October, 2008
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REVIEW: Getting Hay Wired
Getting Hay Wired by Halloween favorites, Hell in a Handbag! By Brian Kirst
With so many offshoots within the horror genre, it may be hard for a devoted fan to pick a favorite. To name a few: there’s the slasher movie, the ghost story, the currently popular torture porn and for those whose rubbery limbs reach far back enough – there’s the ingenious and bloodily campy Hag Horror. Dawning with the age of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane in the mid-60’s,…
INTERVIEW: Adam Rockoff
Adam Rockoff: Diving into Wicked Lake with the Master Slasher. By Brian Kirst
It’s rare that a book can be both seminal and entertaining, but author Adam Rockoff accomplished that feat with the highly praised Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film. This tome of appreciation for a much beloved, critically ignored genre was so influential that it was eventually made into a well crafted documentary with the help of none other than Rob Zombie.
Rockoff wisely rode…
Sony Ericsson Halloween Ghost Ad
Always love to see companies using horror in advertising. This is a spooky video campaign for Sony Ericsson called St Mary’s Ghost. The video in itself is not very scary, the St Mary’S hospital ghost looks more like a vampire to me, but viewers can enter their own or their friend’s mobile number, triggering a scary call from the ghost – spooky, just in time for halloween. Click on the link to visit stmarysghost.com to view the full video and to send a call from St Mary’s Ghost to your friends, or check out the abriged version below.
Horror Queen Lynn Lowry
Lynn Lowry’s Horror Society Halloween Message. By Brian Kirst
Horror Queen Lynn Lowry (The Crazies, Cat People, They Came From Within) is certainly in the Halloween spirit this year. Her short film Night Visit (www.bv-ent.net), featuring another offbeat, totally committed performance from Lowry, has been receiving raves, and her scare making future is certainly intact with such recent projects as Basement Jack and Heaven Help Me, I’m in Love making further waves.
Lowry recently sent the below message and exclusive picture out…
Got Cast Costume Search
So you think you have the best, scariest, or sexiest costume this year for Halloween?
If you think you do, then head over to GotCast and find out. Upload your photos for their costume contest and you can have the chance to be judged by the wonderful Hollywood Scream Queen Tiffany Shepis!
Check out the site below and give your costume a shot this year, and be a part of the Halloween Bash in New York City!!
Female Actors for Halloween Bash
Location: New…
Latin Horror
LATIN HORROR (LH) is the first English-language publication entirely dedicated to the emerging genre of Latin horror and will feature the leading Latin/Hispanic/International proponents working in film, theater, graphic novels, “dark” art, novelas, comic books, literature, and games — from the seasoned masters to the up-and-comimg Latin horrorphile.
LATIN HORROR will also give you a front row seat into this exciting universe through exclusive, intimate profiles, insight into the latest trends and developments taking hold in the industry, as well as…
The 4th Dimension
The 4th Dimension is a meditative examination into the mind of an introverted genius who obsesses to solve the complexity of time. The 4th Dimension explores the dark and lonely world between dreams and reality.
Jack is a loner confined to a workbench in the back of an antique shop. When a mysterious woman presents him with a broken antique clock, unexplainable events begin to occur. After finding Albert Einstein’s journal on his still unsolved Unified Field Theory, Jack becomes compulsive…
Zombie Survival: Outbreak
The sequel to Zombie Survival, a challenging zombie game that I never managed to go far into. The sequel to this online horror game is much easier, and enjoyabe. If you are having problems moving forward past the low levels, here are the cheats to zombie survival.
"stagger" – Full Ranks and 99 Grenades
"aimbot" – Only score Headshots
"mekka" – Start with a Mech Suit
"mecha" – Start with a NEO-Mech Suit
Now, obliterate them.
Of Darkness on DVD October 31
OF DARKNESS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE ON DVD FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31!
Philadelphia, PA – October 24, 2008 – That’s right horror fans, Halloween marks the spot for “Of Darkness”, the award-winning horror short from Eventide Productions.
Since 2006 “Of Darkness” has been taking the horror film festival circuit by storm. Having been accepted as an ‘Official Selection’ by more than twenty festivals, the film garnered ten “Best Short Film” nominations and won more than half of those nods, bringing home SIX BEST…
REVIEW: 5 Moments Of Infidelity
5 Moments Of Infidelity by AngryPrincess
90 minutes
Directed by: Karen Gorman
When I was looking up info for the movie I read a really nasty review on it and was taken aback. I thought the movie was pretty damn good. They insinuate that the situations at hand here are not that common and are amped up for affect or viewing pleasures. Well let me tell you this, I could relate to Jacinta to the T! You live with an alcoholic mother and…
INTERVIEW: Ezra Buzzington
Ezra Buzzington: Making Fish Faces with the Hills Have Eyes’ Gruesome Goggle. By Brian Kirst
Ezra Buzzington, (www.ezrabuzzington.com) best known to horror fans as Goggle in The Hills Have Eyes remake, is one of the finest character actors working today – and his continued employment record with high profile directors (Alexandre Aja, The Farrelly Brothers) definitely bares that claim out. The passionate, articulate Buzzington has not only appeared in such modern horror opuses as Mirrors, Someone’s Knocking at the Door, The…
Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni
Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni: From Best Death to Best Actress By Brian Kirst
Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Italian’s Queen of Screams, shocked the world this summer with her death scene in Mother of Tears. Indeed, many audience members proclaimed it the film’s best death scene and appreciated Tassoni’s ability to do more with her organs than most trained musicians.
