Remember the choose your own adventure books we used to read when we were kids?
Remember how much fun they were and how you tried to collect them all when the book fair came to your school?
Choose Your Own Adventure is a series of children’s gamebooks first published by Bantam Books from 1979-1998 and currently being re-published by Chooseco. Each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices that determine the main character’s actions in response to the plot and its outcome.
Ok, now that I have taken you down memory lane what would you say if I say there is a Choose Your Own Adventure that involved zombies? and what would you say if I told you it was not a book but a ‘movie’.
You would say AWESOME, where can I watch this? – Right?
So here it is the Choose Your Own Adventure Zombie movie.
(more after the video.)
As you saw in the video there is pizza company called, Hell Pizza. Yes, this is a real pizza company and this is their commercial. Their flagship store is headquartered in New Zealand and has locations in Ireland, Australia, UK and apparently coming soon to Canada.
Don’t get your hopes up yet for the United States, I don’t see how a place like this would ever fly well in the states but if they ever arrive here – they will be my one and only pizza place.
I love the month of October! (Yes, I know we are still several months away) I love it because everything horror, dark and evil starts crawling out from the shadows. This year seems to already have a long list of frights and horror lined up.
Just the other day Rob Zombie announced House of 1000 Corpses in Zombievision!
“Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses: In 3D ZombieVision,” an original concept based on the cult smash film “House Of 1000 Corpses” will offer Halloween Horror Nights guests the opportunity to don 3D glasses for an up-close-and-personal three-dimensional encounter with the world’s most infamous serial killers. Guests will travel through the world of Capt. Spaulding, Baby, Otis and Dr. Satan experiencing Zombie’s iconic creations – “live” and in 3D. Fans of House of 1000 Corpses” will feel at home walking through the Firefly family residence, the “Museum of Monsters and Madmen” and Dr. Satan’s lair.
When I was younger and still to this day, I have always been fascinated with the life of a carny and the world of carnivals . I don’t know if it was because of the movies and stories, like Something Wicked This Way Comes and The Funhouse that painted a picture of a magical and yet bizarre world. All I know was that I was hooked.
So with ideas of magic and fantasy in our heads, Paul and I set out to hear the story of a carny and we found one. This is the story of Nick, a carny who ran away from home at age 15 to join the carny life.
So kick back and listen to the story that takes you from age 15 up to the point where Nick is sitting at the table telling us his story. You will learn about pain, charity and even the tricks of the trade in this episode of Zombie Popcorn’s Stories: The Life of a Carny.
Thursday night at 10:00pm the World Premiere of Lost Boys: The Thrist hits Comic Con. There will be a special introduction by the Frog Brothers – Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander.
If you are interested in attending here is the info;
10:00 PM World Premiere of Lost Boys: The Thirst
Hilton Bayfront Hotel, Indigo Ballroom
1 Park Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92101
(1800 Seats)
So what does this screening have to do with Zombie Popcorn? Well, Zombie Popcorn has been invited to interview the Frog Brothers. If you want to hear this interview you need to tune in to Zombie Popcorn Radio this Saturday at 7pm (Eastern)
Also, if you have any questions you would like to have asked leave them in the comment section below and I will ask them for you.
If you want to know more about Lost Boys: The Thrist here is the Synopsis and the trailer.
As the lost boys and girls of San Cazador prepare to party under the Blood Moon, an alpha vampire conspires to turn these unsuspecting ravers into an army of undead. The only thing that stands between him and the annihilation of the entire human race is the infamous vampire fighting Frog Brothers. Armed with double-barrel holy water balloon launchers and multi-arrow crossbows, Edgar (Corey Feldman) and Alan Frog (Jamison Newlander) join forces to kick some blood-sucker butt in this latest high-energy, action packed adventure in the Lost Boys franchise.
There is a game that was highlighted at E3 but didn’t get much press coverage – If it did, I didn’t see it. The game is called Homefront.
