Bastards of Horror

Horror Realm presents “BASKET CASE” reunion

September 17-19^th, 2010

(Don’t forget Horror Realm will be back in 2011 also!)

Frank Henenlotter, Kevin Van Hentenryck, Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner

Chilly Billy Cardille, Debbie Rochon, Ken Foree, John Amplas, Tiffany Shepis, Priscilla Barnes, Joyce DeWitt, Gregory Lamberson, Monique Dupree, Robyn Griggs, Gary Streiner, Mike Gornick, Tony Buba, Mark Tierno, Sharon Ceccatti-Hill, Joe Shelby, David Crawford, Frank Serrao, Amy Lynn Best, Mike Watt, Joe Knetter, Scarlet Salem, Mark Cray, Tim Gross, Rick “Of The Dead” Fusselman, Charlie Fleming, among many other guests (authors, artists, etc.)

Horror fans where else you going to find something like this? BASKET CASE REUNION! No one else has had something like this in recent years at a convention. Horror Realm is still looking for a few more vendors. So if you are a vendor, get your table now! And don’t forget people who are planning to attend this great Pittsburgh area horror convention don’t forget to purchase your 3-day passes now and make your hotel reservations while they last?

So go to www.horrorrealmcon.com and support a great horror convention that wants to keep coming back year after year!!!

Ticket Information & Ordering

 Weekend Passes:

• $30 from 4/1/2010 through 8/31/2010 online and at the door on Friday (9/17)
• Includes a free gift available at registration and free admission to the Saturday night costume ball

Single Day Tickets:

• $15 from 4/1/2010 through 8/31/2010 online and at the door
• Good for Friday or Saturday admission

Steel City Sunday Special:

As a thank you to our hardworking hometown horror fans, Sunday admission will be reduced to $10.  Available through 8/31/2010 online or at the door.

 Group Tickets:

Discounts are available for purchases of 25 or more tickets for groups.  For information, contact us at Info@horrorrealmcon.com.

Open Letter to all on the fence about Horror Realm…

Die hard horror movie fans it is six weeks out and once again it is time for me to make my case as to why you should come to the Horror Realm convention in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Horror Realm’s first year went very well last September. I had a great time plus everyone else did also. But here’s the thing these days there is way too many conventions to pick from? Some who are just out for your money and others who actually try their best to give you the horror fans what you want? Horror Realm falls in the latter where yes, Horror Realm is a small convention but is growing… Horror Realm is a convention run by horror movie fans who want to give you a horror convention that isn’t the same as others around the country. Yeah, you can debate if Horrorfind, Texas Frightmare, Fright Night Film Fest is better? But I’m here to tell all in the Pittsburgh area and surrounding states where lots of other horror convention goers live, Horror Realm is not about ego, it’s about putting on the best fucking horror movie convention to the best of their ability!!!

Again, yes, Horror Realm might not have the money to place ads in high profile horror mags like a Fango convention or the money to bring in say a Robert Englund for example, but the name of Horror Realm is getting around to different celebrities that the convention is not only a fan friendly but celebrity friendly convention. Now with help from horror genre star Ken Foree, Horror Realm continues to grow (Horror Realm is already scheduled in September 2011).

Horror Realm is trying to make their place in the horror community to where it’s a very talked about event not only in the Pittsburgh area but throughout the world by doing their best to put together a horror convention run by horror movie fans that people cannot wait to attend again. This year they hit the jackpot: Basket Case reunion! You are not going to see this reunion at any other horror movie convention scheduled for the rest of this year? Come on how often does this chance come along to meet these fine people? Not often…

Yes, there is other options convention wise out there. But I invite you to come to Horror Realm and tell me ‘you didn’t have a good time’? Horror Realm kicks ass in my opinion! They try to do everything right, they bend over backwards to please every attendee there. Not many conventions do that these days… And hey vendors you tired of going to the big name conventions and making shit all weekend? Horror Realm might not pull in 5,000 people as some claim but at least the people that do come to the Horror Realm convention come to support the vendors unlike some of the bigger conventions where you get lost in the shuffle or just fucked over because of where they placed you or you are not considered as important as the celebrities? Vendors you are important part of a horror convention, Horror Realm could always use a couple more vendors as they treat everyone the same whether you are a vendor, guest, or just some drunk that wants to get Tiffany Shepis’ autograph?

