Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Revenant-Crossing Deaths Doorstep




With a bunch of homemade weapons a radio comrade and a bitter hatred for the un-dead, Van is ready to destroy the vampires he has tracked down and put an end to their path of pain, death and destruction

Check out this short film, “Revenant- Crossing Deaths Doorstep”



That was a pretty good film right? Well, apparently it can be even better, but that might not happen without your support. Click on the pic below, and help the re-shooting of “Revenant.”

There are plenty of great rewards for making a pledge such as:

-a blood splattered copy of the script signed by the director and cast
-an original one off framed photograph
-a place in the credits
-a prop from the film 



Follow film maker Rhodri Jones on Twitter to learn more about "Revenant."

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

"Exodus" (Short Film)



PromoteHorror.com would like to introduce you to the short film, “Exodus” 


Downpour Creative Production

Written & Directed by David Wilson

Original Score by Sam Hunter, Gabriel Swarts, David Wilson

Actors include Dane Minich, Sam Hunter, Scott Wilson, Brandon Morris,

Kevin Beers, Colin Kelley, Max Sanger. 


To learn more about "Exodus," and Downpour Creative, please visit:

Today's DVD Releases!


Here are some of the DVD releases for Nov. 29:






Monday, November 28, 2011

Popularity Killer



Slasher Studios is proud to bring you their second slasher hit. “Popularity Killer” is a low budget dark-comedy horror short from the studio that brought you “Teddy: It’s Gonna Be a Bear”. “Teddy”, Slasher Studios’ first short horror film, was an independent 14 page horror short that was shot on Canon 5D with a budget of just $3,000 over three days in a mountain cabin. “Popularity Killer” was far more ambitious in nature. Seven deaths, a budget of just $5,000, and seven days of filming went into the bloody slasher flick.


With “Popularity Killer”, Slasher Studios has created a smart and bitterly funny horror film about the clichés of high school. With the dark social satire of the script (kill or be killed elements of high school), they have devised a horror film that plays homage to both the slasher films of the 1980′s as well as the slasher films of the 1990′s. Max Ingram from Rabid Dog Press said “I’d definitely recommend checking out Popularity Killer. It’s a genuinely fun time, and when I watched it I felt like I was transported back to the movie theatres of 1985 when slasher movies were king. This is good, gore-tastic stuff!”


Plot Synopsis:
“After a young girl is found murdered, a group of teens at Payton High must band together to piece together the horrifying travesty. The teens soon discover the mysterious killer is killing only the most popular students in school. As their friends die one-by-one in the most shockingly gruesome ways possible, they realize that being “in” may not get them out…alive. Every school has an it list…pray you’re not on this one.”


“Popularity Killer” stars Courtney Ellen Bay, Matty Dorschner, Mike Goltz, Jennifer Frey, Hannah Herdt, Dana Michele, Jamie Jo Roen, and Kevin Sommerfield. Directed by Steve Goltz and Written by Kevin Sommerfield.
“Popularity Killer” can be ordered at the link below:




For more information on “Popularity Killer”, Slasher Studios, and their first release “Teddy,” please visit:

http://www.slasherstudios.com/

You can also find them on Twitter, and Facebook

Sunday, November 27, 2011

What Would You Like To Promote?




Got a new book coming out this week? Finishing some new artwork, or a photo shoot? Recording a new podcast, or posting some new reviews? Having a big sale, or making an appearance? Here is your chance to Promote Horror! Leave a comment and/or link here with whatever it is you would like to promote for the week of Nov. 26-Dec 3.

Friday, November 25, 2011

Dr. Gangrene Scares Up Three Emmy Nominations (PR)




Dr. Gangrene Scares Up Three Emmy Nominations

NASHVILLE, TN (11.20.2011) The Nashville/Midsouth Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences  announced their Midsouth Regional EMMY Award nominations on Friday, November 18, at a party hosted by Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) on Nashville’s legendary Music Row. Among the nominations were three for the creative minds behind television horror host, Dr. Gangrene.


Larry Underwood & Cameron McCasland picked up an EMMY nomination in the Entertainment category for the made for television movie “The Dreadful Hallowgreen Special” as well as two more nominations for Best PSA Campaign, and Best Short Form Writer for the “Go Green With Dr. Gangrene” series.

The good doctor said of the nomination, “This is a huge honor and it's great to see all our hard work appreciated. A big thanks to all the cast and crew who helped make these projects possible. We had a lot of fun with them and look forward to more horrific projects and collaborations in the future."


