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2010:
- APRIL pg. 1 -
The detritus of old Horror/Thriller history can be found here.
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APRIL
These are archived news items, many of them outside
of this website, so overtime, the links may not work.
APRIL 30
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'Dark Knight' sequel has an official release date!
Warner Bros. has set July 20, 2012, as the release date for the third Christopher Nolan-directed Batman movie.
Continued at HeatVisionBlog.
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Make-up Artist Joe Blasco (GARDEN OF THE DEAD, THE TOUCH OF SATAN, SHIVERS, ILSA: SHE WOLF OF THE SS, RABID, THE CLONUS, DEAN KOONTZ: WHISPERS) is 63.
Joe shares an April birthday with fellow RABID alumni, the late Marilyn Chambers.
Horror short story writer and feoamante alumni, Maurice Broaddus is 39 today. He says.
Visit him at MySpace.com/ MauriceBroaddus.
Writer Greg Fisher aka The Undead Rat (WITH INTENT TO COMMIT HORROR) is 46.
Visit him at MySpace.com/ UndeadRat.
Writer Colleen Gleason (THE REST FALLS AWAY, RISES THE NIGHT, THE BLEEDING DUSK, WHEN TWILIGHT BURNS) is 43.
Visit her at MySpace.com/Colleen Gleason.
Writer and feoamante alumni Brian Knight (RANDOM ACTS OF WEIRDNESS, BLACK DAY, DRAGONFLY, HACKS, FERAL and more) is 37. Visit him at Brian-Knight.com. |
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APRIL 29
From Animation World Network
SOME KICK-ASS VFX
Double Negative supplies the VFX ammo for Matthew Vaughn's adaptation of the Millar/Romita comic book.
Based on the popular comic book by Mark Millar and John Romita, Kick-Ass is about a high school superhero wannabe. However, he inspires a subculture of copy cats and they get their chance to thwart a local mob boss. Directed by Matthew Vaughn (Stardust, Layer Cake), who raised the financing independently, Kick-Ass features vfx by Double Negative, LipSync Post, The Senate VFX, Ghost VFX and Fido. Double Negative's Mattias Lindahl served as overall visual effects supervisor. In fact, Lindahl has relocated to his native Sweden to work at Fido.
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Mistress of Horror Nanci Kalanta (HorrorWorld.org) is 49 today.
Director Ted V. Mikels (THE ASTRO-ZOMBIES, THE CORPSE GRINDERS, BLOOD ORGY OF THE SHE-DEVILS, OPERATION OVERKILL, CITY IN TERROR, THE CORPSE GRINDERS II, MARK OF THE ASTRO ZOMBIES, CAULDRON: BAPTISM OF BLOOD) is 81. |
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APRIL 28
QUICK BITES
Horror Movie Fans Find Nightmare on Elm Street Original Comic Art on Sketch Maven
This Friday, New Line Cinema is releasing another chapter in its classic horror movie franchise, A Nightmare on Elm Street. This film marks a new direction for the series with the Watchmen’s Jackie Earle Haley taking over the role of Freddy Krueger. In celebration of the relaunch, Sketch Maven, the World’s Greatest Comic Art Marketplace, is showcasing classic comic art from the original comic book series from Innovation Comics.
Continued at PR-Inside.
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Scott Sigler - They're Ba-ack. '80s Horror Movies Rise From The Dead
On April 30, the new A Nightmare on Elm Street hits theaters, the latest outing in a series of 80's horror franchise rebirths. Freddy Kreuger is back, Jack, along with a parade of other 80's slashers that have risen from the grave in a zombie-like wave of cinematic undead.
Continued at FilmCritic.
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Amazon gets Naughty Bear 'Freddy Kruebear' pre-order
Yesterday I told you about the GameStop pre-order item for Naughty Bear, the Friday the 13th-inspired "Slasher Bear." But developer A2M's obsession with horror films doesn't stop there.
Today it's been revealed that pre-ordering the item from Amazon.com will net you a different exclusive item -- a Freddy Kruebear costume.
