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latest
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| 12/23/04:
First and foremost, on bahalf of the entire Icons
Of Fright staff, we'd like to wish you all a happy holidays!!!
We launched this site way back in May of 2004 and we're so pleased
with what we've been able to do with it thru-out the duration of
the year. So, thanks to you for visiting & supporting the site.
Check out the Staff page
to meet all those involved with the site and send us a hello via
e-mail. We'd love to hear from you! |
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So, rumor has it the
next movie maniac to hit the networks will be Pinhead. Variety
reports that a 'Hellraiser' TV series is coming. At the moment,
neither Clive Barker nor Doug Bradley are involved.
(No, Doug Bradley as Pinhead!?). Meanwhile, there is STILL
no DVD release dates on the completed 2 Hellraiser sequels 'Deader'
& 'Hellworld'. |
| So, the fantastic 'Shaun
Of The Dead' is now available on DVD in the US. Fangoria
reports that main stars Simon Pegg (co-writer and star)
and Nick Frost (co-star) will make a number of in-store
appearances. Listed below are some dates and places. Check out the
Fango
news clip about it here. |
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New York City:
Barnes & Noble (Union Square): 1/3
Borders (Wall Street): 1/3
Borders (Columbus Circle): 1/4
Best Buy (Chelsea): 1/4
Los Angeles:
Virgin Megastore (Sunset/Hollywood): 1/6
Barnes & Noble (The Grove): 1/7
Borders (Westwood): 1/8
12/10/04:
The 'War Of The Worlds' teaser trailer is officially on line.
Check out your first look at the big-budget Cruise/Spielberg
collaboration here!
Doesn't look like Richard Dryfuss and his mashed potatoes will be appearing
in this one. Also, not really horror related, but bizarre enough to
mention, check out a teaser trailer for the new Tim Burton's
'Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory'
update with Johnny Depp here!
12/9/04:
The Long Island screening we had mentioned a few days ago is
now being talked about on Fangoria's
site. Check out the Fango article here.
They also reveal that on top of all the short films mentioned below,
the event will screen the first trailer for Dante Tomaselli's 'Satan's
Playground'. We hope to see you there! A few days ago, the specs
for the upcoming 'Exorcist: The Beginning' DVD were announced
and much to our surprise, the original Paul Schrader cut is absent
from the release. Moviehole
is reporting that it's because Paul Schrader's cut of 'Exorcist:
The Beginning' will have a limited theatrical release next year.
Renny Harlin replaced Schrader after he delivered a more
subtle, psychological cut without enough "jump out" scares
according to the studio. Izabella Scorupco's character isn't
in the Schrader version at all, which means we can look forward to a
completely different ending. (Anything is better then the version
they put out in theaters!) The much delayed Wes Craven/Kevin
Williamson werewolf flick 'Cursed' is rumored to be getting
cut down for a PG-13 rating according to a Wes Craven interview
in Fango.
Let's hope they change their minds! Supposedly Paul W. Anderson
(Alien Vs. Predator) will NOT be doing 'Alien 5'
as some people have previously reported. Whew! -rg.
12/7/04:
To all our Long Island/New York readers... there's an interesting
screening of a few horror shorts taking place this weekend, which is
already causing a bit of controversy! It's this Saturday night, December
11th, 2004 starting at midnight at the Bellmore Playhouse, located
at 222 Petite Ave. (on the corner of Sunrise Highway). Doors
open at 11pm.
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Screening will
be John Torrani's 'Alpha Dead' (pictured left),
'Beaster' (pictured right), 'Big Foot Lives',
and Jeff Hayes 'Grandma's Secret Recipe'.
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There's rumors of protests from religious
groups, which you can read ALL about on this
thread. Icons Of Fright will be on hand. Sounds like
some good wholesome fun!
12/6/04:
Welcome to the December editon of Icons Of Fright!!! We're sorry for
the delay in updates!!!
Everyone's been reporting of the recently
announced 'Evil Dead' remake. Well, we wrote into our pals, the
Ladies of the original Evil Dead to get their opinion. And
here's what they had to say:
| "Well, the boys
are finally listening to us and the fans!!! We have tried and tried
to convince Sam, Bruce, and Rob for years to try and attempt to
make a horror film as good as "Evil Dead", you
know, a remake, a repeat, a reprise of..... one of the world's greatest
horror films of all time. They're going to try, but you know? How
can you improve on perfection?!?!? Actually, all kidding aside,
we know the fans are probably thrilled at another "Evil
Dead" in the making... but can Cheryl in the cellar be
any scarier? Can Linda's laugh be any more frightening? Can Shelly's
hand-biting scene be any more nauseating?? We'll all just have to
wait and see, won't we............?!!" |
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Make sure to visit the Ladies of
the Evil Dead in the Spring of 2005 at the Monster
Mania convention in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Details
@ MonsterMania.net.
