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Monsterpalooza 2018 Brought Down The House – Celebrating 10 Years!

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Hard to believe that it has been over a week since Monsterpalooza spread their tentacles at their latest show in Pasadena, California. On the flip side, it is exciting and fulfilling to think that the show just celebrated their ten year anniversary and growth rate of Monsterpalooza is incredible. The show debuted as a gallery featuring monster makers and a mini-museum, Monsterpalooza’s first incarnation was called “Maskapollza,” betcha didn’t know that! The show continued to grow and the junior show Son of Monsterpalooza came about, and both shows shared the enthusiasm of celebrating the art of monsters.

2018 Monsterpalooza

2018 Monsterpalooza

I have personally witnessed Monsterpalooza grow over the past few years, and the show is nothing short of amazing and fun! The floor plan changed this year offering more room for vendors & guests and moving the presentations/panels to a larger location. Elvira – Mistress of the Dark, The Shape of Water, and Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich only scraped the surface of what was available this year! Many celebrity guests were in attendance signing and engaging with their fans.

Special make-up effects creator, make-up artist Rick Baker was presented with Monsterpalooza’s Frightmare Achievement Award at the Afterlife Party in the new theatre location: Exhibit Hall and C. Premiere Products were also on hand celebrating the works of Rick Baker.

2018 Monsterpalooza

2018 Monsterpalooza

2018 Monsterpalooza

2018 Monsterpalooza

As I have mentioned before one of my favorite agenda items at any convention is attending panels, the more, the better! One panel that did not disappoint was the Puppet Master: Littlest Reich, the newest installment recently acquired by RLJE Films. I can say this film is gonna be BLOODY! 

Here is what Full Moon’s Charles Band had to say about the film:

“I think it’s great. We have a different take on the Puppet Master story, and these great amazing characters do look different. I think the two can work side by side and they are beautifully done. One thing I want to point out also about Dallas [Producer] is that we saw eye to eye about not making this movie a CGI film, it would have been a lot easier to create these guys in post, but they would have been to me like cartoony. Everything is real, just like we shot all the other Puppet Master films. No CGI, I mean we took out rods and things, but those characters were always real. The actors were able to perform against them which is great as opposed to like a light bulb or something and trying to imagine what it is or was. So, I like the fact that these are real organic creatures.”

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich Panel

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich Panel

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich was also produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura (1492) and Mark Vahradian (Transformers).  It was executive produced by Adam Donaghey (A Ghost Story), Johnathan Brownlee (The Incident at Sparrow Creek Lumber), Wayne Marc Godfrey (The Foreigner), Robert Jones (The Usual Suspects), Rick Prince (Enuattii) and Red Sanders (A Bad Idea Gone Wrong).  Frequent Laguna & Wiklund partner David Liljeblad also produced.

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich Panel

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich [Scene From The Movie]

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich Panel

In case you missed Monsterpalooza, do not fear. The Junior show Son of Monsterpalooza will be returning this year on September 14-16, 2018. And for you die-hard Monsters, Monsterpalooza will return to the Pasadena convention center April 12-14, 2019! Continue to check for updates at their official website.

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Trailer for ‘The Exorcism’ Has Russell Crowe Possessed

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The latest exorcism movie is about to drop this summer. It’s aptly titled The Exorcism and it stars Academy Award winner turned B-movie savant Russell Crowe. The trailer dropped today and by the looks of it, we are getting a possession movie that takes place on a movie set.

Just like this year’s recent demon-in-media-space film Late Night With the Devil, The Exorcism happens during a production. Although the former takes place on a live network talk show, the latter is on an active sound stage. Hopefully, it won’t be entirely serious and we’ll get some meta chuckles out of it.

The film will open in theaters on June 7, but since Shudder also acquired it, it probably won’t be long after that until it finds a home on the streaming service.

Crowe plays, “Anthony Miller, a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter, Lee (Ryan Simpkins), wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play. The film also stars Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg and David Hyde Pierce.”

Crowe did see some success in last year’s The Pope’s Exorcist mostly because his character was so over-the-top and infused with such comical hubris it bordered on parody. We will see if that is the route actor-turned-director Joshua John Miller takes with The Exorcism.

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Win a Stay at The Lizzie Borden House From Spirit Halloween

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Spirit Halloween has declared that this week marks the start of spooky season and to celebrate they are offering fans a chance to stay at the Lizzie Borden House with so many perks Lizzie herself would approve.

The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, MA is claimed to be one of the most haunted houses in America. Of course one lucky winner and up to 12 of their friends will find out if the rumors are true if they win the grand prize: A private stay in the notorious house.

“We are delighted to work with Spirit Halloween to roll out the red carpet and offer the public a chance to win a one-of-a-kind experience at the infamous Lizzie Borden House, which also includes additional haunted experiences and merchandise,” said Lance Zaal, President & Founder of US Ghost Adventures.

Fans can enter to win by following Spirit Halloween‘s Instagram and leaving a comment on the contest post from now through April 28.

Inside the Lizzie Borden House

The prize also includes:

An exclusive guided house tour, including insider insight around the murder, the trial, and commonly reported hauntings

A late-night ghost tour, complete with professional ghost-hunting gear

A private breakfast in the Borden family dining room

A ghost hunting starter kit with two pieces of Ghost Daddy Ghost Hunting Gear and a lesson for two at US Ghost Adventures Ghost Hunting Course

The ultimate Lizzie Borden gift package, featuring an official hatchet, the Lizzie Borden board game, Lily the Haunted Doll, and America’s Most Haunted Volume II

Winner’s choice of a Ghost Tour experience in Salem or a True Crime experience in Boston for two

“Our Halfway to Halloween celebration provides fans an exhilarating taste of what’s to come this fall and empowers them to start planning for their favorite season as early as they please,” said Steven Silverstein, CEO of Spirit Halloween. “We have cultivated an incredible following of enthusiasts who embody the Halloween lifestyle, and we’re thrilled to bring the fun back to life.”

Spirit Halloween is also preparing for their retail haunted houses. On Thursday, August 1 their flagship store in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. will officially open to start off the season. That event usually draws in hordes of people eager to see what new merch, animatronics, and exclusive IP goods will be trending this year.

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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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