Rate This Movie A television series broken down into 13 separate 60-minute films from premiere horror writers and directors. Wikipedia cites “Fear Itself was a horror/suspense anthology television series shot in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with some additional shooting in the city of St. Albert and the town of Devon, Alberta. It began airing on June 5, 2008 …
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Interview: Derek Riggs (Iron Maiden Artist)
MIKE JOY: How did you first become involved with Iron Maiden? DEREK RIGGS: I was working as an album cover artist with several record companies doing all sorts of things, I did a few Jazz covers for EMI records. Iron Maiden’s manager saw those pictures about six months after they were published and asked to see my portfolio. MIKE JOY: …
Read More »Horror Art: Sharaya Brooks
BIO: Born in a small town near Detroit Michigan in 1986, American artist, Sharaya Brooks began drawing in school and at home, deciding to become professional in 2008. That year She published the first of many Dark Art and Macabre Pieces, ‘Proud Craftsman’. Before then she had aspired to be a singer, actor and many other things never letting her …
Read More »Horror Art: Laura Barbosa
BIO Laura Barbosa is collected on an International Level and is a Published Artist with Public Collections. Her artwork has been featured on HGTV, Published in Hair’s How Magazine, NY ARTS Magazine, Forbes & more. Her artwork resides in Spain, Australia, The United Kingdom, Canada and in all 50 United States. Artist Statement: My Artwork does not describe any one …
Read More »New York Comic Con: Top 10 Best Things
Hello again, True Believers! If you read my initial thoughts on the NYCC then you were expecting this Top 10. If you have NOT read that piece then, well – shame on you! The New York Comic Con is geek central. It is the Mecca for all things movies/tv, pop culture, comic books and anime. Despite some of the negative …
Read More »12 Bad Jokes About ‘Children of the Corn’
Children of the Corn was released in 1984. It is directed by Fritz Kiersch and based on a short story by Stephen King, about a group of children that follow some type of force in the cornfields.The force tells them through Isaac, to kill the town’s adult population. I almost thought I was related to the corn kid followers, with …
Read More »Horror Art: Jim Pavelec
BIO: Jim grew up in some city in the Midwest where, at a young age, he was fortunate enough to discover speed metal, comic books, horror movies, and Frazetta. He drew a lot. After graduating college he moved to a much larger city in the Midwest where he worked as a bouncer for a number of years. He continued to draw …
Read More »Horror Art: Jerrod Brown
BIO: A “real” horror artist, that creates paintings in the middle of paint tubes, brushes and palettes, THAT describes Jerrod Brown. A strong advocate of conventional/traditional art that is “truly” painted by hand. So many artists have profited from the advantages of digital illustration – quick and cheap production, low budget solutions, variable use of single motives and the possibility …
Read More »12 Bad Jokes About: The Final Destination Franchise
Final Destination 5 (2011), is directed by Steven Quale.This is the latest installment of the F.D.franchise.Quale, along with previous directors James Wong, David R.Ellis (two F.D. films each), brings an interesting idea to the screen. Premonitions of death and cheating death itself, are the common threads.Tony Todd takes another turn in his reoccurring role.The uncommon thread, is the one we …
Read More »Horror Art: Phil Mertz
BIO: I was born in 1981 and grew up in Lancaster, PA. As a kid I watched my Uncle draw all kinds of cartoon characters which inspired me to start drawing the Ninja Turtles at a very young age. I always excelled at art in school and took as many art classes as I could. Other than art class taken in high school, I’ve never had …
Read More »Horror Art: Jason Felix
BIO: Jason has been a member of the games industry for the past 10 years. In the past Felix worked on Hellgate:London as a Senior Concept Artist at Flagship Studios located in San Francisco. Prior to joining Flagship Studios, Jason has helped to visually establish big franchises such as StarCraft and Prince of Persia series. I came from a family …
Read More »Horror Art: Steve Hurd
BIO: Though prone to periods of wanderlust, I have been stuck in The Appalachian Mountains for what has seemed like an eternity. I began to alter my surroundings in the early 2000s, starting with decoupaging every flat surface I could find. People found these projects unusual, but interesting, as nobody else had neither coffee tables nor bookcases that were also …
Read More »Music Review: The Sullen Route – Apocalyclinic
The Sullen Route is a four-piece band from Volgograd Russia. Moving away from their death metal roots, they branch out into new territory with sophomore release Apocalyclinic. The band’s label Bad Mood Man Music has this to say about their style: “«Apocalyclinic» demonstrates evolution from orthodox doom death metal to the area which cannot be definitely classified: in the new …
Read More »Top 25 Best Serial Killer Movies of All Time – Part 2
See Top 25 Best Serial Killer Movies of All Time – Part 1 13- Jennifer Eight (1992) This is one of those classic serial killer films that came earlier than the others. A serial killer of blind girls, now there’s an interesting concept. This film was an earlier role for Uma Thurman who played the blind girl Helana Robertson. I believe this …
Read More »Horror Art: Eric Swartz
BIO: Eric Swartz has been a Horror Artist since college, and a Horror Fan since he was born. Even at a young age, Eric watched countless Horror Films which gave him years of nightmares. Eventually the nightmares ended and his obsession grew from these dreams into a lifestyle. Once he began drawing monsters from his favorite Horror Films, Eric knew …
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