“Homefront”, a first-person shooter that tells the story of a United States humbled by total economic collapse, then conquered by North Korea. The story was written by John Milius. Yes, that name should ring a bell for any movie lover. He worked on Dirty Harry, Apocalypse Now, Conan, Red Dawn and several others. With the scriptwriter with such an amazing film background only adds to my excitement for this game.
The best way to describe this game is to show it to you so here it is….
A movie is made from the book and real life events
Normally one of the three (sometimes two of the three) are boring and misinformed and the events may or may not be explained as they have happened. Take for example the many different books and movies of the Amityville horror. Not to go into details about this event but it is hard to find matching stories anywhere in that event.
So it is rare to come across an event that really happened that was created into a book and a movie that all three parts are fascinating and each part takes a deeper look into those events.
The original event happened in 1634 and is known as the ‘Loudun Possessions’. The book of this event was written in 1952 and is ‘The Devils of Loudun’ by Aldous Huxley. The film is ‘The Devils’ directed by Ken Russell in 1971. All three of these event are tied together – being the book was inspired by the events and the film inspired by the book.
The Loudun Possessions is most famous case of multiple and mass possession in history. Yes, I mean as in demonic possession.
This case involved the Ursuline nuns of Loudun who were allegedly visited and possessed by demons:
In 1632, Sister Jeanne Agnes and sixteen nuns of the Ursuline convents, allegedly possessed by demons, threw convulsions and used abusive language. Father Jean-Joseph Surin exorcised the demons by inviting them into his body. He lost mental balance as a result. He inflicted injuries on himself and attempted suicide. Describing the plight he said that he was unable to understand what happened to him when the unknown spirit entered his body. He got the feeling that he had two souls and that the alien soul constituted a second personality.
On December 7, 1633, Father Grandier was put in prison at the Castle of Angiers. His body was shaved and a successful search for devil’s marks was made by inquisitors.
Nicholas Aubin’s 1693 The Cheats and Illusions of Romish Priest and Exorcists Discovered in the History of the Devils of Loudun describes what happened next:
They sent for Mannouri the surgeon, one of [Grandier's] enemies, and the most unmerciful of them all; when he [came] into the chamber, they stripped Grandier stark naked, blinded his eyes, shaved him every where, and Mannouri began to search him. When he would persuade them that the parts of his body which had been marked by the Devil were insensible, he turned that end of the probe which was round, and he guided it in such a manner, that not being able to enter into the flesh, nor to make much impression, it was pushed back into the palm of his hand; the patient did not then cry out, because he felt no pain; but when the barbarous surgeon would make them see that the other parts of his body were very sensible, he turned the probe at the other end, which was very sharp pointed, and thrust it to the very bone; and then the abundance of people [outside] heard complaints so bitter, and cries so piercing, that they [were] moved…to the heart.
Nearly a year later, August 18, 1634, the Royal Commission found Grandier guilty of all counts against him and passed sentence – Grandier would be burned alive at the stake:
We have ordered and do order the said Urbain Grandier duly tried and convicted of the crime of magic, maleficia, and of causing demoniacal possession of several Ursuline nuns of this town of Loudun, as well as of other secular women, together with other charges and crimes resulting therefrom. For atonement of which, we have condemned and do condemn the said Grandier to make amende honorable, his head bare, a rope round his neck, holding in his hand a burning taper weighing two pounds, before the principle door of the church of St. Pierre-du-Marché, and before that of St. Ursual of this town. There on his knees, to ask pardon of God, the King, and the law; this done, he is to be taken to the public square of St. Croix, and fastened to a stake on a scaffold, which shall be erected on the said place for this purpose, and there to be burned alive…and his ashes scattered to the wind. We have ordered and so do order that each and every article of his moveable property be acquired and confiscated by the King; the sum of 500 livres first being taken for buying a bronze plaque on which will be engraved the abstract of this present trial, to be set up in a prominent spot in the said church of the Ursulines, to remain there for all eternity. And before proceeding to the execution of the present sentence, we order the said Grandier to be submitted to the first and last degrees of torture, concerning his accomplices.