Onto this month's interviews and another Icons
Of Fright exclusive:
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Our buddy
& Sleepaway Camper Jeff Hayes has put together 'DEADTIME
STORIES' director Jeffrey Delman with Anchor
Bay Entertainment and they're now working on a deal to bring
this 80's horror classic to DVD for the first time. 'DEADTIME'
featured Make-Up FX by Ed French who did the make up work
on the original 'Sleepaway Camp'. To further excite
the horror fans for the digital rebirth of 'DEADTIME', Hayes
also did an interview with one of the sexy stars of the film: Cathryn
De Prume! Check out the Fright
exclusive interview with the beautiful Cathryn
De Prume here! |
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Also, this month, Icons
spoke to actress, singer, performer Diana
Barrows; who played Maddy in the fan favorite 'Friday
The 13th Part 7: The New Blood'. She's also worked with director
Renny Harlin, read a Fangoria
magazine in 'My Mom's A Werewolf' and appeared in an episode
of 'Freddy's Nightmares'. Let's not forget that she's a successful
singer and stage performer in Europe! You have to read this Fright
exclusive interview! |
As always, we've got new DVD
reviews, this month's Trilogy
pics, and last but not least, our special holiday gift to
you, the fans: The
Icons Of Fright message board!!! It's a basic message
board, but we thought it'd be a fun way for all of us to communicate
with each other. And who knows...? ...you may just find some of our
previously interviewed Icons on there at some point too! Sign up and
start posted. (Please, keep it clean and civil!)
So much more to come. Check back mid-month
for a huge update to the horror comic book profile, the launch
of our articles section, some holiday related features
and more! Happy holidays from the Icons Of
Fright staff!!!
11/29/04: Happy holidays
to all our Icons readers!
We trust you had a pleasent Thanksgiving weekend. As most of you have
heard by now, Sam Raimi's production company, Ghost House Pictures
(responsible for this year's 'The Grudge' and the upcoming
'Boogeyman') will now begin work on a remake of 'The
Evil Dead'. Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell & Rob
Tapert will all serve as producers and consultants on the project.
Rumor has it that actor Justin Theroux (Mulholland Dr.)
may be up for the roll of Ash. Only time will tell. Also, Fango's
website is announcing that their video company Gorezone will
be releasing 'SKINNED DEEP'; the writing/directing debut of FX
artist Gabe (FRANKENHOOKER) Bartalos. -rg.
11/17/04:
Our buddy Dante Tomaselli spoke with Creaure
Corner about his next project 'The Ocean', as
well as the status of his film, 'Satan's Playground'. Read the
Creature
Corner interview here. The trailer for the upcoming
'Assault On Precinct 13' is now on line at the IGN
website. The remake to one of John Carpenter's early
films stars Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne ('Nightmare
3', 'The Matrix' trilogy), Maria Bello ('Secret Window'),
John Leguizamo (the upcoming 'Land Of The Dead'), Drea
de Matteo, Ja Rule, Gabriel Byrne ('End Of Days'),
and Brian Dennehy ('F/X', 'F/X 2'). Speaking of Carpenter
remakes, even though the film hasn't even begun production, 'The
Fog' is slated for theatrical release on October 21st, 2005. Make-up
artist Gary J. Tunnicliffe has shot his own Hellraiser
short film titled 'No More Souls', in which Gary plays Pinhead
himself! The short might appear on the upcoming DVD release of 'Hellraiser:
DEADER'. Read a bit more about it at Gary's
official site. -rg.
11/10/04:
Fangoria
is reporting that Black
Flame is publishing a whole slew of books based on some
of New Line's horror franchises. The company has already published
movie novelizations of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre & Freddy
Vs. Jason, but early next year they plan to release more new original
novels. They include: Jason X: The Experiment, Jason X: Death
Moon, Nightmare On Elm Street: Suffer The Children, Nightmare
On Elm Street: Dreamspawn, Final Destination: Dead Reckoning,
& Final Destination: Destination Zero. Check out both the
Black
Flame website and Fangoria's breakdown in this
article. Speaking of Freddy Krueger, check out this GREAT Nightmare
site, nightmare
on elm street films.com which features a section in which
you can read ALL the Freddy comics ever published. Thanks to Tim
Smith for writing in to let us know about it. -rg.
11/8/04:
There's updates all over the site! New DVD
reviews, new Techno
Weenie post, new Trilogy
Pics for November, our Fall
Chiller review with pictures, and much much more! Our interview
with FEAR FACTORY's Burton C. Bell is geting mentioned all over
the internet. Check out the following links. Maximum
Metal, 93x
Radio, Road
Runner records (an Icons first - translated in Spanish!!!),
Road
Runner records, Hail
Metal, and Brave
Words.com. Fangoria
has got some news on their next theatrical production, which will be
Frank (Basket Case) Henenlotter's 'Sick In The
Head'. (First mentioned in our Fright
exclusive interview with Fango editor Tony
Timpone.) Read the article on the Fango site here.
More soon. -rg.
| 11/2/04:
Lots of website updates! We've added our official review for this
years Chiller
Theatre convention of Fall 2004. You can check
it out on the Convention/
Set Review page or simply by clicking here.
We've added a few more new pages including 'Fright
Franchise Salutes', where thru-out the year, we'll
add special salutes to our favorite horror franchises. You can head
there now to check out the Icons Of Fright Salutes Halloween
& Friday The
13th pages. Finally, you can write to the staff on
the 'Meet The Staff'
page. Fangoria
reports that a Lions Gate is already gearing up a 'SAW'
sequel. The official website for the upcoming Bruce Campbell
flick, 'The Woods' is now up & running. Visit it by clicking
here.
