Another wonderful character actor has been taken from us too soon as Deadline is reporting that Michael Massee (The Crow, Seven, The Amazing Spider-Man) has passed on at age 61.

Massee died October 26, 2016, from undisclosed causes. The news was first announced by French actor Anthony Delon, Massee’s fellow cast member on the 2014 French series “Interventions.”

From Kansas City, Missouri, Massee’s film career was still new when he landed his second feature role, as Funboy in The Crow. On March 31, 1993 during filming of the film based on the comic by James O’Barr, members of the crew had improperly prepared dummy cartridges for a revolver, accidentally creating a live round in the process. The gun was intended for the scene in which Massee’s character, Funboy, kills Brandon Lee’s character, Eric Draven, turning Draven into The Crow. Unaware of the crew’s mistake, Massee fired the revolver, tragically shooting Lee in the stomach; Lee died later that day after an unsuccessful surgery.

Massee was deeply traumatized by his inadvertent role in Lee’s death; he refused to see the completed film and took a year off from acting afterward. In a 2005 interview, he admitted he still had nightmares about it and said, “I don’t think you ever get over something like that.”

Massee resumed his career in 1995, appearing that year in Tales from the Hood and Seven, among other films. He went on to appear in David Lynch’s Lost Highway and The Game, Stephen Spielberg’s Amistad, and more recently as Marvel villain Gustav Fiers (“The Gentleman”) in The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. On television, Massee’s credits include Lucius Belyakovin on HBO’s “Carnivàle,” mercenary and former Navy SEAL Ira Gaines on the first season of “24,” the killer Charles Hoyt on TNT’s “Rizzoli & Isles,” and the main villain on NBC’s “Revelations.” He also had roles on “Fringe,” “Supernatural,” “CSI,” House, and many others.

We here at Dread Central would like to take this time to offer our sincerest of condolences to Massee’s friends, family, and constituents. Rest easy, sir. You will be missed.

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More horror is on the way for everyone except North America as Screen Daily is reporting that Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has secured the worldwide rights to A Dark Song.

Liam Gavin’s occult horror flick stars Sightseers’ Steve Oram and Catherine Walker and follows a young mother who is determined to avenge the murder of her child with the help of a hard-drinking occultist. Locking themselves into an isolated house, they perform a magic ritual to enlist the help of the supernatural world, but secrets from their pasts unleash darker powers.

After its world premiere at Galway Film Fleadh, the film has screened at Fantastic Fest, Sitges, and BFI London Film Festival. It will make its sales debut at the upcoming AFM.

“We’re thrilled to be working on Liam’s debut, a film which is both darkly unsettling and ultimately moving. After a stream of critical acclaim, we look forward to sharing this gem with international buyers,” commented Michael Chapman, acquisitions & development executive of KFD. The deal was signed by Kaleidoscope’s Spencer Pollard and Chapman in conjunction with David Collins of Samson Films.

Collins added: “We are delighted at the festival response to A Dark Song. It’s a great vote of confidence in the film that Kaleidoscope have stepped up so quickly to handle the world sales and to release it theatrically in the UK and Ireland. Together with XYZ, who represent the film in North America, we now have all of the bases covered for AFM.”

Produced by David Collins, Tim Dennison, and Cormac Fox, the film was financed by The Irish Film Board and Ffilm Cymru Wales, with additional support from the Irish S481 tax incentive and Windmill Lane Post Production.

As stated above, XYZ handles US sales. Stay tuned for updates!

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An international trailer is here for Let’s Be Evil, written and directed by Martin Owen. Check it out! Look for the flick in the UK on October 28th.

Elizabeth Morris, Elliot James Langridge, Kara Tointon, and Isabelle Allen star. Jonathan Willis produces, and the story is by Morris and Owen.

Synopsis:
Three chaperones are hired to supervise an advanced learning program for gifted children, who wear Augmented Reality Glasses to assist in their education. Contained within a secure, underground facility, events quickly spiral out of control.

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Time for another mid-afternoon Halloween snack as the gang over at Smosh just released their tricks and treats in the form of Every Horror Film Ever.

From the Press Release:
SMOSH – YouTube’s #1 comedy brand, hailed by TIME Magazine as the “SNL of the Internet” – today released the newest episode, about scary movies, in their “Every ___ Ever” series.

As a genre, scary movies have always earned a strong showing at the box office for thrill seekers looking for gore and suspense. This summer alone, four horror films cracked the $100 million mark in global ticket sales. But among the creative standouts, there are admittedly many flops lacking creativity.

The new video tackles the tired, old plotlines we’ve seen over and over again in horror flicks, including:

· Why are virgins immune to serial killers?
· Why do black guys die first?
· What’s the logic behind splitting up in the woods?

Dig it!

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Ever wonder what your neighbors find to be the scariest flick ever? Will they agree with you? Would you agree with them? This handy infographic makes it easy to find out!

From the Press Release:
Halloween is approaching faster than Freddy Krueger on a dream motorbike. Although millions of us dress up and go to a party or even trick or treating (hey, you’re never too old!), a lot of us prefer to draw the curtains, turn the lights off, and watch scary movies. But which movie is your state scared of most? Recommerce site Decluttr.com used their data to find out which horror movie the residents of each state have been selling most, which obviously means that they’re just too scared to cling onto it… right?

According to the data from Decluttr, there are six horror films Americans are scared of most…

IT: Arkansas, New Hampshire, South Dakota
The Conjuring: Florida, Mississippi, New Mexico
The Ring: Ohio, Massachusetts, Texas
The Grudge: New Jersey, New York, Oregon
The Exorcist: Alaska, Kentucky, Tennessee
Friday the 13th: Arizona, Nebraska, Washington

Ghosts, creepy little kids, and a serial killer in a hockey mask – they’re enough to make anyone want to sleep with a nightlight. And we guess that whole creepy clown thing is really getting to folks in Arkansas, New Hampshire, and South Dakota too!

Honorable mentions also go out to A Nightmare on Elm Street (2 – Jason beat you, Freddy… sorry), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (2), The Evil Dead (2), Sinister (2), Hannibal (2), The Others (2), and surprisingly, Secret Window.

The most surprising results of all, though, come from Delaware and Pennsylvania, where Blade and Blade 2 came out on top, respectively.

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It has been a busy week for the cast and crew of Inoperable, the Danielle Harris horror film directed by Christopher Lawrence Chapman. With the release date for the film looming just around the corner in 2017, it was only a matter of time before the hype train started heading down the track.