Now, Tassoni has been nominated for Best Actress in a Professional Film, for her role in the well received The Dirt, at Fright Nights 2008 in Klagenfurt/Carinthia,…
Horror journalist MJ Simpson
Horror Writer No Longer Waiting for Gorgo! By Brian Kirst
Horror journalist MJ Simpson, a frequent contributor to Fangoria magazine, has just written his first short feature, Waiting for Gorgo, which is heading into post production.
Simpson states, “I have been writing about movies for a long time, including lots of stuff for Fangoria, and it is a massive thrill to make the jump to seeing my own work promoted by the mag.”
The film, directed by Ben Craig, whom Simpson calls “a…
Hopscotch ChillerTV Finalist
Tony Wash’s Hopscotch – ChillerTV Finalist. By Brian Kirst. Photo by Kirsten Pfeiffer.
Tony Wash, whose short film Hopscotch and q and a session proved to be two of the highlights of The Horror Society Film Festival at the Portage on October 11th, should be dancing on the grue filled ceiling this weekend. Hopscotch, about a deformed neighborhood girl who takes a most nasty revenge on her tormentors, has been selected as one of the finalists for ChillerTV’s Dare to Direct…
Indie Films Online Ad Free
For the First Time Ever, Movie-Goers Anywhere in the U.S. Will be Able to See New Indie Titles
Gigantic Digital Will Premiere First-Run Films Online Ad-Free, In High-Res Streaming Video
NEW YORK, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ — For the first time ever, audiences will be able to see first-run independent movie releases everywhere in the United States. New York-based film company Gigantic Releasing is changing the face of U.S. indie film distribution with today’s launch of Gigantic Digital (http://www.giganticdigital.com). The website will enable…
Splatter Indie-Flix
Splatter Indie-Flix on Your Computer Screen at the 2008 New York City Horror Film Festival
The 7th annual New York City Horror Film Festival is joining the digital revolution with an independent online film competition indie-fest. Beginning on October 24th through November 3rd audiences will be able to participate in the festival free.
Seattle, WA, October 23, 2008 –(PR.com)– The 7th annual New York City Horror Film Festival is joining the digital revolution with an independent online film competition indie-fest. Beginning on…
Killer Valley Horror Film Festival
A coven of filmmakers is promising a bloody good time in Medford Saturday at the Killer Valley Horror Film Festival.
Featuring horror flicks from independent filmmakers, the festival is planned from 6-10 p.m. at Land Mine Productions, 327 S. First St., Medford.
Tickets are $10 at the door, $6 for those in costumes.
Films by Ashland, Medford and Eugene directors will be featured, as well as a short film from Italy. Titles include “Zombie A Go-Go,” “Gog Juice,” “Depraved” and “Creepers.”
Food and drinks…
Madison Horror Fest Update
Independent shorts & features, noon-midnight, 10/25, Orpheum Theatre’s Stage Door, plus vendors, appearances by actress Elske McCain, effects artist/director Kenneth J. Hall, “Lenny’s Inferno” stars Dick Flanigan & John Sveum. $15 adv., $18 d.o.s. Schedule: www.madisonhorror.com or 255-6005
On Saturday October 25th, Icon Entertainment will be presenting the first ever Madison Horror Film Festival. This 18 + event will feature local, international and regional short and feature films in the horror genre. The complete film line up and times can be found…
Deadmonton Horror Film Festival
Like most really great ideas, the name of the Deadmonton Horror Film Festival owes its origins to a mixture of ingenuity and serendipity.
Sprouting from the roots of the Return to Odd marathon screenings put on by the departed Oddity video store (since re-named The Lobby, the owner of which, Kevin Martin, has a hand in running the current incarnation of the festival), as Deadmonton co-curator and co-head organizer Derek Clayton explains, they had to improvise when they weren’t able to…
Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival
You can get a head start on Halloween over the next four days as the ninth annual Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival unspools its collection of ghouls and ghosts on movie screens from Providence to Narragansett. And the best thing is, you’ll still have time to make your trick-or-treat costume, decorate the house with spider webs and flickering lights, and fill the bowls with miniature candies.
Between the Horror Film Festival’s parade of scary movies, its walking tour that will…
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