Wes Craven RIP

Its with a sad heart to report the death of the man and the legend him self Wes Craven

I met him at a book signing in 2013 in Boston MA. He was on a book panel covering fear. I asked him to come on my show and didnt follow up on the interview. I wish I had. I am really really sadded by this.

He created The Nightmare on Elm St ( the most famous thing he is  known for from NON horror fans) , Serpent in the Rainbow, Scream and so many more movies. he directed A New Nightmare and all 4 Scream movies too. I have his biogrpahy signed.

He died of brain cancer he was 77 years old.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wes-craven-horror-maestro-dies-818806

Lost After Dark Cast and Crew

Tonight on the show we have the crew from the new Slasher Horror movie from Anchor Bay Lost After Dark.
Director and Writer Ian Kessner, Bo Ransdell, and stars Justin Kelly and Eve Harlow. Eve will be appearing on NBC Heroes Reborn coming this fall. We also be playing the second half of DAGON from penguin audio.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3397556/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Castlevania The Animated Series and Live Action Movie?

A few years ago in 2007 we almost got a Castlevania  movie. How cool would that have been? Unfortunately  due to the writers strike of Hollywood  at the time it and many other projects like a Justice  League  live action movie were cancelled.
Paul WA Anderson better known as the man behind The Resident Evil movies was to direct.  Love or hate those movies, he is abetter than Uwe Bol. Now the movie is back on and currently  in preparation production . …..what ever that may mean is up in the air.
More info can be found here.

http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Castlevania:_The_Movie

Before we see this Castlevania  movie we may get a super violent animated series. As a fan of the franchise for the longest time, I could not be more happy.

Adi Shankar executive producer of Dredd, Machine Gun Preacher, The Grey, and Broken City, has announced that he will be producing a “super violent” mini-series based upon the 1989 NES game Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse. Furthermore, this series will be animated by Frederator, the team behind Fairly Odd Parents and Adventure Time, and will be influenced by titles such as Akira, Ghost In The Shell, and Ninja Scroll.

Shankar announced via his Facebook page:

I’m producing a super violent Castlevania mini-series with my homies Fred Seibert and Kevin Klonde. It’s going to be dark, satirical, and after a decade of propaganda it will flip the vampire sub-genre on its head.

Collider caught up Shankar, who told them that, “There will be a [lots of gore]. The goal is to bring hard hitting anime to the America and be America’s first animated series for adults.

When it comes to the music, which is a rather iconic aspect of the original Castlevania games, Shankar explained:

The first thing I thought about was music and how we needed to avoid the traditional sword-and-sandal orchestra cliche and use the heavy metal electro guitar vibe found in the early games.

Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse is the prequel to the original Castlevania game. It follows Trevor Belmont as he aims to defeat Dracula with the help of Alucard and Syhpa Belnades.

Thanks to Bloody Disgusting . Com

Mini Horror Reviews

We look at what’s on dvd now and in theaters in the horror genre.

I-lived
A guy who does technology  reviews for a website gets a new app that could change his life. Little does he know if he spelt the app backwards he would relies it comes at a price ….his soul. Yup as weird as Fear.com and Hellraiser 8 Hellworld comes the Devil with killer technology. A neat idea but not executed  very well. It’s like a wish granting app until the devil comes to collect. If the main character  was not such a bore I would have been more interested  in the story. The dvd has a scan code for the app to be used with your smart phone either I phone or Android. The app never loaded to the site so I never had a chance to preview it. The movie was directed by Franck Khalfoun, he also directed P2, Maniac and the unreleased  Amityville:The Reawakening.

Run Hide Die
A year after an accident involving the death of a loved one a girl and her  young group of 20 something party girls go to a cabin in the woods and drink and makeout then killed off one by one by one.
There was a great line in Indiana  Jones and the Temple of Doom. “You know the problem with her is all the noise” That’s what we get in this movie lots and lots of noise. Lots of death and too many screams. The plot is a little thin in trying to be this mystery  connecting the main heroine with the killer, who happens to be a woman do kudos for making another female serial killer  something we don’t get often. Not the best film the constant shrieking  was more annoying  than anything else. Directed by Collin Joseph Neal.

