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JANUARY
These are archived news items, many of them outside of this website, so overtime, the links may cease to work.

JANUARY 31

KEEP IT IN THE RING
Bullfighting in Mexico is as popular a sport as basketball in the U.S., though probably not as popular as football in the U.S. Yesterday, during the game, which involves the death of the loser, one young bull, Pajarito, left the game field and jumped into the audience stands. Apparently, he saw his wife getting hassled by a fan. At that point, Pajarito became as enraged as any bull would, and charged into the stands.

For the full story, check out bbcnews.com.


SNEEK A PEEK AT TODD
As previously announced, MoCCA (the Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art) in New York will host "Todd McFarlane: A Retrospective" February 25 through May 1. The multimedia retrospective exhibit showcasing Todd's art and career will include original artwork and artifacts including original comic art pages, animation cels, character designs and layouts, as well as toy designs and prototypes from the McFarlane Companies archives.

Continued at Spawn.com.

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JANUARY 30

Kelly Parks
Kelly Parks

CONTRIBUTORS TO FEOAMANTE.COM ARE GOING PLACES!
Longtime feoamante.com reviewer, and Science Moment man, Kelly Parks, has a winning screenplay. In his very first time at bat - so to speak - Kelly won as top ten finalist of the A Feeding Frenzy Screenplay contest. The competition gave a big boost to Kelly and his very first screenplay, which is also a Horror story, HOWARD'S CROSS.

What was the story about?

"Small town sheriff battles evil from another dimension."

Says it all, really.

The “A Feeding Frenzy” screenplay competition is the #1 rated screenplay contest on MovieBytes.com. Contest sponsors include divisions of Paramount and Warner Brothers.

Kelly Parks screenplay was the only Horror entry to win.


HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Since 2000 and AMERICAN PSYCHO, today's birthday boy has turned his attention - for the moment - to the Horror Thriller. Happy Birthday to.
Actor Christian Bale (REIGN OF FIRE, EQUILIBRIUM, THE MACHINIST, BATMAN BEGINS) is 32.
And on Saturday
Writer / Director Frank Darabont (THE WOMAN IN THE ROOM, A NIGHTMARE ON ELMSTREET 3, THE BLOB [1988], THE FLY II, FRANKENSTIEN, THE GREEN MILE) is 47.

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JANUARY 27

Night of the Living Dead

From Jon Condit at Horror Channel
YES FANS, ITS THE ULTIMATE ROMERO!

The original Master of Horror, George A. Romero, has opened up a new home on the web for his fans, and we've got your ticket in!

UltimateRomero.com is now live, or should we just say living? Fans have long clamored for an extensive website dedicated to the man himself, and now you're just a click away from pure horror bliss! Prepare to sink your claws into the hottest Romero related merchandise, post on interactive forums, browse through the many photo galleries, read through all new film synopses written specifically for the site, and of course get the skinny on all of the latest Romero news including upcoming films and appearances!

"Every Romero fan needs to have the ultimate Romero experience," says Chris Roe, George's manager. "We want to give them the opportunity to find out all about George's career, both past and present. George loves his fans, and this site is specifically tailored to them."
"It's terrific to have a website dedicated to my career and my fans," Romero added. "I'll be showing up from time to time to hang out and chat, and I'd love for you all to be there. Except for the jerks!"

FeoNote: For Horror fans, George Romero is to zombies, as George Lucas is to space operas. There's a certain fiendish loyalty to George R. as the man who added zombies to the list of Horror icons like Vampires, Frankensteins, werewolves, and Mummys (a type of zombie but nothing like the living dead!). We all have our most favorite and least favorites in George's series, but many of us staunchly support everything Romero. Does that read like a suck up? Well sorry! I don't do it that often, but in case you didn't notice, this IS a freaking Horror site so I AM something of a FANBOY! And George is one of the reasons why! Deal with it!

Now then - ahem! - I spoke to George's manager, Chris Roe, today about George's original website, georgeromero.com. I noticed, in looking at the new site, that the old one hadn't been linked up. I asked if it was still legit, what was happening with it, and so on. Chris told me that, for right now, a lot of ideas are being considered about what to do with it. He suggested a number of possibilities, but he couldn't officially comment on any of them as nothing had been decided yet. Yes, the old domain is still part of the Romero family, but Ultimate Romero.com is THE flagship website (so to speak) for George.

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JANUARY 26

King of Souls

From Brian Knight
BK Jr. IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH BK Sr.

I have two new books to announce today; two great experiences with two great publishers (Earthling and Delirium), two fantastic covers by two of the best artists working in the small press (Deena Warner and Alan M. Clark), and two more chances to prove my inferiority to Brian Keene, a man whose sales are eclipsed only by his baldness.

But seriously, anything Mr. Keene writes is worth buying – phenomenal writer – so have a look at his new NEP release, Take the Long Way Home, and nab your copy before they are gone forever.
(FeoNote: How about that, gang? BK the Younger gives a bow, a swat, and a suck up to BK the Elder! Ah well. Both of these guys used to write for this website and I call them both clowns friends)

KING OF SOULS
Earthling
A novella by Brian Knight
Introduction by Tim Waggoner
Art by Deena Warner

When four fathers venture onto the reclusive Johnny "Junk" Curtis's property in search of their missing children, what they find is beyond their worst nightmares; the motive for the hermit's strange junk fetish, the fates of their missing children, and Johnny Junk's greatest secret. A secret he guards at all costs. Can they survive the trap that Johnny Junk has set for them? Will they escape the King Of Souls?

"A chilling story of how far a father will go to find his missing child. Dark and foreboding and extremely well done."
- Barry Hunter, BARYON MAGAZINE

This title is expected to ship in March 2006.

HACKS
A novel by Brian Knight
Cover by Alan M. Clark, foil stamp design by Greg Posey
Delirium Books
When novelist Jim Eldridge receives an invitation to a writer's retreat on Washington State's Mount Misery, it seems like the perfect escape from the last days of his dead marriage. Jim accepts the invitation to the Hacks Club, and joins the other guests, including the legendary H Casper, and best-seller Heather Woods, for a week of fun and relaxation.

