Podcast Episode 19: Nuances of Horror

How does someone fall into directing? That’s one of the many things The Genre Traveler chats about with writer, actor and director Marion Kerr. Her feature film directorial debut, Golden Earrings, has screened in festivals across the U.S. and won Best Horror Feature at the Indie Spirit Film Festival. Topics covered in this podcast include [...]

The Genre Traveler Snippet, Episode 17, Davidson L. Haworth

 
For the complete interview with Davidson, visit “From School Plays to Published Book“

Chiller Theatre Announces Guest List

Chiller Theatre is a toy, model and film expo focused on the horror genre. This year is will be held April 29 through May 1. Recently, they announced their guest list and it looks pretty good.

Dean Stockwell
Stockwell has quite a genre history, including roles in Quantum Leap, the Battlestar Galactica reboot, David Lynch’s Dune, Captain [...]

New Sinbad Movie Series Under Development

Growing up, I absolutely loved the Sinbad movies. From The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) to the follow up films in the 1970s, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. In fact, I actually made money drawing eyes on the palms of my classmates when I was in elementary [...]

Celebrity Autograph Convention Features Stars of The Vampire Diaries

Eyecon, to be held in Atlanta, GA, this March 25-27, will feature celebrities from the hit CW series The Vampire Diaries. The weekend will feature:

games,
panels,
celebrity Q&As,
celebrity photo op sessions,
celebrity autograph sessions,
a Cocktail Carnival and Banquet with the Stars, and
a Masquerade Ball on Saturday Evening.

Guests will include:

Paul Wesley
“Stefan Salvatore”

Robert Pralgo
“Mayor Lockwood”

Chris W. Martin
“Zach Salvaore”

Summary:
What:
Eyecon featuring [...]

Podcast Episode 18: A Life of Horror Fiction

In this episode, I interview horror author J.G. Faherty. We talk about his novel Carnival of Fear, as well as how his unique and eclectic background informs his work, why carnivals and clowns are scary, transitioning from short stories to novels, self publishing an ebook, mentoring other writers, dreams as inspiration, graveyards, why horror is [...]

The Genre Traveler Snippet, Espisode 16, Michael West

 
For the full episode, go to “Aren’t Horror Writers Nice?“

Horror Film Festival Coming to Los Angeles

Famous Monsters of Filmland Magazine recently announced its first official film festival, The Imagimovies Festival. Held in Oxnard, Calif., April 1-3, it celebrates Forrest J. Ackerman’s legacy and devotion to inspiring the imagination of storytellers.
Features of the event include:

A tribute to Vincent Price including showings of Theater Of Blood, The Tomb Of Ligeia, The Masque [...]

New Horror Convention Announced for Indianapolis

What looks like to be a comprehensive new horror convention has recently been announced. Days of the Dead will be held at the Wyndham Indianapolis-West July 1 through 3 and promises to feature not only first-time celebrity guests, but also a bevy of names from the whole pantheon of horror cinema.
Announced (so far) guests include [...]

Podcast Episode 17: From School Plays to Published Book

First, I want to apologize that this podcast is a day late. I got some very sad and upsetting news this weekend and it threw off my whole schedule.
In this episode, I chat with author Davidson L. Haworth, who, like me, traveled overseas as a child. In this podcast, he talks about his travels to [...]


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