We're back with a new installment of Horror Highlights! In today's edition, learn about NECA's limited edition Universal Monsters masks, take a look at the latest art from Nocterra, learn more about Krystal Ash's new book Shock, and watch the trailer for Hosts:

NECA Unleashes Universal Monsters with a Series of Limited-Edition Collectible Masks: From the 1920s to the 1950s, Universal Pictures redefined the golden age of horror cinema with their legendary lineup of monster movies. In the decades to follow, Dracula, The Mummy, Frankenstein, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Wolfman and The Phantom of the Opera continue to frighten fans of these classic creatures. Now NECA® and Universal Brand Development have teamed up to bring the Universal Monsters to your doorstep with the Universal Monsters Mask Series – a set of six limited-edition, collector quality, latex display masks that won’t be available anywhere else. Each highly-detailed sculpted mask – sculpted by Mortar Heads the art of Mark Enright – is an homage to the Universal mini-monster figure collection from Remco, with packaging that follows the look of the classic Remco blister card fronts.

This monstrous series of limited-edition display masks include Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Phantom of the Opera, Frankenstein, and The Mummy. Subscribers to the first four masks in the series will receive The Wolfman and Dracula bonus masks for free – they will not be sold separately! The Universal Monsters Masks will begin shipping September of 2020, with each subsequent mask flying, swimming or slowly walking towards you on a monthly basis. Each crate will contain one mask and costs $49.99 plus shipping and handling.

It would be a grave mistake to miss out on this highly collectible set. To subscribe to the Universal Monsters Mask Series, visit: https://loot.cr/lootmasks

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BossLogic, Jock, and Francis Manapul Provide Prints for Scott Snyder and Tony S. Daniel’s NOCTERRA COLLECTOR’S EDITION on Kickstarter: "Superstar artists BossLogic, Jock, and Francis Manapul are providing limited edition prints for Scott Snyder and Tony S. Daniel’s NOCTERRA COLLECTOR’S EDITION, which is currently funding on Kickstarter.

The prints are available now, as part of just announced new tiers:

  • $40: Unsigned Softcover +1 Print *

  • $55: Unsigned Softcover +2 Prints *

  • $70: Unsigned Softcover + All 3 Prints *

  • $60: Signed Hardcover +1 Print *

  • $75: Signed Hardcover +2 Prints *

  • $90: Signed Hardcover + All 3 Prints *

  • $85: Unsigned Softcover + Signed Hardcover +1 Print *

  • $100: Unsigned Softcover + Signed Hardcover +2 Prints *

  • $115: Unsigned Softcover + Signed Hardcover + All 3 Prints *

  • $105: 2 Signed Hardcovers +1 Print *

  • $120: 2 Signed Hardcovers +2 Prints *

  • $135: 2 Signed Hardcovers + All 3 Prints *

Backers can request their choice of print when we send out Backer Surveys.

“BossLogic is the talk of comics, especially with his recent art for DC Fandome and the New Mutants movie,” said artist Tony S. Daniel. “It’s a thrill to see his jaw dropping take on the world of NOCTERRA.”

“We’re pretty astounded by the fan reaction to the first two weeks of the campaign and wanted to add something for the fans,” said Scott Snyder. “I've been teasing a top secret collaboration with Francis Manapul for a while and that will be released through Best Jackett. And there’s a new Best Jackett book with Jock in addition to more Wytches stories coming up, so this is a fun way to bring two Best Jackett collaborators, and friends, into the Kickstarter campaign.”

In NOCTERRA, you can still feel the sun's warmth – it must be there – but for some reason, light no longer reaches the earth. There’s only darkness. But this new darkness, there's something strange about it, something terrifying. Because anything – or anyone – that stays in it too long starts to change…

Starting at 72 pages, NOCTERRA COLLECTOR’S EDITION is a one-of-a-kind reading experience, with Scott Snyder’s script displayed alongside Tony S. Daniel’s linework to provide a rare look at the process of making comics. NOCTERRA COLLECTOR’S EDITION will be released to backers ahead of Image Comics’ release of issue 1 this winter and will mark the first time that one of Snyder’s scripts has been published in its entirety.

NOCTERRA takes place ten years after the world is plunged into an everlasting night that turns all living creatures into monstrous “shades.” Enter Valentina “Val” Riggs, a skilled “ferryman” who transports people and goods along deadly unlit roads with her heavily illuminated eighteen-wheeler. When an old man promising sanctuary offers Val a job to drive him and his granddaughter up through the Rocky Mountains, she takes it, hoping there might be some truth to his claim. What she finds in the end, though, is something much more horrifying than any shade...

For more updates, follow Best Jackett Press on Twitter and Facebook.

To support the campaign, visit Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scottsnyder/823774553."

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SHOCK: "Emily Winslow is an average young adult coming home to visit while on break from college. But her innocent visit takes a dark turn when a family secret comes light causing her and her family to become targets of a person from her parents’ past."

To learn more and purchase Shock, visit:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DVD64QK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_NzckFbC5ZJZZK

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HOSTS Comes to to Digital + VOD 10/2 from Dark Sky Films: "On Christmas Eve, an innocent couple become hosts to a malicious entity. Throughout the night they proceed to terrorize a family of five in unimaginably violent and disturbing ways. But these demonic possessions won't end with this unfortunate family; they mark just the beginning of a horrific worldwide epidemic. Beneath its nerve-jangling suspense, the film offers a dark and bloody insight into how lying to your loved ones can not only alienate them, it can completely destroy your bonds with them forever.

The film follows in the footsteps of classic successes such as, The ExorcistThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Inglorious Basterds. Hosts was written to keep viewers on the edge of their seats and leave a lasting impression.

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