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7 October 2008 1:02 PM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Just a quick reminder that this weekend, October 10-12, Rock & Shock hits Worcester, Mass once more! By day, the Dcu Center hosts Michael Biehn, Corey Haim, Jason Mewes, Chris Sarandon, Roddy Piper and a Hellraiser 1 & 2 reunion, among a dozen others from your favorite horror films. As the sun sets, we relocate to the Paladium, where each night the baddest of badass bands will hit the stage including Children of Bodom, Gwar, Mushroomhead, Insane Clown Posse and more.

You can't miss the biggest party on the East Coast! Dread Central will be on hand, every day, dishing out free swag and contest prizes to add a little bang for your buck. Here's a sample...

Viz - Manga masters have sent canvas bags and comic sampler books. Death Note fans can't miss this! Wizkids - HorrorClix continue to fill the world with little bits of evil you can put into battle. Stop

Nomad

26 September 2008 5:47 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

<p><img src="img/news/apr08/frightnight.gif" align="right" alt="New Fright Night commentaries!" style="padding:6px"> The sickos over at Icons of Fright have fulfilled their promise of delivering more “pirate” commentaries today with not one but <I>two</I> exclusive commentaries for Tom Holland’s classic <I>Fright Night</I>!</p> <p>Both commentaries are moderated by <I>2001 Maniacs</I> director and Shock N Roll columner Tim Sullivan; the first is with director Tom Holland and stars Chris Sarandon and Jonathan Stark. The second track is Holland again with stars William Ragsdale, Stephen Geoffreys, and FX artist Randall William Cook. Mr. Beaks from AICN co-moderates on this one, too, so it’s a full house!</p> <p>Head over to <a href="http://www.iconsoffright.com/Commentaries.htm" target="blank">Icons of Fright</a> to start downloading the commentaries now, and keep your eyeballs open for more of this very cool series soon!</p> <p>- <b><a href="/form.php?id=5" target="blank">Johnny Butane</b></a></p> <p><center><a href="http://www.dreadcentral.com/story/dread-centrals-poster-store">CHECK OUT DREAD CENTRAL’S NEW POSTER STORE!</A><br /> Got news? <a href=" /form.php?id=12" target="blank "><b>Click here</b> </a>to submit it!<br /> Find stuff to talka about in the <b><A HREF="/forums">Dread Central forums</A></b>!</center></p>

Johnny Butane

25 September 2008 10:01 PM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

The moment you fiends have been waiting for! ICONS OF FRIGHT and Tim Sullivan's <a href="http://www.iconsoffright.com/SHOCK_02.htm"><strong>SHOCK N ROLL</strong></a> are proud to present 2... count 'em 2 exclusive audio commentaries for Tom Holland's seminal 1985 vampire flick <strong>FRIGHT NIGHT</strong>! Hot on the heels of the <strong>CHILD'S PLAY</strong> director's <a href="http://www.iconsoffright.com/Commentaries.htm">commentary</a> we presented to you last week, we've got 2 feature length MP3 <a href="http://www.iconsoffright.com/Commentaries.htm">commentaries</a> available for download for <a href="http://www.iconsoffright.com/Commentaries.htm"><strong>FREE</strong></a>! And for the fans!!!<br /><br />The first <a href="http://www.iconsoffright.com/Commentaries.htm">commentary</a> track features writer/director <em>Tom Holland</em>, stars <em>Chris Sarandon</em> (Jerry Dandrige) &amp; <em>Jonathan Stark</em> (Billy Cole), moderated by <em>Tim Sullivan</em>. The second <a href="http://www.iconsoffright.com/Commentaries.htm">commentary</a> track features writer/director <em>Tom Holland</em>, <em>William Ragsdale</em> (Charley Brewster), <em>Stephen Geoffreys</em> (&quot;Evil&quot; Ed Thompson) &amp; FX artist <em>Randall William Cook</em>, moderated by <em>Jeremy Smith</em> (aka Mr. Beaks from Ain't It Cool News) and hosted by <em>Tim Sullivan</em>. Click either image below to be brought directly to our &quot;pirate&quot; commentary <a href="http://www.iconsoffright.com/Commentaries.htm">page</a>, and download all 3 <a href="http://www.iconsoffright.com/Commentaries.htm"><strong>FREE</strong></a> commentaries for keeps!

