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Kevin Van Hentenryck: Busting out of the Basket (Audio)
Kevin Van Hentenryck will forever be known to horror fans as the guy with the weird thing concealed in the basket. In three BASKETCASE films, he portrayed Duane, a young man struggling with some strange family … Continue reading
Posted in Show No Mercy
Tagged Basket Case, Frank Henenlotter, Kevin Van Hentenryck, sculpting, X Chris
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Chillin’ with JOHNNY X: Phil Makes the Rounds for DE
What you see is the awesome modified poster for Paul Bunnell’s THE GHASTLY LOVE OF JOHNNY X. Below that, Chiller Theatre’s logo. These two joys are going to keep me very busy … Continue reading
Some Twilight Zone Under the Radar Episodes Worth Watching—Season 1
Ed. note– A belated Happy New Year from the staff at Death Ensemble. I didn’t actually spend New Year’s Day watching episodes of Rod Serling’s brilliant series The Twilight Zone, but I’m sure many of you did. … Continue reading
Posted in In the Abyss
Tagged Anne Francis, Claude Atkins, Dirty Dancing, Don Siegel, doppelganger, immortality, Inger Stevens, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Jack Weston, Kevin McCarthy, Long Live Walter Jameson, loss of self, Lucille Fletcher, Mirror Image, mob mentality, Nightmare at 20000 Feet, radio play, Rod Serling, The After Hours, The Eye of the Beholder, The Hitch-Hiker, The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, The Twilight Zone, Time Enough at Last, To Serve Man, Vera Miles, X Chris
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The End of Days Is Here… 2 Days Ago
Back in November of 1999, I did something truly rare: I went to the movies with my brother Al. There was nothing special about the day, but for the fact that Al and I … Continue reading
Who Exactly Is Sharing These Scary Ghost Stories?
Ed. note– George Wyle, the man behind the lyrics I discuss below, also wrote the words for “The Ballad of Gilligan’s Island,” which became a standard in the minds of classic TV sitcoms. It also explains … Continue reading
Posted in In the Abyss
Tagged A Christmas Carol, Andy Williams, Charles Dickens, Eddie Pola, George Wyle, Gilligan's Island, Gremlins, Hold That Ghost, Insidious, It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Jerry Goldsmith, Nat King Cole, Poltergeist, Silent Night, The Omen, Tobe Hooper, X Chris
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Con Report: Chiller April 2012
The Sprawling Chaos Chiller Theatre, Parsippany, NJ April 28 at the Parsippany Hilton I take stock of last weekend’s Chiller convention, and here’s what I come up with: I met five … Continue reading
Posted in World Painted Blood
Tagged Alice Cooper, Art Hindle, Boondock Saints, Boyd Banks, Cease to Exist, Chiller, Cinderella, convention, D'Abo sisters, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Dead and Deader, Dean Cain, Dominic Mancini, Friday the 13th, George Romero, Inna Korobkina, John Astin, John Gibbons, Kerry King, Liberty Devitto, Lois & Clark, McKee Anderson, Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead 1990, Paul Musser, Robert De Niro, Taso Stavrakis, Tiffany Shepis, Tom Kiefer, Tom Savini, X Chris, Zach Snyder, zombies
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Hell of Fame Inductee: Dee Wallace
Dee Wallace as howled in by Phil Fasso I remember the thrill I had the first time I met Dee Wallace. Back in 2005, Chiller hosted a rare January show with a small guest … Continue reading
Posted in Hell of Fame
Tagged convention, Critters, Cujo, Dee Wallace, E.T., Joe Dante, The Howling, X Chris
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It’s Official! You Suck! April 2012 Convention Edition
Shao Kahn has scoured the convention circuit, and he is most displeased at what he’s found. If he had time to waste, he’d challenge the offenders to Mortal Kombat. But Shao Kahn is a busy man, … Continue reading
Posted in You Suck!
Tagged Alice Cooper, Chiller, convention, Dean Cain, Mad Monster Party con, Shao Kahn, X Chris
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CONVENTION REPORT: MAD MONSTER PARTY Part 2
What the Fix the Chapel is This??? or, Meeting Rutger Hauer Mad Monster Party, Charlotte, NC March 23-24, 2012 at the Blake Hotel Fasano, X and I … Continue reading
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Tagged American Werewolf in London, Boba Fett, Charlotte NC, Chiller, Chris Sarandon, Cici's Pizza, convention, Darth Vader, David Prowse, Deadtention, Dee Wallace, Derek Mears, Fasano, fix the chapel, Frankenhooker, Gary Streiner, George Romero, Hobo with a Shotgun, Hong Horror Show, Horrorfind Weekend, IG-88, James Hong, John Russo, Living Dead Festival, M. Mrakosa Orsman, Mad Monster Party con, Mary Woronov, Night of the Living Dead, Nighthawks, Patty Mullen, Persis Khambatta, Predators, Richard Moll, Rutger Hauer, Salem's Lot remake, Saturday Nightmares, Stop or My Mom Will Shoot, The Complete Night of the Living Dead Filmbook, The Empire Strikes Back, The Hitcher, The Howling, The Princess Bride, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, X Chris
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CONVENTION REPORT: MAD MONSTER PARTY Part 1
Hong-cubines, Acoustics, and the Speed Dating that Never Was Mad Monster Party, Charlotte, NC March 23-24, 2012 at the Blake Hotel I’ve been to so … Continue reading
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Tagged Blake Hotel, Chiller, Chris Sarandon, Christine, Christmas horror, convention, Debbie Rochon, Dee Wallace, Derek Mears, Fasano, Forty Licks, Gary Streiner, George Romero, Hong Horror Show, Hong-cubines, Horrorfind, HorrorHound, James Hong, John Amplas, John Russo, Keith Richards, Laguardia Airport, Mad Monster Party con, Mick Jagger, Midnight, Monster-Mania, Night of the Living Dead, Phil Fasso the Elder, Rutger Hauer, Santa Claws, The Rolling Stones, Tim Tebow, X Chris
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