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Exclusive Interview with 'Silent Night' Composer Kevin Riepl

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Today's the DVD/Blu-ray premiere of Silent Night, director Steven Miller's reinvention of the once-controversial 1984 killer-Santa film Silent Night, Deadly Night. If you've been keeping up with our coverage on FEARnet (as all good boys and girls should), you'll know that the new Silent Night is a radical departure from the original – which was mainly notorious for its ad campaigns running during the holiday season, but otherwise fairly tame as slasher flicks go – and this complete re-imagining extends to Kevin's score, which is not only big, bombastic and scary fun, it also includes memorable themes for the rampaging St. Nick and the film's tough but troubled heroine, weaving orchestral, rock and electronic elements with just the right sprinkle of sinister sleigh bells. I had a chat with Kevin about the creation of the score, as well as his fondness for '80s symphonic horror themes...
 
 
FEARnet: Your score is a major departure from the original film, which I recall went the basic old-school synth route that most lo-fi slashers took back then.
 
KEVIN: Yeah, I wanted to avoid that approach, because Steven took a whole new angle to that basic premise in his film, and I didn't want to marry the music back to the original at all. As the script evolved, I thought it needed something bigger... I wouldn't go so far as to say epic, although it does go that direction toward the end of the film. It wasn't necessarily my intention at the outset, but it just shaped itself that way.
 
Some of those final cues really are massive... but there's still an '80s vibe in there too.
 
Yes, and I thought it needed that element. Not the electronic side of things, but I was thinking more along the lines of the Hellraiser score. Capturing that kind of feel was really my starting point.
 
Hellraiser is also a great example of a low-budget film where the score made the scale of the movie feel much larger.
 
That's why I really love a lot of the orchestral horror scores of the '80s. I saw this as an perfect opportunity to sort of flex that muscle, and it fell right into place with what Steven was doing, so we both really liked how it turned out. I also just like to introduce a slightly more traditional score structure into horror films when the project calls for it, because in a way it might even come as a surprise to audiences who aren't as familiar with some of those great '80s scores.
 
You've also written some solid motifs that are really catchy, like that descending chime-like theme...
 
Yeah, that's basically the main theme for Santa. When I first thought of it, I thought it was too simple... but then again, John Carpenter's music in the '80s was simple. When you hear it for the first time you're immediately on edge, and you know bad things are going to happen, and then it goes completely nuts. Then there’s Jaime King's character, Aubrey, her theme is basically a minor-key variation on “Silent Night,” with the bells and female choir over the top. With that I tried to invoke a sense of innocence and calmness.
 
 
Did you always plan to do these kind of twisted riffs on “Silent Night” and other holiday songs?
 
Not initially... with a holiday horror movie, people are expecting to hear sleigh bells and chimes, and I wanted to steer clear of that and create a kind of alternate-universe holiday. But then I started writing, and I realized I needed to give the audience a false sense of comfort and security, so they'd let their guard down... and what better way to do that than to use holiday-type melodies and the sound of sleigh bells? Also, it ended up creating this weird counterpoint to the “holy shit” horror moments. In addition to a minor version of “Silent Night,” I also wrote a theme for one of the suspects that sounds similar to the song “My Favorite Things,” which suits that character in a creepy kind of way. For the character of Aubrey, there's an emotional innocence that I wanted to bring out through that piano theme and a female choir, and her theme is the most defined. With the Santa theme, I didn't want to just depict him as a psycho, but also put you into the mind of a guy who really believes he's on a mission... in his head, everything he does is justified.
 
What's your take on the whole idea of horror remakes? In this particular case, I'd say you've improved on the original.
 
Well, for one, I'm not a big fan of remaking films that were only made ten years ago, and I'm also not into what's basically a shot-for-shot update of an older film. Like the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street... it's just not good, and I was so disappointed with the way it was handled. I know that Hollywood sees the whole remake thing as a “safe” approach in general, but in my opinion, if they're going to do it anyway, they need to come at the story in a new way. 
 
