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

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.

In Chicago? Love B-Movies? Need To Kill Time January 16th?

Horror Society just can’t get enough of fun events in Chicago, and I am thankful for that! This time around, 10 days after my birthday in January we have a fun little movie fest that’ll be showing at Portage- B-Movie Madness 2!

The Lineup So Far:

There are more to be listed and I can’t wait for what will be guarenteed to be a great night!

You can keep up to date with the event at B-Movie Madness 2′s Facebook!

Who Says You Can’t Have Horror In December?

Horror Society once again has a horror themed event for anyone (assuming you are 21+) in the Chicagoland area! While I’m not sure if I’m free next Thursday night yet- if I am I’ll be there!

Hosted by:
Horror Society and Adam Black

DJ Performances by: (So out of the music scene I know not who they are!)

Dominatrix Girls: (Wait.. what? Sweet!)

Special Appearance By: (The Man, The Myth, The Zombie)

Join us for an unholy night of Holiday Debauchery and Cheer at BLACK XMAS!

We’ll be playing horror themed holiday movies on the flat screens and offering ridiculous food and drink specials all night in addition to FREE admission to the event all night long!

Amazing music will be provided by Adam Black’s legendary group of industrial DJs so make sure you wear your dancing shoes and if you dare, wear an ugly holiday sweater and enter our contest to win exclusive prizes from Lionsgate Studios who will be at the event promoting their new Vampire movie, DAYBREAKERS!

As always, Mistresses Lilith and Lydia will have all of their favorite bondage toys with them and will exclusively be deciding who has been naughty and who has been nice this year!

Event Details:

You can find out more, confirm you are going to help keep track of a head count, and get any updated details over on Black X-Mas’s Facebook page

Mashup Trailer For Holiday Of Horrors

As I mentioned last week I’m going to Horror Society’s Holiday of Horrors. as much fun as just knowing that is, wouldn’t it be better if you could see a fun little trailer mashup of the movies that will be playing? Of course it will! December 12th will be a good day.

Horror Society’s Holiday Of Horrors

So far there are only 4 confirmed movies and not much on the guests or vendors for Horror Society‘s Holiday of Horrors. However with the horror enthusiast crowd that WILL be there and these choice holiday horror flicks, yes I’ll be there.

4 classic films for the holiday season!

Silent Night, Bloody Night
Released in 1980 and once again we have an unstable main character who puts on the red suit and beard and gives the naughty what they deserve-and we’re not talking about lumps of coal. Arguably the best of the “Christmas Killer” movies, Christmas Evil should not be missed. This rare screening features a 35mm print from the personal collection of the film’s director.

Christmas Evil
Caused a firestorm of controversy upon its release in 1984. The plot concerns a deranged young man who dresses as Santa one Christmas Eve and punishes “naughty” individuals, including the obligatory group of promiscuous teens. Although the film is no more sleazy than the dozens of other slashers prevalent in the early ’80s, Silent Night, Deadly Night outraged many who felt the demonizing of a beloved childhood icon was just going too far. Critics lambasted the movie while protesters showed up at local movie theaters to express their disgust. As a result of the controversy, Silent Night, Deadly Night was pulled from theaters, an act which essentially marked the death knell of the slasher film. Which, in retrospect, maybe wasn’t such a bad thing.

New Year’s Evil
New Year’s Eve is on it’s way and TV’s most famous punk-rock lady icon Diane Sullivan is holding a late hour countdown celebration of music and partying. All is going well until Diane recieves a phone call from a odd sounding stranger announcing on live Television that when New Year’s strikes in each time zone, a ‘Naughty Girl’ will be murdered (punished), and the killer leaves a threat saying she will be the one to die last. The studio crew takes precautions and heighten security, but on the other side of America, a hospital nurse is found brutally butchered. Who could be behind these murders? A crazed fan, a religious psychotic, or perhaps it’s someone much closer to Diane then the police (or audience) could have ever expected.

Black Santa’s Revenge
Ken Foree (Dawn of the Dead, The Devil’s Rejects, From Beyond) stars in this epic short film based on the popular comic book story that appeared in the pages of BadAzz MoFo magazine.

Written, produced and directed by BadAzz MoFo creator David Walker, BLACK SANTA’S REVENGE is a two-fisted tale of yuletide vengeance reminiscent of the classic blaxploitation and revenge films of the 1970s and 80s—think William Lustig’s Vigilante meets Ivan Dixon’s Trouble Man. Adapted from the short comic book story drawn by Rusty Beach and written by Walker, the film version of BSR is filled with all the classic elements of exploitation cinema—graphic violence, gratuitous nudity, and tons of profanity—all crammed into a 20-minute running time.

How To Kill… A Day!

Zombie Outbreak is an 8 hour zombie themed movie fest that’s happening on the 14th in Chicago. Here is a mini-trailer that includes clips from some of the movies that’ll be showing! I of course plan to attend. My friends over at Horror Society (disclaimer: who I do occasionally write for) got this going and who am I, a zombie/horror fanatic to not attend? Exactly. There’s no excuse so the day has already been requested off of work and a good time is to be had.

What’s Being Shown
Chemical 12-D
The Basement
Fleshbeast
Colin
Pathogen
Zombie Girl the Movie
Tales from the Script Promo
Sub Hub Trailer
The Return of the Living Dead – 35mm

For all of the details head over to Horror Society’s Official Page and check it out!