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MAY
These are archived news items, many of them outside of this website, so overtime, the links may not work.

MAY 31

From Matthew Warner
LOOK FOR ME
Win a copy of the limited edition of EYES EVERYWHERE by Matthew Warner plus other prizes such as a Shocklines.com gift certificate.  From June 1 to August 10, a magic eyeball icon is hidden somewhere within the bowels of several participating websites, including feoamante.com, RawDogScreaming.com, Shocklines.com, and HorrorWorld.org.  Might it be on an old book review webpage?  Could it be buried in an online catalog? When you find it, click on the eyeball and you'll be transported to a entry form for a giveaway to be held at Horrorfind Weekend.  The more eyeballs you find, the higher your chances of winning.  More information:

MatthewWarner.com/eyes

From Arvid Nelson
THE LOST KINGS
I'm really excited about Rex Mundi Book Three: The Lost Kings. It captures a transition, the chrysalis in which Rex Mundi's present incarnation takes form. The first two chapters feature art by Rex Mundi's co-creator EricJ. The middle two are drawn by Jim Di Bartolo, one of my dearest friends. And the final two are by Juan Ferrerya, Rex Mundi's current artist, who continues to astound me with his prodigious skill.

The Lost Kings chronicles the deteriorating political situation in Europe and Master Physician Julien Saunière's deepening quest for the Holy Grail. It collects Issues 12 through 17.

In addition to Book 3, the first Dark Horse issue of Rex Mundi is in Previews, Dear Reader. The story is really picking up! Expect more action in Issue One, more revelations and more plot twists. I'm so thrilled we're finally at the good stuff, stuff I've been planning for six years!

Oh, and yes, we're re-numbering the issues, starting at #1. Don't be confused! Just look for JH's front cover and "Rex Mundi Issue 1".

Scott Allie, head editor at Dark Horse, asked Juan and me to create a ten-page story for this Eisner-nominated horror line. What an honor! The story focuses on Gen and Julien in their younger days in the Guild of Physicians. It will give you some insights into what motivates them. Juan and I are just finishing this up now, and boy oh boy, do Juan's pages look fantastic! He's really stitching this story together, Dear Reader. More than that I dare not say.

It looks like I only have time and money for one convention this year, Dear Reader, and that's San Diego. No Chicago, I'm sorry to say! How I'll miss my friend Kelly Howlett, who painted the back cover for Issue Two of Rex Mundi, and who I hope will do another piece in the near future.

But it will be great to see all my comic book friends in San Diego: Rowan, Karen, Jeromy, Claudia, Josh, Matt, Jade, Eric, Mike, and about two dozen others. I feel like a wandering paladin who only joins together his fellow knights once every year. Ok, I'm being hyperbolic, but you get the idea. I just bought my plane ticket, and I'm really looking forward to the five days of sleepless, manic intensity that is the San Diego Con. I'll probably be signing at the Dark Horse booth, times to be determined. I'll let you know right here when I have more information.

From Del Howison
TOXIC TIMES
If you plan to be in the Los Angeles area this weekend (For the Fangoria convention in Burbank!), you may want to know about the following.

On Saturday, June 3rd at 7 p.m., Lloyd Kaufman signs his new trade paperback book THE TOXIC AVENGER: THE NOVEL; joining Lloyd will be co-author Adam Jahnke and TOXIE (yes, the man - the monster!)

Then on Wednesday, June 7 at 7 p.m., a special DVD signing with Writer/Director Jeff Burr, Chuck Williams, Dan Roebuck, James Legros, Scott Macdonald, and Ryan Francis for STRAIGHT INTO DARKNESS DVD.

Dark Delicacies is located at
4213 West Burbank Blvd,
Burbank, CA

From Gunslinger
DEVIL'S BLUFF UPDATES
Last week I met with David Sterling, a well known low budget horror producer. David has produced many well known low budget indy horror films, including ALIEN 3000.

Bringing David on has its definite pros, and only a few cons.

David has all the connections and organizational skills to free me up so I can make the necessary larger decisions for this project.

So we will decide on David in the next few weeks.

A big thanks to Eric and Armand for incorporating the Ded Sheriff story from the script into the A8SKULLS Supernatural Tales From the Wild West book. Now it will most definitely be worth the wait.

