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FEO NEWS FOR FALL
2008:
- OCTOBER -
The detritus of old Horror/Thriller history can be found here.
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OCTOBER
These are archived news items, many of them outside
of this website, so overtime, the links may not work.
OCT. 23
UK VERSION |
From JAKonrath
NOT AFRAID? GET AFRAID
I'm having a contest to give away some free books.
The free books in question are hardcover and trade paperback copies of AFRAID by Jack Kilborn.
Jack Kilborn is JA Konrath, and JA Konrath is me (FeoNote: the author of RUSTY NAIL, reviewed here).
AFRAID is being released on November 13 in the UK. It's a very scary book. The US version is coming out in paperback in April. It's also a scary book. In fact, it's
the exact same book, except in England they use single quotes rather than double quotes for dialog, and they spell words funny like 'realise' and 'centre' and 'colour.' Also, if you ask for a fag in Britain you get a cigarette, and in the US you get something else entirely.
For info about AFRAID, an excerpt, and the infamous AFRAID flash game, visit
JackKilborn.com.
For info about how to win free books in the Official Jack Kilborn Halloween UK Afraid Contest, visit my blog at jakonrath.blogspot.com.
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From Lisa Bustamante
FULL MOON HALLOWEEN HORROR ROAD SHOW
FeoNote: If you plan to be in the Los Angeles area this Halloween, you may want to know about the following -
What better way to spend the night before Halloween than with one of Hollywood’s most successful and prolific cult movie impresarios, Charles Band (RE-ANIMATOR, DOLLS, FROM BEYOND, TOURIST TRAP, DEMONIC TOYS), founder of sci fi/horror movie studio Full Moon Features. Band will stage the Halloween incarnation of his Full Moon Horror Road Show the night before Halloween with ticket proceeds to benefit the Special Olympics.
Charles Band’s one night only variety show is a horror and Halloween-palooza! Band’s show includes puppets, creatures and rare film clips. For horror movie fans and fans of the Puppet Master film series, this event will feature unique interactive audience participation on stage, puppet and doll displays, upcoming new release film trailers by Full Moon Features and live special effect demonstrations! Plus, as a Halloween treat sci fi/horror movie talent and surprise celebrity guests will make a special appearance!!
For ticket information and to view clips from last year’s spooky Full Moon Horror Road Show, please visit FullMoonDirect.com.
When:
Thursday, October 30, 2008
7pm-Doors Open
8pm – Show Begins
Where:
Platinum Club
11345 Ventura Blvd.
Studio City, CA 91604
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
You know him, you love him, but avoid that third rail of: Can't Live Without Him! Anyway, every Horror fan's favorite living film maker,
Writer / Director / Producer / etc. Sam Raimi (THE EVIL DEAD, EVIL DEAD 2, ARMY OF DARKNESS, DARKMAN, MANIAC COP, INNOCENT BLOOD, THE GIFT, SPIDER-MAN [all], THE GRUDGE, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT) is 49 today.
Raimi has announced more movies in production for 2009 including a remake he's producing of THE EVIL DEAD.
Writer / Director Michael Crichton (THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, WESTWORLD, THE TERMINAL MAN, COMA, LOOKER, RUNAWAY, JURASSIC PARK, LOST WORLD: THE JURASSIC PARK, SPHERE, THE 13th WARRIOR) is 66. |
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OCT. 22
From Mel Caylo
THE DARKNESS #7 BENEFITS THE HERO INITIATIVE
Hester will be on hand at Wizard World Texas to sign copies of the book
LOS ANGELES, Calif., October 22, 2008 – Top Cow Productions, Inc. and The Hero Initiative proudly announced today a limited-edition variant cover for The Darkness #7 drawn by Phil Hester would be available for sale at Wizard World Texas, taking place November 7-9 at the Arlington Convention Center in Arlington, Texas. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the books will benefit The Hero Initiative.
The Hero Initiative is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to helping comic creators in need. It provides them with emergency medical care, funds for essentials in life and assistance to get back into paying work.