The details of the burning;
Father Grandier was promised that he could have the chance to speak before he was executed, making a last statement, and that he would be hanged before the burning, an act of mercy. Instead, the friars who carried Grandier’s crippled body to the stake had drenched him with large quantities of holy water so that his last words could not be heard, and the garotte used for hanging had no slip knot; it couldn’t tighten. Grandier was left to burn alive.
Witnesses to the execution reported that a large fly buzzed around Grandier’s head, symbolizing that Beelzebub, lord of the flies, had come to take Grandier’s soul to hell.
Before Grandier perished, he did have the last word. Struggling, Grandier declared that Father Lactance, present, would die in 30 days. To the day, Lactance did die, reportedly crying out, “Grandier, I was not responsible for your death.” Within the next five years, both Father Tranquille and Dr. Mannouri, the inquisitor, died in delirium. Father Surin became haunted by the exorcisms, eventually unable to eat, dress himself, walk, read, or write. He could not pray, instead seeing visions of demons and black wings. He tried to kill himself in 1645 and only recovered after the new head of the Jesuit College, Father Bastide, cared for Surin in 1648. Surin would not walk again until 1657, 8 years before he died.
The possessions failed to stop after Father Grandier’s execution. The exorcisms had been so appreciated by the public of Loudun that they became a type of tourist attraction at the convent. Nuns would lift their skirts and beg for sexual attention, beat their heads, walk on their hands, and use obscene language. Public exorcisms would follow. These displays continued until 1637, when the Duchess d’Aiguillon, niece to Cardinal Richelieu, reported the fraud to her uncle. Having achieved his original goal, Richelieu cut off the performers’ salaries and ended the shows.
[The nuns] struck their chests and backs with their heads, as if they had their necks broken, and with inconceivable rapidity; They twisted their arms at the joints of the shoulder, the elbow, or the wrist, two or three times around. Lying on their stomachs, they joined the palms of their hands to the soles of their feet; their faces became so frightful one could not bear to look at them; their eyes remained open without winking. Their tongues issued suddenly from their mouths, horribly swollen, black, hard, and covered with pimples, and yet while in this state they spoke distinctly. They threw themselves back till their heads touched their feet, and walked in this position with wonderful rapidity, and for a long time. They uttered cries so horrible and so loud that nothing like it was ever heard before. They made use of expressions so indecent as to shame the most debauched of men, while their acts, both in exposing themselves and inviting lewd behavior from those present would have astonished the inmates of the lowest brothels in the country.
Some claim that it was actually Jeanne des Anges who had the public exorcisms stopped. Jeanne allegedly had a vision that she would be freed from the Devil if she made a pilgrimage to the tomb of St François of Assise. She went to Annecy, then visited Richelieu and King Louis XIII in 1638. The demons were gone.
Jeanne des Anges remained convinced of her saintliness until she died in 1665.
Those are the events that happened in 1632 and that inspired the 1952 historical narrative, The Devils of Loudun’ by Aldous Huxley This book takes a look at demonic possession, religious fanaticism, sexual repression, and mass hysteria which occurred Loudun, France with Roman Catholic priest Urbain Grandier and an entire convent of Ursuline nuns, who allegedly became possessed by demons after Grandier made a pact with Satan.
Now fast forward to 1971 where Ken Russell directs the film, The Devils. This film never received a release in its original, uncut form in various countries due to its disturbing violent, sexual, and religious content; it was banned in several countries, and heavily-edited upon release in others. As mentioned before, when an event is written about then made into a movie some of the details and facts are distorted and this film is not an exception to the rule.
An odd bit of trivia – The United States National Board of Review awarded Ken Russell best director for The Devils.
I encourage everyone to read the book, watch the film and research more about this subject – it is completely fascinating.
