http://www.fearzone.com/ We scare everyone! en-us Copyright 2007 Hot Saki Design, LLC Sat, 17 May 2008 08:47:20 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/images/header-logo.png http://www.fearzone.com/ http://www.fearzone.com/blog/eternal-faust Eternal Vigilance Book One: From Deep Within The Earth by Gabrielle S. FaustImmanion Press, 2008It had been a bad day. I'd recently endured two rather painful surgeries in under three weeks. Now, after enduring a bunch of additional medical tests and having my post-surgery conference with my doctor, I'd been informed that I would need to undergo yet a third (and even possibly a fourth) surgery in a few weeks. By the time I arrived home, exhausted and hurting in the late afternoon it had been a... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/eternal-faust Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/book-drive Okay, listen up:Laurel Gittere has organized a book drive for soldiers serving in the Middle East. I know that a lot of horror writers and readers visit this site, so I'm asking you to check your shelves for any books you'd like to donate to our men and women overseas. There is nothing political about this; it's simply providing some fellow Americans in an extremely difficult situation with some much needed comfort and escapism. Please send your books to: http://www.fearzone.com/blog/book-drive Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/three-mothers With Dario Argento's MOTHER OF TEARS coming out on June 6th, the story of "The Three Mothers" will finally come to a close. It's been 28 years since the last film in the series, INFERNO, was released, so now might be a good time to catch up on what information Argento has given us so far about these malevolent beings.When Dario Argento's film INFERNO opens, we come upon Rose Elliott (Irene Miracle, also in MIDNIGHT EXPRESS) as she's reading the book THE THREE MOTHERS by E. Verelli. This is the... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/three-mothers Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/gimme-skelter GIMME SKELTER (2007 dir Scott Phillips)Burning Paradise Entertainment DVDScott Phillips and Exhilarated Despair Productions, who brought us the Tempe-distributed indie zombie outing THE STINK OF FLESH (2005), return to give us this tale of murder and mayhem in the desert in New Mexico.Phillip Valentine (Billy Garberina), who's supposedly the son of Charles Manson, bands together with some fellow juvenile delinquents who are out looking for fun. Valentine decides he wants to honor his father's... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/gimme-skelter Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/scream-mary Mary Huner, now Mary Bogle, screamed, hacked and danced her way through a handful of 20th Century, micro-budget horror films: SLIME CITY (1988), GHOUL SCHOOL (1990), UNDYING LOVE/NEW YORK VAMPIRE (1991), and NAKED FEAR (1999). She later sullied her fine exploitation resume with mainstream misfires like TV's LAW & ORDER, but we forgive her. http://www.fearzone.com/blog/scream-mary Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/the-cauldron THE CAULDRONStirring the pot with Angeline HawkesThere is but one step from the grotesque to the horrible. - Sir Arthur Conan DoyleMonsters in Horror: Why They Will Never DiePart 3: ZombiesThere are many types of monsters: the ones we classify as supernatural, to the human monster in the news. Monsters are with us whether we like it or not. When researching the origins of typical monsters, one can find similar creatures in nearly every culture. Sometimes used for religious purposes, sometimes... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/the-cauldron Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/tt-51308 Brian the Bad Movie Guy has returned from vacation--we think--and here's the latest installment of his http://www.fearzone.com/blog/tt-51308 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/fear-itself Filmmaker and Fear Zone friend Larry Fessenden (watch our video interview with him), the creator of the films NO TELLING, HABIT, WENDIGO and THE LAST WINTER, is directing an episode of the upcoming NBC horror anthology series FEAR ITSELF, which is a continuation of sorts of Mick Garris's Showtime series MASTERS OF HORROR. http://www.fearzone.com/blog/fear-itself Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/bijou-dead Zombies rise from the local cemetery when a young witch casts a spell to scare an ex-boyfriend in Bijou of the Dead. The story follows seemingly unrelated individuals over the course of one zombie-filled day in a similar set up to Gregory Solis's http://www.fearzone.com/blog/bijou-dead Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/human-wolves Murdered by Human Wolves, nominally the beginning of Steven Wedel's http://www.fearzone.com/blog/human-wolves Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/h-fr My favorite thing about Nick Yak's http://www.fearzone.com/blog/h-fr Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/worst-sequel Nothing else needs to be said--except that Richard Kelly, the writer-director-creator of the ultra cool original DONNIE DARKO is not involved.Lame, lame, lame. http://www.fearzone.com/blog/worst-sequel Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/chris-golden THE GOLDEN LIGHTNING RODAn Interview With Author Christopher GoldenAt this point in his prolific career Christopher Golden needs no introduction to readers of dark fiction. But in case you've been living under a rock for the past 15 or so years, he is the award-winning, bestselling author of such novels as THE MYTH HUNTERS, WILDWOOD ROAD, THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN, THE FERRYMAN, STRANGEWOOD, OF SAINTS AND SHADOWS, and (with Tim Lebbon) MIND THE GAP, which arrives in bookstores this May and is a... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/chris-golden Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/scarecrow-ochse Macabre Musings: Book Review - Scarecrow Gods by Weston Ochse2008, Delirium BooksEDITOR'S NOTE: Read Fear Zone's interview with Weston Ochse. My introduction to the work of author Weston Ochse was through his short fiction. It was both good and "fresh" enough to warrant my taking note of his name and seeking out further written works by the author. This, in turn, led me straight to his longer works, Recalled To Life and Vampire Outlaw Of The Milky Way , both of which were, like author Ochse's... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/scarecrow-ochse Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/devil-cry Capcom's DEVIL MAY CRY 4 is a big, loud, garishly goofy game. http://www.fearzone.com/blog/devil-cry Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/jack-pierce Is it possible for you to think of Mary Shelly's http://www.fearzone.com/blog/jack-pierce Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/zombie-preview Jonathan Maberry, whose novel Bad Moon Rising is now in bookstores, sent along word that his next book, ZOMBIE CSU: The Forensics of the Living Dead, "will be released by Citadel Press (a division of Kensington Publishing) in August. I interviewed a total of 250 experts in forensics, law enforcement, medicine, science, the military, the legal profession, journalism, and pop culture for the book. It's a hell of a lot of fun." http://www.fearzone.com/blog/zombie-preview Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/texas-wedel You watched him read his short story, "Noodlers Nab Naked Nymphs". You read his interview with Brian Keene. You thrilled to Richard Hipson's in depth http://www.fearzone.com/blog/texas-wedel Wed, 7 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/closet-space CLOSET SPACE (2008 dir Mel House)*Pre-Release Festival Edition ReviewA professor and his students doing research in a house out in rural Texas believe they have a found a doorway to the other world in a closet inside the house. After the professor and the students mysteriously disappear into the closet, a group of highly experienced researchers take a trip out to the house to find out what happened to the group. Behind the closet door is a dark tunnel with different passageways. The group gears... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/closet-space Wed, 7 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/get-norman Fear Zone wishes contributor Norman Rubenstein a speedy recovery following a pair of emergency surgeries he underwent in the last week. Norman has been one of our most prolific reviewers, and now has his own FZ column, Macabre Musings, which recently helped him qualify for membership in the Horror Writers Association.Okay, in case you haven't figured it out, that's not's not a photo of Norman Rubenstein; it's a photo of Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in PSYCHO II. But we don't have any photos... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/get-norman Tue, 6 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/iron-man EDITOR'S NOTE: Yes, I know--reviewing a superhero movie like IRON MAN on a horror site like Fear Zone is a stretch; at least THE INCREDIBLE HULK and BATMAN embrace iconic horror imagery. But, just as we review video games that aren't necessarily horror, we will occasionally embrace films, novels and comics that many would categorize as belonging to other genres. THE TWILIGHT ZONE, after all, dramatized SF, fantasy and horror, and I think most of us are geeks at heart. Well, this year's "summer... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/iron-man Mon, 5 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/tt-5608 Ready for some Tuesday Terrors? Brian the Bad Movie Guy is still on vacation, but his evil, sound alike doppleganger has a greed to fill in for him while destroying Brian's life piece by bloody piece. Will Brian return from his JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN to recover his horror DVD Podcast Show? Only Gerry Anderson knows. http://www.fearzone.com/blog/tt-5608 Mon, 5 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/weston-ochse I've been friends with http://www.fearzone.com/blog/weston-ochse Sun, 4 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/shirley-jackson Finalists for the Shirley Jackson Awards, established this year to honour 'outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic', have been announced. The Awards will be presented on Sunday, July 20th, 2008, at the Readercon Conference on Imaginative Literature in Burlington, Massachusetts. Here's the full list of nominees; more information can be found at the Shirley Jackson Awards website. http://www.fearzone.com/blog/shirley-jackson Fri, 2 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.fearzone.com/blog/twilight-bob The Horror Writers Association recently honored Robert Weinberg (interviewed by Fear Zone here) with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his lifelong contributions as an author, historian and bookseller. Unfortunately, Bob was unable to attend the award ceremony, which was held in conjunction with World Horror Con in Salt Lake City. Proving once again that some of the classiest people work in the horror field, Twilight Tales will host a celebration for Bob's award and achievements in his native... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/twilight-bob Fri, 2 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT