A little over a month ago, Famous Monsters of Filmland announced that they were rising from the ashes once more after closing the book back in 1983–191 issues deep. This was truly a sad day for fans, many who had followed the magazine since its inception in 1958 with Warren Publishing. Editor Forrest J. Ackerman enthusiastically approached every issue about the classic monsters he loved like the Wolfman and King Kong. Eventually he branched off to interviews with the people behind the scenes, including makeup artists and screenwriters–you know, the people who often go overlooked. The magazine obviously showed that …read more

Warren Publishing, a group known for creating some amazing horror anthologies, has become the subject of a “cinematic tribute” at the Los Angeles event, Monsterpalooza. Warren’s magazine, Creepy, will be a highlight of the convention, which runs from April 9 – 11 in Burbank, California. There’s not much info posted on this yet but you can visit the Monsterpalooza website for more details. Do you like the poster featuring the anthology’s host, Uncle Creepy? Check out the guest list for this year’s event below. There’s a truck load of killer horror people for every type of fan. I’d love to …read more

I first learned about Women in Horror month by landing on the Ax Wound website run by Hannah Neurotica. Her zine focuses on gender in the horror genre so it seemed logical that she would pen a manifesto about Women in Horror and tag February as the month to celebrate the feminine in fear.
There’s an interesting conversation with Fangoria’s Rebekah McKendry on Ax Wound which everyone should check out. I have a background in academics like Rebekah, so I always enjoy reading her point of view on these matters. After what I imagine to be many conversations like these with …read more

Creator of the Showtime series, Masters of Horror, Mick Garris will be hosting an online series with FEARnet called Post Mortem with Mick Garris. The writer/director will be interviewing some of the biggest names in horror, including John Carpenter, Robert Englund and Wes Craven.
From the press release:
Each 5-minute webisode will feature Garris and an esteemed guest from one of Hollywood’s fright factories facing off in a freewheeling dialogue to discuss the state of the genre film industry from the inside out.  POST MORTEM WITH MICK GARRIS promises to be memorable and talked-about viewing for any fan of horror, thriller and …read more

The lovely Courtney Mroch over at my favorite travel blog, Haunt Jaunts, recently donned yours truly with an award for ‘Best Horror & Paranormal Entertainment Blog of 2009′. Thanks Haunt Jaunts!

I adore Haunt Jaunts because when I travel I like to dig up info on all the must see spooky places. I’ve even used her site to find haunted places in the city I live because it’s THAT resourceful.
Please check out Haunt Jaunts and make sure you follow Courtney on Twitter. Leave me a comment and let me know about your favorite places to visit.
Image: Haunt Jaunts

I’ve always been fascinated by twins and other strange anomalies of nature. When Buffy the Vampire star Alyson Hannigan (Willow) posted this picture on her Twitter account, I got totally spooked.

Alyson wrote of the picture, “If Eliza and Sarah were combined into one person…” Yep, that looks like Alyson standing next to a Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Faith (Eliza Dushku) hybrid. And what are the chances of randomly meeting someone like that? Bizarro world!
Maybe Joss Whedon can recover from Dollhouse sadness by casting this chick in a new Buffy script. It seemed to be the only show that didn’t …read more

RIP Dan O’Bannon September 30, 1946 – December 17, 2009

I came across a great interview with Doug Bradley, the English actor famous for his role as Pinhead in the Hellraiser series. His voice and face are synonymous with pain, blood and all the yummy things that make the cenobites the amazing creatures that they are.
Dread Central did the interview with Bradley and in it he discusses how the character came about (it almost didn’t!) and his feelings about the Hellraiser remake.
“Having someone else play Pinhead and the fact that they are doing a remake bothers me on so many different levels. That character, much like Robert (Englund) and Freddy, …read more

Can we just pretend that I lost all sense of time and space this week? The winners for the National Halloween Convention VIP passes giveaway were supposed to be announced yesterday but I battled with the forces of evil yesterday, which made me a day late. My apologies.
The National Halloween Convention in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania runs from April 29 – May 2, 2010 and I’ll be giving away passes until then. Check this page out for the full details on when.
There’s a ton of stuff going on at the convention including classes, competitions, a masquerade ball and a lot full of …read more

The Hollywood Foreign Press announced the nominees for the 67th Annual Golden Globes and there are a few nods to the horror genre.
HBO’s True Blood and Showtime’s Dexter will be duking it out in the Best TV Drama Series category. Anna Paquin (Sookie Stackhouse) is up for Best TV Actress and Michael C. Hall (Dexter Morgan) is up for best TV Actor, with a Best Supporting Actor nomination for John Lithgow (Arthur Mitchell/The Trinity Killer) in Dexter as well. Stanley Tucci (George Harvey) received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones and Coraline is up for …read more