I agree, and they need to hire a good writer and director who can make it their own vision.
 
Exactly! That's why I like what Steven did with this one, which is to mainly go back to square one with the concept and only loosely reference the original... and I think the finished product works really well because of that.
 
 
Kevin's score for Silent Night was released recently on iTunes and Amazon mp3, and the film itself is now available on DVD and Blu-ray. Check out out review of the film here, and be sure to stay tuned for more news on Kevin's upcoming genre projects in 2013!

TV Casting Roundup: 'Teen Wolf,''Bates Motel'

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Recent casting notices for small-screen projects:

Jere Burns (Burn Notice, Justified, Otis) has been cast in a recurring role in Bates Motel. He will play Jake Abernathy, "a mysterious character who will play a pivotal role" in A&E's Psycho"prequel."

Haley Webb (The Final Destination) has been added to the upcoming season of Teen Wolf as a "rumored love interest" for Derek.  

Marin Ireland (Homeland) has been added to Kevin Williamson's new Fox thriller, The Following. She will play Amanda, "a sweet and simple-minded but fragile woman" who will first appear in the series' 9th episode, with the potential to recur.

Veteran makeup artist Michael Westmore will join the next cycle of Face Off full-time as a mentor to the aspiring special effects artists. Westmore, a 50+ year veteran of the special effects makeup industry, has guested on previous seasons of the show, hosted by his daughter McKenzie, but this will mark his first full-time season. Westmore has headed up the makeup departments of every Star Trek project between 1994 and 2002. Face Off returns to Syfy on January 15th.

2 Episodes Left, 2 New Clips From 'Dexter' 711!

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Whew! Only 2 more episodes left in Season 7 of Showtime's 'Dexter' and it looks like it's all coming to a head! Matthews and LaGuerta are tracking the "Bay Harbor Butcher". Tenacious Deb is still gunning for Hannah. And Dexter is coping with the realization that there is no "Dark Passenger", it's all always been him. Where do we go from here? Well, luckily we've got 2 clips to hint at things to come. In "What Are The Odds", Matthews questions Dexter about the Bay Harbor Butcher and in "Trade Insults", Hannah confronts Debra in an attempt to make amends. As a bonus, we've got a behind-the-scenes featurette with showrunner Scott Buck discussing Episode 710's big reveal "The Dark Whatever". Catch up with Alyse's TV recap on 710. Episode 711 "Do You See What I See?" airs this Sunday December 9th only on Showtime.

Book Review: Blurring the Lines of Reality in 'The Buffalo Hunter'

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There’s no escape quite like what you can find in the pages of a good book. A good book makes everything around you melt away. A good book overtakes you and replaces the events of your life with those found in its pages, if only for a brief, intense time.

This is something Bobby Bunting knows full well. He’s a 35-year-old man trapped in a life so mundane and unhappy that seeking escape becomes his primary concern. He finds it in odd ways, including the kind of absorption in books that crosses the line from simple enjoyment to disturbing and unnatural levels of immersion.

You’ll find yourself sucked into Bunting’s story as you read Peter Straub’s novella The Buffalo Hunter. Not, one hopes, to the level that Bunting gets sucked into books like Raymond Chandler’s The Lady in the Lake, or Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. But you will find yourself thoroughly engaged in this sad, disquieting story of a man desperately trying to remove himself from the world around him.

Bunting is a creature of habit. He spends his days entering data into a computer, an anonymous drone in a cubicle, engaging in the occasional conversation with a coworker, telling the man stories invented from whole cloth about his exotic girlfriend Veronica and their frequent trips to expensive restaurants and her home in Switzerland. Veronica is the cover story he uses with his parents to explain why he never makes the trip back home to Michigan anymore. Veronica is a lie, but it’s a lie that Bunting eventually comes to believe in.

