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Vendor Highlight: The Best Handmade Horror From Shock Stock 2018

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Shock Stock is one of Canada’s favorite horror-centric conventions, located annually in London, Ontario. This year marked my first time in attendance, and I was really impressed by the casual atmosphere. Celebrity guests like Kane Hodder, Lloyd Kaufman, Parry Shen and Lar Park Lincoln were extremely approachable and seemed perfectly at home.

It’s such a relaxed, intimate environment that as I was perusing a booth, I didn’t realize that Kane Hodder was standing directly behind me the whole time.

But today I’d like to highlight some of the fantastic vendors that Shock Stock brought to the party. Fantastic, kind, and delightful artists who are passionate about their work.

Mike Thain – Toy Butcher (@ThainMike)

Mike is like the grown-up version of Sid from Toy Story (though he’s much more pleasant). He hacks, slashes, paints, and reworks toys to show his fantastically spooky flair.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Painted Cupful (@thepaintedcupful)

Artist Krystal Jamieson will spice up your cupboards with unique hand painted glasses. She shows some loving representation to different fandoms with a variety of glassware options to suit your every need.

via The Painted Cupful on Facebook

Shop Til You Drop Dead (@shoptilyoudropdead)

Laura adds a punch of style to jackets and vests by hand painting the with some truly rad designs. With studs, spikes, and strategically-placed tears added for good measure, you’ll feel killer confidence while wearing something truly one-of-a-kind.

 

Daniel Turres – Pop Fiction (@PopFiction)

Artist (and short film director) Daniel Turres uses mixed mediums to build fascinating works of art. By layering a centred portrait of a film character overtop of page selections from their literary background (jazzed up with blood splatters and clipped/drawn highlights from the text), we get a visual history of the story. You can find print versions of his original canvas pieces over on his Etsy page.

     

Strange Yeti (@StrangeYeti)

Owen of Strange Yeti makes some stunning artwork and original apparel. He’s also made an adorable The Thing activity book, which is just the cutest thing.

Rotten Rags (@rottenrags)

The fine folks at Rotten Rags use designs from a collection of talented artists who receive credit and a commission from their sales. It seems like an obvious concept, but you’d be surprised how many artists have their work ripped off and resold without their knowledge.

On the Rotten Rags site, you can search each artist to peruse their tshirt portfolio (including the talented Steve McGinnis, who has prints available in our very own iHorror store).

 

Hipster Lasers (@HipsterLasers)

Some seriously cool designs etched onto wood and acrylic… with lasers! They also do custom work if you’ve got a particular design in mind, but I don’t know why you’d ever need anything other than a creepy transparent backlit Regan from The Exorcist.

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’28 Years Later’ Trilogy Taking Shape With Serious Star Power

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Danny Boyle is revisiting his 28 Days Later universe with three new films. He will direct the first, 28 Years Later, with two more to follow. Deadline is reporting that sources say Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes have been cast for the first entry, a sequel to the original. Details are being kept under wraps so we don’t know how or if the first original sequel 28 Weeks Later fits into the project.

Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes

Boyle will direct the first movie but it’s unclear which role he will take on in the subsequent films. What is known is Candyman (2021) director Nia DaCosta is scheduled to direct the second film in this trilogy and that the third will be filmed immediately afterward. Whether DaCosta will direct both is still unclear.

Alex Garland is writing the scripts. Garland is having a successful time at the box office right now. He wrote and directed the current action/thriller Civil War which was just knocked out of the theatrical top spot by Radio Silence’s Abigail.

There is no word yet on when, or where, 28 Years Later will start production.

28 Days Later

The original film followed Jim (Cillian Murphy) who wakes from a coma to find that London is currently dealing with a zombie outbreak.

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Watch ‘The Burning’ At The Location Where It Was Filmed

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Fangoria is reporting that fans of the 1981 slasher The Burning will be able to have a screening of the film at the location where it was filmed. The movie is set at Camp Blackfoot which is actually the Stonehaven Nature Preserve in Ransomville, New York.

This ticketed event will take place on August 3. Guests will be able to take a tour of the grounds as well as enjoy some campfire snacks along with the screening of The Burning.

The Burning

The film came out in the early ’80s when teen slashers were being churned out in magnum force. Thanks to Sean S. Cunningham’s Friday the 13th, filmmakers wanted to get in on the low-budget, high-profit movie market and a casket load of these types of films were produced, some better than others.

The Burning is one of the good ones, mostly because of the special effects from Tom Savini who had just come off of his groundbreaking work on Dawn of the Dead and Friday the 13th. He declined to do the sequel because of its illogical premise and instead signed on to do this movie. Also, a young Jason Alexander who would later go on to play George in Seinfeld is a featured player.

Because of its practical gore, The Burning had to be heavily edited before it received an R-rating. The MPAA was under the thumb of protest groups and political bigwigs to censor violent films at the time because slashers were just so graphic and detailed in their gore.

Tickets are $50, and if you want a special t-shirt, that will cost you another $25, You can get all the information by visiting the On Set Cinema webpage.

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‘Longlegs’ Creepy “Part 2” Teaser Appears on Instagram

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Neon Films released an Insta-teaser for their horror film Longlegs today. Titled Dirty: Part 2, the clip only furthers the mystery of what we are in for when this movie is finally released on July 12.

The official logline is: FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes unexpected turns, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again.

Directed by former actor Oz Perkins who also gave us The Blackcoat’s Daughter and Gretel & Hansel, Longlegs is already creating buzz with its moody images and cryptic hints. The film is rated R for bloody violence, and disturbing images.

Longlegs stars Nicolas Cage, Maika Monroe, and Alicia Witt.

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