If you have not seen the official Devil's Bluff movie ring, to be worn by one of the misfits, which was made by world famous Surf Punks' Tony Creed, here it is.

CONSERVATIVE FANBOY GEEKS
Those folks over at Tech Central Station, just bounce out of their skins every time some damn comic book gets made into a movie. They don't seem to care about movies in general, as such, but let a comic book get made into a movie and they go nuts with fanboy giddiness. Read James Pinkerton's article on how Marvel Comics icon, Stan Lee, injected politics into the realm of THE X-MEN.

Malcolm X-Men.

Our reviewer, Kelly Parks, has been tracking the whole XMEN franchise since the get go. Read his reviews at XMEN Sequels.

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MAY 30

From E.C.McMullen Jr.
STARBUCKS QUOTES ME
As announced March 8, at feoamante.net, Starbucks has this, "The Way I See It" series of cups that have been quite popular with their customers. Starbucks prints millions of these cups for their thousands of Stores across the U.S. (except for the Starbucks in Barnes & Noble bookstores, which have their own B&N version of a Starbuck's coffee cup).

As of May, my quote is on the "Venti" sized cup, No. 118. Already out in the top ten major cities in the U.S. (where they go through a lot more coffee and coffee by products).

So go to your favorite Starbucks. If you don't have a favorite, then any old Starbucks will do - except for the Starbucks in Barnes & Noble, natch. And when asking for your Venti sized whatever, ask, nay, DEMAND, it in a #118 cup. But do it nicely, damn it!

There is a reason for it, find out why at Feo Amante.net.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Since 1995, this porn actress has turned her sights toward Horror/Thriller movies. That's not to say that porn isn't still involved, but it's nice to see a cream queen turn scream queen all the same.
Actor Tammy Parks (ATTACK OF THE 60 FOOT CENTERFOLD, DAY OF THE WARRIOR, TITANIC 2000, EROTIC GHOST, BLOOD FOR THE MUSE) is 41.
Writer/Producer/Actor Kevin Eastman (TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, HEAVY METAL magazine, GUNS OF EL CHUPACABRA, RIDE WITH THE DEVIL, HEAVY METAL 2000, CITIZEN TOXIE, TALES FROM THE CRAPPER) is 45.

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MAY 29

From Edo von Belkom
WINNING WITH THE WOLF PACK
At a gala awards ceremony at Harbourfront in Toronto, Brampton author Edo van Belkom was presented the prestigious Silver Birch Award for his first young adult novel, WOLF PACK.

The Silver Birch Award is part of the Ontario Library Association's "Forest of Reading" which has school children from all across Ontario voting for their favorite title from a short-list of nominees in both fiction and non-fiction categories. The winner in the non-fiction category for 2006 was BOREDOM BLASTERS by Helaine Becker.

The Silver Birch is the second award to honor WOLF PACK as it also won the Aurora Award (Canada's top prize for science fiction and fantasy) in 2005 in the best Long Form work in English category.

And finally, in a fortunate coincidence, on the day WOLF PACK won the Silver Birch Award, the second book in the "Wolf" series, LONE WOLF was named an Aurora Award finalist for 2006.

CARNIES IN A WRAPPER
Back in 2004, Actor A. Lee Perkins, largely known for his family/comedy roles, starred in FANGORIA'S BLOOD DRIVE. Horror Thriller seems to agree with him, as he's acted in at least one Horror movie a year ever since. KATIE BIRD: CERTIFIABLE CRAZY PERSON in 2005 and he just finished his role in the upcoming Horror Thriller movie, CARNIES.

Sawdust in the Blood used to be a Carnie compliment ... not a description of a crime scene.

There are a thousand sideshows playing thousands of small towns in 1936 when the Knuckles Brothers Show rolls into yet another town, ready to delight and dazzle the town folk with amazing acts and puzzling oddities. As they set up their tents they could not know that within days several of them would be dead, ripped savagely apart by a seemingly inhuman force, their souls stolen from their limp and bloody bodies.