I’m telling you all this because I want you to come… I fucking double dare your ass to attend. I don’t want to hear you can’t because you are going to seven other conventions yet this year? Fuck you; honestly you can’t make one more? Or I’m a vendor and I don’t wanna take a chance? Honestly dude or dudette you have to take a chance at some point in your business to make money or you wouldn’t be in the business… Or I don’t have money because I’m an Indy filmmaker and cannot buy a table or attend… Bullshit, if you are serious about your film and actually trying to make more, come to Horror Realm you won’t be disappointed. Believe me I know a lot of independent horror filmmakers and they have come up with some unbelievable ideas to be able to attend, buy a table, or just get their movie to the convention… Honestly horror movie fans maybe its just you are looking for an excuse not to come and if so maybe Horror Realm is not for you? Hey, believe me I try my ass of to go to other conventions and sometimes yeah you cannot and that’s fine but hey don’t make this the convention you miss? You could miss me getting thrown out of the hotel for various reasons? You could miss that chance meeting with a Ken Foree or Tiffany Shepis or Debbie Rochon in the hallway or bar where yinz bullshit for an hour. I dare you to check this awesome horror movie convention out. I’m not going to go all insane and say fuck you for not supporting it, and spend hours on some random podcast or message board talking about you. I just want you to take the chance to come to the Horror Realm convention the weekend of September 17^th-19^th, 2010 and see what a small but growing horror convention is like and how much fun it can be?

Hope to see you all there,

Tim Gross

Gross Movie Reviews

www.bastardsofhorror.com

Check out www.horrorrealmcon.com for details on the upcoming convention

WE NEED YOUR INSPIRED CREATIVE HELP DUDES!!!!! WE’RE GOING TO BE SHOOTING EVIL BONG 3 LATER THIS SUMMER!!! YES!!! THOSE CRAZY STONERS ARE COMING BACK EXCEPT WE’RE NOT SURE WHAT ADVENTURE TO PUT THEM IN!!! SO THIS A CALL FOR YOUR IDEAS FOR BOTH THE SUBTITLE (LIKE EVIL BONG 2: KING BONG!) AND A STORY LINE! WHOEVER COMES UP WITH THE COOLEST TITLE AND IDEA WILL BE FLOWN OUT WERE TO LA TO HANG WITH US ON THE SET OF EVIL BONG!!! SO TAKE A FEW DEEP BREATHS(!) AND COME UP WITH A CRAZY ADVENTURE FOR OUR STONERS!!!

ALSO THE SPECIAL PRE-RELEASE OF PUPPETMASTER: AXIS OF EVIL IS LESS THAN 2 WEEKS AWAY – CHECK OUT ANOTHER SCENE FROM THE FILM!!!

(A thank you letter from the filmmaker to anyone who helped out or reviewed it to get the word out about it. I personally thought it was one of the top five independent films I have seen in the past couple years.)

First & foremost this is a THANK YOU letter. 

If you’ve received it you were in some way involved in the film SYMPATHY, and for that I am forever grateful. Sympathy is a film that a half-dozen kids set out to make too many summers ago and a long journey later is finally set to arrive on DVD for North American audiences this Tuesday, April 27th. 

You of course have seen the film already and the reason for that is because I asked… and you agreed. You did this, I believe, because you truly love film and you’re willing to watch the things the studios don’t make, to take those risks 90 minutes at a time for the sake of independent cinema. Without that we would have certainly drifted into obscurity, but you kept us afloat by writing about the film, supporting & endorsing it, and I can tell you definitively that I would not be announcing Sympathy’s release had it not been for that risk. For you. The internet horror communities and press kept this film alive so please — take some credit and call this one your own. 

If you feel so inclined to remind your loyal followers of Sympathy’s existence or inform them that it is finally coming their way we have several ways to do it –>

An updated website: SympathyTheMovie.com

Facebook.com/SympathyTheMovie

Myspace.com/SympathyTheMovie 

Twitter.com/SympathyTheFilm

You can also find the trailer here to imbed it on your site: http://vimeo.com/9520185

Some of you are in the trailer, others have been on countless press releases, posters, flyers, sales sheets & beyond. We used every kind word written about this film. I feel truly blessed to have made a movie I am proud of and to have been validated by the likes of you, all of whom I have great respect for. Thanks again for all you did…

Sincerely,

Andrew Moorman

director / producer

visit: sympathythemovie.com

№ 213.447.7065

The Independent Grindhouse Experience

Last night everything went off with no problems… The movies worked, I didn’t get banned, and a good amount of people that came made the event a success. There were a couple families from out of state that even made the trek to The Oaks Theater last night which tells me we did a good job. The fans really enjoyed the trailers, the giveaways (which there were a shitload, including a Max & Erma’s certificate for Rick Fusselman’s work at the eatery in 2006 which people loved), the surprise trailers, the filmmakers, and the features of course. Horror movie fans went home happy last night from the Oaks Theater. The experience was like no other and the good news is we will have another one most likely in the fall of this year. But I would like to thank again Randy and Adam of The Oaks Theater for allowing us to put on this fun and insane event also would like to thank Sandy, Rich, and Michelle of the Horror Realm convention for having faith in Charlie Fleming and myself, thank you to the great filmmakers Jim Roberts and Rick Fusselman for coming and having fun and see their films for the first time in a theater, and last but not least we all got to thank the now official bar of our upcoming events at The Oaks Theater “Steve’s Inn”. It was a fun party beforehand there! Horror movie fans if you didn’t make it you missed a once in a lifetime experience but the good news is we will have another event at some point. So I leave you with these immortal words of our second feature “Holy Shit… Zombies”, “I got Mortal Kombat on SEGA!”

Please check out and support these websites:

www.horrorrealmcon.com

www.bastardsofhorror.com

Tim Gross at www.facebook.com (I want to hear your feedback)

www.theoakstheater.com

www.dskproductions.com

www.148productions.com

www.rosebudkiller.com

www.eyesoreproductions.com

www.jabbpictures.com

and go find Jim Roberts on Facebook also…

Featuring indie horror films, trailers & filmmaker Q&A

Pittsburgh, PA – January 27, 2010 – Horror Realm™, Pittsburgh’s modern horror convention, teams up with the Oaks Theater to present a program highlighting independent horror films on March 13, 2010 beginning at 10 PM.

The program begins with trailers for upcoming independent horror productions, followed by a screening of Welcome to Deer Creek, winner of the 2009 Horror Realm™ Feature Film Competition.  The film was written and directed by Jim Roberts, a Kent State University student from Brecksville, Ohio.  Welcome to Deer Creek tells the story of a small town’s populace turning into crazed killers during the annual corn celebration.  Bastards of Horror (www.bastardsofhorror.com) declares Welcome to Deer Creek “the independent equal of Peter Jackson’s Dead Alive”.

A question and answer session with Roberts as well as fellow filmmaker Rick “of the Dead” Fusselman of DSK Productions follows.

The final offering of the evening will be Holy Sh*t…Zombies!, a horror comedy that Fusselman concedes is “as un-PC as possible” and will “insult every demographic possible”.  The film follows two slackers as they fight off zombies and is an indirect sequel of DSK’s 2005 film, Toxic Shock Zombies.  Gross Movie Reviews raves “it is unlike any zombie film you have ever seen”.

Tickets for the program can be purchased at the door the night of the event for $5.  Each paid admission will be eligible for a prize drawing for a pair of weekend passes to the Horror Realm™ convention in September 2010.  Details on the convention can be found at www.horrorrealmcon.com.

