Horror Hootenanny 9 a huge success!

 

We had the largest turnout ever for our Horror Hootenanny show last night, with people traveling in from as far away as New York and Michigan to see FORBIDDEN DIMENSON! The bands were all excellent - Alucard, Forbidden Dimension, The Creeping Cruds, and Hellfire Revival! Amazing costumes abounded and there was a great vibe throughout the building. It was great to be back at THE END again, and a big thanks to all our sponsors - LONEWOLF BODY ART, EVIL PUMPKINS, and UNHOLY APPAREL for the great prizes donated for the costume contest!

 

WITCHCRAFT

Excellent pre-code horror comic from 1953 with a Kelly Freas cover!!

DRACULA Photoplay book

Ran across this really cool edition of Dracula and thought I'd share it here - this is a photoplay edition, illustrated throughout with scenes from the film. Very cool! Love the cover illustration!

BRUTAL premiere with Twisted Central

The fine folks at TWISTED CENTRAL sent me all the details on a really cool event I want to share with you ghouls -it's the Texas premiere of a great looking movie called BRUTAL. It takes place Dec 7th and 8th in Dallas with several of the cast and crew members onhand, and proceeds go to some great charities. Check out all the details below...

Twisted Central has joined forces with indie film maker Michael Stevens (Brutal) to help bring some much needed attention to homeless animals and victims of violent crime.

Brutal will be making it’s Texas premiere during a two night screening on December 7th & 8th at 7pm at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas, Texas. Director and actor Michael Stevens, star A. Michael Baldwin (Phantasm) and composer Alan Howarth (The Thing, Halloween) will be on hand for a Q&A immediately following the film on both nights. A raffle and silent auction will be held with items signed and donated by many of your favorite horror celebrities with all proceeds going to Operation Kindness, North Texas’ oldest and largest no kill animal shelter and For Those in Need, a Portland, OR based victims of violent crime organization.

Guests scheduled to attend include actor Bill Oberst Jr. (Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies), Camille Keaton (I Spit on Your Grave), Frederic Doss (Humans vs. Zombies), Kristen Hall (Sweatshop), model Courtney Crave and many more.

Tickets are $15.00 and will be available at the door or to reserve your seat early, you can preorder tickets by visiting the Twisted Central event page at http://www.twistedcentral.com/p/events_3.html. If you are unable to attend but would like to donate that option is also available on the site. Seats are limited!!

For more information and updates you can also join the event page

Interview with Jackson Phibes of Forbidden Dimension

Headlining the Horror Hootenanny show next weekend is FORBIDDEN DIMENSION, and it was my pleasure to do an interview with their lead singer, JACKSON PHIBES! We discussed his musical career, his horror roots and more. Really interesting interview I think you'll dig in preparation for the big live show on the 13th in Nashville TN!!

Universal Monsters Ebook!

Tonight I have a special treat for you ghouls out there, a free 32 page ebook. This was written by Scott Essman at produced by the fine folks at Universal and it's a great overview of the history of the monsters and the studio that created them. Terrorific stuff here -  enjoy!!
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Dawn of Dracula

My good friends over at Midnite Masoleum - Marlena Midnite, Robyn Graves, and Blake Powell - are stepping outside the horror host realm and making a feature film. Shooting this fall, they are making a horror/comedy, a parody of the 1970s Dracula films called DAWN OF DRACULA. Here's a teaser trailer for the movie:


They have started an Indygogo campaign to raise funds for the film. Check it out and go donate a little cash if you get a chance - $15 gets you a copy of the DVD and a thanks in the movie, so look at it like you're ordering an advance copy of the film, which is sure to be fun. It stars the cutest two horror hosts in the business and will be packed with cameos from folks you'll recognize.

http://www.indiegogo.com/dawn-of-dracula