Let’s take this opportunity to condense all the news so far. Don’t worry… we’ve also got some new stuff, too!

Early this year we were invited out to the set and got to see quite a bit of gore and one creepy hospital. Then, in early summer, the first official trailer showed up.

And that brings us up to this week, when both Chapman and prop master/actress Lynn Single talked to the media regarding the film. Chapman spoke to Decay Mag via podcast, and Single had a lengthy discussion with yours truly via Skype. Check it out below.

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Starring Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif, Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon

Directed by Tom Holland

Distributed by Scream Factory

What is it about speech-capable horror villains that cause filmmakers to turn them from menacing to maniacally humorous within a sequel or two of the original film? I can appreciate Freddy’s gallows humor as much as the next horror fan, but by the fourth or fifth entries in his series the guy was practically doing standup (side thought: a Krueger’s Comedy Case act would have been a riot back in his prime). The ghouls from Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead series went from darkly humorous to clearly humorous to The Skeletal Three Stooges by the time Army of Darkness (1993) rolled around. And, of course, there’s Chucky, the demonic, diminutive doll who always has a quip at the ready. His one-liners have become so synonymous with the series that audiences may have forgotten there was a time when he was legitimately scary (as scary as a three-foot tall doll can be). Child’s Play (1988) introduced the world to Chucky, the pint-sized terror whose name has become inexorably linked to evil dolls or scary smallfolk. Before screenwriter Don Mancini ramped up his humor skills to infinity, however, Chucky spent his first outing on a rampage of revenge and resurrection. A few years back I revisited the film again for the first time in years and was a pleasantly surprised to find it has only gotten creepier with age.

Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent) has been the ideal son to his single mother, Karen (Catherine Hicks). He makes her breakfast in bed. He does his chores. He makes sure to be on his best behavior. All of this, of course, means he wants something. The “something” in this case being the hottest toy on the market – a Good Guy doll. Only problem is Karen can’t afford it on her department store slave wages. Lucky for her, an explosion at a toy store the night before has allowed an open-box Good Guys doll to fall into the hands of a street peddler. Unlucky for her: the doll is possessed by the spirit of Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif), a serial killer who used voodoo magic to transfer his soul into the doll just before his body died. Karen scores the doll for a basement price and excitedly brings it home to Andy. He brims with enthusiasm, which is a bit sad when you realize this kid has no real friends and is relying on a doll to bring him a modicum of happiness.

Despite it being Andy’s birthday, Karen’s no-nonsense store manager forces her to work that night, so Karen’s coworker Maggie (Dinah Manoff) offers to step in and watch Andy. After some strange occurrences involving Andy’s new doll, Maggie is frightened by something that causes her to fall out of the kitchen window in spectacularly over-the-top fashion to her death. Andy is quick to pin the blame on Chucky, but Det. Norris (Chris Sarandon) suspects another pint-sized person may be the culprit: Andy. His reasoning relying almost entirely on a set of small shoeprints found at the scene. When Andy is again caught in a precarious situation – having taken Chucky to a seedy downtown home so he can exact revenge on his former partner – a psychiatrist orders him to be placed in a hospital until further notice. Karen, meanwhile, finally learns of Chucky’s true nature and tries in vain to convince Det. Norris of her findings. He is understandably skeptical… until Chucky attempts to kill him, too. Now with both adults, armed with knowledge of how to kill Chucky, on his side Andy escapes the hospital and heads home for a final confrontation with his former “best friend till the end”.

There was clearly less concern about amping up the humor for Chucky’s first outing, though that isn’t to say he doesn’t let a few zingers fly every now and then. For the most part, though, Chucky is a sadistic little fuck whose primary interest is in taking over a young boy’s body so he can return to the world of flesh and blood. Part of me is morbidly curious to see a film where he succeeds, continuing on with his rampage within the guise of a kid. Holland’s film falters a bit during the second act, when the entire game is waiting for characters to learn Chucky is actually alive, but the first act sets up some brilliantly tense moments that, while not ambiguous, certainly hold off on the reveal of Chucky so that once he does show his true face it comes as a shock.

Though it doesn’t often get credited as such, the film plays with voodoo lore quite a bit. The whole reason Charles Lee Ray is able to download his spirit into a doll is due to his knowledge of voodoo magic and transference. Later in the film, when Chucky visits the practitioner who taught him what he knows, a voodoo doll is used to sadistic effect. The use of voodoo rituals grounds the supernatural elements into something with a certain veracity, making Chucky’s mission a little more unsettling.

Kevin Yagher and his crew did a killer job of making the finale scenes with Chucky splendidly creepy. The script may have had to use more contrived means to make it all believable on some level – Det. Norris becomes a little incompetent because the story requires him to be off his feet – but those moments when Chucky is being burned and dismantled yet he keeps coming after Andy and Karen? Chilling. My favorite scene in the entire film is when Andy, having just discovered Chucky’s flaming corpse has disappeared, is tripped and he scoots away on the wood flooring while a melted Chucky menacingly stalks him down the hallway. It is of such imagery that nightmares are made.

After this entry, Chucky would go on to star in five sequels of varying quality, each taking on a more comedic bent than the last. Mancini continued writing the series, taking over the directorial duties starting with Seed of Chucky (2004). Chucky works perfectly well as a wise-cracking prankster, maybe it even suits him better than attempting to be scary (which makes sense, given his stature) but those who have forgotten there was a time when he wasn’t such a kidder would do well to revisit the film where it all began.

Scream Factory went to the film’s inter-positive for a new 2K scan of the 1.85:1 1080p image, the results of which are ever-so-slightly superior to MGM’s previous Blu-ray. This isn’t a night-and-day difference, so if you’re buying this hoping for a vastly improved transfer… don’t. Still, this is a mostly strong image overall, with tighter contrast and better clarity. Black levels are generally solid. Colors appear accurate but they are a tad muted. The gritty decay of Chicago and its mean streets permeate the palette in every scene. Definition varies, too, with some scenes exhibiting excellent detail while others appear softer in focus. Daylight shots, unsurprisingly, offer up the greatest examples of clarity. Again, not a major upgrade by any means but certainly an improvement no matter how minor.

The English DTS-HD MA track – in 2.0 stereo or 5.1 surround sound – is a fairly standard audio offering. Dialogue comes through clean and clear, with no noticeable hissing or pops. The rear channels do a nice job of filling out the streets of Chicago, with plenty of ambient city sounds creating an immersive environment. Composer Joe Renzetti’s score employs an aura of mood and sinister sounds, downplaying the childish elements of the plot for something more terrifying. Subtitles are available in English SDH.

