Film 4 FrightFest is a big film fest over in the UK, and they just released the a brand new free e-zine. It’s a cool read, and really easy to sign up to read online and easy to print out. The first issue has 68 pages of horror goodness, including interviews with Eli Roth, the director of “A Serbian Film”, reviews, news and the like.  Definitely worth checking out!

http://www.frightfest.co.uk/e-zineregistrata.html

If you got it, flaunt it. A Hauntcast T-Shirt that is. If you don’t own one, buy one now.

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Check out Outrageous Media’s line of videos available in our store.
Jon Hyers is video expert with over 20 years of expeirence working in the entertainment industry.
Outrageous Media is unique because they use special effects elements from movies and videos to create fantastic, eye-catching and surrealistic window decorations for homes at Halloween, and for haunted houses and theme parks.

Hey kiddies, want tome candy!

 
A sample of my prop collection

These awards are given out to home haunters who submit their videos to the DVD set compiled and distributed by Paul “Propmaster” Venturella. Each winner receives a custom award from Ghost Ride Productions.

The awards have been graciously sponsored by Haunted Attraction Magazine. HA wants to promote home haunters and will be giving a year’s subscription to the magazine to each winner this year.

The winners for 2009

Best Yard Haunt – Spencer & Debra in Broomfield, CO – Casa Fear
Best Yard Haunt (Vanguard) – Guy in Tualatin, OR – House Bloodthorn The Resurrection of Rose
Best Indoor/walkthrough Haunt – Russ & Carol in San Diego, CA – McKamey Manor Asylum
Best Indoor/walkthrough Haunt (Vanguard) – Baron & Baroness Reuwsaat in Medford, OR – Darkwing Manor Morgueorium Museum
Best Static Prop – Craig in Simi Valley, CA – Haunted Tiki Island
Best Static Prop (Vanguard) – Robert B. in Ann Arbor, MI – Brandywine Cemetery
Best Animated Prop – Paul Jameson in Dearborn Heights, MI – Monster Mouth Haunted House
Best Animated Prop (Vanguard) – Brent Ross in San Jose, CA – DC Cemetery
Best Party Haunt – Kellie Ann in Fond Du Lac, WI – Wirtz Party Haunt
Best Video Production – Lynne & Shawn in Pensacola, FL – The Mitchell Cemetery
Best How to- Noah Fentz in Maywood, NJ – Katzper’s Haunt

Propmaster Award – Lynne & Shawn Mitchell – How To Haunt Your House

ONLY 8 WEEKS AWAY

New England Haunter’s Gathering part 10 is on August 7, 2010, at the Radisson Hotel in Nashua, NH!

Ok, let’s count to 5

#1 – I just added more presentations:
Lifemask Basics by Ross Troiano
Basic Make Up Techniques by Mary Narciso
Unleashing your Inner Zombie: Basic training for young bloods by Lori Sousa

Fun with Latex and Cotton by Denny Stanley: Corpsing tips & techniques for beginners as well as some more advanced tidbits.
The Dark Arts: Advertising & Marketing by Dick Terhune: Think your Not-For-Profit Haunt can’t compete with the “big boys” when it comes to Advertising & Marketing – think again.

For full presentation/demonstration descriptions go to: Gathering 2010.

#2 – Dinner and Costume Ball – Yes finally our first Costume Ball, it’s gonna be a blast! For more information click here: Gathering 2010.

#3 – The Radisson Hotel is holding a block of rooms for us up to July 7. So if you haven’t already booked your room, what are you waiting for? Do it now before they are gone! Click here for Hotel Information or, to book your room, go to The_Radisson_Hotel

#4 – We have PayPal! Save time and pay for the Gathering and the Dinner/Costume Ball by using our http://www.hauntclub.net/hcs/?q=node/29option.

#5 – If you haven’t already, please go to http://www.hauntclub.net and join the East Coast Haunt Club

** Please remember to RSVP if you are planning on going to the Gathering and/or the Dinner and Costume Ball. For more details, click here: Gathering 2010.

