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Heidi Martinuzzi

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NEWSLETTER:

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The first ever Pretty/Scary Film Festival is being held at The Genghis Con Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on November 19th, a Saturday, at 11:30 am.

This year's fest will screen the Best Feature and Best Shorts:

Gory Gory Hallelujah

Snow Day, Bloody Snow Day

and Teenage Bikini Vampire

And don't miss the panel of Women in Horror, hosted by Joe Bob Briggs

and Pretty/Scary on Sunday, November 20th at 1PM.

For more info please visit the Genghis Con website.

Oh yeah, And I will be there.

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- Currently I'm shooting Evil Ever After, a new film by Chris Watson (Zombiegeddon) and Brad Paulson (The Van). There's lots of hot guys and hot girls in it, and some really Not Hot people, as well, and my character for some reason has sex with all the not-hot people but never even gets close to it with the hot ones. That sucks. But other than that I get to play an alcoholic sociopath, which is great.

- Check out some new pictures on my site: www.thehorrorpost.com/Pictures.php. Also there, find links to some new reviews, and some new interviews. SAW II interviews on Bloody-Disgusting are linked there as well.

- www.pretty-scary.net has a REALLY hot stud of the month: Scott Whyte. go check him out, he's in Reeker and The Fallen Ones.

- Book news: The book on female horror filmmakers ought to be ready to be edited by March 2006. I hope. It's looking swell, kids, real swell. Except why did one of the films have to be from 1904 and totally out of print?

- So, as you know, I will be at the www.genghisconpa.com Ghengis Con convention, along with Ryli Morgan, Amy Lynn Best, and like, a bunch of other friends, drinking and having a good time.

- Want some news? There's TONS:

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Special message From Suzi Lorraine:

Hey Guys,

Don't you think it's terrible that people were forced to leave
their pets behind during Hurricane Katrina?

Please ask your U.S. Representative to support the PETS Act,
H.R. 3858, which would require state and local authorities to
plan for evacuating people with pets the next time a disaster
like Hurricane Katrina strikes.

It's quick and easy to do. Just click here:
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/pets_act_house?rk=Opa9-LF1WmI5W

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Cinema Nocturna:

This year is moving way to fast here, it's almost the end of the year, with just
a little more then a month to go until X-Mas 2005. Anyhow, for today's reading
delights, we have three new reviews for you to feast upon. The first is a look
at the upcoming DVD release of EMERGENCY SQUAD from No Shame and directed by
Stelvio Massi. It's certainly a disc those of you that like you're Italian
polizia/crime/action films should grab. Next up, Paul brings us another one out
of the VHS vault and a look at the little known film COUNTER DESTROYER. Lastly,
continuing with the new releases from Heretic Films, I have a look at their
upcoming release LAST EXIT. All can be found with our update on our main page.

Also, we are currently looking for someone who would like to contribute to CN.
We are of course non-profit, but I do hand out screeners from time to time when
available for the taking. If you are interested, or if you know someone who's be
interested, please have them contact us at cinema@cinema-nocturna.com with the
subject heading of "Writing Contributions".

In the works for new material to look out for. We are currently working on an
exclusive interview with LAST EXIT director David Noel Bourke, which should be
available in the coming days. Also, reviews to look out for in the near
future...

Panik House's PINKY VIOLENCE boxset
MAIL
THE INTRUDER
NO TIME TO DIE
BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (BU SE)
...and tons more!

Steve
http://www.cinema-nocturna.com
CINEMA NOCTURNA-THE UNDERBELLY OF FILM!!!

FORUM
http://cinema-nocturna.com/nocturnalforum/index.php

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Special message From Eric Spudic:

Hey folks,

I have a bunch of KILLERS BY NATURE dvds on hand. Street date was today. They are $11 each postpaid. I shot this movie 3 years ago for a thousand bucks in and around the St. Louis area.

The dvd includes commentary by myself, the KILLERS drinking game(trust me, you'll get wasted!), trailers, bonus Easter eggs, and a stills gallery. KBN stars Jason Contini, Eric Spudic, and William Clifton.

