Netherworld Haunted House’s NEW 2009 Spot

Netherworld Haunted House is a top rated attraction we have spoken about before on the site and show. So we thought we would share their all-new 2009 Television spot for the event.

This year’s event is ready to make some chills and thrills and we can expect no less from this nationally recognized attraction. So sit back and enjoy their new spot and try to get your haunt on by attending the event and staying clear from The Collector!

For more visit: www.Netherworld.com

Scare Kingdom: UK’s Newest Halloween Scare Park

‘Scare Kingdom Scream Park’, the UK’s newest Halloween scare entertainment venue will open in October 2009. Hosted at Hawkshaw Farm Park, on the A59 between Blackburn and Preston, it has been developed and produced by ‘AtmosFEAR! Scare Attractions’ – the UK leaders in independent location based scare entertainment.

Following the sell out success story of last years ‘HEX in the Harvest’, hosted at the same venue last Halloween, AtmosFEAR!, lead by TV presenter and author Jason Karl, have been working on Scare Kingdom for the past 10 months, and have stepped up the fright factor for 2009 with new special effects, more live actors and even more terrifying attractions for thrill seekers and families!

PREPARE TO BE SCARED!

During the October half term, Scare Kingdom opens daily and delivers Halloween fun with everyone in mind.

For children under 10 – ‘Hubble Bubble: A Spellbinding Trick or Treat’ is a 45 minute interactive theatrical experience. Featuring songs and games that will enthral youngsters, friendly witch sisters ‘Toil and Trouble’ will cook up a spell to keep everyone entertained. After the show, why not try and navigate the ‘Wicked Witches Corn Maze’?

At night the Kingdom comes alive with two headlining terrifying scare attractions that will leave guests screaming for more!

For families and young adults – ‘Dead Alive: Legend of the Pumpkin Man’ – amid the 8 acres of rotting mist covered cornfields lay the ruins of Strangleweed Hollow, in its day a booming town where many made their fortunes during the gold rush. Now nothing more than a ghost town… This 40 minute fright fest begins at Mother Strange’s old decaying farmhouse, here she waits, night after night still longing for her long lost son who disappeared into the fields so long ago – the Pumpkin Man!

For thrill seekers and families – ‘Blood Bath; the Mad Doctor will see YOU now!’ – in the heart of a derelict war bunker, long since forgotten, a diabolical doctor – Cornelius Van Der Blood, has set up his secret blood soaked chamber. Evicted from Gaunt Hill Asylum under a cloud of accusations and rumours of unspeakable deeds, he is now continuing his bizarre and twisted experiments deep underground, away from prying eyes, where the screams of his ‘patients’ cannot be heard…

In addition to the headlining attractions, Scare Kingdom will offer a variety of additional attractions designed to ensure guests have an experience to remember; ‘Sir Scare-a-Lot’ – imported from the USA especially for Scare Kingdom, this impressive projection special effect is a speaking statue that delivers grave advice with a sinister sneer. ‘Moaning Mordred’ – entombed inside his ivy clad tomb, Mordred whispers twisted tales and ghoulish gags for guests to listen too while they eat. ‘Street Theatre’ – come face to face with the Undead Court as King Morbius and his legion of frightening fiends roam the dark pathways of Scare Kingdom each night. ‘Frightful Photography’ – have your photograph taken with our creepy character as a scary souvenir.

For More information: www.ScareKingdom.com

Attend Scarehouse and Get on the Travel Channel this Saturday!

The Scarehouse is a premiere Haunted Attraction, from original music and soundtracks, to custom themes, make up and more, Scott Simmons knows how to do it right in promoting the event. How does it sound to you, while you are getting your Fright on, you can be on TV?

Scott has announced that the Travel Channel will be filming at the Scarehouse this season. Many know of the various Halloween Specials the Travel Channel currently has aired in the past. Well now let’s add one more and I congratulate Scott on having Travel Channel out.

Let’s hope some of you RFR Deadites can get out to the event and be on TV.

PRESS RELEASE:
BREAKING NEWS! Want to be on national tv this October? TRAVEL CHANNEL shooting NEW segment at ScareHouse THIS SATURDAY. Come out to the haunt Saturday night and you could be seen on a brand-new national TV show!

