Hallowen Holiday Movies

Hollywood it seems has really woken up to the idea of making Halloween THEMED  horror movies. After 10 films in the slasher franchise, I think the only one that really touches anything to do with Halloween as a holiday is Halloween 3 Season of the Witch.
Very very good movie and we’ll written with a great concept about druids and masks that kill children. Scream Factory did a great job putting this out in 2013 as one of their first collectors Editon releases.

A few years ago we got Trick r TreAt  which I have talked about alot on my show over the last 8 years. This made really great use of the Halloween traditional folklore snd how if you don’t follow it bad things WILL HAPPEN. Recently a graphic novel sequel of sorts has come out Trick r TreAt Days of the Dead. ( why use day of the dead we have had two movies called that and numerous other projects.)  It also weaves four tales of Hallowen together and possible gives us the origin of Sam. Now this is in continuity with the movie as Michael Dougherty is a writer and editor of this comic and the director writer or the movie. His next film is Krampus  coming out this December.  Check it out now he even explains a little bit about where they are on the next movie.

Then we have The Houses that October Built which is another great Halloween movie I covered  last year. Directed by Bobby Roe, a group of filmmakers goes in search of the ultimate haunted house and find one run by real psychos. They visit many real haunted  house attractions across America. If you get the blu ray from Best Buy you get the original documentary film they made before the studio one recently.

Tales of Halloween is another great film I covered it alot this year and if you want  the full film list check out the link here. H3 list will contain the films snd the film makers involved. A Halloween anthology film that most of the shorts in the tales are really good and creepy. All focused or on Halloween.

Tales of Halloween Film list

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Dr.Chris Record Spotlight Fall Edition part 2 HALLOWEEN

Halloween a time of witches and goblins and gouls and ghosts and some of the best horror music this side of well a horror film.
John Carpenter score is so amazing and haunting it’s truly made for this eerie season.

His original score was released two years ago from Mondo Records in this new 45 vinyl album.  It’s wrote snd compared by John Carpenter. Along side John is The Bowling Green Philharmonic .

You get snips of dialogue in the film from Jamie Lee Curtis snd Donald Pleasence. You get this chill that runs down your spine when you hear the score.

If you look closely into the mouth of Michael Myers you can see his house very very creepy. The eyes are the blackest eyes, the Devils eyes.

A great spread of the iconic scene of Michael with Anne body.

It might be a bit hard to find as the record is now out of print and you will have to look hard and wide on ebay.

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Dungeon Masters, Horror Icons and Metal Music

Tonight on the show three guests, First the Dungeon Master and one of the host of VICE the Devils Night Event on Oct 30th in RI.

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Then we have from Juliet and Human Centipede the lovely and gorgeous Ashley Williams. Then from the History of Metal and horror documentary we have Mike Schiff on the show with us to talk about his amazing documentary.

We will also play the music from the original Adam Family and Halloween (franchise)

I will be discussing my plans for the upcoming Halloween Holiday, and telling you followers of the about a chance to win free tickets to the RI comic con.

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The Gothic Formal

Tonight headed to The Gothic Formal at BU for more information check it out here

Also my previous Post will have lots of great info about the formal. Its at this cool castle at BU.

The Gothic Formal takes place in a historic Boston Castle, on a dark October night. Enjoy deviant tunes spun by Doktor Macht, devour delicious appetizers and delectable beverages, all while spending delightful company in the mischievous presence of other fellow fiends.

Music tonight will be from Trick r TreAt by Wax work records

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NEw Interview up on you tube

In case you missed some of my past few weeks worth of shows and interviews they are now posted to the Radio of Horror You tube page. First  I sit down with Horror Host Penny Dreadful as she is called out of retirement to defend her title against a Showtime show of the same name. We talk about the final season of her show Shilling Shockers. Then Danielle and I have a nice and touching conversation about her late husband Magoo.

Then we have the Every Day Goth Blogger Mary

Then I have the crew behind this Friday event at the Castle at BU, the Gothic Formal.

Author Jack Ketchum

On the show tonight FROM ROCK AND SHOCK
AUTHOR JACK KETCHUM with a co host by Cordelia and then I play music from Trick r TreAt soundtrack. We talk about Rock and Shock and Crimson peak and Goosebumps. Its been a long weekend and time to unwind.
http://www.jackketchum.net/

Rock and Shock

Tomorow kicks off Rock and Shock weekend it is also the weekend we launch the 9th year of Radio of Horror.
Some of the people I’m most interested in meeting are Tobin Bell from the Saw Franchise, George Romero from Night of the Living Dead again. Actors from the Monster Squad, Samantha Mathis from Salems Lot and THe Strain and so many other people. The vendors are great they always have some thing great to purchase.

I appreciate the 9 years we been on the air. This weekend’s guest will be Author Jack Ketchum. A long time friend of the program and his first time live in studio interview with us. I will have a co host my friend Cordilla Abrams will be joining me for the interview.

http://www.rockandshock.com

Friday the 13th The Video Game

Wow what a great day in horror to find out there is a Jason game coming and will feature KANE HODDER back in the rol of Jason. Harry Manfredini the original composer for the series returns as does Tom Savini the make up effects artist who created Jason and killed him in the Final Chapter. Sean S Cunningham is involved in the project as well.