The Darkness, a long-running series from Top Cow that was adapted into a hit videogame in 2007, is the continuing saga of Jackie Estacado, a former mob hitman-turned-crime boss who inherited a curse that allows him to create and control nearly anything he can imagine as long as he’s in darkness. The series is currently written by Phil Hester (FireBreather, Green Arrow) and drawn by Michael Broussard (Unholy Union). For this issue, however, guest artist Jorge Lucas (Pilot Season: Ripclaw) gives Broussard a spell, but Hester happily agreed to donate his art skills to create a special variant cover.
“Phil Hester is not just an amazing writer and top-flight artist, but a heckuva nice guy,” beamed Jim McLauchlin, president of The Hero Initiative. “We’re very pleased that Top Cow has helped us out in creating this killer cover.”
“The Hero Initiative does a great service to the comics community by helping creators in need,” said Mel Caylo, Top Cow’s VP Marketing and Sales. “We are more than happy to help keep their mission going.”
The Darkness #7 variant issue will be available for sale exclusively at The Hero Initiative Booth at Wizard World Texas, taking place during the weekend of November 7-9 at the Arlington Convention Center in Arlington, Texas. Hester is attending the event and will appear at the Hero booth, where he will be available to sign purchased copies of the special issue. “We’re beyond happy to host him at our convention booth for the weekend,” said McLauchlin.
Fans who are unable to attend the convention can purchase a very limited amount of the books after the show from the special Hero Initiative section on the Atomic Comics website at AtomicComicsStore.com. Regular copies of The Darkness #7 go on sale in comic shops Nov. 5. |
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OCT. 21
From Reggie and Gigi Bannister
STOCKADE BOOT HILL HAUNT! (In 3D!)
FeoNote: If you plan to be in the Southern California area for Halloween, you may want to know about the following: P.S. THIS is what Reggie does when he's NOT saving us from The Tall Man!-
Crestline, CA - The Stockade Grub & Whiskey will be the site of the Stockade Boot Hill Haunt this Halloween. Visitors will be whisked back in time to the days of the Olde Wild West with a live performance haunted house with 3D art. It’s a fun and safe environment for all ages benefitting the Crestline Creative Arts Foundation and the Crest Forest Food Bank. The "Stockade Boot Hill Haunt" will be located behind the Stockade Grub & Whiskey - once they don special 3D glasses, entry will be via the Spooky Alley, and takes folks through a maze to Boot Hill, past the Abandoned Mine, through Snake Pits, Vampires and - to exit - they must get past the Crazy Coroner!!! Admission is $5. Bring a canned food for the Food Bank and take off $2 per person - one person, one canned good. Children 10 years and under FREE (with canned food) The Stockade Boot Hill Haunt opens Friday, October 25th and runs nightly through October 31st and hours are from 6pm-10pm. BEWARE! NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART!
WHAT - Stockade Boot Hill Haunt
WHEN: Saturday Oct. 25th - Oct. 31
TIME: 6pm-10pm nightly
ADMISSION: $5 ($2 off with canned food)
Kids FREE (under 10 years with canned food)
WHERE - Stockade Grub & Whiskey (entry at alley)
23881 Lake Drive, Crestline, CA 92325
CONTACT: Desiree' 338-2465 or Gigi 338-3602
Crestline Creative Arts Foudation
P.O. Box 4387
Crestline, CA 92325-4387
e: info@crestlinecreativearts.org |
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OCT. 20
From Roger A. Scheck
NOBODY LOVES ALICE BUT AMERICAN HORRORS
LOS ANGELES, CA- Crime Pays, Inc. founder and president, Hart D. Fisher, has announced the latest addition to his American Horrors slate of programming with the addition of critically acclaimed Filmmaker Roger Scheck’s twisted shocker, NOBODY LOVES ALICE.
“Nobody Loves Alice is a seriously demented little indie, and it’s director Roger Scheck a very mature filmmaker.” Said producer Hart D. Fisher. “His movie was a savage female flipside to my first feature, The Garbage Man, taking on the mantle of female serial killer on par with Monster only without the big budget. This is heavy duty filmmaking, Roger is a guy folks are going to want to keep an eye on.”