Continued at Destructoid.
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Paramount moving forward on third 'Ring' film in 3D (exclusive)
Combining two of Hollywood's consuming passions -- sequels and 3D -- Paramount is moving ahead with a new installment of the horror thriller franchise "The Ring."
Continued at HeatVisionBlog.
WASSMOR
When it comes to horror flicks, nostalgia can be a scary thing
Nostalgia can be a bitch, especially when it comes to the movies we loved as children — whether it be Star Wars or Dirty Dancing. We tend to cherry pick the good moments and overlook the real stinkers.
Continued at CharlestonCityPaper.
FINALLY
Akshay wants to do a horror comedy
He is grown as an actor as well as a star, Bollywood’s action hero-turned-mass entertainer Akshay Kumar knows his roots and is very thankful to the three murtis who have shaped him into a comedian. He shared with this writer how he learnt the art of comedy from this three people – Priyadarshan, Rajkumar Santoshi and Neeraj Vohra.
Continued at IndiaGlitz.
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor Jessica Alba (IDLE HANDS, PARANOID, DARK ANGEL [TV], SIN CITY, INTO THE BLUE, AWAKE, THE EYE) who is 29. Jessica's upcoming 2010 Thrillers THE KILLER INSIDE ME and MACHETE are scheduled for a 2010 release. SIN CITY 2 may be off the table for good.
Actor Kari Wuhrer (THINNER, ANACONDA, KATE'S ADDICTION, FATAL CONFLICT, KILLER LOVE, EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS, FINAL EXAMINATION, KING OF THE ANTS, THE HITCHER II, THE PROHECY: UPRISING, HELLRAISER: DEADER, THE PROPHECY: FORSAKEN) who is 43. |
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APRIL 27
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Off again, on again, lead guitarist for KISS,
Musician Ace Frehley (Albums: HOTTER THAN HELL, DESTROYER, LOVE GUN, PSYCHO CIRCUS and way more. Movies: KISS MEETS THE PHANTOM OF THE PARK [TV], REMEDY) is 58.
The fact is that I have many adult friends who think that the old Scooby-Doo cartoons were nothing more than product marketed unmitigated crap. At the same time, and with a hint of shame, they'll also admit that, as kids, the damn cartoon babysat them for a up to a good hour or so every Saturday morning. No doubt, in another 20 years, there will be a world famous paleontologist who'll fess up to being influenced, as a baby, by Barney the Purple Dinosaur. So with so many contemporary Horror and Mystery fans and writers acknowledging early inspiration from the cartoon, I'd be remiss to leave it out of the loop.
If there's one particularly important thing about Scooby-Doo it's this: The entire show was based upon the idea that there really weren't any ghosts, monsters, or other supernatural entities. If you used your head, were reasonable, rational, and looked deep enough, you'd find a fraud behind the mystery; looking to take criminal advantage of frightened or gullible people ("Yeah, and I would have gotten away with it too: If it wasn't for you rotten kids!"). A solid life lesson well taught to the young masses.
So if you were a childhood fan of Scooby-Doo, maybe you really shouldn't feel that bad about it. And while we're on the subject, here is a Happy Birthday to the voice of Scooby's best pal, the perpetually frightened Shaggy.
Voice actor Casey Kasem (Norville "Shaggy" Rogers of various SCOOBY DOO cartoons since the beginning - over 40 years ago! - in 1969) is 78 and STILL voicing Shaggy. |
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APRIL 26
FEO FLICK PICK
Every week I go around the Internet looking for whatever catches my eye in videos.
This week's Feo Flick is THE RAVEN, and no, this incredible short, made for only 5 grand, has nothing to do with Edgar!
Watch the latest FeoFlick. |
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YOU DUG IT
At a modest slip from #5 last week to #6 this week, you continue to dig CLASH OF THE TITANS (2010), now in its 4th week.