Now you can watch the Uncut Restored Edition – Trailer after the ad
Ever dreamed of living in a haunted house? I have and in fact, I even wrote about it in the Zombie Popcorn post ‘Amityville Murders‘.
Now you may be able to – well, if you have $1.15 m because the legendary Amityville House is up for sale.
The five-bedroom Dutch Colonial in Long Island, N.Y. is the site where Ronald DeFeo Jr. infamously shot six of his sleeping family members. It is also the setting of the events that gave rise to Jay Anson’s book The Amityville Horror: A True Story.
Sure, they may have changed the famous windows and even the address to keep onlookers away. (The original address was 112 Ocean Avenue and now is 108 Ocean Avenue.)
Here is what it looks like now… (below)
If you can’t afford this house at least you can read from the The Offical Website of Ronald DeFeo owned by Ronald’s wife, Tracey DeFeo. IF anyone out there wants to buy this house for me – I was be very happy and say thanks!
If you were listening to Zombie Popcorn Radio last night you would have heard 3D Movie Man’s report from Texas Frightmare Weekend. If you missed out on the report don’t worry the re-broadcast of the show will be up on Zombie Popcorn first thing tomorrow morning.
For those who don’t know about Texas Frightmare Weekend – let me bring you up to speed.
Frightmare is the southwest’s premier horror convention. Featuring celebrity guests, film screenings, panel discussions and more! The guests included;
John Carpenter
George Romero
Doug Bradley
Cassandra Peterson as Elvira
I could go on and on
Texas Frightmare was also the place for the release of the trailer for the remake ‘I spit on your Grave’
If you can’t wait until tomorrow to hear the report, then I guess this preview put together by 3D Movie Man will hold you over until tomorrow.
Here is a blurb about the new project, Zombie Popcorn’s Stories;
For as long as I can remember I have always enjoyed the last moments of the day. You know, the moments where you are laying in bed drifting in and out of sleep while thinking of the world around you. The act of drifting off to sleep is not the part that I enjoyed the most - it was the thoughts in the final moments of being awake that carried over into my sleep that brought excitement to my life.
I would find myself thinking about the random person that I bumped into during the day – the person who told me their life story or something really odd. While laying there thinking about their story it would open my mind up to other realms of their life and to my own because I would want to know more about what they shared with me.
The only thing that would make me sad about their stories was that when I woke up in the morning and continued throughout my day I would forget about some of the details. So, I decided to start recording peoples stories and compiling them into a series to be shared with the world. I teamed up with good friend, Paul Casper because we both share a love for what we call ‘Story time’.
Our dream is to travel the country and interview people we meet and on the way share these stories with you. Since we are not rich and our travel plans are limited we had to come up with a plan to fill in the gaps between our travels. This is where you come into play with this story…
We invite you to share your story with us.
All you have to do is call this number (757) 337-2195 or if you have Skype just search/call ‘Zombie-Popcorn.com‘ and record your story – That is it! If you are not into calling to share your story you can always email it to us and we will have a professional read it in your honor.
How much information you share is totally up to you, and what you share is totally up to you. You can remain anonymous or you can state your first name and where you are from it is completely up to you.
Don’t let your story be lost forever share it with us and together we can learn from each other…
So go check out the site for Zombie Popcorn’s Stories and let me know what you think and most of all call in with your Stories !
What make this episode different is we watch the film ‘The New Barbarians’ aka ‘Warriors of the Wasteland’ with you!
What is ‘The New Barbarians’? Well, this review should sum it up..
This post-apocalyptic low-budget romp has it all: A homosexual death cult that navigates the wasteland in 20 horsepower go-carts, looking for things to kill! A dashing lone wolf survivor who maintains a rather ambiguous relationship with a prepubescent boy (who also happens to be the local go-to auto mechanic)! Former NFL star Fred Williamson, who’s totally sweet archery skills are second only to his arsenal of exploding arrowheads!!! Add to all of this a hot and vulnerable female lead, a cheesy electronic score, and a bunch of awesome monologues by the leader of the bad guys (“There is only one faith! One ecstasy! DEATH!!!”), and you got one hell of a good time! Take it from a true connoisseur of crap: this movie is worth the low price. Best enjoyed with a few beers and a sense of humor.
