GOLD COAST DERBY GRRLS FUNDRAISER EVENT!

I know, it's not exactly horror news, but it'll definitely be alot of fun! These are a great bunch of gals, so if you're local, be sure to make it out to this event!
Please mark your calendar for Friday, Sept 17th for the next Gold Coast Derby Grrls Fundraiser at Tobacco Road. We will be hosting an event with caged jello wrestling, merchandising booth, jello shots, live bands and
more. Scheduled performances by:
The Methodaires
Hawg Jowls & The Bacon Fats
Celine & The Hellbillies
Pandia
The Shakers
with guest DJ
George Van Orsdel

Tobacco Road
626 South Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33130-3016
Sept 17th Friday 8pm
2am $5 cover 21+
DON'T MISS IT!

R.I.P. Kevin McCarthy

Thanks to Prof. Grewbeard over at Magic Carpet Burn for posting about this. I had no idea...
The world of horror and science fiction movies lost one of its totemic actors on Saturday when, according to the Los Angeles Times, Kevin McCarthy died at the age of 96. McCarthy was never really a household name, but he starred in a raft of genre classics including 1978′s Piranha, 1981′s The Howling, and most famously, the seminal 1956 sci-fi movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers, in which aliens attempt to turn the human race into emotionless “pod people.” He was a hugely talented character actor who made whatever he appeared in watchable and could help elevate good material into the realm of the truly great. You will be sorely missed Kevin, rest in peace.

R.I.P. Glenn Shadix

Glenn Shadix as "Otho" in Beetlejuice


publicity shot of Glenn Shadix


me with Glenn Shadix at Screamfest horror convention, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Glenn Shadix, very funny and talented character actor, best known for his collaborations with Tim Burton and widely known as the bumbling "Otho" in Beetlejuice, passed away today, he was 58. I had the pleasure of meeting and speaking at great lengths with Glenn Shadix several years ago. He truly was a great person, very friendly, incredibly humorous and a wonderful character actor. You will be missed. Rest In Peace.

Happy Birthday Max Schreck!

Max Schreck, born September 6, 1879, was a German actor who starred in several silent films of the era, but will always be remembered as the screen's first vampire in Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror (1922). Nosferatu, which was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's book Dracula, with Max Schreck in the title role as the screen's first vampire - a mysterious aristocrat named Count Graf Orlok living in the late 1830s in the German town of Bremen. Because of copyright problems, the vampire was named Nosferatu rather than Dracula, and the action was moved from Transylvania to Bremen. The emaciated, balding, undead vampire's image was unforgettable with a devil-rat face, pointy ears, elongated fingers, sunken cheeks, and long fangs, with rats following him wherever he went. Since this was an unlicensed version of Bram Stoker's Dracula, based so closely on the novel that the estate of Bram Stoker sued and won, with all copies ordered to be destroyed. It would be painstakingly restored in 1994 by a team of European scholars from the five surviving prints that had escaped destruction. The images of Max Schreck as Nosferatu have endured and will always be a symbol of classic horror in films. Happy Birthday to film's first vampire!

Happy Birthday Zachary Price!

A very sleepy Zachary on his 1st birthday morning

Zachary with John Landis, last October at Spooky Empire's Ultimate Horror Weekend 2009


I just want to wish my little pumpkinhead, Zachary Price, a very Happy First Birthday! I can't believe it's already been a year since Zachary was born, how time flies! I hope you have a very Happy Birthday Zachary!

MONSTER SPOOKSHOW RADIO No. 28!

Hell-o there boils and ghouls!

Welcome to the latest installment of

MONSTER SPOOKSHOW RADIO!

Summer is almost over, as Fall slowly creeps closer! Halloween is only a month away!
So lock your doors, bolt your windows, and get ready for Monster Spookshow Radio No. 28!

