In Chicago on October 9th? Music Box Massacre 6!

Not being in Chicago I will ‘probably’ not be attending this. Sorry ladies and gentlemen it’s hard enough to get out to Chicago for any events let alone 24 hours of an event!

On Oct 9, 2010 – Noon ‘til Noon you will have the following films showed to drive you mad with delightful terror!

• Phantom of the Opera
• The Raven
• The Wolf Man
• Psycho
• Killer Klowns From Outer Space
• Rabid
• Pet Sematary
• The Funhouse
• Theater of Blood
• The House By The Cemetery
• Fright Night

On top of this there will also be a slew of guests, prizes(none announced so this is a guess), dealers, an auction, and more!

You can find out more about the event on The Music Box Massacre 6 Facebook Page or The Music Box Massacre 6 Official Page!

Death Scribe 2010 Is Taking Submissions

The Third Annual International Festival of Radio Horror Plays

The submission window for DEATHSCRIBE 2010 is officially open. The first two years of our celebrated International Festival of Radio Horror went from amazing to incredible; we can’t wait to see what kind of crazed and creepy hits our doorstep this year.

Deadline for submissions is October 1, 2010.

Remember, DEATHSCRIBE is all about you! What freaks you out — is it bugs? Ghosts? Serial killers? The past? The future? Death itself? How about life itself?

Shape your fear into a ten-minute radio play and send it to the Daemon. If it freaks us out too, perhaps you’ll see it performed live at this year’s DEATHSCRIBE showcase event.

We had nearly a hundred submissions last year. We hope to see at least that many this year, between now and midnight of October 1st. And we hope to see your name in that list of submissions. Submit here – deathscribe2010@gmail.com

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR DEATHSCRIBE 2010

We are looking for 10-minute radio scripts that are genuinely scary, imaginative, chilling, intelligent, suspenseful, horrific or downright grotesque. We put no restrictions on contestants as to content or tone, but keep in mind that we are a Horror Theatre. We take our horror seriously, and so should you.

Submission Rules

Scripts must be ready to produce – all sound and music cues included. Details on format can be found below. Please be aware that these scripts, if chosen, will be performed by no more than 6 actors, therefore if you have more characters it will require double casting by the director of the piece.

5 scripts will be selected from all submissions. After being selected, there will be an opportunity for the authors to refine and tighten these scripts if deemed necessary in collaboration with WildClaw Theatre Company.

These scripts will be rehearsed and presented as an evening of Live Radio Drama with Foley sound and recorded for a future WildClaw Blood Radio Podcast.

Deadline for submissions is October 1, 2010.

WildClaw Theatre company members will then make the selections to be performed during the festival. The selections will be “blind.” The title page should include the title of the script, names of all authors, and the name, address, phone, fax and email address of the corresponding author. The subsequent pages should include only the manuscript title and page number and NO identifying personal information (name, address, email, etc.) or it will be disqualified.

There will be a “Best of the Fest” award, with the winner chosen by a celebrity panel of judges on the night of performance.

By submitting to WildClaw’s Deathscribe Radio Horror Festival, you are stating that the script is your own work and has not been produced or commissioned for pay by other theatre groups. Plays which have been produced professionally are not acceptable. Audio plays that have received college/university productions only will be accepted.

By submitting your play and upon acceptance to WildClaw’s Deathscribe Radio Horror Festival, you are granting WildClaw the exclusive, non-binding rights to make copies of your work in all media – including print, digital, film, video, audio, or other Internet formats – used to promote the Festival. WildClaw Theatre will have the right to produce the selected scripts for the WildClaw Theatre Deathscribe Horror Radio Festival, including broadcast and/or webcast of the festival; however, WildClaw Theatre makes no commitment to produce any script. The author retains all other rights to his or her work.

Instructions To Submit

To submit electronically, please make sure your script is formatted correctly according to the guidelines (see below) and you may submit your script as an attachment, preferably a PDF or MS word file, to deathscribe2010@gmail.com.

