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Watch the 1993 Short Film Frankenstein Reborn: "A HD version of a 1993 horror short entitled Frankenstein Reborn was quietly placed on YouTube yesterday after being unreleased for thirty years. It's a period Frankenstein story in the vein of Hammer, made by a bunch of young Long Islanders at The New York Institute of Technology."

"Shot on 16mm film, Frankenstein Reborn was directed by George Reis (The Bloody Ape), produced by Alex Kuciw, and stars Joseph Parda (Evil Streets), Kristine Strong, Debbie Rochon (Tromeo And Juliet), John Baszanda, and Joe Zaso."

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Exclusive Clip from The Dead Hour: "Terror Films are getting into the horror television business, premiering a new 12-episode horror series titled The Dead Hour on digital platforms in the spring.

Creators Daniel B. Iske & Scott Coleman say classic The Twilight Zone was their key inspiration for the limited series, which premieres May 12 globally.

It’s an anthology series...

In today's Horror Highlights, we have a look at three "Stalker in My Pocket" It enamel pins from Pixel Elixir. Also in today's Horror Highlights: details on The Comforts of Cafe Himbo and Friends cookbook co-written by Joe Zaso and Beverly Orth-Geoghegan, the lineup for London Horror Festival 2019, and release details as well as a trailer for Replace (starring Barbara Crampton).

Release Details for Pixel Elixir's It Enamel Pins: "$8.00

What do you get when you cross the classic Monster In My Pocket toys from the 90s with some of your favorite big-screen horror villains? The answer is Stalker In My Pocket!

Each soft enamel pin is about 2.5" tall and comes with dual rubber clutches on a glossy backer card patterned after the classic Monster In My Pocket toy packaging. The second pin in this series, It, comes in 3 fun variants to collect:

• Original

• Glitter

• Neon Red (glows in the dark!

We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting the recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes a trailer for Bloodsucking Bastards, Phantasmagoria, and The Scarehouse, The Boston Horror Show lineup for 2015, Zombie with a Shotgun episode details, a Q&A with Ninjas vs Monsters director, Justin Timpane, and much more:

Bloodsucking Bastards Trailer and Premiere Details: “An Office Space meets Shaun of the Dead action-packed vampire comedy, Bloodsucking Bastards stars Fran Kranz as Evan Sanders, a dutiful and overworked employee stuck at a soul-killing corporation with his beautiful co-worker and girlfriend Amanda (Emma Fitzpatrick) and his slacker best friend Tim (Joey Kern). Evan’s world begins to crumble when Amanda dumps him and his boss Ted (Joel Murray) hands his coveted promotion to his nemesis Max (Pedro Pascal). When his officemates start going through disturbing changes and bodies begin to pile up, Evan must...

Is it those piercing eyes with the glint of mischief? The impossible body? The sexiest bald head since Captain Picard? The manscaping as performance art?

It’s all of those things, and much more, that make director/writer/actor/producer/Ultimate Horror Himbo Joe Zaso such an imposing and endearing presence.

Today is his birthday, so let’s pay tribute with a look at some choice moments from his career.

Joe has appeared in over 20 mostly low budget, mostly horror films over the last 15 years, frequently as the villain. Here he is as the evil doctor in 2010′s Virus X.

He’s the actual New Jersey Devil!

My personal favorite – Joe’s “Cafe Himbo,” in which he cooks with faboo figures from cult films of the past. Here he is with Catherine Mary Stewart from Night Of The Comet and The Apple.

Oh, and he appeared with a couple of...

Lesleh Donaldson with Cinema Retro columnist Todd Garbarini.

By Todd Garbarini

Richard Ciupka’s unfairly maligned 1983 horror film Curtains was screened recently as part of the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Scary Movies 7 exhibition that also included screenings of Lucky McKee’s new film All Cheerleaders Die, Michele Soavi’s highly regarded Cemetery Man (1994), Eli Roth’s new film The Green Inferno, John D. Hancock’s ultra creepy Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971), the New York premiere of Clive Barker’s 1990 film Nightbreed - the Cabal Cut, and Peter Carter’s brilliant Rituals (1977), better known as The Creeper, which stars Hal Holbrook and Lawrence Dane in a film that is clearly influenced by John Boorman’s Deliverance (1971) but easily stands on its own as a strong piece of independent filmmaking.

Appearing in person at the Curtains screening was actress Lesleh Donaldson who played Christie Burns, the ice skater in the film.

Horror film actor Joe Zaso, the author of the well-received and original publication Cafe Himbo, has just released a new cookbook entitled Cafe Himbo: Cookbook II. The new book features dozens of new recipes from such film personalities as:

Adrienne King of Friday The 13th

Barbara Magnolfi of Suspiria

Bart Mastronardi

Belinda Balaski of The Howling

Catherine Mary Stewart of Night Of The Comet

Charles Busch

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“Republicans’ worst marriage nightmare comes true.”