More to come. -rg. |
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10/30/04:
As a special treat, we're launching our November edition a few days
early, just in time for Halloween!
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First up, we're got
Brad Loree.
Brad Loree has been performing stunts in films since the
mid 80's, but genre fans should know him as the most recent
actor to don the infamous white mask and portray Michael Myers
in 'Halloween: Resurrection'. We got to the bottom of how
he initially broke into doing stuntwork in films and asked
him about his experiences on Halloween: Resurrection. We
even threw in a few questions about Mike's fave film, 'Turbulence
3: Heavy Metal'. Brad's really a great guy, so head on over
and check out the interview! |
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Second,
we're got another Icons Of Fright first for November's edition.
We spoke with Burton C. Bell, the singer of the band FEAR
FACTORY. Now, this isn't your average band related
interview. Instead of the usual questions, we spoke candidly
with Burton about our mutual love of the horror genre and he told
us a bit about Fear Factory's contribution to the
'SAW' soundtrack, what it was like collaborating with
comic book artist Ben Templesmith and what inspires the
band's songwriting & ideas. It's definitely an interesting read,
so go check it out! |
As usual, there's new trilogy pics,
a slew of new DVD reviews and don't forget to check out our salute to
the Halloween franchise at the following link:
Icons
Of Fright salutes Halloween.
More to come as always. Cheers! -rg.
10/29/04:
The 'Seed Of Chucky' website is up & running with some cool
features at www.seed-of-chucky.com.
Also, John Carpenter is co-producing along with Debra Hill,
David Foster & Revolution studios a remake of his
cult classic film 'The Fog'. He says of his involvment, "I
have done it once, and I don’t want to do it again. I did my FOG,
and now it’s someone else’s time. It’s very flattering.
It’s terrific that they want to make it. We have been thinking
of doing THE FOG over for some time, as maybe a sequel. But now
is the season of the remake." -rg.
10/28/04:
Actress Alana Curry, who Mike Nichols has approached as
Renee (the female lead) will be a guest on the Howard
Stern radio show this Friday and she said she will speaking
about 'The Second Line'. Upcoming
Horror Movies.com posted a teaser trailer for the upcoming
'The Devil's Rejects'; the sequel to Rob Zombie's 'House
Of 1000 Corpses'. -rg.
10/21/04:
There's some brand new stills from the upcoming 'Return To Sleepaway
Camp' on Sleepawaycamp
Movies.com Go get your first peak! Also, check out this
cool website dedicated to the 'Psycho' films at The
Psycho Movies.com! -rg.
10/20/04:
We've added the 'Icons
Of Fright Salutes Halloween' page to the site. You
can read staff Halloween memories, DVD reviews, Comic Book profiles,
and all the Halloween related interviews we've conducted thus
far. (with plenty more to come!) There's also a reprinting of
a 'Jason Vs. Michael Myers Vs. Leatherface' comic strip that
appeared way back in 1984 in the pages of Fangoria
issue # 39. It was done by John Arnold and Linwood Sasser.
If anyone knows how to contact them, please let
us know! We'd love to talk to them about this entertaining
comic strip they did for Fango! Also, for those of you in NYC, 'Malevolence'
will start playing on Oct. 29th at the Village East Cinema located @
181 2nd Avenue at 12th Street. Original 'Leatherface' Gunnar
Hanson will make an apperance for the opening night. We encourage
all you Halloween fans to go check out this film. Go to Malevolence
Movie.com for all the details. More soon. -rg.
10/14/04: Check out
the trailer to the upcoming 'Ring 2' by visiting the official
movie site at www.ring2-themovie.com.
Fangoria
is reporting a 4 hour mini-series sequel to John Carpenter's
classic, 'The Thing'. Read the article about it on their site
at this
link. Sam Raimi has opted out of letting New Line
use the Ash character for the proposed 'Freddy Vs. Jason Vs.
Ash', because he'd rather use the character for another Evil
Dead film. Raimi's next project is 'Spider-Man 3', so could
'Evil Dead 4' be his follow-up to the Spider-Man trilogy?
Let's hope so. Halloween fans - the official Halloween
website has details on how you can be a part of the upcoming
'25 Years Of Terror' DVD. Read about it at Halloween
Movies.com. -rg.
10/12/04:
MyMovies.net
spoke to writer-director Don Coscarelli who confirmed that a
sequel to his cult hit film, Bubba Ho-Tep is in the works. Bruce
Campbell would return as the aging Elvis. HorrorDVDs.com
has got some exclusive news on the upcoming Puppet Master Vs. Demonic
Toys. Check
out that article here. The official Halloween
Movies.com website has added yet another clip from the upcoming
'25 Years Of Terror' DVD. Check it out at Halloween
Movies.com. -robg.
10/7/04:
Paul Swearingen wrote in to tell us a bit more about the film
he co-wrote with Halloween
Movies.com webmaster, Tony Masi. "The
Second Line" will star Halloween Alumni - P.J. Soles
(Halloween 1), Ellie Cornell (Halloween 4 &
5), Brad Loree (Michael Myers in Halloween: Resurrection),
Charles Cyphers (Halloween 1), & Marianne Hagen
(Halloween 6). The film will shoot in Elgin, IL. For more info
check out these following sites. www.eerieelgin.com
& www.movesproductions.com.
-robg.
| 10/4/04:
Today we remember actress Janet Leigh, who passed away quietly at
her home on Sunday evening of the blood disease vasculitis at the
age of 77. She's best known to genre fans as Marion Crane from the
Hitchcock classic Psycho. -robg. |
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10/3/04:
It's October and that means Icons of Fright is proud to bring you our
No Tricks, Just Treats Halloween edition!
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This month we TOTALLY
tracked down actress P.J.
Soles. Everyone remembers PJ Soles as Lynda
from "Halloween", Riff Randell in "Rock
and Roll High School". PJ talked with us about her experiences
in those movies and more (ever wanna play footsie with Harrison
Ford?). |
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We also spoke with Ellie
Cornell, another hero/victim of the "Halloween"
series. Read about Ellie's experiences on "Halloween 4:
The Return Of Michael Myers and Halloween 5: The Revenge
Of Michael Myers", plus she talks about her production
company Mindfire Entertainment, "House of the Dead"
(and gave us the exclusive scoop that "House of the Dead
2" shoots next month). |
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Also, Icons of Fright is very
pleased to bring you "Malevolence"
writer-director Stevan
Mena. If you haven't had a chance to check out this
great new "old fashioned" slasher film, we strongly recommend
that you do so. As soon as your Icons of Fright staff saw this movie,
we knew we HAD to talk with Stevan. |
Enjoy the interviews and have a Happy
Halloween! -Mike C.
9/30/04:
Fangoria's
website is hosting an exclusive red-band trailer for the upcoming 'Seed
Of Chucky', which is scheduled for release on Nov. 12th.
Check
it out. HorrorDVDs.com
is also reporting the re-release of the George Romero classic
'Martin' courtesy of Lions Gate
Entertainment on Nov. 9th. We added a link today to a really good extensive
Nightmare On Elm Street site at Nightmare
On Elm Street films.com. -robg.
9/24/04: Shaun
of the Dead opens today in the US. So, go check it out and show
this movie some support. Speaking of the living dead, Asia Argento,
Simon Baker and John Leguizamo join Dennis Hopper
in George Romero's 4th zombie flick, Land Of The Dead.
-robg.
| 9/23/04: There's
a very detailed review
of the upcoming Friday The 13th box set on Horror
DVDs.com at THIS
link. The set is due in stores October 5th, 2004. There's some updates
on the news page of the official Halloween website at Halloween
Movies.com, including another clip from the '25 Years
Of Terror' DVD, some news on PJ Soles and some details
on the launch of their new message board. -rg. |
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9/20/04: The
staff from Icons Of Fright caught
a few screening's of the new indie horror film, 'MALEVOLENCE'.
We recommend you see this film and learn a bit more about it at the
official site, Malevolence
Movie.com. We'll have an interview with writer/director Stevan
Mena in our October edition, so be back for that. See what the
Techno Weenie
has to say about this film in his latest
rant. -robg.
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9/15/04: Movieweb.com
is hosting the fantastic new official trailer for the upcoming 'Seed
Of Chucky'. I just forwarded the link to Mike and
this is what he had to say to me. "What the hell is wrong with
this movie? It's wacky and out of control. I love it!" John
Waters fans should be happy! It looks like he steals the show judging
from this trailer. Also, check back here for the 'October
Icons Of Fright No Tricks Just Treats' edition. We've
got some special Halloween
related interviews in the works. We hope, you the fans will enjoy
them as much as we, the fans enjoy bringing them to you. -robg. |
9/10/04: Hey
folks. We just added a few more DVD
reviews and another rant from the Techno
Weenie. Our interview with Felissa Rose was just mentioned
on the official 'Sleepaway Camp' site at www.sleepawaycampmovies.com.
Jeff tells us that a trailer for 'Return To Sleepaway Camp' is
almost upon us. We're all looking forward to that! Variety
just mentioned that George Romero's 4th Dead film, 'Land
Of The Dead' was picked up by Universal, the same company that brought
is the 'Dawn Of The Dead' remake and the upcoming british film,
'Shaun Of The Dead'. Filming begins this Oct. 21st with an expected
release date of Oct. 11th, 2005. Limited copies of Artisan's 'The
Punisher' DVD include a preview disc for the upcoming much-talked
about 'SAW'. The bonus disc includes the two internet trailers,
as well as a bonus scene from the movie. It's a great little teaser
item & collectible worth having. In the mood for some funny &
entertaining fan films? There's a slew of great shorts over at Braxton
Film.com by Hank Braxton, including a 'Freddy Vs.
Jason 2: The Best Damn Sequel, Period!', 'Friday The 13th Again',
and even 'Freddy Vs. Ghostbusters'. The official Halloween
movies website added another clip from the upcoming '25
Years Of Terror' DVD. More soon. -robg.
9/4/04: September's
edition is UP!!!
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This month, we spoke
with the lovely Felissa
Rose, whom started out as playing the killer Angela
in the original 'SLEEPAWAY CAMP'. She's back and ready to
claim her status as a screamqueen in a slew of horror related projects,
such as the much-anticipated 'Return To Sleepaway Camp' &
the new Dante Tomaselli film, 'Satan's Playground'. Check
out her exclusive Fright interview with us to get the full scoop. |
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We also got the inside
track from our friend Uncle
Creepy of the upcoming HORROR CHANNEL, which
plans to launch this October 2004. Read a bit about what goes into
making an all horror network & what we can look forward to from
the channel.