Sinister 2
The deputy (James Ransone) from the first movie is hot on the trail of Bughuul after Ehan Hawkes characted was killed.He encounters a mother and her two sons on the run from her husband living in the house that the deputy is trying to burn. Bughuul already has his sights set on the boys and wants one to kill their family. Biggest problem I had with this is all the melodrama of the abusive husband was more terrifying than the story it self. It was a neat idea of explaining  how the kids become corrupt  as we see the movie through  their eyes. The ghost kids talk way too much in this movie and really drag down the plot line with their constant yammering of why the home movies need to be watched. I guess after the first movie it was and cool idea to see how kids are corrupted and we don’t want just the mom or deputy puppy dog eyes to be the only one watching the movies. The movie was directed by Ciaran Foy who worked on a much better film called The Citadel in 2012.

The Gift
Not to be confused with the Sam Raimi movie of the same name from 2001. (Which may only be well known for a Katie Holmes nude scene). This stars Jason Bateman  who has moved him and his wife to a new home and are stalked by an old classmate from high school  he pulled a mean prank on.  The friend who also happens to be the director Joel Edgerton tries to get into their life in very unsuited creepy  ways. Gifts and tokens and then video taping them. It’s the super creepy part of the movie that makes the whole thing work really well. This movie was atmospheric  and the best kind of thriller after a summer of disappointing  horror movies.

Dr.Doom on the air with Dr.Chris

On the show tonight we will be playing a Lovecraft Rock Opera Dreams in the Witch House, an LP we picked up at NecronomiCON this weekend.
On the show for a guest we have Joeseph Culp better know as Dr.Doom from Roger Corman’s Fantastic 4 movie. We will also discuss the documentary he was involved in too.  Also on the show one of the heads of InCONceivable which happens next weekend in North Hampton MA.

http://www.in-con-ceivable.com/

https://m.facebook.com/DoomedFF

HP Lovecraft’s 125th Birthday Celebration Part 2

As we get closer to NecronomiCON  this weekend I thought I would go over some of the films based on Lovecraft  work.
First up we have SPRING, now if you have not seen this movie you need to check it out its as much a Lovecraft film or homage as Alien is. (HR Giger  the designer of the creature in Alien was a huge Lovecraft fan.) In this story a man goes to Europe  after his mother’s death to escape some trouble and meets a woman who turns into a elder goddess smoking hot type monster at night. Very creepy movie. The blu ray is loaded with bonus material like commentary with the directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, as well as creature make up effects and more.

Then we have he biggest film of all Re – Animator  directed by Stuart Gordan  and staring Jeffrey Combs, one of many many projects they would work on together . As well as From Beyond. Both are great films and also star Barbara  Compton. Jeffrey  Herbert West is what all mad scientist actors should strive for. It’s a great gory movie and filled with amazing practical effects. The dvd and blu ray come with a 70 min documentary on the making of the movie. From Beyond is a weird and oddly amazing Sci fi movie involving he Resonator a man made monster that taps into your inner thoughts and fucks  with them. From Beyond recently got released from Scream Factory a year ago, and is loaded with their bonus material.

DAGON is a movie I got to watch with Stuart Gordan and  his wife ( who also apears  in a lot of his films) at the last NecronomiCON  and it was a blast. Never have I had a movie in such a long time give me nightmares. A man and his fiance and their friends go on a fishing trip and end up in Innsmouth on a deserted island where he cult of Dagon lives. If you like half naked Sexy squid woman this is the movie for you.

Now The Dunwich  Horror is a movie I have seen only once and I will be seeing it and Dan o Bannon’s  35mm  cut of  Ancestry  at the NecronomiCON  this weekend. Dean Stockwell stars in this with his creepiest role yet. Dan also wrote the original draft for Alien. His wife attend the cons in his honor to show people his original un cut work.

If your from RI, tomorrow marks the 125th Birthday of Lovecraft  and their will be a candle light vigil at his grave in Providence  RI.

