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Day 8 of my 13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween…graphic novel author Conor McCreery
Welcome back, Conor! Always love having you on the 13 Days, whether on video or in text. Last time we chatted a couple years ago, your latest graphic novel series, The Last Witch, was going to drop mere months later. Please give us an update on that series and where it’s at now! It’s a great time to check back
Day 7 of my 13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween…children’s author Penelope Anne Cole
On this, the seventh day, into the first week of Halloween, I have for you another children’s author with a terrific, Halloween counting book! Welcome, Penelope! Tell me about yourself. I’ve been a writer all my life–wrote stories as a kid, though none have survived. I worked for the government’s SF Regional Training Center where I developed and taught training
Day 6 of my 13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween…Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival line-up
UPDATE! The Blood in the Snow Super Channel Line-up has been announced! The on-air portion of the festival features six harrowing horror films and a variety of bone-chilling shorts for fans across the country to enjoy nightly on Super Channel Fuse from November 21 – 26, including the World Premiere of The Devil Comes at Night from writer/director Scott Leaver.
Day 5 of my 13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween…genre and horror author Steve Stred
Welcome to Day 5 of my 13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween…time for another HORROR WRITER! You gotta love these guys. Hello, Steve…please introduce yourself. Hello, my name is Steve Stred. I’m a Splatterpunk-Nominated Author who writes predominantly dark fiction. I currently live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with my wife, son and our staffy, Cocoa. I’m a proud co-founder of
Day 4 of my 13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween…David J. Fernandes, director and producer
Welcome, welcome to my first filmmaker guest for the 2022 13 Days, David Fernandes. He’s a Hamilton filmmaker at that! Check out our interview in the video below: https://youtu.be/oGmG4qTu5lw The Space Zombies: 13 Months of Brain-Spinning Mayhem! DVD includes the hilarious horror-comedy short The Scary Bitch Project as one of it’s MANY special features (or download it on its own
Day 3 of my 13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween…horror and genre author Marcus Hawke
Welcome back…and let’s welcome horror author Marcus Hawke…mwa-ha-ha-ha… Tell me about The Miracle Sin—what’s it all about and what inspired this story? Where can readers find the book? I can answer that question by asking another: Have you ever wondered if there’s more to life? If we are destined for something great, part of a divine plan rather than just subjects
Day 2 of my 13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween…children’s author Sue Schmitt, illustrator Luke Flowers, and a special “monster” guest
A BIG welcome to my guests today, who collaborated on the children’s picture book That Monster on the Block. Check out the video below… https://youtu.be/7di2SJwvPVo WIN a SIGNED COPY of “That Monster on the Block”! … We are giving away 3 copies to celebrate the spooky season with all our monster friends! Enter to win a copy by sharing/retweeting the
Doing Day 1 of my 13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween early so you have all you need to know about the Toronto After Dark Film Festival Line-up (opening October 19th!)
TORONTO AFTER DARK 2022 LINEUP ANNOUNCED! Scary supernatural tale PREY FOR THE DEVIL, killer doll story LIVING WITH CHUCKY, Neil Marshall’s latest Sci-Fi Horror THE LAIR and lots MORE! Toronto After Dark Film Festival is thrilled to officially unveil its lineup of exciting new horror, sci-fi and action films that will screen this Oct 19-23, 2022 at the city’s Scotiabank
Toronto After Dark Film Festival Line-up for 2022 announced!
(From the TADFF site:) Toronto After Dark Film Festival is thrilled to officially unveil its lineup of exciting new horror, sci-fi and action films that will screen this Oct 19-23,2022 at the city’s Scotiabank Theatre! Included in our 16th Annual Showcase of new thrills and chills from around the world are 10 Incredible Feature Films plus 26 Amazing Shorts! Features
C.H.U.D., 1984
C.H.U.D., 1984 (directed by Douglas Cheek, produced by Andrew Bonime)—very spoilery, btw. Ah, the 80s. The decade of the deep divide between the haves and have-nots. When the film opens, a woman, Flora Bosch (Laure Mattos, real-life wife of co-star Daniel Stern), walks her Westie down a gritty New York street. As she passes a manhole, a creature drags her and the
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