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, Gregory Lamberson, Robyn Griggs, Gary Streiner, Mike Gornick, Tony Buba, Mark Tierno, Sharon Ceccatti-Hill, Joe Shelby, David Crawford, Frank Serrao, Amy Lynn Best, Mike Watt, 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.

- OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE -

DIGITAL MAD MOVIES

And

Nicholas A. Jackson

Would like to formally announce the commencement of preproduction of

THE ZOMBIE HERO 2

The Zombie Hero 2 is the follow up sequel to The Zombie Hero; a tale of a young man who was killed and resurrected from the dead, ultimately leading a life of fighting crime. Now Mike, the “Zombie Hero”, is called back into action to face new adversaries, defend those he loves, and push the boundaries of his undead powers once more!

We are currently seeking crew members and actors of all ages/races/genders in and around the Madison, WI area. If you would like to be considered, or have other help to offer, please contact Nicholas A. Jackson at:

DigitalMadMovies@aol.com

Please include a link to a demo video if one is available.

A casting call will take place once the script is completed.

We are currently holding a fundraiser with some great incentives, including a chance to get exclusive merchandise and be listed as a Producer! Please consider donating at www.DigitalMadMovies.com.

Production is roughly scheduled to begin summer/fall of 2011.

For more information on The Zombie Hero, check out www.DigitalMadMovies.com.

The Zombie Hero is currently being distributed by More Brains Media and can be found on IMDb at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1702405/  and is available for purchase at www.MoreBrainsMedia.com as well as www.Amazon.com !

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.

Gross Movie Reviews #199

By Tim Gross

The Human Centipede (On Demand) – It’s sick, twisted, fucked up, perverted, and it’s awesomely bad! I love it! The Germans always do horror films right? Whether they suck or not the films are always one crazy fucked up ride you never forget! A sick ass doctor lives in the middle of nowhere and is about to begin his latest experiment of putting people together ass to mouth making a “human centipede”!!! Yes, it needs to be seen to be believed… I give this awesomely fun bad flick 3 ½ stars.

Frost Giant (DVD/SyFy Channel) – Dean Cain vs. an ancient ice monster above the article circle where not even there people care about Dead Cain’s career! I give it 0 stars.

Outland (DVD) – A long and forgotten science fiction film from Sean Connery’s career where the original James Bond plays a security officer for a mining station on another planet. He is assigned to all the shitty jobs in the universe and takes one personal as his wife leaves him and it is all up to him to stop the drugs from coming into the station as the miners are dying at a rapid rate. Not great, not bad, but a different forgotten film by most for the original Bond. I give it 2 stars.

Surrogates (DVD) – It’s the future (and soon-to-be-all-to-real), and no one leaves their house these days as they have robots do everything for them. Sex, stay young, party, these robotic clones do it all except kill. But there is one percent of the population that does not believe in these robots and believe a war is coming… Crime is down 99% and there hasn’t been a homicide in over a decade until now when the inventor of the robots son is killed when his robot is destroyed by a mysterious weapon that wasn’t supposed to exist. Think “Westworld meets The Stepford Wives” with Bruce Wills playing a cop who has been rethinking about being apart of the real world again. You see the ending coming a mile away but that doesn’t stop this sci-fi flick from being good and makes you think about the future? I give it 3 stars and the film deserves more attention than it got when it hit the DVD market?

The Book of Eli (DVD) – Denzel Washington in a post-apocalyptic world traveling alone with one mission in mind and that is ‘going west’. People dying all around hi looking for water and Gary Oldman destroying every book there is looking for the one book he believes that caused the ‘big flash’ 30 years ago and use it to rule whats left of the survivors out there in the wasteland of death. In my opinion, it was an interesting film that I thought would have been a calling card for the Christian supporters but all the violence must have turned them away? All this film needed was Roger Corman and maybe David Carradine on a bike and it would have been perfect! I give the film 3 stars and just because it deals with the Holy Bible don’t let that sway you to not watch a good movie like this.

Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX (Starz On Demand) – If you are any kind of horror movie fan you will appreciate this documentary as it stars KNB, Savini, Bottin, Landis, Romero, Simon Pegg, and many more talking about practical effects and CGI. They also go behind the scenes of how they came up with ideas for some of the most popular horror films ever made! This is an excellent watch for gorehounds. I give it 4 stars.