25 September 2008 9:53 PM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

Just added! <a href="http://www.iconsoffright.com/SHOCK_02.htm"><strong>ISSUE 2</strong></a> of <em>Tim Sullivan's</em> <a href="http://www.iconsoffright.com/SHOCK_02.htm"><strong>SHOCK N ROLL</strong></a> column, &quot;<a href="http://www.iconsoffright.com/SHOCK_02.htm"><strong>MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS</strong></a>&quot;! In this issue, Tim chats extensively with <em><strong>Tom Holland</strong></em>, the writer/director of FRIGHT NIGHT, CHILD'S PLAY, THINNER, THE LANGOLIERS, 5 OR DIE, writer on PSYCHO 2, THE BEAST WITHIN, CLOAK &amp; DAGGER &amp; more! The <a href="http://www.iconsoffright.com/SHOCK_02.htm">article</a> covers all grounds! Read Tim's introduction below and head over to the full on interview by clicking the frame and image below!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.iconsoffright.com/SHOCK_02.htm"><img height="136" width="112" border="0" src="http://www.iconsoffright.com/SHOCK/Tom_Holland/SHOCK_Tom.jpg" /></a><br /><br /> Gun to my head, it would be <strong>FRIGHT NIGHT</strong>. Yup. Freddy truly scared me. Pinhead freaked me out. Jason and the Living Dead's Return were bloody good fun. But with finger to the trigger forced to choose my favorite 80's horror show, without hesitation my answer would be FRIGHT NIGHT. Could anything be cooler? Well, maybe Charley Brewster, but I wouldn't want to wrestle Evil Ed over that one. Or maybe I would...<br /><br />In an era where

25 September 2008 8:57 AM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

It seems like the 1985 cult classic vampire flick FRIGHT NIGHT has been the subject of a fan revival lately! Last Friday, the Nuart theater in LA successfully had a Midnight screening of FRIGHT NIGHT with various members of the cast & crew all present. The event was sold out, but Shock Till You Drop has got a fantastic report from that event, along with tons of great pictures from the Q & A. Check that out HERE!

Jeremy Smith (aka Mr. Beaks) from Aint It Cool News did a series of interviews leading up to that midnight screening with writer/director Tom Holland, star Chris Sarandon and "Evil" Ed himself Stephen Geoffreys. All 3 interviews are linked below!

Tom Holland - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38381

Chris Sarandon - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38386

Stephen Geoffreys - http://aintitcool.com/node/38452

And it doesn't end there. For all you FRIGHT NIGHT fans upset

16 September 2008 8:45 AM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

Last week MGM put out a new special anniversary edition of Child's Play on DVD, dubbed as “Chucky’S 20th Birthday Edition.” While loaded with plenty of new features and extras, there was one thing that was notably absent from the DVD release… The director of the film, Tom Holland. For whatever reason, the producers on the DVD decided to exclude him from the disc. It’s fairly obvious when you hold up the first film to all of its sequels, that it was the craft of a director like Holland that made Child's Play the genre classic that it is. Had the first film not worked, there wouldn’t have been a franchise. So, we felt we should give fans what they deserve - a commentary from the man who directed Chucky's first outing.

We contacted Tom and asked if he'd be interested in recording a Child's Play commentary track for Icons Of Fright.

9 September 2008 11:01 AM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

We're proud to be a part of this upcoming sure-to-be-historic event! Below is the full press release for the upcoming Fright Night screening at the Nuart on September 19th! Our newest staffer Tim Sullivan will be hosting the event, which will also be the first Fright Night reunion in La since 1985! Full details are all below! Make sure to check out our Fright Night reunion transcription with video clips either right Here or by clicking the frame below!

80s Horror Hit “Fright Night” Cast And Crew  Reunite  For Midnight Screening

First Los Angeles Group Appearance Since 1985

September 8th, 2008- "Fright Night", the quintessential 80’s horror-comedy, will have its first Los Angeles cast and crew reunion on Friday, September 19th, Midnight at the Landmark’s Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Los Angeles.

“Fright Night” writer-director Tom Holland (“Child’s Play”) will be joined by the film’s stars Chris Sarandon

5 September 2008 8:24 AM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

Bloody Disgusting's BC recently chatted with Don Mancini, who will be writing and directing the upcoming Child's Play remake and uncovered some interesting tid-bits on the filmmaker's plans for Chucky's new outing.

Firstly, the reasoning behind a remake of the original as opposed to a sequel of Seed Of Chucky? Mancini tells Bd, "The bottom line, our main mission was to make it scary again and the best way to do that would be to reboot (the series)."

How much will this reboot differ from the original film? Mancini explains, "It’s a remake, but there are a lot of new things in it. None of the details of the murders in the first movie will be repeated. All of the setpieces are going to be completely brand new, and we’re going to do a slight re-design on Chucky himself, although Brad Dourif will absolutely be the voice of Chucky,

28 August 2008 5:07 AM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

The new 20th anniversary special edition DVD of Child's Play, titled Child's Play: Chucky's 20th Birthday Edition hits store shelves on September 9th. We have the cover art at This previous news post, and you can check out the listing of special features Here. Shock Till You Drop scored several screengrabs from the disc's actual menus. Click Here or on the teaser image below to check them out!

Child's Play was written & directed by Tom Holland from a story by Don Mancini and starred Chris Sarandon, Catherine Hicks, Alex Vincent and Brad Dourif as Charles Lee Ray (aka Chucky). The 1988 horror hit went on to spawn 4 sequels and is now on the cusp of a new remake. (More on that Here!) The DVD arrives September 9th!

26 August 2008 4:33 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Filed under: Animation, Documentary, New Releases, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home Entertainment

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Last week, I alerted you to a few sneak previews for the new Collector's Edition of The Nightmare Before Christmas, and now you can see the discs in all their glory for yourselves!

