Spectremen, the kick-ass horror/punk/metal band, and their cool song “72 Inches Down”, are featured in this month’s show.  

Thanks again to cool ghoul Evil Jim and the guys for sharing their spooktacular music with us.  I really dig their sound and the fact that they are huge monster and horror fans.   Be sure to check out their site for upcoming shows, music, videos and merchandise.

Stay scary, dudes!

http://spectremen.com/

DC Design Studio – 25% off Haunt Show/Transworld Sale

Eventhough we missed Transworld, DC Design Studio, LLC is offereing an un-heard of 25% discount on all our stock and “ready to run” props. No special requirements, minimums, or hidden details, just a good old fashioned sale!

Below are just a couple of the sale prices:
DC Light Lifter - Regular price $295 - Sale price $221
DC Torso Erector - Regular price $345 - Sale price $258
DC Spitter Mechanism - Regular Price $110 – Sale price $82
Bushwacker - Regular Price $950 - Sale price $725
DC Organist (motor driven) – Regular Price $2400 – Sale price $1800
View all of the sale items at www.dcprops.com These are the lowest prices we’ve ever offered! So act quick as this sale ends at midnight April 20th. Please Note: Due to recent demand, this sale may end sooner then 4/20.

In addition, if you are looking for a custom prop, were extending the discount to labor (including programming), design, and fabrication. Contact us for more info.

* Discount valid on DC Design Studio, LLC props, labor, and design only. Discount not valid on controllers, special effects, pneumatic parts, and non-dc design studio manufactured props. Prices on www.dcprops.com already reflect discounted price. Discount valid 3/25-4/20/2010.

Hauntcast will represent at the NHC April 30th and May 1st. If you are going, make sure to stop by the booth and say hi. Hopefully I’ll be there, if not check the Bahhhhh!

National Halloween, Horror, Haunted House & Hearse Convention
April 29th – May 2nd 2010
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
National Haunters Convention

If you want me to print up a batch of high quality silk screened Hauntcast T-Shirts, then post a comment demanding that I get ‘er done. Let me know your size as we’ll so I know what sizes to order.
The money raised will pay bandwidth and server fees.
The design will be the new logo/background of the site, at least 4 colors and cost about $25. If I get at least 50 people to commit to buying a T, I will place the order.

Hauntcast 17 March Madness. The denizens of the dungeon are at it again with News from beyond, Theater of the mind, Fright Flicks, Charmed Pot, Ask the Doc, Top 10 tools, Mad props for props and an interview with Terra the Terror of the cul de sac.

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Terror Master has concocted an ap for the Android phone. It is available in the Android marketplace as a free download for listening to Hauntcast on your phone. It should also work on the Droid.
Android/Droid Ap

Drinking outweighed the thinking at least 2 to one. Saturday was a great day. It’s always fun to hang out with like minded haunters and talk shop.
Unfortunately (or fortunately) the record button didn’t get pressed, so if you didn’t catch it live then you are out of luck. There should be some pictures on the GoE site.

The Podpress plugin stopped working last week and I switched to PowerPress. I needed to tweak some of the settings because it was only showing 10 episodes on the feed. Everything seems to be working fine now (finally), but please let me know if you encounter any problems.
I apologize for all this BS, but there has been a huge learning curve with the new Wordpress site.

Hauntcast 11 KOktoberfest. Wine, women and lots of lager. Featuring Tom Nardone form Extreme Pumpkins.com.

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Hauntcast 12 Night of Frights. Featuring an interview with Jim Weilock from Graveside Manor.

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Hauntcast 13 Black Friday. Rum, Haunting, Music and Rum. Featuring and interview with Gary Corb from the Hallowed Haunting Grounds.

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Hauntcast 14 Happy Horrordays. Haunting, Music and Mayhem! Featuring part 2 of the interview with Gary Corb from the Hallowed Haunting Grounds.

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Featuring an interview with the creator of the Flying Crank Ghost Doug Ferguson of Phantasmechanics.

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Hauntcast 16 – Invasion of the Booty Snatchers. Mad props for props, Top 10, Johnny Thunder reviews Wolfman, Ask the Doc, and the Chamed Pot. Also featuring an interview with Baroness Reuwsaat from Darkwing Manor.