Someone in those woods is not happy to see them.

The body count rises, and the survivors band together to fight the relentless killer. Will they escape the nightmare on The Devil's Tail Ridge, or die trying?

This title is expected to ship in May 2006.


FeoNote: The World Horror Convention is coming up soon and both Brian Knight as well as Brian Keene (both former reviewers for feoamante.com - how cool is that?) may very well be there. But how to tell the two BKs apart? Luckily for you, I - Feo Amante - offer you this
Prison Perspective:

From the POV (point of view) of a Sears Husky sized felon, Brian Keene (aka BK the elder) is too damn ugly to bother with. There are far too many young gangbangers coming in who need protection and can be persuaded to "cook and clean" for the privilege (aka Toss one mean Salad). Nope; Brian Keene wouldn't be on anyone's radar. As such, he'd be getting no one's protection. BK the elder would do well to stay in the prison library and brush up on the law, using his new found knowledge to ensure his safety.

Brian Knight (aka BK the younger), is a young guy and, for those of you who've ever seen DELIVERANCE, looks like a young Jon Voight and has a pretty mouth. See the resemblance? If both BKs took the hard walk into a state pen, Brian Knight would get all the rosy attention.

Caveat: All of this dubious knowledge on my part comes from reading books and watching movies, you understand. I've never been to prison, and I've never actually spent time in jail - at least, in any meaningful way.

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JANUARY 25

A Darkness Inbred

From David Nordhaus
THE RETURN OF VICTOR HECK

Been having heart problems since a little over a year ago, but it turns out I just have Mitral Valve Prolapse that was being aggravated by weight gain, slothful lifestyle, and stress from several things I shan't bore you with. With luck I will slowly get back in the saddle again and will have more to say.

My first novel, A Darkness Inbred, is back in print again, for the third time. This time with Midnight Library. Check it out at midnightlibrary.com/catalogue2.html. It was soft-launched earlier this month sans the fanfare (well, it IS the third edition), but it is now available in trade paperback via worldwide distribution through the standard venues. Gilbert, my publisher, who is also publishing my second novel Book of Legion later this year, decided he wanted my first one as well, and I was more than happy to oblidge. I 'do' have a small, weird request though - that if you go out to someplace like Amazon.com to buy my book, please buy the Midnight Library edition and not the House of Dominion/Prime Books edition. I'm not going to eat up your emailbox with the whole story, so if you're interested read my latest rant at paddedroom.net/rants.html.

My second novel, Book of Legion, after long last, is coming out in trade paperback format by The Midnight Library by late summer this year. Also due out later this year in trade paperback is the collaborative horror collection effort Downward Spiral by JF Gonzalez, Wayne Allen Sallee, Gord Rollo, and myself. Beyond that, my third novel Ex-Generation looks like it is now slated for an early 2007 release.


Feo Amante
E.C.McMullen Jr.
CAT SCRATCH FEVER
What if owning a cat could cause you to lose your mind? What if humans were susceptible to a feline parasite and, in extreme cases, that parasite could take over your brain?

Assume that, should you be one of the few extreme cases, the parasite would make you want to start gathering more and more cats into your house. After all, the cats are the parasite's favorite food. The parasite also would want you to live in the cat's filth, since that is the right environment for transition.

Of course, having a parasite's mind connected to your own would make you insane. You'd become paranoid, afraid of other humans, wanting only more cats in your life. The parasite, connected to your human brain and in some odd way, thinking with it, might even try to communicate with you. At that point, you'd start hearing voices. The voices would tell you to avoid humans, increase the filth in your environment and the number of cats. The fact that you were hearing voices like this, would mean you were experiencing schizophrenia.

Now, that's just imagination talking, right? Not according to the latest research.

Toxoplasmosis

Scientists Identify Motor That Powers Parasitic Cell Invasion

Scientists Find Stronger Evidence For Link Between Cat Faeces And Schizophrenia


Carnage

From Tempe Video
TAX SEASON CARNAGE

Slaughter & mayhem isn't just for serial killers anymore! This April 11, 2006, Chris Seaver — the director of MULVA: ZOMBIE ASS KICKER! and FILTHY McNASTY — returns to Splatter Rampage with the all-new horror/comedy CARNAGE FOR THE DESTROYER ... just in time to take out your tax season aggression!

It’s that time of year again for the kids of Bonejack Heights... to prepare the haunted house for Halloween! And this year, one of them has a big surprise in store when he dedicates the spookshow to a legendary god named The Destroyer. But little do the teen misfits know that this well-intentioned heavy metal warrior has mistakenly awakened The Destroyer for real! And now he’s ready to teach them what carnage is all about...

As usual, Seaver and his band of wayward misfits have filled up the DVD release with two commentary tracks, a 29-minute behind-the-scenes featurette, cast rehearsals and more!


HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Since a very young age, this actor has dedicated her career largely to Horror Thrillers and some pretty heavy dramas. Happy Birthday to
Actor Mia Kirshner (DRACULA: The Series [TV], MURDER IN THE FIRST, THE CROW: City Of Angels, MAD CITY, SPEED OF LIFE, DARK SUMMER, CENTURY HOTEL, WOLF LAKE [TV], NEW BEST FRIEND, PARTY MONSTER, THE IRIS EFFECT, and more) who is 31.
Do I even NEED to explain Tobe Hooper? THE Tobe Hooper? I think not. So let me merely say Happy Birthday to
Writer/Director Tobe Hooper (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, HORROR HOTEL, SALEM'S LOT [TV], THE FUNHOUSE, POLTERGIEST, LIFEFORCE, INVADERS FROM MARS, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2, NIGHT TERRORS, THE MANGLER, TOOLBOX MURDERS and more) who is 63.