More reviews & posts to follow within the next few days! -robg. |
9/3/04: September's
edition of Icons Of Fright will
be up tomorrow! Check back for this month's Fright exclusive
interviews, as well as some new reviews (for both the DVD's page
& the Monster Mania convention) and much more! Our friends
at Fangoria
have a lot of interesting things to report. Right now, they're got an
exclusive
first look at the upcoming 'Return Of The Living Dead
4' & '5'. They are also reporting that actor Doug
(Pinhead) Bradley will be appearing in the upcoming 'Prophecy
4' &
'5'!? As well as the just completed 2 Hellraiser sequels,
'DEADER' & 'HELLSEEKER'. Most DVD sites are reporting
December 7th, 2004 as the release date for the direct-to-video sequel,
Species 3. Natasha Henstridge will
have a cameo. Don't forget... this Tuesday is the release date of Anchor
Bay's DAWN OF THE DEAD Ultimate 4 DVD set!!! (As in the original
Dawn of the Dead, kiddies.) -robg.
| 8/28/04: Mike
and I will be attending the MONSTER
MANIA convention Sunday, August 29th in Cherry Hill,
New Jersey. We'll be posting a convention review on the site, so
if you happen to see us, please stop & say hello and we'll put
your pic up on the site as part of our review. Get all the convention
info at Monster
Mania.net. -robg. |
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8/26/04: HALLOWEEN
Movies.com has posted some info and a clip for the upcoming
HALLOWEEN: 25 YEARS OF TERROR DVD.
The DVD is a documentary of the now legendary Halloween 25th anniversary
convention which took place in Pasadena, California last October
2003. Check out the Halloween
site & read about it. -robg.
8/23/04: Sleepaway
Camp Movies.com has posted a plot summery for the upcoming
Return To Sleepaway Camp. Check it out here.
-robg.
8/20/04: We're
officially launching the Icons
Of Fright salutes Friday The 13th page today. There
you'll find Camp Crystal Lake memories from our Icons
staff, direct links to all our Friday The 13th related interviews,
and we're currently working on a breakdown of the video/ dvd art we've
seen thru-out the years. Hope you enjoy it. Our Halloween
salute is in the works! -robg.
8/19/04: So,
the big news at the moment is the talk of "Freddy Vs. Jason
Vs. Ash". Just about every movie related website is reporting
that Sam Raimi along with Bruce Campbell
are in negotiations with New Line to make it happen. One way
or another, with the heartbreaking success of Alien Vs. Predator,
New Line seems to really want a sequel for Freddy
Vs. Jason. I'm all for it... and although the idea of throwing
Ash in the mix sounded silly at first when the rumors first started
flying around the internet last year; now, it seems like welcome change.
If anyone is going to take down Freddy AND Jason, it might as well be
Bruce Campbell. Let's hope it works out and he gives them both a fistful
of boomstick! Bloody-Disgusting.com
has posted an interesting script review. Check it out here.
Speaking of Jason, the official site for Peter Bracke's upcoming
book, Camp
Crystal Memories is up and running. Have a peek.
Icons Of Fright has joined
the world of My
Space.com. Check out our profile
on there, become friends with us and network with other horror fans!
The MONSTER MANIA convention is
next weekend in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Icons
Of Fright will be there, so be sure to stop and say hello
if you see Robg. or Mike and you'll make it into the next convention
review! Check out the convention guests at Monstermania.net.
Hope to see you all there! -robg.
8/11/04: Here
it is! The August edition of Icons
of Fright.
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This month we'll be
wrapping up our summer-long tribute to Friday the 13th!
We conducted a very (tele)kinetic interview with Lar
Park-Lincoln, star of Friday the 13th, part VII:
The New Blood and House 2.
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We've had a hard time keepin' our noses clean this summer, so looks
like Ron
Millkie (Officer Dorf in "Friday the
13th") had to pay us visit. Mr. Millkie talks with us about
his experiences on "Friday the 13th" and Dante
Tomaselli's upcoming "Satan's Playground". |
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Also, Icons was lucky
enough to interview The
Ladies of the Evil Dead (Ellen Sandweiss,
Betsy Baker, and Sarah York)! Find out
what those damned damsels of the Evil Dead have been up to
lately! Whatever possessed them to talk with us two, we may never
know. -mikec. |
8/5/04: A
clip from the upcoming PG-13 (uh-hum) Alien Vs. Predator movie
is up over on yahoo's site. Check out a snippet of the PG-13 battle
that awaits us here.
Aint-It-Cool-News
has an exclusive interview with George Romero on his recently
announced Land Of The Dead film. If you haven't read it yet,
then check it out on the this
link to their site. There's a cool new interview with our friend
Dante Tomaselli about his upcoming movie, Satan's Playground
over at the Horror
Asylum site. Go read what he has to say.