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Weekend Birthdays! Cam Gigandet (above) is 31, Lesley Ann Warren is 67, Angela Bassett is 55, Steve Carrell is 51, Mark Salling is 31, Madeleine Stowe is 55, Sean Penn is 53, and Belinda Carlisle is 55. Here is my favorite solo Belinda single.

U.S. Olympic Committee Clarifies: Russian Law Is “Inconsistent With” Olympic Principles. Okay, so now what?

Former San Francisco 49ers Quarterback Steve Young (who is a direct descendant of Brigham Young) and his wife will be the keynote speakers in Salt Lake City at next month’s convention of gay Mormons.

Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva: My anti-gay comments have been ‘misunderstood’. Translation: “I’ve got to backtrack at Olympian...

We’re back with the latest edition of the Indie Spotlight, which contains all the independent horror news recently sent our way. This week’s edition looks be our biggest yet, with trailers for Molly Crow and VIViD, news on the Shriekfest Film Festival, a new clip from Bad Kids Go to Hell, multiple short films, and much more:

First Details on Alice D: “In the early 1900′s the Davenport House was a famous and successful brothel, until a young prostitute named Alice killed herself there. After her death, the brothel became haunted by Alice’s ghost, and was eventually abandoned. One hundred years later, the old structure is renovated into a beautiful mansion. It is still rumored to inhabit the ghost of Alice. Despite this, the new owner; the rich and arrogant heir to the Davenport fortune, decides to throw a wild party for his first night in the house.

Birthday shoutouts go to hot horror himbo Joe Zaso (above), who is 42, and Sean Young is 53.Attention! Please join me on Sunday night at 9 Pm Et, when I Liveblog the Lifetime original movie Liz and Dick. From what i've heard, it could be the White Diamonds of camp classics. Let's experience it together!Allen West has finally conceded. Of course he didn't give Patrick Murphy a concession call ... but at least he's gone. But that means ... he's still out there somewhere. I don't know what's funnier: The actual column, or the editor's note that now precedes it.Starz! has canceled Boss after two seasons, but may wrap things up with a two-hour TV movie. Even though Jonathan Groff joined this season, II still couldn't muster the enthusiasm to watch.Orlando Cruz on adversaries who may not like his sexuality: "Oh, you know, there will be people like that, I’m sure.

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"Can it really be possible that they don't make cards for congratulating newly-made Knights of the Thistle?"

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AfterElton Hot 100 Favorite James Duke Mason at the Outfest screening of Vito in L.A.

Weekend Birthdays! (Note: Birthday shoutouts are for out entertainers, allies, or for any celeb that seems to have a following on Ae). Happy Birthday to Ae members Iheartfrosty and glen. Patrick Stewart is 72, Harrison Ford is 70, Jane Lynch is 52, Matthew Fox is 46, Brian Austin Green is 39, Scott Foley is 40, the faboo Brigitte Nielsen is 49 (again) and Linda Ronstadt is 66. What are your Linda faves? Here are mine: 10. "Long Long Time," 9. "Shattered," 8. "You're No Good," 7. "Still Within The Sound Of My Voice," 6. "Just One Look,...

Marc Leland's new horror 'She Wolf Rising' has revealed its first new teaser trailer which gives us our first glimpse at the beastly flick which shows off its star Tiffany Shepis (below) in blood-stained action! The 60-second long teaser doesn't show a great deal apart from some awesome quick cuts of various blood, gore, decapitated heads and scream galore. Debbie Rochon, Timothy Mandala, Ruby Larocca, Tina Krause, Nicola Fiore, Joe Zaso and Alan Rowe Kelly all co-star. Check out the new clip below....

Some cool news for some of my awesome horror film making friends has been sent my way! There's a cool horror flick called Psycho Street that's just been picked up by R Squared Films and it features scream queen Tiffany Shepis, she's kind of groovy you know! I, Brian Shirley have been following this project for a long time now and I'm happy to say how close I am to it, the great news it's getting and congrats to the cast and crew.  Lot's of close friends connected to this project! Ok, dig on the exclusive images up top and check out the press release below to find out when this movie will make it's world premiere and the cool Distro/VOD deal!

 

From the Press Release:

"Muscle Wolf Production's Marv Blauvelt and Jared Degado are pleased to announce the agreement with R Squared films to distribute and promote the...

