In today's Horror Highlights, we have an exclusive preview of Ithaqa #3, an announcement of the virtual edition of the Sleepy Hollow International Film Festival, a Troma double feature at the drive-in, and the return of Servant!
Exclusive Preview of ITHAQA #3: "In issue #3 of ITHAQA, the consequences of Mookie and Ruth's night of drinking turn deadly. Rosie offers Harvey answers, but at a great cost, while Margaret and Hazel come face to face with the "spirits" they have been investigating."
Writer: Michael Watson
Artist/Cover Artist: Theresa Chiechi
Letters: Lucas Gattoni
Editor: Lisa VillaMil
To pick up a copy of Ithaqa #3 for yourself, visit:
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Sleepy Hollow International Film Festival Announces Virtual Edition: "Having made its amazing debut last October in the cradle of the American Supernatural—Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown, NY—the Sleepy Hollow International Film Festival (SHIFF) wishes they were celebrating year two with all of you in the Hollow right now! Alas, while that’s not possible this year, SHIFF is excited to debut SHIFF VIRTUAL 2020, a wicked selection of free video events you can watch right now!
Starting October 20, 2020, you can view…
Edward D. Wood Jr's GLEN OR GLENDA "You Won't Believe it's a Movie!": DISCUSSION & COMMENTARY HOSTED BY DANA GOULD
Join host Dana Gould ("Stan Against Evil"), screenwriters Larry Karaszweski and Scott Alexander (“Ed Wood”), Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu ("Mystery Science Theater 3000”) for a rollicking, riffing commentary of Edward D. Wood Jr.’s legendary transgender opus “Glen or Glenda?” As they say, you won’t believe it’s a movie!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRDQM8lLTvQ&t=2s
TALES FROM THE CRYPT PRESENTS DEMON KNIGHT: 25th ANNIVERSARY!
Director Ernest Dickerson, screenwriters Ethan Reiff & Cyrus Voris, special effects designer Todd Masters, and actors Charles Fleischer and John Kassir reunite for a lively and celebratory discussion marking 25 years of the phenomenal TALES FROM THE CRYPT PRESENTS DEMON KNIGHT! Hosted by SHIFF's artistic director Michael McCartney.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9ec6IiBMEo&t=3s
THE MANY LEGENDS OF SLEEPY HOLLOW: WITH MASTER STORYTELLER JONATHAN KRUK
Master Storyteller Jonathan Kruk thrillingly blends historical fiction with actual fact as he spins ghostly tales and true history from actual Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown and Irvington, NY, locals, including Washington Irving's home, Sunnyside.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jda5ssX3lm4
MAESTRO OF MAYHEM: 40 YEARS OF "FRIDAY THE 13TH" MUSIC WITH COMPOSER HARRY MANFREDINI
Harry Manfredini, composer of the original 1980 FRIDAY THE 13TH score (as well as the majority of its sequels), joins host Brian Satterwhite for a look back at his iconic work—music that launched 40 years of cinematic terror and excitement!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwGkxOuggHk&t=1249s
Enjoy the vids and SHIFF promises there are more to come soon! They can also be accessed right now from SHIFF’s website www.SleepyHollowFilmFest.com where you can find additional information about last year’s amazing festival, as well as how to submit films and scripts to the upcoming SHIFF 2021.
While watching these videos, SHIFF encourages you to visit the information located in the description below each. There you’ll find links to various Hudson River Valley NY area causes, organizations and establishments. If you’re able, please consider donating and supporting them any way you can. At the very least, investigate them to learn more about this wondrous and historic region!
SHIFF wishes all a very safe and Happy Halloween!"
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Troma Double Feature and Photos from #SHAKESPEARESSHITSTORM: "#BREAKINGBARD DOUBLE FEATURE with #SHAKESPEARESSHITSTORM Secret Screening on Halloween Eve at #Tromaween! Lloyd Kaufman’s latest Tromasterpiece screens with Tromeo & Juliet (screenplay by James Gunn) on Oct 30th in #TromaQueens!
The Opioid Epidemic is destroying America. Legendary director Lloyd Kaufman celebrates Troma's 45th (and his 50th year making movies) by taking on Big Pharma, addiction, the intolerance of social media and white fragility in #ShakespearesShitstorm. This irreverent musical adaptation of "The Tempest" is ripe with bawdy couplets, Hieronymus Boschian images of excess and unrefined iambic pentameter."
On Friday, October 30th, the final evening of #Tromaween (the retro horror series that is taking place all month long at the legendary Bel Aire Diner (31-91 21st St, Queens, NY -Tix and info www.belairediner.nyc) the Troma Team is presenting a sneak preview of #ShakespearesShitstorm as a double feature with it’s spiritual sequel “Tromeo and Juliet” (screenplay and co-produced by James Gunn - Guardians of the Galaxy, Suicide Squad).