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Are you
ready for some cool DVD related news? Well, if your in the UK or
you own a region 2 player, then you are in luck. Halloween
Movies.com reports that Anchor Bay UK is about to put
out a COMPLETE Halloween box set consisting of ALL 8 films
in the series. Michael Myers fans, check out these images
of the box set. It seems Anchor Bay UK isn't stopping there. According
to Fangoria's
website, they also play on putting out a 4 disc Hellraiser
DVD box set consisting of the first 3 movies and a bonus disc of
special features that even Pinhead would be proud of. Check
out the break down of features on Fango's
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Want more DVD news? Fango's
also got some great articles on an upcoming region 2 release of Amittyville
Horror 2 & 3, with 3 available in 3-D!!! And they've also
got a breakdown of the special features included in the batch of Warner
releases for October 5th. Among those releases will be The Hunger,
It's Alive 1 thru 3, He Knows You're Alone, The Fearless
Vampire Killers and Return Of The Living Dead Part 2. Read
their article on that here. Michael Bay's production is gearing
up a prequel to the successful remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Actor Andrew Bryniarski will return in the role of Leatherface.
The offical SAW website is up and running at www.HowFuckedUp.net.
The final poster is out and features the tag line "How much
blood would you shed to stay alive?". Ready for more remakes?
Besides The Amittyville Horror, there are remakes for The
Entity and Black Christmas in the works. Our advice? Rent
the originals now, before it's too late! August edition of Icons will
be up by this weekend. Join us then. -robg.
7/19/04: This
just in! Dante Tomaselli has just informed us that the
official website for his upcoming film, Satan's Playground is
up and running. Visit it at www.satans
playground the movie.com. -robg.
7/18/04: LOTS
to report!!! George Romero has finally secured all the money for
his forth dead film! Originally known as "Dead Reckoning",
the newly retitled "LAND OF THE DEAD" will begin filming
in October for release next year. JoBlo.com
has some great teaser trailers up for the upcoming movie SAW.
This sick demented film is being directed by James Wan and stars
Danny Glover, Cary Elwes, and Dina Meyer. Just
watch the trailers for yourself. This looks like it's going to be an
instant classic! Fangoria
reports that one-time Jason Voorhees actor Kane
Hodder will portray the killer in the upcoming horror film
"HATCHET". The film is being written and directed by
newcomer Adam Green, who's also currently writing a CABIN FEVER
sequel. The editors of Icons Of Fright would like to send
out a special THANK YOU out to Ed Long
and Damien Glonek, the creators
of the Living Dead Dolls and one of our July edition interviews.
They gave us a mention on their website, so go check out their site
at www.LivingDeadDolls.com.
Also, visit www.unearthlypossessions.com.
-robg.
7/4/04:
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This month Icons
of Fright interviews "Friday the 13th, part 2"
star Warrington
Gillette. Warrington Gillette had the distinct honor
of being the first actor Jason Voorhees. Warrington
talks to IOF about his experiences on the set of "Friday
the 13th, part 2". Mr. Gillette also talks about his new
website, Jason2Kills.com
(where you can buy official Warrington Gillette/Jason Voorhees merchandise),
and the new film he's working on, "Bloody
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Also this month we're
honored to have Living Dead Doll creators,
Ed Long and Damien Glonek
speaking with us. Ed Long and Damien Glonek are life-long horror
fans who turned their love the genre and a doll kit into one of
the hottest collective toys out there, the famous Living Dead
Dolls. Interviewed by none other than our very own Living
Dead Doll enthusiast, Vin the Technoweenie! Ed and Damien
give us a quick look behind the history and inspiration for the
Living Dead Dolls and talk about some of their horror genre
favorites. -mikec. |
Both Entertainment
Weekly and Wizard
magazine feature articles on legendary actor, Bruce Campbell.
Entertainment Weekly profiles his career with Bruce commenting
on how he feels about his previous work now in retrospect. Check out
these two scanned pics from the EW article here
and here. Wizard
magazine talks to him about his upcoming writing gig on the comic book
The Hire based on the series of short BMW films. Also, when asked
about his top secret pivitol role in 'Spider-Man 2', he says
"All Ican legally say is that in the sequel, Idefeat Spider-Man".
Check out a scan from the Wizard article here.
-robg.
7/1/04: Ain't
It Cool is reporting some great news about some possible George
A. Romero projects! -mikec.
6/23/04: ZOMBIES!!!
Anchor
bay has officially launched a site for their upcoming Dawn
Of The Dead Special Edition DVD, which will now be a 4-disc set!
The set comes out on Sept. 7th, 2004. Check out all the extensive details
on the set's features on the site here.
Also, 2 different companies are putting out the Lucio Fulci classic
Zombie (aka Zombi 2), and on the same day no less!!!
You can read a bit about the Blue Underground version of Zombie
at Blue-Underground.com.
Media-Blasters.com
lists all the specs for the 2-disc Zombi 2 Special Edition that
Shriek Show has planned. You can also check out this Fangoria
article for details. Both discs will be released on July
27th, 2004. -robg.
6/15/04: There's
a cool little clip talking about the upcoming Dante Tomaselli flick
"Satan's Playground"
right
here. Dante informed Icons Of Fright that a
trailer for his latest film will be on-line shortly. Fangoria's
website has a lot of cool stuff to report, including specs of both the
remake of the new Dawn Of The Dead DVD and the upcoming 3-disc
original Dawn Of The Dead DVD set from Anchor Bay. We're looking
forward to the new unrated director's cut of the remake! - robg.
