COMIC BOOK SPOTLIGHT – 30 DAYS OF NIGHT
Our last day ends on 30 Days of Night, the graphic novel that has spawned many sequels, a short film series, and the major motion picture. This is Steve Niles most successful piece of literature, and has set the new standard in telling the tale of the vampire. Special Thanks to Steve Niles, IDW Publishing, and Dark Horse Comics for their help in bringing this Horror Yearbook special, 5 Days of Steve Niles, to life. And now for our Comic Book Spotlight: The world as we know it has changed. Vampires are no longer hiding underground thanks to a book written about them. Humanity is on the brink of being swallowed into the shadows as the feeders of flesh make their presence known in a small town known as Barrow, Alaska. Hope is now a dream and the day falls short as a savior. Welcome to the longest of nights…
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THURSDAY THIRST – STEVE NILES - Day 4. Steve Niles is probably the busiest horror writer these days with comic books coming out almost weekly. This Thursday Thirst showcases some of the current books Steve has coming out monthly on comic book shelves now.
Published by wil February 28th, 2008
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Two men were stabbed at a screening of the horror film The Signal. USA Today reports: “An unknown man had started stabbing at the theater seat and then he stabbed the victim. As he fled, he stabbed another victim sitting near the exit.”
Splatter Movie: The Directors Cut is a mockumentary horror film. Taking place on the set of a horror film, it reminds me of Return to Horror High in terms of how the story progresses. The scares that they are trying to get out of their audience come to be to true in a film shooting that many of them might not make it out alive of. In this case, no one really suspects anything until close to the end.
Published by wil February 28th, 2008
in BOOKS.
I have never read anything by Kim Harrison but for anyone who may trip over this and didn’t know that, The Outlaw Demon Wails the sixth book of the Hollows series has hit bookshelves, well… now you know, and you can’t say we didn’t tell you. Consider it a free PSA for part of my women sensitivity training (don’t ask!).
Buy The Outlaw Demon Wails (Rachel Morgan, Book 6) Here
Day 3. After 30 Days of Night, Steve Niles had an itch he needed to scratch. That itch had a name, and it was Cal McDonald, and ever since then, Steve has been itching Cal like a bad case of chicken pox. Guy needs to see a doctor, right? Nope. Criminal Macabre features Cal McDonald in a series of supernatural detective stories, trying to figure out why every ghoul, ghost, vampire, and evil monster wants to mess around with humanity. It’s a hard job, and Cal appears to struggle throughout, handling a nice drug addiction, countless beatings, and defining the term “alcoholic” to new heights. Or maybe depths? I don’t know. What I do know is Steve Niles has a muse, and Cal McDonald is his name. Welcome to Criminal Macabre.
Published by wil February 27th, 2008
in Dr. Royce Clemens Archives.
We should of saw this coming, with the remake of Prom Night getting ready to hit theaters it only makes sense that they would finally release Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II on DVD.
Published by Greg February 27th, 2008
in MOVIE REVIEWS (ALL) and Movie Reviews 70's.
One day after dropping her new husband Francesco off at the airport, Virginia is overcome by visions of a murder while driving. The vision is of an old woman being buried in a wall of a home after she is killed. She doesn’t think much of it until the arrives at her husband’s villa which she plans to redecorate as a surprise while he is gone. When she arrives and looks around she begins to see objects in one of the rooms that was in her vision.
Published by wil February 26th, 2008
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For Day 2 of our 5 Days of Steve Niles HYB is celebrating the DVD release of 30 Days of Night, if you have not already ordered your copy do so now here
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Gory greetings horroryearbook alumni! Your old pal Brain Hammer is back from the grave with my 30th installment of Brain Hammer’s PICKS FROM THE CRYPT. Big thanks to everyone who has read my demented ramblings in the past 29 columns and kept coming back for more. The highlight of PFTC for me so far has to be the time that none other than Herschell Gordon Lewis himself called my review of Blood Feast remarkable and astute. I’m still patting myself on the back over that one!
Published by wil February 26th, 2008
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Gory greetings horroryearbook alumni! Check out this weeks Brain Hammer approved dvd releases, hitting stores Tuesday 02/28/08.
A HORROR YEARBOOK QUICKIE INTERVIEW WITH: STEVE NILES
MOVIE: 30 DAYS OF NIGHT – Available on DVD Tuesday February 26 BOOK: CRIMINAL MACABRE: THE COMPLETE CAL MCDONALD STORIES – Available Now at Your Local Bookstore COMIC BOOKS:
30 DAYS OF NIGHT, CRIMINAL MACABRE: MY DEMON BABY, SIMON DARK, CITY OF OTHERS, STRANGE CASES, GIANT MONSTER –Available Now at Your Local Comic Book Shop
Published by wil February 25th, 2008
in DVD RELEASES.
In this sequel to Monsturd Dr. Stern returns after surviving a battle to the death with his own monstrous creation. Continuing his horrible research at the Butte County Institute of Special Education the mad doctor transforms the quiet community into an army of flesh-eating zombies. It’s a showdown of limb-chopping, head-bursting proportions as Stern’s nemesis, F.B.I. agent Susan Hannigan, and the local sheriff’s department take on the zombie plague in the ultimate battle royale.
The Signal nods its crazy cap to, but it definitely is one of the most memorable, if not, entertaining horror films since Evil Dead 2. But that’s what makes it complete. There’s something here for every type of horror film fanatic; whether it be outrageous and bloody like Evil Dead 2, intriguing and apocalyptic like 28 Days Later, funny like Shaun of the Dead, gritty and torturous like Reservoir Dogs, and just a zany mix of it all a la Peter Jackson’s Bad Taste with a Quentin Tarantino Pulp Fiction format. Oh, and Grindhouse transitions.
Published by wil February 23rd, 2008
in DVD RELEASES and NEWS.
The number two movie on our Top Ten Horror Movies of 2007 and the number one movie on a lot of other people’s list, The Mist is coming to DVD March 25 from Genius Products and The Weinstein Company.