Starting tonight on Zombie Popcorn Radio we are launching something new for the site.
Tonight, we start the Zombie Popcorn Audio Book Club! We can totally one-up Oprah with our book club. What makes this book club better than any other book club in the world is we will offer the best books you can find about horror, movies, music, and not just any book, but audio books. Yes, audio books – you will be able to listen to them on in your iTunes, on your ipod, iphone, ipad or anything other i-mp3 player.
There are two ways to keep track of our weekly book announcements;
Listen to Zombie Popcorn Radio every Saturday Night at 7-9pm Eastern – this is where we will announce the new book of the week. We will also talk about the previous book of the week.
Or you can just check out the Zombie Popcorn’s Audio Book Club page after the broadcast on Saturday for the newest book of the week.
That is it – so tune in to Zombie Popcorn Radio to find out what the Zombie Popcorn Book of the week will be….so Join in on the pseudo-reading today only at Zombie-Popcorn.com
Zombie Popcorn is very honored to have a special guest writer. Matthew from the Matthew Show. You may remember Matthew from when we interviewed him back in January. He has an amazing new project…well, I will stop talking and let him get on with what he has to say. Please welcome Matthew!
Spurred by books like Malcolm Gladwell’s “Outliers” and Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s “Fooled By Randomness,” our society has been having a discussion of our expectations about life and how they are shaped by what we see. There is a selection bias, particularly in the arts, where we are only exposed to the stories of the wildly successful.
Where are the tales of failure?
My new podcast, “The Band That Never Was,” is an attempt to even out the sample set. It is the story of a group of friends who travel from adolescence to adulthood together. On the way, they form a band, and hijinks ensue.
Packed with honesty, laughs, relationships, irony, and some damned fine tunes, “The Band That Never Was” is about many things. Friendships, life, music, growing up, and a study of what, at its core, failure may or may not be.
And let’s not forget the music. Every episode features original music by the matthew show and my various musical associates, and the tunes are also available as singles at thematthewshow.com independently of the podcast.
I’m extremely excited about this project, and I believe you will be, too. Check it out:
If you caught last weeks episode of Zombie Popcorn Radio, you would have been introduced to our next guest, Lisa Phillips.
Lisa is a
Spiritual Advisor
she preforms Psychic Readings and will do one live on the show.
Medium
she does Physical & Spiritual Energy Cleansings
she also does Law Enforcement Cold Case Readings.
For over 25 years, Lisa Phillips, also fondly known as “MamaLisa,” has been assisting and guiding people to
the wonderful life that is theirs through her psychic insight and angelic-guided mediumistic abilities. She is
always in demand by those in need of spiritual assistance and demonic cleansings.
She recognized her calling as well as her various abilities at the tender age of 3. Her father, a strict and
unyielding fundamental spiritual warrior, discouraged this development. However, in her teen years she began
to fully embrace her natural and God-given gifts through the help of her angels and also started building her
relationship with God and the Powers That Be. Lisa was schooled in communicating with the angelic realm and
also learned how to discern demonic entities as well.
With over 2 decades of hands-on experience after performing countless energy healings, cleansings, and
exorcisms, she has developed a broad and unique set of skills. She also works closely with other gifted
mediums and energy healers and is in constant communication with the angelic realm which further assists her
in her work. Her strengths are her unconditional love, strong faith, wisdom, humility, and her joyous laughter.
She has been called to help people from all walks of life regardless of their religious beliefs or backgrounds,
and approaches each and every situation with great respect and sensitivity.
In addition, MamaLisa is one of the host of the popular Supernatural Encounters Radio Show which can be
heard on Para-X.com every Tuesday at 8pm EST.
