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Even more than the main attractions in Grindhouse, I’m most looking forward to the faux trailers placed during the intermission. I’ve already talked about Eli Roth’s contribution, and it turns out that Rob Zombie jumped aboard sometime during the holidays with a contribution called Werewolf Women of the SS, but now Fangoria has confirmed that Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright will be offering up a little slice of greasy heaven.

Movies

Of all the horror movies with the potential to be remade, I think The Tingler would be at the top of my list for the most unexpected. I’m all for it if they’re planning on rigging up some seats.

JA of My New Plaid Pants leads the way to some of Guillermo del Toro’s pre-production sketches for Pan’s Labyrinth.

Movie Morlocks takes a look at the history of one of horror’s most enduring, yet underrated archetypes; the blonde little girl with the white ball.

Cinema Blend discusses the decision to replicate Michael Myer’s mask from the original movie.

And while we’re on the topic, it seems that Sherri Moon Zombie has been confirmed to play Michael Myer’s stripper mom, a role that they didn’t appear to be holding auditions for. I guess he must have wrote it specifically for his wife. I wonder if we’ll see her ass.

The infamous Final Girl Film Club makes its triumphant return with the 80s slasher flick The Invitation. It’s like Oprah’s book club, but with bigger hair.

Louis Fowler: The only person on the planet who enjoyed the Black Christmas remake.

It may already be too late, but if you live in the Toronto area and you’d like to attend a big-screen preview of the next Hellboy animated movie, Sword of Storms, all you have to do is shoot off an email to Anchor Bay.

I’m trying to avoid old news, but this is one I just couldn’t resist helping to spread the word on this one. Coffin Joe’s return, The Embodiment of Evil, has finished production and apparently it’s going to be even crazier than his previous films.

Interviews

Skull Ring continues to pull out all the stops on their interviews, this time with the world’s first and only professional horror geek, Mike Bracken. It’s actually a pretty good read, with lots of emphasis on his career as a horror critic.

Remember Werewolf, one of the Fox Network’s first major shows? The Daily Southtown has an interview with General Hospital star John York, including a small paragraph on the show that started his career.

Lit

Have you spent years sitting on your historical zombie epic waiting on a publisher? If so, Permuted Press would like to see what you’ve got. They’re putting together an anthology of short stories concerning the undead throughout history.

Comics

Comic Book Resources discusses the upcoming Werewolf By Night one-shot with writer Mike Carey. From the look of things both Morbius and Man-Thing, also of the Legion of Monsters, will be receiving one-shots of their own. Looks like Ghost Rider wasn’t returning their calls.

Sean T. Collins points us in the direction of some incredibly weird comics by outsider artist Fletcher Hanks. He seems way more Harry Stephen Keeler to me than Ed Wood, but that’s just how I roll.

Real World

The Scotsman has a great article on the locals’ acceptance of the Dracula legend as tourist fodder in Romania.

Misc.

David Z. gives the ol’ Horror Blog an honourable mention for Year’s Best Horror Blog. Huzzah!

Horror Roundtable contributor Doug Nagy has broken his ankle after a freak dalmatian accident. North Quincy officials are unsure whether he will be able to play any football for the rest of the season. Please join me in prayer for Doug. I’m sure he would appreciate it.

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