The Dreadful Hallowgreen Special pairs TV horror hosts Penny Dreadful & Dr. Gangrene together. The duo finds themselves readying for the upcoming Halloween season when suddenly all things go awry. It’s up to the physician of fright, Dr. Gangrene, and the eerie enchantress, Penny Dreadful, to set things right and save Halloween for everyone in this half hour special. Narrated by Washington DC’s legendary horror host Count Gore De Vol, this Halloween treat is packed with fright.

The “Go Green With Dr. Gangrene” series is a continuing collaboration between Underwood and McCasland and provides ways to make a safer, cleaner planet while using a horror theme as their backdrop. The 2011 installment featured Frankensteins monster, The Werewolf of Nashville, and The Creature from the Nashville Lagoon. The three newest shorts entitled, “Wolfbite”, “Creature Cooler”, and “Heating Up” provide tips on conserving the planet by cutting down on excessive waste, littering, and keeping tabs on pets. All three were filmed in and around Nashville landmarks, and are shot in glorious black & white as a loving nod to the classic monster films of yesteryear. McCasland was previously nominated for an EMMY in the Best Short Form Writer category for his work on “Go Green With Dr. Gangrene” in both 2008 and 2009.


McCasland said of the nomination, “We’re just so happy that people like our show. Dreadful Hallowgreen was such a blast to make, and I'm not sure if we could ever pull something like that off again. Go Green has been a great joy for me to work on, and this past year even more so, as I got to bring in a lot of people who I had worked with in the past to play small parts. We’re just out there with rubber monster masks, and people seem to love it.”

The Dreadful Hallowgreen Special is distributed in the U.S. on home video and DVD by Alpha New Cinema. It premiered locally in Nashville on WNAB CW58 during Halloween weekend 2010, and was syndicated around the country. The made for television movie is a co-production of Shackle Island Studios and Peculiar Productions.


The 26th Annual Midsouth Emmy Awards will be announced during a live telecast in Nashville on March 17, 2012 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. For a full list of this year’s nominees please visit http://nashville.emmyonline.org/

Jennifer Lane of Decosimo Vaden. CPAs, who tabulated the ballots, announced that the 700 entries for the Midsouth Emmy Awards were judged by the Chicago/Midwest Chapter, the Mid-America Chapter based in St. Louis, the Mid-Atlantic Chapter based in Philadelphia, and the New York Chapter. She said Sixty-five television stations, production companies, and independent producers are named on the list of nominations.


Larry Underwood is an award winning writer and television producer. Outside of his role of Dr. Gangrene , he writes a regular column for Scary Monsters Magazine and daily musings in his Tales From The Lab Blog at http://drgangrene.com/. Recently he was featured on the cover of Nashville Scene Magazine and in four color ink solving crimes alongside Dick Tracy in the classic comic strip.

Cameron McCasland is an Emmy nominated film maker from Edgewood Texas who has called Nashville home since 2001. His work has been seen on MTV, CMT, and film festivals around the globe. His upcoming feature film “The Lashman” is currently in post production.



Founded in 1957 The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a non-profit, professional organization dedicated to fostering excellence in television. The academy has 19 chapters with 15,000 members nationwide.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

KillCam Live




KillCam: Live is the ultimate in trans-media/interactive entertainment. We follow a group of graduate students as they participate in an experiment to study the effects of communicating solely through social media... until, on Halloween, when things get REAL interesting. Join the Experiment today at www.killcamlive.com and participate in this innovative live-streaming narrative event.

More and more people are tuning into KillCam Live! Find out why by checking out episode 1:



Continue watching the episodes, and join the live chat at:

http://www.killcamlive.com/

You can also subscribe to their YouTube Channel, follow them on Twitter, and "Like" them on Facebook

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

ForZombies




ForZombies has a new line of zombie webisodes that are made by zombies for zombies. Check out the first episode here, and don’t forget to subscribe to their YouTube channel:


For more zombie fun, check out their site:  


and follow them on:

Today's DVD Releases!


Here are some of the DVD releases for Nov. 22:







Sunday, November 20, 2011

What Would You Like To Promote?




Got a new book coming out this week? Finishing some new artwork, or a photo shoot? Recording a new podcast, or posting some new reviews? Having a big sale, or making an appearance? Here is your chance to Promote Horror! Leave a comment and/or link here with whatever it is you would like to promote for the week of Nov. 20-26.


Last week:

 Thomas James Brown promoted the first review for his upcoming festive horror book, Revive. You can find it at: http://www.darkriverpress.com/revive-by-thomas-james-brown.html

Zombie Ad promoted the best in zombie survival and post apocalyptic fiction at: http://www.zombieshop.co.uk/ 

ForZombies promoted a line of zombie webisodes that are made by zombies for zombies. You can find it on YouTube at: http://bit.ly/forzombies
They also blog every Thursday at: http://www.forzombies.net

Saturday, November 19, 2011

All American Zombie Drugs And Twisted Central Team Up For Operation Kindness (PR)




All American Zombie Drugs is heading to Dallas for a two-day showing at the Angelika Theater; a Twisted Central hosted event in support of the local animal shelter Operation Kindness.