To submit a hard copy through the mail, please send 2 typed copies of your script to:
WildClaw Theatre Deathscribe
312 N. May, Suite 3L
Chicago, Il 60607

If you would like your script returned to you in the event that your script is not chosen, please include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Please make sure there is enough postage to get the script back to you. If we do not receive such an envelope, we will discard the manuscript.

Guidelines

• Scripts must be no more than ten minutes in length. This includes all sound effects, transitions and dialogue. the ENTIRE performance should only last 10 minutes. (And no shorter than 7 minutes. Please read it aloud at home before submitting to check the running time.)
• All submission files must be in PDF format. If you don’t have PDF, then only MS Word please. All scripts must have a title page with all contact information. Submissions must be in a standard font and no less than 12 point.
• DO NOT submit full-length plays for consideration. They will be discarded.
• Please refer to BBC Writers Room’s Script Smart site (not affiliated with the WildClaw Deathscribe Radio Play Festival) for script format and samples at http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scriptsmart/
• Scripts should follow the radio drama format.
• Writers will be notified by email if their script(s) get selected. Please make sure your packet contains – all contact information – on the cover letter that presents your script(s) for consideration for “WildClaw Theatre’s Deathscribe Horror Radio Festival.”
• WildClaw Theatre’s Deathscribe Horror Radio Festival will take place in the winter of 2010.
• Deadline for submissions is October 1, 2010

Please contact Daemon of WildClaw with questions at deathscribe2010@gmail.com

You can read the official post on Wild Claw Theatre

Days of the Living Dead: Season 2 Looking For Funding

We’re plunging headfirst into Season 2 of our haunted house docu- reality web series: Days of the Living Dead. What we’re attempting could possibly be filmmaking suicide but we want to shoot and edit this show in basically 2 months. And in order to do it we need your help!

HAUNTED HOUSE DOCU- REALITY SHOW YOU WONDER. . .
That’s right, remember back in high school when there was that group of freaky kids with mohawks or death metal t-shirts? Maybe at your school they were the weirdest weirdos of them all. That’s right: the musical theater kids. Well, if you could imagine a magical world where all these misfits found each other and joined forces to build two of the biggest and most successful haunted houses in the country, then your worst nightmare is reality. With their powers combined they are Zombie Army Productions. Intrigued? Take a sneak peak into their world through our lens of “Days of the Living Dead” a docu- reality web series that follows the incredible antics of Zombie Army throughout this Halloween season.

WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP:
The Kickstarter fundraising campaign will allow us to pay a warrior editor willing to sacrifice their entire month of October to editing this show around the clock. Considering it usually takes about 3-7 years to produce and edit a documentary we’re ambitious when we say we’d like to shoot and edit this show all during the Halloween season. We’d also like to afford additional camera equipment to allow us to get great footage inside the haunted houses as well as afford a halfway decent website and some better motion graphics for the show.

WHAT YOU GET OUT OF IT (except for warm fuzzies)
In exchange for your generous pledges we’d like to sell you some merch! Because we will be so busy producing a show for you guys we plan to ship all of these t shirts, dvds, and posters out as Christmas presents, unless we can find a Halloween elf to help us get them to you sooner!

REMEMBER: KICKSTARTER IS ALL OR NOTHING!
This is go big or go home time and we plan to go big with this web show, this campaign, and this Halloween season! Translated this means that if we come up just a dollar short of our fundraising goal we wont receive a dime and then the show will go on of course, but it will suffer, which will be a crying shame.
However, the bigger we go, the better the show and hopefully with enough of your help we might even go above and beyond the goal we’ve set for ourselves, and since we are obviously over achievers, we pledge that your Christmas gifts will be individually wrapped in awesome zombie paper and and black bows!

