Feo Amante's Year 2003 News Archive

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!

DECEMBER

DEC. 11

TERROR TALES NEW EDITOR HERTZAN CHIMERA
Terror Tales ezine is due to relaunch at Xmas this year with a totally brand new graphic layout and totally reworked structure. I have shifted Terror Tales to a quarterly issue format. The relaunch issue is themed BODY HORROR and the line-up includes the likes of horror superstars WESTON OCHSE, CHARLEE JACOB, EDWARD LEE, MARK MCLAUGHLIN, MIKE ARNZEN, KURT NEWTON among a gore-laden supporting cast of poets and authors. Non-fiction articles deal with aspects of BODY MUTILATION, EMBALMING, THRASH METAL, JAPANESE EYE and 3D GAMES. There's an exclusive interview with BRUCE CAMPBELL. Featured Artist for this relaunch BODY HORROR issue is none other than South African MITCH PHILLIPS, rising star of the gruesome illustration field (watch out for this guy - he is going places).

There is just so much in Terror Tales relaunch, that even I am stunned. I was brought on to totally revamp a site - hey, screw that, I wanna totally revamp a genre.

See full guidelines at Ralan.com

See the start of something new at Terror Tales.

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DEC. 4

From Weston Ochse
WINNER OF THE REDNECK LITERARY CONTEST

A PRIZE WINNING FEO PHOTO!

(FeoNote: This was officially announced on November 20 in Weston Ochse' newsletter. You didn't sign up for his newsletter, so you have to wait! Nyahh! See what yer missing? Nyahh!)
The votes have been tallied, the judges have been bribed, the goat's been barbequed and Granny's moonshine is ready to be drunk. So what are we waiting for?

Announcing the winners of the Medium Rare Books Rednecks Literary Outreach Program.

Grand Prize Winner - JOE KONRATH

Fan Selected Winner - FEO AMANTE

Thanks to all the participants:
Little Drew Johnson,
Brian 'Rufus' Knight,
Harry 'Smelly' Shannon,
David 'Hide Your Sister' Wilson,
Daizy Oaks and her cheap sister Dotty Oaks,
and Wayne 'I was supposed to buy the book?' Sallee.

HAPPY HORROR BIRTHDAY TO
Horror actor Tony Todd (VOODOO DAWN, THE CROW, CANDYMAN [all], WISHMASTER, SHADOWBUILDER, FINAL DESTINATION [both]) who is 49.

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DEC. 3

From Jeff Miller at kineticfilmworks.com
"TOOLBOX" PRODUCER JOINS "THE LAST HORROR PICTURE SHOW"
Tony DiDio, the producer coming off Tobe Hooper's recent remake of THE TOOLBOX MURDERS, has joined forces with Jeff Miller and Gary Jones to produce THE LAST HORROR PICTURE SHOW.

The movie will star Robert Englund ("Freddy" from the A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET series), Kane Hodder ("Jason" from the FRIDAY THE 13TH series), and Gunnar Hansen ("Leatherface" from the original TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE). It concerns a group of would-be filmmakers out to see the locations where their favorite horror movie was shot who encounter three demented characters with plans of their own. It will mark the first time these three "titans of terror" have appeared in a movie together.

Continued at KineticFilmWorks.

HAPPY HORROR BIRTHDAY TO -
Horror Writer and feoamante.com contributor
Harry Shannon (BAD SEED, NIGHT OF THE BEAST, NIGHT OF THE WEREWOLF) who is older than the hills!

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DEC. 2

WET PENS OF MASS SIGNINGS AT DARK DEL'S
On Saturday Dec. 6th at 2:00pm Dark Delicacies will kick off its ninth anniversary weekend with a mass signing. On hand for the festivities will be
Pete Von Sholly signing Pete Von Scholly's MORBID,
Steven-Elliot Altman signing DEPRIVERS,
Steve Niles signing the hardback adaptation of I AM LEGEND,
Staci Layne Wilson signing DARK LULLABY,
Nicholas Grabowsky signing his novelization of HALLOWEEN IV and his novel THE EVERBORN,
Gris Grimly signing limited editon prints of from his book WICKED NURSERY RHYMES,
and artist Tony Gleeson (who did the cover for the bookclub edition of I Am Legend a few years back) signing his print NOT A CREATURE WAS STIRRING.