Directed By: Ryan Steven Harris

Starring:Jai Day, Domiziano Arcangeli, Joseph Zaso, Sasha Formoso, Dylan Vox and Sybil Danning

I recently heard that one of my friends had caught H1N1. In all serious and embarrassment, I wildly proclaimed, "She has an Std"?! Upon further examination of my rash thought however, I realized that the H1N1 virus merely seems like an after thought these days. Its peak had passed and a little more over a year since then, its name bore no meaning to me. Virus X aims to use the threat of H1N1 and the people still crazy about its existence, to its advantage. Unfortunately it simply becomes a boring and at times laughable account of a virus we no longer seem to care about.

For a group of medical scientists, time is not on their side when they are exposed to a hyper-mutant form of the...

Despite having only several titles released this week in our beloved genre, some of them are deemed very worthy of our hard-earned dollars.

While there were strong initial feelings about a Us remake of a damn near perfect foreign film, the end result is hauntingly accessible to fans of both the book as well as its film adaptation, Let the Right One In. How will you feel about it? Decide for yourself this week. Once you're done with your decision making, raise your Hatchets high and get ready to have a bloody good time because the movie they didn't want you to see is finally here! From there after slugging it out in the swamps of Louisiana, get ready to face off against extraterrestrials in Gareth Edwards' Monsters!

So, go forth and bring home these gems. You know how we feel about them.

Let Me In (Blu-ray Review)

Directed...

Talk about late to the party.  February will see the release of Virus X, a direct-to-dvd thriller about a mutant H1N1 virus (aka swine flu) that runs amok.  The film stars Domiziano Arcangel (Frankenstein Rising), Joe Zaso (Braincell), and Sybil Danning (Chained Heat). More after the jump. Virus X (previously titled H1N1: Virus X) marks Ryan Stevens Harris's directorial debut.  Don't get too excited about bonus features; all the DVD will include are two making-of featurettes. It looks like it could a silly, gory little film.  Check out the trailer: Source: DVD Active...

The team at Lionsgate is releasing their own virus on us all, well, Virus X to be exact, just in time for Valentine's Day. The medical horror film (previously known as H1N1: Virus X) will hit the video market on February 1st, 2011. Make sure to bundle up for this one a check out the details below!

The movie is directed by Ryan Stevens Harris and stars Domiziano Arcangeli, Joe Zaso, and Sybil Danning. It seems that the only DVD extras will be two featurettes, which include 'The Making of Virus X' and 'Behind-the-Scenes of Virus X'.

Take a gander at the official synopsis below as well as the trailer below that.

Plot Synopsis:

"For a group of medical scientists, time is not on their side when they are exposed to a hyper-mutant form of the H1N1 virus while in their lab. The team has only three days left to...

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"We've outgayed you, Barrowman! "

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Happy Birthday to horror himbo Joe Zaso , who turns 40 this weekend.

Oscar winner Patty Duke will attend a special screening of the 1967 campfest Valley of the Dolls in Chicago tomorrow, and she wants to thank gay fans of the movie for opening her eyes to its ... charms: “I’ve come to enjoy that movie - not that it’s not still embarrassing. But thanks to the gay community, I can see it in a different way and have a good time with it,” Below you can see the first trailer for the Starz series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena. Unfortunately, it doesn't feature Barca, but it does have plenty of blood and flying beefcake.

Lionsgate is looking to make us all sick when they unleash Virus X (previously known as H1N1: Virus X) into the home video market on February 1st, 2011. Bring your rubber gloves and ventilators!

The film directed by Ryan Stevens Harris stars Domiziano Arcangeli, Joe Zaso, and genre fav Sybil Danning. According to DVD Active the only extra material will be two featurettes - The Making of Virus X and Behind-the-Scenes of Virus X.

Check out the trailer and artwork below.

Synopsis

For a group of medical scientists, time is not on their side when they are exposed to a hyper-mutant form of the H1N1 virus while in their lab. The team has only three days left to live with no hope of seeing the outside world again. But while they are trapped and fear for their lives, a deceitful head doctor is monitoring their every move. Suspicions arise, and...

Aahh! Giant leeches! They're ripping my clothes off!

Halloween is nearly upon us once again, and for some of us it conjures memories we would rather keep suppressed. For instance, the little boy who went out one Halloween wearing a Thundarr mask he got from Woolworth and a fabulous sun sword he made from a whiffle bat.

The night went well until he got home and emptied the contents of his goodie bag and found 2 business cards, 3 mini-bibles, used wax lips, a brown banana, and someone's dentures. Oh, and worst of all - candy corn.

Needless to say, that child was scarred for life from properly celebrating the gayest holiday of them all.

Fortunately, the energy he could have spent trick-or-treating every year was instead spent becoming a horror aficionado, with a special focus on the hot guys that provided eye candy in between the, well, horror.

Two years ago...

