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Me Too A recent wave of sexual harassment allegations against Ain’t It Cool News founder Harry Knowles has moved through the film world. Knowles is accused of allegedly groping, fondling, verbally accosting and making unsolicited advances against a number of women over the years. The famed “Head Geek” of the pioneering film website announced he was taking a leave of absence placing his sister in charge of the site. This news comes on the heels of similar allegations against The Alamo Drafthouse. Online response was swift and hard, condemning the alleged actions of Harry Knowles and Drafthouse writer, Devin Faraci. Some of Knowles’s best veteran writers as Eric “Quint” Vespe have resigned their positions in protest and out of good moral conscience.The allegations continue to roll in and Knowles seems to have taken a very casual response to the scandal, calling his exile from Fantastic Fest a chance to “mind the store” and devote more time to his website. The
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Last Friday marked the opening night for Busch Gardens Tampa’s Howl-O-Scream event. The annual Halloween event is scheduled to run on select nights from September 22 to October 29. I had the distinct pleasure of being invited to the event’s media night last Thursday for a sneak preview of one of the new haunted houses available this year. You can see a video of my complete walk-through of the house at the end of this article, as well as a short interview with one of the event’s creative managers. But before you jump straight to the video, I thought I’d give you an overview of the different houses and various other elements that make up the event. The theme for this year’s event is “Nowhere To Hide,” and that becomes pretty obvious as even the tram ride from the parking lot to the front gate is full of ghouls and various other unsavory characters. But come on, you’re not going
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One of horror’s most iconic actors/stuntmen is Kane Hodder who has starred in many films, over 120 in fact, but he is probably most recognized as the man behind the hockey mask of Jason Voorhees. The new documentary To Hell And Back: The Kane Hodder Story will take us on a journey through his life, his career, and the incredible challenges he has overcome to take his place as a horror icon. Masterfully Macabre has now announced that To Hell and Back will be screening at ScareFest on September 28, 2017. Press Release: Masterfully Macabre Entertainment’s powerful look into the private and public life of legendary horror icon Kane Hodder is having a US Premiere at ScareFest in Lexington, Kentucky on Thursday, September 28, 2017. Los Angeles, CA September 20, 2017– Masterfully Macabre Entertainment (“MME”) announced today that their highly anticipated documentary, To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story is having its US Premiere as the headliner at the
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Horror in the 80’s gave us so many fantastic soundtracks. One song still stands out above the rest, ‘Cry Little Sister’ from the beloved classic The Lost Boys. As the film approached its 30th anniversary we shared the news with you that the song’s creator G Tom Mac (also known as Gerard McMahon) was not only doing a special tour but that he is also gearing up to bring us “A Lost Boys Story” musical, inspired by the movie. ‘Cry Little Sister’ is just one of the many contributions G Tom Mac has made to the world. Besides being a fantastic musician, he has created over 150 themes and tracks for both films and series. If you’ve seen The Lost Boys, Trick ‘r Treat, Terminator III, or the series ‘Charmed’, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’, or ‘The X-Files’ you have heard his music. But ‘Cry Little Sister’ remains a favorite. His music has been used by so many talented artists including
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One of the best things about Halloween is the flood of horror movies on TV and every year genre fans look forward to AMC’s Fear Fest who will be celebrating its 21st anniversary this year. This year the Fear Fest will begin on October 16 and run through Halloween night. The bad news, the AMC will unfortunately be cutting the marathon short this year to host a ‘Walking Dead’ marathon that will air 99 episodes of the hit series to celebrate its season 8 premiere, the 100th episode. That begins on October 16th and runs until the season 8 premiere on October 22. The good news, Cult of Chucky, who will arrive on DVD on October 3rd, will be featured as part of the lineup. Awesome, right? Here are some of the movies you can look forward to seeing: Halloween Halloween 2 Halloween 3: Season of the Witch Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Halloween 5 Halloween 6 Halloween