Director Lloyd Kaufman says “#ShakespearesShitstorm was filmed in Queens over the Summer of 2018 and the Bel Aire Diner acted as caterer as well as late night home base to the Troma Team so it was only fitting that we return to present a sneak preview for Tromaween! We’re honored to be presenting our finest work with the finest Diner and Drive-In in all of NYC!”
#ShakepearesShitstorm marks the most ambitious project in Troma's 45 year history. Working with one of Hollywood's best special effects companies, Eric Fox & MorbFX (as seen on SciFy’s Face Off) in conjunction with Troma alumni Doug Sakmann, Troma brings a whole new visual experience to their stylized brand. Having a bigger budget also brought about larger scale on-location filming in Albania (a first for narrative feature films in the country) as well as a celestial orchestral score from Portugal and a little help from the Bard. With over 1000 gallons of fake bodily fluids used throughout the production, Shakespeare has never been this raw and unfiltered.
Prospero (played by director/co-writer Kaufman), a brilliant and generous pharma-scientist, has had his life and career ruined by blind, greedy, perverted pharmaceutical execs, causing him and his very hot daughter Miranda to flee from NYC to Tromaville, New Jersey. When the evil execs and their elite guests take a celebratory luxury cruise to North Korea, Prospero uses his science, magic, and a load of whale laxative to create the titular Shitstorm, wrecking the cruise ship and causing its execs to wash up on the shores of Tromaville. Prospero’s planned a brutal revenge – with all the sex, mutations, musical numbers, and violence that Shakespeare always wanted but never had!
#SS Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The movie had its world premiere at the virtual Fantasia Film Festival 2020 to rave reviews and has received similar praise at festivals around the world including Le Estrange Festival (France) Slash Festival Des Fantastischen Films (Vienna) & La Nuit Fantastique (France). Festivals coming later this month include MonsterFest in Australia on Oct 29th.
#ShakespearesShitstorm is directed by Lloyd Kaufman with screenplay by Brandon Bassham (writer & and director of the more recent Troma hits Feartown U.S.A., The Slashening and it’s sequel The Slashening: The Final Beginning. Produced by Justin Martell, John Brennan (producers of Return to Nuke Em High Vol 1 & 2) and Troma’s first lady Pat Kaufman (married to and working with Lloyd for over 46 years). Co-produced and SFPX supervised by Doug Sakmann (working with Kaufman for over 20 years as producer as well as company mascot Sgt Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.). It was through this team of people with such a deep history and understanding of the Troma Team that the magic of #ShakespearesShitstorm was created.
The cast for the film includes Erin Patrick Miller (The Jungle of Accounting), Kate McGarrigle (Odd Man Rush), Amanda Flowers (Werewolf Bitches from Outer Space), Abraham Sparrow (I Am Legend), Dylan Mars Greenberg (Evil Everywhere), Debbie Rochon (Bloody Ballet), Zoe Geltman (Rare Birds of Fashion), Zac Amico (Amityville: Vanishing Point), Monique Dupree (Remnants), Frazer Brown (Cursed Films) and Lloyd Kaufman himself in the dual role of both the mad scientist Prospero and his thieving and deceiving sister Antionette."
For more information, check out the flyer below and visit www.belairediner.nyc for ticket!
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Servant Season 2 Premiere Date Announced: "Acclaimed Apple Original series “Servant,” is officially set to debut its second season globally on January 15, 2021 on Apple TV+. Executive produced by Academy Award-nominated director M. Night Shyamalan (“Glass,” “Split,” “The Sixth Sense”), the ten-episode series will premiere with the first episode, followed by new episodes weekly, every Friday.
Following its suspenseful season one finale, the second season of the thriller takes a supernatural turn. As Leanne returns to the brownstone and her true nature is revealed, a darker future for all lies ahead.
The cast of "Servant" including Lauren Ambrose ("Six Feet Under"), Toby Kebbell (“Kong: Skull Island,” “Fantastic Four,” "Black Mirror"), Nell Tiger Free ("Game of Thrones") and Rupert Grint (“Harry Potter” franchise, “Snatch”) will all reprise their characters for the second season.
The series is created by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominated executive producer and writer Tony Basgallop. In addition to executive producers M. Night Shyamalan and Tony Basgallop, “Servant” is executive produced by Ashwin Rajan, Jason Blumenthal, Todd Black and Steve Tisch. Taylor Latham and Patrick Markey serve as co-executive producers."
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