Scott W. Perry is an independent filmmaker who I just recently have had the pleasure of getting to know some and helping to spread the good word of his new horror short called 'Something Just', which we have shared with y'all here on Gt already. Check out my latest "Versus" to find out more on this cool filmmaker, how he got into the game and see what other projects he has for us horror fans to look forward to.

Brian S- First off, how'd you get into film making?

Swp- I’ve always loved film and I guess it was just a product of being raised in the right era for horror. It’s a clichéd story but it’s a true story. My relatives never looked beyond the rating of a horror film to allow me to watch it and there were some movies I remember seeing in the theater.

Uber cutie Tiffany Shepis is back to the pleasure of many a man out there. And she's a 'She Wolf Rising' and can be found in a couple of new stills and in a look at the new poster artwork from the flick below. Debbie Rochon, Timothy Mandala, Ruby Larocca, Tina Krause, Nicola Fiore, Joe Zaso and Alan Rowe Kelly all co-star in this new horror from writer/director Marc Leland. 'She Wolf Rising is a comedic horror throwback to a Fright Night 80's classic. It's a fun ride that explores the dark side of underground filmmaking. Gina Sklar, the reigning queen of horror, portrayed by Tiffany Shepis, lures Jake Bubar (Tim Mandala) into the decadent world of illusions and myths. Robert Lonzo (J. Edmund Fond) is Gina's mentor and producer in the world of horror cinema. Someone has stolen the footage from his latest movie, and...

We're not sure why, but just that headline alone has us slightly aroused. Okay, so more than just slightly. *shifts uncomfortably* So yeah, there's a new monster mash on the way starring one of DC's favorite scream queens, and we have all the details you need right here!

She Wolf Rising will be coming at us soon so time to bring you guys up-to-speed! The film was written and directed by Marc Leland and stars Tiffany Shepis, Debbie Rochon, Timothy Mandala, Ruby Larocca, Tina Krause, Nicola Fiore, Joe Zaso, and Alan Rowe Kelly.

Dig on the plot crunch, some stills, and the early artwork below.

Synopsis

She Wolf Rising is a comedic horror throwback to a Fright Night 80’s classic. It’s a fun ride that explores the dark side of underground filmmaking. Gina Sklar, the reigning queen of horror, portrayed by Tiffany Shepis, lures Jake Bubar (Tim Mandala) into...

                             

I watched  director Scott W. Perry's independent horror/thriller short 'Something Just' and it's so cool I wanted to share it with all of you and since Halloween is right around the corner this is a very fitting short film to share. Watch it and let us know what y'all think!

'Something Just' stars Alan Rowe Kelly, Jerry Murdock and Joe Zaso. The short is written, produced and directed by Scott W. Kelly with the indie genre dream team of Jeremiah Kipp co-producing with Dominic Sivilli pulling cinemaphotographer and editing duties. This is a good one peeps!

Plot:

In order to stop a child killer, the guardian of one of his victims seeks the aid of a shady figure from his past.

 

                                                             

Something Just from Scott Perry on Vimeo.

 

Visit the official Something Just website

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Oh dear indie horror how I love thee! Hey peeps, here's another spanking new teaser trailer for Scott W Perry's upcoming 'Something Just' that shows just how twisted some people can be!

From YouTube:

Teaser for the upcoming short film from Slick Devil Entertainment, as featured on Fangoria.com. Starring Joseph Zaso, Jerry Murdock, Evan Robert Smith, Joslyn Jensen, and Alan Rowe Kelly as Thomas Sutcliffe. Assistant Director Jeremiah Kipp. Cinematography by Dominick Sivilli. Written, Produced, and Directed by Scott W. Perry. Go to www.slickdevilentertainment.com for more information. Music from the Nine Inch Nails album "Ghosts I-iv".

We have much more on this cool looking short!

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Some of Pretty/Scary's friend, Tiffany Shepis, Alan Rowe Kelley, Michelle Tomlinson, Joe Zaso, Bill Moseley, and so many more, are featured in the 2010 Hot Honeys and Hunks of Horror Calendar which donates 100% of the profits earned to the Lynn Sage Foundation!

The Lynn Sage Foundation, established by the family of Lynn Sage, is committed to the discovery of a cure for breast cancer. To achieve this goal, the Foundation has partnered with the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, a nationally recognized leader in breast cancer care, education and research...

Featuring Debbie Rochon (Colour From The Dark, Walking Distance) as the cover model and spokesperson, and her "corpse" played by filmmaker Dave Campfield (Dark Chamber, Caesar & Otto's Summer Camp Massacre).

Buy it!

Written and Directed by Timo Rose, based on a concept by Mark Hyacinth

Starring Joseph Zaso, Raine Brown, Joe Davison, Timo Rose, Yasmin Pucci, Andreas Pape, and Eileen Daily

Review by Dan Coyle

Are werewolves the new zombies? Well, with the recent success of Zombieland, zombies are still the new zombies. But every few years, we seem to be subjected to a spate of werewolf projects. We’ve got the troubled remake of the Wolf Man coming up with Benicio del Toro, for one thing. Vampire fiction seems practically overrun with werewolves as side characters or enemies. The cult reputation of the Ginger Snaps trilogy continues to grow. And the low budget horror scene has a bit of full moon fever, with Beast- ahem, Timo Rose’s Beast...

Writer/co-star/editor/director Rose (the Mutation series, Barricade, the upcoming Game Over) has a concept I haven’t seen before- clandestine...

Fango heard from busy indie-horror actor Joe Zaso, who’s done a number of New York-area and overseas fright flicks and recently made a trip to La to co-star in a sci-fi chiller called H1N1: Virus X. He sent along a couple of photos (see them below) and comments on the currently lensing movie, directed by first-timer Ryan Stevens Harris.

Executive-produced by Domiziano Arcangeli (of Orgy Of Blood, which we previously reported on here) and veteran B-meister David S. Sterling and co-starring The Devil’S Rejects’ Priscilla Barnes, H1N1: Virus X casts Zaso as Dr. Gravaman, an evil scientist who performs twisted experiments on human guinea pigs. It’s “not too far a stretch” from the types of roles Zaso has been regularly playing lately, he tells us: “This seems to be the year of the troublemaking doctor roles for me. First was Braincell, which was...

Rock star extraordinaire Aine Leicht dropped us off a couple of stills for Domiziano Arcangeli's latest film The Occultist for your enjoyment, and one of them just brings the biggest evil smile to our faces! Ah, indie filmmaking! How we love the balls that you exhibit at times.

Before we get to the stills ... a little background. Arcangeli is teaming up with producer David S. Sterling on two new horror films: the currently shooting The Occultist and H1N1 Virus, which goes into production in mid-September.

The first of the two films, already in production, is The Occultist. Directed by Novin Shakiba (Deadly Little Christmas), the film tells the story of a group of medical students at a prestigious university who try to evoke evil spirits with sinister results. Domiziano co-stars with Ursula Vari and Rachel Reynolds.

The second feature, H1N1 Virus, is a thriller about a case...

Fango recently spent a day on location with the new horror short Something Just—specifically the basement of filmmaker Scott W. Perry (pictured left). Here, sadistic serial killer Thomas Sutcliffe, portrayed in a bit of against-type casting by East Coast horror stalwart Alan Rowe Kelly, terrorizes a bound, captive girl played by genre newcomer Joslyn Jensen. You can see some exclusive pics from this and other Something Just moments below.

Perry’s follow-up to his vampire story Insatiable (which we covered here) also stars Jerry Murdock as the guardian of one of Sutcliffe’s victims, who goes to an old friend (Joe Zaso) to seek vengeance; in the process, dark secrets from the past are revealed. This is the first production of Perry’s Slick Devil Entertainment to be lensed in 1080p high definition, with cinematographer Dominick Sivilli creating an oppressively creepy atmosphere in the smoke-suffused basement as Kelly manhandles and murders Jensen.

Note: This blog is a continuation of a post we ran yesterday. To read the first installment, please click here!

Day Three

On Sunday I tried to make it to the Vindication panel to see writer/director Bart Mastronardi and his cast, but just couldn’t do it as I had NewFest commitments. Later I did race from NewFest (in Chelsea) to the con to catch the Vindication screening. I got there about 10 minutes late, but the room was standing room only. I’ve already seen the film, so I’m glad my butt wasn’t taking a seat from someone who hasn’t seen this really f-ing awesome film. Keep an eye out in this blog for more info and interviews from the cast and crew in the near future.

Mastronardi had the amazing fortune of getting a copy of the film into the hands of Clive Barker, who...

If you were lucky enough to attend Fango’s recently wrapped Weekend of Horrors, you hopefully were also fortunate enough to check out the phenomenal short Insatiable, which screened on Sunday. As much about vampirism and fetishism as it is about a dwindling marriage, the flick is a rare silent pleasure, harking back to the days when creating films was more about experimentation than making money.

“Insatiable really started out of my frustration from trying to sell a feature script of mine in 2004,” writer/director Scott W. Perry reveals. “I kept on inquiring to many production companies looking for scripts, but the answers were all the same: no vampires, because they’ve been done to death. I had just left a job at A&E, where one of my duties was to watch their prime-time programming before it went to air for quality control. Now, it was reality shit, but...

As the site's resident horror hound, I'm always on the lookout for queer horror stories to share that don't involve being forced to recap late-season episodes of Brothers & Sisters. (Zing!)