Just added:

Thank you for your years of support!
The East Coast Haunt Club Staff

I rebuilt my Reaper from last year and made a How 2 to help other avoid the mistakes I made from 2009’s build.

I was just drooling over some of Brent’s masterpieces I thought you could use some inspiration for the 2010 build season.
rooling over

Here is another denizen of the village Mire.

What up boils and ghouls! Just a head’s up on a flick we didn’t get to discuss on the last show.

Splice is a sci-fi/horror mashup about a couple of scientists who do what scientists usually do in sci-fi/horror flicks – mess with nature, play God, unforseen results, followed by the running and screaming and murder……you know the drill.  Here’s a plot summary:

Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named “Dren”, the creature rapidly develops from a deformed female infant into a beautiful but dangerous winged human-chimera, who forges a bond with both of her creators – only to have that bond turn deadly.

The film has some positive buzz, so it may well be worth checking out. 

I’m not sure I am able to see it this weekend, so if any of you catch it, do me a solid and let us know what you think. Stay scary!

http://www.splicethefilm.com/

 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1017460/

Surveillance footage of me being ass raped by the Evil Queen at the NHC Ball.

HiRez00 just hit me with some haunt knowledge. Check out this product:

StyroSpray 1000 Hard coating for EPS foam.

StyroSpray® 1000 is a simple to apply hard coating for various types of rigid foam. It is a premix coating, which can be hand brushed, rolled or spray applied with ordinary painting equipment. It provides a strong, lightweight uniformly smooth appearance, which can be coated with any type of solvent or water base paint. StyroSpray crates a hard plastic shell over EPS foam for fabrication of signs, decorative themeing and concrete molds. It can also be used to laminate fabrics to EPS foam structures or to harden cloth shapes. It seals and waterproofs hot wire cut or carved EPS foam shapes for outdoor installations. StyroSpray 1000 can be applied with the same type of equipment used to apply ordinary water base house paints. This product only cures when exposed to moisture in the environment, it becomes dry to the touch in 1 hour after spraying. See the StyroSpray 1000 technical data/instruction manual on this page for more complete application information.

No, not my IQ. Meet Zero, my new Hauntcast Mascot, because Skully is pissing me off.

What up all you cool ghouls! If you want to check out some of the hijinx and fun from the NHC be sure to check out Shelley’s and my blog. 

There are tons of pics of all the action, including your dashing G/Host Chris Baker, the Hauntcast booth, Shelley, me and even Skully.

Thanks again to the organizers and to all the listeners who came by to say hey.  A good time was had by all!

http://johnnythundersmidnitespookfrolic.blogspot.com/2010/05/hauntcast-rocks-nhc.html

http://shellhawksnest.blogspot.com/

“THIS will be the Colorado Haunter’s Association’s first big public event!!! If your haunted attraction has a hearse or similar haunt vehicle, bring it down and help us promote Haunted Attractions in Colorado!!!”.

Event: HearseCon 2010 – Colorado Haunter’s Booth
What: Convention
Start Time: Friday, June 18 at 9:00am
End Time: Monday, June 21 at 9:00pm
Where: Englewood, Co.

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What up, boils and ghouls? Just a friendly neighborhood Johnny Thunder reminder that A Nightmare on Elm Street will slash its way into theaters in just one short week.

Will it live up to the hype? Will it compare in anyway to the original classic? Is Jackie Earle Haley up to the task of filling Robert Englund’s shoes….er, I mean striped sweater and fadora – as Freddy?  Will Chris at least buy me a large popcorn when we check it out together next Friday night?

These, and all your other burning horror questions, will be answered in a few short days. 

http://www.nightmareonelmstreet.com/

One two, Freddy’s coming for you………….

 

 
Well, kiddies… Hauntcast is crawling out of the dungeon and making it’s first official appearance at the National Haunters Convention. If you’re going to be in the area, come out and meet Hauntcast creator and g-host, Chris Baker. Also on hand will be the delicious Johnny Thunder and the ever-enchanting Mistress of Mayhem.
 

