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“The Fall of Tomorrow” book is simply BRILLIANT!
1“The Fall of Tomorrow” book is simply BRILLIANT!
Review by Tim Gross
I don’t get to read too many books because my eyes are usually locked on the latest independent film for review or I am searching through my piles of movies looking for the next zombie flick to watch. But when I do read I like to make sure the book is going to be interesting, something that draws me back to the book since if I’m not watching a shitload of horror movies I am like most people working our fingers to the bone for a paycheck. The book has to be a little different, something off, maybe even a little random and David J. Fairhead’s “The Fall of Tomorrow” has all of that and then some. It’s a little Lovecraft, a little Steve King’s “The Cell” and “The Mist”, and a little of just plain good versus evil!
The book is structured in a unique way of people telling their stories of where they came from and how they are going to find this place of light somewhere in Ohio. But the story begins with the earth opening up and literally creatures of unimaginable proportions devouring the population and eventually blackening out the sun till there is maybe two hours of daylight left since they hunt during the night. The book’s main character named Kyle describes the beginnings of what becomes known among the survivors as “The Fall”. Kyle, a man who like all is trying to survive this purge of humanity by demon-like insects that come in all shapes and sizes and have planned this attack for many years. Kyle is able to find a place where the light keeps the demons at bay and is a safe place for survivors. He puts out a radio show, distress call, whatever you want to call it out across the radio airwaves to tell people about the place of “light” and that it is getting bigger. But also he wants the survivors to document and leave notes for others about themselves and their struggles or discoveries of the beasts they are trying survive along the way. Like I said the book is uniquely structure since Kyle is the main character but is only in a couple chapters as each chapter usually follows a different person or group of persons as they document their travel to Ohio.
I just love the book because for me it is structured kinda like an anthology and I could visualize the book as a movie as I read every word. But also the descriptions, names, and variety of demons or creatures that are in the book are amazing, frightening, and just plain bad ass! “The Fall of Tomorrow” to me is like David J. Fairhead reached deep into our childhood dreams and memories and brought our nightmares of monsters and demons to life in this absolutely brilliant, bleak, apocalyptic world of survival! And Mr. Fairhead I am thankful for this wonderful book as I give it 4 out of 4 stars. The book can be purchased at www.amazon.com .
Bloodbaths and Boomsticks Episode 111 is up folks!
0No guest this week as Tim and Kyle prepare for the greatness that is Cinema Wasteland, but we do have Jack Deth in Trancers 2 and Australian exploitation at its finest in Brian Trenchard Smith’s Dead End Drive In. Also we chat about what we’ve seen over the past week, Oderous Urungous of GWAR’s passing, and our thoughts on Phantasm 5: RAVAGER!!! Kyle sees the new Arnold flick Sabotage with a theater full of dummies, and a lot of other nonsense.
So check it out.
http://bloodbathsandboomsticks.blogspot.com/
MOHNSTER CON Film, Memorabilia & Pop Culture Festival May 24th & 25th.
0MOHNSTER CON Film, Memorabilia & Pop Culture Festival
May 24th & 25th.
Mohnster Con is a new film festival located in North East Ohio. Get a chance to meet & greet with local film makers, purchase movie memorabilia, meet authors, celebrities, and even get a chance to audition for local films. There will also be vendors seeking models for projects such as horror calendars. All proceeds go towards Mohnster Productions new Horror Film being filmed in the valley.
Where?
Best Western-Meander Inn
870 CANFIELD NILES RD
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO
44515
Price’s Show Times
1Day $5.00 Saturday May 24th 11AM-8PM
2 Days $8.00 Sunday May 25th 10AM-6PM
Children 12 & Free
For more information:
Call Zombie Joe (330) 509-5336
Email: eeriefrequencyjoemohn@yahoo.com
Website: http://eeriefrequencyjoem.wix.com/mohnster-con
Guests:
Shane Kimple (Dead Life, Dead Life 2)
Chris Hahn (WWE Wrestler Johnny Paradise)
Ashley Shaw (MODEL, Star of Joey Mohn’s “Gruesome”)
Abby Kay Luse (MODEL, Star of Joey Mohn’s “Gruesome”)
Joey Mohn (Director of Night of the Cannibals, Chronicles of A Serial Killer, The Sickness)
Travis Bowen (The Girl, Shadows in the Woods, Midnight Massacre)
Bryan Humphrey (Star of Chronicles of a Serial Killer)
More to be announced!!!
VENDOR TABLES ONLY $50 FOR THE WEEKEND
Payment Info: Make check or money order payable to: MOHNSTER CON, send payment to MOHNSTER CON, 51 E Howard St, Girard, Ohio 44420.