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JANUARY 24

YEAH, YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW YOU'LL LISTEN
To what? Why a recorded sales pitch from Stephen King for his latest book, CELL. Stephen has recorded himself doing an audio ad for his new book, and I expect you'll listen. Do you wanna know why Cell rhymes with Hell? Because Stephen King wrote a new book, that's why. The book, btw, is available today in the USA.

Stephen King: CELL.


Trans-Siberian

From Market Wire
DID YOU HAVE YOURSELF A HEAVY METAL CHRISTMAS?

NEW YORK, NY - The phenomenon that is the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) experienced its biggest year yet, outshining all of the group's previously acclaimed accomplishments. TSO continues to captivate the holiday season, as evident by the group's highly successful 2005 national concert tour and their strong presence on the Billboard Album Charts.

The band had an extremely busy year as they once again graced the small screen with performances on "Good Morning America," "Live With Regis & Kelly" and "Good Morning America Weekend." In December of 2005, a video for "Wizards in Winter" created by a fan made its way on to the internet and became one of the most downloaded files. The video, an over-the-top light display choreographed to the group's latest single attracted local news all over the country as well as the "Today Show" and "Inside Edition." The "Wizards" email became such a phenomenon that it was opted to become a national TV commercial.

The band's winter tour hit over 80 markets selling over 725,000 tickets for a concert tour that lasted only eight weeks. An astonishing number of 1.35 million people have seen the Trans-Siberian Orchestra perform live in just the past 2 years alone. According to Billboard, only one other band (The Eagles) drew more ticket-buyers over the 2004 six-month span covering the winter and spring - and TSO was on the road for only seven weeks during that time. These achievements further reaffirm Trans-Siberian Orchestra's place as an American institution.

So just where did this band come from? Why 80's hardcore Heavy Metal, of course! Check out TSO's composer page.

Trans-Siberian.com.

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JANUARY 23

Underworld: Evolution

QUICK BITES
I've always liked Peter Jackson and while I gave KING KONG (2005) a good review, I had no desire to sit on my butt for another non-stop three hours and watch that movie again. Apparently, most of you felt the same way. Having recovered only half what it cost to make, KING KONG slips off of the top ten U.S. box office as an enormous loss. They bet the farm that this KONG would be the greatest blockbuster of all time (with its budget, it'd have to be!). The gamble didn't pay off.

Also

On a happier note for Horror, while HOSTEL is down to #9 on the charts, it has made over 4 times its cost, which will keep Lions Gate in the mood for distributing more Horror movies.

Wassmor

This week's big opener is UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION. While the original opened big, it quickly dropped off of the charts in the ensuing weeks. The sequel is better and deserves to stay around. As much as I disliked the first one, it was Director / Writer Len Wiseman's first time out as director, and I wanted the newbie to make good. Now he has.


Feo Amante
Feo Amante

WELL, THAT JUST ABOUT WRAPS IT UP FOR GOD!
Further proof that the many folks who wrote the Bible, Talmud, Koran, and wot not, didn't know or understand a whole hell of a lot about the world before they invented God.

Newly Discovered Worm Fences With Penis

After reading that, I've got to say that NO Supreme being, after coming up with a whacked out idea like THAT for reproduction, gives a jolly god damn for the many vagaries of human sexuality between consenting adults. I mean, come one! I know that humans are several hundred damn steps up the chain from flatworms. But the thought of a creator getting an idea to go create that kind of reproduction in any of his creatures makes for one seriously twisted Supremo Beano! Don't start talking about "Divine Mystery" here. Ain't nothing divine about penis fights! Trust me! Its brutal! Nope, having a "God" get all worked up about who is having sex with whom, after he/she/it goes and creates something like a flatworm doesn't fit in the grand scheme. Unless of course, its all evolution, in which case its "whatever works!"

And yet, if one believes not only in evolution, but the idea that some memories can be passed on genetically - like inherited traits - then a possible Imogine lateotentare ancestor in humanity's long distant past might explain why straight men are so bugged around gay men and the idea of male homosexuals.

So many times in our flatworm past, too many guys lost the penis fight and wound up getting stuck with laying the eggs.

Bummer!

Which may also be where we get the term, "I'm not laying your eggs, dude!"


Batman Begins

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
And on Sunday -
Okay, so on TV she plays an angel, but in movies she makes only Horror Thriller movies. Happy Birthday to
Actor Beverley Mitchell (KILLING OBSESSION, THE CROW: CITY OF ANGELS, SAW II) is 25.
No Horror movie she has starred in has had anywhere near as much impact as her first. Happy Birthday to
Actor Linda Blair (THE EXORCIST, THE EXORCIST II, HELL NIGHT, CHAINED HEAT, SAVAGE STREETS, RED HEAT, GROTESQUE, WITCHERY, THE CHILLING, DEAD SLEEP, REPOSSESSED, FATAL BOND, SORCERESS, SCREAM) is 47.
Actor Rutger Hauer (MYSTERIES, GRIJPSTRA & DI GIER, NIGHTHAWKS, BLADE RUNNER, THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND, THE HITCHER, DEADLOCK, PAST MIDNIGHT, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, ARCTIC BLUE, BLEEDERS, BONE DADDY, LYING IN WAIT, KILLER BUZZ, TEMPESTA, SIN CITY, BATMAN BEGINS, and way more) is 62.
Actor Stephen Wozniak (PSYCHO BEACH PARTY, SCARECROW, EXORCISM, THE HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, THE ELIMINATOR, CHAOS) is 35.

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JANUARY 20

QUICK BITE
Tommy Lee (Motely Crue), will be performing a cover of the O'Jay's famous soul song, Love Train, for the upcoming film, FINAL DESTINATION 3.


HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAY TO -
You can make scary Horror movies and you can make gory Horror movies - you can even make supposed Horror movies that are actually neither. But this birthday boy consistently makes the creepiest Horror movies ever! Happy Birthday to
Writer/Director David Lynch (ERASERHEAD, THE ELEPHANT MAN, BLUE VELVET, TWIN PEAKS [TV], LOST HIGHWAY, MULHOLLAND DR.) is 60.

