I wanted to take a moment to thank all the contributors to Scarred for taking the time out of their busy schedules to share their fears. If you missed out on the series, please feel free to revisit the entire thing here. I would also like to thank Sean T. Collins for being the main cheerleader of the project and for helping get the word out to venues which would not have heard of it otherwise. Thanks, man.

On a related note, after a great deal of thought on the matter, I’ve decided to begin my New Year’s Resolution early and give The Horror Blog an overhaul. Beginning next week I will no longer be posting with as much regularity or in the style that you’ve grown accustomed. Posts will be made whenever a topic moves me, hopefully at least once a week though I can’t make that a guarantee. I mention this only so that those readers of the blog who check in for regularly updated news can adjust their habits accordingly.

Finally, The Horror Roundtable is reaching the home stretch and with many of the regular participants dropping out of the scene I thought I’d take this opportunity to extend an invitation to any interested horror bloggers looking to join the fun. If you run a blog or site that deals in horror a fair amount of the time (ie, at least a third of your posts), and would be interested in contributing during these End Days, drop me a line at steven@thehorrorblog.com. Space is limited. Thanks!

J. and I watched Hot Rod and No Country For Old Men this weekend. One of them was probably my favourite movie of the year. The other was No Country For Old Men.

Movies
Watching the Black Christmas remake drunk.
Sundance Midnight genre selection announced.
Kinda sorta early reviews for Cloverfield. SPOILERS.

DVD
Ghost House keeps cranking ‘em out.

Interviews
Tim Sullivan - Icons of Fright.
Joe Lynch - Bloody Good Horror.
Basil Gogos - The Horror Channel.
Dave Alexander and Audra Butera - Mondo Mark. Via.

Reviews
The Mist - News Review.
XXXorcist - Horror Yearbook.
The Mist - House Next Door. Via.
The Dead Zone - Moon In The Gutter.
I Know Who Killed Me - Damaged 2.0.
Emmanuelle’s Revenge - Bloody Italiana.
Zombies of Mora Tau - Exclamation Mark.
The Mist (2nd viewing) - Horror Movie A Day.
Lady Frankenstein - Mad Mad Mad Mad Movies.
Hunchback of the Morgue - Exploitation Retrospect.

Literature
Hot.
What Dean Koontz and Stephen King are reading.
Matt Staggs is dissatisfied with horror literature’s timidity.
Gods In Spandex, a new non-fiction book on 80s genre filmmakers.

Comics
New book on the comic witch hunt of the 50’s.
Horror Yearbook checks out the new releases.

Misc.

Kelly Osbourne wants to be Columbia in Rocky Horror.

Douglas McKeown directed the cult classic creature feature The Deadly Spawn which Stephen Thrower devoted an entire chapter to in his excellent tome devoted to American independent horror, Nightmare USA. I highly recommend both the film and the book. Mr. McKeown was reluctant to plug his most recent work, but his modesty which will get him nowhere. He is the current facilitator of Queer Stories, a storytelling workshop, and is in the process of writing a gothic horror musical for the stage.

Can’t decide which of these remembered movie moments scared me the most – take your pick:

By the way, I laughed out loud when you cautioned ‘Please no “Today’s headlines” or “The Government.”’ Now, THAT’S horror.

Movies

L.X.A vs. T.H.O.R.C.U.Z.F.E.
My New Plaid Pants is cursed.
Twitch has three clips from Inside.
Japanese Alien vs. Predator trailer. Via.
Next Friday the 13th may not be remake.
Horror movies and the Unrated Conspiracy.
Searches for ‘Cthulhu’ up 63% because of Cloverfield.
It took a Joan Jett cameo to get me interested in Repo!
Dark Sky Films to release movies on XBox Live Marketplace.
Horror makes its way onto 10 Greatest Movies About Eating.
George A. Romero Presents … Deadtime Stories begins shooting.

DVD

The Video Watchblog on the sorry state of The Maneaters of Hydra.

Interviews

Cast and crew of Sweeny Todd - IESB.
Junji Ito and Junko Mizuno - Japanarama. Via.

