The trailer recently dropped for The Funhouse Massacre, and it kicks off this morning's round-up. Also: a Kickstarter launch for Zombie Mouth Bubblegum, acquisition news for Terrordactyl, and Horror Hotel Season 2 premiere details.
The Funhouse Massacre: "The film, directed by Andy Palmer, stars Robert Englund, Jere Burns, Scottie Thompson, Clint Howard and Courtney Gains. THE FUNHOUSE MASSACRE, which was produced by Warner Davis, President of Petri Entertainment, will hit theaters in 15-20 U.S. markets on Friday, November 13th.
On Halloween night, a gruesome group of the United States' most notorious and colorful serial killers escape from Statesville Asylum and descend on a giant funhouse whose theme is based on their different reigns of terror. The unsuspecting carnival goers think that the carnage created is just part of the show, that is, until they become part of the main attraction. The only people left to stop them are a ragtag group of college kids, a clueless Deputy, and the local Sheriff, who seems to have a strange attachment to the leader of this gaggle of maniacs, the silver-tongued devil, “Manny the Prophet.”
The film made its world premiere at HorrorHound in Indianapolis, where it won both Best Feature and Best Special Effects (by Robert Kurtzman, known for his work on IT FOLLOWS, ARMY OF DARKNESS and SCREAM amongst many others)."
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Happy Halloween from Kane Hodder: "Friday the 13th: The Game is a third-person, asymmetrical multiplayer title where one player controls Jason Voorhees while the remaining seven control camp counselors trying to survive the night. That's right...1v7 multiplayer set in the semi-open world of Camp Crystal Lake! It's a classic horror fan's dream, no shaky cam, no found footage. We want you to know we're revitalizing the golden era of slashers, and putting you at the controls of each horrific, blood-splattered moment.
Friday the 13th is the definition of horror to the millions of fans around the world. A masked killer going after the young and vulnerable; it grabs our attention, it frightens us, and yet we all come back for more. Friday the 13th: The Game will give you the feeling of horror and dread that you expect from Jason Voorhees. This will be the ultimate asymmetrical horror experience unlike anything you’ve seen - a title we’re proud to introduce that is worthy of the name ‘Friday the 13th’."
To learn more about Friday the 13th: The Game, visit the Kickstarter campaign or F13game.com.
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Zombie Mouth Bubblegum: Press Release: "Jason Liebig is a candy historian, an unusual vocational title, but one he wears proudly. Having penned nearly 600 articles on the topic over at his CollectingCandy.com website and his TheCandyGeek YouTube channel, Liebig's knowledge on the history of confectionery branding and marketing is unique. He's also consulted on the topic of vintage consumer products for hit television shows such as AMC's 1960's era Mad Men and currently ABC's The Goldbergs, set in the 1980's. Now, Liebig is endeavoring to take his love of candy as well as all things Star Wars and zombies, and independently launch a new bubblegum to market.
The Kickstarter campaign for Zombie Mouth Bubblegum (the first ever bubblegum to debut on the crowdfunding platform) aims to creatively bypass the barriers to entry in the billion dollar confectionery business. Zombie Mouth creator Jason Liebig wants to take the independent and creator-owned approaches used so successfully in the comic book, toy and video game industries and try to apply it to the confection.
For the candy industry professionals who have been privy to an advance look at the campaign, it's a concept that they have been slow to fully grasp or endorse. Liebig who is also the publisher of candy history site CollectingCandy.com as well as having Marvel Comics' X-Men on his resume understands why industry insiders might be skeptical,
They look at me and they just see this guy, this blogger, and they think "well, he's a hobbyist - he doesn't know this business." And they're sort of right, because even though I've been researching and writing about candy for years, most of the daily ins-and-outs of the business side remain largely foreign to me. But after submerging myself in every brand launched over the last half-century, I've learned a lot.
And what those industry insiders don't understand is that I'm not interested in getting into their business. I'm interested in approaching confection as a specific kind of intimate-yet-shared event. I'm interested in channeling what I've seen going on at Comic Cons and Zombie Walks and online with things like Twitter and Periscope. I think you can come at confection in a much more focused, limited scale. You can create more intimate exclusive experiences that are at the same time communal, and in so doing, make it more intense and memorable. I think you can bring the heightened shared-geek-experience of something like a San Diego Comic Con or an indy music festival and deliver a version of that with candy and bubblegum. And you can do all that with a product that is fun and that features fantastic artwork and packaging design. I know it sounds crazy, but I absolutely believe it can be done.
With a geek-worthy origin story that hearkens back to a childhood Darth Vader birthday cake, Liebig's Zombie Mouth Bubblegum or more importantly the Kickstarter campaign for Zombie Mouth Bubblegum is an unprecedented crowdfunding first. It might be hard to believe, but this is the first time in the history of Kickstarter (or any other crowd funding site) that anyone has ever tried to create a new bubblegum using the service.
Characterizing Zombie Mouth's approach as "independently-produced and art-driven" Liebig has nonetheless lined-up established players to help bring this unprecedented bubblegum to fruition. With the Ford Gum and Machine Company of Akron, New York already lined-up to manufacture Zombie Mouth Bubblegum in their factory, it will proudly be labeled "Made In America".
Not only that but Liebig has worked out a deal to include 1,000 limited edition packages of Big League Chew shredded bubble gum, specially rebranded as Zombie League Chew (with outstanding artwork by Hollywood is Dead artist Matt Busch), as one-time rewards for the Kickstarter campaign backers.
It's the unique combination of edgy contemporary packaging art, Comic-Con marketing savvy, and throwback confectionery fun that gives the creator of Zombie Mouth Bubblegum the optimism that this unique and unprecedented Kickstarter campaign will succeed and might even pioneer the way for other ambitious artistic wannabe candy-makers to bring their products to life in the future.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/872361452/make-zombie-mouth-bubblegum-a-reality"
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).
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