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Zombies Find The Cure
Wednesday | December 03rd, 2008 | 7:31 am | Posted by BrianK | No Comments
Zombie Extras Respond to The Cure By Brian Kirst. Photos by Coye Vega.
“Any excuse to be a zombie is a good one!” – Nora O’Sullivan
On Sunday, November 23rd, steps away from Chicago’s historic Hideout on Wabansia, the undead walked again! Shout outs on Facebook and Craig’s List brought between 20 and 30 joyous horror lovers together to help liven up (as the walking dead) film student Aaron Willett’s The Cure.
In attendance were Willett’s friends, fellow students, random zombie lovers and…
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B-Movie Madness
Tuesday | December 02nd, 2008 | 12:58 pm | Posted by DrGore | No Comments
Ticket are only $15 at the door ($12 online…PURCHASE HERE)
We are back with a new Indie Film Festival. This time it’s… B-Movie Madness!!
Our first festival was to shock and awe Chicago with some of the best underground, extreme horror you can imagine. Well I think we shocked a few people, but this time its a bit different. On Saturday, January 17th at the Portage Theater we will be showcasing some of the best Indie B-Movies and Horror Comedies around. Our lineup includes….
Better Off Undead
The…
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Dan Kiggins and Horror-Comedy, The Landlord
Monday | December 01st, 2008 | 9:39 pm | Posted by BrianK | No Comments
Dan Kiggins: Paying The Landlord with Blood, Sweat and Tears. By Brian Kirst
www.massiveegoproductions.com
“Hurry up and wait is the whole thing on the set,” admits Dan Kiggins, producer of the recently wrapped Chicagoan horror comedy, The Landlord. Still, Kiggins, who spent the majority of his summer and fall hunting down locations (including a bar, a doctor’s office, a super market and his own apartment) and assisting during shoots, acknowledges that he had many fun and unusual experiences. “We had to shoot during…
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Brian Defferding - Deathly Deftoons Deals!
Monday | December 01st, 2008 | 6:31 am | Posted by BrianK | No Comments
Brian Defferding and Deftoons: Getting Schooled in Devilish Holiday Deals. By Brian Kirst
www.deftoons.com
For all you fans of the intriguing, artful horror comic School featuring Lindsay, the coolest female to ever dominate jaggedly haunted cartoon-ville, creator-illustrator Brian Defferding has a sweet deal going down. He is selling 16’’ by 20’’ prints of School characters and scenes on high quality paper with black matting on manilla board – just in time for stocking stuffing! Defferding has created eight spooky scenes (a couple featured…
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INTERVIEW: Spooky Brucey
Sunday | November 30th, 2008 | 4:57 pm | Posted by DrGore | No Comments
If you are ever in the Indiana area you MUST go to the haunted attraction The Asylum. This haunted house impresses most visitors but then you get the occasional s tick up the ass jerk who doesn’t …oh well! Now on your way thru stop and say hello to the marvelous Spooky Brucey and tell him The Angry Princess sends all of her red hot love!
1. I am so excited to be talking to you. Hopefully one day I’ll meet you…
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Review: WildClaw Theatre’s The Dreams in the Witch House
Sunday | November 30th, 2008 | 3:30 pm | Posted by BrianK | 2 Comments
Review: WildClaw Theatre’s The Dreams in the Witch House By Brian Kirst
www.wildclawtheatre.com 773-220-1258
WildClaw Theatre’s H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dreams in the Witch House is full of all the things that one would expect from Chicago’s premiere company devoted to works of horror and the macabre. There is plenty of mystery, dread, bloody murder and even an appearance from one of Lovecraft’s famously tentacled otherworldly monsters.
Most importantly, though, director-adaptor Charley Sherman provides a strong emotional core as we become spiritually invested in the quests of…
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Cain Manoli - Greatly Gruesome
Saturday | November 29th, 2008 | 10:13 pm | Posted by BrianK | No Comments
Cain Manoli: Entertainment’s Next Great, Gruesome Wonder! By Brian Kirst
Funny, forthright and talented musician-actor Cain Manoli (www.cainontheweb.com) most likely has produced envy in every horror wanna-be’s hearts with his first two leading roles. As Jeremy in Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave, Manoli not only gets to offer up the movie’s delirious title during its’ party sequence, but he practically steals the screen from all his undead co-stars with his honest and charismatic charm. As Leon in the…