Veronica is insulation against the real world, but surely Bunting isn’t the only man to invent a girlfriend out of thin air. He may be, however, the only man to find comfort in baby bottles, beginning with one he used as a child and branching out eventually to cases of them. What exactly he does with these I’ll leave to Straub to reveal, but it’s a childlike approach that is both comical and disturbing at the same time.

In telling Bunting’s tale, Straub employs a precise, almost fussy storytelling voice that perfectly encapsulates the mannered façade Bunting maintains. Only when Bunting falls into one of the stories he reads does Straub change his style, morphing into an almost dreamlike rhythm that mimics the stream-of-consciousness manner in which Bunting is living out his fantasies.  

As the book progresses, it becomes hard to distinguish whether Bunting is falling more out of touch with the world around him, or is in fact accepting reality for the first time. Either way, it’s both disorienting and exhilarating for him – and for us readers. He’s picked a path, it seems, and for better or worse he’s determined to follow it through. The path leads to an ending that, rather than making sense of all that’s come before, further blurs the lines between what’s been real and what’s been in Bunting’s mind all along.

Straub’s credentials as a storyteller go without saying, and in The Buffalo Hunter he displays the deft skill and sure hand that have brought him years of acclaim. It’s an emotional and at times wrenching read, a book that, like those Bunting treasures, provide a few hours’ worth of escape but stay with you long after the final page is turned.

Order The Buffalo Hunter by Peter Straub from Cemetery Dance Publications.

Blu Gilliand is a freelance writer of fiction and nonfiction. He covers horror fiction at his blog, October Country and contributes interviews to the Horror World websiteFollow him on Twitter at @BluGilliand.
 

Visiting Denver? Try a Stay at the Dinosaur Hotel

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Ages ago, we reported that the Japanese had built a Jurassic Park-themed sex hotel. You may have thought, "That's hot!" or "That's... hot?" You may have even planned a trip to visit. Well, pretty soon, you can stay with the dinosaurs domestically - and in a far more family-friendly setting.

The folks at the Best Western Denver are remodeling the hotel from the ground up with a fully jurassic theme. The groundbreaking is taking place today, with a projected finish date of Summer 2013. Among the planned renovations are a heated pool with a Cretaceous sea mosaic; fossil exhibits and other prehistoric curios; themed lounge and meeting rooms; and the star, Stanley, a 45-foot stegosaurus statue whose trek across the country has been chronicled on the hotel's Facebook page. The Denver hotel is located near the paleontologically-rich Great Plains region of Colorado, where the first stegosaurus fossils were discovered in 1877.

Source: Boing Boing

Gift Guide: Necronomicon Ring

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With this ring, I thee dead.

As the makers of this Necronomicon Ex-Mortis ring so aptly put it, “… nothing says style like a tome of evil bound in human flesh!”

It is attention to detail that separates the true artisans and this Book of the Dead ring is a work of art. Deranged art, but art. The ring is hand-sculpted and hand-tinted to perfectly reflect the death-like look of desiccated flesh.

Each ring is 3/4" high and 1/2" wide.  And the best part: it’s 10 percent off through Christmas! Catrinas ToyBox offers more in the way of Evil Dead-ware to complete your look, including matching Necronomicon earrings and Army of Darkness earrings.

Don't Say It. Don't Write It. Don't Hear It. Just Wear It.
 



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CW Announces Premiere Date For 'Cult' + Special Video

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Finally! The CW has announced their new midseason show, Cult will premiere on Feb 19th. The new psycho-thriller-drama is about a TV show called "Cult" about a cult leader whose followers begin to behave erratically and disappear. Then real-life "Cult" fans start to follow the same path as the made-up cult followers. It's all very meta, but it is a compelling show, one I have been looking forward to since I saw an early cut of the pilot back in June.

Maybe the below preview from the good people at CW will make more sense.

'Pacific Rim' Sequel Already in the Works

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Guillermo del Toro's eagerly-awaited Pacific Rim is still months away from its July 12th theatrical premiere - we haven't even seen a proper trailer yet. Yet Legendary Pictures is already prepping a sequel.