For more information visit: www.Scarehouse.com

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

In many of our working partnerships here at RFR, we has joined up with the Festival of Fiends as the Official Podcast of the event. And with that began our friendship with Director of Photography Vet, Fiends Organizer and more, Bill Philputt. Bill has let us in on the newest, and might I add I am EAGERLY awaiting this one, project. Enjoy Deadites, and we will keep you posted as it develops and we will have the project creators on Rotting Flesh Radio soon. You can also currently find our previous Robert Englund interview on RFR here: RFR Rewind w/Robert Englund and we will be posting Heather’s appearance on RFR in the future in more RFR Rewind Posts.

“Members of the creative team behind the hit documentary His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th have joined forces once again to bring horror fans the ultimate tribute to yet another landmark slasher series, A Nightmare on Elm Street. Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy officially began lensing on August 22, 2009 in and around Los Angeles. Starring and narrated by Heather Langenkamp, star of the 1984 classic A Nightmare on Elm Street and two of its sequels (1986′s Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and 1994′s Wes Craven’s New Nightmare), this thrilling 90-minute retrospective promises to be the definitive look at the making of the iconic horror series and the enduring legacy of its wise-cracking, razor-gloved villain: the indefatigable “bastard son of a hundred maniacs” known as Freddy Krueger.

For a quarter century, Freddy has slashed his way through the nightmares of two generations of movie-goers in one of the most artful, spectacular and terrifying film franchises in motion picture history. To characterize the Nightmare on Elm Street series as a modern cultural phenomenon would be a gross understatement. To date, the eight (soon to be nine) Elm Street films have scared up well over half a billion dollars in box office receipts in the U.S. alone, launching the careers of such Hollywood luminaries as Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption), Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2), Patricia Arquette (“Medium”), Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential) and even Johnny Depp.

Little did Freddy’s “father,” veteran writer/director Wes Craven, know that his terrifying, child-killing creation would go on to become a cult hero and spawn his very own cottage industry. Today, Freddy is practically a household name, with his burned visage, trademark fedora and red and green sweater appearing on everything from T-shirts to video games to action figures to comic books (Freddy was even the star of his own weekly television series!). It’s safe to say that Freddy Krueger may never rest in peace – nor should he, since his fans keep clamoring for more. Even Newsweek called him, “The most popular cinematic maniac since Darth Vader.”

“Freddy is like the ‘unholy spirit’ in the trinity of modern monsters alongside Jason from Friday the 13th and Michael Myers from Halloween,” says co-director and producer Daniel Farrands, who previously helmed the hit documentary His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th and produced the 2009 Deluxe Editions of the Friday the 13th films for Paramount Home Entertainment. A veteran of the horror genre, Farrands most recently served as a producer of the hit supernatural thriller The Haunting in Connecticut, which has grossed nearly $80 million worldwide. “Freddy and the Nightmare films are icons of our generation, and our documentary will revisit the franchise in an exciting new way that will be respectful to the fans and to the films themselves,” assures Farrands.

Co-director and editor Andrew Kasch (Thirsty) concurs: “The Nightmare series has long been regarded as the most high-brow and creative of the mega horror franchises, so our goal is to make a film that reflects those qualities. While His Name Was Jason was campy and off-the-wall, this documentary will offer a serious chronological account of the creative process – the hardships and triumphs behind one of Hollywood’s most iconic characters. Above all else, this is not a fluff or promotional piece for the upcoming remake but rather will focus on the original series of films that began with Wes Craven’s 1984 classic.”

“The Nightmare franchise has had such a huge impact on the genre and its fans, and is truly an important piece of horror history,” adds producer/co-writer Thommy Hutson (His Name Was Jason, Prank). “These films proved that horror could be both terrifying and dramatic, thrilling and groundbreaking. And that’s why we’re so thrilled to bring fans an extensive behind-the-scenes look into Freddy Krueger’s hallucinogenic world like never before. It’s a way of paying tribute to Wes Craven’s original vision which has inspired so many of us … and given us a few really good nightmares, too.”