While the films are unrated, due to the content, violence, blood and gore, it is recommended for adult audiences only (age 18 and up).

The Oaks Theater is a gloriously refurbished, 430-seat single screen movie house located at 310 Allegheny River Boulevard in Oakmont, PA (15139).  For questions about the venue, please call (412) 828-6311 or visit the theater’s web site at www.theoakstheater.com.

Cinema Wasteland Movie and Memorabilia Expo
October 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2009

Since our very first show back in September of 2000, Cinema Wasteland has guaranteed everyone through the door more films and events than any one fan can attend over the course of the weekend. 16 shows later, we still feel that way. We’ve got over 60 hours worth of programing scheduled for October’s show, so decide what you want to do most and start plotting out your weekend now.
Events and times are subject to change from what is listed below between now and show time, so check back the week of the show for any schedule changes.

WEEKEND SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

FRIDAY (October 2nd):

4:30pm – 3-Day Pass holders admitted.SATURDAY (October 3rd):

5:00pm – Doors Open to Single Day Pass holders. Show officially opens.

5:30pm - MOVIE: Indy feature, HILLBILLY-BOB ZOMBIE, begins in MOVIE ROOM 2.

6:15pm – MOVIE: SUPER ARGO AND THE FACELESS GIANTS kick off the weekends 16mm film screenings in MOVIE ROOM 1.

7:00pm – Our FRIDAY NIGHT SHORT FILM BLOCK begins in MOVIE ROOM 2. We’ve got seven great shorts on tap for fans tonight, presented in the following order: TALES TO TELL AT MIDNIGHT: THE AUDITION (2008), MURDER AT MIDNIGHT (2006), MISFORTUNE SMILES (2008), JEAN CLAUDE THE GUMMING ZOMBIE (2008), NIGHT VISIT (2007), THE KILLER BRA (2008) and UNTOLD STORIES OF WORLD WAR 2. As stated, catch ‘em all in MOVIE ROOM 2.

8:00pm – GUEST: It’s time to kick off the weekend guest talks right when a couple of our favorite Hammer Film starlets and Bond Girls, Caroline Munro and Martine Beswicke, meet with fans in MOVIE ROOM 1.

9:30pm – MOVIE: It’s kind of like “Ben” with snakes! STANLEY begins in MOVIE ROOM 1, followed by a talk and fan Q&A with director William Grefe.

9:30pm – MOVIE: Count Gore De Vol’s long TV history is the subject of C.W. Prather’s documentary, EVERY OTHER DAY IS HALLOWEEN, beginning in MOVIE ROOM 2.

10:00pm – The DEALER and GUEST ROOM closes for the night but the evening is far from over. Grab yourself a cold one and a little snack and join us for a movie, find yourself a party to attend, or meet up with friends in the bar. The choice is yours, so enjoy your night.

11:00pm – Join director William Grefe following the screening of STANLEY for a Q&A with attending fans, in MOVIE ROOM 1.

11:15pm – MOVIE: A slightly schitzo Lynn Lowry hosts the cable access show “In Touch with Insanity” as the movie, SCHISM!, begins in MOVIE ROOM 2. With Lynn Lowry and director Derek Purtell in attendance, we’ll see if we can’t get them to do an introduction to the film as well.

Midnight – MOVIE: It’s a laugh a minute when the black comedy, BLOODSUCKING FREAKS, begins. Will we be able to get writer/director Joel Reed to do live commentary over the film? Pop in and see what happens for yourself in MOVIE ROOM 1.

1:00am – MOVIE: CRIMINALLY INSANE, director Nick Phillips story of compulsive “Crazy Fat Ethel”, closes out the night’s screenings in MOVIE ROOM 2.