Pacific Rim has been a top-secret project for years, but with the giant monsters vs. giant robots plot, it is no surprise that it is being positioned as a tentpole picture. But just because it is a cool concept with an amazing director at the helm doesn't mean that it will be a franchise-worthy property (although let's be honest: it has a far better chance than most.) Travis Beacham, who wrote the initial Pacific Rim treatment based on his own spec script, is working on the sequel, which del Toro will be co-scripting. It is too early to tell if del Toro will return to direct a sequel, as he has enough projects in the works to last several lifetimes. Among these are a pilot for The Strain for FX, based off a novel series co-written with Chuck Hogan; and Crimson Peak, a haunted house film that won't even go into production until 2014.

Source: Hollywood Reporter


Celebrate Krampus Night with Creepy Bavarians on Parade

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Rammstein, Hasselhoff, Blutwurst.  The Germans have worshiped some strange things in their day, but perhaps none so disturbing as Krampus.

In case you are unfamiliar with Krampus here’s a little background: He’s basically St. Nick’s evil cousin who sets about the earth bestowing punishment on all the bad children. Punishment depends on the lore, but often involves drowning or snacking on the offending tyke.

This cautionary character dates back to pre-Christian tradition but the more modern version taken from Germanic folklore depicts a man with hooves, long pointy tongue and the horns of a goat. The night before the St. Nicholas day is Krampus’ time to shine and today many Germans and Austrians look to their pagan roots, put on some shaggy pants, a pair of horns and take to the streets to light fire and prance around.

Honestly, not too much different than a Rammstein show.

Thanks to a history rooted in Mad King Ludwig's decadence, the Bavarians know a thing or two about over-the-top revelry and their Krampus parade is no exception.









via The Local

Gift Guide: Pretty Skeletal Hair Clasps

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There aren’t a lot of positive things a skeleton’s hand can do. Generally, they’re relegated to waiting in temples or tombs for the moment they get to rest on the shoulder of unsuspecting adventurers or neighborhood kids up to no good. The trespassers jump in fright, the skeleton hand drops, or worse, falls off and it’s back to square one.

But, no longer. The bony remnants of extremities-gone-by have a new purpose: to make you beautiful.  First stop, lending your scraggly-ass hair a hand. (After all. you’ve been adventuring in tombs and temples and haven’t had time to wash.)

Each realistic skeleton’s hand hair clip designed by ItsASwindle is painted gold and measures approximately 3" X 1.5".
 



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Get 'Walking Dead' Weapon and Kill Stats in One Handy Infographic

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With the mid-season finale behind them, fans of The Walking Dead have nothing left to do but wait patiently for its slow, shuffling return.

Survival is key. It’s important to keep up morale. There are a few ways to do this. Watch The Walking Dead supercut of every zombie kill on the show, send your favorite brain eater a holiday card, or bone up on weapon and classic kill stats from season 1 and 2 in the infographic below. That should keep you busy for a little while.
 

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via DailyDead.com

FEARnet Killer Snack Attack: 'Troll 2's' Deadly Confections

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Sweet and dour. Pop culture is filled with food that looks scrumptious but turns nasty on the other side. Horror movies are especially notorious for feeding fans killer treats. In this series we’re paying tribute to snacks that attack the consumer, and not at just at the waistline. Although sometimes the culinary killers do come busting through a stomach or two …

First up: Troll 2, a movie that has nothing to do with Trolls and everything to do vegetarian goblins who use a nifty loophole to devour unsuspecting humans.

Movie: Troll 2 (written and directed by Claudio Fragasso)
Year: 1990
Deadly Recipe: Bright green confections, vegetables tainted with goblin goo and frothy green drinks turn the people who sample them into leafy vegetables which the goblin community of Nilbog consumes with  abandon.
Chef: The friendly folks of Nilbog, helped along by head chef and sexy druid queen Creedence Leonore Gielgud.
Culinary Kill: While the Waits family comes perilously close to eating the magical food, they never actually seal the deal thanks to Joshua urinating on their dinner. But poor Cindy is made to pay for drinking the tiniest bit of goblin broth with a long, agonizing, and slimy transformation into a plant.
Leftovers:Troll 2 might be the best bad movie out there. The acting is atrocious, the story convoluted, and the make up ridiculous. It’s so awesome. It's sparked a movement among fans including conventions dedicated to the movie, film marathons, and even a guide to etiquette.