In addition to the exhaustive feature-length documentary, the two-disc DVD release of Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy will feature over four hours of nightmare-inducing extras, including the original documentary I Am Nancy, written, produced and directed by star Heather Langenkamp which looks back at the last 25 years since her debut as heroine Nancy Thompson and examines the impact of the Elm Street films on young people’s lives.

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy will be released in the Spring of 2010.” In addition to the above mentioned talent, Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy will be written by David Rosiak, with Buz “Danger” Wallick serving as director of photography, and Bill Philputt, Steve “Uncle Creepy” Barton co-producing.

For more on this project check out the official Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy when it launches this Friday, the official Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy MySpace page, and finally Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy Facebook page.

Halloween Photo Contest from HGTV

For all of you non-haunt owners, you love to decorate for Halloween at home and make it a fun festive event, no super scary. Well, if this describes you, then here is a contest from HGTV.

Now you can show off your decorating skills to the staff and team of HGTV. All you have to do to Enter is: during the Contest Period, produce a photo that depicts Halloween spirit in one of the following categories: (1) household decorations; (2) pumpkins; (3) kids costumes; (4) adult costumes; or (5) pet costumes (collectively, with entry form, “Entry”). To enter the Contest, visit the Halloween gallery and follow the directions provided to complete the entry form; then, upload your photo, and submit.

So get your camera ready, your decorating in order and get ready to WIN.

For a full list of how to enter, requirements, and prizes and more visit the Official Page here: HGTV HALLOWEEN PHOTO CONTEST RULES

For Wiz-tober Disney Offers “Call In Your Haunt!”

If you are a parent, you miss the good old days of Halloween programming during the season. And it’s harder and harder to pass down that tradition to your children every year. Well, Disney Channel does not disappoint. Now, it may not be the programming RFR is going to queue up to kick off the Halloween Season, but if you are like some of us here at the show, then you have children you want to enjoy Halloween with.

Wiztober returns for the second year in 2009, with new Halloween and wizard-themed programming lineup hosted by the stars of the Emmy-nominated hit series “Wizards of Waverly Place”. The show is most known for its pop diva princess, who is gaining the steam of Hannah Montana, Selena Gomez. The month is in the Halloween Spirit as Season Three premieres of “Wizards of Waverly Place” on Friday, October 9th. And even if you are more in to gore, horror and such, remember your children and last year’s Wiztober delivered TV’s No. 1 rank in Total Day among Tweens 9-14.

“Wiz-tober” kicks off with a special encore presentation of “Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie” and follows quickly with other favorites like “Halloweentown” and “Twitches”, along with their respective sequels to follow. There is going to be non other than Harry Potter popping in and out all month long and for those of you parents who have Tween Daughters, cover your ears, because there will be a Special Halloween Edition of Jonas. Many of Disney Channel’s series will get spooky episode makeovers like “The Suite Life On Deck” and “Wizards of Waverly Place.”

Now here is where it gets fun for us in the Haunt Industry as parent to teach our children the importance of effects. I expect alot from those Ambient Haunt Musicians kids. Beginning September 16, your kids and go to DisneyChannel.com and print out instructions for “Call in Your Haunt,” where fans can record their own spooky haunted house sound effects. Select entries can be heard online in the Wizards of Waverly Place Haunted House, and will air on Disney Channel during the programming event.

Now as this may not be right up your ally, and you are more of a Freddy guy as myself, here in the Morgue, think about your kids and this is one way to “KEEP HALLOWEEN ALIVE” with new programming to pass it on to them every year.

Teen Wolf Pilot for MTV Happening

If you RFR Deadites noticed something a few shows ago, you realized we were on a wolf kick. With the Werewolf getting released in February and so with that we tossed in some Teen Wolf. Well it seems that MTV has officially ordered a Teen Wolf TV Pilot.

Here is the Announcement Courtesy of Dread Central
According to THR, MTV’s potential “Teen Wolf” series will “draw from the horror genre to explore werewolf mythology and include a romantic plot line.” MTV’s senior VP of development Liz Gateley goes on to make a highly dubious analogy, “It has more of an ‘American Werewolf in Paris’ feel to it.” In what alternate reality where comparing your werewolf project in a positive light with An American Werewolf in Paris does this woman live in?