Alice is a secretary at a new job. She is cute and shy but and has no problem fitting in and finding a few new friends right away. Beneath the surface hides an unloved child still acting out damaged fantasies of love and obsession. Roger Scheck’s Nobody Loves Alice is a blood soaked slide down into the worst kind of loving hell. Locked up with a demented woman, one man will hold onto hope for escape while his body is cut away from him, one piece at a time.
Mr. Fisher is currently seeking out more indie filmmakers, feature films, shorts and horror themed music videos for broadcast on ..American Horrors...Anyone interested in seeking out more information or wishes to submit their work for review, please contact us at: submissions@americanhorrors.com.
For more information, check out American Horrors.
Nobody Loves Alice.
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Mainly because of his work in Peter Jackson films and the more recent David Cronenberg films, has this
actor broke into a heavy Horror Thriller career direction for the past ten
years. So Happy Birthday to
Actor Viggo Mortensen (THE CREW, CRIMSON
TIDE, THE PROPHECY, A PERFECT
MURDER, PSYCHO [1998], LORD
OF THE RINGS [all], A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, EASTERN PROMISES) who is 49. Look for his 2009 Thriller release, THE ROAD. And his expected 2010 Horror Thriller release, A WING AND A PRAYER.
And On Saturday -
Writer/Reviewer Mike Bracken (Various movie reviews including: THE BEYOND, BRIDE OF CHUCKY, THE CHURCH, INFERNO, NEKROMANTIK, TERROR AT THE OPERA, and ZOMBIE. Horror Geek on the TV Game Show, Beat The Geeks) is 36. Visit him at VariedCelluloid.net.
Writer/Director David Twohy (WARLOCK,
THE FUGITIVE, WARLOCK: The Armageddon, TERMINAL VELOCITY, THE ARRIVAL, PITCH BLACK, IMPOSTOR, BELOW,
THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK) is 53. |
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OCT. 18
SPECIAL UPDATE:
THE DARK KNIGHT SWEEPS THE 2008 SCREAM AWARDS
At the Spike TV 2008 Scream Awards, Anthony Hopkins, Wes Craven, and Tim Burton were honored with various special awards, but the huge winner this year was THE DARK KNIGHT, which swept the awards show with twelve trophies.
These are the winners,
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Ultimate Scream - THE DARK KNIGHT
Scream Legend Award - Anthony Hopkins
Best Fantasy Movie - HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY
Best Horror Movie - SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
Best Science Fiction Movie - IRON MAN
Best TV Show - DEXTER
Best Superhero - Christian Bale: THE DARK KNIGHT
Best Actor in a Fantasy Movie or TV Show - Heath Ledger: THE DARK KNIGHT
Best Actress in a Fantasy Movie or TV Show - Angelina Jolie: WANTED
Best Actor in a Horror Movie or TV Show - Johnny Depp: SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
Best Actress in a Horror Movie or TV Show - Liv Tyler: THE STRANGERS
Best Actor in a Science Fiction Movie or TV Show - Robert Downey Jr.: IRON MAN
Best Actress in a Science Fiction Movie or TV Show - Milla Jovovich: RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION
Breakout Performance - Wall-E, WALL-E
Best Villain - HEATH LEDGER: THE DARK KNIGHT
Best Supporting Performance - Gary Oldman: THE DARK KNIGHT
Scream Mastermind Award - Wes Craven
Most Memorable Mutilation - Dog Eats Dick: TEETH
Best Sequel - THE DARK KNIGHT
Best Remake - HALLOWEEN
Holy S@#$! Scene of the Year - Big Rig Flip over: THE DARK KNIGHT
Best Director - Christopher Nolan: THE DARK KNIGHT
Best Screamplay - Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, THE DARK KNIGHT
Scream Immortal - Tim Burton
Best F/X - THE DARK KNIGHT
Best Comic Book - Y: THE LAST MAN ON EARTH
Best Comic Book Movie - THE DARK KNIGHT
Best Comic Book Writer - Grant Morrison, Batman,: Final Crisis
Best Comic Book Artist - Gabriel Ba, The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite
Best Screen to Comic Adaptation - Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight"
Most Shocking Comic Book Plot Twist - The X-Men Disband After Professor X Is Shot In The Head By Bishop; X-Men
Best Line - "I believe whatever doesn't kill you makes you stranger" (The Joker): THE DARK KNIGHT
And the surprise 2008 SCREAM AWARD ICON (presented by Samuel L. Jackson) - George Lucas
Spike TV’s Third Annual Event Commemorating The Year In Fantasy, Horror And Science Fiction Premieres Tuesday, October 21 At 9:00 PM, ET/PT. Visit Spike.com/event/scream. |
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OCT. 17
OF SHIPP AND SHEEP
Horror Thriller writer, Jeremy C. Shipp, author of the novel VACATION and short stories that have found homes in various publications including Cemetery Dance, ChiZine, and The Bizarro Starter Kit (blue), wrote me to announce his latest book.