You Could Create the 'Bates Motel' Opening Title Sequence

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Bates Motel executive producer Carlton Cuse invites fans to create their own opening sequence for the upcoming A&E thriller. With 15 seconds of opener to fill, that's not a lot of time. Cuse is careful to note that they are looking for something that "captures the feel of Bates Motel -- not as a slasher/horror show, but as a complex, character-based thriller." If Cuse chooses your video clip, it will be the official show opener.

Bates Motel is a "prequel" to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Set during modern times, the focus is on an adolescent Norman Bates, his overbearing mother Norma, his rebel brother Dylan, and what turned Norman into the monster we all know and love.

The series will premiere this March on A&E. The contest is open until January 3rd; for more details visit the offical Bates Motel Facebook page.

TV Recap: 'Supernatural' Episode 809 - 'Citizen Fang'

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Supernatural Episode 809
“Citizen Fang”
Written By: Daniel Loflin
Directed By: Nick Copus
Original Airdate: 5 December 2012

In This Episode...

Sam has asked Martin, a hunter recently released from a mental hospital, to keep an eye on Benny, who is living in the Louisiana bayou. When a body turns up he calls Sam, who insists that he and Dean check it out. Dean resists - partly, I think, because he is afraid that Benny really did fall off the wagon - but eventually agrees. Sam, in turn, agrees to give Dean a few hours to talk to Benny and see what’s up. Martin is very upset by this.

Dean finds Benny at a fishing hole - burying a second body. He insists that this is not his doing. A headstrong vampire named Desmond (side note: is that not the douchiest vampire name ever?) has decided he is going to put together a new nest and wants Benny’s street cred to help get it going. Benny refuses, so Desmond starts leaving a trail of bodies that can be blamed on Benny to lure him into helping. He agrees only so that he knows where Desmond is building his nest, and he and Dean go there. Desmond is a pretty easy kill, and Benny beheads him.

Dean and Benny say their goodbyes, but Benny gets a call from Elizabeth, the owner of the gumbo diner Benny had been working at. Elizabeth is also Benny’s great-granddaughter, but she doesn’t know that; she just sees him as a big brother-type. The call is not from Elizabeth, but from Martin, who has borrowed Elizabeth’s cell phone to place the menacing call. By the time Benny gets back to the diner, the place is closed up, and Martin is holding Elizabeth at knifepoint. He taunts Benny and doesn’t care what Sam or Dean say - he wants Benny dead. When reasoning doesn’t work, Benny finally offers himself to Martin, laying his head down on the counter for an easy cut.

Elizabeth, traumatized, calls Dean. When he arrives, he finds lots of blood, and a body. Martin’s body. Benny is nowhere to be seen (I can’t be sure, but it looks to me like Martin had been killed with a knife, not with teeth.)

Sam, during this time, had raced out to see Amelia after getting a panicked text from her. But upon arriving at the house they once shared (I wonder if she got the dog, too) he sees through the window that she and Don are watching TV and sharing a beer, perfectly content. Sam realizes that this was all Dean’s doing, as both a test and a way to get him out of his hair while he neutralized the Benny situation. Sam figures this out and calls his brother. He is pissed to find out that Benny is in the wind and doesn’t want to hear the extenuating circumstances. As Sam is leaving the bar to rejoin Dean, he runs into Amelia. “I knew it was you,” she breathes.

Dig It or Bury It?