“Criminal Minds” creator Jeff Davis is scripting the pilot, which Gateley goes on to describe as “a dramatic thriller with two best friends in the center who provide a great comedy element: They are two very relatable characters on the outer circles of popular cliques.” So toss in a little “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer” while you’re at it.

Given the cesspool of vacuous, self-indulgent, materialistic, tweenage vanity glorification that is MTV’s current slate of “reality” programming, the very notion of an (admittedly) scripted genre program on the network that once ran actual music videos can only be considered a positive. Maybe they can combine programming and give us “My Super Sweet Sixteen Wolf”? Any you thought those girls were ego monsters to begin with.

Well Deadites, I am not sure on this one, but hey it has to be better than the Vampire Diaries right?

Lionsgate and HIT Ent. “Trick or Treat Tales” Released Today

Once in a while we need to toss in that family friendly Halloween Fun. With many of you reading, you may have children that are ages 5 and under. Well then, we have the 2009 find for you. This Halloween season you can gather round the TV, right before Nap Time, and celebrate Halloween with your Pre-School favorites from HIT Entertainment and Lionsgate.

This Halloween you can spook around with Barney, Thomas & Friends, Bob the Builder, Angelina Ballerina, Fireman Sam, Fifi and the Flowertots in HIT Favorites: Trick or Treat Tales released today, Sept. 1, 2009 from Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment.

The thrills start with Thomas & Friends in a ghostly adventure. Bob the Builder and Spud put on scary faces to protect a giant pumpkin pie from hungry crows. Barney and Fifi learn that there’s more to a costume than just dressing up. Angelina Ballerina sneaks into a costume ball and Fireman Sam saves a furry friend from a chilling experience. Enjoy the season’s sweetest collection of Trick Or Treat Tales! The Specials include:

Thomas & Friends – Flour Power!

Barney & Friends – Guess Who?

Bob The Builder – Trix’s Pumpkin Pie

Fifi & the Flowerpots – Pirate Primrose

Angelina Ballerina – The Costume Ball

Special Features: Fireman Sam – Cat Magic.

This is just another way to celebrate Halloween with your children. Its spooky, fun and entertaining. They will be begging you to carve jack-o-lanterns after seeing this over and over and over (thank god we don’t have to rewind anymore).

TO get yours visit: Lionsgate & HIT “Trick or Treat Tales

Scream 2009 Voting from Spike Now Open

The Scream Awards have now become as popular as the MTV Awards to us who love horror, Sci Fi and Comics. Yeah sounds geeky, but come on, a good horror flick does the job. And now the Voting has begun for the 2009 Scream Awards. I know we picked ours, who will you vote for.

RELEASE:
Scream 2009, the event that honors the best in sci-fi, fantasy, comics, and horror, is headed our way and we want to pay a little homage to the sci-fi genre. Sci-fi movies let us imagine ourselves living in worlds that are way more awesome than the one we live in. We want personalized spaceships, laser guns, high-tech cloning, and all that other crap. Unfortunately, we’re probably not going to be getting hoverboards or phasers any time soon.

Vote for yours and see the nominees here: Scream 2009 Nominees

Set the DVR by Storm

Greetings Deadites,

Worried about filling up the memory on the DVR this week? Well at best this week will only be as bloody as a nasty paper cut. Pretty much the only thing worth setting to DVR is “Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus” on the SyFy channel on Saturday Aug 29th.

Everything I have heard about the movie is bad, but you can’t say that in the commercial. So SyFy was insistent to remind me the movie has a mega shark that eats planes and the Golden Gate Bridge, and a giant octopus. Additionally the movie features a Past Pop Icon, you remember teen singing sensation Ms. Gibson, right? For many of us she was the Hannah Montana of the late 80’s, ummm if Miley Cyrus didn’t have a TV show and sang in malls. So I am sure she plays some scientist or daughter of the company CEO that releases the threat to mankind, or something. Does it matter?

I have this movie on the DVR because I am hoping this movie is so bad it’s good. That is probably asking a lot, but worth a try after “Snakes on a Plane” and it does have the mega shark, and the giant octopus, and they fight Debbie Gibson.

So until next time Deadites, Sit Back, Relax, and Rot Away…

Storm