This film contains pissing, shitting, masturbation, violence, foul language, drug use, gore, and tits, so it's not for the youngsters! I'll take money orders/cash/checks at the address below or my Paypal addy is ericspudic@hotmail.com

P.S. And be sure to rent CREEPIES at a store near you!

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Gallows Hill News:

Hey guys,
Here is the teaser Trailer for my latest Film Dust to Dust.

http://www.zombie-house.com/flash/video/d2dtrailer/dusttodust.html

or go to
www.gallowshillproductions.com

GOD BLESS...
D.T.Carney
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Terror Cards:
Terror Cards XL release 3.
These are highly extremely limited edition autographed trading card
featuring your favorite murderous monsters and sexy scream queens.
The third release in this series includes Irwin Keyes, Isabelle Stephen,
Brett Kelly, Glen Baisley and
others. Once these authentic signed cards are
gone, they are gone. New autographs offered bi-monthly, so check back often.
Release 4 will be coming soon.

Don't miss out on the hottest new collectible, supplies are very limited!
Only available at
TerrorCards.com

Thanks,
Previn Wong
Necroscope LLC
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XPosse News:
Jeremy from X Posse Productions here. Our new movie,
Rise of the Scarecrows, should be finished pretty soon.

We have a teaser and a trailer on our web site.
The trailer came out great - hopefully it will get people
hyped up for the movie!

Teaser: http://www.xposse.com/scarecrows/new_teaser.mpg
Trailer: http://www.xposse.com/scarecrows/trailer.wmv

We also have a brand new message board at http://www.xposse.com/forums,
and would love to have you drop by
when you have a chance.

Later!
Jeremy
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Here's the latest article from the Horror Literature site at
BellaOnline.com.

Clive Barker's "Dread"

Clive Barker´s short story "Dread," originally published as part of his
popular "Books of Blood" series, serves as a close examination of the
collective fascination with being scared and indicts each of us in our own
twisted and perverse pleasure of another’s misery.


http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art37091.asp/zzz

Be sure to visit horrorliterature.bellaonline.com for even more great
content about Horror Literature. To participate in fun online discussions,
this site has a bulletin board all about Horror Literature that you can
visit here -



I hope to hear from you sometime soon, either in the forum or in response
to this message. I thrive on your feedback!

Feel free to pass this message along to family and friends!

Justin D. Davis, Horror Literature Editor
http://horrorliterature.bellaonline.com
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Cultcuts Magazine
http://cultcuts.net

Well, the site has a new facelift, but we are still under construction!
reviews of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, BATMAN
BEGINS, HOUSE OF WAX, EMERGENCY SQUAD,
TETSUO THE IRON MAN, NOWHERE MAN and
more!

For this week's latest reviews, just head on over to our main page at
http://cultcuts.net
All New reviews:
MOVIES:
FEEDING THE MASSES from Shock-O-Rama
FACE from Tartan
GIRL SLAVES OF MORGANA LE FAY from Mondo Macabro
CANNIBAL FEROX from Sazuma
HEROIC DUO from Tartan
5 DEAD ON THE CRIMSON CANVAS from Cinema Image
SWV's DEPRAVED DESIRES TRIPLE FEATURE from Image
THE FLESH MERCHANT from Sub Rosa
SACRED FLESH from Heretic Films
WOMEN'S PRISON MASSACRE from Shock-O-Rama

Tons of new releases this week with the much awaited CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST,
THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE, DOMINION: PREQUEL TO THE EXORCIST,
THE FLESH EATHERS and more! Just head on over to our site and click on
the New Release DVD covers to see all of this week's genre releases!

Reach over 300,000 genre fans in less than three months by getting your
banner on our front page! Email for prices and details!

Our Triple Threat Issue Sale is still on! Just send $15.00
(21.00 Overseas) Postpaid via Paypal to cultcuts@icehouse.net
and receive all three issues for asavings of $6.70!

Mark Engle and the Cultcuts Staff
Cultcuts Magazine
http://cultcuts.net
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NFTS Productions:
Hello Everyone,

I am very excited to let you know that we've just uploaded a TRAILER and
completely revamped website for our latest zombie film "Doomed to Consume" that
I hope everyone is going to enjoy!