She is available for a wide array of services including: consultations, spiritual counseling, spiritual development,
entity removal, psychic readings, seminars, and cold case readings for law enforcement. Her specialty is the
exorcism of malevolent and demonic entities. She is regularly sought out by both private homeowners and
paranormal groups who are dealing with these types of negative situations.
Along with all of that Lisa runs the radio program called, Supernatural Encounters Radio with her co-host Nathan Levan.
So as you can see she is a very BUSY woman and we are very happy that she is taking time out to come on the show to talk with us. She is even going to do a reading LIVE on air of me!
This is going to be an exciting show and not to be missed – Mark your calendars because on Saturday March, 27, 2010 7-9pm (EST) – Zombie Popcorn Radio is getting other-worldly.
If you want to listen to Lisa’s shows you can find the links on Supernatural Encounters Radio and you can listen to past episodes on ParaxVision
While everyone is wearing green today, I would like to cover this day in red and offer a look into the blood splattering of Irish horror films.
Anytime you talk about Irish horror films you have to include, Dead Meat.
A diseased cow escapes slaughter and infects the countryside. But instead of spreading mad-cow disease, the cow’s plague turns the people in the surrounding area into flesh-eating zombies.
The next film is one we talked about before here on Zombie Popcorn and by Irish directors. That film is Shrooms.
Having been promised the ‘trip’ of a lifetime by their Irish friend and mushroom expert Jake (Jack Huston), a group of American teenagers arrives in Ireland, keen for adventure. Despite Jake’s warnings about the “shrooms they shouldn’t eat,” things start to go horribly wrong when one of the five American tourists, Tara (Lindsey Haun) munches a “Death’s Head” fungus and immediately suffers convulsions and dark visions. While confined to a tent that night as the others listen to Jake’s ghost story around the campfire, the horrific details of this barely-overheard yarn from the man who brought her out of convulsions becomes Tara’s new reality. The next day, as the group is bloodily whittled down to one, it is eventually becomes clear that, whether or not Tara’s apparitions are real, the carnage they leave behind certainly is. Since everyone is now high on “shroom tea,” it’s anyone’s guess who will last the longest. Will the jock Bluto (Rob Hoffman) succumb to the talking cow, or the succubus in the muddy car? Will long-haired Molly (Alice Greczyn) perish at the hands of the Texas chainsaw-type guys, or the dog-boy? Will bitchy Lisa (Maya Hazen) be snared above or below the reedy lake water? Will martial-arts wannabe Troy (Max Kasch) get gashed in the forest clearing, or abandoned orphanage hallway? Will Jake die from his jump through an upper window, or due to an axe in his brain? Even after a helicopter locates the sextet’s lone survivor, and a land ambulance takes her toward the hospital, the slaughter will continue.
Isolation
The broken farmer Dan rents his farm for the scientist John from the Bovine Genetics Technology that is researching genetic modifications of cattle to increase its fertilization. The veterinarian Orla is bitten by the calf while helping the cow to deliver, and she feels that something went wrong with the experiment. During the night, the cow has a narrow passage for the calf, and Dan asks the young couple Jamie and Mary that is parked in a trailer in front of his farm’s entrance to help him in the delivery. When the offspring is born, it bites Dan; Orla arrives later and realizes that it is a genetic anomaly and she sacrifices the calf. During the autopsy of the animal, she discovers that the fetus is pregnant and she destroys the freak hybrids. However, one of them escapes and attacks a cow first and Jamie later. When John arrives in the farm, he discovers that there is the danger of infection of human beings and decides to quarantine the spot. But one offspring is alive and need to be captured.
The next film was written by Clive Barker and directed by George Pavlou (British) but the storyline is based in Ireland and totally worth the mention. – Rawhead Rex
Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. The film follows Rex’s cross country rampage, while a man struggles to stop it.
The Daisy Chain is a film that should be on everyone’s top watch list.
A grieving couple move to a remote Irish village in the wake of their baby daughter’s death. They soon take in an orphaned autistic girl, only to become involved in a series of strange occurrences.
