Last weekend was the 2009 Philly Zombie Prom, of which I help organize and DJ. My partners in crime are legendary DJ Robert Drake (WXPN‘s Land of the Lost and Kids Corner) and bartender extraordinaire Melissa Torre (Tattood Mom and Sugar Mom), and the event takes place at the historical Trocadero Theatre. Along with the bands Live Not on Evil and The Young Werewolves, Henry David ringin in Halloween, and the crowning of the Zombie Prom King and Queen, it’s a pretty big opening to the Halloween season here in Philly. How big you may ask. How about over 900 zombies worth of big? Yeah, pretty sweet. Below are the few shots I was able to take. You can find a bunch more here, here, here, and here.
And yet another movie trailer. This one being the film adaptation of of one of my all time favorite Robert E. Howard characters, Solomon Kane. In my book Solomon Kane is more bad-ass than Howard’s more popular character, Conan the Barbarian. Yeah, I said it. The guy in the Quaker hat kicks more ass than the musclebound worshiper of Crom.
The film’s story -
Solomon Kane is a 16th Century soldier who learns that his brutal and cruel actions have damned him. Determined to redeem himself, Kane swears to live a life of peace and goodness but is forced to fight once more when a dark power threatens the land.
The film is written and directed by Michael J. Bassett, and stars James Purefoy, Max von Sydow, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Alice Krige and Mackenzie Crook.
Paranormal Activity, from Paramount Pictures, looks like a fine little fright film in the same realms as The Blair Witch Project (hopefully with far better acting though). The film’s story sounds pretty fun -
A young, middle class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban “starter” tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic, but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. Especially when they sleep. Or try to.
The film is directed, written and produced by Oren Peli, and stars Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat.
There’s no dates for the film to show in the Philly region, but there is a “Demand It” feature that you can use to let Paramount Pictures know you want the film to show in your town. So yeah, let’s get this thing to play in Philly.
What do you get when you add one Alien and the Michael Jackson hit Thriller? Why this gem of a video.
The footage comes from a practice session from this past DragonCon, which held an event to break the world record for most people dancing to Thriller at once.
I love the fact that whoever is in the Alien suit has far more groove than everyone else in the room.
Advanced tickets for the 2009 Philly Zombie Prom are now available. Buy your tickets now for only $7.00 at Crash Bang Boom (528 South 4th Street), at the door for $10.00 the night of the Prom, or online from the Trocadero Theatre (TicketMaster surcharges not included in price).
The Philly Zombie Prom takes place on Sunday, September 27 at the Trocadero Theatre, and features:
DJ Robert Drake and Dave Ghoul with DJ Kiltboy
Zombie Hostess Melissa Torre crowning the Zombie King & Queen of Philadelphia
Henri David rings in the Halloween season
Zombie Makeup Stations from Terror Behind The Walls
Free Zombie Prom Photos in the Balcony Bar
Live performances by Live Not On Evil and The Young Werewolves
I’ve been so busy with work I haven’t had time to really post. But in the interest of making some “me time”, and feeling pretty damned craptastic due to some sort of brain mashing malaise (read: inner ear infection and allergies), I visited Chris Doyle’s Mini-Mizer site to create little LEGO-esque versions of myself.
Kind of uncanny how it resembles me at my best right now.
My little test seems to have work. The last post made it to my LiveJournal account. But in the interest of getting all of the kinks out of this plugin here’s another zombie related post:
I’m testing out a plugin that’s supposed to repost my ZoMoPro posts to my LiveJournal blog. I think there’s some interactive functions as well, so it isn’t the syndication option that LiveJournal provides. It may work. It may go terribly wrong. Who knows? It’ll be a fun little adventure.
And in the interest in making this post at least not so damned boring here’s a swank video of this past Easter’s Philly Zombie Crawl. It was put together by Philly local filmogapher Bob Sweeney.
The Japanese have again taken things up a notch with its conquest to be the masters of WTF culture by offering the world this fun little romp named Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl. No need for me to try and describe what the film is about. The name does a fine enough job. In truth I don’t think I can actually tell you what this film is about. I mean yeah, there’s some girl named Vampire Girl trying to kill some other girl named Frankenstein Girl. But outside of that I… I… I’m so at a loss where to even begin. It’s like every messed up thing Japan ever created was crammed into this blood opus. Which now that I think of it will probably make this an instant hit as well as one of the greatest drinking games ever.
Last weekend was the 2009 Philly Zombie Prom, of which I help organize and DJ. My partners in crime are legendary DJ Robert Drake (WXPN‘s Land of the Lost and Kids Corner) and bartender extraordinaire Melissa Torre (Tattood Mom and Sugar Mom), and the event takes place at the historical Trocadero Theatre. Along with the bands Live Not on Evil and The Young Werewolves, Henry David ringin in Halloween, and the crowning of the Zombie Prom King and Queen, it’s a pretty big opening to the Halloween season here in Philly. How big you may ask. How about over 900 zombies worth of big? Yeah, pretty sweet. Below are the few shots I was able to take. You can find a bunch more here, here, here, and here.