 

9:30am – SHORT STUFF: Start your day the wasteland kid’s show way, as we screen a few episodes of THE CUZIN’ OF GHASTLEE SHOW in MOVIE ROOM 2.SUNDAY (October 4th):* All events happen in one of two Movie and Guest Rooms. See the map in our Weekend Events Schedule to find out which room the event you’re interested in will be taking place. The schedule of events is available the weekend of the show or you can print this one here and already have it available.
* Events are subject to last minute changes from the posted schedule.
* All movie screenings are free to anybody, but Cinema Wasteland pass holders reserve the right to actually sit down in a seat before anybody who just wanders in. We love our fans way more than some cheap bastard looking to watch a free movie.

10:00am – Doors Open for all pass holders.10:30am – MOVIE: Saturday morning “Hangover Theater” kicks off with the goofy caveman ‘n dinosaur adventure, DINOSAROUS, on 16mm film. Grab your coffee… or a morning beer, and head off to MOVIE ROOM 1.

 

10:30am – 42nd Street Pete’s SATURDAY MORNING HARDCORE WRESTLING HOUR begins in MOVIE ROOM 2.

11:30am – MOVIE: THE SADIST starring Arch Hall, Jr. begins in MOVIE ROOM 2.
Never seen it? Then I’d grab a seat if I were you. It’s extremely underrated. A Q&A with Arch Hall, Jr. will follow the screening at 1:30pm in Movie Room 1.

NOON – A trio of classic THREE STOOGES shorts, on reel film, follows Saturday morning’s “Hangover Theater” movie in MOVIE ROOM 1.

1:15pm – MOVIE: The uncut version of THE DARK SIDE OF EDEN, Daniel Griffith’s documentary on the making of William Grefe’s cult horror film, STANLEY, begins in MOVIE ROOM 2.

1:30pm – GUEST: Arch Hall, Jr. will meet with fans after The Sadist screening to talk about this, that, and some of the other movies he made, in MOVIE ROOM 1.

2:30pm – MOVIE/GUEST: FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, one of the better vampire films to come along in recent years, begins. It will be followed by a Q&A with star, Fred Williamson, in MOVIE ROOM 1.

2:30pm – MOVIE: DIRTBAGS, the latest slice of zebubbery, from Bill Zebub productions, rubs New Jersey in Kevin Smith’s face once again, in MOVIE ROOM 2.

4:30pm – MOVIE: DEMON DIVAS AND THE LANES OF DAMNATION, the latest from Happy Cloud Pictures, begins in MOVIE ROOM 2.

4:45pm – GUEST: Fred “The Hammer” Williamson meets with fans for a Q&A after the screening of From Dusk Till Dawn in MOVIE ROOM 1.

5:30pm – EVENT: THE GRIND HOUSE and DRIVE-IN MOVIE PANEL with CW’s resident cult, adult, ‘n sleaze go-to-historian-kind-of-guy, 42nd Street Pete, (and the usual band of blowhards… ah, experts). Special Guests on this weekend’s panel include actress Lynn Lowly, producer/director William Grefe, and actor/adult film icon Jamie Gills. Why not pop in and see what kind of tales we tell this time around in MOVIE ROOM 1. Like always, it’s sure to be entertaining.

6:00pm – MOVIE: BLACK ICE, the SubRosa B Movie Theater pick for the weekend, begins in MOVIE ROOM 2.

7:00pm – The DEALER and GUEST ROOM closes for the night, but the shenanigans will keep you awake until way past your bedtime, we’re sure.

8:00pm – EVENT: It’s time for another GHASTLEE NITE AT THE MOVIES, with your host, A. Ghastlee Ghoul. It’s a basic night of FUN and GAMES tonight, so join us for a little music, a few laughs, and plenty of interactive games with the audience. We’ve got plenty of prizes and free stuff to give away, so how can you go wrong!? It all happens in MOVIE ROOM 1.

8:00pm – MOVIE: SEIZURE, Oliver Stone’s often times overlooked first feature film stars Martine Beswicke as the “Queen of Evil”. Check it out in MOVIE ROOM 2.