Lake Placid 3 (DVD/SyFy Channel) – The film stars the greatest movie villain of all time, Michael Ironside as a good guy cop that for the most part is a wasted character in the film. When Michael Ironside is casted as the good guy this is a sure sign your movie will suck the smelliest ass on the planet! For the love of god people Michael fuckin Ironside, when he dies, his tombstone is gonna read Michael Ironside “the baddest mother fucking villain” ever to be in movies! Come on people have you seen “Scanners” or “Total Recall”? He was even a bad ass in the original “V” series basically telling the ‘Beastmaster’ himself to shove his revolution up his ass if it didn’t work! Starship Troopers? Anyone? He was just a bad mother fucker in that film period! Anyhow SyFy Channel decided how they could remake a movie without calling it a remake, let’s make it a sequel. SyFy, have yinz assholes seen “Alligator 2: The Mutation”? After that the mold was broken on how to make a kick ass alligator or crocodile sequel. No Betty White, no Bill Pullman, hell I would of settled for Oliver Platt or Bridget Fonda, but no we get some dumb fucker from one of your shows and a horrible, cheap, CGI rip off sequel that isn’t even worthy of being called a film. Hell horror fans the master print should been burned because the only thing that would of survived would have been Michael Ironside because he is just that much of an awesome bad ass. I give it shit and tell Michael Ironside’s agent to see if there is a sequel to Total Recall being made?

Unforgettably Evil (Starz On Demand) – An interesting look at all of the scariest serial killers and real evil characters of film. A great documentary that goes into detail of some of the most evilest characters that ever have grace the silver screen. I give it 3 stars.

The Shadows (DVD) – An independent film about five twentysomethings that are shipwrecked on an island and quickly find out they are not alone. As time passes, fear sets in as they find an old diary and a ghost begins to haunt the five as they try to figure out whether they are alive, dead, or even able to escape this place as it might be purgatory…? As they try to contact the outside world their fate seems to be grim. An excellent film about people’s fears and ghosts that is rare these days in film. I give it 3 stars and can be more about the film can be found out at www.TheShadowsFilm.com .

Redneck Carnage (DVD) – A meteor hits earth and some redneck plays with it unleashing god only knows what…? Quickly people begin to die and rise from the dead in odd circumstances in this small southern town where the only fate of the town is in the hands of a rogue government agent, a redneck, a roller derby girl, and a couple police officers. As zombies feast on whats left of the town the survivors try to contain the problem before the government rolls in and wipe them out. A very passionate independent horror project with some gore that is a fun watch but hurts itself with having too many plotlines all going on at once. As one character describes the situation, “Zombies, aliens, chainsaws…” This Indy film has it all and with a little more money this film would have more horror fans talking? So look for this crazy ass horror film for purchase at www.redneckcarnage.com as I give it 2 ½ stars.

 Once again horror fans it’s almost that time of the year again… Horror Realm, the horror convention that is right in my own backyard in Pittsburgh, Pa., September 17^th-19^th, 2010! Basket Case reunion!!! Chilly Billy! And I will be there… So come on out and support a great horror movie convention. For more details please check out www.horrorrealmcon.com .

Any comments or questions please send to: GrossMovieReviews@comcast.net or www.facebook.com/grossmoviereviews . If you want to help support my movie habits please buy my book for the love of god! You can purchase any of my five “Gross Movie Reviews” books at www.lulu.com or www.amazon.com . You can also find other shit from me at www.bastardsofhorror.com . Remember folks always support your local independent movie theater (unless you are banned for some stupid reason), independent video store, and independent filmmakers! It will keep horror alive………

WORLD WAR II HORROR FILM COMPLETES FILMING IN WELLINGTON, NZ

Principal photography has been completeld in Wellington, New Zealand on

World War II Horror feature film THE DEVIL’S ROCK.

Written by Paul Finch, Paul Campion and Brett Ihaka, The Devil’s Rock is

award-winning short film director Paul Campion’s debut feature film.  His

short films Night of the Hell Hamsters and Eel Girl have screened at every

major genre film festival worldwide.

Produced by Leanne Saunders (The Devil Dared Me To, A Song of Good), the

film is set in the Channel Islands on the eve of D-Day.  Two Kiwi

commandos, sent to destroy German gun emplacements to distract Hitler’s

forces away from Normandy, discover a Nazi occult plot to unleash demonic

forces to win the war.

The ensemble cast includes Craig Hall (Love Birds, Boy, 30 Days of Night,

The World’s Fastest Indian, King Kong), Matthew Sunderland (Out of the

Blue, Under the Mountain), Gina Varela (Xena, Siones Wedding, Power

Rangers) and Karl Drinkwater (A Song of Good, Lord of the Rings,

Spartacus: Blood & Sand).