6/11/04: There's
some cool new original
artwork on the site in the Memorabilia
Morgue. All our original art is submitted to us by the
very talented Steven Ciancanelli, whose website you can
visit HERE!
Be on the lookout for some new DVD
reviews and some posts from the infamous Techno-weenie
within the next few days. -robg.
6/7/04:
Ok, folks. Sorry for the delay, but the June edition of Icons
Of Fright is finally here!!! We apologize for the long wait on
updating the interviews, but hopefully you'll enjoy what we've got in
store for you.
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This month, meet Betsy
Palmer, the woman all genre fans know as the original
killer in "Friday The 13th". That's right,
Jason's mom aka Mrs. Voorhees!!! We spoke to Betsy about her history
as an actress, and her experiences on various projects including
the original Friday The 13th
movie. She explained to us her early days in the biz, as well as
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Also, we've got actor
turned entertainment lawyer Larry
Zerner, who played the fan favorite Shelly
in "Friday The 13th Part 3". We had a great
& fun interview with him in which he spoke to us a bit about
his experiences on Friday 3 & on the recent reunion in
NJ for the Fangoria Weekend Of Horrors.
We've got some other great Friday interviews in the works, so this
will all lead to the Icons Of Fright
salutes Friday The 13th piece we're hoping to run
in the July edition. It will feature an index of all the Friday
The 13th related interviews we've conducted, as well as essays
on our Camp Crystal Lake memories,
a video-DVD box comparison and more. We'll be updating it periodically
as we expect a lot of great Friday interviews to come in the future. |
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Last but not least,
we spoke to webmaster Jeff
Hayes, who runs the official "Sleepaway
Camp" website. He spoke to us about the
history of his site, his experiences organizing the reunion for
the Fangoria Weekend Of Horrors
a few years back, and he also gives us some insight on the upcoming
"Return To Sleepaway Camp"; as well as his own
full length feature, "Blood Brothers".
We hope you enjoy all the new interviews, as well as our other features
and that you'll come visit us again soon. Thanks again for being
patient & please feel free to drop us a line anytime. - robg. |
5/26/04:
The Bubba
Ho-Tep DVD is out today!!! Pick it up and read our review.
- robg.
5/21/04: The Criterion
Collection has reported to Fangoria
plans for a special edition 2-disc set for David Cronenberg's
Videodrome. -mikec.
5/20/04:
The
hollywood
reporter & Fango
both mentioned today's official announcment for 2 Return Of The Living
Dead sequels. Shooting for both Return of the Living Dead 4:
Necropolis and Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave From the Grave
starts in Romania on June 7th with director Ellory Elkayem directing
& Peter Coyote as the films' star.
The scripts for both were written by William Butler; an actor most fans
remember from Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3, Friday
the 13th Part 7: The New Blood & Ghoulies 2. -robg.
5/18/04: Jeff over
at Sleepawaycamp
movies.com posted some new pics from the set of 'Return
To Sleepaway Camp'. Click here
to check them out. Also, our fave site Fangoria
is reporting a ton of cool stuff, such as a remakes of George Romero's
The Crazies (can't we let Romero make his 4th dead film already???)
and Black Christmas. They also have a report from an early test
screening of Shaun Of The Dead & some Cheerleader Camp
DVD info & images. There's also plenty of details & reports
on most of these at upcoming
horror movies.com. The very interesting site for subversive
cinema launched at the beginning of this month. So
head over there & take a look at their trailers. We've added some
new DVD reviews,
as well as an Icons Of Fright autograph
collection to the Memorabilia
Morgue. We apologize for lack of 'news', but our focus from
the beginning was to present you with in-depth interviews. We've decided
on a monthly format & the last week of every month, we'll present
you with 4 to 6 brand new exclusive interviews with various people involved
in the horror genre. So check back next week, we promise we've got a
lot of cool things in store for you then and in the future. -robg.
5/10/04: Joeblo.com
posted some cool Seed Of Chucky stuff, including a teaser poster
and better quality teaser trailer. Very cool indeed. -robg.
5/6/04: Fangoria
reports that the official website for Tobe Hooper's The Toolbox Murders
website is up. Check it out here.
Apple posted the new trailer for the Pitch Black sequel The
Chronicles of Riddick today. Check it out here.
Would you like to know which movie maniac you are? Quizilla has a 'what
movie killer are you?' quiz. Take
it for fun! Horror
DVD's.com posted the specs for the upcoming The Lost Boys
DVD coming out Aug. 10th. Look's like a great package! There's a new
techno-weenie
post, an updated checklist
page & a few new DVD
reviews, with more to follow. On a personal note, i picked
up all the Friday The 13th movies on DVD thru www.deepdiscountdvd.com
to tide me over until the box set. Check out that site. We at Icons
buy almost all our DVD's there because their prices are the best &
they offer free shipping. Also, I picked up the canadian special edition
verion of Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed from a canadian website
www.dv-depot.com.
Canadian DVD's are compatable with US players, so check out some of
the special editions they have to offer not available in the US, such
as David Croneberg's eXistenZ & the two Ginger
Snaps movies. -robg.