All American Zombie Drugs is a hilarious comedic social satire put together by filmmakers Beau Nelson and Alex Ballar. Sebastian (Beau Nelson - The Artist, Madoff: Made Off With America) and Vinny (Wolfgang Weber) are burn-outs going nowhere in small town Suburbia, USA. Still riding the high left over from their high school days, they start a business manufacturing the only thing they have ever been good at, drugs.

With the help of Sebastian’s jealous girlfriend Kara (Susan Graham) and her rich Goth friend Melissa (Natalie Irby), our two slackers take on the local Mob, angry geek-frat-boys, Vinny’s dead brother Michael (Alex Ballar – War Wolves, Sasquatch Mountain) and Zombies.

For two days only, December 9th and 10th at 8pm, Twisted Central will be sponsoring the event at The Angelika Theater in Dallas, TX in support of North Texas’ Oldest and Largest No-Kill Animal Shelter, Operation Kindness. All proceeds go directly to support animal humanity. Operation Kindness will be in attendance with animals from the shelter prior to the showing, then join the Director, Alex Ballar, and actors Beau Nelson and Wolfgang Weber for a Q&A following the showing each night.

The film, nominated for Best Comedy, Best Cinematography and Winner of Best Art Direction at the AOF Int’l Festival has been compared to Dude Where’s My Car meets Pineapple Express with Zombies; special appearances by Brian Thomas Smith (Big Bang Theory) and David Reynolds (The Hills Have Eyes, House of 1000 Corpses).

Twisted Central (TwistedCentral.com) is run by Dallas-area local native, Tammy Dupal. Together we hope to raise awareness and help save the homeless animals in the world.




Friday, November 18, 2011

Coming Soon: Scary Tales & Sickle (PR)



X Posse Productions Completes SCARY TALES & SICKLE: Two New Doses of Horror 

Massachusetts, November 15, 2011 – In 2009, the horror mystery “FAMILY SECRET” was filmed.  It was the third film in the career of Writer/Director, Geno McGahee, and by far, the best.  In New England, FAMILY SECRET became a hit, initially selling out a cinema in Connecticut and filling several local establishments with eager horror fans.  It sold well on DVD and people began to ask: What will be next?  The answer came quickly.

In 2010, production began on SCARY TALES, an anthology, featuring four tales, each with shocks and surprises.  In the vein of CREEPSHOW and TALES FROM THE CRYPT, SCARY TALES features distinct tales with great performances by the many talented actors and actresses involved.  New additions to the X Posse Crew included a new musician (Greg Kozlowski) doing the score and a CGI expert (Chris Dias) adding a new element to the production and bringing some of the monstrosities to life in a way that will please the audience.  SCARY TALES also features the music of Shadowside and The Putrid Flowers.  With axe murderers, zombies, cannibals, demons, werewolves, and the devil himself, SCARY TALES brings a little bit of everything, with an estimated release date of mid 2012. 

With no rest for the wicked, McGahee quickly began filming SICKLE, the most ambitious project to date.  A young boy is accused of killing his babysitter, but insists that he saw a monster do it. Locked up for 15 years, he is now free, but the monster has returned to his life.  With ghost hunters trying to prove it exists, others trying to control it, and others trying to kill it, SICKLE will be a monster movie to remember, featuring special effects never seen before in an X Posse Production along with the surprises that you have come to love with FAMILY SECRET.  SICKLE wrapped production in mid October and the release estimate is in early 2013.   Sonora, the band that did the title track for FAMILY SECRET, returns with their take on the monster that dwells in SICKLE. 

SCARY TALES (2012)
Written & Directed by Geno McGahee
Co-Director – Forris Day, JR.
Special Effects by Jamie Swimm & Leeann Aubuchon
CGI by Chris Dias 
Score by Greg Kozlowski
Starring: Logan Lopez, Brent Northup, Charlotte Lewis, Crystal Aya, Savanah Gauthier, Sarah Surprenant, David Sauriol, Josh Tienson, Leeann Aubuchon, Ray Surprenant, Mike Lauper, Jaki Valensi-Lauper, Tim Pieciak, Kate Lago, Richard Smith, Ed Reed III, Martin DuPlessis and Steven Joseph Adams