HP Lovecraft’s 125th Birthday Celebration part 1

It was great last night having Izzy Lee on the show with us to talk about Lovecraft and her film Innsmouth. In my own personal life I got lost in Salem and Ippswitch which is roughly the area where Innsmouth is located in the Lovecraft stories. Oh yes On Friday I went to go visit a friend and I got lost in the town that Dagon forgot, sigh. I digress.

Next weekend I will be Providence RI a trip i been waiting to take all year.

So I thought it be a good time to spotlight thew movie Dagon and the Beer from Narragansett brewing company.

(taken from wikepedia) Dagon also known as Dagon: La Secta Del Mar in Spain is a 2001 Spanish horror film directed by Stuart Gordon and written by Dennis Paoli. Despite the title, the plot is actually based on H. P. Lovecraft‘s novella The Shadow Over Innsmouth rather than his earlier short story “Dagon” (1919). In fact, the setting takes place in ‘Inboca’, a Spanish adaption of ‘Innsmouth’.

If you want to more about the book it self check out the link below or download the works of HP lovecraft, its public domain fiction and free on most reading devises.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_over_Innsmouth

Innsmouth Olde Ale

Chapter 2 in the Lovecraft Series draws its inspiration from “The Shadow Over Innsmouth,” one of our favorite Lovecraft stories which chronicles one man’s ominous visit to the fictional sea town of Innsmouth, Massachusetts. The dark, malty Innsmouth Olde Ale represents the shadow that hangs over the blighted town of Innsmouth and its strange inhabitants that spawn from the “Deep Ones.”

http://www.narragansettbeer.com/beer/innsmouth-olde-ale

Directors of Independent Horror

Tonight one the show a local film maker we have had on before, Izzy Lee will be on to talk with us about her new movie which is playing next weekend at NecronomiCon Providence . We will be discussing the HP Lovecraft Fest and all hat it will entail.
Then we have the director of the Astronaut Farmer and his new thriller Amnesiac Michael Polish.

http://www.wcuw.org

http://necronomicon-providence.com/welcome/

A variety of different music to be played thru out the night tonight.

Friday the 13th the TV series …..for real

Back in the 80s Harry Mancuso Jr came up with a Friday the 13th tv show and it was about a couple cousin  hunt down cursed artifacts. One of those actors who go on to fight Jason in Jason Goes to Hell the Final Friday.  The show they never fought Jason. It was lame but still a great tv show.
Well now here is some new news
Word has just broken via Deadline that The CW is heading to Crystal Lake.

The network’s president Mark Pedowitz today confirmed that The CW is developing “Friday the 13th,” a drama series based on the long-running feature franchise. The series adaptation will be written by Steve Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle, creators of the 1996 NBC series “The Pretender,” through CBS TV Studios.

“They are new in development,” Pedowitz said. The “Friday the 13th” series project originated last year when Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films and Crystal Lake Entertainment sealed a deal to produce a new hourlong dramatic series based upon the characters and settings of the franchise with Sean S. Cunningham, who helmed the 1980 original, executive producing along with EFO Films principals Randall Emmett and George Furla plus Mark Canton, among others.

Bill Basso (Terminator) and Jordu Schell (Avatar) were tapped at the time to script a storyline that re-imagines Jason in multiple time periods. Cunningham recently hinted at interest from The CW, which has now taken in the property. Mitchell and Van Sickle executive produce with Cunningham, Emmett, Furla, and Canton.

Details on the remake are sketchy, but the idea had been to do a contemporary series focusing on the eclectic characters of Crystal Lake who are forced to confront the return of the killer, as new secrets about his wacky family are revealed. The masked Jason is being re-imagined with a stronger feel of grounded realalty. Let’s see how this turns out.
More details to follow.

DARK HORSE COMICS

Tonight on the show we have the Editor and Chief of DARK HORSE COMICS Scott Allie to talk about the future of the company and whats coming next and whats hot on the stands today.
Later I will talk about the Gift, the newest Kickstarter for Brian Pulido and go over the guest list for NecronomiCon Providence

http://www.darkhorse.com/

Late Summer Horror Movies.

