HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Writer Dean Koontz (Movies: DEMON SEED, WATCHERS, PHANTOMS, INTENSITY, TICKTOCK, THE FACE, VELOCITY, THE TAKING, ODD THOMAS, and way more in books) is 74 years old.
Think of those super cheapo, direct to video Albert Pyun SciFi Horror Thrillers of the 1980s & 1990s. Now think of the Nazi officer that appeared in so many of them. You're likely remembering today's birthday boy,
Actor Norbert Weisser (THE DEADLY TRIANGLE, John Carpenter's THE THING, ANDROID, RADIOACTIVE DREAMS, CITY LIMITS, FROM HOLLYWOOD TO DEADWOOD, THE SECRET OF THE ICE CAVE, MIDNIGHT CABARET, CAPTAIN AMERICA [1990], THE ROCKETEER, DECEIT [1992], ARCADE [1993], HEATSEEKER, NEMESIS 3, ADRENALIN: FEAR THE RUSH, OMEGA DOOM, NEMESIS 4, BLAST, SORCERERS [1998], TICKER, THE LEARNING CURVE, INFECTION [2005], COOL AIR, GEMINI DIVISION [TV], ANGELS & DEMONS, BEING KILLED, ABELAR: TALES OF AN ANCIENT EMPIRE, WOLFENSTEIN: THE NEW ORDER [VG], WOLFENSTEIN II: THE NEW COLOSSUS) is 74.

You see that? YOU SEE THAT? Every damn day of the year there is some how, some way, some kind of John Carpenter reference movie!

DRESS NICE
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KICKIN' IT KICKSTARTER
The Project

The Bone Herder is an Afropunk/Afrofuturistic fantasy horror comic that puts black characters at the center of the story. Often people of color are left out of fantasy worlds or forced into stereotypical roles. I'm not alone in my desire to see settings that extend beyond the familiarity of typical western stories. This project originated from Gail Simone's Comic School, which gave me the confidence to go forward with my idea.

Continued at Kickstarter/The Bone Herder.

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Kevin Bacon (FRIDAY THE 13th, THE DEMON MURDER CASE, CRIMINAL LAW, TREMORS, FLATLINERS, MURDER IN THE FIRST, SLEEPERS, WILD THINGS, STIR OF ECHOES, HOLLOW MAN, TRAPPED, MYSTIC RIVER, WHERE THE TRUTH LIES, THE AIR THAT I BREATHE, DEATH SENTENCE, SUPER, X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, THE FOLLOWING [TV], R.I.P.D., THE FOLLOWING, THE DARKNESS [2018], TREMORS [2018], YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT) is 62.
Writer Mort Castle (CURSED BE THE CHILD, STRANGERS, KNOWING WHEN TO DIE, and a whole lotta short stories!) is 74.
SFX Make-Up Artist Glenn Hetrick (THE X-FILES [TV], BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV], ANGEL [TV], KING OF THE ANTS, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD: NECROPOLIS, PUMPKINHEAD: ASHES TO ASHES, PUMPKINHEAD: BLOOD FUED, CROSSING JORDAN [TV], LEGION, HEROES [TV], THE HUNGER GAMES [all], EXTANT, AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D., INHUMANS [TV], MASKED MUTILATOR) is 48.

GET COVERED
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QUICK BITES
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Earth May Be Stuck In A J.C. Loop
As it seems nothing happens anymore unless it somehow, in some way, references the work of John Carpenter.

We've seen this happen so many times before. As New York City, under the high mortality rate of COVID-19, approaches ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, or our current C-19 "Damn it! Wear the Mask" to John Carpenter's "Damn it! Wear the Sunglasses", as we saw in THEY LIVE, as well as more subtle references we've seen echo through our recent past.

And I'm not just talking about...

*Watch CLOVERFIELD first, then ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK.

Now with the recent passing of composer Ennio Morricone, John Carpenter's THE THING returns to the news spotlight as it seems to do, Every Single Week of Every Single Year!

From Entertainment Weekly,

The Thing director John Carpenter remembers the 'inestimable genius' of Ennio Morricone
By Clark Collis
The late Ennio Morricone is best known for scoring Sergio Leone's Westerns and, later, for his work on such prestigious dramatic ventures as The Mission, The Untouchables, and Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight. But the composer, who died Monday at the age of 92, also worked on the movie which many regard as the greatest horror film of all time: director John Carpenter's 1982 alien invasion chiller The Thing.

Continued at EW.

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COVID-19: The Zombie Apocalypse Practice Run
2020 U.S. Mortality figures since since the official re-openings(1) -

(1) Deaths with confirmed or presumed COVID-19, coded to ICD–10 code U07.1
CDC Provisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

How well are you doing so far?

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Billy Campbell (THE ROCKETEER, Bram Stoker's DRACULA, OUT THERE, THE COLD EQUATIONS, MENNO'S MIND, MAX Q, THE 4400 [TV], SHARK [TV], METEOR [TV], THE DISAPPEARED, LIZZIE BORDEN TOOK AN AXE, THE SCRIBBLER, THE KILLING, HELIX [TV], MODUS [TV], CARDINAL [TV]) is 61.
Actor Shelly Duvall (THE SHINING, FRANKENWEENIE, AAAHH! REAL MONSTERS! [TV], NIGHTMARE CLASSICS [TV], SHADOW ZONE: My Teacher Ate My Homework [TV], TALE OF THE MUMMY, CASPER MEETS WENDY, BIG MONSTER ON CAMPUS, THE 4TH FLOOR) is 71.
Actor Jorja Fox (HAPPY HELL NIGHT, HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN 1997, VELOCITY TRAP, MEMENTO, C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigations [TV], 3022) is 52.
Look for Jorja in the 2019 Thriller, 3022.
Writer, Producer, Director Akiva Goldsman (THE CLIENT, SILENT FALL, BATMAN FOREVER, TIME TO KILL, BATMAN & ROBIN, LOST IN SPACE, DEEP BLUE SEA, PRACTICAL MAGIC, MINDHUNTERS, I, ROBOT, CONSTANTINE, POSEIDON, THE DA VINCI CODE, I AM LEGEND, ANGELS & DEMONS, JONAH HEX, FRINGE [TV], WINTER'S TALE, INSURGENT, THE 5TH WAVE, RINGS, STEPHANIE, THE DARK TOWER, DOCTOR SLEEP) is 58.

HERE WEAR ONE OF MINE
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