SICKLE (2013)
Written & Directed by Geno McGahee
Co-Director – Forris Day, JR.
Special Effects by Jamie Swimm & Leeann Aubuchon
CGI by Chris Dias 
Score by Greg Kozlowski
Starring: Logan Lopez, Brent Northup, David Sauriol, Pete Baez, Renee Day, Scott Day, Rumual Silva, Josh Tienson, Leeann Aubuchon, Ray Surprenant Charlotte Lewis, Crystal Aya, Savanah Gauthier, Sarah Surprenant, Cory Benoit, Samantha Francis, Ed Reed III, Jaki Valensi-Lauper, Richard Smith, Steven Joseph Adams and Martin DuPlessis





About X POSSE PRODUCTIONS

X Posse Productions, based out of Massachusetts, was founded by Writer/Director Geno McGahee and began in 2001 with the first film “EVIL AWAKENING,” followed by “RISE OF THE SCARECROWS,” in 2004, both released by Tempe Entertainment in 2008/2009.  McGahee took a hiatus from filming, learning the craft, and returned with FAMILY SECRET, released in 2011, and now works full time in film, writing, directing, and producing.  X Posse Productions plans to produce quality films, bringing together the local talent from New England and then expanding as the popularity grows.

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Any questions, comments, or interview requests can be sent to genobambino69@gmail.com. 

Thursday, November 17, 2011

The Good, The Bad & The Undead



A drifter who stumbles upon the silver mining town of Romero, finds himself thrown into a situation even the most hardened warrior of the west has never faced. He must team up with the remaining survivors of the town to fend off the hordes of the undead and work together to escape the growing zombie menace.

Check out the teaser trailer for “The Good, The Bad & The Undead” to learn a little about what they have in store for this web series:


Looks promising right? Well it might not happen without your support. Click on the pic below, and support this campaign today!


There are plenty of great rewards for making a pledge to this campaign including:

-a PDF download of a prequel comic book on the story of our hero.
 -credit to Associate Producer. A signed mini-poster and a DVD copy. Invite to a skype/live stream to chat with us about the project.
 -We'll also create a wanted poster with your face & signed by the Sherriff of the town. Special edition of the DVD with added extras.
 -upgrade to Executive producer. If your in the UK we'll give you a walk on role (Travel expenses not included)

Everyone loves a western, especially with zombies, so lets make it happen!

To get updates on “The Good, The Bad & The Undead,” find them on Facebook and Twitter.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Zombie A.C.R.E.S. Merchandise Store





Looking for some more zombie merchandise? Well, visit the Zombie A.C.R.E.S. merchandise store today! Below find a small sample of what they have to offer:

Clothes for Her:

Haz Brainz Women’s Light T-Shirt

Clothes for Him:

No Place Like Home Baseball Jersey

For the Little Ones:

Zombie A.C.R.E.S. Interview Teddy Bear 

For the Techies:

Zombie A.C.R.E.S. Classic Black Logo iPad 5-1

 For the Furry Ones:

Zombie A.C.R.E.S. Classic Red Logo Small Pet Bowl

 For the Drinkers:

The First Year Drinking Glass - LIMITED EDITION

Learn more about Zombie A.C.R.E.S. at:
 
 
And stay connected with them on Twitter and Facebook 

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

CatchMeKillMe Productions



"CatchMeKillMe is a horror short film production team working to keep you scared! We are an independent film making team, we do what we do with the resources we have. Currently we have 7 short horror movies aired, a production promo and a handful of weekly vlogs known as Frightful Fridays. As of recently we have stopped filming Frightful Fridays to give us more time focusing on our movies. We will do a series of vlogs before each movie premeires allowing you to participate and win free CatchMeKillMe movies, posters, and action figures!"

Take a look at some of their short films:




Now that you have seen some of their fantastic work, PromoteHorror.com would like you to please help support their latest project: 



There are some great rewards for making a pledge including:

-CatchMeKillMe Sticker 
- A Special Thanks Credit - The Hog (complete film) 
- A signed photo of The Hog 
- An exclusive behind the scenes photograph
 - A 10 minute phone call with the Director Ian Messenger

To learn more about CatchMeKillMe Productions and watch some more of their films visit:



You can also find them on Twitter, and Facebook

Today's DVD Releases!


Here are some DVD releases for Nov. 15:









Monday, November 14, 2011

Sunday, November 13, 2011

What Would You Like To Promote?



Got a new book coming out this week? Finishing some new artwork, or a photo shoot? Recording a new podcast, or posting some new reviews? Having a big sale, or making an appearance? Here is your chance to Promote Horror! Leave a comment and/or link here with whatever it is you would like to promote for the week of Nov. 13-19.

Last week G. Edwin Taylor promoted the book “The King in Yellow.” If you haven’t done so, check it out now: "The King in Yellow"
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