FOLLOW THE SAGA!
Days of the Living Dead will launch in early September, and if all goes according to plan Episode 1 will drop BEFORE our funding deadline is over which means instant gratification for you guys. Please keep tabs on us via facebook and twitter since we update daily and you can truly get down in the trenches with us as this production unfolds!

For a taste of what’s to come check out Season 1 of Days of the living Dead here:
www.daysofthelivingdead.com

Follow the Show
www.facebook.com/daysofthelivingdead
www.twitter.com/dayslivingdead

Follow the Filmmakers:
www.facebook.com/joonestudios
www.twitter.com/joonestudios

Check out the Haunted Houses:
www.thefearhauntedhouse.com/
www.statesville.org/

Project location: Chicago, IL

Of course what is donating for something without cool STUFF?

PLEDGE $1 OR MORE

WARM FUZZY THANK YOU EMAIL from the Joone girls. Access to kickstarter updates to clue you in as the story unfolds!

PLEDGE $5 OR MORE

CREDIT FOR OUR HOMIES. We’ll thank you in the credits of Episode 1 or 2 of the show so all of our supporters names will be immortalized in the web television stratosphere! (And we’ll send you a thank you email!)

PLEDGE $10 OR MORE

THANK YOU LINK ON OUR WEBSITE. Our gratitude will be posted on our website www.daysofthelivingdead.com which may provide a link to you and your website if you so desire! (Plus all the thank yous listed above!)

PLEDGE $20 OR MORE

BUTTONS AND POSTCARDS. Now for some good stuff- we’d like to give you 3 buttons and 3 4×5 postcards as a token of our appreciation! (Plus all of the thanks listed above)

PLEDGE $50 OR MORE

DOTLD T SHIRTS. We are excited to unveil our Days of the Living Dead t shirts the design of which will be released sometime during the campaign! (Plus buttons, cards, and thanks!)

PLEDGE $75 OR MORE

DOTLD POSTER. A Days of the Living Dead poster to hang and brag about how you helped make our show possible! Design TBA. (Plus all the above!)

PLEDGE $100 OR MORE

SEASON 1 DVD to pop in and watch whenever you’re feeling nostalgic for the good ole days of 2009. (Plus all the above!)

PLEDGE $250 OR MORE

After much debate and arm twisting we finally convinced Zombie Army to give out OFFICIAL ZOMBIE ARMY T SHIRTS to the backers who’ve made this show possible. These shirts are hot items and very rare, given to only those the Army deems worthy. (Plus all the above)

PLEDGE $500 OR MORE

SEASON 2 DVD When all is said and done, we will have a limited amount of DVDs made as a special thank you and for those of you who would like to pop in a DVD version of the Show you helped create with some special features and special thanks. (Plus all the above)

PLEDGE $1,000 OR MORE

FOR YOUR DEDICATION- Well, we wanted to offer you the key to the city but Mayor Daley was being stubborn- instead we decided to give you your very own DEDICATED EPISODE! So that everyone who watches the episode will see your name full frame forever! (Plus all of the above)

PLEDGE $2,500 OR MORE

Oh My Gosh. Thank you! We are truly flabbergasted and welcome you with open arms to the team as AN ASSOCIATE PRODUCER! CREDIT will be given to you everywhere as well as on IMDB as soon as they list the show. We can’t thank you enough! (Plus all of the above!)

Interested? Head over to the Days Of The Living Dead Season 2 Kickstarter today!

Zombie Disco 2 In Chicago This Saturday July 24th

The great folks over at Horror Society are again throwing a fun time for horror fanatics in Chicago and this time for zombie lovers in particular. A zombified disco will be taking place this weekend and this is the second year they’ve thrown one. If what I’ve heard about lasts years is even half way done this year it’ll be a blast, though one I’ll probably be not attending. But that doesn’t mean YOU shouldn’t attend for me! (..and take pictures and maybe write something so we can do a post on Buy Zombie about it!)

We are back again this year with another bigger and better Zombie Disco! Yep that’s right, its time to shake your groove thang on the dance floor 70′s style!

