Day Planner of the Dead - February 5th, 2007
A new and notable addition to the event schedule is McGill University’s Freak Fridays, an event I will be going into more detail with shortly. If you live in Montreal, check it out and let us know how it went.
If you’re aware of an event I can place here, or are planning one yourself, please send me an email at steven@thehorrorblog.com.
Notable DVD Releases
Feb. 6th - The Grudge 2
Feb. 6th - The Amazing Screw-On Head
Feb. 6th - Hellboy: Sword of Storms
Feb. 6th - Alfred Hitchcock 3 Disc Collector’s Edition (The Ring, The Manxman, Murder!, The Skin Game, and Rich and Strange)
Feb. 6th - Full Moon Classics: Volume 1 (Arcade, Bad Channels, Netherworld, Seed People, and Shadowzone)
Notable Theatrical Releases
Feb. 9th - Hannibal Rising
Feb. 16th - Ghost Rider
Notable Comic Book Releases
Feb. 7th, 2007
Nightmare On Elm Street #5
Shazam The Monster Society Of Evil #1 (Of 4)
Dark Tower Gunslinger Born #1 (Of 7)
Ghost Rider Team-Up TPB
Ghost Rider Trail Of Tears #1 (Of 6)
Incredible Hulk #103
Events
Feb. 6th (Toronto, Ontario) - WTF? Films screens a double bill of Pi and Tetsuo :The Iron Man.
Feb. 10th (Burbank, CA) - Dark Delicacies holds a signing for the animated film Hellboy - Sword of Storms, with guests artist Mike Mignola, director Tad Jones, composer Christ Drake and voice actor Doug Jones.
Feb. 15th (Toronto, Ontario) - Rue Morgue’s Cinemacabre presents Phantasm.
Feb. 16th - 18th (Cherry Hill, NJ) - Monster Mania Con 7 with Tobin Bell, Brad Dourif, Crispin Glover, The Monster Squad 20th anniversary reunion and tons more.
Feb. 17th (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) - Exhumed Films gives a belated valentine in the form of a My Bloody Valentine/Candyman double bill. Dibs on the back row.
Feb. 23rd -25th (Durham, North Carolina) - Nevermore Film Fest.
Feb. 23rd - 25th (Chicago, Illinois) - Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors including guests Doug Bradley, Jeffrey Combs, Ken Foree, Uwe Boll and many more.
Feb. 23rd (Montreal, Quebec) - Freaky Fridays lecture series. Ophidophobia: What is it with snakes? followed by a screening of Snakes on a Plane.
Mar. 2nd (Montreal, Quebec) - Freaky Fridays lecture series. Shrunkenhead Fever, followed by a screening of The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake.
Mar. 3rd (everywhere)- International Read A Comic Book Naked Day.
Mar. 3rd (Burbank, CA) - Dark Delicacies hosts an afternoon with 30 Days of Night scribe Steve Niles and master illustrator Bernie Wrightson.
March 24th (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) - Exhumed hosts a very special night with Roy Frumkes and his classic grindhouse film Street Trash. In addition, Frumkes will be screening his documentary on George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead, entitled Dream of the Dead, as well as other surprises.
Mar. 29th - April 1st (Toronto, Ontario) - The World Horror Convention descends upon the unsuspecting populace of Toronto, the first time the event has been held outside of the United States.
Mar. 30th - April 1st (Strongsville, Ohio) - Cinema Wasteland movie and memorbilia expo has some truly bizarre and wonderful guests lined up, including the ladies of Faster Pussycat Kill… Kill!
Most of the Toronto dates courtesy of Toronto After Dark.