The Insomniac was able to hunt down and tie down Greg Lamberson for a few minutes to have a little chat. Greg Lamberson is the director/writer of the cult horror movies “Slime City”, Undying Love (New York Vampire), Naked Fear and the writer of such horrorifying tales of fiction “Johnny Gruesome”, “Personal Demons” and nonfiction “Cheap Scares”. What drew you …
Read More »From the Nightshift: On the Set of ‘Born to Die’
Jay Mager had offered me a small character role in “Born to Die”. There was an nice scene at the start of the movie and then a silent appearance in the middle and then a very brief appearance at the end. The role was called “The Asian” which was a crime boss who had been marked up by knife wounds around both …
Read More »Horror Gossip: 05.06.2009
Overview: Of corpse the bulk of this new-fangled column is going to be the foundation of Texas Frightmare Weekend that I attended last weekend. The outcome was pleasurable, edifying, and enthralling. The main topics are going to be; Alice Cooper’s Horror Lifetime Achievement Award, ScreamTV, Wicked Pixel Cinema, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Thomas Mason, and Jason Mewes. Events for Texas Frightmare …
Read More »Horror Gossip: 04.23.2009
Most Anticipated Projects to Come: Silent Night Zombie Night might be something worth while. I have been tired of all these zombie films blasting out of nowhere but this seems promising to me now. Earlier, not so much. The films synopsis is: A week before Christmas a viral outbreak turns the citizens of Los Angeles into the feral undead. On …
Read More »Horror Gossip: 04.13.2009
Before I get started I wanted to let you know that I will be going to Texas Frightmare Weekend and I hope to see you all there in Dallas, May 1st. There’s so much to cover. There are plenty of films coming out in 3D and Zombie movies are just coming from all over. I thought by this time the …
Read More »Interview: Steven C. Miner – Director
Steven C. Miller emerged onto the Hollywood movie making scene a few years ago with Automaton Transfusion, a movie in which he wrote, edited and directed. AT premiered at the Screamfest L.A. horror festival and the ever so popular Weinstein brothers purchased the movie and distributed it. To me this is one of the best zombie movies made and with …
Read More »Horror Gossip: 04.05.2009
t’s so hard for me not to rant about the sequels and remakes but seeing how there are so many of them, every column I do I am going to put aside a section to discuss how retarded and unoriginal America is. Are you guys really running out of that many ideas? Why do you feel the need to remake …
Read More »Film Review: Survival of the Dead (2009)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Rebel military man Crocket (Alan Van Sprang) and his band of rogue soldiers seek refuge from the living dead, only to land squarely in a family feud between the undead-hating O’Flynns and the Muldoons, a cure-seeking clan determined to help their zombie kinfolk. Cult horror master George A. Romero rises again to deliver another delicious zombie …
Read More »From the Nightshift: ‘Pigman’ and ‘Born to Die’
I caught up to Jay Mager who is the writer/director of the upcoming movie “Born to Die” and filmed a short film about the local legend of the Pigman. I asked him to tell us more about the two very different projects: The Pigman What drew me to The Pigman? The answer to that question is probably a good 14 …
Read More »Horror Gossip: 03.29.2009
Introduction: This is my first article. I don’t want to put anything gay or inspirational. I am just here to gossip about the news we have covered over the past week and deliver my thoughts on the subject so here goes… Overview: Firstly, lets go over all the horrid remakes and sequels we have discussed. Stephen Norrington, the guy behind …
Read More »Interview: Charles Band (Full Moon Features)
Mastering the ability to create intriguing sci-fi, and horror films is a complex task. It’s an untamed adventure through the mind. Full Moon Features has traveled this chariot of darkness for over 30 years. Haunting the screen, Full Moon grabs ideas from the nether regions. Starting in 1976 as Empire Pictures, Charles and Richard Band have created over 200 …
Read More »Interview: Jason Beam – Horror Artist
Alright the doctor of gore is here to bring you an exclusive interview with graphic designer/photograher Jason Beam of Jason Beam Studios to talk about his beatifully rendered and amazing artwork and the horror and comic book genre as a whole! Words cannot put how kick ass his prints are so just visit his website www.jasonbeamstudios.com asap after youve read this …
Read More »Horror Talk 15
Intro: Hello My Dear Freaks and Minx! Oh, how I’ve missed you all! The fact is peeps, I’m a busy little minx. But am I too busy for you now you may ask?! HELL NO! All the kick ass stuff I’ve been doing is for the greater good for all of our true horror fans out there and once my …
Read More »Interview: Tom Malloy (The Alphabet Killer)
MJ : How and why did you decide to write The Alphabet Killer? TM : My wife, Emily, was from Rochester and said there’s a great unsolved case you should check out. It’s a true story based in Rochester where three girls from 10 to 12 were killed over a two year period and the killer was never caught. Over …
Read More »My Year in Horror – 2008 Retrospect
HAPPY NEW YEAR! The passing of another year can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. The optimists feel like it’s an annual clean slate. Take all the missteps of the previous 365 days, learn from them and move on to the dawn of a new day. The grumpier of us may feel more like “Hey look…this just …
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