DISC ONE:

The only extras found here are four commentary tracks – a new track with director Tom Holland, and two legacy tracks – the first with Alex Vincent, Catherine Hicks, and “Chucky” designer Kevin Yagher; the second with producer David Kirschner and screenwriter Don Mancini; the third with Chucky himself, on select scenes.

DISC TWO:

“Making Chucky” contains the following featurettes and interviews:

– “Behind-the-Scenes Effects Footage” – This is a lengthy piece, featuring the film’s special effects being worked upon in the studio. It’s all very fly-on-the-wall, camcorder stuff.
– “Howard Berger: Your Special Effects Friend ‘Til the End” – Berger, a longtime vet of the industry, touches a little upon his career before devoting much of the conversation to his work here assisting in Yagher’s shop.
– “Life Behind the Mask: Being Chucky” – Ed Gale, the diminutive actor who donned Chucky’s outfit for many of the film’s scenes, talks about his time on set.

A handful of pieces under the title “Featurettes” include the following:

– “Evil Comes in Small Packages” – This making-of was previously found on MGM’s special edition DVD and Blu-ray, with interviews featuring much of the cast & crew.
– “Chucky: Building a Nightmare” – The film’s special effects are discussed here, while also showing off construction on Chucky.
– “A Monster Convention” – Some of the cast reunited for a panel discussion at Monster Mania 2007.
– “Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child’s Play” – This is your standard studio EPK covering the film’s overview.
– “Vintage featurette” – For such a brief piece a lot of ground is covered, but, again, it’s a fairly standard EPK.

“More Child’s Play” contains a TV spot, the film’s theatrical trailer, “Behind-the-Scenes Photo Gallery”, and “Posters & Lobby Cards Photo Gallery”.

Special Features:

DISC ONE:

• NEW 2K scan from the inter-positive
• NEW Audio Commentary with director Tom Holland
• Audio Commentary with Alex Vincent, Catherine Hicks and “Chucky” designer Kevin Yagher
• Audio Commentary with Producer David Kirschner and Screenwriter Don Mancini
• Audio Commentary with Chucky (select scenes)

DISC TWO:

• NEW Behind-the-Scenes Special Effects footage from Howard Berger (60 minutes)
• NEW Howard Berger: Your Special Effects Friend ‘Til The End – interview with special effect artist Howard Berger (40 minutes)
• NEW Life Behind the Mask: Being Chucky – an interview with actor Ed Gale (40 minutes)
• Evil Comes in Small Packages featuring interviews with Don Mancini, David Kirschner, John Lafia, Chris Sarandon, Brad Dourif, Catherine Hicks, Alex Vincent, Kevin Yagher (24 minutes)
• Chucky: Building a Nightmare featuring Kevin Yagher (10 minutes)
• A Monster Convention featuring Catherine Hicks, Alex Vincent and Chris Sarandon (5 minutes)
• Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child’s Play Vintage Featurette (6 minutes)
• Vintage Child’s Play featurette (5 minutes)
• Theatrical Trailer
• TV Spot
• Rare Behind-the-Scenes Photo Gallery
• Posters and Lobby Cards Gallery

BUY IT NOW!

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Location: 105 W Dewey Ave, Wharton, NJ 07885

Web Page: http://www.hauntedscarehouse.com

Introduction

Haunted Scarehouse, in Wharton, NJ, continues to be one of the most technologically advanced, detailed and genuinely scary indoor haunted walk-through attractions in the tristate area. Every single season a painstaking attention to structural detail, and scene design while creating an extensive two-floor walking attraction that at times feels like a horror “museum”. The intricate custom built sets feature disturbing imagery, gore and impressive animatronic props, which make it easy to get lost as each room encourages exploration. This season the attraction has made several changes to both its “House of Nightmares” and “Attic” attractions. The additions/changes add creative elements to each attraction including an attempt at a “mini-escape” games challenge for an ending, and a twisted, downright creepy “funhouse” style “merry-go-round” featuring dangling heads and blood stained mirrors.  While they were missing a few actors during our visit, we still thoroughly enjoyed our trip through the Haunted Scarehouse. Haunt fans of all backgrounds will appreciate the incredible details, and design of this attraction, as they continue to find new innovative ways to generate scares.

Haunted Scarehouse, features two connected indoor attractions; the “House of Nightmares”, “The Attic” and a fantastic pre-show, which is on the level with interactive attractions featured at major amusement parks that transport guests “back in time”. The opening pre-show is entertaining and unique to this attraction. The entire experience is reminiscent of an interactive 3D simulator and creates a powerful opening for a trip through the attraction. The quality of this pre-show alone tops most haunted attractions and helps guests forget they are in a large industrial building.

The intricate details and fantastic set designs are experienced in small groups, and the Haunted Scarehouse does not disappoint. Guests will travel through time to visit the infamous “Hayden” family homestead. A house of horrific slaughter, twisted imagery, and insanity set upon two floors of fear. Haunted Scarehouse continues to improve each year, adding new surprises, scares, and interactive thematic sets. Overall, the attraction is similar to last year’s show, but noticeable changes and improvements make it still one of the best walk-through attractions you can visit this season. This is one of the best designed attractions you can visit this year and is within manageable traveling distance from Northeast PA.

Attractions:

Haunted Scarehouse is composed of two different attractions, a downstairs attraction known as “House of Nightmares” and upstairs attraction “The Attic”. Both attractions are connected, diverse in design. Groups enter each attraction in small groups, and the length of each attraction, as well as the interactive elements of the designs,  does a good a job at separating each group from the others, although we did run into some backup issues due to a group in front of us that was moving at an extremely slow pace. This did hurt some of the scenes as we saw actors get into place but overall didn’t have an impact on the attractions entertainment quality.

Each room/scene is perfectly designed to create anticipation and build fear. Doors violently slam open, life-like animatronics from flying demons to a Hollywood quality “werewolf” are found in every corner of this fantastic attraction. The talented scare actors, work tirelessly and engaging set designs continue to stay ahead of the curve in adding a modern twist to a classical, traditional walk-through haunted attraction.

House of Nightmares:

The first floor attraction of the Haunted Scarehouse “House of Nightmares”, features detailed props and large-scale animatronics which serve as a backdrop for talented scare actors hidden throughout each corridor. The animatronics and set designs are of the highest quality and balance perfectly with actors who are always well hidden and ready to scare. From to a dragon that “eats” unlucky guests, to movie-quality large scale prop monsters, the creativity of the design of the “House of Nightmares” is second to none.