This month's terror-iffic jungular jingles are:

GOIN' TO A GRAVEYARD - The Fuzztones
ORGY OF THE DEAD - Cult Of The Psychic Fetus
FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE BEATLES - Dickie Goodman
GHOST TOWN - The Specials
WEREWOLVES ON WHEELS - The Born Losers
LULLABY OF GHOST LAND - Frankie Stein and his Ghouls
HORRORMOVIE FAN - Bloodsucking Zombies From Outer Space
FRANKENSTEIN OF '59 - Buchanan and Goodman
GRAVE MISTAKE - Hellcat and the Prowl
(Don't fear) THE REAPER - Blue Oyster Cult
I THINK OF DEMONS - Roky Erickson and The Aliens
FRANKY'S GROOVY MONSTER BOOTS - Eddie Angel and the Omega Men
MY FRIEND THE GHOST - Jill Whitney
MONSTER - Osaka Popstar
HORROR MOVIES - The Bollock Brothers
SATAN TAKES A HOLIDAY - Lenny Dee
SHE'S DEAD - Tuff Darts
ZOMBI - The Monotones
IGOR'S PARTY - Tony's Monstrosities
ZOMBIE RIOT - The Brains


Just click on the image above to get the latest installment of

MONSTER SPOOKSHOW RADIO!

Enjoy......Happy Haunting!

George Van Orsdel

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FREDRIC MARCH!

Fredric March, born August 31, 1897, may not have had a career in horror, but he does have the distinction of winning the very first Academy Award for Best Actor in a horror role, that of the title character in MGM's 1931 classic, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, an honor that wouldn't come to another actor for another 60 years, when Anthony Hopkins won his Oscar for THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. Fredric did manage to win yet another Oscar for Leading Male Actor in 1946 for THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES. Fredric's roles were mostly always in dramatic films, but he did manage to play "Death" in DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY in 1934. fredric had a very long and successful career in films, spanning 6 decades. Happy Birthday Fredric!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVELYN ANKERS!

(pictured with Lon Chaney Jr. and Bela Lugosi)

Evelyn Ankers, born August 17, 1918, is definitely a familiar face to the classic horror fans. Known as "the Queen of Screamers", Evelyn starred in many classiC horror films throughout the 1930s-40s, such as THE WOLFMAN, THE MAD GHOUL, THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN, SON OF DRACULA and many others. Usually playing the love interest/damsel in distress, Evelyn had a very long career in film and television, starring in horror classics, as well as dramas and comedies. Evelyn sadly passed away on August 29, 1985, from ovarian cancer, but her roles will never be forgotten. Happy Birthday to one of Hollywood's original Scream Queens!

33rd Anniversary of Elvis Presley's Death

Today marks the 33rd anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. I am old enough to recall when he died and all the insanity that ensued afterward. Here are a couple of little mentions in honor of the anniversary of his death. Comedian Johnny Carson once quipped, "If life was fair, Elvis would still be alive and all the impersonators dead." Also, Larry Geller, who was Elvis's former hairstylist, was responsible for styling Elvis's hair for the sad occasion of his funeral. When setting about his task, he was startled to find that Elvis had half an inch of white-colored regrowth under his dyed black hair. Geller quickly improvised a touch-up job using a black mascara wand. Long Live The King!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GLENN STRANGE!

(pictured here with Lenore Aubert and Bela Lugosi)



Glenn Strange, born August 16, 1899, was one of Hollywood's hardest working character actors, yet many people will always remember him as the man who filled the Frankenstein monster's shoes after Boris Karloff. Although Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney Jr. both had their opportunities at portraying the Frankenstein monster after Boris Karloff originated the role, no other actor had the success or recognition than Glenn Strange, who went on to portray the monster in HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, HOUSE OF DRACULA, and the wildly popular and hysterical ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN. The bulk of Glenn's career consisted of roles in many Hollywood westerns, always portraying henchmen, gun-slingers and thugs. He mostly played ominous characters, due to his lumbering height of 6'5". He eventually went on to achieve television success on the popluar TV western GUNSMOKE, which starred another Hollywood horror alumni, James Arness. Glenn unfortunately passed away from lung cancer on September 20th, 1973. Of his many roles in Hollywood, Glenn will always be loved by horror fans as the Frankenstein Monster! Happy Birthday Glenn!