See it here: http://www.nftsproductions.com/dtc/

As always, your continued support is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Jason

http://www.nftsproductions.com/dtc/
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Slaughter Disc Soundtrack to be released November 12

San Diego, California (November 7, 2005) Steel Web Studios will release the
soundtrack from their debut feature film on November 12, 2005. 'Slaughter Disc:
Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack' will feature original
compositions by Peter J. Gorritz, the bassist from The Last Dance, and the song
'Cyber Girl' which was written and performed by The Dog Rockets.

Slaughter Disc is the first "Twisted Tale of Macabre Erotica" from San Diego
based Steel Web Studios. The film stars XXX film veteran Caroline Pierce (John
Stagliano's The Fashionsitas and numerous Rodney Moore titles) as the mysterious
and deadly Andromeda Strange, a murdered porn star who seeks retribution by
killing off men addicted to porn. Hailed as a film that "delivers the goods more
than many recent horror films" by Attrociticies Cinema, Slaughter Disc is first
and foremost a horror film that delivers an unsettling combination of hardcore
sex and gore as it explores the disease of pornography addiction. Red Scream
Magazine recently ran a 6-page article on the film, proclaiming, "Slaughter Disc
unabashedly meshes the porn genre with the splatter film".

"Releasing the soundtrack is a major stepping-stone for us an independent
studio", said writer/director David Quitmeyer. " Not only do we have the ability
to produce and distribute our own motion pictures, but now we are venturing into
music production as well. Peter Gorritz did an amazing job composing the
soundtrack I think it's very important that people can experience the music a
part from the movie. "

The soundtrack is available exclusively through the official Slaughter Disc
website located at http://www.steelwebstudios.com. Readers are encouraged to
visit the website and explore the numerous news articles, interviews and reviews
of the film. Official merchandise such as DVDs, T-shirts and autographed photos
can also be ordered directly from the site.

About Steel Web Studios

Steel Web Studios is the producer of The Carnal Morgue, an anthology of "Twisted
Tales of Macabre Erotica". Located in San Diego, California the studio operates
a number of adult and mainstream websites. The studio is currently aiming for
an early 2006 release with their first short film, 'Mail Order Bride'.

For all inquiries please contact:
David Quitmeyer
619-251-9006
david@steelwebstudios.com
http://www.steelwebstudios.com
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HOCFOC Productions:

The new FULL(er) trailer is finally online. I'm not wild about how the windows compression handled the dissolves, but aside from that this is the trailer we showed at Fango. Some of you are in it, some have lines in it. Watch it, enjoy it. There is a little cursing, not much nudity, but try to guess who owns the sexy abs.

Enjoy it at DEATH PLOTS

See ya.

Those who have the DVD, you have the trailer on there, so you don't have to visit the site.

Note to RICK: Don't worry if the paperwork is taking awhile. Brain Damage was attended the AFM this weekend. Hopefully they sold at least one of my movies to someone. ;)

Jason L Liquori
Hocus Focus Productions
Producer/Director
407-814-7929
hocfocprod@yahoo.com
www.hocfocprod.com

The Final Story is Buried:

Visit http://www.hocfocprod.com/deathplots DEATH PLOTS

Officially RELEASED Sept 1, 2005! Get your copy today!

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READ BY DAWN
AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW HORROR FICTION

Solicitation to Submit

Dead by Dawn, Scotland's International Horror Film Festival, will turn 13 in
April 2006. Over the last 12 years, the event has grown into a four-day event
full of gruesome indulgence - showcasing the very best the genre has to offer in
short film, indie and mainstream features and classics.

To coincide with our 13th celebrations, Beautiful Books will launch a horror
imprint - Bloody Books - with the inaugural publication being Read by Dawn
Volume I, an annual collection of contemporary horror writing published under
the Bloody Books imprint. Imprint curator Adèle Hartley is the Director of Dead
by Dawn

For the first volume, Ramsey Campbell has accepted an invitation to host the
collection and has contributed a story of his own. Ramsey is known and loved by
genre fans the world over for his extraordinary talents, which have not only
scared millions of readers over the years, but movie-goers have had nowhere to
hide either as his novels The Nameless and Pact of the Fathers both became
spine-chilling and successful movies in recent years.