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Legendary director Tom Holland teamed up with Kerry Fleming and Friday the 13th creator Victor Miller for Rock Paper Dead which is gearing up to make its world premiere at the Nightmares Film Festival in Columbus, Ohio this October. The impressive cast includes: Luke Macfarlane (Killjoys), The Hateful Eight actor Michael Madsen, Tatum O’Neal (Rescue Me), Anna Margaret (Scream Queens), Jennifer Titus (Zoombies), Maureen McCormick (The Brady Bunch, Passions), and Gabriel Stone (Death House), Ari Lehman (Friday the 13th), Kimberly Russell (Precious), Stephanie Shamie (The Redeemer), and Vic Stagliano (Burn Notice). The film centers on serial killer Peter “The Doll Maker” Harris (Macfarlane), who returns to his ancestral family estate after being released from the state’s hospital for the criminally insane after twenty years as a cured man. Once inside the old house, anguished memories from a tortured childhood and visitations from past victims shake Peter’s resolve, but it isn’t until the lovely young Ashley enters his life that Peter
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There are a lot of projects that come to Horrorfuel. Some look really cool and exciting and the odd one looks a little…not quite as exciting. However, there is no exaggeration in my extreme interest and excitement for ‘Something’s Awry Productions’ short films that I was just lucky enough to watch the trailers for. I have to admit, I was hooked with the opening tag and loved every second of the trailer. My only wish is that I could have watched the entire films! Luckily, you get that chance! Provo, UT, September 7, 2017 – Something’s Awry Productions will screen two animated shorts, ‘MARY & MARSHA IN THE MANOR OF MADNESS’ and ‘THE GIFT OF THE WOODS’, at the FilmQuest Film Festival on Friday September 15th. Lead by their producer (and mother) Amy Theorin, creative team of Kris and Kurtis are also Nominated for Best Animated Film with MARY & MARSHA. FilmQuest attendees can see both films at 12:00 AM
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This October at the Edmonton Festival Of Fear International Film Festival Billy Chizmar’s short horror film Gone will make its world premiere. The film includes an appearance from none-other than Stephen King. From the Press Release: The Edmonton Festival Of Fear International Film Festival will be the first film festival in the world to Screen, “Gone” by director Billy Chizmar, Bel Air, Maryland United States. Barry J. Gillis, founder of the film festival contacted Chizmar to tell him that his short Film, “GONE” was in high contention to Screen at the festival in October, and asked Billy if it had been screened at any other film festival. “After doing an extensive search all over the Internet, I couldn’t find anything about the movie playing at any other film festival. I figured we might have a World Premiere on our hands.” Chizmar e-mailed Gills back to tell him that no other film festival had contacted him about the movie. Gillis told
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The Sites Rotten Tomatoes ruined the summer 2017 boxoffice. The New York Times published this article on film review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes (read here). The site has been around almost twenty years. I was first introduced to it back in 2003-2004. As the Internet gained more of a foothold, Rotten Tomatoes expanded its base; and now, according to this article, its power to influence box office performance. Sounds like those parents who subscribe to the “not my kid” mentality. Couldn’t possibly be US, it has to be the school, society…anyone but us and the bad product we made. I wrote a similar article, which could be a companion piece (here) a few months earlier when another finger pointing article on RT got some press. Can a website that amasses critical reviews have so much impact on a film’s box office performance? Hollywood spins it both ways whenever convenient. When it comes to a franchise like Transformers, the studios love
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Early Saturday morning at 1:30 a.m. a crowd of attendees celebrating at this year’s DragonCon witnessed a frightening event. The crowd was pummeled by objects thrown down from the tenth floor of the Marriott Marquis Hotel by one or more people. It has been reported that at least four ambulances arrived on the scene. Police say that chairs and bottles were purposely thrown into the crowd below, the Atlanta Journal reports. One of the victims, a woman by the name of Kelli McDaniel, was hit in the head by a chair and was taken to the hospital where she had to have staples to close a wound on her head. The director of public relations made the following statement: Two women at Dragon Con were injured at the convention early Sunday morning when two chairs were dropped from an outside balcony on the 10th floor in the Marriott to a landing below. The women were treated and released at separate