Enter Fangoria, the longest-running and most venerable horror publication, which for decades has been serving up scoops, reviews and musty must-see curiosities to genre fans everywhere. This weekend the mag is hosting its Weekend of Horrors in NYC (at the Javits Center) and it's giving gore-gore gays like me plenty of reasons to attend, the least of all being the premiere of A Far Cry From Home, a nasty hate-crime cautionary tale from queer filmmaker Alan Rowe Kelly.

Kelly and I have been friends for years (you may remember him from the Blood Work! True Blood vlog series) but we met professionally, at a horror film festival in San Francisco where we both had films showing. We've been tight ever since,...

After a year of planning, the schedule for the East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors convention, which will be held this coming June 5-7 (three monstrous days!) at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets; use Javits’ Crystal Pavilion entrance; panels and vendors’ area are in Hall 1-d), is ready to be unveiled. All guests/events listed here are tentative.

More stars are still joining the fun at this late stage, so expect a few surprises all weekend long. Details for the jam-packed film schedule (Room ID05 in Hall I-d), including several world premieres and more unannounced bonus guests, can be found here. For more information on the Weekend of Horrors, including details for autograph signings, seminars, photo ops and special late-night parties, go here. It’s gonna be a killer!

Friday, June 5

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Wrong Turn 3 director Declan O’Brien will be previewing his new Fox DVD splatter sequel at the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held June 5-7 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. O’Brien (pictured below with friend), the director of the Sci Fi Channel original movies Rock Monster, Monster Ark and Cyclops, will debut exclusive clips from Wrong Turn 3 (about another group of lost travelers facing off against inbred hillbilly maniacs) at the convention on Sunday.

In addition to his directing chores, O’Brien has also scripted Harpies, The Snake King and Savage Planet for Sci Fi. Stop by this site again over the next couple of days as we begin posting the full schedules (auditorium panels and film programs) for the Fango show.

In other convention news, Trick ’R Treat...

New York-based indie genre actor/filmmaker Joe Zaso gave us the first look at the poster for his latest feature Braincell (pictured left), which he recently produced and starred in for director Alex Birrell. He also passed on a pic from a genre short he recently appeared in called Immune; you can see both images below.

Braincell is a sci-fi chiller filmed in Britain and Italy, starring Zaso as a professor at a university where his niece (Zaso’s frequent co-star Raine Brown) encounters grotesque experiments. You can check out the trailer and more info here; Birrell, Zaso and Brown will talk up the feature, which Zaso will release Stateside through his Cinema Image company, at our New York City Weekend of Horrors, running this Friday-Sunday.

Immune, meanwhile, is a zombie short recently lensed for the prestigious New York Film Academy (under the guidance of Penny Dreadful’s Bryan Norton...

A panel devoted to the Canadian slasher flick Smash Cut has been added to the lineup of the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. Representing the film will be stars David Hess and Jennilee Murray, plus director Lee Gordon Demarbre (Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter), writer Ian Driscoll and the Godfather of Gore himself, Herschell Gordon Lewis!

In Smash Cut (an ode to the films of Herschell Gordon Lewis, who has a cameo in the movie), Hess (pictured below) plays Able Whitman, a troubled filmmaker losing his mind in an extraordinary way. After accidentally killing an exotic dancer, he decides to use her body parts in his newest horror picture. But when her sister (played by porn star Sasha Grey) begins investigating, Able must...

A panel devoted to the Canadian slasher flick Smash Cut has been added to the lineup of the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. Representing the film will be stars David Hess and Jennilee Murray, plus director Lee Gordon Demarbre (Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter), writer Ian Driscoll and the Godfather of Gore himself, Herschell Gordon Lewis!

In Smash Cut (an ode to the films of Herschell Gordon Lewis, who has a cameo in the movie), Hess (pictured below) plays Able Whitman, a troubled filmmaker losing his mind in an extraordinary way. After accidentally killing an exotic dancer, he decides to use her body parts in his newest horror picture. But when her sister (played by porn star Sasha Grey) begins investigating, Able must...

30 Days Of Night actor Ben Foster (pictured below), star of the upcoming sci-fi thriller Pandorum, has joined the lineup of the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. Foster, who also won raves for his roles in 3:10 To Yuma and X-men: The Last Stand (as Angel), will be joined on Saturday by Pandorum co-star Cung Le, the three-time world champion martial artist.

In other convention news, the Offspring presentation has added castmates Holter Graham, Vic Manetti, Ahna Tessler, Leigh Shannon, Brainscan’s Amy Hargreaves and Headspace’s Pollyanna McIntosh, as well as Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer composer Ryan Shore, to its Saturday preview slot. Other exciting guests/programs set for Fango’s Big Apple blowout include:

• Guillermo del Toro: acclaimed director of Hellboy movies,...

