In general what's your opinion of....-


Asian Horror?


Paul Naschy?


Jess Franco?


Random Questions-

With at least a couple more on the way do you think the Saw franchise will start to lose steam and not be as up to par?....or has it already for that matter?


Most all horror fan's have a less than favorable opinion of the remake trend but if you could name three films you've seen that you could actually see benefiting from being redone what three Horror films would those be?


Do you think the term "torture porn" is something just or do you feel it's more often then not a negative tag placed on good films that happen to feature heavy ultra violence?


Who is the hottest Scream Queen In Your Opinion Of All Time?...You can do a top five if you cannot decide.


With 2008 quickly coming to an end what project are you most looking forward to in 2009?


Most overrated Horror film in your view that you hated but everyone else seemed to love?


With it appearing none of the original actors will be reprising there roles in these upcoming remakes (some announced some not being butchered yet) who would you realistically cast to take the the part on?


Freddy Krueger-
Ash-
Pin Head-
Candyman-
Tall Man-



What was your take on last night's pilot of the Vampire series True Blood on HBO...assuming you saw it?


Do you think Erin Brown (Misty Mundae) has the talent and can really make it as a legit actress outside the soft core field?




What current star on the indie genre scene do you see really see breaking out and becoming a house hold name among horror fans?

Favorite Horror Genre Magazine?

Sorry this took so long guys it's been busy here.


Well I can say this was probably the best convention I've been to and without a doubt the biggest. The local CBC Canadian news station claimed they drew 50,000 people. Unlike most cons I've attended this was held in a massive convention center and not a hotel they even had a food court.

If you haven't been Toronto is a very large city rife with culture and diversity. Comparable to New York only cheaper. Before the convention we head up early and stayed at Niagara Falls on the U.S. side and did the Maid In The Mist (definitely a must do at least once in your life). Beautiful area and actually on the day the convention ended we explored the Canadian side of the Falls and there is actually much more to do there. They had like a dozen Haunted House style attractions right on the street including the infamous Nightmares Fear Factory. Great spots for kids and adults were definitely going back sometime next year just to see all those things.


Onto the convention day one. Actually most won;t be in order. We had several cool celebrity encounters beyond the shaking of hands saying hello and getting an autograph. At one point my Mom got into this just plain surreal conversation with Ruggero Deodato......now any of my fellow horror lovers will know that name but for those of you that don't he's arguably one of the most controversial directors of all time and made the infamous Cannibal Holocaust. My mom was having this cutesy conversation with him about Italy and each others families. And he asked my Mom if she's seen any of his films and she said no and he jokingly in a heavy accent said "you simply must" and then my mom said "well they're not to bloody are they"? LOL.

Anyways it was funny and while this was going on another couple guys behind us with the lady who takes the money were complaining about the price of these series of original poster prints from Cannibal Holocaust. They were charging two hundred dollars. Well they called it a rip off and I guess Deodato overheard and said he'd one to this nice Italian lady for fifty bucks......So I got a very rare one of a kind and according to them first run item from when the film was first released.


Another encounter also involving my Mom with Edward James Olmos happened in the table gaming area where I guess she kind of dozed off and Olmos was just coming in getting ready to head to his table and he jokingly tapped her on the shoulder and when she looked up he said "having a rough day"? Once it finally registered with her she laughed and said "Yes and it's all your fault because we had to drive eight hours to meet you". Were all big BattleStar fans so even she knew who he was and what a nice guy. Not a typical name you see at conventions but very humble and friendly.


And Rebecca again I did get you something special Lord Of The Rings related and yes Sean Astin was cool. One of the best things I got out of the trip or more specifically that I added to was my Texas Chainsaw Massacre poster I got Tobe Hooper to sign. I know have Tobe, Gunnar Hansen, Teri Mcminn, Marilyn Burns, William Vail, Allen Danziger, John Dugan, and Edwin Neal's autographs on that one.


Brad Dourif was another Idol I got to meet. He's got a very funny dark sense of humor. The drop dead gorgeous Suicide Girls were also there and Damn.............Lets just say my pants were feeling tight all weekend LOL. One of the coolest sites being in a such a big city was the swarm of people in costumes walking the streets of Toronto some the anime chicks were more than half naked....not that I'm complaining. Never got into that genre myself but the fanbase is as hardcore and loyal as my fellow horror fanatics and even the Trekkie crowd.