Haunt fans will appreciate the sheer quality of the props/animatronics must be seen to appreciate. Each set is gruesome and gritty, this is a mature themed attraction, and encourages guests to cautiously explore the “House of Nightmares”.  A new demented “merry-go-round” scene is violently disturbing, interactive and one of the stronger sets featured in the attraction. It is a memorable scene featuring a gruesome scene of slaughter and twisted character actors that control the entire experience.

The insane actors of the “House of Nightmares” effectively use the detailed set designs and animatronics to hide in tight spaces, use different types of scaring techniques to generate scares and create unique interactions with guests. interactive nature of the attraction makes it difficult to predict what will happen next, and the attraction uses darkness and ominous sound effects to build anticipation. Walls will collapse, floors rumble and slide and animatronics grasp at guests as the “House of Nightmares” is continuous non-stop relentless action, capped off by a jump scare finale which sets the perfect tone for a trip to the “Attic”. We did find that overall the attraction was in general similar to last season, but the additional scenes, and continued attention to detail makes this attraction a memorable one. Very few attractions feature a level of detail like the Haunted Scarehouse. Life like large scale animatronics and props are used effectively to hide scare actors in a high budget experience.

The Attic:

After an always shocking, yet expected jump scare ending to the “House of Nightmares” we make our way to the second floor of the Haunted Scarehouse. The “Attic” forces guests to enter into its detailed, intense scenes in small groups. Each scene is interactive, each corridor features the effective use of misdirection, confusing mazes and actors who are dedicated to confusing guests, as well as scaring them. Guests enter a twisted carnival, and must escape a maze which is controlled by various evil clowns. A trip through a disturbing doll room, a haunted library, rooms with chainsaws coming out of multiple directions and a room of rather life-like “wax” figures are some of the scenes guests will see as they enter into the sinister “Attic”.  Each scene is unique from the other, and several changes have been made including a redesign of a rather infamous animatronic “werewolf” scene. There were some issues in this attraction, including a noticeable lack of scare actors and backup which caused actors to be out of place. Despite these minor hiccups The unsettling, highly detailed set designs and creepy use of animatronic scares carried the dark atmosphere of the “Attic” attraction. An escape-room inspired ending in which guests are challenged to find a “key” to earn their money back and save a prisoner felt slightly rushed but was a unique take on a climatic ending.

Haunted Scarehouse continues to improve and perfect its show every year and is by far once again of the best indoor walk-through attractions you can visit this year. The amazing, Hollywood quality detail coupled with a continuous buildup of fear is at times exhausting and this attraction never lets up. We hope the attraction continues to find ways to generate scares in its detailed set environments and look forward to their continued dedication with regards to technology implementation. We also hope that in future seasons the attraction expands upon and advances the legend of the “Hayden” family to continue to implement a story within the context of an almost flawlessly designed haunted attraction. The attraction also features expanded “escape games” events which we did not get the chance to try this season.

Haunted Scarehouse will also be offering a multitude of off-season events, including a new “extreme” horror experience in which guests will be abducted at home, and taken to the haunt while being filmed. This is an innovative concept unlike any other and if successful can provide an immersive horror experience for those looking to live out their horror-movie fantasies!

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Argentinean horror film White Coffin (Ataud Blanco: El Juego Diabolico) will make its US debut at the New York City Horror Film Festival, running November 10-13 at Cinepolis Cinemas. Right now, though, we have an exclusive clip for you!

Directed by Daniel De La Vega and written by the legendary García Bogliano brothers (Cold Sweat, Penumbra, Scherzo Diabolico), White Coffin has been a hit on the international film festival circuit.

Below is a synopsis of White Coffin from the Fantasia Film Festival website.

Synopsis:
While on the road in search of a better life, Virginia (Julieta Cardinali of NECROPHOBIA 3D) and her daughter, Rebecca, stop at an isolated gas station. Suddenly Rebecca vanishes, and Virginia is plunged into a frantic search for her beloved daughter. Faced with every parent’s worst nightmare, she frantically searches for clues, attempting to piece together her daughter’s location.

On her search she encounters two other women, Angela and Patricia, who are on the same desperate mission. The closer Virginia gets to unraveling the disappearance of her daughter, the more supernatural forces seem to surround her as she discovers a religious sect, a history of tortuous rituals dating back decades, and an enigmatic man (Rafael Ferro of MEMORY OF THE DEAD) who gives her clues to her daughter’s whereabouts. Buckets of blood are spilt, and Virginia is faced with the question — To what lengths would I go to save my loved one?

This compelling Argentinean action-horror-road movie crossover is helmed by veteran director Daniel De la Vega (NECROPHOBIA) and masterfully written by the legendary García Bogliano brothers (COLD SWEAT, PENUMBRA, SCHERZO DIABOLICO). The film brilliantly offers a unique experience that is both novel and reminiscent of the golden age of action horror movies of the 1980s. The horrors that transpire are claustrophobic, gruesome, and strangely supernatural. WHITE COFFIN champions the action-horror ethos of films such as PHANTASM and delivers shocks that are visceral and unsettling in their brutality. This film delivers some serious punches, digging deep and climatically revealing the mystery of the white coffin.—Justin Langlois for Fantasia

From the Press Release:
The 14th edition of the New York City Horror Film Festival celebrates the career of Adrienne Barbeau this November with the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Debuting in her first feature film in her then-husband John Carpenter’s THE FOG, Ms. Barbeau continued in George Romero’s CREEPSHOW, and other favorites including Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK and Wes Craven’s SWAMP THING. Her long and varied career crosses all genres, from Broadway to television, and the beloved actress is thrilled to accept her award on Saturday, November 12, after that evening’s program, at approximately 9:30 pm.

The 2016 New York City Horror Film Festival opens Thursday, November 10, with Darren Lynn Bousman’s ABATTOIR, at 7:00 pm. Jonathan Straiton’s NIGHT OF SOMETHING STRANGE continues the creepiness Friday November 11 at 9:30 pm, Steven DeGennaro’s FOUND FOOTAGE 3-D precedes Ms. Barbeau’s award ceremony at 5 pm on Saturday Nov. 12, and Sunday’s final wrapup feature is Caradog W. James’ DON’T KNOCK TWICE, starring Javier Botet ([REC], Crimson Peak) at 6:45pm. The full festival runs Nov. 10–13, 2016, at the Cinépolis Chelsea Cinemas. For full schedule and ticket info go to the New York City Horror Film Festival website

Darren Lynn Bousman has been bringing the grue to gruesome over the past two decades with his blood-drenched filmography. From SAW II, III, and IV, through REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA, THE DEVIL’S CARNIVAL, and now ABATTOIR, Bousman continues plowing through the gore. Caradog James’ first feature film, the BAFTA-winning LITTLE WHITE LIES, was also listed in Variety’s top 10 British Films of that year, and his second feature, THE MACHINE, premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. His latest feature film, DON’T KNOCK TWICE, stars Katee Sackhoff (Oculus, Riddick), Nick Moran (Lock Stock), and Lucy Boynton (Sing Street).