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Me Too A recent wave of sexual harassment allegations against Ain’t It Cool News founder Harry Knowles has moved through the film world. Knowles is accused of allegedly groping, fondling, verbally accosting and making unsolicited advances against a number of women over the years. The famed “Head Geek” of the pioneering film website announced he was taking a leave of absence placing his sister in charge of the site. This news comes on the heels of similar allegations against The Alamo Drafthouse. Online response was swift and hard, condemning the alleged actions of Harry Knowles and Drafthouse writer, Devin Faraci. Some of Knowles’s best veteran writers as Eric “Quint” Vespe have resigned their positions in protest and out of good moral conscience.The allegations continue to roll in and Knowles seems to have taken a very casual response to the scandal, calling his exile from Fantastic Fest a chance to “mind the store” and devote more time to his website. The
Continue reading →
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Last Friday marked the opening night for Busch Gardens Tampa’s Howl-O-Scream event. The annual Halloween event is scheduled to run on select nights from September 22 to October 29. I had the distinct pleasure of being invited to the event’s media night last Thursday for a sneak preview of one of the new haunted houses available this year. You can see a video of my complete walk-through of the house at the end of this article, as well as a short interview with one of the event’s creative managers. But before you jump straight to the video, I thought I’d give you an overview of the different houses and various other elements that make up the event. The theme for this year’s event is “Nowhere To Hide,” and that becomes pretty obvious as even the tram ride from the parking lot to the front gate is full of ghouls and various other unsavory characters. But come on, you’re not going
Continue reading →
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One of horror’s most iconic actors/stuntmen is Kane Hodder who has starred in many films, over 120 in fact, but he is probably most recognized as the man behind the hockey mask of Jason Voorhees. The new documentary To Hell And Back: The Kane Hodder Story will take us on a journey through his life, his career, and the incredible challenges he has overcome to take his place as a horror icon. Masterfully Macabre has now announced that To Hell and Back will be screening at ScareFest on September 28, 2017. Press Release: Masterfully Macabre Entertainment’s powerful look into the private and public life of legendary horror icon Kane Hodder is having a US Premiere at ScareFest in Lexington, Kentucky on Thursday, September 28, 2017. Los Angeles, CA September 20, 2017– Masterfully Macabre Entertainment (“MME”) announced today that their highly anticipated documentary, To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story is having its US Premiere as the headliner at the
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Horror in the 80’s gave us so many fantastic soundtracks. One song still stands out above the rest, ‘Cry Little Sister’ from the beloved classic The Lost Boys. As the film approached its 30th anniversary we shared the news with you that the song’s creator G Tom Mac (also known as Gerard McMahon) was not only doing a special tour but that he is also gearing up to bring us “A Lost Boys Story” musical, inspired by the movie. ‘Cry Little Sister’ is just one of the many contributions G Tom Mac has made to the world. Besides being a fantastic musician, he has created over 150 themes and tracks for both films and series. If you’ve seen The Lost Boys, Trick ‘r Treat, Terminator III, or the series ‘Charmed’, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’, or ‘The X-Files’ you have heard his music. But ‘Cry Little Sister’ remains a favorite. His music has been used by so many talented artists including
Continue reading →
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One of the best things about Halloween is the flood of horror movies on TV and every year genre fans look forward to AMC’s Fear Fest who will be celebrating its 21st anniversary this year. This year the Fear Fest will begin on October 16 and run through Halloween night. The bad news, the AMC will unfortunately be cutting the marathon short this year to host a ‘Walking Dead’ marathon that will air 99 episodes of the hit series to celebrate its season 8 premiere, the 100th episode. That begins on October 16th and runs until the season 8 premiere on October 22. The good news, Cult of Chucky, who will arrive on DVD on October 3rd, will be featured as part of the lineup. Awesome, right? Here are some of the movies you can look forward to seeing: Halloween Halloween 2 Halloween 3: Season of the Witch Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Halloween 5 Halloween 6 Halloween
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Legendary director Tom Holland teamed up with Kerry Fleming and Friday the 13th creator Victor Miller for Rock Paper Dead which is gearing up to make its world premiere at the Nightmares Film Festival in Columbus, Ohio this October. The impressive cast includes: Luke Macfarlane (Killjoys), The Hateful Eight actor Michael Madsen, Tatum O’Neal (Rescue Me), Anna Margaret (Scream Queens), Jennifer Titus (Zoombies), Maureen McCormick (The Brady Bunch, Passions), and Gabriel Stone (Death House), Ari Lehman (Friday the 13th), Kimberly Russell (Precious), Stephanie Shamie (The Redeemer), and Vic Stagliano (Burn Notice). The film centers on serial killer Peter “The Doll Maker” Harris (Macfarlane), who returns to his ancestral family estate after being released from the state’s hospital for the criminally insane after twenty years as a cured man. Once inside the old house, anguished memories from a tortured childhood and visitations from past victims shake Peter’s resolve, but it isn’t until the lovely young Ashley enters his life that Peter
Continue reading →
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There are a lot of projects that come to Horrorfuel. Some look really cool and exciting and the odd one looks a little…not quite as exciting. However, there is no exaggeration in my extreme interest and excitement for ‘Something’s Awry Productions’ short films that I was just lucky enough to watch the trailers for. I have to admit, I was hooked with the opening tag and loved every second of the trailer. My only wish is that I could have watched the entire films! Luckily, you get that chance! Provo, UT, September 7, 2017 – Something’s Awry Productions will screen two animated shorts, ‘MARY & MARSHA IN THE MANOR OF MADNESS’ and ‘THE GIFT OF THE WOODS’, at the FilmQuest Film Festival on Friday September 15th. Lead by their producer (and mother) Amy Theorin, creative team of Kris and Kurtis are also Nominated for Best Animated Film with MARY & MARSHA. FilmQuest attendees can see both films at 12:00 AM
Continue reading →
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This October at the Edmonton Festival Of Fear International Film Festival Billy Chizmar’s short horror film Gone will make its world premiere. The film includes an appearance from none-other than Stephen King. From the Press Release: The Edmonton Festival Of Fear International Film Festival will be the first film festival in the world to Screen, “Gone” by director Billy Chizmar, Bel Air, Maryland United States. Barry J. Gillis, founder of the film festival contacted Chizmar to tell him that his short Film, “GONE” was in high contention to Screen at the festival in October, and asked Billy if it had been screened at any other film festival. “After doing an extensive search all over the Internet, I couldn’t find anything about the movie playing at any other film festival. I figured we might have a World Premiere on our hands.” Chizmar e-mailed Gills back to tell him that no other film festival had contacted him about the movie. Gillis told
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The Sites Rotten Tomatoes ruined the summer 2017 boxoffice. The New York Times published this article on film review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes (read here). The site has been around almost twenty years. I was first introduced to it back in 2003-2004. As the Internet gained more of a foothold, Rotten Tomatoes expanded its base; and now, according to this article, its power to influence box office performance. Sounds like those parents who subscribe to the “not my kid” mentality. Couldn’t possibly be US, it has to be the school, society…anyone but us and the bad product we made. I wrote a similar article, which could be a companion piece (here) a few months earlier when another finger pointing article on RT got some press. Can a website that amasses critical reviews have so much impact on a film’s box office performance? Hollywood spins it both ways whenever convenient. When it comes to a franchise like Transformers, the studios love
Continue reading →
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Early Saturday morning at 1:30 a.m. a crowd of attendees celebrating at this year’s DragonCon witnessed a frightening event. The crowd was pummeled by objects thrown down from the tenth floor of the Marriott Marquis Hotel by one or more people. It has been reported that at least four ambulances arrived on the scene. Police say that chairs and bottles were purposely thrown into the crowd below, the Atlanta Journal reports. One of the victims, a woman by the name of Kelli McDaniel, was hit in the head by a chair and was taken to the hospital where she had to have staples to close a wound on her head. The director of public relations made the following statement: Two women at Dragon Con were injured at the convention early Sunday morning when two chairs were dropped from an outside balcony on the 10th floor in the Marriott to a landing below. The women were treated and released at separate
Continue reading →