Dead by Dawn is a member of the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation and
a major feature of the international horror film network. Already garnering
interest from Western Europe and the US, I expect the Read by Dawn series to
establish itself quickly as an international celebration of the best in
contemporary horror.

Alongside the Read by Dawn collections, Bloody Books will also publish Classic
Horror Volume I, the first in its series of classic horror stories. Volume I
will be published in April 2006 and will include:

The Ghostly Rental (Henry James) Markheim (Robert Louis Stevenson) / The Horla,
(Guy de Maupassant) / The Dream Woman (W Wilkie Collins) / A Confession Found in
a Prison (Charles Dickens) / Silence (Leonid Andreyev) / The Withered Arm
(Thomas Hardy) / The Mysterious Mansion (Balzac) / Transformation (Mary Shelley)
/ The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe) / Some
Terrible Letters from Scotland (James Hogg) / Lost Face (Jack London) / True
Relation of the Apparition (Daniel Defoe) / The Man and the Snake (Ambrose
Bierce) / The Blast of the Book (G K Chesterton)

You're receiving this call for submissions because horror is all about great
story-telling and I'm soliciting stories from all over the world, from people
who are known to me as writers and those I suspect have great stories lurking in
the back of their brain. Or in a box under the bed. If you think you know
someone who might be interested in submitting, please feel free to forward this
mail on.

Ideally I want the stories to leave the reader unsettled, vulnerable and
challenged. I want to make them wish they'd gone to the bathroom before they
started, because now the journey down a long dark hallway doesn't look so
appealing. I want them to jump when the phone rings. I want stories that break
barriers people didn't know they had, stories that make the ordinary seem
threatening, stories which ruin daily things for people - think about how horror
films ruined things like going for a nice swim in the ocean, or retrieving
something from the attic or smiley clown dolls!

Whether you choose to go with body horror, psychological terror, stalk 'n slash,
the supernatural or anything else that takes your fancy, please use this as an
opportunity to use your fears and nightmares to induce blind terror in the
unsuspecting! After all, horror can only be defined as what scares you - beyond
that, there are no restrictions.

The rules
I hope to include a range of styles and formats so anything from flash fiction
to an optimum story length of around 5,000 words is fine, although longer works
will also be considered (up to a maximum of 7,000 words).

And as for whether or not it'll make you rich and famous, well, there's a basic
advance that will be divided among the contributors and that will be topped up
through a 15% royalty deal. It's a standard contract and a blank copy can be
made available to you on request.

Global rights on any work submitted should be available exclusively to Bloody
Books if signed.

My preference is for stories submitted as Word or Rich Text Format attachments
to e-mails, and all stories or enquiries should be addressed to:

info@deadbydawn.co.uk

The deadline for submissions to Read by Dawn is 15 December 2005

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Elaine Corvidae:

I hope everyone enjoyed their Halloween or Samhain festivities. I sat at home and watched Antiques Road Show. Ah, the
glamorous life of an author! ;-)

BOOK NEWS

I now have a new cover for HERETIC SUN, which will hopefully return
in the next month or so. You can view the cover here:
http://www.onecrow.net/HereticSun/HSblurb.htm

Chapter 22 of EXILE'S BURN is now available. Joshua tells Iluka
something she doesn't want to hear, and Rat screws up his personal
life yet again:
http://www.onecrow.net/ExilesBurn/new.htm

APPEARANCES

Just in time for the winter holidays, I currently have two schedule
book signings in December.

December 10: Waldenbooks inside Carolina Place Mall, Pineville, NC
from 2-4 pm. Call the store at (704) 544-2810 for more details.

December 18: Borders grand opening at Northlake Mall, Huntersville,
NC. The time on this is iffy, in part because they are still working
on getting the store finished! I'll post an update on my
"Appearances" page on the website as soon as I know more.

I hope to see some of you there!

WHAT I'M WORKING ON

Still pounding away at SORCERESS STAR, and hoping to squeeze in a
Shadow Fae short story to submit to an anthology.