The stop-motion classic stars Chris Sarandon as the voice of Jack Skellington -- the Pumpkin King of Halloweentown. He gets bored with the town's work of scaring humans on Halloween, and when he accidentally falls into Christmas and sees all the good tidings, he comes back with a plan to nab Santa and have Christmas Halloween-style. This, of course, leads to a whole big mess of kidnapping and stolen paramours.

Being a real Collector's Edition (and not a crappy re-release preying on our collector mindsets), there's a ton of special features to enjoy. There's a commentary, a tour of the

Monika Bartyzel

26 August 2008 12:58 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Featuring the voices of Chris Sarandon, Catherine O' Hara, and Danny Elfman

Directed by Henry Selick

Rated PG

Review by Christian Carvajal

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of those rare and impeccable movies that have entered the American consciousness. Its characters are as likely to appear on present-day T-shirts as Darth Vader or Cookie Monster. Walk into any Hot Topic in any shopping mall in the Western world, and you’ll come away with the impression that The Nightmare Before Christmas is the Goth Godfather.

Roger Ebert raved about its “completely new” landscape and “visual richness”—“so abundant [it deserves] more than one viewing.” It may come as a surprise, then, that the movie made less than fifty million dollars in its initial U.S. run, finding the bulk of its adoring audience only via the Disney Channel and home video.

I don’t

Christian Carvajal

21 August 2008 2:03 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Filed under: New Releases, Home Entertainment, Trailers and Clips

It's hard to believe that it's been a whopping 15 years since Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas was released. The Buttercup-stealing Humperdink, or Chris Sarandon as Jack Skellington, Catherine O'Hara as Sally, plus a little bit of PeeWee and the wacky Greg Proops -- the days before Johnny and Helena were in everything Burtonesque.

In commemoration of the anniversary, the Collector's Edition DVD hits shelves next week, but to whet our hungry appetites, ShockTillYouDrop has got three clips from the new disc. Check out how they made the Haunted Mansion as a holiday tour led by Jack, the process of shooting the film, and finally, Tim Burton's original poem of The Nightmare Before Christmas, all funky and animated.

It's looking to be one heck of a great re-release. From seeing how Jack's version of the Haunted Mansion played out,

Monika Bartyzel

1 August 2008 11:36 PM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

When the week of July 26-August 1, 2008, began, San Diego Comic-Con was entering the final stretch and the Dread Central crew covering it were hitting their stride. We provided a massive amount of information -- and will have even more videos coming over the next week -- but what really stood out for me is how exciting the upcoming television season is. From "Fringe" to "Lost" to "Dexter" to "True Blood", there is so much potential for greatness. And after watching the first five minutes of the fourth season opener of "Supernatural", I'm even more anxious to see what trials and tribulations await the Winchester Brothers. As you'd expect, Padalecki and Ackles attracted one of the largest crowds and, aided by devil's advocate/showrunner Eric Kripke, provided one of the most entertaining panels at the show. And that's just one highlight out of a weekend full of them. Luckily we have

The Woman In Black

30 July 2008 9:14 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

We are pleased to reveal the next batch of guests confirmed for this year's Rock and Shock, which takes place in Worcester, Mass., October 10th-12th.

Along with the Hellraiser 1 & 2 reunion announced previously, you can look forward to meeting the following celebs:

Chris Sarandon - Fright Night, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Child's Play, Bordello of Blood Stephen Geoffreys - Fright Night, 976-Evil Tony Todd - Candyman, Final Destination, Hatchet Daeg Farech - Halloween 07 Hanna Hall - Halloween 07 The bands who will be performing include Children of Bodom, The Black Dahlia Murder, Between The Buried And Me, Obituary, and August Burns Red on Friday night; Gwar and Mushroomhead on Saturday; and Insane Clown Posse on Sunday.

More guests will be added in the coming weeks so get your plans in order now by visiting the official Rock and Shock forums, only on Dread Central!

- Debi Moore

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The Woman In Black

20 June 2008 2:41 PM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

Early word has it that a new special "Anniversary Edition" of Chucky's first movie Child's Play will hit DVD shelves on September 9th of this year! The original Child's Play (directed and co-written by Tom Holland) hit theaters 20 years ago and launched the "Chucky" franchise. It starred Chris Sarandon (reuniting with Holland after Fright Night), Catherine Hicks, Alex Vincent and Brad Dourif as serial killer Charles "Chucky" Lee Ray. No word yet on what special features the DVD will boast, but here's hoping we'll get a director's commentary from Holland? We'll keep you posted!

Update: Shock Till You Drop got the following special features listings:

• Audio Commentary with Tbd

• Select Scene Chucky Commentary

• Evil Comes in Small Packages ("The Birth of Chucky," "Creating the Horror," "Unleashed Chucky: Building a Nightmare

A Monster Convention")

• Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play featurette

• It's Hard Being Evil featurette

• Theatrical Trailer

• Photo Gallery

15 articles from 2008