Tonight’s episode was surprisingly mellow. There wasn’t much action, there wasn’t much that propelled the mythology forward, and there wasn’t much humor. I was very disappointed: this episode had vampires in the Louisiana bayou and there was not a single True Blood joke. It was an “emotional” episode, not in a sappy way, just in a head-shrinking way. It was a very well-done episode; it just wasn’t very memorable. 

Flashback to the Future

Sam’s flashbacks show that both he and Don are treating the whole Amelia situation remarkably well. Don approaches Sam at the bar and promises he won’t kick his ass. He doesn’t blame either of them for doing what they did in light of the circumstances. Neither of them can decide what is best for Amelia; only she can decide. Don insists that whatever she decides, the other guy should respect it. Sam agrees, but struck by Don’s maturity in the situation, Sam (who before that encounter told Amelia that he didn’t want to do the right thing) goes home and moves out. He believes Amelia needs to give it another shot with her husband.

Prophecies?

The Winchesters are on their winter break, but when they return January 16th, Castiel is there - and it seems that heaven has been fucking with him.

TV Recap: 'American Horror Story: Asylum' Episode 208 - 'Unholy Night'

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American Horror Story: Asylum Episode 208
“Unholy Night”
Written By: James Wong
Directed By: Michael Lehmann
Original Airdate: 5 December 2012

In This Episode...

Every show needs a Christmas episode, and AHS is no exception. We meet inmate Lee, who had only been at Briarcliff for about two years. During last year’s Christmas “party,” Lee was forced to attend wearing shackles. This set him off, and he ripped out an orderly’s throat with his teeth. After that, he was sent to the hole, never to be released again. Until, of course, the possessed Sister Mary Eunice came into power. To spread a little holiday cheer, she not only let Lee out of solitary, she gave him a shiny new Santa suit to wear.

Arden has a test for Sister Mary Eunice. He gives her a pair of ruby earrings, then tells her how he got them: he took them from a Jewish woman in one of the concentration camps, who swallowed the earrings, shit them out, and swallowed them again every night in hopes of keeping them safe. They tore up her intestines and she died. Arden retrieved the earrings from her bowels. He was hoping that Sister Mary Eunice would be disgusted by this, but the pure evilness made her eyes sparkle. Arden is disgusted, but Sister Mary Eunice reminds him that he is either with her or against her.

Acting as a double agent, Arden goes to the convent, where Sister Jude is frantically begging the mother superior to get her reinstated at Briarcliff. Arden comes to see her, begging for her help, admitting that he doesn’t believe in god, but he believes in evil, and he has seen the evil in Sister Mary Eunice. Jude agrees to help him. He sneaks her into Briarcliff and has him send Mary Eunice to her office, lock the two in, and leave them alone. Instead, Sister Mary Eunice locks Lee in with Jude. Lee is all too eager to offer her a little payback for the horrible canings that never healed because he was denied sunlight and baths. Initially he just wants to shove a crucifix up her ass, but when he spies the open cane closet, he changes his mind. The two struggle, and Jude manages to get her hands on a knife on the desk. She jams it into Lee’s neck, killing him instantly.

Also: Frank is wracked with guilt over shooting Grace and wants to go to the police. Sister Mary Eunice sets it up so that, during the Christmas party, Frank is on a ladder, placing the star on top of the tree, when Lee knocks him over. He tries to kill Frank; Frank beats the hell out of him and takes him back to the hole. Sister Mary Eunice follows them, slits Frank’s throat, and tells him that the altercation with Lee was far worse than anyone knew. Later, Arden is sneaking out Grace’s corpse through the tunnels, when he has an alien encounter and they take Grace.

Lana is in the Briarcliff infirmary and sneaks behind a curtain to find a doped-up Kit bound to the bed. The authorities still believe he is on the run and there is a manhunt for him. Lana reasons that if Briarcliff didn’t contact the authorities, then Sister Mary Eunice certainly wouldn’t call the cops on Thredson. Lana rushes to find a phone, but is cornered - by Thredson, who claims to have scrubbed down every inch of evidence that Bloody Face ever existed. He plans to rise from the ashes with a new face, made of Lana. Kit comes in and knocks Thredson unconscious. Lana wants to kill him, but Kit convinces her they have to take him to the authorities - it is the only way to clear his name.