And now for the usual extras:

WINTER'S ORPHANS, Book One of the Shadow Fae Trilogy is available here:
http://mundania.com/books-wintersorphans.html

LORD OF WIND AND FIRE, BOOK I: WOLFKIN is available here:
http://www.mundania.com/books-wolfkin.html

LORD OF WIND AND FIRE, BOOK II: THE CROW QUEEN is available here:
http://www.mundania.com/books-crowqueen.html

LORD OF WIND AND FIRE, BOOK III: DRAGON'S SON is available here:
http://www.mundania.com/books-dragonsson.html

TYRANT MOON can be found here:
http://www.mundania.com/books-tyrantmoon.html

THE GHOST EATER can be found here:
http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/single.asp?ISBN=1-55404-156-2

PORT NOWHERE (anthology) can be found here:
http://www.portnowhere.net

BEYOND THE MUNDANE: FLIGHTS OF MIND (anthology) is here:
http://www.mundania.com/books-flightsofmind.html

GHOST CATS (anthology) can be found here:
http://www.newconceptspublishing.com/ghostcats.htm

And as always my FREE short stories can be found here:
http://www.onecrow.net/ShortStories.htm

Until next month,

Elaine
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Elaine Corvidae
http://www.onecrow.net

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Freak Out Movie:

How do FREAKS & FREAKETTEZ!

FESTIVALS

Horrorthon. Dublin, Ireland.
http://www.horrorthon.com/festivalnews/index.htm

DVD RELEASE

The SPECIAL EDITION FREAK OUT DVD is now scheduled to splatter all good (and bad) stores in FEBRUARY, the reason for this is to enable us to get in a few more FESTIVAL screenings, get the features and packaging just right AND to avoid getting ANAL PROBED by those pesky WAR OF THE WORLDS Martians (and the Cruiser).

The DVD will feature a wealth of goodies, it's a 2-DISC set oozing with extras, including commentaries (starring Radio 1's James King), a 50 min Making Of, Music Video, Deleted Scenes and (yeah, you guessed it) MUCH, MUCH MORE!

Check below for some exclusive screen-grabs and keep on visiting our Official Site @:

http://www.freakoutmovie.com/index.shtml

Freak ya later!

TEAM FREAK OUT.

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BV Entertainment signs Shoreline as Foreign Sales Agent

North Hollywood, CA November 1, 2005 BV CEO Kenneth J. Hall has just signed Shoreline Entertainment, founded by Morris Ruskin, to represent THE HALFWAY HOUSE for international sales. The film is the first feature produced under Hall's Fright Film Factory banner and was released in the US and Canada on DVD earlier this year.

"Taking this film to the AFM and other worldwide markets is the beginning of what I hope to be a long-term relationship," says Hall. "We are already discussing future projects which they will be involved in both the domestic and foreign distribution."

THE HALFWAY HOUSE is a sexy horror/ comedy that satirizes drive-in cinema from women-in-prison films to slasher flicks. It has already gotten an overwhelmingly favorable reaction from critics, including 4 1/2 out of 5 stars from Film Threat.

Learn more...

About BV Entertainment, Inc.

Located in North Hollywood, CA, BV Entertainment, Inc. is an independent production company founded by Kenneth J. Hall, who has worked in Hollywood as a screenwriter/director for over twenty years and created the successful PUPPET MASTER series. Their new label, The Fright Film Factory, produces high-quality, modestly budgeted horror features for the DVD and cable markets.

Website: http://www.bv-ent.net

Shoreline Entertainment

In 1992, fresh off the success of co-producing the critically acclaimed, award-winning GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, Morris Ruskin founded Shoreline Entertainment, a worldwide sales and production company. Shoreline Entertainment has produced more than twenty-five feature films and secured distribution for numerous independent films ranging from mainstream thrillers, actioners and horror films to documentaries, cast- driven dramas and comedies.

Shoreline has established itself as a reputable source to distributors in search of quality independent cinema. Every picture produced or sold by Shoreline has been licensed internationally and domestically to major distributors.

Website: http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/

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CONGRATS KEN HALLLLL!

 

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