We will have DJ Joe Wallace spinning some of your favorite disco hits, drink specials to get you in the mood, BEST DANCE MOVE CONTEST, BEST MAKEUP AND COSTUME CONTEST (both with CASH PRIZES!) and more! You can also get Zombiefied there as well.

Its going down at Lucky Number Grill in Chicago, IL on Saturday, July 24th starting at 9pm and going till you are done!

We are bringing back the favorite from last year, Zombie Twister, along with some new games (Pin the Limb on the Victim, Bobbing For Brains) and more, so get ready to get twisted!

Tell your friends, tell your family, and tell your enemies that you are going to shake that ass on Saturday July 24th.

Tickets are only $10 at the door – $8 online and with every ticket purchased, you will be entered in a raffle to win some great prizes!

21+ Event, so its only for grown ups!

To RSVP to the event head to the Zombie Disco 2 Facebook
To buy tickets today head over to the Horror Society Zombie Disco 2 Page

[via: Buy Zombie.]

Horror Society Film Festival Call for Entries

Horror Society’s biggest film festival on October 23rd and 24th call for entries now open.

CHICAGO, IL – July 5th, 2010 – Since its debut in October of 2008, Horror Society Film Festival has quickly become one of the best events of its kind in the City of Chicago to see top-notch independent horror movies. We have screened over 60 indie horror films from all over the world and some classic horror films including: Return of the Living Dead, The Fog, Night of the Demons, Silent Night Deadly Night, and more. Every 3 months in the city of Chicago, horror fans and filmmakers look forward to the next themed film festival.

This year, we are giving you something special… On October 23rd and 24th we present a 2 day horror extravaganza featuring the best indie and classic horror movies in the country! We are taking the summer off to give you the best film festival Chicago will see in the best month for Horror… October… at the one of the best theaters in the city… Portage Theater!

With events like Women of Horror, Zombie Outbreak and Summer Slaughter we screen themed horror movies for each event guaranteed to give you nightmares, but this time we are throwing out the rules and themes to give you the best all-around horror films. Horror Society Film Festival will showcase the very best independent horror films from across the world. We are looking for cutting-edge films that represent the new genre of horror. We are going to celebrate both the horror classics we grew up with and the original ideas of indie horror.

With that said, we are accepting film submissions from horror filmmakers! This is your chance to get your film screened in Chicago along side with some great classics and in front of an audience that will appreciate it. Submission forms are available at http://www.horrorsociety.com/HSFF_Entry.pdf

About Horror Society:

Horror Society is your voice for independent horror. That means film, music, art and performance. Our goal is to support those in the industry, share with fans and create a sense of community. Horror Society is a website that focuses on indie horror news, reviews, and more. Horror Society Film Festivals are themed events introducing new indie horror films and local vendors to the Chicago community.

To learn more about us & what we do please visit:
www.horrorsociety.com
www.horrorsociety.com/festivals
www.facebook.com/horrorsociety
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=134468723239952&ref=mf

What Moving Makes Me Think About…

There are a lot of things to keep in mind when moving in with someone. Fortunately for me neither of the 2 listed in this comic fall into that category. (In my case at least… Because the first one should have no baring and wouldn’t even if you were too much of a gamer to let it drop and the second one… I’ve been house trained.)

For anyone who is just randomly stumbling across my page or does not feel like reading about the fact that Leah bought a house and I’m moving in with her I will get right to the point… When moving in with someone and both of you have a lot of stuff there is a lot you need to factor in:

• Planning out whose furniture to use
• Planning out what to bring
• Planning out how to bring it
• Planning out what to get rid of and how to
• Planning out what to buy
• Making sure what I WANT to buy doesn’t fall into the list of what I NEED to buy
• Splitting Finances

With the above few I’ve listed and so much more to keep in mind I may be a bit preoccupied on that whole ‘real life‘ thing for a bit though somehow I’m sure I’ll give up on sleep before actually putting off everything I work with online. Junkie? Maybe. Obsessed? Most assuredly. Personally I prefer the term: Dedicated. Most importantly though I am absolutely excited to be moving in with Leah.

