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Halloween and Horror Books Every Fan Should Own
18 October 2009 1:22 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Horror fans love this time of the year. For those of us not living in La, there's the chill in the air, the colorful leaves, pumpkins everywhere, dead cornfields to explore … if you dare. So, in honor of Our official holiday, I have come up with a list of books and some movies every horror fan should at least take a look at, if not outright add to your book or DVD library.
Without further ado (and in no particular order):
Creepy Places to Visit:
Creepy Crawls: A Horror Fiend’s Travel Guide by Leon Marcelo, Santa Monica Press, 380 pages
I Love this book!! Leon Marcelo travels the world, literally, to find places of horror both real and fictional. Rome to visit the Dario Argento Profondo Rosso Shop then to George Romero’s Pennsylvania and H.P. Lovecraft’s New England. Marcelo also covers Stephen King country, Poe’s Baltimore, »
- thebellefromhell
More horror screenings and Zombie Walks!
14 October 2009 12:17 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Halloween is coming, and fright flicks are everywhere at repertory houses and special showings. Joining the screening events we previously listed here and here are more big-screen revivals of classic fear films, plus a couple of East Coast Zombie Walks!
• Canadian undead fans can take part in the 7th Annual Toronto Zombie Walk, which takes place Saturday, October 24 beginning at 3 p.m. This one starts at Trinity Bellwoods Park (meeting place is the pit between Dundas Street and, appropriately enough, Gore Vale Avenue) and ends at the Bloor Cinema (506 Bloor Street West), where the festivities continue with a Cinema of the Dead double feature of Thom Eberhardt’s Night Of The Comet and Lucio Fulci’s Zombie. Admission to the movies is $16 for ghouls and $20 for regular humans; more info on the Walk can be seen here, and on the screenings here.
• This year’s official New York City Zombie Crawl takes place Sunday, »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
Carla Laemmle's 100th Birthday Bash
9 October 2009 2:26 PM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »
Carla Laemmle is turning 100 on October 20th of this year, and she's celebrating in style! Fans will likely remember her for her onscreen appearance at the beginning of Universal's classic horror movie, Dracula. Some heavy hitters in horror and Gov. Schwarzenneger himself will be attending this milestone event. Take a look at the official press release below:
“Carla Laemmle’s Centennial Birthday Gala”
Carla Laemmle Celebrates Her 100Th Birthday With Lifetime Achievement
Awards To Be Presented At The American Cinematheque At The Egyptian
6712 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Officially Sponsored by Famous Monsters of Filmland and Universal Studios
Hosted by Tom Tangen, Inge Jaklin, Robert Bradford, Rosemary Weinglass,
and Robert Aragon
**** Photo Opportunity ****
Los Angeles, CA October 6, 2009 – American actress, Carla Laemmle, niece of Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle, will be celebrating her 100th birthday with her family and friends at the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles, »
Heroes: Ink In The Answers
29 September 2009 1:00 AM, PDT | buddytv.com | See recent BuddyTV news »
I haven't exactly watched Heroes as faithfully as I could've, but circumstances have compelled me to check it out again. I admit it bogged me down to look back on the previous season and catch up with everything - from new villains to the Carnies. Then again, who can say if those categories aren't similar?
Anyway, I was reminded of Ray Bradbury's story about "The Illustrated Man" when I caught a glimpse of Heroes' "Ink." If you aren't familiar with that sci-fi short, it's about a guy who was inked by a woman from the future, and whose tattoos change every time a new tale is spun. So translating all this to the show, basically it's series-newbies Samuel (Robert Knepper) and Lydia (Dawn Olivieri).
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- editor@buddytv.com
Horror anthologies on the march
9 September 2009 3:55 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
With our favorite time of year just around the corner, Fango’s got news of a trio of literary terrors to keep you occupied throughout the fall. And if you’re partial to anthologies and short-story collections, get ready to rejoice.
First up, Running Press has just put out the third volume in its Dark Delicacies series, subtitled Haunted, and it looks to be their biggest yet. Edited by Del Howison and Jeff Gelb, Dark Delicacies III features 20 new works by the likes of genre legend Clive Barker, Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk, Masters Of Horror creator Mick Garris, Jeepers Creepers director Victor Salva, 100 Feet’s Eric Red, veteran horror scribe Richard Christian Matheson, Fango contributor Axelle Carolyn, First Blood author David Morrell and many more, with a foreword by The Shining actor Steven Weber.