Meet Helen, the owner of the Carnie, drugged out half the time, demanding all the time - is she, in her drug-addled haze, the killer? Meet Virgil, the Strong Man with a weak heart for Zoe, the fortune telling gypsy enchantress. Meet Ratty, Virgil's friend and the Snake Handler for the show - a peculiar young man understood by few. Meet William Crowley, the Sword Swallower, who, along with Virgil and Ratty, investigates the mystery, but perhaps too late to escape the same grisly fate as his colleagues. What sinister force is slashing its way through this family of performers leaving a trail of blood and crumpled, torn, soulless bodies in its wake? Step up, step up, ladies and gentlemen, the show is about to begin...

Perkins plays Professor James Algonquin owner of the famous 'Pickled Punk Show'. Reggie Bannister (PHANTASM [all], BUBBA HO-TEP) plays Detective Conrad Ellison, who is trying to solve the gruesome carnie murders.

A. Lee Perkins tells us, "On June 2-4, the director, Brian Corder and myself will be guests at Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors in Burbank. We'll have some of the props, photos, trailers and even a few of my pickled punks. The sword swallower will be performing his act and we might even have a cooch girl or two."

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MAY 26

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAY TO -
Actor Pam Grier (TWILIGHT PEOPLE, "SCREAM, BLACKULA, SCREAM", SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES, VINDICATOR, CLASS OF 1999, SERIAL KILLER, ESCAPE FROM L.A., MARS ATTACKS!, GHOSTS OF MARS, BONES, F1RST TO DIE) is 57.
In 1998, today's birthday boy got his Horror start with a movie that failed to show off his acting talents. Well that may have been the fault of the director, because since then, he's established himself as the GoTo guy when it comes to Horror Thrillers.
Actor Kevin Gage (STRANGELAND, RICKY 6, TICKER, MAY, LIGHTENING BUG, PAPARAZZI, CHAOS) is 46.

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MAY 25

Feo reacts to the jury's verdict

ENRON'S KENNETH LAY AND JEFFREY SKILLING ARE FOUND GUILTY!
That's Guilty! Guilty! GUILTY!

Read the articles at
The Houston Chronicle
San Antonio Express News
El Paso Times
The Dallas Morning News
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Midland-Odessa Odessa American
news.BBC.co.uk
FoxNews.com
CNN.com
ABCNews.com
BrietBart.com
Chicago Tribune
LATimes.com - Oh, and watch the video of Jeffery Skilling and his lawyer, Dan Petrocelli's reaction to the verdict! Petrocelli actually says, "We haven't yet begun to fight!"
HA! Well when the hell are you going to start, stupid? You've had nearly five years and the jury has already handed down the freakin' verdict! Duh!
NYTimes.com
NYPost.com
CBSNews.com

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MAY 24

GLOBAL WARMING HORROR
What has always puzzled me about the global warming theorists, is that very same people who would insist to magazines like Mother Jones and Wired that Global Warming was a fact, would turn around and, in the same week, say to respected science magazines like Nature and Science that "studies reveal a strong likelihood of global warming." Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) has never even reached the level of theory. In fact, there is just as much evidence for an oncoming period of global cooling as there is global warming. It has remained a hypothesis worthy of research - but the evidence to support it never brought it up to the level of theory, it was always a "might be". The thing about that is, if AGW is, by the most vocal climatologists or meteorological scientists (political scientists, philosophy scientists, social scientists, and homeopaths - part of the "thousands of scientists" that count among those who "sent that paper" to George Bush about global warming - don't count), just a likely possibility or even a strong maybe, then how could anyone say, "I don't know if global warming is true, but the evidence suggests that it is: And if it IS true, then it is artificially created by humans!"

For the full article, go to Blog/Myspace.com/FeoAmante.

DRACULA GETS HIS CASTLE BACK
The charm of being bitten by an articulate, well-dressed, 5.8 mosquito, rapidly wears off as the evening progresses. So it is a happy thing to discover that Dracula is getting his castle back. Or at least, the ancestors of Dracula will get the castle back. Or at least a castle that Vlad the Impaler may have passed through, once upon a time. At any rate, now he can go home to Romania and leave the rest of us the hell alone.

Dracula castle returns to bloodline.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Alan Beatts (Owner of SF / Fantasy / & Horror Bookstore, Borderlands)
Actor Alfred Molina (RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, DEAD MAN, SPECIES, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS [TV], IDENTITY, SPIDER-MAN 2, THE DA VINCI CODE) is 53.

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MAY 23

QUICK BITE
You Are About To Be Screwed Very VERY Hard.
You wouldn't believe this if I told you so I'd also like to show you.

The Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006 was reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce April 27, 2006.

Continued at Blog/MySpace.com/FeoAmante.

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MAY 22

WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2006
Photos. Those damnable photos! We live it up, then live the photos down. And this happens every year, many TIMES a year: WE NEVER LEARN! Oh well. Enjoy the WHC 2006 photography of Writer John Everson.

JohnEverson.com/WHC2006.

QUICK BITES
Jerk Takes It Too Far Category.
Yeah, there is always some ass who wants to dress up as Jason, or Michael and do something stupid for real. In this case, it was a street entertainer in Hollywood who was dressed as Freddy Kreuger. Except that this "Freddy" really did have REAL knives in his glove and he really did stab somebody.

‘Freddy Krueger’ Strikes Hollywood Boulevard.

They Ain't Bluffing At Devil's Bluff
By God they mean to make themselves a Horror movie and a they's a gwine to make it, by gum!
Although they may not be the most organized of film makers: According to their latest update,
Jim Greer has joined a start up as he previously explained to everyone.
Randy is on location in DC, shooting a bear attack recreation. Actually he is in Virginia.
Alfred Sole, Director of "Alice Sweet Alice" and Production Designer of "Halloweentown", and most recently the "Veronica Mars" series franchise, has agreed to direct "Devil's Bluff".
A8SKULLS, Supernatural Tales from the Wild West, our graphic novel has been delayed, and will most likely not be ready for Comic Con 2006.
And the guy who is putting this all together is meeting this week with a very experienced low budget horror producer, who has made money off of all his films with ranging budgets of 5K to 100K. He has produced over 65 horror films.

Visit DevilsBluff.com.

NOBODY LOVES ALICE
I would like, if I may, to tell you a very strange story. There were this bunch of film students from the North Carolina School of Arts in Winston. They all wanted to make a Horror movie. So during the winter break of 2005, they decided to make a flick. It should be psycho. It needed to be sexual. It must be Horror. Good production values couldn't hurt. So they made this feature length film, NOBODY LOVES ALICE. The promotional site is very well done. The trailer needs some work. But hey, promoting newbies in Horror, Thriller, Mystery, and Suspense is what feoamante.com is all about. In fact, its the ONLY thing that we're about!

So check out NobodyLovesAlice.com.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Writer Michael T. Huyck (RANDOM ACTS OF WEIRDNESS, THE ASYLUM II: The Violent Ward, HORROR GARAGE MAGAZINE #8, STUDIES IN MODERN HORROR, TOP INTERNATIONAL HORROR 2003, and reviewer here) is 42.
China has Horror, action, and comedy - and this birthday boy is the Horror Action Comedy man! Happy Birthday to
Actor Kent Chang (SHAN KOU, JUI GWAI CHAT HUNG, XIONG BANG, YE JING HUNG, CHE WAN, XIN TI, AO YI BAI, LING CHINI WAN CAN, ZHOU GUI DA SHI, MA YE CHUAN KI, THE SPOOKY FAMILY, ZAISHI ZHUI HUN, GOU YEUNG YI SANG, BLOODY BROTHERS) who is 55.
When today's birthday boy is working movies (as opposed to TeeVee), he seems to prefer Horror Thriller. Happy Birthday to
Actor Mike Muscat (SCARED TO DEATH, HUNTER'S BLOOD, RETRIBUTION, ASSAULT OF THE KILLER BIIMBOS, TERMINATOR 2, THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE) who is 54.
And on Saturday -
Writer John Skipp (THE LIGHT AT THE END, BOOK OF THE DEAD, A NIGHTMARE ON ELMSTREET: THE DREAM CHILD [w/Craig Spector], STUPOGRAPHY) is 49.

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MAY 19

JACK KETCHUM

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: JACK KETCHUM
Our reviewer and writer, Monica J. O'Rourke, couldn't make it to the World Horror Convention 2006. Strangely enough, neither could Jack Ketchum (THE LOST, RED, COVER). Hmmm... you don't suppose ... ?

Well I'm here to tell you that, YES! Your darkest suspicions are absolutely true! Monica J. O'Rourke and Dallas Mayr aka Jack Ketchum, got together over a few drinks (heh! heh!), went back to his place (hee! hee!) and, while the rest of us were otherwise distracted, they, THEY: COMPLETED OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH JACK KETCHUM!