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JANUARY 19

Feo Amante

FAMOUS FEOS
I'm every Feo, you'll ever need! Hey guess what, gang? I'm the most popular freaking Feo on the Internet, according to search engines. Thanks for helping to make me number one at some damn thing! I owe it all to the 77,000+ of you - world wide - who visit every month: as well as all the folks who write reviews and news for this site. Still, I'm by no means the only Feo out there. Here is another Feo you may not know about. Read this brief bit about Francesco Feo (1699-1761), the 16th century Italian composer.

Francesco Feo.


Ed Gorman
Ed Gorman

From Harry Shannon
HARD LUCK STORIES

Ed Gorman has just contributed a tale to the upcoming Winter issue of the crime zine Hardluck Stories.

Former feoamante.com reviewer, Harry Shannon, is the guest editor, and asked folks to focus on the wafer-thin boundary between horror and dark crime fiction. The issue will also feature original pieces from Ken Bruen, Dave Zeltzerman, Robert Walker, Joe Konrath, Gina Gallo and yours truly; also commentary on the subject from Hardcase Crime's Charles Ardai, quotes from Tom Piccirilli, Ed Gorman, Mort Castle, David Morrell and others.

The issue is slated for mid-February, 2006.

FeoNote: As for me, I'm refusing to focus on the boundary between Horror and dark crime fiction. Screw that boundary! On the other hand, I'm also looking forward to reading that issue as that writer roster is looking pretty damn swee-eet!


Hedorah
THE JELLYFISH HAVEN'T BEEN SEEN USING JET POWERED FLIGHT... YET!

GIANT MONSTERS INVADE JAPAN!
Would I shit you? Actually, I would shit you, but in this case, I'm serious.

Sigh!

It was inevitable, it seems. Actual giant monsters from the deep are wrecking havoc in Japan, but is anybody really surprised? With movies like GODZILLA and his various nemesis's's's like Hedorah the Smog Monster, the Japanese have been warning us for years that something like this would happen: flying saucers in Tokyo skies can't be far behind.

The monsters, in this case, are giant jellyfish, and I'm not talking giant as in, big as a pig - big. I'm not even talking big as a human - big. Try big as a refrigerator big! Try big as Refrigerator Perry big! That guy was inhumanly big! But he never attacked Japan (to the best of my knowledge). But these freaking jellyfish have! They get up to 6.7 feet and weigh as much as 440 pounds! The funny part? With the surprise of the moment, and with no evidence whatsoever, some are blaming the current boogyman - Global Warming!

Of course, it could also have been summer warming and some natural freakish weather over the summer. This problem has ben going on since September at least, and was reported since the first of December by some. Reuters is right on top of the story, reporting it today!

Check out the world wide news here. I start with Rueters first because their reporting is usually more tabloid goofy than others.

Invasion of the Giant Jellyfish

How Do You Tackle A Giant Jellyfish Invasion?

Plague of Giant Jellyfish Hits Japan

Y300 Mil Alloted to Fight Jellyfish

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JANUARY 18

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAY TO -
He rocks and he socks with-a so much soul ... I'm talking about today's birthday boy who, if you don't know about him, Get to KNOW him!
Writer/Director/Producer/Editor/Actor Takeshi "Beat" Kitano (YASHA, JOHNNY MNEMONIC, TOKYO EYES, BROTHER, BATTLE ROYALE, FIREWORKS, BATTLE ROYALE II, IZO and more) is 59.

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JANUARY 17

Heretic

From Joe Nassise
A TEMPLAR IN EVERY IPOD
For the first time ever, a novel currently available on bookstore shelves, released by a major New York publisher, will be podcast in its entirety beginning January 31st. HERETIC (Pocket Books, Mass Market Original, October 2005) is the first volume in a new dark fantasy series known as The Templar Chronicles, written by International Horror Guild Award nominee, Joseph Nassise. The complete novel will be released in a free, thirty-episode, weekly podcast read by Nassise and sponsored by The Horror Channel and The Podcast Network.

In HERETIC, the Holy Order of the Knights Templar has been resurrected as a secret combat arm of the Vatican and is charged with defending mankind from the supernatural. Knight Commander Cade Williams is in control of the prestigious Echo Team, a special forces-type unit that is called in to investigate when an unknown enemy begins assaulting Templar strongholds.

Bestselling author Clive Barker called HERETIC "a first-rate, stylish work," while the Trades Entertainment Magazine summed it up as "Hellraiser meets Delta Force by way of George Romero." With the Templars back in the public view thanks to books like Dan Brown's DA VINCI CODE and Hollywoodfilms like NATIONAL TREASURE, readers are eager to experience more from this historical sect that is rooted in secrecy and myth.

Podcasting, the ability to offer syndicated audio content direct to listeners for use on their iPods or other portable media device, has grown exponentially in the last year. For Pocket Books, podcasting seemed the perfect way to introduce a wider audience to this exciting new series. "As a cross-genre thriller, HERETIC will appeal to a wide variety of readers," says Amy Pierpont, Senior Editor at Pocket Books. "Podcasting will allow us to break down genre barriers and introduce Joe's work to a broader audience than just the typical horror fan."

Cameron Reilly, founder of The Podcast Network and a co-sponsor of the event, is also enthusiastic about such marriages between podcasting and publishing. "While providing books in an audio format is not a new idea, podcasting provides readers with a new avenue to discover quality books to read," says Cameron. "By making chapters of their books available in an audio version for free downloading, authors and publishers now have an opportunity to introduce their works to a global audience. In the future, The Podcast Network will be working with authors to find suitable sponsors for the podcast versions of their work, so they still realize a commercial return on their efforts even if listeners don't eventually purchase the book."

"Podcasting of audio books is a natural next step for the publishing world," said Nick Psaltos, President, General Manager, and Founder of The Horror Channel. "Joe and Pocket Books are doing a tremendous thing, not only for fellow horror writers, but for authors everywhere. The Horror Channel's website will be updated with behind-the-scenes writing information and information about the characters as new chapters are podcast. It will also offer a venue for fan feedback and webchat with the author."

"The Horror Channel has come to be synonymous with all things horror for me," said Nassise, former President of the Horror Writers Association. "Their goal of putting a diverse range of horror products into the hands of horror fans everywhere made them the perfect partner for this project and I couldn't be more pleased to be working with them."

Interested listeners can sign up for The Templar Chronicles podcast and can learn more about the series itself by visiting the official website, thetemplarchronicles.com. Listeners can also visit The Horror Channel website, horrorchannel.com, for additional information about the podcast, for updates, and for feedback and webchat with the author.


TORSO IS MORE-SO
Writer and artist Brian Michael Bendis and co-writer, Marc Andreyko will see their graphic novel, TORSO, finally come to life on the big screen. Screenwriter Ehren Kruger (SCREAM 3, IMPOSTOR, THE RING, THE RING TWO, THE BROTHER'S GRIMM, SKELETON KEY) is writing the script, David Fincher (ALIEN3, SE7EN, THE GAME, PANIC ROOM) is directing, and none other than Todd McFarlane (SPAWN) is co-producing it.

Get the full story at Spawn.com.

An interview with Brian Michael Bendis at SilverBulletComicBooks.com.


HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
This writer has set his sights on writing Horror or Thriller or Supense and Mystery movies and little else. Happy birthday to
Screen Writer Michael Hegeland (FRIDAY THE 13th [TV], A NIGHTMARE ON ELMSTREET 4, 976-EVIL, HIGHWAY TO HELL, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, CONSPIRACY THEORY, BLOOD WORK,
MYSTIC RIVER, THE ORDER) who is 45.

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JANUARY 16

King Kong 2005

MOVIE DOO
HOSTEL, in only its second week, has dropped like a stone from #1 to #5. Before you sneer, lemme ask, How well did your movie do? Didja even make one?

Well, Peter Jackson did and even though KING KONG has been in the theaters for 4+ weeks, his film is only now at the halfway mark. That means that KING KONG has to make as much at the theaters as it already has in the last month, just to break even. HOSTEL, on the other hand, was profitable in its first week, all else is gravy. That gravy being DVD rentals and sales and other ancillary profits like cable and such.

I suspect that the bottom line here is this: no one has ever made a hit remake of KING KONG because no one followed the rule of KING KONG's creators, which is, A GIANT APE IS SCARY!

He's not lovable. He's not misunderstood. He's not a sympathetic creature cursed by his plight (that would be a werewolf. Were wolf. Wolfman is also acceptable). He is a cruel, vicious monster! Fay Wray's Ann Darrow character was terrified of Kong and never loved or even liked him. She was scared of him because he was a giant deadly monster. Darrow was nothing more than a toy; a play-pretty to Kong. He seemed to enjoy her terror.

Ruth Rose (co-writer, KING KONG) didn't get that back when RKO studios freed the reigns to let her write SON OF KONG (which barely eked out a profit - and only then because audiences got hoodwinked by a sequel to a popular movie) and MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (which was made 15 years later during a resurge in KING KONG mania), and Dino De Laurentiis as well as Jackson didn't get that when they both made their remakes - based more on writer Rose's version of KONG - than the idea by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper.

It's happened with GODZILLA too. The moment they make him nice or sympathetic (GODZILLA'S REVENGE anyone? The big G has a stupid looking son that "toots" smoke rings!), that movie tanks. The best GODZILLA movies are the ones where he is an awesome, terrible force of nature: as deadly and indifferent as a hurricane. Yeah!


Funny Bones

From Paul Kane
FUNNY BONES

The publishers of my humorous horror collection FunnyBones (now in its second printing) are giving away 5 copies in a competition to mark my birthday next month. For more details please visit their website, CreativeGuyPublishing.com, or my news page, ShadowWriter.

And for those wanting to know more about what they're letting themselves in for there are reviews of FunnyBones and Master of the White Worms (one of the novellas featured in the book) at DarkKrypt.com and TheSwordReview.com.

The competition closes on February 15th. Good luck!


Feo Amante
E.C.McMullen Jr.

GETCHER WRITE ON
Some out-of-the ordinary news today. A report from the USDA on the careful monitoring of farms using GM crops.

But first, a few caveats and history.

BioTech: I'm science geek, likely even more than you (No offense, its just a thing geeks do), but even so, I knew that something like genetically modified foods (GM) had to be handled with care. For years, the talk coming down the pipeline from the folks who thought they stood to gain from biotech was laughably inane from the get go. Monsanto wanted to foist a corn on populations that was not any better for you than regular corn, but it was more resistant to Monsanto made poisons like RoundUp!

As usual when shifty people have no credible evidence to back up their claims, Monsanto and their apologists used emotion instead of facts. Among them: the Oh, Think of the Children ploy! Or in this case, think of the poverty stricken nations who need insect resistant crops to feed their starving people. Well that's a real swell sentiment, but since RoundUp Corn and Wheat sell for one hell of a lot more than regular corn and wheat; and since you have to pay Monsanto for every crop you grow (even if your crop came from 2nd generation seed from the first seed you already bought from Monsanto), and considering that RoundUp insecticide is too expensive for most poverty stricken farmers in third world countries anyway, what the hell was the point of RoundUp for a starving world? The GM corn wasn't resistant to insects - not by a long shot - it was just resistant to Monsanto poisons! What's more, let's assume that you never bought or wanted Monsanto RoundUp Corn, but that your farm got pollinated by your neighbor's farm and he had Monsanto seed? Well now your crop belongs to Monsanto too!

Then there were those who disguised themselves as scientists who actually made the claim that BioTech merely used factories to do what nature would do via evolution anyway. In what possible scenario of evolution would a pig's DNA ever mix with a peach?

