Revenge of the pumpkins, indeed! Picking up where the story left off in the very first issue, Blood & Gourd #2: Escape from Henderson Farms will be released next Wednesday, September 7th. Also in today's Horror Highlights: a new clip from Chiller Films' Siren and a new trailer and official poster for Somnus.

Blood & Gourd #2 Cover Art & Release Details: Press Release: "It’s Devil’s Night in Olympia, WA- and out at Henderson Farms, the festivities are reaching a crescendo. Young and old have gathered to pick their own pumpkin, drink hot apple cider, and partake in the usual pumpkin farm fare. However, something has awakened from deep within the fertile soil. After years of abuse and humiliation, the pumpkins… are ready to pick us. You can beg! You can plead! You can scream! But these Hell’s lanterns are lit only with the burning desire to watch. You. Die!

Blood & Gourd Issue #2: Escape from Henderson Farms, rolls us right back into the pumpkin pandemonium introduced in the 2015 premier issue. The sinister Mr. Pleasant has unleashed a massive otherworldly demon, and with it, murderous hordes of gourds and goblins. A handful of survivors may have endured the first rampaging wave of gruesome ghoulies and Cucurbita craziness, but will they find a way off the farm alive?

Get ready for more of the unfettered imagination and frantic madness you’ve come to expect from the award-winning Blood & Gourd series. Issue #2 is wilder, faster and set for a September 7th, 2016 release!

Dead Peasant is an indie publisher based in Portland, OR. Through crowd-funding and sheer determination, its team has successfully conjured up one of the most bizarre, offbeat, and exciting comic book series in years. With its roots in the classics and its vines in the new, Blood & Gourd is like EC Comics meets ’80s cult horror in 2016.

The Dead Peasant team features:

Jenz K. Lund and D.H. Shultis: Writers/Creators
Juanan Ramirez: Art (Marvel, Dark Horse, DC Comics)
Fran Gamboa: Colors: (IDW, Image, Zenescope, and Dynamite)

Print copies of issue #2: Escape from Henderson Farms, are available now at bloodandgourd.bigcartel.com. Copies of Issue #1 are also available.

Blood & Gourd's 1st issue is now available for digital download at bloodandgourd.com (issue 2 will be available for download on September 7th, 2016)"

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    About the Author - Tamika Jones

    Tamika hails from North Beach, Maryland, a tiny town inches from the Chesapeake Bay.She knew she wanted to be an actor after reciting a soliloquy by Sojourner Truth in front of her entire fifth grade class. Since then, she's appeared in over 20 film and television projects. In addition to acting, Tamika is the Indie Spotlight manager for Daily Dead, where she brings readers news on independent horror projects every weekend.

    The first horror film Tamika watched was Child's Play. Being eight years old at the time, she remembers being so scared when Chucky came to life that she projectile vomited. It's tough for her to choose only one movie as her favorite horror film, so she picked two: Nosferatu and The Stepford Wives (1975).