Reviews

Evil - It’s A Scream!
The Mist - SkullRing.
Bacterium - Cinematical.
Amicus Collection - Twitch.
Ice Spiders - Damaged 2.0.
The Giant Claw - Exclamation Mark.
Carry On Screaming - Frankensteinia.
Vacation For A Massacre - Giallo Fever.
Amateur Porn Star Killer - Cinema Fromage.
Erotic Nights of the Living Dead - Horror Yearbook.
Horror Rises From The Tomb - Exploitation Retrospect.

Television

Cloverfield/Heroes crossover?
Billie Piper returns to Doctor Who.
The Hills Have Eyes 2 vs. the Advertising Standards Authority.
X-Files meets Cronenberg meets Altered States? Count me in.

Literature

Bookgasm revisits I Am Legend.
The Boston Globe investigates Ghost.
Totally macabre Gallery of Novelizations.

Comics

Scans Daily presents Madam Satan. Via.
Pappy unlocks The Secret of the Key. Via.
Fringe Benefits enters The Fog prequel. Via.
Parasyte Vol. 2 - Warren Peace Sings The Blues. Via.
Comic Monsters speaks to Halloween writer Stefan Hutchinson.
Preparations for the imminent zombie apocalypse, in comic form. Via.

Gaming

Hot rods, zombies, nukes and the Wii.
Music from Clive Barker’s Jericho to be performed in concert.
Primotech interviews Adrian Ciszewski, producer on Dead Island.

Music

The Manchester Morgue presents the Demons 2 soundtrack.
Exclaim! reviews Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein solo album.

Events

Design an ad campaign for Stephen King’s next novel.

Contests

Last chance to win Flight of the Living Dead.

Misc.

Coffin pr0n.
The Zombie, revealed.
Kevin DuBrow 1955 - 2007.
Cthulhu meets Scooby Doo.
Zombies take to the country.
American student suspended over Death Note.
No new leads in Belgian Death Note killing. Via.
If I were ten, this would be on my Christmas list.
Monroeville Mall zombie walk breaks world record.
There’s no such thing as too much information. NSFW.
Edgar Allen Poe adaptation needs party people for extras.
The Search For Weng Weng talks to Weng Weng’s brother.

Movies

Possible Cloverfield review?
The Mist places ninth at the box office.
Ghostbusters, Robocop and more Sweded.
Four Horsemen done and hitting theatres in December?
Stephen King and David Lynch - Compare and Contrast.
Old Dark House on I Am Legend film adaptations. SPOILERS.
No Country For Old Men snags 11th place; still not playing near me.

DVD

The Crazy Ass Alien/Predator DVD set.

Interviews

Stephen King - Time.

Reviews

The Mist - ADDTF.
Uzumaki - Wet Streets.
Killer Nun - Giallo Fever.
The Mist - The Movie Blog.
The Mist - Dinner With Max Jenke.
Horrors of Malformed Men - Twitch.
The Mist - The Blood Spattered Bride.
Bell Book and Candle - Moon in the Gutter.
A Chinese Torture Chamber Story - dreamlogic.
Death Steps In The Dark - Trash Cinema Review.
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals - Bloody Italiana.

Television

Dexter breaks Showtime record.

Literature

The Groovy Holiday Wish List continues.
The University of Calgary Gauntlet reviews World War Z.

Comics

The Comic Book Bin reviews Uzumaki vol. 2.
The Horror of It All encounters The Beast From Beyond.

Gaming

Dead Rising may be coming to the PC.

Events

Trash Palace changes locations, acquires pinball game.

Misc.

Reg Park 1928 - 2007.
Weng Weng count - 8.
Mayor escapes Satanists.
Basis for Vampire legend?
Ozzy and Zombie not for kids!

Movies

Ferdinando Baldi 1917 - 2007.
Lloyd Kaufman vs. Paul Haggis.
Violence and the Academy Awards.
Cinebeats celebrates Ingrid Pitt’s 70th.
Grindhouse split up in Rue Morgue Best Of Poll.
PopMatters on Stephen King work that should be adapted.
MNPP celebrates Sleepaway Camp’s Angela. MAJOR SPOILERS!
Rope of Silicon counts down the top ten Stephen King adaptations.
Film Stew looks at two upcoming Thanksgiving-themed horror features.