SHEEP AND WOLVES, published by Raw Dog Screaming Press, will come bundled in pre-orders with a hardcover of S&W, along with a DVD copy of EGG, the short film he wrote.
Know you not shit of Shipp? Question you must the value of his written word? No matter. Shipp hath forseen this and renders an excerpt of his collection in the latest issue of The Dream People and you can read another excerpt at his official website, Jeremy C. Shipp.
Erstwhile, Shipp is elsewhere and the Caleb J. Ross' interview with Jeremy, Almost Every Aspect of Civilization Horrifies Me, is now available for your perusal.
Now go ye forth in fright!
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
She was Superman's girlfriend for a long time, a long time ago, but for the last ten plus years she's been largely doing Horror. That's just getting back to her roots for
Actor Margot Kidder (SISTERS, BLACK CHRISTMAS, THE REINCARNATION OF PETER PROUD, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR, BLOODKNOT, THE CLOWN AT MIDNIGHT, NIGHTMARE MAN, TRIBULATION, ANGEL
BLADE, DEATH 4 TOLD, THE LAST SIGN, THE BOX COLLECTOR, ON THE OTHER HAND: DEATH) who is 60.
Writer/Director/Producer Kenneth J. Hall (THE TOMB, BLOODY MOVIE, NIGHTMARE SISTERS, EVIL SPAWN, PUPPET MASTER, LINNEA QUIGLEY'S HORROR WORKOUT, DIE WATCHING, BLONDE HEAVEN, THE CLOWN AT MIDNIGHT, KRAA! THE SEA MONSTER, HALFWAY HOUSE) is 50. Kenneth is a good acquaintance and a MySpace friend. Visit him at MySpace.com/KennethHall. |
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OCT. 16
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
12 wildly successful years of a TV mystery series eventually led most people to believe that the real murderer was a serial killer who put the finger on innocents. Happy Birthday to
Actor Angela Lansbury (THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GREY [1945], PLEASE MURDER ME, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE [1962], DEATH ON THE NILE, THE LADY VANISHES, THE MIRROR CRACK'D, SWEENY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET [TV], MURDER SHE WROTE [TV], and way more) who is 83.
Actor Kelli Martin (HER HIDDEN TRUTH, HIDDEN IN SILENCE, MYSTERY WOMAN [TV], NO BROTHER OF MINE) is 33.
Happy Birthday to the queen of home VHS movie video lezzie Horror flicks (a niche market indeed!)
Actor Misty Mundae (Erin Brown: TITANIC 2000, VAMPIRE STRANGLER, INTERNATIONAL NECKTIE STRANGLER, WITCHBABE: EROTICWITCH PROJECT 3, MY VAMPIRE LOVER, AN EROTIC VAMPIRE IN PARIS, SILK STOCKING STRANGLER, VAMPIRE VIXENS, LUST FOR DRACULA, THE LOST, Masters of Horror: SICK GIRL, and more) who is 29. |
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OCT. 15
From Hart D. Fisher
AMERICAN HORRORS SPONSORS NYC HORROR FILM FESTIVAL!
Hart D. Fisher continues his hunt for new talent at the NYC Horror Film Festival!
