Horror Highlights: WOLFMEN OF MARS, ANNO DRACULA, HEAR THE LIVING DEAD, Screamfest 2016 Award Winners

Starting off this weekend's Horror Highlights, Wolfmen of Mars has made their entire music catalog available for a free / pay what you want price right now on their Bandcamp page. Continue reading for more details. Also: Anno Dracula comic series, release details for Hear the Living the Dead compilation album, and a recap of the Screamfest 2016 awards ceremony.

Entire Wolfmen of Mars Music Catalog Available Now: The entire music catalog of Wolfmen of Mars is now available at a “free/pay what you want” price on their Bandcamp page. Fans will also be able to hear the band’s music in the upcoming horror movie Boogeyman Pop, but until then, you can crank up their entire stock of tunes on Bandcamp. To learn more, visit their official Bandcamp page.

About Wolfmen of Mars: "Making music that combines the electronic analog sounds of the 70s-80s and mixing them with heavy grooves. A soundtrack for late night driving or space travel."

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Anno Dracula Comic Book Series Announced: Press Release: "(28 October 2016) – Titan Comics is pleased to announce the upcoming release of an all-new comic series based on the best-selling ANNO DRACULA novels, written by creator Kim Newman with art by Paul McCaffrey (The Third Doctor).

The Anno Dracula novels depict an alternate 19th-century history where the characters of Bram Stoker’s Dracula fail to prevent Count Dracula’s subjugation of Great Britain, creating a world where vampires are living amongst humans and a central part of society. The series also features characters including Jack the Ripper, Professor Moriarty, and Van Helsing.

Kim Newman is a critic, author, and broadcaster. He writes the Anno Dracula series of horror novels, which was first published in 1992. Kim Newman has written four Anno Dracula novels to date, as well as short stories.

Anno Dracula has garnered high praise since its initial release, including from literary superstar Neil Gaiman, who helped to develop the series and called Anno Dracula “compulsory reading,” citing the series as a main source of inspiration for his Hugo award-winning short story, ‘A Study in Emerald’.

Described as “the definitive account of…the self-obsessed undead” by New York Times, the Anno Dracula novels have won numerous awards including the Dracula Society’s Children of the Night Award, the Lord Ruthven Award, and the International Horror Guild Award.

Titan Comics’ Anno Dracula hits stores in March 2017 and is available to pre-order from January’s Diamond PREVIEWS catalogue.

For more announcements and news on Titan’s Anno Dracula comics, join Titan Comics on Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr."

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Hear the Living Dead Compilation Album Release Details: "HEAR THE LIVING DEAD is a retro synth / synthwave compilation album featuring 31 songs. This diverse collection of songs is a tribute to all things zombie - from cultural behemoth The Walking Dead (the figurative Star Wars of horror at this point) all the way back to the film that started it all, Night of the Living Dead, this FREE compilation should sooth the burn of the recent Walking Dead premiere.

Right in time for Halloween 2016, these tracks are the perfect soundtrack to spook trick or treaters, play in the background of a haunted house, or better yet...as the soundtrack to an actual zombie apocalypse.

Fans of synthwave, outrun, retrowave, horror synth, horror soundtracks, prog rock, The Walking Dead, Z Nation, Zombieland, and so much more will love to HEAR THE LIVING DEAD.

Released October 25, 2016

Album Mastered By: Amplitude Problem and Max James

Poster By: KFDDA

Team Leaders: Jon of the Shred, Jean Pierre Van Damme

(Full Scythe Team List: scythesaga.com/home/index.php/synthwave-artists)"

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Screamfest 2016 Award Winners Recap: Press Release: "HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Oct. 28, 2016 – America’s largest and longest running horror movie festival, Screamfest, awarded the top movies, filmmakers, and actors of the festival. The festival, which ran from Oct. 18 - 27, 2016 at the TLC Chinese in Hollywood, has launched careers - providing a platform for filmmakers and actors to showcase their latest work to enthusiasts and general audiences.

MY FATHER DIE and THE MASTER CLEANSE tied with the most awards, each with four. MY FATHER DIE won Best Picture, Best Director with Sean Brosnan, Best Editing by Jason Eric Perlman and Sean Brosnan, as well as Best Musical Score by Justin Small and Ohad Benchetrit. THE MASTER CLEANSE won the Best Actor category with Johnny Galecki, Best Make Up by Naomi Bakstad, Best Special FX by Nicholas Podbrey, Werner Pretorius and Creature FX Artists as well as Best Visual FX by George A. Loucas.

The following is a complete list of winners:

Best Short – A Nearly Perfect Blue Sky

Best Student Short - Pigskin – Jake Hammond

Best Editing – Jason Eric Perlman & Sean Brosnan – My Father Die

Best Actor – Johnny Galecki – The Master Cleanse

Best Musical Score – Justin Small & Ohad Benchetrit – My Father Die

Best Actress – Mimosa Williamo – Lake Bodom

Best Makeup – Naomi Bakstad - The Master Cleanse

Best Cinematography – Joe Dietsch – Happy Hunting

Best Special FX – Nicholas Podbrey, Werner Pretorius & Creature FX Artists - The Master Cleanse

Best Visual FX - George A. Loucas - The Master Cleanse

Best Unproduced Screenplay – Plum Island - Matthew Lee Blackburn

Best Director – Sean Brosnan – My Father Die

Best Picture – My Father Die

Actress Lydia Hearst (Condemned, #Horror) served as an ambassador for the festival, which showcased 73 films this year. Along with the myriad of horror films at the festival, Screamfest hosted free screenings of TV episodes inspired by the popular horror films WOLF CREEK and THE EXCORCIST.

Screamfest is sponsored by Pop TV, Shock Top, Birns & Sawyer, Crypt TV, Brickwork, and Dapper Cadaver. Screamfest is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. Screamfest is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs."