Recently I discovered two very awesome things about Boston, MA-based metalcore unit Ice Nine Kills: first, they're all big-time horror movie fans; and second, their obsession with fearsome flicks manifests itself in a big way while the band is traveling between live gigs – and I'm not just talking about horror DVD marathons on the bus, either.
While on the road, the band decided to seek out and document some of their favorite horror movie locations and hang out with the creators and stars of those films, preserving those memories in photographs for a horror-themed travel journal. The band graciously offered to share several of those photos with us, which you can only see right here.
So that's enough setup... let's witness some high points in horror history, recorded for posterity by Spencer, Justin and Conor of Ice Nine Kills!
Scream
Above Right: Spencer with writer-director Wes Craven, taken during a personal appearance by Craven in Boston, MA. (Craven also autographed the “Ghostface” mask shown on the left.)
Above: Conor and Spencer in front of Jill Roberts' house from Scream 4, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Below: the house as it appears in the film.
Halloween
Above: Spencer, Justin, and Conor in front of the Los Angeles home that served as Tommy Doyle's house in John Carpenter's 1978 classic.
Above: Conor, Spencer, and Justin in front of the Myers House from Halloween 4, located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Above: Spencer with Tyler Mane, who played Michael Myers in Rob Zombie's 2007 remake and its sequel. Taken at a horror convention in Orlando, Florida.
Above: Spencer with Tony Moran, who played "Michael age 23" in the original Halloween (unmasked at the film's climax).
Above, Bottom: Ice Nine Kills in front of the Myers House from Halloween 6, also in Salt Lake City. Above, Top: The Myers house as it appears in Halloween 6.
Friday The 13th (1980)
Above: Conor and Spencer in Blairstown, New Jersey, in front of the store where Annie (Robbi Morgan) goes to ask for directions to Camp Crystal Lake.
Above: Conor and Spencer walking around downtown Blairstown, where the original F13 was filmed.
Above: Conor and Spencer in front of the arches that Annie walks through in the opening minutes. Below: The arches as seen in the film.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Above: Conor, Justin, and Spencer in front of the house that served as Nancy Thompson's (Heather Langenkamp) home in the original film. Below: Another shot of the house.
The band's extensive collection of autographed items includes this Freddy Krueger glove signed by the man himself, Robert Englund:
Ice Nine Kills' new album The Predator Becomes the Prey (the follow-up to their chart-busting EP Predator) is now available from Outerloop Records, and you can catch the American Psycho-themed promo for the album over at Bloody Disgusting.
