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Horror Pride Month: Up and Coming Filmmaker Megan Frazier

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One of the best parts of doing our annual Pride Month series here at iHorror is meeting fresh talent who are in the process of making their mark on the genre. This year, we’ve had several and it’s especially good to be finishing out the month with one such individual. Megan Frazier is a writer and a directing hopeful with a lot to say.

Megan Frazier has been a horror fan for as long as she can remember. Her sister who is seven years older than her started young Megan on the path, reading Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark to her when she was still a toddler. It wasn’t until the last year or two, however, that Frazier really found her passion in film while taking a course at her university.

“I took a class about a year and a half ago, now called Sex, Race and Politics in the American Horror Film and my professor was so badass,” Frazier explained. “She was this incredible human. The final project was to rewrite a scene from one of the movies we watched in class and explain why you rewrote it the way you did. So, I chose the ending of Candyman and she loved what I did with it. She loved how it flowed and why I did what I did. I just thought, if this person loves and admires what I’ve done so much, then there must be something to this. ”

To say that the experience set off a chain of events would be an understatement. Frazier had always been a writer interested in theater, but now her attentions turned toward film, and she currently has three scripts in the works including a slasher, a zombie film that pairs a non-binary protagonist with a MAGA supporter, and a psychological thriller.

She jumps from idea to idea and genre to genre, she says, after being inspired by Justin Simien’s film Bad Hair which turned horror tropes on their head and planted the seeds for a few new ones in the process.

“This is also why I feel so strongly about creating horror, now,” she said. “I never saw me in these stories. Even when there was a lesbian in horror films, there was always like a disconnect. Then, in high school I started watching The L Word and I got more into queer culture, I guess. I got so tired of not seeing myself in these movies. I always knew that I wasn’t straight. I used to ask my mom when I was going to become a boy because I’m the only gay member of my family. So I thought you had to be a boy to like a girl, and I thought I’ll just magically become one someday. I finally learned it didn’t have to be that way, and I’ve kind of just been Megan ever since.”

Being Megan seems like quite a lot when you consider the objectives she’s laid out for herself. The budding filmmaker points out that even now in genre filmmaking so few LGBTQ+ characters exist and those who do, are little more than shells of people serving only to check off boxes in diversity discussions.

“It feels like they’re trying to include us so no one complains but at the same time they don’t give that character anything to stand for,” Frazier pointed out. “I try to give each character a story without hitting your over the head with it. I talk to my friends who non-binary and trans before I write a new character. I ask questions about what people want to see and I have people around me who are open to that conversation. I feel lucky to have those people around me.”

From where I’m sitting, it also appears we’re lucky to have Megan Frazier on our side. We’ll certainly be watching her career as it develops.

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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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Exclusive Sneak Peek: Eli Roth and Crypt TV’s VR Series ‘The Faceless Lady’ Episode Five

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Eli Roth (Cabin Fever) and Crypt TV are knocking it out of the park with their new VR show, The Faceless Lady. For those unaware, this is the first fully scripted VR horror show on the market.

Even for masters of horror like Eli Roth and Crypt TV, this is a monumental undertaking. However, if I trust anyone to change the way that we experience horror, it would be these two legends.

The Faceless Lady

Ripped from the pages of Irish folklore, The Faceless Lady tells the story of a tragic spirit cursed to wander the halls of her castle for all of eternity. However, when three young couples are invited to the castle for a series of games, their fates may soon change.

So far, the story has provided horror fans with a gripping game of life or death that doesn’t look as if it will slow down in episode five. Luckily, we have an exclusive clip that may be able to satiate your appetites until the new premiere.

Airing on 4/25 at 5pmPT/8pmET, episode five follows our final three contestants in this wicked game. As the stakes are raised ever higher, will Ella be able to fully awaken her connection with Lady Margaret?

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The newest episode can be found on Meta Quest TV. If you haven’t already, follow this link to subscribe to the series. Make sure to check out the new clip below.

Eli Roth Present’s THE FACELESS LADY S1E5 Clip: THE DUEL – YouTube

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