9:45pm - MOVIE: BASEMENT JACK, with Lynn Lowry, begins in MOVIE ROOM 2. Maybe we can even get Lynn to do a little intro to the movie if we ask nice?…

10:30pm – MOVIE: Big monster fun on 16mm film when GORGO begins in MOVIE ROOM 1.

11:45pm – MOVIE: Catch a preview screening of MASK HEAD, the latest from Toe Tag Pictures, to close out the night’s screenings in MOVIE ROOM 2.

12:30am – MOVIE: BIGFOOT, the campy bikers-vs-bad-monster-suits classic comes complete with original late 60’s TV commercials spliced into it. A popular CW heckler favorite from way back makes its Midnight Movie return to close out the night’s 16mm film screenings in MOVIE ROOM 1. Don’t miss it!

 

11:00am – Doors open for all pass holders.11:15am – MOVIE: We kick off a Sunday morning with “Crazy Fat Ethel” eating her way through director Nick Philips CRIMINALLY INSANE in MOVIE ROOM 2.

 

11:30am – MOVIE: SUPER ARGO AND THE FACELESS GIANTS is our Sunday 16mm Creature Feature Film Pick of the show. See it in MOVIE ROOM 1.

12:30pm – MOVIE: Catch CW guest, Cerina Vincent, in CABIN FEVER and you may never rent a cabin in the woods again. Catch it in MOVIE ROOM 2.

1:30pm – Toe Tag Pictures MASK HEAD begins. A Q&A with attending cast and crew will follow the film and close out the weekends films and events in MOVIE ROOM 1.

2:15pm – MOVIE: Arch Hall, Jr. terrorizes stranded travels in THE SADIST, beginning in MOVIE ROOM 2.

4:00pm – MOVIE: Oliver Stone’s SEIZURE, with Martine Beswicke terrorizing writer Jonathan Frid, wraps up the weekend screenings in MOVIE ROOM 2.

5:00pm – Cinema Wasteland’s 10th Annual Fall Show officially shuts its doors.
Join us next April 9th, 10th and 11th, 2010 as we officially begin to celebrate a decade of doing things the Wasteland way!

MASKHEAD – Official Trailer

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-352DO-uU9c

 

Toe Tag’s latest!!!!

The Growth:

www.imdb.com/title/tt1485080

 

The Horror Realm convention short film list for the Bastards of Horror/Gross Movie Reviews film fest 2009:

 

*Cannibal Aneurysm – 2 minutes

*The Growth – 8 minutes

*Of Darkness – 21 minutes

*The Second Death – 15 minutes

*Urine Trouble – 6 minutes

*Toxic Shock Zombies – 30 minutes

*Dead Shit – 32 minutes

*Night of the Hell Hamsters – 15 minutes

 

The short film fest will be begin Friday, September 18^th, 2009 in one of the movie rooms around 10pm(given a few minutes for any kind of delays, like needing more beer or the hot beer girl we need). Charlie Fleming (co-founder of Bastards of Horror) and I will talk a little about the short films before each one and drink a few beers and hopefully answer a few questions about the films after they finish up or until they kick our drunken horror geek asses out!

 

Remember to keep checking www.horrorrealmcon.com for more details on anything from guests, vendors, etc. as things are subject to change…

ANIMAL ATTACK “Brew & View” 35mm Film nights -JAWS, The Birds, Alligator, Gila Monster, Jurassic Park

 

Friday, 18 September 2009

Time: 15:30

Palace Theatre, 2384 James Street, Syracuse , 13206, US

 

Friday October 18th @ 6:30pm is a “BREW & VIEW” Double Feature featuring JAWS & The BIRDS. Both movies on 35mm film prints. Portion of the tickets sales will go towards a new skate board park in Eastwood New York.

Check out this months “BREW & VIEW” 35mm film series. September is Animal Attacks! month. Jaws & The Birds 9/18. Giant Gila Monster, Jurassic Park & Alligator 9/25.