PayPal Info: You can email us payments at eeriefrequencyjoemohn@yahoo.com
For Questions Contact: 330-509-5336 or email eeriefrequencyjoemohn@yahoo.com
Prices for tables: Website: http://eeriefrequencyjoem.wix.com/mohnster-con
1 Table is $50 each until May 1st, 2014
1 Table is $75 each after May 1st, 2014 if not sold out
4 Tables are $125 until May 1st, 2014 or $175 after May 1st, 2012 if not sold out
*Show times: 11am to 8pm Saturday May 24th, 10am to 6pm Sunday May 25th.
*Two vendor passes are provided with each table purchase, additional passes for vendors are half off the regular admission price.
*We require a deposit of half down for tables with the balance paid in full one week prior to the event.
Horror Realm this weekend horror movie fans!!!
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Come on out as I will have a table with co-director Daniel Boyd as we continue pimping out our new film Jagoff Massacre! We will have copies of the film for sale and we still have a few T-shirts left. Plus I will have my book The Big Ass Book of Gross Movie Reviews for sale and of course I will be there to talk about the Bloodbaths and Boomsticks podcast, Spookies, Jagoff Massacre 2 as its in pre-production, my next book which was recently finished and just waiting for the perfect cover from the great artist Ed Quillin! And as always we will have a beer or two or 12… So come on by the convention check out all the guests, movies, and at some point stop by to chat with Gross Movie Reviews himself Tim Gross. I will see yinz there!
Have a Merry Grossmas and a Happy Gross Year!
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As Sharknado said, “Nuff said!” Go shop Fast Custom Shirts this weekend!
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Underground Wisconsin filmmaker releases entire catalog for streaming and rent online.
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MADISON, WI- Writer/Director Cory J. Udler, most known for his “Incest Death Squad” trilogy and his work with legendary grindhouse icon Ted V. Mikels, has released all of his films, including 2011’s “MEDIATRIX” in online format for rent and download at the official ShaLenn Productions, LLC website, INCESTDEATHSQUAD.com.
Udler, who has not gone with an established distributor for any of his films, wanted to embrace the new opportunities for rent and download capabilities for his movies on the hosting site VIMEO for a variety of reasons.
“First and foremost”, Udler said, “this is the way people are watching movies. Everyone’s busy, on the run, and instead of having to order a DVD and wait for it to arrive and then have to watch it in front of the TV, people want to snag a movie any way they can when it’s convenient for them. In addition, I have a great bunch of fans of the movies overseas and the shipping costs as of the first of the year have made me have to ask those folks for more money for shipping. The shipping costs more than the movies! So this is a very exciting way for me to reach more people at a lowered price and a more convenient viewing option for them as well.”
Udler’s first feature in 2009, “Incest Death Squad”, was celebrated by underground film fans and panned by critics making it a “cult film”, a title that Udler denies.
“I don’t decide if the movies are “cult” or not. An audience decides that. But I’ve had everything from people tattooing “IDS” on their bodies, to people telling me that my movies are a sort of “test” for their friends, to see if they are worthy of hanging out with. It’s pretty wild for a no budget movie that, as I look back on it, seems disjoined and strange, but yeah, people love it, so if they say it’s a “cult” movie, then great. I just think it’s a weird no budget movie”.
The movie stars Lloyd Kaufman in a cameo role along with “Night Of The Living Dead” sheriff George Kosana, Elske McCain, Tom Lodewyck, Greg Johnson, Melissa Murphy and Carmela Wiese.
Udler followed in 2010 with a direct sequel and calls that film his “favorite of any films” he’s made.
2011 saw the release of “Mediatrix”, a departure from the horror genre to a “Christsploitation” movie.
“Mediatrix was based off a true story. There was a woman in Wisconsin in the 40’s and 50’s who claimed to have been visited by The Virgin Mary. She said she suffered stigmata, all kinds of wild unsubstantiated claims. Paula Duerksen (star and writer of “Mediatrix”) and I took a trip up there when we were filming her scenes for Incest Death Squad 2 and on the way back we basically decided to make an amped up rock n roll version of that story”.
The movie stars Viscera Film Festival founder and horror luminary Shannon Lark as the Virgin Mary. It also stars Kaylee Williams and Joe Hollow, along with Lodewyck, Johnson, Ukena, Katzenberger and Heather Renkin.
2012 saw him return to the “IDS” series and complete the trilogy with “IDS Rising”.
“Honestly, I just wanted to really slam the book shut on the “IDS” movies with that one. I wanted to give the people who supported me and the cast and crew one more look inside this bizarre little no budget horror world we all created. Some fans said it was the best of the series, and I’ll take that”.
