Horror-Rama Haul!

Hey all. Last weekend was Horror-Rama and it was a blast, as always. In addition to sharing air with genre celebrities such as Linnea Quigley, Lynn Lowry and Dee Wallace, I also came away with a pretty sweet haul.

And since it was staring me in the face all weekend, I finally broke and picked up Matthew Therrien gorgeous Suspiria print.

I'm afraid I don't have the faculties to go into depth as much as I usually would, but I can assure you that if you can make it out next year, you will not be disappointed.

Shock Stock 2013.

The 3rd edition of London's Shock Stock Convention went down last weekend. Sadly, I was only able to check out the Saturday this year, but there was still no shortage of stuff to do. Here it is, in pictures.

VHS!

More VHS!

Even more VHS!

Been looking for these bad boys for a while! Thanks to Zack from The Vault for hooking me up!

Alex was in da house, rockin' the RCA VideoDisc!

Walkin' the show floor.

Fangoria, out in full force!

The Black Fawn booth.

The Butcher Shop.

Hiding in the back room.

A giant Frankenberry!

Lynn Lowry (left), Cindy Hinds & Art Hindle at the Cronenberg alumni Q&A.

Naomi Grossman (Pepper from AHS:Asylum)

Robert "Maniac Cop" Z'Dar.

So, this is the Rainbow Cinemas mascot???

Christina Lindberg (left) with Lianne Spiderbaby

Like I said, hats off to the Vagrancy crew for knocking it out of the park once again.

Trailer Tuesdays: Shivers.

It's time to bring a little Can-con to these weekly proceedings. Here's the trailer for David Cronenberg's 1975 debut Shivers aka They Came From Within courtesy of Zorgjul.

I love the sound design of this trailer. Even though you can't always make out what is flashing onscreen, the screaming and moaning certainly lets you know it can't be good for those involved. It is also helped by the narrator Percy Rodrigues, who was basically the “voice” of horror throughout the seventies, eighties and nineties.

Shivers is one of a group of films from this era that was a larger comment on some facet of our society. For more info on that, there is a fantastic documentary called The American Nightmare that covers this very topic.

Personally, what I take away from this film is that if making out with Lynn Lowry means I get infected with a soul-flaying parasite, well... I'm willing to take that hit.