Monster metalheads Gwar will be invading the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. Bandmates Sleazy P. Martini, Slave, Jizmak Da Gusha and Oderus Urungus will be on hand all three days (at their “human skin” booth), and host a panel on Sunday in their human guises (Don Drakulich, Matt Maguire, Brad Roberts and Dave Brockie).

In another convention update, some new Friday The 13th veterans have joined the roster, namely first Jason Ari Lehman, Part 2’s Warrington Gillette and Part V: A New Beginning director Danny Steinmann, who also helmed The Unseen (under a pseudonym) and Savage Streets. Other exciting guests/programs set for Fango’s Big Apple blowout (more to come!) include:

• Guillermo del Toro: acclaimed director of Hellboy movies, Pan’S Labyrinth,...

Actress Raine Brown, a regular on the New York independent horror scene, dropped Fango a line with word of her latest project as both producer and star. She has teamed up on the movie, titled I

“This was an idea Billy and I came up with about two years ago, shortly after starring together in the yet-to-be-released Psycho Holocaust,” Brown tells us. “Basically, it’s Mr. And Mrs. Smith meets Silence Of The Lambs on a shoestring budget—a dark comedy with wacky characters and cool effects scenes.”

In addition to her acting and producing duties, Brown will handle the film’s costumes, while Garberina (whose credits include Gimme Skelter and Necroville) will direct and edit. “We’re both actors who like to make their own opportunities,” says Brown, who also appears opposite Garberina in the upcoming Braincell, “and we wanted to be part of a movie that gave us...

Friday The 13th’s Mrs. Voorhees, actress Betsy Palmer, and her “son,” Jason actor Kane Hodder from the series’ seventh through 10th installments, have joined the lineup of the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors. The event will be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. Fan favorite Palmer also appeared in The Fear: Resurrection and Bryan Norton’s Penny Dreadful, while Hodder stalked through Hatchet, B.T.K. (pictured), Ed Gein: The Butcher Of Plainfield, Fallen Angels and Prison, to name a few.

Two other additions to the NYC Fango con worth noting:

• Toxic Avenger: The Musical: special guests and song highlights from the Off-Broadway smash! (Saturday)

• Walking Distance panel: with Closet Space writer/director Mel House and sexy actresses Debbie Rochon, Shannon Lark and Natalie Jones

Other exciting guests/programs set for...

Trick ’R Treat writer/director Michael Dougherty (pictured below) has joined the lineup of the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors. The event will be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. Dougherty, co-scripter of Superman Returns, X2 and Urban Legends: Bloody Mary, made his directorial debut on Trick ’R Treat, an anthology that has garnered raves on the festival circuit and will debut on DVD this fall.

Other exciting guests/programs set for Fango’s Big Apple blowout (more to come!) include:

• Guillermo del Toro: acclaimed director of Hellboy movies, Pan’S Labyrinth, Blade II, Mimic and Cronos, signing copies of his first novel, the vampire epic The Strain, on Friday (5 p.m.-7 p.m.). Also appearing: The Strain co-author Chuck Hogan

• Dario Argento: Italian maestro behind Suspiria,...

Indie filmmaker Bart Mastronardi gave Fango the first word that the official website for his psychological shocker Vindication has just gone live. It was designed by fellow East Coast frightmeister Alan Rowe Kelly, who also has a small role in the movie.

Described as “…total vindication for moviemaking the old-fashioned way…made with brains, beauty and balls” by Clive Barker, Vindication stars Keith Fraser as Nicolas, a severely troubled art student who slashes his wrists but survives—only to be plagued by a physical embodiment of his own guilt. Miguel Lopez, Zoë Daelman Chlanda, Jerry Murdock, Christopher J. Otis, Patrick Cronen, Jessie May Laumann, Raine Brown and Joe Zaso co-star; go here to check the site out.

“It was constructed so that horror fans can get a glimpse into the horrific world of Vindication,” Mastronardi tells us. “The easily navigated site captures the movie’s horrific tone through its stunning visuals,...

Hellboy movies director Guillermo del Toro has joined the lineup of the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors. The event will be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. One of the most celebrated genre directors of our time, del Toro will be appearing at the convention on Friday (5 to 7 p.m. only) for an exclusive stage appearance and to sign copies of his first novel, the vampire epic The Strain: Book One Of The Strain (coming June 2 from William Morrow), with co-author Chuck Hogan.

Del Toro has also helmed such thrilling horror and fantasy films as Pan’S Labyrinth, Blade II, Mimic and Cronos. He next begins shooting The Hobbit for producer Peter Jackson in 2010. You can find out more about The Strain here. Other exciting guests/programs set for Fango...