End Of The Week Roundup: 04/23/10

A third week in a row? Could this have become a new trend? Could I have possibly increased more of my time being productive and keeping with some sort of a schedule? Only time will tell! Even if you have to drag it out of him since Father Time is an old bastard who enjoys nothing more than stealing time from us or babbling in a faked senility that he can’t possible suffer from.

Life

• I put up a few pictures of Leah’s new house.
• Speaking of Leah’s house I spent some time there while plumbing was being fixed. As you can tell from the image above there was a lot of work that needed to be done but it’s all better now!
• The above time spent in the new place allowed us to discover that Sarpino’s delivers there until 2am.
• I’ve mentally spent about 5 grand I don’t have on THINGS for the new place.
• There was a BBQ Night at Brad’s full of burgers and beer.. erm.. cider.
• Had a graduation dinner for my friend Rose

Projects

• iScream Productions Business Cards were ordered. Snazzy!
• Horror Episodes has a new logo! It just needs a few pieces of artwork and more series added to it before it’s officially launched.
• More progress on iScream content though still not far enough along to launch.
• I made a couple of changes to my personal domains that was time consuming and why not a lot was done this week.

Media

• TV: Deadwood Season 3. It’s so sad to see the series end but at least Timothy Olyphant is basically playing the same role as a cowboy sheriff set in a modern day setting in Justified.

…And Will Be Moving Into It In 2ish Months!

So Leah’s just about fully closed on the house she was looking into in Westmont, pretty much just one inspection to go. That being the case it’s officially far enough along to get excited that she will soon be the owner of a house (if it was 1919 this would not mean she was about to have the right to vote)… and because I’m selfish and would never write anything on my site that doesn’t directly involve me – that means I will soon not be living in Chicago. Yes I am going to be moving in soon after (as long as I can hold back sexist comments like the not being able to vote one long enough!)

She’s been planning and prepping for the house purchase for a year and a half so now that it’s all coming together it’s only ‘slightly’ stressful on every little detail she has to finalize. For anyone who hasn’t purchased a house before let me tell you it’s a pain. It’s even more of a pain then when I bought my condo a few couple years back with all of the new laws, regulations, financial issues, and options to save money that are in place. (Totally honest though I’m excited for her, me, us.. it’s a big step and one we’re both looking forward to.)

A year ago it was beyond the realm of possibilities that I would be moving back into the suburbs anytime soon and yet now, probably within 3ish months, I shall be living in sin in Westmont. SIN my friends. I’ll have more details for you later on as everything is still a few months down the line.

I’m pretty sure nothing I can write about this week will top that bit of news! (Note: for those who know Leah and her love of cooking yes that stove in the picture is TINY and it’s being replaced quickly.)

Women Of Horror 2 Information

My friends over at Horror Society are throwing another movie festival for everyone to enjoy. This one is an added bonus for a few reasons! First off it is screening a great zombie film, Alice Jacobs Is Dead, whose director I’ve spoken with quite a few times and secondly they are throwing a benefit for ‘Kreepylady’ Kristin who is one of the nicest and more outgoing contributors to the Chicago horror scene whose had some major financial setbacks during the past year.

So if you want to check out some great horror films, support Chicago horror, or support someone down on their luck this is an all around win to attend. Did I mention that the focus is the women involved in horror? Each of these films was either written, directed, or primarily stars women.

With each festival we try to bring a new and different theme into the movie theater, and once again it’s Lady’s Night!

Horror Society will feature films directed, produced, or written by women.

Saturday MAY 1st
5pm to 2am
Portage Theater
4050 N. Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60641

ONLY $12 for over 8 hours of BLOODY GOOD FUN! Online Tickets coming soon!!