The NYC Horror Film Festival was born in 2002 by filmmaker Michael J. Hein as a venue for newer independent horror filmmaking. After Michael’s passing in 2011, the festival created the Michael J. Hein Achievement Award to celebrate the hard work and perseverance of creators in the field. Recipients include Rob Zombie, Stuart Gordon, and Tom Atkins. George Romero was the first recipient of the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award, followed by other classic scaremeisters including Tobe Hooper, Roger Corman, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Frank Henenlotter, Robert Englund, Angus Scrimm, Sean Cunningham, and the beloved late Wes Craven. NYCHFF is proudly sponsored by Final Draft, the #1 selling screenwriting software, and the choice of professionals.

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For our 20th episode of Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio and in honor of Halloween, we’re headed to one of the single most haunted locations in the country, San Diego’s William Heath Davis House, to broadcast, ghost hunt, and get scary!

That’s right, kids! For the first time ever Joe, Creepy, and the San Diego Ghost Hunters will be live on the air while doing the show from an actual haunted location.

The truly supernatural shenanigans will begin this Saturday night, October 29th, at 11:30PM PT / 2:30AM ET. Late, we know, but hey, we’re hunting ghosts! They’re not exactly day people, ya know? Make sure to tune in right here, and bring your nightlight.

It’s radio without a safety net, kids. It’s Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio.

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Spooky, funny, touching, honest, offensive, and at times completely random, Brainwaves airs live every Wednesday evening beginning at 9:00 PM Pacific Time (12:00 midnight Eastern Time) and runs about 3 hours per episode.

Knetter and Creepy will be taking your calls LIVE and unscreened via Skype, so let your freak flags fly! Feel free to add BrainWavesTalk to your Skype account so you can reach us, or call in from a landline or cellphone – 858 480 7789. The duo also take questions via Twitter; you can reach us at @UncleCreepy and @JoeKnetter using the hashtag #BrainWaves.

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Hi… anyone out there who has money to spend. You a Godzilla fan too? Holy Christ, do we have something for you. We’re talking the ULTIMATE Godzilla Collectible. One that stands 6’4″ tall! Prepare for Nerd-Induced Priapism!

According to Rocket News 24, the figure, based on Godzilla’s appearance in 1991’s Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, is the first release in merchandiser Bandai’s planned Human Size Figure line. That might seem like a bit of a misnomer, seeing as how 192 centimeters is well above the average height of a Japanese adult, but the size of the figure was chosen to duplicate that of the Godzilla suit worn by the performer in the 1991 film. In other words, one could argue that this is a life-size Godzilla figure.

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Lovingly crafted by the artisans at Design Coco, the Godzilla 1991 Hokkaido Version, as the piece is officially known, is an uncanny match of the creature’s onscreen color and texturing.

As anyone who collects Japanese pop culture figures can tell you, high-quality examples don’t come cheap, and due to its extremely large scale, the Godzilla 1991 Hokkaido Version is priced at a staggering 4,482,000 yen (US$43,500). Add in the fact that only 10 units will be made, with the right to purchase the figure being assigned through a random drawing, and this looks to be one of the most exclusive bits of Japanese film memorabilia ever produced.

Bandai will begin taking applications through its Premium Bandai website starting November 7, with shipping scheduled for July of next year. If you’re not willing to part with enough cash to buy a nicely optioned car in order to buy the Human Size Figure Godzilla, you’ll also be able to gaze upon his majesty at the Tamashi Nation 2016 figure and model show in Tokyo’s Akihabara neighborhood from October 28 to 30 or at the Shinjuku Marui Annex shopping center across town from November 1 to 14, where a prototype of the statue will be on display.

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WE tv entered the horror realm with “South of Hell” last year, and now the network is venturing into the world of the paranormal with “Ghosts in the Hood,” heading our way in January. Here’s your first sneak peek of the show along with a few more details.

From the Press Release:
WE tv today announced a new paranormal docu-series, “Ghosts in the Hood,” that blends humor with the supernatural and follows a group of diverse ghost hunters as they investigate unexplained phenomena across Los Angeles. Set to premiere on Thursday, January 5, 2017, on WE tv, the show follows the ghost-hunting team of O.P.O. (Official Paranormal Operations), who go where other ghost hunters typically don’t – from the LBC to Altadena – bringing their signature humor along with them. WE tv has produced six hour-long episodes of the series.

In each episode O.P.O. responds to two different clients in distress. Whether they live in a haunted home or run a business plagued by spirits, O.P.O. has a strong track record of resolving unexplained issues for their clients, by either proving or disproving that something paranormal is plaguing them.

“‘Ghosts in the Hood’ and the O.P.O. team brings a unique blend of humor along with out-of-the-box investigative techniques,” said Marc Juris, WE tv president. “While they take the job seriously, they don’t take themselves too seriously, making for a ghost-hunting series unlike anything else that’s out there. We are excited to bring this funny and mysterious new show to WE tv viewers, who will no doubt enjoy the antics of O.P.O. as they conquer the spirit world of Los Angeles.”

Over the course of the season, O.P.O. will investigate many unexplained and spooky phenomena in Los Angeles, including a haunted funeral home in Compton, a South Central piñata shop plagued by spirits, a family “fun” zone that is making customers and staff ill, a grocery store possibly inhabited by Santa Muerte, an Inglewood property for sale whose resident spirit has yet to move out, and a downtown L.A. bar where employees are too scared by a sinister presence to continue working.

“Ghosts in the Hood” is produced for WE tv by Gurney Productions and executive produced by Scott Gurney and Deirdre Gurney. Mike Odair and Todd Hurvitz also executive produce. In-house executive producers for WE tv are Lauren Gellert, David Stefanou, and Sitarah Pendelton-Eaglin.