Hellraiser actress Ashley Laurence (pictured below) has joined the lineup of the fast approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors. The event will be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. The lovely Laurence played Kirsty Cotton in Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II and Hellraiser: Hellseeker, and also appeared in Lightning Bug, Red, Warlock III and Lurking Fear.

In addition, the Big Apple show will welcome a reunion of original Last House On The Left’s villains David Hess, Fred Lincoln, Jeramie Rain and Marc Sheffler. Plus, here are some more cool Manhattan additions:

• Dead Air: world-premiere screening of the Corbin Bernsen-directed zombie flick; introduced by cast members Josh Feinman (from Sleeper Cell) and Elle Travis (Saturday)

• Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni: actress from Dario Argento’s Mother Of Tears, Opera and Phantom Of The Opera,...

Ok, so you East Coasters are feeling left out from all the La convention madness we’ve been announcing the last few weeks (see recent news here)? Well, we’re ready to spread the love to the New York City area again. First off, Master of Horror Dario Argento (pictured) has joined the lineup of the next East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (655 West 34th Street) in New York City! The Italian maestro behind Suspiria, Deep Red, Tenebrae, Opera and Mother Of Tears will have the first news on his latest bloodbath, Giallo, starring Adrien Brody.

Plus, here are some more cool Manhattan additions:

Tony Darrow (pictured): much loved actor/comic from Street Trash, The Sopranos, Goodfellas and Lynch Mob, a new gangster horror flick (!) Lesleh Donaldson: Canadian actress from Happy Birthday To Me,...

Our first stop on the 2009 Weekend of Horrors Tour gets started today in Chicago, and we've got an updated look at this weekend's festivities, along with a map of the event facility.

Friday, March 6

2:15 P.M. Greetings

With our hosts, Creation chief Adam Malin and Fangoria editor Tony Timpone

2:30 P.M. Previews: Future Fears

3:30 P.M. Previews: “Beast” & “Braincell”

The gruesome details behind two new indie gorefests with actor Joe Zaso and

scream queen Raine Brown

4:00 P.M. Preview: “Plague Town”

Director David Gregory gives us the scoop on his old-school

killer-kids shocker!

4:30 P.M. Bill Moseley

The star of The Devil’S Rejects and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is now in

The Graves, Dead Air, Blood Night and Halloween 2!

5:00 P.M. H.G. Lewis Photo Op (In Stephens 1. Purchase your tickets

at registration)

5:10 P.M. Tom Towles

This guy has been in everything: Henry,...

Our first stop on the 2009 Weekend of Horrors Tour gets started today in Chicago, and we've got an updated look at this weekend's festivities, along with a map of the event facility.

Friday, March 6

2:15 P.M. Greetings

With our hosts, Creation chief Adam Malin and Fangoria editor Tony Timpone

2:30 P.M. Previews: Future Fears

3:30 P.M. Previews: “Beast” & “Braincell”

The gruesome details behind two new indie gorefests with actor Joe Zaso and

scream queen Raine Brown

4:00 P.M. Preview: “Plague Town”

Director David Gregory gives us the scoop on his old-school

killer-kids shocker!

4:30 P.M. Bill Moseley

The star of The Devil’S Rejects and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is now in

The Graves, Dead Air, Blood Night and Halloween 2!

5:00 P.M. H.G. Lewis Photo Op (In Stephens 1. Purchase your tickets

at registration)

5:10 P.M. Tom Towles

This guy has been in everything: Henry,...

We need more movies about violent experiments, damnit! Luckily that's exactly what we get when it comes to Alex Birrell's new film Braincell! Fangoria.com got the first peek at the trailer, and I've gotta say it looks pretty damned violent!

"Braincell stars Raine Brown as a young woman who discovers horrifying experiments with violent results taking place at a university where her uncle (Joe Zaso) is a professor.

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The producers of the new sci-fi shocker Braincell gave Fango the exclusive first look at the movie’s trailer; check it out below the cut. The preview features a nice amount of blood, and also a bit of skin, so it ain’t work-safe!

Directed by Alex Birrell and lensed in Liverpool, England and Naples, Italy, Braincell (which we last covered here) stars Raine Brown as a young woman who discovers horrifying experiments with violent results taking place at a university where her uncle (Joe Zaso, also one of the producers) is a professor. Darkness Surrounds Roberta’s Eileen Daly, Necroville’s Billy Garberina and Colour From The Dark’s Eleanor James co-star; the music is by Marco Werba, who’s also scoring Dario Argento’s new Giallo. “There’s a lifetime’s worth of horror-film watching in Braincell,” Birrell tells us, and Zaso adds, “It’s a very savage...