Anthropophagy is a practice traced back to the earliest of man sitting inside of a cave staring at their clansman thinking, “What’s that taste like?” Oh wait, allow me to enlighten you with some fancy stuff to make me sound smart. “Anthropophagy” is a ten-dollar word originating from some Greek squiggly things meaning “human being” and “to eat”. For those …
Read More »Horrors of Humanity: I Should Have Taken a Taxi
Correct change, paper transfers, and strange smells emanating from gibbering women in wool coats reading dime store love novels too close to their coke bottle birth control glasses is part of the experience of public transportation. Riding the bus is a wondrous glimpse into the ephemeral majesty of a mobile microcosm representing the diversity of average humanity. That’s not always …
Read More »The FX Shop: Interview – Jason Alvino (Wicked EFX Studios)
Good Day Boils and Creepy horse humping fiends, today i bring you an FX man named Jason Alvino who has done so many projects in horror FX and Sculpting, and his recent efforts can be seen in the horror short COTTONMOUTH on www.cottonmouth.tv Also he works for Wicked EFX! Lets Fire away now! Dr. Gorehound: When did you first encounter the …
Read More »The FX Shop: Jack Pierce – Makeup Legend
The Doctor had to run out for spare parts…yours maybe! So once again we are joined by the company of horror aficionado Scott Essman who has the goods on Makeup Artist Jack Piere. “I don’t use masks or any appliances whatsoever,” proclaimed Jack Pierce about the development of his famous monster characters. The one exception to Pierce’s rule occurred with his …
Read More »The FX Shop: Interview – Bart Butler (aka Spoils the Clown)
Good evening maggot infested corpse munchers and puss drinking fiends..today i bringyou a real boogieman of horror/fx man and his name is Bart Butler also known as SPOILS The CLOWN! Hes been in the fx business for years and now operates his own hauntedattraction and he can be currently seen in the upcoming film SPOILS. Dr. Gorehound: When did you …
Read More »The FX Shop: Interview – Graham C. Schofield (Bloodlust Unlimited FX)
Graham C. Schofield is not a chap to f*ck with. He can slice, skin, stab, and scalp you with the greatest of ease. Oh yeah, and he does gore FX too. Special makeup FX artist, creature creator, and founder of Bloodlust Unlimited FX, if you’re looking for shocking on a shoestring GCS can pull it off. Let’s pick the brain …
Read More »From the Nightshift: Gore film log
I am not only a columnist, sometime reviewer and hair club for men president but an actor as well. Working in the no budget world gives you a different view of movies. People are hard at work making movies for thousands rather than millions. People pack lunches or carry lights when not acting. It is filming at the most basic …
Read More »From the NightShift: ‘Snow Shark’ – exclusive with Sam Qualiana
Sam Qualiana, was one of last years winners of the Buffalo Screams Film Festival “Filmmakers to Watch Award” for his submission “No Road Out”, a crime drama. Sam has been very busy producing short films, for example “Swamp Squad of the Dead”, “Like Icarus, Quickly Falling”, “Toxic Hoppers” among many more. Originally he had decided to remake one of his …
Read More »The FX Shop: Interview – Alec Gillis (ADI)
Alec Gillis knows his Monsters. The creator of Pumpkinhead, the Graboids from Tremors, and the Aliens and Predators for the last 20 years, Gillis has been busy. He came up in the school of Special Effects hard knocks, and now he’s calling the shots as co owner of Amalgamated Dynamics Inc. Having worked for ADI, I know the pains of being under the …
Read More »From the Nightshift: Interview Kris Hulbert (Director) ‘The Perfect House’
Where did the idea of “The Perfect House” come from? The idea came from a short I wrote entitled “Dinner Guest that was very violent and packed a punch but just couldn’t be translated into a feature without watering it down. I held onto it for a while until I saw a craigslist posting for horror features and shorts. I …
Read More »Brothel of 1000 Corpses
Bring the booze, drugs, and the condoms because the chicks are in position and waiting for you! It’s party time in the back room of the mortuary and you’re about to experience a sure thing! And in these trying economical times, you can even save money on the amount of booze and drugs you purchase. These dates are not just …
Read More »Horrors of Humanity: mydeathspace.com
Welcome dear Horrors of Humanity readers . First and foremost allow me to state that it has been a sad week for the genre with the passing of Forrest J. Ackerman. Many horror fans credit this man as being very inspirational to their various horror genre pursuits. Fair enough, as Famous Monsters of Film land was a cool way to …
Read More »From the Nightshift: Upcoming in the independent horror circle
While I was vacationing from the Night Shift it kept calling me back so I really didn’t have a choice I need to write so here I am again. Not sure if it is just the lower cost of HD filming or what but Buffalo NY has gotten very busy and will keep being busy making horror films as the …
Read More »From the Nightshift: NFTS Productions – some crispy independent frights
I am waiting on some information from the Western New York film making community so in the meantime I decided to check out some independent works. When I was growing up horror movies was normally good for some nudity now and again. Teen age boys couldn’t see hardcore p*rn but sure could find a way to see a horror movie …
Read More »From the Nightshift: Horror primetime – that was then, this is now
You would think that Television would be the best medium for bring scares into your living room. TV series become like people we know, the characters can be come part of our lives and everything seems intimidate. But Television hasn’t been known for its horror series or at least its successful series. We have been the red headed step child, even lower down …
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