Academy Award winning New Zealand company WETA Workshop (Avatar, District

9, Lord of the Rings, King Kong ) and will create the film’s special

makeup effects.

The Devil’s Rock has been financed by the New Zealand Film Commission and

Chameleon Pictures.  It will be distributed in NZ by Vendetta Films.  NZ

Film, the sales arm of the NZFC, is handling world sales of the film. 

For more information please contact Jasmin McSweeney, NZ Film, Tel: +64 4

382 7682 / jasmin@nzfilm.co.nz

ENDS

Editor’s Notes:

Paul Campion began his career as a fantasy/horror illustrator before

moving to New Zealand to work at Weta Digital on the visual effects for

Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy where he was responsible for

creating the look of digital creatures such as the Balrog, mumakil,

fell-beast and Shelob.  

Before directing, Paul worked in San

Francisco, London and New Zealand on films such as Constantine, Sin City,

30 Days of Night, The Chronicles of Narnia and Clash of the Titans.

New Zealand National TV set visit:

http://www.3news.co.nz/Devils-Rock-Scripted-cast-produced-in-under-6-months/tabid/368/articleID/170002/Default.aspx

You can view Paul Campion’s short films by clicking on the links below:

Night of the Hell Hamsters (2007) http://vimeo.com/7200256

Eel Girl (2008) http://vimeo.com/7199863

Hey folks, we’re right now deep in the midst of post-production and getting things together for our final scenes. Filming so far has gone incredibly well but we need your help to finish this thing up and get it out in time for Halloween.

We’re doing a very limited run of DVDs for release at the end of October and you can pre-order right now by donating to the post-production fund. Also, get t-shirts, stickers, and even a producer credit on the film (which will be submitted to IMDB)!

Just stop over at IndieGoGo where you can submit your payment through PayPal, Amazon Payments, or even plain ol’ credit card!

http://www.indiegogo.com/Zombie-Babies-post-production?i=pite

Also we cut together a rough little teaser for our wrap party and we’ve decided to share it with everyone. Check that out at:

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2F13888049&h=fda9eU7Gs5n7bgo0tnkztMwjjTQ

Friday September 17^th, 2010

Midnight- 2:00 AM   

Artist Block

The Hopewell Haunting

Polly

Saturday September 18^th, 2010

8:00-10:00pm

Bastards of Horror

Short Film Festival

GROSS MOVIE REVIEWS BOOK SALE ONLY AT HORROR REALM SEPTEMBER 17^TH-19^TH, 2010!!!

(Limited supplies)

All my Gross Movie Reviews books will be on sale for only $10 at the great Pittsburgh horror movie convention Horror Realm September 17^th-19^th, 2010. One weekend only all books $10 (exception the new book “Gross Movie Reviews Volume Five” will be $12.95). Here’s your chance to pick up a Gross Movie Reviews book on sale but do it while you can because once the books are gone, they could be gone for good?

So all GMR books $10 (except Volume Five)! Horror Realm weekend only! Get them while you can…

Everything in the store will be discounted for one day only on Friday the 13th. After the Friday sale, all August Underground merchandise and DVDs will be discounted for the rest of the week through August 19th, 2010.

Also included in Friday’s Sale is the Sella Turcica Pre-sale DVD. On the 13th only, you can pick up your collectible cast and crew signed and numbered copies of Sella Turcica at a savings. All pre-orders will be eligible for the Camille Keaton signed copies that will be determined in a lottery fashion.

Sella Turcica. – Sgt. Bradley Robak (Damien A. Maruscak) returns home from active duty after a mysterious accident leaves him paralyzed and wheelchair bound. Awaiting his return, his mother, Karmen (Camille Keaton) and younger sister, Ashley (Jade Risser) remain unaware of the details of the accident and severity of Brad‘s condition. Once he arrives, though he looks sickly, his family members are so pleased to see him alive that they don’t bring attention to his ill appearance. Over the next twenty-six hours Brad’s condition terribly worsens, barrelling down to a gruesome conclusion that will change the family forever.

We have never included pre-sale items in a sale before Sella Turcica, so this is a rare opportunity. Pre-ordered copies will be sent out by October 13th, 2010. The official trailer is coming soon. We will also be announcing festival dates and theatre premiers as they come.

http://www.toetagpictures.com/webstore/

Keep Spreading the Sickness!!!

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