Frightfestis a UK-based horror film festival, sponsored by a UK film channel. They just announced the release of their new ezine:
Welcome to the very first issue of the FrightFest E-zine. Published bi-monthly, the online magazine is intended to become your first port of call for all things fantasy and horror.
The first issue features an in-depth interview (video & text) with the director of the controversial film A SERBIAN FILM. There are also candid interviews with scare-meister Eli Roth and the GHOST STORIES fear-team Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson.
Plus there’s plenty more – trailers, podcasts, gossip, reviews and…whatever happened to COLIN director Marc Price? The E-zine is FREE so download it today.
While trawling the iTunes store for new horror podcast fodder, I came across an audiobook named Dead Hunt, by Kenn Crawford. I’ve listened to the first few chapters on my way to and from work today, and am already really intrigued to hear the rest.
More info can be found on the book’s web site, http://deadhunt.kenncrawford.com/, where the print version of the book can also be purchased, and donations can be made to support the free audio version. Alternatively, search for “Dead Hunt” in the iTunes store. I’d certainly recommend investing the 15 minutes to listen to the prologue: http://deadhunt.kenncrawford.com/?p=99
Splattercast listener Rory Abel passed along some info on his new feature-length film project, Alone. Check out the site at everyonediesalone.com – We wish you all the best, Rory!
A collection of clips from previous short horror films as well as an introduction to our new project, a feature length film titled “Alone,” by the film’s director.
The Joel/Mike dynamic persists today in the trashier areas of popular culture, where it’s often hard to tell whether people are deriving genuine pleasure from the “so-bad-it’s-good,” or they just have grouchier dispositions, and find it easier to respond with an attitude of superiority and contempt. There’s nothing wrong with the latter, necessarily. Bile can be a valid, necessary response to the world. It’s just not my preference. When friends ask why I haven’t seen The Room yet, my answer is that while I’m sure the collective audience experience surrounding Room screenings is a lot of fun, there’s something a little off-putting about manufactured “Let’s go see something awful together” moments. I’m not stoked about Birdemic. I don’t want to eat a Double Down. I’m not into Jersey Shore. I’m not immune to the joys of junk; I’ve eaten plenty of lousy fast food on purpose, and if I hear from a friend that a movie is spectacularly crummy, I’ll make a point to watch it. But when I get the sense that people are gathering en masse to smirk at something, it isn’t as charming.
Good thoughts, except the KFC Double Down is totally legit. Dude’s buggin’ on that one.
I can’t say I’m much of a smoker; I stick mostly to good old-fashioned booze. Stil, I imagine some of these movies must be better if you chemically scramble your brain before hitting “play.”
Reading is hard, so just skip it and listen to people tell you about books instead. Check out Castle Rock Podcast, a new Stephen King-themed show from Bryan (Drunken Zombie) and Dave (Cheap & Dirty).
A cool little article about how Alien (1979) fits into the horror genre more than sci-fi. Also depicts screenshots from the movie and compares them to horror movies that came before (and after, admittedly).
I once facetiously said that horror heroine Ellen Ripley officially belonged to the world of sci-fi because she broke bread with robots and drove a spaceship to work. The truth is, no amount of blinking computer lights or sparkling stars can keep ALIEN from being one of the purest examples of a horror film in existence.
