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To do that, he recently teamed up with researchers and used MRI scans of brain function to determine the degree of fright caused by certain scenes from his latest horror flick, POP SKULL.

Continued at CNN.

Luckily, Dante and writer Mark L. Smith (VACANCY) never get too preachy with their message.

Continued at Reuters.

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Haunted Houses Rivaling Hollywood Horror Flicks
Hollywood-syle haunted houses mix big-budget scenes and settings, making for ghoulish getaways
The towering stone walls of the Gothic prison are scary enough in the daytime.

Continued at ABCNews.

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FUNNY or SCARY?
They exist to create laughter.

Continued at The Pueblo Chieftain.

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RON HOWARD EAGER TO TACKLE 'LOVECRAFT'
The graphic novel puts a fictional spin on the life of legendary fantasy author H.P. Lovecraft by bringing a young Lovecraft face to face with his own nightmarish creations.

Continued at iFMagazine.

COLLECTED HOOK JAW (104 page graphic novel) From the pages of the million sales-per-month Action comic (UK) comes the collected edition of the man-eating great white shark, Hook Jaw! Eventually banned for its graphic violence after a media outcry, this forerunner of 2000 AD sees blood-n-guts and limbs-a-flying mix with environmental issues. This collection comprises the two pre-ban storylines. By Pat Mills (2000AD, Charley's War, Slaine, Marshall Law etc.) and Ken Armstrong (Flesh, Dan Dare and other uncredited stories), Ramon Sola (Action, 2000AD, Battle etc) and Felix Carrion. The horrific nature and young audience of Action weekly led to prohibition campaigns by the Evening Standard, the Sun and the BBC.

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Joseph D'Lacey wins British Fantasy Society's Best Newcomer Award
Author Joseph D'Lacey (THE GARBAGE MAN) sez,

"Boy, am I excited about this!

All the details plus footage of the actual event are on Horror Reanimated right now!"

The genre maestro has signed on to produce a supernatural horror pic of that name, based on a pitch from up-and-coming British director Corin Hardy. The project has been set up at Mandate, where Raimi's Ghost House Pictures has a deal.

Continued at HollywoodReporter.

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Dennis Quaid takes a run at horror and at Bill Clinton in new films
When the going's good, even potential bad news can seem a blessing. And things are going swimmingly for Dennis Quaid these days.

Continued at OrlandoSentinel vie KansasCity.

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Curtain rises on Halloween Horror Nights 19 at Universal Orlando
Familiar, frightful faces fill this year's edition of Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios — but a few longtime fiends come with twists.

Continued at OrlandoSentinel.

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Gruesome music genre becomes subject of scrutiny
On horrorcore music message boards, fans identify themselves with handles such as "psycosick" and "freshdeath."

They discuss new artists such as Randum Shotz and stalwarts of the genre, Kid Crusher, Twiztid and the most mainstream of the lot, Insane Clown Posse and Slipknot.

Continued at TimesDispatch.

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Sexism in horror novels: the real monsters aren't the ones you think

The row raging over sexism in the British Fantasy Society's new horror anthology is only part of the story.

Continued at Guardian.

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INTERPLANETARY combines horror & humor
Chance Shirley is a modern-day renaissance man, writing computer code for a local business by day and playing drums for several local bands at night when he’s not busy making movies. His first feature, Hide & Creep, debuted five years ago and is available on DVD.

Interplanetary is Chance’s follow-up to Hide & Creep, his locally filmed feature debut.

Continued at Bhamweekly.

By the time the webseries ended in Sept. 2007, XOMBIE had over 13 million freaking views!

The episodes were compiled, put on DVD, and sold in stores like Best Buy and online at amazon.com.

Action figures, comic books, comic book conventions, keychains, and t-shirts later, Cindi Rice (AN ORDINARY KILLER, DEMON HUNTERS, XOMBIE: DEAD ON ARRIVAL) and John Frank Rosenblum (CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL, ORGAZMO), along with co-producer, Sean Fernald (RED VELVET), spent the next few years trying to bring XOMBIE to the notice of major Hollywood studios.

Together they promoted the idea of a live action movie to brand James Farr's creation.

XOMBIE follows Dirge, a sentient zombie: A varmint that never lost his mind after death, but has to negotiate the safe transport of a live little girl through the mindless, ravenous zombies stalking a post-apocalyptic World.

In early 2009, the writing producing team of Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (THE ISLAND, TRANSFORMERS [all], STAR TREK, FRINGE), became interested in XOMBIE. So interested in fact, that they hired screenwriter and LAPD still-working-cop, Will Beall, to write the live action version of XOMBIE.

I was hanging out last night with Co-Producer, Sean Fernald, who got the call around 11:00pm from Cindi that after years of development, out of the clear blue, Hollywood Reporter leaked the news online that Dreamworks was negotiating with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci about XOMBIE.

Creator James Farr went online early this morning saying that he hopes by this time next year, "We'll all be on a panel at ComicCon."

Excited after hanging up the phone, Sean said, “We're also doing a fully animated motion-capture version of the Devil's Due graphic novel, XOMBIE: REANIMATED, which will be directed by Matt Pizzolo (graphic novel and soon to be feature film, GODKILLER). And we're casting celebrity voices right now. The names are going to be pretty exciting!”

“There will also be a full feature length animated movie incorporating plot lines from XOMBIE: DEAD ON ARRIVAL and REANIMATED. We're partnered with Radical Axis on this.”

When I left Sean last night, he was pretty stoked. I had the feeling if I put a lightbulb on him it would glow.

Now, wasn't it just two years ago in 2007, when the announcement came out of Hollywood that Vampires and Zombies were dead for feature films, they were clearing their shelves of them and they didn't want to see anymore vampire and zombie scripts?

And just as they were sweeping out the last remains of their undead movies, what should happen but I AM LEGEND, TWILIGHT, and TRUE BLOOD go bongo hit time. Independents punched through with FLIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and DANCE OF THE DEAD. Films out of Europe wowed us all with OUTPOST, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, and DEAD SNOW, and zombies were still here in a big way with video games like DEAD SPACE and LEFT 4 DEAD.

If only Hollywood had listened to us Horror Thriller fans instead of making three years of tedious, twinky little torture porn flicks and half-assed remakes. When it comes to Vampires and Zombies, the dead ALWAYS rise!

On Thursday, September 24th, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm join artist Gris Grimly at The Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia, for an evening of entertainment. Gris Grimly will be signing his NEW book Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Death and Dementia. There will also be a display of original artwork from the book, light refreshments, a cash bar in the Enchanted Garden, musical entertainment and a free screening of Gris Grimly’s short film, Cannibal Flesh Riot! And to follow a screening of Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow at 9pm for $5.00.

“Grimly’s deliciously malevolent illustrations are the perfect compliment to Poe’s macabre stories,” as described by The School Library Journal. This second installment is a companion to Grimly’s Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Madness, with more than 100,000 copies of the US editions sold plus editions in 4 different languages. Grimly has done it again, with spine-chilling visuals, inviting the reader to open the book…if you dare.

This event takes place at
The Poe Museum
1914-16 E. Main St.
Richmond, VA 23223.
Welcome to the world's finest collection of Edgar Allan Poe's manuscripts, letters, first editions, memorabilia and personal belongings. The Poe Museum provides a retreat into early nineteenth century Richmond where Poe lived and worked.