Meet O.P.O.:

• Defecio Stoglin – The CEO of O.P.O., Defecio was compelled by his passion for the paranormal and founded and created Official Paranormal Operations to help out everyday people who are dealing problems of the supernatural kind. With his keen and eager eye for investigating, Defecio tries to bring peace of mind to his clients.
• Jasmine Orpilla – A verified medium, Jasmine comes to speak to the departed spirits that inhabit the haunted sites investigated by O.P.O. Jasmine has been communicating with spirits for quite a number of years and as a result has honed and developed her contact skills to the other side.
• Dave Purdy – The technical expert for O.P.O., Dave has a passion for all things technical and a knack for building his own gear. He builds and creates the gear used to collect evidence of paranormal activity for clients, and he is the lead on revealing the found evidence once the investigation is over. His love for the paranormal and talent for creating innovative technologies makes him the perfect tech expert for O.P.O.
• Matty Richards – A family friend of Defecio from New York, Matty is also a budding comedian and actor, providing much needed comic relief for the group, as well as being O.P.O.’s resident scaredy cat. Although he has no previous ghost-hunting skills, he is currently learning the ins and outs to help O.P.O. any way he can.
• Maunda Oyin – As the group’s chief researcher, Maunda does anything she can to supply context for the frightening situations the crew is about to head into. Using her naturally inquisitive mind, Maunda digs into the history of every haunting, going to libraries, records offices, even traveling door-to-door in the neighborhoods where they’re investigating, to maximize O.P.O.’s chances of discovering information useful to their case.

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If you’re a “Ghost Adventures” or “Deadly Possessions” fan, then chances are you’re eagerly awaiting the opening of Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum in Las Vegas. Today we have a few new details for you.

During an interview with Vegas Seven, Bagans spoke a bit about the massive structure that’s brimming with oddities from all over the world, which include an actual mummy, Ed Gein’s cauldron, Dr. Jack Kervorkian’s van, a throng of working antique mechanical dolls, and so very much more.

“The objects that I bring in here, they have a lot of things attached to them,” he says. “It’s just a concentrated nuclear reactor of objects and energy. In every room I want you to experience different energy, different emotions… Between the sounds, the energy from the objects, and the way things look, the moods will change,” Bagans explains. “I’m sensitive, I can feel stuff from the object—I want people to kind of feel what I feel. It’s kind of like an object and its energy in its natural habitat. I want them to feel a whole experience.”

Sounds crazy? You bet it is! Hit the above link for LOTS more, including some never-before-seen images from inside the museum. Bagans is hoping to have the site open to fans and curiosity seekers in a few weeks.

In the interim, this weekend brings us the annual “Ghost Adventures” Halloween special, which will find the guys investigating Ireland’s Celtic Demons. In a special two-hour event, “Ghost Adventures” travels across Ireland’s countryside, uncovering the origins of Halloween, abound with ancient Celtic legends and haunted locales infested by ghosts, banshees, and satanic entities.

For more info visit “Ghost Adventures” on Travel Channel, and “like” “Ghost Adventures” on Facebook. In addition be sure to follow @GhostAdventures, @Zak_Bagans, @JayWasley, @AaronGoodwin, and @BillyTolley on Twitter using the hashtag #GhostAdventures.

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If you haven’t spent all your cash on candy this Halloween, you might be interested in checking out Full Moon’s Halloween sale, which recently added three pretty awesome figures at reduced prices.

Limited Edition Replicas: ReAnimation Blade

On sale: $120.00

Brand New Puppet Master Replica. Variant on the original Blade includes glow-in-the-dark skin and interchangeable hook and syringe accessories. Replica stands approximately 17″ tall and 5″ wide.

Full Moon Playthings proudly presents the 1:1 scale Movie Accurate Puppet Replicas. Each puppet is hand made, every stitch of fabric is tailored to a perfectly scaled 1:1 reproduction of the Original rod puppet used in the Iconic Film Series PUPPETMASTER.

Limited Edition Replicas: Stealth Six Shooter

On sale: $200.00

Brand New Limited Edition Puppet Master Replica. Variant on the original Six Shooter includes a new sleek paint design and black tailored clothing.

For the first time only, and limited to 500 pieces each worldwide, Full Moon Playthings proudly presents the 1:1 scale Movie Accurate Puppet Replicas. Each puppet is handmade, every stitch of fabric is tailored to a perfectly scaled 1:1 reproduction of the original rod puppet used in the Iconic Film Series PUPPET MASTER. Each replica is numbered and comes with a hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity.

Also included, a handsome display base. Here are the most painstakingly accurate reproductions of the PUPPET MASTER characters ever, fully authorized and guaranteed to be the centerpiece of your collection.

NEW Full Moon Playthings Baby Oopsie Daisy Replica

On sale: $100.00

Comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by Charles Band and a stand.

Limited to 500 pieces each worldwide, Full Moon Playthings proudly presents the 1:1 scale Movie Accurate Puppet Replicas. Each puppet is hand made, every stitch of fabric is tailored to a perfectly scaled 1:1 reproduction of the Original rod puppet used in the Iconic Film Series. Each replica is numbered and comes with a hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity.

Also included, a handsome display base. Here are the most painstakingly accurate reproductions of the characters ever, fully authorized and guaranteed to be the center piece of your collection.

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If the thought of Ice-T starring in a film as an ancient vampire hellbent on conquering a Prohibition-era town sounds up your alley, then you’ll be thrilled to see this new trailer from Speakeasy Pictures and IMPULSE-FX for the period action thriller Bloodrunners.

From the Press Release:
The latest feature from writer-director Dan Lantz (Blind Love, Felix Melman), Bloodrunners centers on a turf war between a crooked cop and a power-hungry vampire (Ice-T, “Law and Order: SVU”) over a small town soaked in illegal hooch during the height of Prohibition.

Bloodrunners combines the action of crime dramas with the otherworldly gore of vampire legends. Michael McFadden (The Networker) headlines as a cop living large on looking the other way as booze flows through his protectorate. When he discovers that Chesterfield, the owner of the latest speakeasy, has a thirst for warm blood as well as cold hard cash, he must find a way to save his town before it dries up.

Bloodrunners is expected to premiere in 2017.

Synopsis:
By 1933, Prohibition has proven a booming enterprise, where average citizens break the law, hide in the shadows, and operate at night. The new world order has even lined the pockets of corrupt cops like Jack Malone (McFadden). He collects a “luxury tax” from every bootlegger and scofflaw in the small town he has sworn to protect.

While shaking down the newest speakeasy in the local underground, Jack and his men uncover a clan of vampires hellbent on taking over the town. Now Chesterfield (Ice-T), an ancient vampire, and his horde must hide their secret at any cost. The bloody result leaves several bodies and innocent townsfolk taken as lambs to await the slaughter.