Believe me when I say that I'm all for BioTech when approached in a responsible manner. Here's what I had to say about it a few years back at ScienceAgogo.com
Nov. 14, 2003
April 15, 2004
May 10, 2004
And so on. I think that rice genetically enriched with vitamin A, is a great thing for humanity. And the fact that, unlike companies like Monsanto that vigorously pursue their patent on their BioTech (yeah, THAT will really aid starving nations!), the BioTech rice becomes part of the food chain without royalties of any kind.

But the responsibility to real science, research, and observation, is something that profit line companies want no part of. They want to sell you their BioTech, glean as much money through commerce or litigation as possible, and then, should something go wrong, wash their hands of the whole thing. That's not science, and that's not philanthropy: That's unbridled parasitic greed.

And here is a case in point.

Reports Slam USDA Biotech Experiments
This report was actually a case of the USDA investigating itself, and it didn't like what it found.

CNN Q&A: GM Food Debate


cimeraworld3

UNDERGROUND COMES AROUND
Mike Philbin of Chimeraworld is a long time Horror writer of a very specific Horror subgenre Clive Barker once called Atrocity.

January 14, 2006 - Chimericana Books Releases Chimeraworld #3 (atheist, misogynist, terrorist), edited by Oxford, UK-based artist/writer Mike Philbin (the man behind bizarro keyboard entity Hertzan Chimera R.I.P.).

Mike began editing (and publishing) the Chimeraworld anthologies two years ago because he couldn't find any fiction that could hold his attention longer than *clicks fingers* that. Most of the things he read were derivative, weak, grey, cliched, genre-compliant filler product that any honest editor would have sent back in a black fugue of disdain or simply poured gasoline on and burned in the reject bin.

What makes the Chimeraworld anthologies so different from 99.37% of the literature you find on the book shelves today is
a) they defy genre,
3) they're very strange and
ix) you can't find them in the shops - Chimeraworld is a totally online trade paperback venture.

Authors in the latest anthology include
Paul Pinn, Dean R. Winters, Sean Logan, Tonya Price, C.C. Parker, and more.

For more information, go to Chimeracanabooks.com.


HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
THE Horrormiester of movies making bar none!
Director/Producer/Composer John Carpenter (ATTACK ON PRECINCT 13 [1976], HALLOWEEN, THE FOG, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, HALLOWEEN II, THE THING, CHRISTINE, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, THEY LIVE, IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, and more!) is 58.
Comic Artist/Writer Garth Ennis (THE PUNISHER, CONSTANTINE) is 36.

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JANUARY 13

FINAL DESTINATION AGAIN
Which is another way of saying, FINAL DESTINATION 3. FINAL DESTINATION was great, wasn't it? It was inventive, original, and creative. It put us in the safety zone of Teen Horror Flick and then turned it all upside down. FINAL DESTINATION 2 brought nothing new to the table, just gave us a second helping. I wonder what they'll do with FINAL DESTINATION 3?

Well, now that the new FINAL DESTINATION 3 website is live, why not find out for yourself? Hit FINAL DESTINATION 3.

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JANUARY 12

Michael Laimo
Michael Laimo

From Michael Laimo
DARKNESS, CAMERA, ACTION

Many readers have been asking about the DEEP IN THE DARKNESS movie, and I have a bit more info to share. Development is well under way. The final script, written by THREADING OVER DARK director G. William Stechman, is complete. And let me tell you, it is KILLER! Fans of the book will love what Stechman has done with the story. I won't reveal anything as to not spoil it, but our little Isolates will be meaner and nastier than ever. There's quite a bit in store for the movie as far as promotions are concerned as well, and I will be sure to reveal them to you as soon as I can. DEEP IN THE DARKNESS will be directed by Stechman, and produced by Jon Rogers and Lacie Oakley. Yours truly will serve as executive producer.

In the meantime, to tease you a bit, here's some preliminary conceptual art of what the Isolates will look like, courtesy of Burning Grounds Motion Entertainment art director, Jon Rogers:

Go to MichaelLaimo.com.


HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAY TO -
In Music and Movies this birthday boy does it all. He writes, choreographs, sings, directs, acts, and the man is all about - make NO mistake - Horror! Happy Birthday to
Music Maker/Movie Maker Rob Zombie (Music: HELLBILLY DELUXE, AMERICAN MADE MUSIC TO STRIP BY, SINISTER URGE. Movies: HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES, THE DEVIL'S REJECTS) who is 40.

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JANUARY 11

Night of the Living Dead

FANGO GETS IT FREAK ON
The brightly colored hardcore consumerism season is over. Now its time to go from heartwarming to heart thrilling! I'm talking about Horror conventions! It's that time of year where various Horror conventions are kicking into gear and Creation Entertainment is revving its engines for Fangoria magazine. Sadly, for Science Fiction fans, 2005 marked a significant downswing in Star Trek interest for Creation, but their Horror Conventions took off!

Here is the line-up for the upcoming Fango in Chicago, March 4-5.

Director George Romero (NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, SEASON OF THE WITCH, MARTIN, DAWN OF THE DEAD, DAY OF THE DEAD, and more).

Director/Writer Mick Garris (CRITTERS 2, FREDDY'S NIGHTMARES [TV], TALES FROM THE CRYPT [TV], PSYCHO IV [TV], Stephen King's SLEEPWALKERS, Stephen King's THE STAND [TV], Stephen King's THE SHINING [TV], QUICKSILVER HIGHWAY [TV], MASTERS OF HORROR [TV], and more)

Writer/Director James Gunn (TROMEO AND JULIET, TERROR FIRMER, SCOOBY-DOO, DAWN OF THE DEAD [2004], SCOOBY-DOO 2, and more)

Writer/Director Gary Sherman (RAW MEAT, DEAD & BURIED, VICE SQUAD, POLTERGIEST III, POLTERGIEST: The Legacy [TV], and more).