Dig It or Bury It?

Frankly, this would have been a perfectly average episode were it not for Ian McShane. Not a whole lot happened but he is just so...  rakish. I love him as an actor and, I’ll admit, this role really recalled his role as Swearengen in Deadwood.  

Patient History

As a young man, Lee was arrested and sent to jail for a petty theft. He was gang raped by five inmates while a guard whistled Christmas carols. When he was finally released, he was a changed man - and by changed, I of course mean fucked up. He shoots a corner Santa, takes his costume, and breaks into a house where he chats with a little girl, Suzy (who is not afraid.) He has Suzy wake her parents. He ties them up, taunts them, and eventually shoots them. In all, he killed 18 people from five families in the course of one evening - hence being sent to Briarcliff.

Bawdy Talk

When Lee has the family tied up, he taunts them, saying he will “Leave a little terror under your tree, and a little rape.” This terrifies the man, who begs Lee to leave his wife alone. “Who said it was her?”

Prophecies?

Dylan McDermott returns next week. Um, yay? Also, Jude is now a patient, initially due to injuries, but she begs the Monsignor to believe her when she says “It’s a set up.” So you know they are playing the crazy card there.


Fright Rags Debuts Limited Edition 'The Shining' Inspired Jack Shinington Shirt

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Here’s Jack-y!

What happens when Jack Skellington and Sally take a vacation at the Overlook Hotel? Things get a little dicey. This awesome Fright Rags Jack Shinington shirt shows Jack in action after a few days at the secluded resort.

The shirt is extra-special because Fright Rags is offering it as a limited edition, with only 500 printed and no pre-order.  It’s first- come, first-serve, so you have to get on it if you want to get your bony hands on a shirt.

Available beginning Wednesday December 12 at 10am EST.  Jack Skellington will put you back a mere $25.95 and is available in men’s sizes Small – 5XL.
 

 

Gift Guide: Get Leatherface’s Signature Scent

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The horror genre is severely underrepresented when it comes to celebrity scents. But no longer. Now you can smell just like chainsaw-wiedling A-lister, Leatherface.

What does Leatherface smell like? Blood, brains and human skin, to start. But in addition to that, “A warm, woody, spicy scent with additional notes of leather, musk, smoke, vanilla, and very slight hints of pomegranate and subtle florals to soften it up.” Who knew Leatherface was such a softie? I guess it shouldn’t be a suprise, he is in touch with his more feminine side.

Leatherface fragrance oil comes from the Mannaia Fragrance shop which also offers a Cenobite fragrance and a Donner party perfume.
 



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Catch Satanic Sorority Indie 'Alpha Girls' on its Winter Tour

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Alpha Girls is a delightful pact-with-Satan sorority girls flick. Written and directed by Tony Torv and Johnny Zito, Alpha Girls tells the story of an inexplicably powerful sorority where the bodies of dead pink-sweater clad pledges keep piling up. One of girls hoping to pledge makes a little pact with the devil and, of course, she just happens to be the biggest bitch in the house. She goes on a bloody power trip and coeds die in varied and creative ways. The movie makes some fun nods to classic satanic flicks and boasts cameos by Ron Jeremy and Schoolly D.

If you are in Philadelphia, catch a screening Sunday, December 9 before it goes on a 30-city tour. The dates are below the trailer. Check the Alpha Girls site for full summary and specifics on screening locations.
 



