Episode #47
Originally aired December 17, 2022.
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FAB Press [Official Website]
FAB Press was formed by Harvey Fenton in 1993 with the publication of the first issue of Flesh & Blood magazine. By 1995 the magazine was established internationally as one of the major forces in the cult cinema press arena. Having published other magazine titles, including Diabolik and Eyeball, FAB Press unleashed its first book in 1997. Wes Craven's Last House on the Left was a success both critically (three Book of the Month awards upon publication) and commercially, and its success laid the foundations for the steady expansion of FAB Press into the 21st Century, at all times maintaining the primary aim of producing informative and lavishly illustrated cinema books.
FAB Press is a fiercely independent publishing house, dedicated to producing illustrated books of the highest possible quality. Unburdened by the constraints of larger book publishing concerns, FAB Press is willing and able to go the extra mile in giving the most marginal of subjects the sort of treatment usually reserved for only the most commercial mainstream subjects. Harvey has been collecting illustrated cinema books since he was 10 years old, and is convinced that it was inevitable that he would end up publishing them.
Now, after two decades at the cutting-edge of quality cinema book publication, FAB Press continues to expand its horizons. To make sure you keep up with new books as and when they are released, either bookmark this website, hook up with us on FACEBOOK or TWITTER or INSTAGRAM, or join our mailing list by clicking the following link: Sign-up to our mailing list today in order to receive our regular newsletter... We are fully compliant with GDPR regulations, so this is a double opt-in system, and we will never share your details with anyone.
The Keep remake in development from The Walking Dead’s Greg Nicotero [JoBlo]
Based on the novel by F. Paul Wilson, Michael Mann’s The Keep took place during World War II as a group of Nazis are forced to turn to a Jewish historian for help in battling an ancient demon they have inadvertently freed from its prison. It looks like a remake of The Keep is in the works, and the news comes from none other than F. Paul Wilson himself.
https://www.joblo.com/the-keep-remake-greg-nicotero/
Curse Of The Werewolf (1960) [British Horror Films]
"Some 200 years ago, a beggar came to the little town of Santa Vera…" so begins Hammer's only proper attempt at portraying that hairiest of hairy old horror clichés, lycanthropy.
https://www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk/curse-of-the-werewolf
18 Best Horror Books For The Holiday Season [Cultured Vultures]
It's not all snowflakes and tinsel.
The fire blazes bright, flames licking the chimney on bitter December nights. Holding a cup of warm liquid in hand, a peaceful ambiance settles into our hearts. The holiday season offers room for compassionate giving with a drop of guiltless self-indulgence. Horror fanatics love to indulge in spooky tales to raise goosebumps on their skin, even bundled in a comforting blanket. Luckily for thrill-seekers, terror can be experienced year-round through literature. Festive frights await for those who want to intermingle fear with the Christmas spirit. Enjoy the bleak winter and let it snow while sitting by the fireplace and reading one of these chilling horror books for the holiday season.
https://culturedvultures.com/best-horror-books-holiday-season/
5 Horror Movies to Stream This Week That You Might Not Even Realize Are Christmas Horror Movies [Bloody Disgusting]
There are holiday horror movies that wholly commit to the yuletide theme, and then there are holiday horror movies you might not even recall being set over or around Christmas. This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to the latter category. These horror titles make it clear that they’re set around the holidays without that ever factoring much into the plot… if at all.
That makes them perfect watches when you’ve already exhausted the holiday horror classics and want something a little outside the box. Or way out of the box, in some instances.
As always, here’s where you can stream them this week.
Shock Cinema Magazine [Official Website]
Shock Cinema Magazine is an essential periodical for fans of cutting-edge, retro cinema. Each issue features in-depth interviews with the most intriguing character actors, cult celebrities and maverick moviemakers of all time and critiques a wide array of film obscurities, including grindhouse action, sexploitation, horror, sci-fi, drive-in dreck, overseas oddities, and arthouse dementia.
https://www.shockcinemamagazine.com/
Black Christmas (1974) [Fandom]
Black Christmas (also released under the titles Silent Night, Evil Night, and Stranger in the House) is a 1974 Canadian independent horror film directed by Bob Clark and written by A. Roy Moore. It stars Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, Marian Waldman and John Saxon. The story follows a group of sorority sisters who are stalked and murdered over Christmas vacation by a killer hiding in their sorority house. It was inspired by the urban legend of "The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs", but was also largely based on a series of murders that took place in Quebec, Canada around Christmas time. Black Christmas is generally considered to be one of the first slasher films. A remake of the same name, produced by Clark, was released in December 2006.
https://blackchristmas.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Christmas_(1974)
Ghostface Takes The Subway In The First SCREAM VI Trailer [Fangoria]
In which things immediately get stabby.
As was promised yesterday, the very first trailer for Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett's Scream VI arrived this morning. I could stand here jibber-jabbering away about it, or I can get the hell out of its way and just go directly to the teaser.
Let's do that.
https://www.fangoria.com/original/ghostface-takes-the-subway-in-the-first-scream-vi-trailer/
The Terror Trap [Official Website]
Jason Knowles • Co-founder
Co-creator of The Terror Trap since 1998, Jason Knowles thinks there's nothing better than a long walk in the southwest desert, followed by a vintage Italian or Spanish horror flick. Cue up anything by Fulci, Argento, Franco, Mattei or Martino, and let the good times roll!
