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CHILLERAMA introduced the world to a number of things, from sex-hungry ghouls to man-eating semen, but perhaps the most memorable segment in last year’s anthology hit is Tim Sullivan’s I WAS A TEENAGE WEREBEAR. The hybrid of REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE and BEACH BLANKET BINGO (with a little bit of s&m) is a hilarious musical… [Continue Reading]
Aside from Tim Roth’s fantastic performance as Thade, some would say Danny Elfman’s score was the best part of Tim Burton’s ill-fated 2001 re-imagining of PLANET OF THE APES, and for those in that camp, La La Land Records has an exciting announcement. A limited edition 3-disc set will include the film version of the score, including… [Continue Reading]
Hammer has launched a fun game app on their Facebook page that takes fans a little deeper into the world of THE WOMAN IN BLACK. Hammer teases, “Discover what can be found in Arthur Kipps’ pocket watch and be entered into a draw to win the timepiece used by Daniel Radcliffe in the film!” Head… [Continue Reading]
By J Astro Horror fans are a unique sort of folk, because while many of us are the nicest & most generous, fun-loving people you’ll ever meet, we also delight in watching our fellow humans being massacred on TV and theater screens with alarming regularity. We deliriously cheer on the maniacs, monsters, and ill-mannered otherworldly… [Continue Reading]
You asked, we answered. Our all new forum is officially open for business. Head on over to chat about all things monster. Ask questions of the FM staff. Give suggestions on what you’d like to see. And, as a special bonus, check out our FM EXCLUSIVES section for some surprises. First, take a behind-the-scenes look… [Continue Reading]
Every year the Rondo Hatton Awards celebrate the genre’s best with nods to fan favorites in the worlds of classic and monster horror. This year, FAMOUS MONSTERS is lucky enough to be on the ballot several times… * Best Magazine of 2011 * Best Article: “Prophet of Horror: H.P. Lovecraft,’ by Charles A. Coulombe. FAMOUS… [Continue Reading]
Topps is having a lot of fun with the 50th Anniversary of MARS ATTACKS this year, having previously announced a new series of trading cards and a series of comics from IDW expanding on the MA universe. Today the studio sent a valentine for us to share with our lovely ghouls to help bring some… [Continue Reading]
Lana Del Rey doesn’t fit into any of the neat, comfortable categories that the general public prefers. Her morose, downbeat freshman effort BORN TO DIE, released on January 30 from Interscope Records, is a dark album full of songs of loss, yearning, fear, beauty, madness, and death. Her voice is an impossibly alluring blend of… [Continue Reading]
We were blindsided by tweets from horror maestro Clive Barker this morning explaining his absence over the last week: he has been in a coma. The folks at Syfy compiled the tweets to digest the story in one setting. Scary stuff indeed… “My friends, Clive here. I’m at home now after a while in hospital,… [Continue Reading]
The visual effects work of Universal matte department head Albert Whitlock has been seen in over 130 films, including the 1975 disaster outing EARTHQUAKE, directed by Mark Robson. The film, starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, and Richard Roundtree, told the story of various Los Angeles citizens dealing with the titular natural… [Continue Reading]
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