The Company of Wolves was directed by Neil Jordan
The story unfolds as young rosaleen lies dreaming in her bed. A violent nightmare transports her back in time to a world of primeval forests & werewolves. She learns her only sister has been killed by a wolf. Her granny weaves vivid tales of folklore & fantasy with warnings of beasts that lurk within men.
Last Saturday night Paul and I went out to the Eastern Paranormal Investigators Co-Op Conference with hopes of interviewing John Zaffis. John has been coined as the ‘Godfather of Demonology’ and is a very intelligent and entertaining man.
Luck was on our side because he agreed to sit down and talk to us. We will broadcast his interview on Saturday March 20th at 7-9pm(EST) on Zombie Popcorn Radio.
So if you are scratching your head and asking yourself, “who is John Zaffis?” Let me fill you in…
John Zaffis has over thirty years of experience studying and investigating the paranormal. He has had the opportunity to work for and with his aunt and uncle, Ed and Lorraine Warren. This sent John beyond looking for ghosts and hauntings and into studying demonology under the Warrens. This led into John’s involvement with cases of possession and exorcism and working with prominent exorcists in this field. Roman Catholic priests, monks, Buddhists, rabbis and ministers. John has assisted and worked with well-known exorcists Bishop Robert McKenna, Malachi Martin and the Rev Jun.
His research has taken him throughout the United States, Canada, England and Scotland covering several thousands of cases. Through hands on investigating with other investigators and clergy, he has obtained a great deal of knowledge and understanding of the paranormal and is considered one of the foremost authorities in the field today.
Ghosts and poltergeists where among some of his first-hand paranormal experiences, as well as the demonic and diabolical. He has also worked extensively with both spiritualists and psychics concerning how their knowledge is used for channeling, reincarnation (past-life regression), or the calling of the spirits for information, and how they use meditation to acquire the information which they are seeking. Because of his personal experiences with hauntings, ESP, near death experiences and other paranormal activities, he is firm in his conviction that such phenomena exist.
John has been featured in the Discovery Channel’s documentaries A Haunting in Connecticut and Little Lost Souls. John has also appeared on Unsolved Mysteries, Fox News Live, and many other print and news media events. John is also in the books of Ed and Lorraine Warren GRAVEYARDS and IN A DARK PLACE.
John’s first book, Shadows of the Dark, co-written with Brian McIntyre, was released in September, 2004. John is working on multiple follow-up books currently, and is lecturing all over the United States at colleges and universities.
That blurb was taken from his bio found on John’s site.
So in the interview we will talk about all his projects and his Museum of Haunted items – think Friday the 13th the Series, but in real life. Some of the stories you will hear in this interview will blow you away. So tune in to Zombie Popcorn Radio this Sat., March 20th at 7-9pm (EST) to hear everything!
Here is a trailer for his upcoming film, ‘John Zaffis’ Museum of the Paranormal Movie.’
Thanks to Bob Chorush for the heads up on this amazing article.
First, before going into this I am in the process of contacting this guy to have him on Zombie Popcorn Radio
Let us start with the News video to set the mood.
So what is this guys platform?
According to his website and yes he is a Republican;
Upon becoming elected, Jonathon will impliment the following Act’s into law. These new laws will make America a better place for all citizens.
JONATHON THE IMPALER SHARKEY
FOR
PRESIDENT 2012
A WARRIOR FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!
Upon becoming President on 20 Jan 13, I will immediately make the following into Law!
1.IMMEDIATELY outlaw ABORTION. The only time abortion will be allowed is in case of Rape (then again once I start IMPALING RAPISTS, there will be no more rapes), in cases of incest or in a medical emergency.
2. IMMEDIATE bring our service personnel home from the war zones they are fighting in.
3. Better benefits for our veterans and military service personnel.
4. More aggressive steps to stop ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTION and make it an act of terrorism, hence punishable by IMPALEMENT by me!