There are several prizes for helping out with the kickstarter which needs a 700,000. One of the best goals is a dinner with Cunningham the creator of the Friday the 13th series. For a 475 you get a bunch of the previously mentioned perks like a digital soundtrack of the game but also a physical copy of the game for your PS4 or Xbox 1

Check out the link below and contribute to this amazing kickstarter

The Return of the true Penny Dreadful and Rock and Shock

Tonight on the show I have a long awaited returning guest Penny Dreadful of Shilling Shockers. She will be talking about her 9th and final season,Halloween and a few words about her late husband who we lost last year. Then We have Adam Rockoff on the show who talk about his book the Horror of it All, its also our ROCK AND SHOCK and we go thru the guest list for the Horror convention next weekend. The music from Halloween (franchise) 4 The Return of Michael Myers will be on the air tonight.
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Dr.Chris Record Spotlight Fall Edition part 1: Pet Semetary

Since this is he month of October  I thought I would do TWO vinyl reviews. One now for my new record and another at the end of the month in time for Hallowen. Based on the book by Steven King we have Pet Semetary  directed by Mary Lambert
Today we look at the soundtrack recently  released from Mondo Records Pet Semetary composed by Elliot Goldenthal

Elliot Goldenthal’s Pet Sematary record was his first mainstream movie score. He would go on to do many other great film scores such as In Dreams, Sphere, Interview with the Vampire and he won the Oscar for Frida.
Many critics and horror lovers have compared it to Jack Nitzsche’s soundtrack for The Exorcist.
The theme is inspired by Lalo Schifrin’s score to The Amityville Horror.

The score is very eerie in its movement thru out the movie, you get no sence of happiness with this music but non stop doom and foreboding evil coming down. The film has such a dark melody you can’t escape. From the family moving in to Gage death snd resurrection  there are tracks on all four redords. The last two on side D of record 2 contains two songs by the punk band he Ramones, Pet Semetary  being their more well known. Lyrics like “I don’t want to be buried in the pet Semetary I don’t want to live my life again…..ohhh nooo.” Can only come from the mind of Joey Ramone. It folds out in the picture  below in this image of the father carrying from he burning house a corpse, who that is I won’t spoil for you, go read the book then watch the movie.
The album comes in this slime green plastic and look fantastic  as it spins on your player. Pick it up now from Mondo Records before it sells out.

Fall Mini Reviews Part 1

Hey every one been awhile since I did one of these the Horror movies have piled up on my so lets just dive right into them. We will have another list in a week or so as there are SOOOO MANY movies to go over.

Let start with the new kids movie

Hotel Transylvania 2

The sequel to the 2012 movie directed by Genndy Tartakovsky (creator director behind Samurai Jack and Star Wars The Clone Wars) brings back Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg Selena Gomez and more including Mel Brooks as Grandpa Vlad, in a funny Horror comedy for the family. I really enjoyed the first one and this one. It was recently announced by Sony they are making a part 3 but Genndy will not be returning. Mavis an John have a baby and Dracula is worried he wont be a monster. Check it out its awesome fun and just in time for Halloween.

Blood Sucking Bastards

A movie where Office Space meets corporate Vampires. Its a funny rom-com int he vein of Sean of The Dead. A office software programmer (Fran Kranz from Cabin in the Woods)  who says the worst thing to his smoking hot girl friend (Emma Fitzpatrick)  learns Vampires are taking over the office one employee at a time. With the help of his stoner best friend they have to take back the office one Vampire at a time. Brian James O’Connell directs one of the best sleeper comedies of the year.

The Visit  

M Night Shyamalan has had a rocky career since the 6th scene. With a few hits and a lot of shitty films like The Last Air Bender and after Earth, this is the first one in a long time I can say I really enjoyed. Yes you do see the twist coming if you put certain clues together and pay attention but I didn’t and I’m glad cuz I was not spoiled on anything I didn’t want to see. A couple of kids go to visit their grand parents and they act like the craziest people you ever met. Its not the best thriller ever made, but its better than the last time he made a movie.

Goth Night

Tonight on the show we kick off the month of October leading to Halloween in a great way with the folks (Max and Xtine) behind the Gothic Formal, which is Friday October 23rd at 9pm. Its a long interview folks so sit back and enjoy.

Then we have Mary the host behind the Everyday Goth Blog to talk with us about gothic culture and her site. As we do every October we will play Halloween by the Band Helloween on tonights show.
http://www.theeverydaygoth.com

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Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Fesitval

New England book lovers…remember I told you to keep October 3rd free this year?
Here’s why!
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Saturday, October 3rd, I’ll be hosting the Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival (*free* and open to the public!)

Where: ACT Theater Company, 1632 Osgood Street, Osgood Landing, North Andover, MA 01845. http://www.acttheatercompany.com/

When: 10/3/15 from 1pm till 7:30pm.

What: Horror and Suspense authors from New England – and all around the Northeast U.S. – will be selling and signing books throughout the event, a…nd participating in panel discussions in the theater about New England Horror Tradition, what makes something scary, new fears, and childhood terrors. The event will conclude with a quintet of authors doing a live reading of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Who: Oh, this is the best part. Authors signing and speaking that day include:

Joe Hill
Kelly Link
Brian Keene
Sarah Langan
Christopher Golden
Paul Tremblay
Caitlin Kittredge
Thomas Sniegoski
John Langan
Dana Cameron
Rio Youers
Toni L.P. Kelner
Myke Cole
Mary SanGiovanni
Leigh Perry
Bracken MacLeod
Jack M. Haringa
Jason Ciaramella
Kat Howard
John M. McIlveen
Glenn Chadbourne
Mallory O’Meara
Holly Newstein Hautala
Errick Danger Nunnally
Izzy Lee
Scott Goudsward
Gardner Goldsmith
Douglas Wynne
Kristin Dearborn
Jan Kozlowski
TT Zuma

Sponsored by ACT Theater Company, Andover Bookstore, and Vicious Circle.