With nowhere else to turn, Jack joins forces with a busboy and a crazy preacher to save the town and make a final stand against Chesterfield and his vampires.

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Just in time for Halloween we’ve scoured YouTube for some truly obscure and rarely seen spookiness! On tap right now we have a clip from “The Lucy Show” in which the incredible Lucille Ball and her partner in crime, Vivian Vance, end up as slaves for a vampire.

It’s not as naughty as it sounds, but it’s bound to bring a big smile to your faces! Check it out, and look for more Vintage Halloween Horrors soon right here on Dread Central.

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Sure, we’re a bit in awe of Jeffrey Dean Morgan for how well he embodies “The Walking Dead” villain Negan, but we still remember back when he was (somewhat) kinder and gentler as John Winchester on “Supernatural.”

Well, Jensen Ackles, who portrays John’s son Dean on the latter show, brought a smile to all our faces a little earlier today with the following tweet regarding a certain “someone” known as Lucille:

Morgan, ever the jokester (or should I say “Comedian”), replied:

Which Ackles followed up with:

Classic, right? Here’s hoping we see Papa Winchester back in the Impala one of these days before his boys close their final case. If Mary can come back, surely he can, too!

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Developed by FromSoftware, Inc.

Published by Bandai Namco Entertainment

Available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One

Rated M for Mature

Despite giving Dark Souls 3 a positive review, I was rather lukewarm about it personally. As a Souls game, I’d still rather play it than 95% of games out there, but it’s also the one I‘m least likely to pick up again when the craving strikes. A good friend of mine who I talk to about all things Souls has a phrase for this, “I love all my children, I just love some a bit more.”

Dark Souls 3 was just too easy. This is going to sound like insanity to everyone that got into the series with this console generation, since the game is still harder than most freshman at their first frat orgy night. For those of us that started with Demon’s Souls, the slide into casual is tangible. It’s not always a bad thing, as I think there might be a record of me saying that my favorite Dark Souls title was 2. Bloodborne would have to be my extended family favorite, as I’m a slut for blood and otherworldly screams.

Decaying nightmare flesh beasts with knives for fingers? Count me in!

All of that being said, I was really excited for the Dark Souls 3 DLC. In previous titles, the DLC was incredible. From the Prepare to Die edition’s Artorias of the Abyss to The Old Hunters, FromSoftware DLC has managed to unilaterally buck the trend of DLC being tacked on bullshit. Even my opponents across the aisle that hate Dark Souls 2 will admit that its DLC suite was badass.

So now the first piece of Dark Souls 3 DLC is here with Ashes of Ariandel. After Dark Souls 2’s “Crown” series, expectations are high. There’s no definitive statement on how much DLC there will be, but we know that this “Season Pass” is a two-pack. It’s unclear at this point if they are telling an additional story like they did in Dark Souls 2, or are just adding stuff like they did in Dark Souls. With how popular these titles have become, I wouldn’t discount a second DLC season.

Alright, cool, details established. Now I can move on to criticizing it! I’m actually really sad to be doing so. The DLC is usually when I evolve from loving these games to full on creeping out strangers with my photo album and papercraft models. Honestly, I feel 50% of that tug with Ashes of Ariandel. But just like the main game, there’s another 50% of glaring flaws that hold me back from calling it great.

I’m going to go chronologically here, since most of what I liked presented itself early. Right off the bat, the DLC is positioned in a way that makes it easy enough to access without feeling forced. A lot of games will put their DLC in a menu, but that’s not how FromSoftware does things. This time around, you’ll have to make your way all to the Cleansing Chapel bonfire. A new NPC can be found next to the alter, prostrate and mumbling in typical Dark Souls fashion. You might want to think twice before actually jumping in, as the content is designed to challenge higher level players. You can certainly struggle your way through it earlier, and frankly isn’t that what Dark Souls is all about?

Funny enough, getting warped to a demon dimension is one of the least bad things that can happen when touching a homeless man’s dirty rags.

Warping into Ashes of Ariandel, fans will immediately get a Bloodborne vibe, specifically the “Nightmare Frontier.” You find yourself in a cave, with your only company a feeble wretch telling you of a wonderful bed of rotting flesh. Alright, Hidetaka Miyazaki, I get you would rather be working on Bloodborne 2. I promise I’ll buy it when it comes out. Stepping out into the cold and barren landscape, I had some horrifying flashbacks to the Crown of the Ivory King’s Frigid Outskirts. The moment a nightmare reindeer busts out of nowhere and kicks me in the face, I’m out.

Luckily, it would not prove to be so brutal. The only enemies in this first area are some decently armed soldier type undead. Their attacks are middling in effectiveness, hard hitting enough to require your attention but easily avoided. Working your way past them, you walk to the edge of a cliff only to find that it collapses beneath you. This is where the DLC begins in earnest. All around you, a chorus of howls signals the coming of the wolf hordes. These agile doges are more of an annoyance than actual threat, but can overwhelm you in numbers. More importantly, they can distract you from the looming frosty trees waiting to unload a barrage of fireballs on you.

If you look hard enough, you can see Slenderman.

From here, you can either work your way through the doom-trees to the nearest bonfire and the rest of the DLC, or go fight a bunch of giant vikings for some fat loot. There’s a giant wolf guarding the viking area, so I recommend doing the bonfire first before trying the vikings. Similar to other large foes, the viking enemies possess some brutal charge attacks that even leveled my heavily armored ass. They are far more agile than your average large foe, but telegraph their attacks significantly. They can end you quick if you panic, so keep your head on your shoulders and dodge roll like a professional.

It’s really the next area that drives the Bloodborne comparison home, as you reach the City of the Creepy Rotting Bird Things. Covered in blood and rot and practically begging to be killed, these meager foes offer little threat even in great numbers. More deadly, marionette-like versions are roughly 10,000x deadlier, and will jump, spin, dash, pirouette, and leaping dagger you into oblivion. Disgusted by their weaker brethren, they also walk the streets of the town killing the mewling poop-birds. So yeah, very Bloodborne.

I’d actually feel bad about killing it if it wasn’t just begging for the sweet release of death.