In all caps, I might add! Italicized no less! - Even with the exclamation point! That's because, here at Feo Amante's Horror Thriller, we grandly separate the hyperbole from the hoopla! Monica's interview is exhaustive, and it was exhausting for her to transcribe it from her recording and even more exhausting for me to set it all in html mit der pics! (for one thing, I wasn't drinking!) Ah, but it was SO worth it! - all 9,408 freaking words of it!

Read The Jack Ketchum Interview.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor Drew Fuller (VOODOO ACADEMY, ANGELS DON'T SLEEP HERE, VAMPIRE CLAN, CHARMED [TV]) is 25.
Actor Grace Jones (NIGHTMARE CITY, CONAN THE DESTROYER, VAMP, WOLF GIRL / BLOOD MOON) is 57.
Actor Sean Whalen (THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS, BATMAN RETURNS, STEPMONSTER, DOPPLEGANGER, TWISTER, THE CABLE GUY, MEN IN BLACK, SUICIDE KINGS, IDLE HANDS, PYTHON, DEEP SHOCK, CHASING GHOSTS) is 42.

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MAY 17

From Carol Anne Davis
SNOWBOUND SHROUD
Author Carol Anne Davis' debut novel SHROUDED, long out of print, has just been published by
Snowbooks - you'll find it listed on amazon.co.uk

The novel is set in a mortuary and explores the necrophiliac desires of a socially-inept funeral director who eventually kills in order to have access to warm female flesh.

So who the hell is Snowbooks that you should care what they think? Well, they've just been voted Small Publisher Of The Year, by the British Book Awards. Howzat?

Visit the author at CarolAnneDavis.co.uk.

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Feo Amante in happier times

BAD WITH THE GOOD
I'm turning away a lot more "MySpace" friends at MySpace.com/FeoAmante than I'm accepting. Sometimes it's even enjoyable. Part of the problem is that there are a lot of spammers on MySpace who just want to rack up a high "friend" count. But I'm not interested in some clod whose only worth is that he dyed his god damn dog blue. The worst are the ones who are trying to sell me something that I've expressed no interest in what so ever. They have nothing to offer that matches my stated interests, no common ground for friendship. They only want my money. Period. Screw that! I'm not interested in some dolt who calls himself GoodDealGeorge and only wants to be my friend because he's a used car salesman at
ROBLES AUTO SALES
BLOOMINGTON, CALIFORNIA US
(909) 874 - 6500
and wants to sell me a car. Get off my back you stupid freaking huckster!

I should call that dealership to let them know that George is cheesing me off with his crap.

I've got no beef with folks who are just looking for any friends at all, but at least share SOME of my listed interests! Damn!

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CONSPIRACY THEORISTS REJOICE!
MIDDLEFIELD, MA - (MARKET WIRE) - Readers looking for an even more striking revelation will find it in a controversial new book that hits bookstores next week. THE KEY TO SOLOMON'S KEY, Secrets of Magic and Masonry by Lon DuQuette, brings subjects of mystery and intrigue, Freemasonry, Knights Templar and King Solomon, to an astounding conclusion. DuQuette, a celebrated occult author and Mason, reveals for the first time an intricately woven connection between King Solomon's legend and the Templar/Masonic legacy.

According to accepted history, King Solomon has long-held an established position as a wise magician King. He is a key element to the traditions of three warring religions, as well as the central figure of both the secret rituals of Freemasonry and the forbidden rites of sorcery.

According to accepted history, King Solomon has long-held an established position as a wise magician King. He is a key element to the traditions of three warring religions, as well as the central figure of both the secret rituals of Freemasonry and the forbidden rites of sorcery.

Yet, DuQuette respectfully calls into question the truth of the story of Solomon, his magnificent Temple in Jerusalem, and the very keystone of the Bible that supports and connects the Old Testament to the New.

DuQuette's research addresses the reality of King Solomon in a tightly woven narrative that is sure to shock the world. It is here between the shadow of religion and magic that "The Key To Solomon's Key" dispels myths and, for the first time, explains to the public a most dangerous secret - infinitely more fascinating than accepted history.