LOS ANGELES, CA- Crime Pays, Inc. founder and president, Hart D. Fisher, has announced that his American Horrors television show has thrown its’ support to another stellar horror film festival by becoming an official sponsor of the New York City Horror Film Festival. American Horrors will be covering the festival as part of its’ ongoing coverage of the American Horror industry for European television audiences and pounding the pavement looking for the next wave of bloody film makers.
“The New York City Horror Film Festival was one of the first festivals to screen my work.” Said producer Hart D. Fisher. “Now through American Horrors I’m looking forward to bringing our television spotlight to, what I consider to be one of the best horror film festivals in America, if not the world.”
Mr. Fisher is currently seeking out more indie filmmakers, feature films, shorts and horror themed music videos for broadcast on American Horrors. Anyone interested in seeking out more information or wishes to submit their work for review, please contact us at: submissions@americanhorrors.com.
For more information about American Horrors check us out on the web. |
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OCT. 14
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Horror Writer Richard Christian Matheson (CREATED BY, SCARS, DYSTOPIA, TALES FROM THE CRYPT: Split Second [TV], SOLE SURVIVOR [TV], IT WAITS, NIGHTMARES AND DREAMSCAPES: From the Stories of Stephen King - Battleground, Mick Garris' MASTERS OF HORROR: Dance of the Dead, THE DAMNED THING [TV]) is 55.
For over 30 years, this man has been starring in the Horrific, twisted, and bizarre
Actor Udo Keir ("BURN, WITCH, BURN", FLESH FOR
FRANKENSTEIN, BLOOD FOR DRACULA, SOME FRIES FOR WOLFMAN, SPERMULA, SUSPIRIA, DOCTEUR JEKYLL ET LES FEMMES, BLADE, END OF DAYS, MEGIDDO, FEAR DOT COM, LOVE OBJECT,
DOGVILLE, DRACULA 3000, GRINDHOUSE, Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN, and a whole lot more) is 64.
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Contributors to Feo Amante are going places! Check it out below!
Starring Adrian Paul
(THE HIGHLANDER),
Bokeem Woodbine, and Ling Bai (THE CROW), This Alternate History
movie is part Horror, Part crime, part S.F. and all Vampires.
From the screenplay by alumni
Christos N. Gage
and
Ruth Fletcher Gage.
Brian Keene was one of the first reviewers at feoamante.com and has gone on to become one of the fastest growing Horror writers in publishing.
Harry Shannon began writing for us in the new millennium and has gone on to write mass market novels and pen the motion picture,
DEAD AND GONE
Scott Nicholson had a career before us, but he wanted to contribute anyway! |
Haunted
Links:
| The
Chancery House |
Dancing Skeletons
Sure, why not? |
Evil
On A
Budget
Every Evil Overlord has to start somewhere. |
Evil Overlord,
Inc.
Valuable advice for setting up your own world dominating empire. |
GoreLets
Once this site buries its hook in you, you won't want to pull
it out.
Flash Enabled. |
Halloween
Midis - Music - and Wavs |
| The
Haunted Graveyard |
| The
Haunted Playhouse |
Hell2U
Hell, Michigan. It's a beautiful little place that's a helluva lot of fun to visit. |
The Hilarious House of Frightenstein
I've never met a soul who remembers this whacked out show, yet Canadians
Bill Strutt and Ben Kane have created this excellent tribute site. |
The
Monster Dance
Sigh... for those of you who really crave kitsch. |
The
Monster Mash
More dancing monsters. This time with lyrics. |
The
Moonlit
Road |
MustDie
A Russian site. I don't know what they are saying, but it looks so COOL! |
Necropsy
A fledgling Horror site hosted on the Louisiana State University
servers. Not much there so far, but the roster of reviewers, including
S.T. Joshi, is impressive. |
Rather Good
Not Haunted or Horror but being this twisted, where else would he
have a link? |
The
Ossuary In Sedlac
A massive and ornate building made of human bones. |
Screams From The Abyss
Few images, mostly text. It's a 24 hour, 7 day a week Geoff Cooper
Bitch-Fest! |
Spectrum
Of Fantasy
Is back online! A Russian site, with pages in English and/or Russian.
Uses Shockwave! |
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