Our goal for this festival is to show the female side of the horror genre in a way that most of the horror fans are not familiar with. Many studios and companies need to stay away from this point of view because it does not attract the audience they are looking for. To us that is a shame. There are so many female directors doing indie horror now without the recognition they need and deserve. This is our chance to show those women that are making these types of films.

KREEPYLADY KRISTIN SILENT AUCTION AND RAFFLE:

Last year we did a raffle for The Lynn Sage Foundation of Chicago. We ended up raising a lot of money for the organization, and we are planning something else for this one. This year we are doing a raffle and silent auction for our good friend Kreepylady Kristin. She recently came upon some real rough times, losing her job, massive amounts of surgery from a life threatening condition, and now racked up a HUGE amount of medical bills. Without her insurance, (the company she worked for over 9 years let her go), she is facing a huge uphill battle and struggling to pay off those bills. She has been through months of medical rehab and we are planning on helping her out! She has played a huge role in the Chicago Horror Community and with Horror Society as well, so we have gathered up some great items for the raffle and auction. All proceeds of this raffle and auction will be going directly to her medical bills.

You horror freaks are going to love some of the products we have for you to bid on, and this will be a great help to her and her family as well.

More info on Kristin here…. http://www.horrorsociety.com/PDF/benifit.pdf

SILENT AUCTION ITEMS:

27 1/2 x 41 Spanish Creepshow Poster Signed by George Romero
Dawn of the Dead Vinyl Soundtrack (by Goblin) signed by George Romero
A Clive Barker standee signed by Clive Barker
Signed Headshot of Ray Wise
Signed Headshot of Elvira Mistress of the Dark

and more on the way…..

A $5 raffle ticket gets you a chance to win plenty of DVDs, posters, gift cards, gift certificates, and more to raffle off as well.

LINEUP SO FAR

ALICE JACOBS IS DEAD
http://www.strange-case.com/

I SPIT ON ELI ROTH
http://deviantpictures.com/

HEADING HOME
http://www.jane-rose.com/

MOVIE MONSTER INSURANCE
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947051/

BODY OF WORK
http://www.panicattackfilms.com/

TRIPPIN’
http://www.trippinthemovie.com/

NEAR DARK (35mm)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093605/

Various Local Trailers and a GRINDHOUSE/EXPLOITATION compilation Cult Movie fans will love!!

More movies coming soon…..

SPECIAL GUESTS:

Devi Snively
(Director Death in Charge, Teenage Bikini Vampire, Trippin’)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1507113/

Svengirlie
(She will be at the KISS OF DEATH table!)

Dead Man’s Wake
(Female fronted band takes the stage at 5pm)

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We are still looking for vendors for this festival. Its gonna be a good one and this will be your chance to get your horror related goods directly out to your audience. Tables are cheap!

Vendor Application
http://www.horrorsociety.com/PDF/WOH2_Vendor.pdf

Want to help and sponsor this festival. Sponsorship will help you promote your company and help us to provide Chicago with some great Horror Entertainment.
Sponsor Application
http://www.horrorsociety.com/PDF/WOH2_Sponsor.pdf

For more information head over to Horror Society.

WildClaw Theatre Presents Legion

From March 15th to April 18th WildClaw will be presenting Legion to the residents of Chicago at Viaduct Theater.

The Exorcist wasn’t the end of the story. William Peter Blatty continued the tale in his book, LEGION. WildClaw Theatre will be producing the world premiere stage adaptation by Charley Sherman (The Great God Pan and Dreams in the Witch House) and it will be directed by Anne Adams (director of The Revenants.)

I’ve been a fan of what I’ve seen from WildClaw so far and have nothing but respect for Charlie Athanas, the member of WildClaw that I know. I’ve seen one of their productions (DeathScribe 2009) and am eagerly looking forward for the chance to see this one.

For more details hit up WildClaw Theater.