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io9 has uncovered a webtastic treat, where UK artist Steve Payne has replaced the faces of 19th century Russian generals with many of our favorite stars from sci-fi and fantasy classics. Something I’m sure everyone’s thought about doing. There’s the Shat, Patrick Stewart, Sir Ian McKellan and many more, all looking ridiculously great. If you… [Continue Reading]
Celebrate your name day in style, and follow this example set by JB Cada with an Arya and Nymeria birthday cake. Let’s not question how appropriate George R. R. Martin’s novels or HBO’s adaptation are for young children, because they’re too young to remember it, and who cares as long as it tastes good? And,… [Continue Reading]
According to Daily Mail, politicians in the village of Dharampuri are offering rewards of up to $2,000 for ensnaring vampires, who have apparently been drinking the blood of cows. No word yet on why they prefer beef to human flesh, but I’m sure it has something to do with swine flu. But, they’re not idiots,… [Continue Reading]
World Wrestling Federation icon Jake “The Snake” Roberts is making his first foray into fictional film in COLLEGE FRIGHT NIGHT, an all-in monster stomper from writer/director Brad Leo Lyon. The film also stars Dustin Diamond (!!), Martin Klebba, Lee Arenberg, Susan Graham, Sarah Fletcher, and fellow ex-wrestler Dan Severn. COLLEGE FRIGHT NIGHT is currently in… [Continue Reading]
HalloweenMovies.com has announced that on Monday, February 27, the city of South Pasadena, California installed a rare permanent tribute to HALLOWEEN producer Moustapha Akkad on a city street where the iconic film was shot in 1978. Sitting at the corner of Oxley and Fairview (across from the “Strode house”) is a bench, under which a… [Continue Reading]
Tomorrow Walls 360 is releasing several new lines of wall graphics, two of which may be of interest to FM readers. MARS ATTACKS fans can start their 2013 50th anniversary celebration early with a great looking series of reproductions of classic MA cards. Monster kids of the 80′s will no doubt love the chance to… [Continue Reading]
It is hard to believe it has been six years since Fiona Apple’s last album, EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE. Apple is one of contemporary music’s most gifted artists, and despite struggles with record labels, persistent internet leaks of new material, and the media’s misunderstanding of her, the singer remains on the lips of millions. During the album… [Continue Reading]
RE-ANIMATOR: THE MUSICAL took Los Angeles by storm last year with an interactive show that stuck close to the film in reference, upping the ante comedically and delivering on-stage grue that got left audiences red and loving it. Now, months after the show’s “final” performance last fall, RE-ANIMATOR: THE MUSICAL has been re-born, making a… [Continue Reading]
STAR WARS illustrator and sci-fi icon Ralph McQuarrie has passed away at his Berkeley, California home yesterday, Saturday, March 3. He was 82 years old. McQuarrie’s importance to the STAR WARS legacy cannot be over emphasized, as the artist is responsible not only for the look of Darth Vader, R2-D2, C-3PO, and Chewbacca, but also… [Continue Reading]
All this talk about Tim Burton’s DARK SHADOWS makes me think about the original DARK SHADOWS, and when considering show creator Dan Curtis’ ovure, I am reminded of his great, and often unfairly overlooked, 1973 take on Bram Stoker’s DRACULA. The film, shot in England in 1973, hit the airwaves on February 8, 1974, just… [Continue Reading]
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