Richard Kaczynski, Ph.D., Yale University, Author of "Perdurabo, The Life of Aleister Crowley" states, "For those of us lacking the resources to excavate occult secrets hidden beneath the Louvre, CIA Headquarters or Rosslyn Chapel, 'The Key to Solomon's Key' is the next best thing. These pages reveal the true secrets of Solomon, from Masonry to magic. DuQuette's experience and learning make this fascinating journey through the history of the Bible, Knights Templar, Freemasons, and the Goetia all the more striking because it is real."

DuQuette is the author of over a dozen well received books on Occult subjects, including, "Angels, Demons & Gods of the New Millennium," "My Life With the Spirits," "The Magick of Aleister Crowley," and "Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot." DuQuette lectures and teaches internationally.

"The Key to Solomon's Key, Secrets of Magic & Masonry," published by CCC Publishing, will be available May 31, 2006.

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HAPPY HORROR / THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor Bill Paxton (NIGHT WARNING, MORTUARY, THE LORDS OF DISCIPLINE, IMPULSE, THE TERMINATOR, ALIENS, NEAR DARK, BRAIN DEAD, PREDATOR 2, BOXING HELENA, THE LAST SUPPER, FRAILTY, SPY KIDS 2, SPY KIDS 3D, CLUB DREAD) is 51.
Actor Matthew McGrory leaves our 2006 birthday wishes as he left last year on August 9.
With over 140 movies to his credit, and most of them Horror / Thriller, I'm not about to list all the films of this actor. However, when he is not playing a vicious, brutal psychotic thug, he's the storyteller of the long running children's cartoon (now in its 20th year) "Rabbit Ears". A big HAPPY HORROR / THRILLER birthday to
Actor Dennis Hopper (QUEEN OF BLOOD, PANIC IN THE CITY, LES APPRENTIS SORCIERS, APOCALYPSE NOW, LAS FLORES DEL VICIO, THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2, RIVER'S EDGE, BLUE VELVET, WITCH HUNT, UNSPEAKABLE, HOUSE OF 9, THE CROW: WICKED PRAYER, LAND OF THE DEAD, MEM-O-RE) is 70. Dennis shares a May birthday with fellow CROW: Wicked Prayer alumni, David Boreanaz and Danny Trejo.
Musician / Composer Trent Reznor (NINE INCH NAILS, Music featured in THE CROW, NATURAL BORN KILLERS, SE7EN, LOST HIGHWAY, FINAL DESTINATION, TOMB RAIDER, RESIDENT EVIL, and the video games QUAKE, DOOM3) is 41 today.

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MAY 16

From Theresa
LOOKING FOR ABOMINABLE RATINGS
ABOMINABLE premieres on the SciFi Channel THIS Saturday night, May 20th, at 9pm (8pm Central). Please make sure to watch it or tape it because we are trying to get a big rating for that night- anything over a 2.0 (2 million viewers) would be huge! The record for the top 3 rated original movies for SCIFI Channel are:
Pterodactyl (week of 8/22/05 - 8/28/05) - 2.6
Alien Apocalypse (week of 3/21/05 - 3/27/05) - 2.3
Riverworld (week of 3/17/03 - 3/23/03) - 2.2

Most films don't break the 2.0 barrier on SCI FI. So please tell all or friends, and even your enemies, we need the ratings to soar through the roof that night.

I am happy to announce that in this weeks TV Guide, "Abominable" is listed on the "Hot List: 21 Shows You've Gotta See!" (May 15-21). If you have a copy of TV Guide, check out the entire list on page 5, as well as the T.V. listing on page 75, and a blurb about our movie on page 76.

Thank you again for all of your support and we hope you enjoy the movie - or at least this SCI FI version. We have no idea what they will be taking out or dubbing over.*

There's also a new trailer on the SciFi website with an awesome voiceover:

SciFi.com.

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From Mariakay Chakos
NAINA MANIA
Woodland Hills, CA – Allumination FilmWorks, a leading independent entertainment company, is proud to debut the World Cinema release of the psychological thriller, Naina to U.S. audiences on June 6, 2006. Made in India, Naina opened theatrically in May 2005 and has a similar tone as the thrillers, THE EYE and DARK WATER. The film tells the story of Naina, a blind woman who undergoes a successful cornea transplant but in turn, is haunted by shadows and spirits. Soon, Naina discovers her newfound clairvoyance enables her to sense death before its arrival and experience the misery of the restless dead.