Amnesiac

DIRECTOR: Michael Polish

WRITER:  Mike Le & Amy Kolquist

CAST: Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns), Wes Bentley (Ghost Rider)

SYNOPSIS: Kate Bosworth and Wes Bentley star in the psychological thriller AMNESIAC about a man who wakes up in bed suffering from memory loss after being in an accident, only to begin to suspect that his wife may not be his real wife and that a web of lies and deceit deepen inside the house where he soon finds himself a prisoner.

The Director will be on Radio of Horror next weekend.

Coming out Aug 14th

Fear Inc

Written by Luke Barnett

Directed by Vincent Masciale

Stars Lucas Neff (“Raising Hope”), Caitlin Stasey (TV’s “Reign”), Chris Marquette (ALPHA DOG) and Stephanie Drake (MadMen)

FEAR, INC. follows a company of degenerates who can be hired for a premium to bring your greatest fears to life. But when horror junkie Joe Foster’s customized scare seemingly begins, he and his friends must decide if this company is there to scare them, or make them pawns in their own sick game.

“With the self referential humor of films like SCREAM and CABIN IN THE WOODS and our background with Funny or Die, the goal is to add a large comedic element to the dark material,” said director Vincent Masciale.

THE CURSE OF DOWNERS GROVE – Anchor Bay Entertainment

DIRECTED BY: Derick Martini

WRITTEN BY: Derick Martini and Bret Easton Ellis

 

CAST: Bella Heathcote (Dark Shadows the movie), Lucas Till (X-men First class and Apocalypse) Penelope Mitchell (Hemlock Grove), Tom Arnold, Kevin Zegers

 

SYNOPSIS: The town of Downers Grove looks like your average suburban neighborhood — but Downers Grove has a disturbing secret…. For the past eight years, one senior from every high school graduating class has met a bizarre death right before graduation day. And this year, Chrissie Swanson  (Bella Heathcote) has a terrible feeling that she is going to be the one to die. Can Chrissie survive the curse of Downers Grove or will she, like those seniors before her, fall prey to the town’s deadly secret? From the writer of American Psycho. 

New Nightmare On Elm St

It’s been 5 years since Freddy was in the big screen. It was a sorry ass remake staring a decent actor.
Now the writer of The Orphan will take a crack at a second reboot.
New Line Cinema a division of Warner Brothers announced it today.
More info as it comes.

http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/117464/new-line-developing-another-nightmare-on-elm-street-remake/

Dr.Chris Record Spotlight: DOCTOR WHO

This month we showcase the sound track of  DoctorWho. This limited edition vinyl was put out in time for the 50th Anniversary  of the doctor.
It’s a pictured stamped album with David Matt and Chris the last three doctors before Peter Capaldi on one side and the Tardis in the time vortex on the other. Ypu really get a striking image of the Doctor looking at it spin on your player.

The music is by Murray Gold and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conducted by Ben Foster. Round Grainer  did the track for The Doctor Who theme.
The company who produced this is Spacelab and Silva Screen Records. It was only sent to Hottopics. You may be able to find it on the BBC shop site or Doctor Who fan sites but I’m not sure.

I am the Doctor is one of the best themes on here and it’s great to hear on your record player. It really give you a sense of hero worship listening to this great theme.
He music seems mostly from the 7th series of the new Who. Less to do with Christopher Echelons run as the doctor.

If you can find it it’s a great compilation of music at a affordable  price, 19.99. We will be playing this album on Radio of Horror some time soon.

Rough House Publishing

TONIGHT on the show we say thank you to all the new fans we met from the BOSTON COMIC CON 2015. In studio we have my long time friend and buddy Comic Artist Derek Rook talking about his current Go Fund Me for Rough House Publishing. We will also be having his writer for his project calling into the show with us at 1230 am est.  I will play music from the new Disturbed album and more. So many books to go over at the Boston comic Con
https://www.facebook.com/RoughHousePublishing/timeline

http://www.gofundme.com/sbf7cvs