Also arriving this month is Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories On The 50th Anniversary, a »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
Amazon Apologizes for Destroying '1984' Copies, Offers New '1984' Copies (or $30)
4 September 2009 7:51 AM, PDT | Fast Company | See recent Fast Company news »
After suffering multiple black eyes in the blogosphere and plenty of ire from Kindle users, Amazon has finally decided to make good on its ill-advised decision to delete illegally distributed copies of George Orwell's 1984 from users' Kindle e-reader devices.
Those who purchased the book only to find it remotely deleted from their devices without warning will receive a digital copy of the book–with all their annotations still intact--or a $30 credit for Amazon products. Or they can just opt for a $30 check. Considering they paid just 99 cents for the book, it's not such a bad deal for customers. It has, however, been quite the ordeal for Amazon.
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos offered the following apology to customers in an email sent to those affected by the mass deletion:
"This is an apology for the way we previously handled illegally sold copies of 1984 and other novels on Kindle. »
- Clay Dillow
Fangoria Comic Screams Interview with David Hine
19 August 2009 8:07 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
In a Fangoria Comic Screams Exclusive, Fango's Mike Fish goes one-on-one with writer David Hine.
Formerly a writer on major superhero titles like X-men, Civil War, The Brave And The Bold, and Spawn, Hine recently sunk his teeth into the horror genre with the new book Fvza: Federal Vampire And Zombie Agency.
Due out this October, just in time for Halloween, Hine gives Fango the full scoop on the series, the double-sized monthly issues, and what sets it apart from the rest.
A Fangoria Comic Screams Interview With: David Hine
Comic Book: Writer – Fvza: Federal Vampire And Zombie Agency
Radical Comics | Available at Comic Shops Everywhere – October 2009
Fangoria: Welcome to Fangoria, David. Did you bring your fangs for some blood?
David Hine: Never go anywhere without them.
Fangoria: You’ve been writing comics for quite some time now, with some major stints over at Marvel Comics (X-men: The 198 and Civil »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Mike Fish)
No More Zombies, Give Darabont Money for 'Fahrenheit 451'
11 August 2009 11:04 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Even though I didn't like Frank Darabont's The Mist much at all I would definitely rather see him tackle his long-gestating take on Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" rather than see him write and direct a series adaptation of the Image Comics graphic novel series "The Walking Dead" for AMC. When will audiences get enough of the zombie genre? Variety reports the deal is close to being finalized and will be one of the richest developments AMC has ever put together. Joel Stillerman, AMC's senior VP of programming, production and original content, told Variety the project appealed to the cabler because of "the quality of the storytelling" in Kirkman's work. The series will stay faithful to the tone of the original novels, he said. The story of "The Walking Dead" is set among a group of zombie survivors of an apocalypse who are led by a police officer, »
- Brad Brevet
Josh Brolin on Jonah Hex
28 July 2009 11:06 AM, PDT | www.canmag.com | See recent CanMag news »
Josh Brolin showed up at San Diego Comic Con to show footage of Jonah Hex and talk about his portrayal of the comic book character. You can.t expect a hip Hollywood actor to read all the comic books, but he knows what he.s doing.