For the LA Convention (to be held in Burbank, California, June 3-4), the line up so far features

Writer/Director Guillermo Del Toro (CRONOS, MIMIC, THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE, BLADE II, HELLBOY, and more)

Director Bob Clark (CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS, DEAD OF NIGHT, BLACK CHRISTMAS, DERANGED, and more)

Writer David J. Schow (CRITTERS III, LEATHERFACE: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, CRITTERS 4, A NIGHTMARE ON ELMSTREET 5, THE CROW, THE KILL RIFT and more)

Director/Writer Mick Garris (CRITTERS 2, FREDDY'S NIGHTMARES [TV], TALES FROM THE CRYPT [TV], PSYCHO IV [TV], Stephen King's SLEEPWALKERS, Stephen King's THE STAND [TV], Stephen King's THE SHINING [TV], QUICKSILVER HIGHWAY [TV], MASTERS OF HORROR [TV], and more)

Writer/Director William Malone (SCARED TO DEATH, CREATURE, FREDDY'S NIGHTMARES [TV], TALES FROM THE CRYPT [TV], SUPERNOVA, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL [1999], FEAR DOT COM, MASTERS OF HORROR [TV], and more)

Writer/Director Stuart Gordon (RE-ANIMATOR, FROM BEYOND, DOLLS, THE DENTIST, THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, CASTLE FREAK, DAGON, KING OF THE ANTS, MASTERS OF HORROR [TV], and more)

Actor Ken Foree (DAWN OF THE DEAD, TERROR AMONG US [TV], FROM BEYOND, DEATH SPA, PHANTOM OF THE MALL, LEATHERFACE, SLEEPSTALKER, THE DENTIST, DAWN OF THE DEAD [2004], THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, and more)

Comic Artist/Writer Steve Niles (30 DAYS OF NIGHT, CAL MCDONALD, WAKE THE DEAD, LITTLE BOOK OF HORROR: DRACULA, LITTLE BOOK OF HORROR: FRANKENSTEIN, GIANT MONSTER, and more)

For more information, go to Creationent.com.


HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAY TO -
Actor Kyle Richards (THE CAR, EATEN ALIVE, HALLOWEEN, THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS, HALLOWEEN II, ESCAPE) is 37.

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JANUARY 10

QUICK BITES
Horror writer and webmaster, John Urbancik (DarkFluidity.com) will be doing an Author Q&A this week at Insideous Reflections. See how cool the Internet is? Now you don't even have to go to Australia to talk to John, he comes to you!

Horror writer/editor Monica J. O'Rourke (DECADENCE, DECADENCE 2) has a new story, Henry, at Deathlings.com.

Here's a few books I don't ever want in my personal library: Books bound in human skin.


Night of the Beast

DARK SHANNON
Do you plan to be in the Los Angeles, California, area this weekend? If so, you will want to know about the upcoming signing at Dark Delicacies Bookstore in Burbank.

Former FeoAmante.com reviewer / interviewer, Harry Shannon (BAD SEED, NIGHT OF THE BEAST), will appear at Dark Delicacies Bookstore this Saturday, January 14 at 2:00pm. Harry will be signing his latest Mick Callahan book, EYE OF THE BURNING MAN.

Also present for this signing with books of their own will be,

Dave Kalstein signing his debut sci-fi thriller, PRODIGY

T.G. Arsenault signing his first horror novel, FORGOTTEN SOULS

Alex Johnson signing JASON X: Death Moon

Maria Alexander and Michael Reaves signing their stories in the horror anthology LOST ON THE DARKSIDE

Michael Pigatti signing THE HOST

Dark Delicacies is located at
4213 Burbank Blvd.
Burbank, CA


HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
He's been a force behind some of my favorite movies of all time. Happy Birthday to
Writer/Director/Producer Walter Hill (THE MACKINTOSH MAN, THE DROWNING POOL, THE DRIVER, ALIEN, ALIENS, TALES FROM THE CRYPT [TV], ALIEN3, DEMON KNIGHT, BORDELLO OF BLOOD, ALIEN: RESURRECTION, SUPERNOVA, RITUAL, ALIEN VS. PREDATOR and more) is 63.

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JANUARY 9

QUICK BITES
For writers, this piece in the Los Angeles Times could be an asset in your arsenal of info. This one concerns the specific career of a forensic artist.

She Gives Bodies Their Faces Back
(May require registration)

Also

Bram Stoker award winning writer, Tom Piccirilli, starts off the new year with his first starred review in Publisher's Weekly for his new novel, HEADSTONE CITY. And HorrorReader has listed Tom's A CHOIR OF ILL CHILDREN as one of the Best Reads of 2005.

Wassmor

Chicago writer, Craig D.B. Patton is pleased to announce that his third published story, "Cairns", is now posted as part of the Winter 2006 issue of Dred Tales. Patton's been published in the anthology STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS (Pocket Books) and on Horrorfind.

Last Not Least

Anthony Cain has a video promo of Mike Philbin's trade paperback Chimeraworld #3 (atheist, misogynist, terrorist) due from Chimericana Books, January 14, 2006.

Get the video at HorrorQuarterly.com.

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JANUARY 6

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAY TO -
Actor Norman Reedus (MIMIC, DARK HARBOR, 8MM, LET THE DEVIL WEAR BLACK, GOSSIP, BAD SEED [2000], BLADE II, TOUGH LUCK, PULSE, ANTIKÖRPER) is 37.
Actor Mickey Hargitay (BLOODY PIT OF HORROR, LADY FRANKENSTEIN, DELIRIUM, THE REINCARNATION OF ISABEL) is 80.

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JANUARY 5

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAY TO -
Musician Marilyn Manson (PORTRAIT OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY, SMELLS LIKE CHILDREN, ANTICHRIST SUPERSTAR, THE LAST TOUR ON EARTH, MECHANICAL ANIMALS, HOLY WOOD, THE GOLDEN AGE OF GROTESQUE) is 37.


Feo Amante
E.C.McMullen Jr.

