Well today is the day. The forces of
evil tried hard to throw that salty ass monkey wrench in our game,
but we persevered … kinda. The Rave: Lucky Number 13, my debut
visual novel, is officially available for purchase. The catch is that
it’s only available in PC format. Browser and mobile (Android)
versions are hopefully soon to come. God damn technical difficulties.
SMH. I’m also targeting both Google Play and Steam, with their lofty
ass requirements and waiting period, but for now, you can buy it on
itch.io. (just click the title up there!)
Beyond that, I had a blast with 31 Days
of Horror. I’ll try to archive it so it’s easier to revisit in the
future. Til then, Happy Halloween and keep horrorin’!...
I’m a fairly old school dude. Unlike
people who shall remain nameless (ahem, Jimmy O'shea Chase), I at
least try to give these millennial trends a chance before summing ‘em
up as suck. Still, my track record with new shit isn’t very good.
This spans from movies to music … by God a lot of this newish music
just fuckin’ blows. With that in mind, I was very apprehensive about
giving Fear Town USA the old gander. I skipped over it several times
because it just sounded like one of those Kings of Horror flicks,
which are flat out terrible more often than not. And when I learned
it was a horror-comedy, I was even more iffy, because comedy is
highly subjective. But OHH boy was I trippin’ because as the kids
say, this movie is the tits!
Fear Town USA takes on the dubious
challenge of trying to wrap a multitude of core plots into one story.
We’ve got the four virgin nerds on a mission to finally score some
sex, in addition...
As Halloween approaches, the
butterflies start to flutter, the anxiety creeps in, and the stress
level soars through the roof. Nothing signifies just how close we are
to release (giggity) like the great cover reveal. Well, I guess it’s
technically the game menu screen. Any way, this design is based on
the very same cover for the original story I created nearly six years ago to the day. I wasn’t sure about how much I wanted to retain, but
I ended up keeping everything intact, for the most part. Name and
all.
The design itself is mostly a minor
cosmetic update. Brighter reds in the blood, more realistic knife,
etc. The little details. Don’t tell my wife that though. She put a
lot of work into this.While there’s still a couple days to go
for the visual novel, the ebook version of The Rave: Lucky Number 13
is available on Amazon. I published it under my Blake Jeckel alter
ego, mainly, because I didn’t have a lot of faith in. I honestly
think this...
Can’t even write this post with the
same kinda zest I normally would considering all the technical
difficulties that went into it. UGH. But I won’t let no virtual voodoo
get me down, so here’s the lowly anticipated follow up to the
faptastic indie video game we highlighted yesterday, Don’t Get Caught 2 … the review!
...
We came slashing through with the Four
Horsemen of Death. We’ve dedicated sizable slivers to the maniacal
Firefly Family, Charles Lee Ray and Hoghead 😱. But there are other,
lesser known horror movie characters who are just as evil and delightfully wicked as their
iconic counterparts. In this long ass 26-minute video, I introduce
five horror movie legends who deserve a blood-soaked pedestal of
their own. Good luck!!!
...
As we’ve learned from clowns, slashers,
and vampires (oh my!), horror movies come in a wide variety of
sub-genres. One of my favorite subs, at least to watch, is
exploitation … but of the pervy persuasion. Sexploitation flicks, at
their raunchiest, blur the lines of R-rated and softcore porn. And while
not all sexploitation movies fall in the horror category, the best
usually do. This is where you’ll find classic films like the totally
bonkers Cannibal Holocaust, which crosses quite a few sub-genres
under the horror umbrella. Where lesser known directors like Joe
D'Amato are viewed as legends and celebrated for their artistic
vision.
Although they’ll always be in style to
some degree, I think the sexploitation sub had it’s most prolific run
back in the 70’s, which just seemed like an interesting and fun time to be alive. Some of the most entertaining horror flicks I’ve
recently watched come from this era, including the insanely awesome
Evil Come, Evil Go. As I mentioned in my video review (which is fuckin’
terrible), this movie gets...
Rocktober Blood has the distinction of
being a movie that doesn’t waste time explaining why, how, or at
times, what the fuck is even happening. It’s like the director went in thinking “that’s my story and I’m
sticking to it, damnit!” Unfortunately, the narrative they’re so
intent on pushing fell terrifyingly flat. This movie has no gore, no
great kills, no interesting characters and an overplus of nude scenes
featuring the skinny ass final girl chick. I mean she was decent, but
not to be spotlighting like that.I’m kinda disappointed, honestly. I
recently saw a movie that appeared to have a similar plot (it was much
better!) And since it is October, 31 days of whateva and all, I
figure I’d give this one a try. I knew it was gonna suck. But I was
at least hoping some 80’s cheese could make it fun. Deliver a few
giggles. So bad it’s good kinda thing, you know? No haps. Fuckin’
terrible. On the bright side, since I am bursting with the power of positivity,...
I love crossovers. You know, like when
you smoke a bowl of fire with the fungus. Or when one of your favorite
wrestling chicks ends up in porn. One of my earliest crossover
experiences is something that may have once sounded like polar
opposites: horror movies and hip hop. A surprisingly complementing
mesh of horror movies and hardcore rap, horrorcore is associated with
some of the most legendary names in the industry, including Tech
N9ne, ICP, and Detroit’s own, Marshal Vontavious Mathers. If we
traced the roots of horrorcore, it would lead us to the notorious Fifth Ward in Houston, Texas, the foundational headquarters of Rap-a-Lot
Records and the Geto Boys. The Geto Boys showed a darker, even
more violent side of gangsta rap with the introduction of the classic
Assassins, a track that goes beyond gunplay with tales of
decapitation and lyrics such as “kill that bitch like Freddy!”
Forever late, I just recently learned that the original version of
the song was performed by the original version of the group: The
Ghetto Boys, with a lineup...
I don’t care if you watch pro wrestling
or not … when you hear the word “undertaker”, there’s one man
who comes to mind: Mark Lamont Calaway, better known to wrestling
nerds as The Dead Man. While the man from the darkest parts of kayfabe’s Death Valley
virtually owns the name, I’d contend that another fictional character
not only beat him to the punch, but arguably did the role even
better. I’m talking about Uncle Roscoe, played by Joe Spinell in the
1988 horror movie classic The Undertaker.
Honestly, I’d never heard of this movie
until recently. But I’m glad I did, because it was pretty damn solid
and got me thinking about the potential of a movie based on WWE’s
phenom. Hey, it could totally happen! One day.
...
Strippers. Porn stars. They have a lot
in common. For example, both have high earning potential working in
fields where they’re widely viewed as the scourge of the
entertainment industry. There’s even some crossover as strippers
often venture over to porn while porn stars are increasingly lighting
up the stage in strip club settings. Probably stirring up all kinda
Haterade in the process. Another shared commonality is serving as
prime inspirational fodder for ultra low-budget horror movies. That’s
actually not the worst thing, though. Whether it’s strippers saving the world
from zombies, or porn stars being stalked by vengeful pimps on bath
salt, these flicks are usually, at the very least, redeemable by a barrage of blood, boobs, and butts. Fitting snug in that so bad they’re highly entertaining category.
After weighing my viewing of Strip Club
Massacre and Porn Shoot Massacre against years of personally
collected data, I came to one stunning conclusion: if shit really hit
the fan, and you had to put money on who would nut up the hardest, or
come...