Interviews

Crispin Glover - The Onion.
Andrew Currie - IF Magazine.
Stephen King - The Dead Bolt.
John Leguizamo - Movie Maker.
Dustin McNeill - Rue Morgue’s Abattoir.
Stephen King and Frank Darabont - The New York Times.

Reviews

Tremors - GeekDad.
The Mist - Cinematical.
Ghost Story - Cinebeats.
The Mist - Boston Herald.
[REC] - Box Office Prophets.
The Mist - Detroit Free Press.
Redsin Tower - Cinema Fromage.
Killer Cup 1 & 2 - Horror Yearbook.
The Mist - San Jose Mercury News.
The Mist - San Francisco Chronicle.
The Nude Vampire - Comic Book Bin.
Friday the 13th - Undertaker’s Lounge.
The Corpse Vanishes - Horror Movie A Day.
After Dark HorrorFest - What?!! This Column!??.
Zodiac: Director’s Cut - The Blood Spattered Scribe.
The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion - Bloody Italiana.

Television

Dexter renewed for a third season.

Literature

Groovy holiday wist list.
Spooky literay tours of Scotland.
Frankensteinia on children’s book illustrator Brian Selznick.

Comics

The Horrors Of It All dances the Mad Mamba.
Tomb It May Concerns posts a Strange Suspense Story!

Contests

Snag autographed Masters of Horror DVDs.
Win a ‘Who Wants To Be A Vampire’ tour of Japan.

Theatre

Edinburgh undead win Highland Quest musical competition.

Misc.

The Hauntening.
Count Yor Blessings.
Dracula has passed away.
Psycho, starring Mr. Potatohead.
The search for Weng Weng in 2008. (via)
Misfits of Science coming to DVD! In Germany!
Final Girl celebrates 500 posts. Corpse Eaters who?

Movies

Thanksgiving merch.
The B-Movie/Porn connection.
Stephen King raises his prices.
YouTube serial adds zombies to the mix.
Vagina Dentata the next big trend in horror?
Make your own damn no-budget horror movie.
I, too, fucking love Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.
Friday the 13th remake opening sequence revealed?
Frankenweenie to pop off of screen and into your face.
In a surprise move, Igor gets a Halloween release date.
Viggo Mortensen in the running as hottest Poe ever. (Via)

Interviews

Crispin Glover - Suicide Girls. (via)
Sarah Michelle Gellar - Moviehole.
Tim and Donna Lucas - Studio Kaiju.
Frank Darabont - The New York Times.

Reviews

Red Roses - India Times.
Beowulf - Steve Bissette.
Follow Me Quietly - Arbogast on Film.
Hard Rock Zombies - Tuscaloosa News.
Rise: Blood Hunter - Horror Movie A Day.

Literature

Blogslinging continues.

Gaming

House of the Dead takes to the Wii.
Gamedaily on Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles

Events

From the Horrorhound floor.
Edgar Wright and special guests to program the Beverly.

Misc.

Welsh zombies to try for world record.
Zombies to vacate Port Gamble peacefully.

Last year I invited a small number of my favourite non-horror bloggers to contribute to The Horror Blog. My diabolical American double Mike Sterling, proprietor of the fantastic comic blog Progressive Ruin, set the record straight on the horrors of the Man of Steel with his Five Favorite Scary Superman Moments. It’s been nearly a year since then, and Mike has asked his readers to help redecorate his digs with an open call for banner submissions. My creepy effort, based upon The Nightmarish Frog Thing, was chosen to introduce the rotating line-up of banners. Head on over to Progressive Ruin to see what I’m up to when I’m not kicking it hardcore, but hurry, I’m about to be replaced any day now.

Movies
My New Plaid Pants is brooding.
Video Watchblog on the death of screenwriter Charles B. Griffith.
Tomb It May Concerns begins new project: Lamberto Bava. NSFW.