5/3/04:
Some
quick news. The Seed Of Chucky trailer is up over at Cinema Blend's
website. Check
it out here. UHM
reports that PJ Soles (of Halloween/ Carrie) & wrestler Diamond
Dallas Page have all joined the cast of The Devil's Rejects;
the sequel to Rob Zombie's House Of A 1000 Corpses.
Let's hope they can a decent sequel. Kane Hodder has also signed
on as stunt coordinator. DVDfile.com
had reported the special features for the upcoming Friday The 13th
box set Paramount is planning on releasing & it seems a lot of fans
are disappointed. Let
us know what you think, & we'll try to incorporate it
into the Friday The 13th tribute we'll have later in the
month. -robg.
4/27/04:
Today's
a HUGE DVD release day for genre fans. Universal's box sets in honor
of Dracula, The Wolf Man, & Frankenstein are
out today. As well as a new Hammer box set. If you're willing
to wait a few days to get them, we recommend picking them up thru www.deepdiscountdvd.com.
They offer the best prices on DVD's & FREE shipping. Also, the full
length trailer for the upcoming M. Night Shyamalan movie, THE
VILLAGE is on line. As well as a 3rd Alien
Vs. Predator featurette featuring the cast. Check it
out. -robg.
4/26/04:
Hey folks. Check out Mike's convention review for this past weekend's
Chiller Expo
Sping 2004. There's plenty of pics on there from the
event. We also added some more DVD
reviews & a few entries on the "Nice
To Meet You" page. We've secured some GREAT interviews
for next month, so check back shortly. The DVD
checklist page will be updated every Tuesday to coincide
with new release day. We wanted to link you up to some cool stuff we
found on line. One of our Fright contributor's, Chris S. sent
me this
picture of the cast of Friday
The 13th Part 3, taken from the commentary session
for the upcoming Friday The 13th box set. It features cast members
Dana Kimmel, Richard Brooker, Larry Zerner, & Paul Kratka. Check
out a new teaser trailer for the upcoming GINGER
SNAPS 3, the prequel to the original Ginger Snaps, starring
Emily Perkins (of Stephen King's IT) & Katharine Isabelle
(of Freddy Vs. Jason). The current title is Ginger Snaps 3:
The Beginning, although i personally liked Ginger
Snaps Back. You can check out some behind the scenes
footage on Tobe Hooper's remake of The
Toolbox Murders here. (LOW
/ HIGH).
If you haven't already seen some Alien
Vs. Predator stuff yet, then check out this cool making-of
the creatures featurette & the internet
only teaser. -robg.
4/23/04:
Welcome to the first edition of Icons of
Fright. We're very thankful to all the friends and horror
icons who've helped make this launch possible. I would personally like
to extend my highest order of thankfulness to my co-editor, Rob G.,
for making everything you see here today possible.
So, what's the idea behind this, yet another, horror website? Well,
each horror fansite has something unique to offer it's readers. Horrordvds.com
focuses on the reviews, Horror.com
gets you all the news as it happens. Most of them are run by fans, like
yourself, who just want to show how much they love this genre. Rob
G. and myself thought long and hard about what we could bring to
the mix that perhaps you haven't seen elsewhere. The main thing we wanted
to accomplish was presenting you with interviews of your favorite
genre icons, of course. We decided we didn't want to limit ourselves
to just movie stars, so, as you can see by our first four interviews,
we're going to present you with a wide range of personalities who love
the genre and have made contributions to it.
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This month you'll meet
Anthony
Timpone, editor of Fangoria.
For almost two decades Tony has been the head of a magazine that
has been one of the single greatest sources of information on the
genre. Fangoria has taken us behind the scenes of our
favorite horror movies, helped us get to know our favorite stars
like Kane Hodder and Tom Savini as we probably
never would have. Would Entertainment Weekly ever dedicate an issue
to the great slashers of the 80's? I don't think so. So to return
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Also, you'll be meeting Tony
Masi, webmaster of Halloweenmovies.com.
A webmaster can be an Icon of Fright? Sure he can! Tony started
his own Halloween fansite in the late-90's, a site that was
so popular, so well written that he was asked to run the Official
Halloween movie site and now works with Moustapha
Akkad, and gets to go on the set of all the new Halloween
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We've also got Dante
Tomaselli, a writer/director you will most
certainly be hearing a lot about in the years to come. Dante's surrealistic
films such as "Horror" and "Desecration"
are at once both beautiful and utterly disturbing. He tells us about
his latest film "Satan's Playground" &
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Last, but certainly
not least, we have actor/composer/writer Stu
Charno. Many of you will remember him as Ted
from "Friday the 13th, part II". Stu also
made appearances in "Once Bitten", "Just
One of the Guys", "Christine"
and an Emmy-award winning episode of "The X-Files".
He's also an accomplished composer who has scored several short
films, and a writer whose contributed to episodes of "Star
Trek: The Next Generation".
Also, be sure to take a look at the Horror
Comic Profile, a feature that's pretty unique to
this site. We've got profiles on everything from the "Child's
Play" comics to new horror comics such as the brilliant "30
Days of Night" and "The Walking Dead".
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Thanks for visiting us, and be sure
to come back each month to check out our latest interviews and reviews!
Feel free to send any comments to either mikec@iconsoffright.com
or robg@iconsoffright.com!
-mikec.
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