Another modest slip of #8 last week to #10 this week goes to ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010). Now in its
8th week, you still dig Tim Burton's latest. Worldwide, ALICE has nearly hit the billion dollar mark.
Opening very soft at #4, you may have buried the Mystery Thriller, THE LOSERS. Next week will tell whether this one movies up or down or stays steady.
YOU BURIED IT
You may have dug KICK ASS last week - somewhat, all movies in the top ten had a pretty soft turn out and the same applies to this past weekend as well - but you didn't dig it this weekend. KICK ASS went free fall from #1 to #5 this week. That said, KICK ASS surpassed its budget at the box office and until next week, there's no telling if KICK ASS will leave the top ten in the proofit margin or not.
Stats from BoxOfficeMojo.
Next week: Michael Bay's A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (2010) opens wide. |
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TOMORROW'S DVDS TODAY!
Tuesday in the U.S. is the day that videos are generally released, and these are among the ones hitting retail tomorrow.
DISTRICT B13 on BLU-RAY re-release. |
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And On Saturday -
Whether by luck or intent, this actress is making a name for herself in Horror Thriller movies. Happy birthday to
Actor Melinda Clarke (RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3, MULHOLLAND FALLS, THE KILLER TONGUE, SPAWN, DYNAMITE, .COM FOR MURDER, THE ANIMATRIX, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES [TV]) is 41.
Look for her upcoming expected 2010 Mystery Thriller, MATE.
Back in the 1970s, this veteran producer and director must have got bitten by the Horror Thriller bug when, in the same year, he directed episodes of two Horror Thriller TV series. He's had a long career in Horror Thrillers ever since.
Director/Producer Richard Donner (THE TWILIGHT ZONE [TV - original series, six episodes], THE SIXTH SENSE [TV], GHOST STORY [TV], THE OMEN, THE GOONIES, SCROOGED, TALES FROM THE CRYPT [TV], DEMON KNIGHT, CONSPIRACY THEORY, BORDELLO OF BLOOD, X-MEN, RITUAL, MATTHEW BLACKHEART: MONSTER SMASHER [TV]) is 80.
Horror Thriller Writer John Edward Lawson (Books: SIN CONDUCTOR, THE TROUBLING AMPUTEE, DISCOURAGING AT BEST. Movies: RAGE: INTERNAL DEMONS) is 36.
Visit him at MySpace.com/Hellmonger. |
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APRIL 23
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor Jaime King (SIN CITY, THEY WAIT, THE TRIPPER, THE SPIRIT, MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D) is 31.
Look for Jaime in the upcoming MOTHER'S DAY. For 2011, look for King in THE LAST CITY and in SIN CITY 2, with an anticipated release date of 2009, 2010, 2011.
Actor Craig Sheffer (NIGHTBREED, BLUE DESERT, EYE OF THE STORM, BLOODKNOT, THE GRAVE, DOUBLE TAKE, EXECUTIVE POWER, THE FALL, SHADOW OF DOUBT, HELLRAISER: INFERNO, RITUAL, KILLER BUZZ, DRACULA II: ASCENSION, LOVE LIES BLEEDING, WHILE SHE WAS OUT) is 50. |
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APRIL 22
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor Eric Mabius (THE MINUS MAN, CRUEL INTENTIONS, THE CROW: Salvation, TEMPTED, RESIDENT EVIL, REEKER, VOODOO MOON) is 39.
Actor Jack Nicholson (THE CRY BABY KILLER, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, THE RAVEN, THE TERROR, CHINATOWN, THE SHINING, THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK, BATMAN, WOLF, MARS ATTACKS!, THE PLEDGE) is 73 today.
Writer, Director, Producer & more, Ben Rock (MUTANT SPECIES, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, ALIEN RAIDERS) is 39. |
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APRIL 20
QUICK BITES
Garth Ennis Reveals 'Crossed' Movie Details, Calls His Script 'Straight Horror'
One of the big announcements made just prior to this weekend's C2E2 convention was the news that "Preacher" creator Garth Ennis' grisly comic book series "Crossed" had been picked up for big-screen adaptation by Kickstart Productions.
