http://www.fearzone.com/ We scare everyone! en-us Copyright 2007 Hot Saki Design, LLC Sat, 25 May 2013 07:07:34 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/images/header-logo.png http://www.fearzone.com/ http://www.fearzone.com/blog/print-dead Acclaimed indie publisher Creeping Hemlock Press, publisher of the Stoker-nominated anthology Corpse Blossoms, announces PRINT IS DEAD, a new imprint devoted to the best in original zombie fiction. "These guys know more about the undead than I do... and that's saying something, because I've been hanging out with zombies for as long as I can remember." -George A. Romero"This is the best of modern zombie fiction. If you want the best, you need to read the stuff these guys are putting out at PRINT... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/print-dead Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/frumkes-burns The Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival has announced several key aspects of its 2011 programming. The festival will run for five days this year, from Wednesday, October 26th through Sunday, October 30th; the location remains The Screening Room Cinema Caf? in Amherst, outside Buffalo. The opening night film will be a 30th anniversary screening of THE BURNING, and the festival organizers will honor screenwriter and producer Roy Frumkes for his dedication to independent filmmaking."THE BURNING... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/frumkes-burns Fri, 8 Jul 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/fnd THE FINAL NIGHT AND DAY is now available on Blu Ray and DVD from DefTone Pictures Studios. The indie film, which features 1,000 separate zombie make-ups, is the third and most ambitious feature from the Buffalo based production company, following Bitez and Gore. Founding members Adam Steigert and Stephanie Andrews shared writing, directing, producing, and cinematography duties on all three productions, with Steigert editing.THE FINAL NIGHT AND DAY was filmed in Western New York in the summer... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/fnd Thu, 7 Jul 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/slimedvd From Greg Lamberson:It may be hard to believe, but just two years ago, in June of 2009, I was knee deep in pre-production on my new film SLIME CITY MASSACRE, sequel to SLIME CITY (1988). During this past year, the film has won several awards: The Biggest Baddest Mother of the PollyGrind; Best Actress for Debbie Rochon at the Eerie Horror Film Festival; Best Actor for Kealan Patrick Burke at the PollyGgrind; Best Scream Queen for Brooke Lewis at at the B Movie Celebration; and the Polished Apple... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/slimedvd Wed, 8 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/buffalo-screams-debbie The first Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival ran for four days in Amherst, New York, at the Screening Room, from Thursday, October 21st - 24th, 2010. 37 films were shown, including DESPERATELY SEEKING DEBBIE, a tribute video shown at the awards dinner before actress Debbie Rochon was presented with a Dedication to Excellence in Independent Filmmaking award. The film includes such horror mainstays as Tony Timpone, Lloyd Kaufman, and Alan Rowe Kelly.Filmmaking hyphenate Brett Kelly (THE... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/buffalo-screams-debbie Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/mm-1 "Monstermatt," responsible for such creations as The Johnny Gruesome Death Mask, is embarking on a new career. This October, May December Publications will unleash on the world MONSTERMATT's BAD MONSTER JOKES VOL.1, illustrated by indie comic artist Kyle. J. Kazmarzcyk."I've always been a fan of jokes, comedians, and periodicals like MAD MAGAZINE, CRACKED, and so on," says Monstermatt. "Being a part of horror in some way, I felt that the genre was missing something: someone to playfully make... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/mm-1 Sun, 1 Aug 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/bd1 The pilot episode for a new online horror series, BLOOD DRIVE is now online.Synopsis:BLOOD DRIVE is a series of strange tales of suspense and horror. Each episode is narrated by Isabella, a young woman who writes for an on-line magazine called "Blood Drive."Created by writing team: Sophia Robbins & Anna OrkoulasExecutive Producer: Archer King Ltd.Produced by : Remain Calm PicturesSophia Robbins and Anna Orkoulas have made a name for themselves in the film festival circuit. Their... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/bd1 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/b2d BORN TO DIE poster by comic book artist Kyle J. Kaczmarczyk Independent filmmaker Jay Mager's company Buffa-low Budget Films (THE PIGMAN) has announced the premiere of its latest movie, BORN TO DIE. In true cult film fashion, the screening will take place at Midnight on Saturday, July 24th 2010 at the Hamburg Palace Theatre in Hamburg, NY. The Palace is a beautiful, single-screen theatre originally opened in 1926 and situated directly in the heart of the Village of Hamburg (31 Buffalo St.... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/b2d Thu, 8 Jul 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/dusk Buffalo thespian Michael O'Hear, who has racked up a large number of genre roles in the horror films GORE, HOUSE OF HORRORS, FRIGHTWORLD, SLIME CITY MASSACRE and the currently lensing THE FINAL NIGHT AND DAY and DECAYED, is now in poroduction on the vampire film DUSK, which he co-wrote with special make-up effects artist John Rena and filmmaker/novelist Gregory Lamberson.O'Hear wrote a "juicy" lead role for himself as one half of a middle aged couple trapped in a stagnant marriage (Kim Piazza co... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/dusk Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/schlock-dvd Hilarious, campy and loaded with gratuitous nudity and gore, the FACES OF SCHLOCK "BOOBS AND BLOOD" EDITION DVD is an outstanding 4 'film' anthology from "...4 of the best underground filmmakers you've never heard of."*. A contemporary DIY aesthetic re-interprets the classic horror-host formula into a "...equal parts Silly, Scary, Inventive and Imaginative"* collection of sexy witches, malevolent spirits, reanimated limbs and slaying Santas.*Tex Massacre, Bloody-Disgusting.comSYNOPSISThe... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/schlock-dvd Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/buffalo-launch "Buffalo rocks. Buffalo Bleeds. Buffalo SCREAMS."Two independent filmmakers, Emil J. Novak and Gregory Lamberson, are organizing a new horror film festival, BUFFALO SCREAMS, which will run for four days at The Screening Room in Amherst, New York, a suburb of Buffalo, from Wednesday, October 21st - Sunday, October 24th. They are calling for entries and seeking sponsors through their website, www.buffaloscreams.com.Both men have lived in New York State their entire lives, and Novak, a... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/buffalo-launch Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/eerie-slime Debbie Rochon and Gregory Lamberson have been announced as guests at the Eerie Horror Film Festival in Erie, Pa, which runs October 7th - 10th. They will screen SLIME CITY MASSACRE at the 4-day event, which is held in the grand, historic Warner Theatre. Lamberson previously screened SLIME CITY as a midnight attraction at the great Lakes Film Festival in Erie, and screened UNDYIONG LOVE at EHFF. Other guests at this year's event include legendary AIP producer Bert I. Gordon; Fred "the... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/eerie-slime Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/lewis-wins Pictured: Michael O'Hear & Brooke Lewis Brooke Lewis has won the Golden Cob Award for "Best Scream Queen" for her performance in Gregory Lamberson's SLIME CITY MASSACRE. The Golden Cobs will be handed to their recipients at The B Movie Celebration, which will be held September 24th - 26th in Franklin, Indiana.In SLIME CITY MASSACRE, Lewis portrays "Nicole" in a flashback story set in 1959 which explains the origin of "the slime." Nicole is a prostitute drawn into the Coven of Flesh, which... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/lewis-wins Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/roach He's an accidental sensation - sort of the super hero who couldn't that resiliently keeps chugging along. He's Super Undead Doctor Roach. Having previously caught the eye of celebrity blogger Robin Leach and invaded odd underground and bondage events, the crowd-pleasing short film is now online. See it now at SuperUndeadDoctorRoach.com via Vimeo. Edited, produced, written & directed by Chad Clinton Freeman (KILLER BIKER CHICKS), the short film was originally a seven-minute 48 Hour Film... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/roach Wed, 9 Jun 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/fear-morgue CAMILLE KEATON of famed revengesploitation fare I Spit On Your Grave and GREGORY LAMBERSON, writer/director of Slime City and Slime City Massacre have joined this year's Rue Morgue Festival of Fear lineup. Other guests this year include DAVID CRONENBERG (The Fly, Rabid), GLENN DANZIG (Danzig, Misfits), KEN RUSSELL (The Devils, Gothic), BILL MOSELEY (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2), WILLIAM FORSYTHE (Rob Zombie's Halloween), HEATHER LAGENKAMP (A Nightmare On Elm Street), EL HIJO DEL SANTO (Santo... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/fear-morgue Tue, 1 Jun 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/chasing-nicholas CHASING THE DRAGON is a new novella by Nicholas Kaufmann, author of the novelette GENERAL SLOCUM'S GOLD, the short story collection WALK IN SHADOWS, and the recent pulp adventure novel GABRIEL HUNT AT WORLD'S END. Kaufmann used to write "The State of the Genre" column here at Fear Zone, and before that I posted his video reading of an excerpt from SLOCUM, which you can still find if you dig around the site. I've also spent a considerable amount of time trapped at the U.S./Canadian border with... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/chasing-nicholas Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/butcher-knives Behold the cover for the upcoming Dark Scribe publication, BUTCHER KNIVES AND BODY COUNTS: ESSAYS ON THE FORMULA, FRIGHTS AND FUN OF THE SLASHER FILM, edited by Vince Liaguno.BUTCHER KNIVES & BODY COUNTS features essays from over 70 contributors (including myself) on slasher films. My essays are on SUSPIRIA and the original BLACK CHRISTMAS. It's great to share a ToC with so many sick, twisted and deranged stalwarts, literally too many to list here. I'll hazard a guess this will be the... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/butcher-knives Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/reel-renegades Reel Renegades announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the features section of its festival. The 2010 Reel Renegades Festival runs June 4th and 5th in Norman, Oklahoma. June 4th will be a pre-party, featuring bands and booths with fx artists and comic book artists. "A film festival dedicated to extreme independent cinema. Organized by film makers for film makers. An outlet for taboo breaking, controversial, limit pushing artists who go against the grain and rise above. Only for... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/reel-renegades Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/frenzy-wolf Medallion Press publishes my werewolf novel, THE FRENZY WAY, as a trade paperback on June 1st. It's been a long road for this particular tale to reach the public, but I'll get into that later. First I want to discuss werewolves, and why they've had such a big impact on me.It all started with Dan Curtis, when I was a 4 year old living in Dunkirk, New York, an hour south of Buffalo. This was during the Stone Age, before cable TV, and our rabbit ears only received the big three networks, PBS,... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/frenzy-wolf Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/polly-cracker A sequel to a gruesome classic from more than twenty years ago and a debut feature from twin sisters that originally started off as a faux trailer were the two big winners of the first ever Polly Staffle Grindhouse Fest. The international event, predominantly known as PollyGrind, took place May 12-16 at the Sci-Fi Center in Las Vegas. PollyGrind consisted of programming in the tradition of grindhouse theaters with double and triple features each day, bookended by trailers and music videos. The... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/polly-cracker Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/dead-survival GEORGE A. ROMERO'S SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD will play in limited theatrical release at the end of this month. A list of which cities and theaters it will play at is easy enough to find online. If you get the opportunity to see it on a big screen, that's the way to go. If, like me, you don't live somewhere that booked the film, it's available On Demand now, via your cable outlet or as a download from Amazon.The first review I read of this film, maybe six months ago, predicted this would be Romero... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/dead-survival Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/polly2 As a fan of genre and independent cinema, Chad Clinton Freeman knows how hard it is to weed through everything and find good movies to watch these days. As a filmmaker, he also knows how hard it is to get independent works out for the public to see them. With both of these experiences in mind, Freeman created the Polly Staffle Grindhouse Fest.The event, which will consist of five days of programming in the tradition of grindhouse theaters with double and triple features each day, gets underway... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/polly2 Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/arkham-house The legendary Arkham House is alive and well, with several new publishing projects on the horizon:MISSION STATEMENT 2010 Sapientiant Astutiantque In 1939, two successful authors, August Derleth and Donald Wandrei, decided to publish a hardcover collection of short stories by their late friend and mentor, H.P. Lovecraft. Love-craft, who had died in 1937, was considered by many to be the finest horror writer of the 20th century, yet no mainstream publisher was willing to take a chance on a volume... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/arkham-house Sun, 2 May 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/dweller-owen Okay, here's the skinny: Jeff Strand's latest horror novel, released as a mass market paperback by Leisure Books, is DWELLER, an ass kicking, tear jerking, thoroughly gory tale of a boy and his monster that follows its unlikely protagonists over decades of friendship. As a lifelong fan of KING KONG, THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, and TROG, I found it irresistible, and devoured it in a day and a half. DWELLER gets the "Fear Zone Seal of Approval" for delivering the goods and then some,... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/dweller-owen Sun, 2 May 2010 00:00:00 UTC http://www.fearzone.com/blog/dweller-excerpt PROLOGUE1946"We should've brought more ammo," Thomas said, wiping the blood out of his mustache. He brushed his wet fingers along the oak tree he leaned against, then picked up his empty rifle by the barrel, holding it like a baseball bat. Phil was surprised the metal didn't burn his hands. "Why the hell didn't we bring more ammo?"Phil didn't answer. They all knew why: because they weren't fighting Nazis this weekend, they were camping by the lake. The only reason they'd brought the rifle in the... http://www.fearzone.com/blog/dweller-excerpt Sun, 2 May 2010 00:00:00 UTC