I’m playing around with the format of the blog for the next week. Please let me know what you think, either in the comments below or at steven@thehorrorblog.com. Thanks!

Movies

It seems that Cinepix co-founder John Dunning is being treated in the hospital after being hit by a car. Cinepix was one of the pillars of Canuxploitation, giving the world such classics as Ilsa the She-Wolf, My Bloody Valentine, Happy Birthday To Me and launching the careers of Ivan Reitman and David Cronenberg.

“”My D.P. Milan Chadima shot it, and he busted out lenses from the 1970’s! It was too fucking cool. I really want it to look like the trailer for THE PROWLER or MANIAC, and we shot it with the old school camera and lenses. Nobody shot with them in years, and Milan said the rental house dug them up out of the basement just for him.” - Eli Roth

Eli Roth describes his experience directing one of the fake trailers for the upcoming Grind House feature. Courtesy of Dread Central.

Mr. Skin has announced the Top Ten cinematic nude scenes of 2006 and Barbara Nedeljakova makes the cut at #6 with her performance in Hostel.

Some Reach For The Top nerds have challenged Uwe Boll to a battle of the minds. Someone should tell them he’s a PhD.

The Toronto Star submits an article on the rise of gore in the movies, tying it in with the holiday season. It’s a surprisingly thoughtful and level-headed look at the history of gore.

Interviews

“A Little League baseball coach when he’s not spending his time master- minding sadistic ways to torture and kill his victims, Bell has given away a few of the scary Jigsaw clown masks to kids for them to use on Halloween.” - Tobin Bell

I’m not the biggest Saw fan, but based on his interviews I can dig star Tobin Bell.

Cinematical speaks with Crispin Glover about his highly disturbing film, What Is It?

Comics

David Z. posts yet another great horror comic, this one involving a sinister nurse and a bad case of the plague.

The latest issue of The Walking Dead sells out in less than 24-hours. While so many comics decline in readership over time, it’s refreshing to see one continue to gain support.

Matt Maxwell of Dark, But Shining ponders why comics don’t scare him, then describes a comic that scares him.

Lit

The further I read into the synopsis of Jack Ketchum’s latest novel, the more I realized just which crime he was inspired by, and it really creeped me out. I’m surprised there hasn’t been an uproar here in Ontario yet.

While at work I’ve been taking short breaks and indulging in a little flash fiction writing, that is, stories that come in under a very small word count. Now it appears that someone has opened an archive for horror flash ficiton at MicroHorror. Take a look, or submit your own. All stories must be under 666 words to be eligible. Link courtesy of Slash.

Misc. Horror

Now that’s just creeping me out

I have absolutely no interest in tattoos, but this Monster Engine design floors me. Thanks to J. for the head’s up.

The Gizmo Cafe Blog would like you to substitute ‘RIAA’ with the words ‘Brain eating zombies’ at every possible opportunity.

Not Horror

I’m still laughing over this post from I Spit On Your Movie.

The Movie Blog is organizing a film festival in Hamilton on January 20th for a local food bank. One of the films being shown is Shaun of the Dead, and our own Horror Roundtable contributor Doug Nagy will be doing stand-up at the show.

Sam Raimi may tackle classic pulp heroes after he’s through with Spider-man.

If you have any news or promotional material you’d like to send my way, please email me at steven@thehorrorblog.com.

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