.I didn.t read a lot of comic books as a kid,. Brolin admitted. .I read a lot of Ray Bradbury that was my thing, so there's a similarity there and I appreciated it very much when I got into it. I loved the fact that he was an antihero. I loved that it wasn.t an extremely successful comic book. There were three different manifestations of the comic book, but I loved the fact, like the character himself, it refuses to go away. There's a great survivalist element to this guy, and the comic book »
New Motion-Capture King Kong Movie in the Works
26 July 2009 10:41 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Variety is reporting this evening that Spirit Pictures is looking to bring to life a brand new King Kong project, which was initially developed by effects legend Ray Harryhausen. Producers at Spirit have picked up the rights to the book "Kong: King of Skull Island," a prequel the traditional gigantic ape tale that we've seen in previous cinematic incarnations. Written by Joe DeVito and Brad Strickland, the book tells the backstory of Skull island and how Kong became the king, introducing other characters including other giant gorillas and dinosaurs. The critically acclaimed book is one that has caught the eye of many high-profile Kong lovers, including Ray Bradbury, who had this to say about it: “Anyone who loved King Kong with Carl Denham and Ann Darrow in 1933 and hated DeLaurentis’ 1976 remake cannot help but love this new Kong book. Bravo!” So aside from picking up this book to read myself, I'm »
- Neil Miller
Comic-Con First Look: Fox's 'Human Target'
26 July 2009 1:27 AM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Very few people who sat in on the screening and panel for the pilot for Fox's new series "Human Target" seemed to be in Room 6Bcf for the pilot itself – either the Ray Bradbury panel immediately preceding the screening or the "Watchmen" director's cut screening occurring that evening – but the comic book-inspired pilot played really, really well in the room, and the ensuing panel almost played better. Naturally, having Mark Valley (late of "Fringe"), Chi McBride (late of "Pushing Daisies") and Jackie Earle Haley (late of "Watchmen") in your cast is going to be right up Comic-Con's alley,... »
- Todd VanDerWerff
Sdcc 09: Ray Badbury's Chrysalis gets a release date and new poster!
23 July 2009 12:38 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
We've been following this post apocalyptic Bradbury flick for some time and while we're not at Sdcc we do have some goodies for you, including news that it's finally got distribution, not to mention winning Best Sci-Fi Feature Award at the 2008 International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival.
Here's the press release:
Lightning Entertainment has picked up Urban Archipelago Films' production of Ray Bradbury’s Chrysalis for domestic distribution. The film will premiere November 5, 2009, via On Demand through the Time Warner, Charter, and Bright House digital cable providers. Additional dates for multiple other providers including Comcast and digital satellite services will be announced shortly.
Visit www.chrysalismovie.net for the latest details!
And now for the Sdcc details, Ray Bradbury will be in attendance!
Fans attending the 2009 edition of the San Diego Comic-Con can join legendary fantasy and science-fiction writer Ray Bradbury on Saturday July 25th for a special hour as he discusses his latest projects, »
Comic-Con Begins - Twilight/ New Moon Fans Camp Out
23 July 2009 10:04 AM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »
By Phillip Nakov
movieset.com
I arrived in San Diego this afternoon expecting to see the usual pre-convention planning and preparation as exhibitors scurry to complete their booths and set up their stalls for the onslaught of the preview night fans. Little did I know what was in store for me! Welcome to Comic-Con 2009!
This year pre-view night was so busy that by 2 Pm there were already attendees lined up and they waited Four Hours in line to be the first to get into the San Diego Convention Center so they could start to wait in line again for Comic-Con toy exclusives, poster signings and merchandise sales.Once the doors opened the aisles were so jammed with fans it was impossible to navigate and difficult to stop and look around! And this was only preview night. What on earth will Saturday be like? Typically in year’s past, Thursday has »
- Phillip Nakov
Interview: Bob Hastings
21 July 2009 8:36 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Actor Bob Hastings is a television veteran. Yet, you are more likely to know his voice than his face. He has worked in many genres and featured in several innovative radio and television science fiction shows. His career took in the earliest days of TV entertainment and playing a regular character in acclaimed superhero cartoons from the 1990s. But it all began with a song.
"I think it was about 1935 or the beginning of 1936," Hastings said. "A teacher heard me sing in school at an assembly and he thought I sang well enough that I should be on radio. So I started singing radio shows and from there... There was a newspaper called 'The Daily Mirror' and they had a children's show on Wmca in New York and I sang on that...for maybe a couple of years. Then I went over to NBC and that was before the networks »
Frank McCourt, Mentor to Generations of NY Geeks, Dead at 78
21 July 2009 2:46 PM, PDT | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
Frank McCourt, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of Angela's Ashes, died on Sunday, July 19, of metastatic melanoma. Though his loss is undoubtedly felt acutely in literary circles, it is also felt among the thousands of students to whom he taught English and Creative Writing, first at McKee Vocational High School in Staten Island, NY and then from 1967 to 1987 at Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan .
What does this have to do with comics, you may ask? Well, a couple of things.
Number one, among his students was Paul Levitz, current president and publisher of DC Comics, writer of The Legion of Super Heroes and Justice Society of America, and the former editor of Batman comics. Whether you can thank or condemn any of McCourt's influence for this, I leave to the individual reader to decide.