Interviews
Lavie Tidar - Skullring.
Scott Thomas - Final Girl.
Zelda Rubinstein - AICN.
Dark Tower comic team - Publisher’s Weekly. (Via)

Reviews
Magic - Final Girl.
Alone - Cinematical.
Bug - Arbogast on Film.
Mystics In Bali - Reel Distraction.
Chosen Survivors - Video Watchblog.
Children of the Corn 2 - Monsterblog.
Contamination - The Bloody Italiana Blog.
Dead of Night - Mad Mad Mad Mad Movies.
Hands of a Stranger - Horror Movie A Day.
Flight of the Living Dead - Cinema Fromage.
The Flower With Petals of Steel - Giallo Fever.

Television
Two reasons why The Retropolitan loves Elvira.
As promised, Masters of Fear Itself moves to Edmonton.

Literature
Blogslinging.
Hellnotes reviews Ghost Road Blues.
SkullRing tussles with Splatterpunks anthology.

Comics
The Daily Cross Hatch on zombie comic Eating Steve. (Via)

Contests
Cinema Fromage spreads some Plasterhead love.
Final Girl is giving away copies of Flight of the Living Dead.

Events
Fourth Annual Month of Horror, Terror and General Mayhem.

Misc.
Top Halloween sites.
Monsterama on the Kappa.
Charles Dexter Ward slept here.
Meiko Kaji can still rock her Grudge Song.
Lost in Schlock shows you how to walk like a werewolf.
Halloween trends, including a pumpkin carved like a Big Mac!
The Raven’s Barrow investigates Pennsylvania’s Demon House.

This is my happening and it freaks me out!

Movies
Mick Garris to remake Thirst.
Funny Games poster unveiled.
The return of Frankenweenie?
Cinematical asks why we enjoy horror movies.
The Eye remake gets new director for reshoots.
The 50 greatest horror movies we will never see.
Confessions of a Freaked Out Young Shining Viewer.
The long, dreary history of Stephen King adaptations.
France bestows David Lynch with the Legion d’Honneur.
Goyer to direct Baltimore, the lastest novel by Mignola and Golden.

Interviews
Mizuno Junko - du9. (Via)

Movie Reviews
Stuck - Edmonton Sun.
On Evil Grounds - Filmstalker.
Black Sheep - Horror Yearbook.
From Beyond The Grave - Cinebeats.
Food of the Gods - The Bleeding Tree.
Hallowed Ground - Horror Movie A Day.
My Bloody Valentine - Moon in the Gutter.
The Bell From Hell - Mad Mad Mad Mad Movies.
Dawn of the Dead (2004) - The Projection Booth.

Television
Dexter celebrates second season with fountains of blood.

Comics
Fangoria Comics closing shop?
Chester Brown is doing a zombie comic?!?

Events
Toronto After Dark announces full line-up, schedule.

Podcasts
Destroy The Brain discusses From Beyond.
Night of the Living Podcast tackles Resident Evil: Extinction.

Misc.
The Elcronado Dead.
Bat Wing Soup recipe.
Tales To Astonish Hallowe’en Contest.
The nightmarish frog thing, it gathers bunnies.

Not Horror
Miss Moneypenny was always my favourite Bond girl.

Movies
D-War to get a sequel.
Rob Zombie on Superbeasto.
Midnight Meat Train trailer available.
Duchovny claims X-Files sequel ready to shoot.
Arguing about ‘torture porn’ sooo three weeks ago.
Uwe Boll returning to sub-genre that made him famous.

DVD
Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things DVD recall.

Interviews
David Cronenberg - C.H.U.D.
Jonathan Maberry - Blogcritics. Part 1. Part 2.

Movie Reviews
Death Proof- Spiked.
Dolly Dearest - Final Girl.
Death Note 2 - Comic Book Bin.
Spider Baby - Monsters and Critics.
The Dead One - Horror Movie A Day.
The House of Usher (2007) - C.H.U.D.
Reform School Girls - Horror Yearbook.
Resident Evil: Extinction - The Maneater.
Images in a Convent - Mad Mad Mad Mad Movies.
Satan’s Baby Doll - I’m In A Jess Franco State of Mind.

Television
Film.com investigates Moonlight.

Literature
Grip, an inspiration for Dickens and Poe.
IESB digs into Guts: The Art of Marketing Horror Films.
SkullRing bones up on The Encyclopedia of the Undead.
Stephen Bissette on Mario Bava: All The Colors of the Dark.