Lots of interesting people and artists had booths. I picked up advanced copies of Gregory Lamberson's (the popular cult director of Slime city) new book Johnny Gruesome which he was telling me is now a short film starring Misty Mundae and I believe an online comic and a cd inspired soundtrack. Originally Johnny Gruesome was suppose to be a feature length film before Slime City twenty three years ago. He's currently trying to raise the money to do the feature length film and certainly it's an interesting story having an online comic, Soundtrack, short film, etc. before the actual film has been made. Gregory's wife is on my myspace under the name Slime gal which is where you can find more info about the project and everything he's up to.


In addition horror author Gary Frank was signing and giving out advanced copies of his new novel Institutional Memory which looks to be a great read set in the cold corporate world.....you may have seen this in a recent Fangoria advertised. Another one and I'm generally not into graphic novels but I picked up Soul Stealer from Actor/writer Michael Easton and I have to say the illustrations are absolutely stunning and unlike anything I've seen before. Well worth picking up and Whitney you'd love this one. Wish you were there for that. (Easton starred in the short lived Total Recall tv series).


Naturally I picked up a ton of dvds'. The long awaited Home Sick, Gimme Skelter, and the 6 Films To Keep You Awake set from Spain which is there own After Dark Film Fest basically. Even got a rare legit copy of the controversial Porno Holocaust......yeah I know I'm weird LOL. And finally picked up the excellent and often overlooked Dan Curtis' Dracula starring Jack Palance.......and much much more.


The Masquerade is always a blast and this was the wildest I've seen. Most of all it's always a pleasure to be around my kind of people who share my passion. Really that beats the celeb watching portion or anything else.


So it was an amaing trip and I may update this with a part two because there was so much there.

I'm really excited. Today we decided we're going to be heading up to Toronto, Canada for The Fan Expo Convention which is basically five conventions in one for Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Comics, Literature, anime, gaming, and more. The guest list is huge including a real life historical icon I'm hoping to meet in person. Here is the guest list so far-


Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee in the LOTR Trilogy, and The Goonies)

Brent Spiner (Data from Star Trek: Next Generation)

Edward James Olmos (Admiral Adama on the New Battlestar Galactica, Blade Runner)

Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11 Astronaut and living historical figure)

Wes Craven (horror icon Nightmare On Elm Street, Last House On The Left, Scream trilogy, Hills Have Eyes)

Brad Dourif (Voice Of Chucky from the Child's Play movies, Grima Wormtongue from the LOTR trilogy, Body Parts, Halloween remake)

Henry Winkler (The Fonze from tv's Happy Days, Waterboy, Scream)

Shawnee Smith (Saw 1-3, The Blob, Stephen King's The Stand, tv's Becker)

Kristy Swanson (the orignal Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The Phantom, and Big Daddy)

Kate Mulgrew (Captain Janeway from Star Trek Voyager)

Jamie Bamber (Lee Adama from the new Battlestar Galactica)

Renee O' Connor (Gabrielle from Xena Warrior Princess)

Ruggero Deodato (Director Cannibal Holocaust)

Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor on tv's Smallville)

Laura Vandervoort (Supergirl on tv's Smallville)

Sid Haig (Devil's Rejects, House Of A 1000 Corpses, Spider Baby, Night Of The Living Dead 3D)

Jeremy Bulloch (Bobba Fett from Star Wars)

Missy Pyle (Galaxy Quest)

Tura Satana (Faster Pussycat Kill Kill, Astro Zombies, and Doll Squad)

Lloyd Kaufman (head of Troma, Toxic Avenger 1-4, Tromeo and Juliet, Poultrygeist, Terror Firmer)

Suicide Girls (online sensation)

Melantha Blackthorne (Death Race)

The Creepshow (Canada's Horrorbilly Musical Sensation)

Amira Sa'Id (famous dancer)

Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles creator and editor of Heavy Metal magazine)

Peter David (writer Stephen King's Dark Tower, and She- Hulk)

Gaslight Studio (FX team behind 300 and George A. Romero's Diary Of The Dead)

Gord Rollo (Jigsaw Man)

Georges Jeanty (Buffy Artist)


And thats just an early lineup and not counting the writers and anime people.