More importantly, the design of Ashes of Ariandel is what feels most “Bloodborne.” The winding and overlapping streets of the village feel like a condensed version of Yharnam, while the treacherous frigid forest harkens back to the sprawling Forbidden Woods. New weapons like Valorheart, Crow Quills, and Friede’s Great Scythe are closer to Trick Weapons than the typical Dark Souls armament. This still is definitively Dark Souls 3, so there’s still a fair amount of shields, spells, miracles, staves, and other such weapons to fit into your build. It feels like a marriage of the two, mixing the best concepts of both to deliver some quality items and areas.

So why am I shitting on it then? Well, I don’t want to spoil anything, but there are only three other areas after the poop-bird village, one of which is entirely optional and missable. There are only two bosses, one of which is in the aforementioned optional area. Start to finish, it took me a paltry 3 hours to complete everything. There might be some secrets I missed, but aside from some ridiculous “walk off the ledge and there’s an invisible bridge” shit, I doubt it.

I figured there might be some bell ringing secret to tie it back into the first game, but I was mistaken.

For $15, 3 hours of content is short even for an indie game. This is Dark Souls 3, a game that can take upwards of 30 hours for new players to beat. Maybe this was my fault. I went into the DLC with my NG+ lv 106 character. Equipped with my Dragonslayer Set and Fume Ultra Greatsword, every enemy was in the 1-4 hit range. The tougher enemies were admittedly difficult, but too few in number to really offer resistance.

This is exactly the same problem I had with the main Dark Souls 3 game. As polished as the content is, it’s just too easy. I’m going to factor length into difficulty here, since the fundamental mechanic of Dark Souls has always been “learn your shit.” When there are only a dozen enemy types and two bosses, there’s only so much shit to learn. This is somewhat mitigated by a final boss that has three distinct forms (and I mean REALLY distinct, not just a few new attacks), but even that I beat after a couple tries.

As is law in Japan, the strongest being in the land is a frail girl in religious garb that obstructs her vision.

There’s something to be said for making a package tight. At no point in Ashes of Ariandel did I feel like it was the “filler” part. Even if that’s what they were going for, they still failed to deliver a robust chunk of content. I’m forced to look back at packages like The Old Iron King.
That whole DLC felt like one long, varied, and cohesive gauntlet of challenges. Ashes of Ariandel by contrast feels like a series of quality, yet conflicting ideas. Stapled together, it keeps you guessing, but it doesn’t have a consistent flow. Then, right when you feel you’ve just begun to unravel its hidden threads, it’s all over. It went from being an interesting and mysterious tapestry to a wet rag in an instant.

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but this honestly feels like it should have been free. Dark Souls 3 is 8 months old now, and is on the borderline of when DLC still feels relevant. For players to come back after over half a year, you have to offer something great. And this was great, as a little tempting extra to bring you back. The new areas are great and items cool, and certainly warrants a new playthrough. With the new PVP additions (which I won’t review, since honestly they should have been part of the game a long time ago), it certainly should please fans. But at $15, it just isn’t worth it.

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For our 20th episode of Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio and in honor of Halloween, we’re headed to one of the single most haunted locations in the country, San Diego’s William Heath Davis House, to broadcast, ghost hunt, and get scary!

That’s right, kids! For the first time ever Joe, Creepy, and the San Diego Ghost Hunters will be live on the air while doing the show from an actual haunted location.

The truly supernatural shenanigans will begin TONIGHT, October 29th, at 11:30PM PT / 2:30AM ET. Late, we know, but hey, we’re hunting ghosts! They’re not exactly day people, ya know? Make sure to tune in right here, and bring your nightlight.

It’s radio without a safety net, kids. It’s Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio.

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Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio is available to subscribe to on iTunes. Not an iTunes user?  You can also listen right here on the site.

Also you can hit Dread Central on Facebook on Wednesday nights to watch a live stream of the show as it happens.

Spooky, funny, touching, honest, offensive, and at times completely random, Brainwaves airs live every Wednesday evening beginning at 9:00 PM Pacific Time (12:00 midnight Eastern Time) and runs about 3 hours per episode.

Knetter and Creepy will be taking your calls LIVE and unscreened via Skype, so let your freak flags fly! Feel free to add BrainWavesTalk to your Skype account so you can reach us, or call in from a landline or cellphone – 858 480 7789. The duo also take questions via Twitter; you can reach us at @UncleCreepy and @JoeKnetter using the hashtag #BrainWaves.

Have a ghost story or a paranormal story but can’t call in? Feel free to email it to me directly at UncleCreepy@dreadcentral.com with “Brainwaves Story” in your subject line. You can now become a fan of the show via the official… BRAINWAVES FACEBOOK PAGE!

Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio is hosted live (with shows to be archived as they progress) right here on Dread Central. You can tune in and listen via the FREE TuneIn Radio app or listen to TuneIn right through the website!

For more information and to listen live independent of TuneIn, visit the Deep Talk Radio Network website, “like” Deep Talk Radio on Facebook, and follow Deep Talk Radio on Twitter. And don’t forget to subscribe to Brainwaves on iTunes.

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Here’s something cool that will bring a whole new dimension to your Halloween! MANDT VR just finished a 10-episode 360-degree video series entitled “The Depths,” and we have your first look right here!

The project was directed by Dekker Dreyer from a script he wrote with Sanjit Das. Matthew Harrison, Lorenzo Eduardo, James St. Vincent, and Kelly McMinn star. Neil Mandt serves as executive producer.

“I’m very proud of ‘The Depths.’ It’s a privilege to be releasing one of the first scripted series in VR,” says director Dreyer. “When we were creating the show, it just made sense to bring the audience into this dark, claustrophobic world in a way that a traditional film couldn’t. VR is both an actors’ and directors’ medium. You need to trust your performers to really live in their characters. We were so lucky in ‘The Depths’ to have an incredible cast. ‘The Depths’ is a dark story. It’s a story about finding hope in a hopeless situation and unraveling a mystery.”

Even cooler? “The Depths” takes place in 1994 because the filmmakers, which include Will Barratt (Hatchet, Frozen), wanted to grow the feeling of isolation without the Internet or social media in the story. That inability to communicate helps build the myth. The entire show was filmed in a water tank to add to the realism, and best of all… The creature is a practical effect. Thank the lord!

You can check out the whole series via the below playlist, starting with the trailer, and then go behind the scenes to learn more.  It’s best viewed in Chrome or Firefox, and if users have virtual reality headsets (Gear VR, PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive), MANDT VR recommends watching “The Depths” as it was meant to be seen via their distribution partner Littlstar.

Synopsis:
In 1994 the commercial fishing vessel Wanderlust was lost at sea. Its last known communication was a distress call with only two words… “They’re everywhere.” Uncover the truth in this original scripted VR series.

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