Comics
Kirkman on Marvel Zombies’ Civil War.
Artist Sean Phillips contributes his side of the story.
And Marvel Zombies cover artist Arthur Suydam for the win.

Gaming
Oh snap! Clive Barker disses Roger Ebert!
More on the Resident Evil 5 racism debate.
Demo for Clive Barker’s Jericho released today.
Domincan Today on the Resident Evil 5 racism flap.
Clive Barker’s Jericho may not be released in Germany.

Theatre
The Trades tackle Creatures From The Pink Lagoon.
Tobias Andersen, Ray Bradbury’s theatrical collaborator.

Magazines
Rue Morgue celebrates ten gruesome years.

Events
Edward Gorey exhibit in Toronto.

Misc.
Mutant space bacteria!
Five things about zombies.
Frankenstein as cultural icon.
Louis Fowler: Moral Crusader?
America’s Only Monster Fan Club.
And now, a message from Lamberto Bava.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s seance obsession.
Grabm, I-Oneman, and more luminous monsters.
Just in time for tomorrow’s Roundtable, Satanic Vogue!
10 worst places to be trapped with a horde of vampires.

It’s nice having a Project Wonderful ad that’s horror-related for a change.

Movies
Hellboy 2 set visit.
Teeth gets a release date.
Man, I love killer pig movies.
They Call Her Archive concludes.
Jack and Diane delayed. Dammit.
April Fool’s Day remake has begun shooting.
Eli Roth on Hostel 2 being banned in New Zealand.
Resident Evil: Extinction tops the weekend box office.
Eli Roth and Michael Dougherty to contribute to Heroes spin-off.
The Globe and Mail profiles Toronto’s Terrorfest at the Brunswick.
Is it wrong that at first I thought this was about Turkish Star Wars?
Kaufman made chairman of the Independent Film & Television Alliance.

Interviews
Dani Filth - Oh My Gore.
Uwe Boll - Onion AV Club.
Mike Carey - Nashua Telegraph.
Greg McLean - Shock ‘Till You Drop.

Reviews
Cujo - Arbogast on Film.
D-War - Stephen Bissette.
Death Proof - Darkmatters.
Yongary - Sci-Fi Japan. (Via)
Resident Evil: Extinction - The Toronto Star.
Resident Evil: Extinction - Horror Movie A Day.

Comics
The Origin of Marvel Zombies.
Ressurection explores alien invasion aftermath.

Gaming
Five things that suck about Bioshock.

Misc.
World’s strangest magazine filing system.

Movies
Horror director has competition to find new screenwriters.
The Horror Film and the Remake.
Tom Savini: The Motion Picture.
Joy Ride sequel! (Via)
Fright Night remake.
Mulberry Street joins Horrorfest 2!
A brief history of Space Vampires in the movies.
The Herbie-Scary Movie-Evil Dead 2 conspiracy.
Well-Made Monsters.
Satan vs. Atticus Finch.
The Mondo Esoterica Guide to Amicus Productions.

DVD
Could strong DVD sales prompt a second 28 sequel?

Interviews
Larry Fessenden - IFC.
David Cronenberg - Toledo Blade.
Milla Jovovich - Reelz Channel.
Milla Jovovich and Ali Larter - MovieFone. (Via)
William Friedkin - Greencine.

Reviews
Dragon Wars - ADDTF.
Dragon Wars - DisContent.
Halloween (2007) - Port Folio Weekly.
The Mist - AICN.
Wurdulak, a segment from Black Sabbath - The Hooded Utilitarian.
Dragon Wars - Damaged 2.0
Roger Corman Collection - LA Times.
Alligator - Fangoria.
The Witches’ Mountain - Horror Movie A Day.
The Ghost - Mad Mad Mad Mad Movie Reviews.

Comics
Marvel Zombies milked for all it’s worth.

Events
Zombie Olympics.
Night of the Creeps in Toronto tonight!

Misc.
Slime City director Greg Lamberson starts new horror site. (Via)
30 Days of… Zombie! (Via)
The kids love the Mothman.
Awesome Conquerer Worm ad.