Dan Hunter • Co-founder
Dan Hunter is a lifelong classic movie buff, avid collector of pop culture memorabilia, and co-creator of The Terror Trap since 1998. More importantly, he is a strong advocate for animal rights and protection issues.
The Hottest Nude Vampire Films Ever [Horror Land]
As much as you may think that Bram Stoker gave birth to the modern vampire, it was actually a doctor named John William Polidori that is credited with the first published modern vampire story. In 1819, introducing us to our very first blood sucking aristocratic fiend. Up until then, Vampires had been nothing more than bloated corpse that people feared had risen form the grave. Polidori story was so popular, that he completely changed the face of vampires.
It was in 1872 that vampires become sexy, when Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu wrote a vampire novel called Carmilla, whose lesbian exploits were shrouded in metaphor and mystery. Whilst Dracula was one of the biggest influences on the vampire mythos, it was Carmilla that took 20th century European liberalism by storm.
The lesbian vampire sub-genre, was a huge thing during the 70’s, and filmmakers were saturating the market with exploitive films for a primarily male audience’s titillation, many based on Carmilla. Using the female form as tool to entice people into cinemas was a common practice during this period of cinema. Sexual desire was a key selling point for gothic horror.
However, in modern cinema, nudity and sex are part and parcel of the experience, albeit in a fairer manner, where your just a s likely to see naked men as you are women. Being more liberal these days, it’s easier to look back on these films and enjoy them without a lingering sense of guilt. They are often artier then pornographic, and also bloody and violent to boot. With that said, we look at some of the finest examples of nude vampire films, some of which you may never have heard of before? They are dead, hot and naked, here are The Hottest Nude Vampire Films Ever!
https://www.horror.land/the-hottest-nude-vampire-films-ever/
Beware 11 – Chilling Tales of Horror (1952) Comicbook [Comic Book Plus]
The Middle Toe
Wrestling with Horror
The Damned Thing!
The Horror Heads
The Murderous Mimics!
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=10688
The Cat Lady (2012) Video Game [Steam]
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/253110/The_Cat_Lady/
Dark Dreams – The Meaning and Interpretation of Dreams [Official Website]
65 Trailer Pits Adam Driver Against Terrifying Dinosaurs [Horror Obsessive]
Have you ever wanted to see a mashup of Alien, Jurassic Park, and Planet of the Apes? No? Me neither. At least, I never thought I did, but now that I’ve seen the trailer for 65, I know better. This movie looks like the cinematic fusion cuisine I never knew I needed, and I can’t wait to see it. Here’s what the film is about:
https://horrorobsessive.com/2022/12/14/65-trailer-pits-adam-driver-against-terrifying-dinosaurs/
8 of the Best Christmas-Themed Episodes of Horror Television [Bloody Disgusting]
Christmas is the time of year that everyone gathers around the TV and partakes in wacky Christmas capers or sickly-sweet Christmas romance (I think some people worship and spend time with loved ones, but I was raised Jewish. We went to the movies and watched TV). Personally, I never got into Christmas movies (probably the aforementioned Jewish thing), but it could be because they are all about emotion and not enough killing.
To combat that, I have selected some of my top Christmas episodes from horror television!
Some may contain a healthy dose of heartwarming capering, but only after a thick coat of Christmas blood…
https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3645742/8-best-christmas-themed-episodes-horror-television/
20 of the Greatest Metal Songs About Horror Movies [The Pit]
Heavy metal has been tied to horror movies literally since its inception. If guitarist Tony Iommi hadn’t seen a cinema marquee advertising the 1963 Boris Karloff film Black Sabbath, his band would still be named Earth and might be a footnote in rock history. But not only did the boys from Birmingham take the name, they also imbued their music with the shadowy menace of classic horror films, and as such spawned a whole new genre of rock and roll which shunned the light and reveled in darkness.
Since then, horror movies and metal have been perpetually intertwined, whether that’s through metal musicians lending songs to gore flick soundtracks or even going on to direct or star in big-screen horror stories. Meanwhile, the makers of heavy music have become bloodthirsty horror addicts, going so far as to start bands and subgenres specifically to explore horror film as subject matter. The result is that a great many metal bands have written songs specifically about horror movies, paying tribute to the cinema that made them the sick individuals they are.
Here are the 20 best examples of heavy metal songs made about horror movies…
https://www.wearethepit.com/2020/10/20-of-the-greatest-metal-songs-about-horror-movies/
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972) – Full Movie [Internet Archive]
The mansion… the madness… the maniac… no escape.
On Christmas Eve 1950, Wilfred Butler dies in a burning accident outside his mansion in East Willard, Massachusetts. The residence is bequeathed to his grandson, Jeffrey. Twenty years later, lawyer John Carter arrives in East Willard on Christmas Eve with his assistant and mistress Ingrid, having been charged by Jeffrey (now registered as a patient in a mental asylum) to sell the house. The house, the town, even Jeffrey himself — all hold dark secrets that will be brought to light.
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