Hey! I am still haunting the net after my 31 posts October thing. And today is the birthday of, a favorite musician of mine, Robert Pollard. One of his numerous side bands, Circus Devils, has released a new album, Ataxia. To celebrate here is a micro-comp of Circus Devils videos. Stay sick!
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For a limited time The Frolic, a short film based on the story by Thomas Ligotti is available to watch for free.
After November 4th, you’ll be out of luck. So find a darkened room and enjoy.
clipped from www.wonderentertainment.com
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Without getting too deep into it, I will take practical “old school” special effects over CGI any day of the week. I doubt anyone would debate the stature of Tom Savini in the potter’s field of effects artists. This man is responsible for so many of your 70s/80s horror movie memories that he is the [...]
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clipped from www.darkecho.com
Digging into my early jaunts in cyberspace, I came to find that Dark Echo has had an upgrade to their site. Very cool. Paula Guran’s site was one of the first places I wound up when looking into the world of horror fiction. It really brought me back to a spot I really [...]
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Okay now I am starting to feel the burn. I am really wondering if I can make it, without copping out, the whole way to 31 posts. But hey it’s been fun! This has been a good month on the posting side of things SO it hasn’t been a total loss. So here’s a couple [...]
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clipped from fredeinaudi.blogspot.com
Just because it’s a cheap trick to post a picture and call it a post, doesn’t mean I above doing it. At least once. I mean it has skulls in it and…skulls are cool, right?
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clipped from mailorderzombie.libsyn.com
For zombie specific listening this weekend, why not dig into the archive of zombie news and reviews over at Mail Order Zombie?
Their 40th show is coming up and you have the added bonus of hearing about Brother D’s adventures at 2008 HP Lovecraft Film Festival in a bonus MOZ presents episode.
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clipped from www.theitsaliveshow.com
Talk about synchronicity. my 25th Halloween post on the 25th day.
Today, World Zombie Day, is the start of The It’s Alive! 2008 Zombie Fest. It is held at The Monroeville Mall in Monroeville, PA. If you want to learn more, shamble over to Zombiefest site.
You may not make it to the actual ground [...]
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clipped from www.weirdtales.net
If there was any justice in the world, more people would know about the magazine Weird Tales ands its legacy. Lovecraft, Howard, Bradbury and many others filled those pages with a blend of gothic fantasy, science fiction, and horror from 1923 to 1954.
And every decade since that point there has been efforts to [...]
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Here’s an interview that Mark Kermode did with John Carpenter in 1999.
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Now I am starting to feel the crunch to hit that magic number! I haven’t watched alot of Carpenter interviews but this one seemed good. Kermode asks good questions [...]
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