Then on Saturday evening Dec. 6th at 8:00p.m. photographer David Armstrong and author Clive Barker will be signing the photography art book RARE FLESH. You must be at least 18 years of age to attend the evenings signing. Please note that Mr. Barker will only be signing the Rare Flesh book.

Dark Delicacies is located at 4213 West Burbank Blvd, Burbank, CA, USA, and can be reached for further information at (818)556-6660

HAPPY HORROR BIRTHDAY TO -
Horror writer Ray Garton (RESURRECTING RAVANA [Buffy the Vampire Slayer Series], ALL THAT GLITTERS [Sabrina the Teenage Witch Series #12], SEX AND VIOLENCE IN HOLLYWOOD).

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DEC. 1

A-YEH, STEPHEN KING IS SICK A-RIGHT
Stephen King was hospitalized on Sunday, November 23, 2003 at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine. He was diagnosed with pneumonia in the right lung before a recent trip to New York City and an appearance at the National Book Awards Ceremonies, where he received a medal for his contributions to American literature.

Continued at StephenKing.com

TWILIGHT TALES AT THE RED LION
Fans of Horror, this is nothing less than the End of the Year blow out for 2003. If you possibly can, and if you will be around Chicago on the following dates, don't end 2003 without having attended the final readings at Red Lion.

TONIGHT: Open Mic - Everyone and every genre welcome! Sign up at the door! First come; first served. 20-minute time limit (10 minutes for poetry) STRICTLY enforced!

DECEMBER 8
Pat McCoy - "Fairy Tales with a Twist"
You've always known that fairy tales aren't just for children..

Ross Haynes - "Medallion"
A tale of the fantastic to warm the winter night.

DECEMBER 15th
Tag Team! Richard Chwedyk and Pamela Miller
"Recipe for Disaster and the Battling Bickersons"
The dynamic duo strikes again with prose and poetry!

***** December's Foreign Author: Sally McBride *****

Seen in F&SF Asimov's, Realms of Fantasy, On Spec, Tesseracts, Northern Frights and more, Sally's story "The Fragrance of Orchids" won the Aurora a few years ago. She's just sold her first novel, Indigo Time, to Edge Publications.

Twilight Tales is pleased to feature Sally McBride's "After the First Death" and "Walk to Bryten" on our website. Check her out at TwilightTales.com.

From HollywoodInvestigator.com.
Article by Luis Calvo
SCREAMFEST 2003 HAUNTS FLORIDA
I was never a major horror movie buff. A film freak, yes. But slasher films, movies designed to make you shiver, hadn't been my cup of tea. However, on November 8-9, I discovered another world of B-movies and low-budget terrors. For $20 (for two days) I visited Screamfest 2003, at the Holiday Inn in Plantation, Florida, the first of an annual event planned by KMG Productions. It drew many guests, plus the red Plymouth from Stephen King's Christine, parked outside the hotel.

Continued at HollywoodInvestigator.com

END OF THE WORLD HORROR
Well, of course the end of the world would be a pretty horrifying thing. I'd have to say that the end of the world ranks right up there at the top of horrifying things. But just how will the world end? Oh, there are many ways, and the following link provides a few of them in a rather hilarious fashion. Nobody seems to know who did it, and you can find it on a number of sites. But the one below has it full screen instead of in a little box, so it won. Have your latest Flash Player at the ready for

End Of The World.

ARE YOU FEARLESS?
Northern California's first and only genre-based Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy film festival will take place March 12-18, 2004 in the Bay Area. The Fearless Tales Genre Fest will be held at three prestigious venues – The Victoria Theatre, Parkway Speakeasy and The Werepad – and features a slate of 23 feature films and 30 short films.

Continued at Horror Movies.

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