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Does Hauntcast deserve a Rondo award? Probably not, but vote for Hauntcast anyway!
#20 Best Horror Audio or Video Podcast

Rondo Award.com

West Coast Haunters Convention dates and location revealed. Oregon School for the Deaf and the Nightmare Factory to host first annual haunted house convention and trade show May 20-23 2010

Salem Oregon (02/02/2010)… The Oregon School for the Deaf (OSD) is excited to announce that we will be holding our first Haunted House Convention in Salem, Oregon, May 20-23 2010. The significance of holding the West Coast Haunters Convention (WCHC) at OSD stems from the history of running a successful Haunted House business on campus for the past twenty-one years. The Nightmare Factory has been an influential part of the culture of OSD, allowing our students the experience of running a well-regarded, thriving business and providing an avenue for drama, set building, make-up, costume design and stage management experience.
For more info visit West Coast Haunters Con

I’m looking for suggestions for haunters or Halloween related people to interview. Please leave a comment with some suggestions.
Also, are there any handmade props that rock your world? Send me the link so I can check out their/your prop.

So I caught the matinee of The Crazies last Saturday morning as I promised you, the  loyal listeners. I always hold off on posting my thoughts on the boards and/or my super duper award winning blog just so I have something to BS about with our G/Host for this month’s show.  I definitely have thoughts about this latest horror redo willy, so tune in to the new show on 3/26 to hear all about it.

I caught a few flicks on cable the past few  weeks, including Dead End (2003) with one of my favs, Ray Wise. Nice little unexpected flick, go check it out if you have an hour and a half to kill – I was pleasantly surprised by this one.

Unfortunately, I also suffered through a pile of crap called Bram Stoker’s Dracula’s Guest (2008) – yikes. What a complete inept craptacular flick – I don’t even know where to start on this one. Overall, it is a very poorly done project, from the direction to the (very poor) acting to – well, almost everything about the film is just bad. I wouldn’t waste any time on this thing. Even though it was free, I would like some compensation for the time I wasted watching it.

If anyone else gets a network called This and you dig cheesy and B-horror flicks like I do, be sure to check out the channel. Most of the genre stuff plays on the weekends,  and especially late Saturday night at 11:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m., but also later and often on Sundays. Over the course of the past few weeks, they have aired such gems as The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant (1971) , Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988), Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980), Murders In The Rue Morgue (1971), and many, many more. Again, if you like some high grade calcium with your fright flick fix, check out this channel.

I’m hoping to head over the bridge next weekend to check out Monster-Mania Con in Cherry Hill, NJ. If you are going to be there, shoot me an email………. I’d love to have you buy me a beer.

Well, boils and ghouls, I have my first case of 2010 of Troegs Imperial Amber Nugget Nectar that I am working on this fine warm weekend, so I am going to go fire up the grill and burn some meat.

Later!,

** New England Haunter’s Gathering X **
A decade of Halloween and still going strong! That’s right, 10 years! The East Coast Haunt Club has trick-n-treated you with haunted Halloween fun for a whole decade.

Thank you all for making our Gathering one of the longest running of its kind!

When……: Saturday, August 7th
Where…..: Radisson Hotel Nashua, NH
Time……: 10:00am
Admission.: $20.00
** Ages 14 and over only please! **

We have a block of rooms till July 7th – so book them early!!

Visit www.hauntclub.net and see what’s planned for this year! More information will follow as plans solidify.

Just went to The Crazies. I’ll give you my 2 cents…. and my review when I chat it up with Johnny Thunder on March 26th.
All I can say for now is…. it didn’t suck.

If you have a subscription to Hauntcast on iTunes, you already know the feed doesn’t work. I had to submit the new feed and there is a new listing for Hauntcast on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hauntcast/id359517803. Please subscribe to the new listing (with the new artwork) to get the latest episode and all the past episodes.
Sorry for the inconvenience, but iTunes wouldn’t just replace the old feed with the new.

Hauntcast 1 Uncut. The Maiden Voyage. Arrr matey. Featuring Zombie F aka Dave Lindblom from Hauntforum.

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Hauntcast 2 Return of Hauntcast. It’s Miller Time with Steve-O from the Garage of Evil.

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Hauntcast 3 In Redee. Now in redonkulous vision. Featuring Larry McKenzie from Halloween Forum and hack master Otaku.

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Hauntcast 4 – The Final Chapter. What? We just got started. Featuring mache master Stolloween.

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Hauntcast 5 Son of Hauntcast. Lurking, leering, and laughing. Featuring Ghostess Dianna from the Dead End Haunt

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Hauntcast 6 Curse of Hauntcast. You can run but you can’t hide. Featuring the authors of How To Haunt Your House Lynne & Shawn Mitchell

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Hauntcast 7 Devil’s Hangover. Music, mayhem and more. Featuring Interview with Chris & Jeff Davis from Davis Graveyard.

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Hauntcast 8 Revenge of Hauntcast. Tunes, titilation, and torture. Featuring an interview with Brent Ross from DC Cemetery.

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Hauntcast 9 Bride of Hauntcast. Haunting, beer, and horror, oh my. Featuring an Interview with Dave Bates from the Bates Haunt.

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