In this round-up, we have more tasty pre-Halloween treats from your friends at Daily Dead. Preview pages from John Carpenter's Tales for a HalloweeNight, release details for Submerged and Little Dead Rotting Hood, a poster for The Hollow, Afraid of Everything cover art, as well as part one of Spooky Sights.
Tales for a HalloweeNight: "From the man who brought you the movie, “Halloween” and all the scares beyond, here comes the ultimate graphic novel anthology of tales to warm your toes by on a dark and stormy night in October. Carpenter brings together storytellers from the world of movies, novels, and comics and in these pages lie tales of graveyards, sunken ships, creepy crawlers and ghosts to haunt your dreams at night.
Writers: John Carpenter, Steven Hoveke, Sandy King, Steve Niles, James Ninness, Trent Olsen, David Schow, and Duane Swierczynski.
Artists: including…Tim Bradstreet, Jon Bogdanove, Federico DeLuca, Leonardo Manco, Darick Robertson, and Tone Rodriguez.
Edited by: Sandy King."
This graphic novel is due to be released on November 10th.
Click the cover to read the preview pages:
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Submerged: "A limousine joyride goes berserk in this breathless, pulse-pounding thriller. Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls) stars as an ex-soldier turned bodyguard hired to protect a young woman. But while cruising with a group of friends one night, their stretch limo is run off the road and underwater by a gang of ruthless kidnappers who then dive in to finish the job. Suddenly it's sink or swim, as the bodyguard must fight to keep the vehicle from becoming a watery grave.
99 mins. Not Rated.
OPENS IN NEW YORK AND L.A. ON NOVEMBER 27TH."
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Little Dead Rotting Hood: Press Release: "Los Angeles, CA – A sinister take on the classic Brothers Grimm fairytale, the deadly thriller LITTLE DEAD ROTTING HOOD arrives on DVD and Digital HD January 5 from Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM) and The Asylum. Starring Bianca A. Santos (Ouija, THE DUFF), Eric Balfour (“Haven,” The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and Romeo Miller aka Lil’ Romeo (Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection), the terrifying tale also features Patrick Muldoon (Starship Troopers), Heather Tom (“The Bold And The Beautiful”), and Marina Sirtis (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”).
Something sinister is lurking in the woods, and the residents of the small town nearby are falling victim to its bloodlust. When the town sheriff (Balfour) discovers that the wolves inhabiting the nearby forest are getting more aggressive and even deadly, he soon uncovers a danger beyond his imagination. The latest collaboration between screenwriter and co-producer Gabriel Campisi and director Jared Cohn (Jailbait, the forthcoming The Horde), LITTLE DEAD ROTTING HOOD was produced by David Michael Latt.
For years, the old woman in the woods has secretly kept the wolves of the forest at bay. But when the woman dies, the creatures suddenly attack the residents of a nearby small town. As more and more people turn up dead, the townsfolk discover something far more sinister than wolves lurking in the backwoods and fight to save their home from evil by waging a bloody battle against the ruthless creatures. But as the wolves begin to overpower the town, only the woman’s granddaughter may have the key to stopping the bloodbath before it’s too late.
DVD BASICS:
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The Hollow: "From Acclaimed filmmaker Miles Doleac and Academy Award Winning producer Lisa Bruce (The Theory of Everything), The Hollow fixes on a team of F.B.I. agents as they arrive in a small town in Mississippi to investigate the death of a U.S. congressman's daughter in a mysterious triple homicide.
The ensemble cast includes James Callis (TV's Battlestar Galactica, TV's Eureka), Christiane Seidel (Boardwalk Empire), William Sadler (TV’s Hawaii Five-0, Machete Kills), William Forsythe (TV’s Boardwalk Empire, Halloween) and Jeff Fahey (TV’s Lost, TV’s From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series)."
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Afraid of Everything: Press Release: "Los Angeles, October 27th, 2015: Author Adam Tierney and illustrator Matthieu Cousin are pleased to announce the launch of their new book project, Afraid of Everything. The 64-page hardcover collection includes 26 illustrated short horror stories and poems, each based on a different letter of the alphabet and a different phobia (from Arachnophobia to Zoophobia). The book is targeted at readers age 8 to 16, but could be enjoyed by all ages.
“Matthieu and I wanted to create a collection of horror stories unlike anything else being produced in 2015,” explains Tierney. “Similar to short horror collections of the 80’s and 90’s, like Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, each of these single-page stories and poems features genuine risks and danger. Not all of our protagonists make it out of their stories alive.”
The book intends to fill a gap left by the absence of new horror fiction being written for young readers. “There are plenty of spooky and Halloween stories being written each year,” continues Tierney, “but very few HORROR stories are written for kids today. We wanted to create something dangerous and at times genuinely scary like the stories Matthieu and I grew up on. Kids can handle horror, so long as it’s written with them in mind.”
Adam Tierney is a Los Angeles, CA-based video game designer and director. Games he’s directed include Til Morning’s Light (2015), Silent Hill: Book of Memories (2012), Aliens: Infestation (2011), Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2010), and LIT (2009). He has also written for television (Teen Titans Go!).
Matthieu Cousin is a Swedish cartoonist whose previous clients include Tribute Games, WayForward Technologies, Catalist Universe, and Cartoon Network.
The crowd-funding campaign for this project (seeking art and publishing costs) runs through Nov 24th at Kickstarter.com. More information and 10-page sample of the book can be found at: www.AoEbook.com."
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Spooky Sights: "The 3 part children’s animated horror-comedy revolves around a brother and sister (Luke and Rita) who investigate the creepy house of a mad scientist. You’ll just have to tune in to see what they find!
The Little Blackstone Studios animated series is coming just in time for Halloween on SpindoTV (the Mondo Media-Spin Master YouTube channel)."
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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