Number two, this reporter, speaking as a Stuyvesant alumna (class of 1986) and former student of his, can tell you, »
- Kim Kindya
San Diego Comic-Con: Past, Present & Future
18 July 2009 7:24 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
I thought the readers of Screen Rant might want to know a little bit about Comic-Con itself. I’ve rooted around and found out a bit about its past, some info on its present and a little bit of conjecture about it’s future.
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The San Diego Comic-Con International event is going to be holding it’s 40th event in the San Diego Convention Center this year. Do you think anyone back in 1970 envisioned what it has become today? I’m not sure, but they definitely hit it out of the park.
The first events in the Con’s history were held in 1970 and had 145 & 300 attendees each, at the U.S. Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego. The first event that was held in March was a fund raiser and market test of sorts, whose guests included Forrest J Ackerman and Mike Royer. Later on, they held the “real” event in August, »
- Bruce Simmons
Frank Darabont on Upcoming 'Illustrated Man' Project
28 June 2009 9:20 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
While preparing to mount a version of Ray Bradbury’s "Fahrenheit 451", Frank Darabont has also been serving as producer of Zach Snyder’s proposed Bradbury adaptation "The Illustrated Man".
"The Illustrated Man" is a novel composed of 18 short stories, all linked by a narrative told from the perspective of the titular character, a man covered in living tattoos. According to Darabont, Watchmen co-scripter Alex Tse is working with Snyder to pick which stories to adapt for the movie.
"We consulted on picking certain stories, which ones we thought would make the strongest anthological film," Darabont told Sci Fi Wire from the Saturn Awards in Burbank, California. "It's actually a bit in flux at the moment, so it wouldn't be fair to say."
Bradbury’s stories, of course, have a tone that reflects the 60’s era in which they took place. Snyder himself said his take on "The Illustrated Man »
Frank Darabont Talks Book Burning
25 June 2009 10:49 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
It goes without saying that Frank Darabont knows how to make a dude cry. He doesn.t make wussy movies like The Notebook that tug at your heartstrings for superficial reasons. Instead, he beats you over the head with male relationships (friendship, father-son, etc.), makes you fall in love with the person he (actually, usually Stephen King) created, then just when he knows you can.t go back on that love, he takes it and hits you in the gut with it. He never steals your emotion; he earns it. And he hopes to earn that same feeling when he adapts Ray Bradbury.s Fahrenheit 451. The film has been in limbo for years, going through several directors, writers and actors until 2001 when Darabont revived the project. He was supposed to begin production after The Mist but .prior commitments. forced is star, Tom Hanks, to drop, and the flick has »
Clock Ticking On Fahrenheit 451
25 June 2009 10:29 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
He's been distracted lately with Indiana Jones and Stephen King, but director Frank Darabont is still keen as mustard to adapt Ray Bradbury's classic sci-fi parable Fahrenheit 451. As long as the author stays alive.Sci-Fi Wire reports Darabont speaking at this year's Saturn Awards, where he picked up a gong for the DVD of The Mist. "Boy, do I want to make Fahrenheit 451," he gushes, but concedes that whether the movie goes ahead is down to the casting. "It's not vastly expensive, but it requires somebody that will justify that investment," he says, hinting that the project has been offered to someone of reasonable stature who is currently umm-ing and ahh-ing.So a bigger prospect than The Mist then (not to disparage Thomas Jane). But Darabont has one more stipulation before he starts shooting: "I promised myself that I would at least go into production while Ray Bradbury was still with us. »
Frank Darabont Talks Fahrenheit 451
25 June 2009 10:02 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Frank Darabont has wanted to film Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451 for quite a long time. He's talked about it a lot more recently as the project he wants to do next. Now he tells SciFiWire that it's basically at the make or break point, and it all comes down to one thing: casting. "Fahrenheit is the thing I'm trying to get up next, which is casting-dependent, so it's one of those," Darabont said. "I'm out to somebody at the moment, fingers crossed, because, boy, do I want to make that movie. I'm not giving up. I'll die in the traces [ed: trenches?] before I don't make that movie." What's the hurry? Darabont wants to start the film while Ray Bradbury (88 years old) is alive to see it. Without an actor big enough to justify the budget, it might not happen. Yeah, it's not one of those movies that are vastly »
- Russ Fischer
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