Just wanted to first briefly update you all my brother is doing okay now recovering from the seizure and is now basically one hundred percent. We've been swamped with doctor's appointments between him and my Dad's knee. Thats why I'm really looking forward to Thursday because we'll finally be getting to have a little fun at the big Monster Mania 10 convention. This event has gotten so huge I cannot wait. Biggest moments' I'm looking forward to are meeting acting Icon Malcolm Mcdowell as well as the coolest guy on the planet Bruce Campbell (my childhood hero). I'll be back to tell you guys all about it a week from Monday. Sorry I've Been away from myspace lately but hopefully now that things are calming down a bit I'll be on more regularly. If anyone else on here is attending feel free to give me a shout out at the con.



Lineup for those interested-

Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead 1 and 2, Army Of Darkness, Adventures Of Briscoe County Jr., Jack Of All Trades, and Bubba Ho-Tep)

Malcolm Mcdowell (Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange, Caligula, Star Trek Generations, Between Strangers, Gangster No.1, Time After Time, Tank Girl, tv's Heroes and the upcoming Doomsday)

Jobeth Williams (Poltergeist and tv's Dexter)

Keith David (They Live, Pitch Black, Chronicles Of Riddick, The Thing, tv's Gargoyles, and Spawn Animated Saga)

Heather Langenkamp (star of the original Nightmare On Elm Street)

Zach Galligan (Gremlins and Waxwork 1 and 2)

Amanda Plummer (Pulp Fiction, Stephen King's Needful Things, 8 1/2 women, Mimic 3, Apartment Complex, Freeway, 7 days to live, Butterfly Kiss, and not to mention on my top ten celebrity crushes list LOL)

Corey Feldman (Teen legend star of The Goonies, Lost Boys,)

Sid Haig (House Of A 1000 Corpses, Devil's Rejects, Spider Baby, Night Of The Living Dead 3D, Rob Zombie's Halloween)

Bill Moseley (House Of A 1000 corpses, Devil's Rejects, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Fallen Angels, and Rob Zombie's Halloween)

Tom Savini (horror Icon/Effects wizard From Dusk Till Dawn, Dawn Of The Dead and many others)

William Ragsdale (Star Of Fright Night)

Jason Mewes (Jay in Kevin Smith's Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Jay and silent bob Strike Back also The Tripper and Scream 3)

Brian O'Halloran (Dante of Kevin Smith's Clerks 1 and 2 also the upcoming Brutal Massacre a comedy believe it or not)

Roddy Piper (Wrestling Hall Of Famer and star of John Carpenter's They Live)

Daeg Faerch (young Michael Myer's in Rob Zombie's Halloween)

Tony Moran (original Michael Myers)

Ricou Browning (of the classic Creature From The black Lagoon Trilogy)

John Morghen (euro horror legend of The Omen, Cannibal Ferox, and Gates Of Hell)

Thomas G. Waites (The Thing, The Warriors, and windows)

Jennifer Rhodes (Grams of tv's Charmed)

Rick Domeier (Evil Dead 2)

Megan Franich (30 Days Of Night)

Ira Heiden (Nightmare On Elm Street 3)

Susie Feldman (Corey's wife and co star of his reality show)

Mad Man Pondo (Hardcore wrestling star to promote new documentary on the wrestling business)

Big Kev (XM radio DJ)

Original Texas Chainsaw Massacre Reunion featuring Gunnar Hansen, Teri Mcminn, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger, Marilyn Burns, John Dugan)

Chronicles Of An Exorcism Premiere with Days Of Our Lives Star Matthew Ashford and Nick G. Miller)

Well I just ordered tickets for my first Monster Mania convention in March. I've heard some great feedback from alot of fellow con goers on myspace so I decided to give it a shot. The early guest list features Gunnar Hansen, Corey Feldman, Heather Langenkamp, Jason Mewes, Keith David, Roddy Piper, Jobeth Williams, Zach Galligan, Thomas G. Waites, Megan Franich, and Ira Heiden with many others TBA over the next few months. Some vendors I've spoken to have said it's there favorite con and that the celebs are very accessible. Should be a blast, will keep you all updated.