FINAL DATA FOR 2005
The final tally for how many people were reading feoamante.com in 2005 comes to 670,262 people who came here, and returned here, enjoying the site. Hey, glad you liked it! 670,262 is an actual visitor count - real people and not "hits" (those number over 20 million, but they are, after all, just hits). The 2005 number is 184,893 new people over the 2004 figure.

Those visitors averaged 1,862,477 page views for the year. That's over 2.77 page views per person. Page views were also up from our 2004 number of 953,943.

To all the folks who came and enjoyed Feo Amante's Horror Home Page in 2005,

Thanks! I hope you like 2006 even more!

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JANUARY 3

THE DAY THEY SWITCHED SERVERS
Indie filmmaker, Scott Goldberg, has been having bandwidth problems with his website. Apparently, too many people are watching his new Horror movie. He says,

"Due to too much bandwith and the site being down for a few hours or days, my friend Michael from RubyFilmz.com is hosting the Quicktime Version of 'THE DAY THEY CAME BACK' starring Friday the 13th alumni PAUL KRATKA, and just wanted to pass this along to you guys for those who want to review for their horror websites. If you do not have Quicktime, please download it.

rubyfilmz.com/media/tdtcbw.mov

Hope you all like and hope to hear some good reviews!"


Dead and Buried

QUICK BITCH
Aw man! It's 2006 and I'm STILL waiting for one of my favorite video distributors, Anchor Bay, to freaking release their much promised Horror collections. First off, Anchor Bay released, in the UK, the entire PHANTASM DVD collection which included a silver sphere. Too sweet, but it ain't happening here in the US. Why? I'm sure there's a good reason but I don't know of it.

Second, I've been waiting over a year now since Anchor Bay announced a future release of DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE aka CEMETERY MAN. This is Italian director Michele Soavi's best film ever, and certainly actor, Rupert Everett's, best role ever. Anchor Bay has also kept me waiting far too long for a DVD of DAMNATION ALLEY (Mutant Cockroaches!), VISITING HOURS (William Shatner in his best Horror movie role), and finally, I wanna see the damn, long promised, Suspense Thriller DVD,VICE-SQUAD (Wings Hauser as one evil MoFo), directed by Gary Sherman of DEAD AND BURIED fame. Da-Doomp!

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JANUARY 2

Weston Ochse
WESTON OCHSE

From Weston Ochse
MUY MAL

Come participate in the shared world experience of Muy Mal, scheduled to premier on January 1, 2006 online at www.muymal.com.

What is Muy Mal?

Muy Mal is a shared world created by Michael Oliveri, John Urbancik, and Weston Ochse. It's a world very much like our own, similar in time and place, but just about thirty degrees off of reality. This is a world in which magic never ceased to exist, where evil waits around every corner and where creatures walk side-by-side with everyday folk. Muy Mal is a world that is a very bad place.

Each writer will explore their own corner of this world, though readers can expect some crossover between tales. Characters may make cameo appearances for example, and major events will affect every story. This is not collaboration so much as it is cooperation, and readers will be welcome to witness as much or as little of the world as they see fit.

Each story will be serialized, and each writer may spread their work across several serialized pieces at a time. An overall title serves as an umbrella for each writer's work, and each individual tale will carry its own title as it unfolds chapter by chapter. These titles are:

Chronicles of the Black Bishop by Weston Ochse
Seeker by John Urbancik
Asphalt & Alchemy by Mike Oliveri

Muy Mal is also an experiment in the delivery of online fiction. Thanks to the power and flexibility of WordPress, the stories will be accessible in a familiar, blog-like structure where each new chapter will appear at the top of each writer's section. Similarly, links will be available so readers may drill down and focus on specific serials. There will also be RSS feeds for each author so readers can pull content directly to their feed reader rather than visit the main site.

Unbelievably, Muy Mal's contents are Free. All of the work posted to the site is licensed under a Creative Commons license, specifically the "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License." In English, this means readers are welcome to download and/or print the stories out to their heart's content. Give copies to friends and neighbors! We don't care, so long as the work is presented with bylines of the respective writer, it's not altered, and not used commercially.

In even simpler terms: read it, enjoy it, and please don't screw us.

If you have any further comments or questions, feel free to contact us.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Muy Mal - www.muymal.com
Mike - mike@muymal.com
John - john@muymal.com
Weston - weston@muymal.com


House

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor Julie Farrar (THE CHRISTMAS SEASON MASSACRE, THE UNDERTOW) who is 26.
And on Sunday
Actor Embeth Davidtz (MUTATOR, SWEET MURDER, ARMY OF DARKNESS, MURDER IN THE FIRST, FALLEN, THE GINGERBREAD MAN, LAST RITES, SIMON MAGUS, THE HOLE, THIR13EN GHOSTS) is 40.
Writer/Artist James O'Barr (THE CROW, THE CROW: SHATTERED LIVES AND BROKEN DREAMS) is 46.

And on Saturday
Today's birthday boy gets the credit for what is best in American Horror movies, as well as what is worst! To understand just how that can be, check out the resume of
Director/Producer Sean S. Cunningham (THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, CASE OF THE FULL MOON MURDERS, FRIDAY THE 13TH, HOUSE, HOUSE II, DEEPSTAR SIX, JASON X, FREDDY VS. JASON and way more) is 64.

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DEC. 2005 NEWS

Haunted
Links:

The Chancery House

Dancing Skeletons
Sure, why not?

Evil On A
Budget

Every Evil Overlord has to start somewhere.

EvilBible.com
Child molestation, rape, murder, theft, and slavery, all ordered and sanctioned by God, and all within the Bible.

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!



Contributors to
Feo Amante are going places!


From the screenplay by
Christos N. Gage
and
Ruth Fletcher Gage.



Brian Keene was one of the first reviewers at feoamante.com.

Harry Shannon alumni is now writing mass market novels and penned the motion picture,
DEAD AND GONE


Scott Nicholson is a new reviewer.
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