The convention runs this weekend, April 29th-May 2nd, at the Valley Forge Convention Center in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Hauntcast will be interred in Booth #2007, down the first aisle on your right as you come in the front entrance. Stop by, hang out, cop some Hauntcast swag and STAY SCARY!
 

Moxley Manor Haunted House – April 20, 2010 at 10:40pm
Subject: Zombie Walk – Less then 2 weeks away!

TFW Zombie Walk is less then 2 weeks away, so I wanted to send out a reminder of our infestation of the streets of Irving. Many of you will come undead but for those that don’t, try to arrive early so that the Moxley Manor crew can get an early start on making you undead.

For those of you that are coming to the walk Zombified, we will have some cool things in store for you. We will be giving out awards to the top 3 Zombies! The awards are going to consist of the following:

Tickets to the Dallas Derby Devils (Female Flat Track Roller Derby) bout on May 22nd. http://www.facebook.com/l/d0630;www.derbydevils.com/

Tales of Bloody Mary Comics including the very first issue autographed by Bloody Mary herself. http://www.facebook.com/l/d0630;www.talesofbloodymary.com/

If that’s not enough, let’s not forget the plaques that are being custom made for the top 3 undead.

Enough said! Bring out your best of the undead and grab some of this cool gear. See you on May 1st!

Moxley Manor Haunted House

http://www.facebook.com/l/d0630;www.moxleymanor.com

The store is open for business. Get your Hauntcast T- Shirts haunt off the press. We’ll also be selling voice overs from Discount Voice Overs.com at an even bigger discount for Hauntcast listeners. Visit often because I’ll be adding more merch over the next couple of weeks.

Check out one of our new sponsors Deceased Clothing for frightfully good T-Shirts, Caps, etc… Your original, so be original with authentic gear for haunters and Halloween fanatics.

I just finished my Giant Mutant Spider prop.

The Skull Shoppe would like to offer a special 20% discount and free shipping (excluding “Graveyard” models) for Hauncast listeners. Here’s how it works; just visit www.skullshoppe.com and look around. If you see a model(s) you would like to purchase, email me at: sales@skullshoppe.com and I will create an invoice with the discount. Simple right! This is a great way to own a stunning museum model at the best price possible. This discount is limited so take advantage while you can. Decorate your home or haunt today!

Colorado Haunters – April 17th Make & Take
For more details visit Garage of Evil Colorado Haunters
Contact Chris Tillman

If you live in the Connecticut area check out this cool fund raiser for the American Cancer Society.

Subject: This Friday!
Hey All!

This Friday is the Monster Mini Golf Fundraiser! Show up any time between 7pm and 10pm and get your discounted ticket before you walk through the doors! Tickets are only $7 each, and $6 for the really little ones! It is called “Monster” Mini-Golf, but it is not a horror attraction. The place is COMPLETELY lit up with blacklights! (Wear white and you’ll glow!) There’s going to be awesome music with their DJ, a ton of games, prizes, and best of all….YOU’RE GETTING IN FOR LESS!

The address is:
658 Long Hill Rd.
Groton, CT
(In the T.J Maxx center, enter the parking lot and Monster Mini Golf is on the LEFT of T.J Max between the two buildings.)

It’s EXTREMELY easy to get too! You just go straight until you see a giant sign, then you make a left turn into the parking lot. Could not be any easier! Lol.

Please remember that all ticket proceeds are going towards the American Cancer Society! So please come so you can help us raise money for this awesome cause!

Also, for anyone that cannot make it this Friday, the tickets are good any time and DO NOT EXPIRE. But if you want this discounted price, you MUST reply to this message for a way to buy your tickets because come Friday, I am no longer able to sell the tickets for this price!

Thanks! I can’t wait to see you all on Friday!
-Bobby

PS;
If you haven’t seen Monster Mini-Golf yet…check out these Youtube links!

http://www.facebook.com/l/6018a;www.youtube.com/watch?v=87HNXPR4Akw

http://www.facebook.com/l/6018a;www.youtube.com/watch?v=EafmcmHnrCI

http://www.facebook.com/l/6018a;www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTU8ej97fXg

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.