Udler says there is “no chance in hell” of a 4th movie saying, “I have no idea how I’d dig these characters up again for a 4th movie. After the first one I said no sequel. After the sequel I said no third movie. So, basically I’m a horrible liar. But honestly, from the bottom of my heart, I have no desire to do a 4th movie in that series. It’s over!”
All four movies are available for rent ($3.00 for 2 nights) or purchase ($6.00 for direct download) at INCESTDEATHSQUAD.com now.
Currently, Udler is a producer and contributor to Rabid Child Films’ “HOLE IN THE WALL”, an all Wisconsin based horror anthology featuring films from Derrick Carey, Greg Johnson, Rob Michaels and Carolyn Baker and other Badger State directors to be named later. Udler’s entry stars “Night of the Living Dead” star Judith O’Dea and is titled “Ed Gein: D.D.S.”.
“It’s the goofiest thing you’ve ever seen. Completely ridiculous, but a ton of fun. And to get to work with and meet Judith was a dream come true.”
The film is scheduled for release in 2014.
In the meantime, Udler has completed his third script for legendary director Ted V. Mikels titled “Paranormal Extremes: Text Messages From The Dead”. Udler has written “Demon Haunt” and “Astro Zombies M3: Cloned” for Mikels and considers that work his greatest achievement.
“I have idolized Ted since I was about 12 years old. He is the embodiment of true independent filmmaking spirit. I love him so much and respect him like no other. It’s absolutely mind blowing to have written three films for Ted. He’s the greatest of all time”.
“Paranormal Extremes” is currently filming, with Mikels at the helm, in Las Vegas. A 2014 release is planned. The other films are available through Alpha New Line Cinema at OLDIES.com.
Udler’s latest film “IDS RISING” is also available on Roku on Get Scared TV for free now. The film includes an extended trailer for “Hole In The Wall” including a quick scene from “Ed Gein: D.D.S”
What’s next for Udler and ShaLenn Productions?
“I am working on a story and script with Derrick Carey now. We’re taking it slow, not rushing it. It’s completely insane. I will say it has to do with heavy metal and Satan, but that’s about as far as I’ll go right now”.
Udler says the plan is to shoot in 2014 with a 2015 release.
To keep up on everything Udler and ShaLenn Productions has planned you can visit INCESTDEATHSQUAD.com or find Udler on Facebook.
Have you purchased your copies of “Jagoff Massacre” to give out to the family? If not, you understand the old you would have already!
0Buy it at http://www.jagoffmassacre.com
On a cold winter night in the Greenfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA, two local drunks by the name of Chosky and Stutch run afoul of a group of inept satanists. As a chase ensues through Pittsburgh, blood will be shed! It’s time to Red up Pittsburgh!
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl-poWn4E2E
Arthouse Horror Flick Coyote Releases Clip and Wins Awards
0Here is a clip from an arthouse horror film that has been banned at several festivals and which has won awards at others, in its first public screenings: controversial director Trevor Juenger’s Coyote. The film stars Bill Oberst Jr. as an insomniac writer whose sleep-deprived hallucinations distort reality as paranoia drives him to extreme violence. The surreal shocker, which mixes arthouse and horror, is shopping for distribution and its first public screenings have elicited strong reactions.
Director Trevor Juenger tweeted last week from a festival: “someone in the audience keeps yelling What Is This? and What Does It Mean? We’re going to give him an aneurysm by film’s end.” Juenger says a college screening of Coyote was shut down in mid-film by an administrator citing “extreme violence,” while another public screening in the director’s hometown of St. Louis had to be cancelled when the theater owner refused to run the film due to “extreme content.”
Coyote‘s IMDb page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2385041 shows 27 reviews, all positive. The film’s wins include “Best Feature” at the 2013 Unreal Film Festival in Memphis and three Feature Film Awards at Pollygrind Underground Film Festival 2013 in Las Vegas, including a Best Actor Award for Oberst.
Fans of the surreal and the extreme can decide for themselves once Coyote gets distribution. In the meantime, here is a clip that director Juenger says “may be my favorite sequence in the film.” It is the moment before Oberst’s character snaps completely.
The downloadable clip is available here: http://vimeo.com/78862331
And for embed here:
Embed Code: <p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/78862331“>Coyote</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/juenger“>Trevor Juenger</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com“>Vimeo</a>.</p>< p>This is an except from the film "Coyote."<br /> <br />http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2385041/<br /> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Coyote/207299646022159</p>
The clip on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWK7yrHTVGs
For download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vqt38l2tvxkkmbb/coyote_1280x720.mp4
Director/writer: Trevor Juenger.
Cast: Bill Oberst Jr., Joe Hammerstone, Victoria Mullen and Bill Finkbinder.
Fanpage: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Coyote/207299646022159
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