On a day of solar eclipse in 1986, five year old Naina loses both her eyesight and her parents in a road accident in London. Twenty years later, she is bestowed with the gift of sight thanks to the marvels of modern science. Her period of darkness is over; or is it? A horrifying period of darkness begins. What is this curse that has been upon her? Will she ever be able to escape it? Will this extraordinary sense she is now bestowed with destroy her life? Will she ever be able to resume her regular life again? Naina takes us on her quest to find answers to these supernatural mysteries. Will she succeed?

Written and directed by debutante Shripal Morakhia, Naina is an iDream Production. The supporting cast includes Anuj Sawhney, Sweta Konnur, Amardeep Jha, Kamini Khanna and Sulabha Arya. Salim-Sulaiman have composed the background score. Naina was made in India and is in Hindi with English subtitles.

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From Del Howison
DARK DOINGS
If you plan to be in the Los Angeles area this weekend, you may want to know about the following.

On Saturday, May 20th at 2 p.m., Dark Delicacies celebrates the release of MONDO ZOMBIE with a signing including editor John Skipp and contributors Steve Niles and Lisa Morton.

Also on hand will be Brian Keene, signing his new novel THE CONQUERER WORMS.

Plus, J.F. Gonzales will sign his new novel, SURVIVOR.

Dark Delicacies is located at
4213 West Burbank Blvd,
Burbank, CA.

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* FeoNote -
The SciFi channel might edit ABOMINABLE? E-Freaking Gad!

Fear not, ABOMINABLE was never made for The SciFi Channel. It was originally intended for theatrical release. And yet, as good as newbie writer and director, Ryan Schifrin's ABOMINABLE is, and as well as it was reviewed by everyone from ABC News to aintitcool.com to fangoria.com to TV Guide to feoamante.com, I guess the investors got greedy and grabbed the first money they could get their mitts on, which was the pittance that SciFi channel likely offered. I hope the movie won't suffer unduly at the arthritic editing that the SciFi Channel is infamous for.

SciFi (not to be confused with real Science Fiction) has long established a hideous reputation for botch editing movies! Their butchering of John Carpenter's THE THING comes to mind. Many television stations or networks "Edit for Television", but the SciFi Channel is clearly the WORST at editing these movies! And you gotta wonder why the SciFi Channel would even try when their own board approved commissioned SciFi and Horror movies are routinely considered the worst crap ever! SciFi Channel are the same folks who brought you sequels to HOUSE OF THE DEAD and SPECIES that were actually worse than the originals!

But don't take MY word for it. There are entire webpages devoted to just how bad the SciFi channel mangles movies!

Richard Whetstone's
Ways I'd Improve the Sci Fi Channel

Brad Spencer's
If There Is Nothing else On

BlogCritics.org

Just to get you started.

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor David Boreanaz (MACABRE PAIR OF SHORTS, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV], ANGEL [TV], VALENTINE, THE CROW: WICKED PRAYER, BONES [TV]) is 37.
David shares a May 16 birthday with fellow THE CROW: Wicked Prayer alumni, Danny Trejo.
Since 1986, today's birthday boy has been the definition of Thriller. Happy birthday to
Actor Pierce Brosnan (NOMADS, THE FOURTH PROTOCOL, TAFFIN, THE LAWNMOWER MAN, LIVE WIRE, DEATH TRAIN, GOLDENEYE, MARS ATTACKS!, DANTE'S PEAK, TOMORROW NEVER DIES, THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, THE TAILOR OF PANAMA, DIE ANOTHER DAY, AFTER THE SUNSET, THE MATADOR) is 53.
Ain't nobody tougher than Hollywood tough guy
Actor Danny Trejo (THE HIDDEN, DEATHWISH 4, KINJITE, CARNAL CRIMES, MANIAC COP 2, DESPERADO, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (all), ANACONDA, THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS, THE SALTON SEA, THE NIGHTSTALKER, ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO, THE CURSE OF EL CHARRO, LOST, VENICE UNDERGROUND, ALL SOULS DAY, CHASING GHOSTS, THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, THE CROW: WICKED PRAYER, 7 MUMMIES, Snoop Dogg's HOOD OF HORROR, PROPENSITY, and way more) who is 62.

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