Dates:
1/23  WD: Wilmington, DE
1/24 & nbsp;TH: Baltimore, MD
1/25  FR: Washington DC
1/26  ST: Richmond, VA
1/27 SN: DAY OFF
1/28  MN: Durham, NC
1/29  TU: Raleigh, NC
1/30  WD: Chapel Hill, NC
1/31  TH: Wilmington, NC
2/1   FR: Charleston, SC
2/2   ST: Savannah, GA
2/3   SN: DAY OFF
2/4   MN: Athens, GA
2/5   TU: Atlanta, GA
2/6   WD: Chattanooga, TN
2/7   TH: Knoxville, TN
2/8   FR: Nashville, TN
2/9   ST: Louisville, KY
2/10  SN: DAY OFF
2/11  MN: Bloomington, IN
2/12  TU: Indianapolis, IN  
2/13  WD: Greencastle, IN
2/14  TH: West LaFayette, IN
2/15  FR: Fort Wayne, IN
2/16  ST: Chicago, IL
2/17  SN: DAY OFF
2/18  MN: Muncie, IN
2/19  TU: Cincinnati, OH
2/20  WD: Dayton, OH
2/21  TH: Columbus, OH
2/22  FR: Athens, OH
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Guillermo del Toro Bringing 'Pan's Labyrinth' to the Stage

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After four years of work under the radar, plans to bring Guillermo del Toro's stunning Pan's Labyrinth to the stage as a live musical are finally being solidified.

Del Toro worked with Jeremy Ungar to write the book (aka the script for the show), with cinema composer Gustavo Santaolalla writing the music and Paul Williams handling lyrics. Del Toro will produce the project, though no word yet on who will be directing.

It will be interesting to see how Pan's Labyrinth, the story of a girl who escapes into a fantasy land that might be more terrifying than the warzone she is escaping, will be attempted on the stage. While the film is an FX wonderland, so much of it was done practically that I imagine it would translate rather well.

Source: Deadline

Dan Aykroyd and 'Ghostbusters 3' - 'We're Closer Than We Ever Have Been'

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Another interview, another rumor about the possibilities of a Ghostbusters 3, more than 20 years after part two. Dan Aykroyd gave a recent interview to Esquire magazine and, naturally, one of the first topics to come up was Ghostbusters 3, especially seeing as how Aykroyd has been the sequel's "biggest cheerleader."

"I've worked on every draft in the last three years, as Ivan [Reitman, the director] has, and now we have a story and a draft that everybody seems to agree would make the third movie," Aykroyd tells Esquire. "At this point, I think we're closer than we ever have been. And because of the ever-shifting sands and nature of the motion-picture business, I will just say that hopefully, at some point, it will be morphing into what is known in the business as a [Aykroyd mimes air quotes] "production number XP39789." Then I will begin to rent cars, get hotel rooms, and bill for writing. But that point hasn't come." Aykroyd points a heavy amount of blame on Bill Murray, who has been notoriously outspoken about not being involved in another Ghostbusters. "Had Billy chosen to do the Eisenberg/Stupnitsky script of two years ago, it would be out this summer, and it would be a massive hit. If Billy had said yes, it would have satisfied his performance and what he wanted in the movie, it would have satisfied his performing skill and how he wanted to be depicted in the movie, it would have satisfied the studio, the writers who wrote it, everybody — Ivan, me, Harold, we were all happy with it. Then when he said, "Absolutely not, I'm not in this," we had to go and really rethink things." 

You can read the full interview at Esquire.com

I love Ghostbusters. And I love Ghostbusters 2. I consider those seminal movies from my childhood, and films that I can watch today and still find they hold up today, even without the whiff of sentiment. And yet I am growing weary of these "maybe they are, maybe they aren't" Ghostbusters 3 rumors. I would love to see a new Ghostbusters. But I feel like we have been dicked around for so many years, why even bother with the promises? Just stop talking about it until there is actual movement forward. Now I get it. Journalists have to ask about the status of projects like Ghostbusters 3. I'm guilty of similar questions. But it is starting to feel like "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me; fool me 8,960 times, just fucking kill me." I have literally lost count of how many times we here at FEARnet have reported on Ghostbusters 3 news (though a quick search of our archives reveals 10 articles in the last year or so.)

I want this to happen. I want so badly for this to happen. But until it actually does, I want people to shut the hell up about it. Getting my hopes up is exhausting.

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