Blood Spatter Martini (pictured).
Photo: PictureGroup L.L.C.
Dexter star Lauren Velez posed for photos at DJ Jason Vernau's turntables.
Dexter star Lauren Velez posed for photos at DJ Jason Vernau's turntables.
Photo: PictureGroup L.L.C.
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