Continued at MTV.
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Stephen's son the new King of horror
It might seem surprising, but when he first decided he wanted to make a living writing, author Joe Hill didn’t embrace the horror genre right away.
Continued at TorontoSun.
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Horror at Tribeca Film Festival
This month the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival will screen four films with a strong horror theme. As described by the festival producers, the films are:
Continued at Seattlepi.
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D.L. Russell tells horror fans 'Hell Is An Awfully Big City'
Sometimes, there’s nothing like a good scare, or, at the least, a good creepy story to get the heart pumping and the adrenalin flowing. And, if you’re the type who really enjoys such thrills, get your hands on horror writer D.L. Russell’s “Hell Is An Awfully Big City.”
Continued at FrostIllustrated.
WASSMOR
Can Dark Horse and Hammer Pump Fresh Blood Into Horror Comics?
It ain't easy to scare a reader in 22 pages or less, but comics publisher Dark Horse is partnering with Hammer Films to give it a go. Up first: a comic-book adaptation of Let The Right One In.
Continued at io9. |
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TRON TIME
Cool Stuff: Tron-Inspired “My Other Ride Is a Light Cycle” T-Shirt and Hoody
Back in 2008, I posted about a Tron-inspired hoody design which was submitted to Threadless. That design, sadly, never made it to sale. I had always assumed that either it was too geeky, or maybe the design was too much like the one in the film.
Continued at SlashFilm.
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Tron Legacy Reboots Space Paranoids Online
Tron Legacy doesn’t arrive until the end of the year. And yeah, the wait sucks. But soon you can while away that time playing Space Paranoids online. Don’t you feel better already?
Continued at Wired.
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South Park Skewers Tron and Facebook
South Park took on Facebook (a.k.a. "The Social Network) last night, with a hilarious hat-tip to the 'Tron' universe. Check some clips from the show
Continued at Screenrant.
ALSO
Tron Legacy' Producer Talks Next Steps
Long before the second 'Tron' flick's December release, Disney is eyeing its third.
"Tron Legacy" arrives in theaters on December 17, more than eight months from now, but that doesn't mean it's too early to start talking about a sequel.
Continued at MTV.
FeoNote: confidence is high. I repeat. Confidence is high.
Read the review of the original TRON.
Catch up on all the news at TRON LEGACY NEWS. |
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor Crispin Glover (FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER, RIVER'S EDGE, WILD AT HEART, WILLARD, SIMON SAYS, THE WIZARD OF GORE, BEOWULF, FREEZER BURN: THE INVASION OF LAXDALE, 9, THE DONNER PARTY, ALICE IN WONDERLAND) is 46.
Actor Clint Howard (EVILSPEAK, THE WRAITH,
B.O.R.N., FREEWAY, INITIATION: SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 4, DISTURBED, THE ROCKETEER, SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 5, BODY CHEMISTRY II, CARNOSAUR, INFESTED, BIGFOOT: THE UNFORGETTABLE ENCOUNTER, LEPRECHAUN 2, ICE CREAM MAN, SAWBONES, TWISTED LOVE, DIGITAL MAN, HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP [1996], TWILIGHT [1998], THE DENTIST 2, BLACKWOODS, HOUSE OF THE DEAD, THE MISSING, BIG BAD WOLF, Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN, THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO) is 51.
Look for Clint in the upcoming BLOODRAYNE: THE THIRD REICH, with an expected late 2010 release.
In 2000, this actor, after a long career, seems to have caught the Horror Thriller bug, so Happy Birthday to
Actor Andy Serkis (THE ESCAPIST, THE LORD OF THE RINGS [all], DEATHWATCH, BLESSED, KING KONG, PRESTIGE, THE COTTAGE, EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION) is 46.
Look for Andy's upcoming Horror Thriller, THE SPIDER in 2011.
Andy shares an April birthday with fellow LOTR alumni, Sean Bean. |
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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! |
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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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