5. The Paige Child Protection Act. No child should ever have to suffer abuse at the hands of one of their parents. Anyone found guilty of abusing children will be IMPALED personally by ME!
6. ALL Indian Casinos will have to pay taxes on the revenue they generate. This tax money will go to fund programs for Veterans.
7. The DWI/DUI 3 strike rule. If you commit 3 acts of DWI/DUI, or cause bodily harm/death, you will be personally IMPALED by me. Also, on your first or second conviction of DWI/DUI you will lose your automobile.
8. The Princeton School Board Act. The First Amendment of the US Constitution gives everyone the right of freedom of religion. Anyone who tries to deprive anyone in America their right of Religious freedom and/or expression will be IMPALED by me
9. Legalization of Marijuana and Prostitution. Though I do not use/smoke marijuana or have sex with prostitutes, upon becoming President, I will legalize marijuana and prostitution in all 50 States. The individual states will have control over these businesses and the money made from them will used to fund programs that supply medical, prescription and dental insurance for the citizens who cannot afford the proper coverage they need.
10. Business Blacklist Act. Any company that has previously been in America and has relocated to another country will be blacklisted from selling their products in America. No company will prosper by causing Americans to be laid off and their families suffer because the company decided to leave America for another country.
11. The Better Educational Act. In this day and age of the super techknowledgical age, the only way Americans can compete with other countries where techknowledgie is concerned, is to be better educated. My Administration will give grants to Americans who need assistance in being re-educated and receive advance training to compete in the world market.
12. The Fair Child Support and Visitation Act. In this day and age, money is tight. Hence, it is unreasonable to except a parent to pay an outlandish amount in child support. So, courts will have to a new fair scale to determine child support. Also, no parent will use their child as a weapon against the other parent. Every parent who is deemed non-dangerous to their child will have proper and just visitation rights to see their child. If the guardian parent impedes the other parent from seeing their child, they will IMMEDIATELY be charged with Contempt.
13. The Abuse of Power Act. Any elected or appointed official who is found guilty of abuse of power will be IMPALED by me. Also, judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers will have to get their own malpractice/misconduct insurance. No longer will judges, prosecutors, law enforcement agents have CIVIL immunity from suits arising from their negligence or misconduct. Needless to say, upon being found guilty of abuse, they will be IMPALED by me!
On January 28, 2010, it was publicly announced that Incheon will open the world’s first robot theme park in 2013.
The theme park will be called Robot Land!
I have been talking a lot this year about wanting to go to Korea and now I have a new reason to travel there. I mean, come on – ROBOTS! Who doesn’t love robots?
The theme park will cover 767,287 square meters and will feature 26 different attractions including a twisting roller coaster known as the Taekwon V mega coaster and a 4D space ride. A character known as Robot Taekwon Boy has been chosen to become the theme park’s main representative.
The theme park will have:
Robot Character Hall that will include products relating to robot characters from movies and cartoons. Star Wars Robot Hall, Transformers Hall, Astroboy Hall, etc
Robot Aquarium. A place to watch and manipulate robot fish. – This is awesome!
Roller Coasters – including a roller coaster that takes you down into the sea
Dances with Robots – where you can ride a robot arm n and hang on it
The Robot Tower that includes an Observation Deck, food court where robots serve, work as cashiers, and perform shows.
There is even a water park with rides and areas to relax with robots
If all of that does not want to make you pack your bags and go – then their promotional video will make you run out the door right now for Robot Land! (well, you should wait until the park is opens in 2013)
On Sat. March 6th, we will have a special guest/ co-host on Zombie Popcorn Radio. If you know me personally or watched the documentary ‘Wake Up Screaming’ then you know who our guest is – Mr. Dave Aguilera. (More after the break)
Dave was in the band Bleed the Dream when we met back in 2004 on the Taste of Chaos tour and became good friends. That same year Dave, created his own label, Maphia Records and in recent years started managing other bands, such as Eyes Set to Kill. He has a long history in the music industry and we shared several cross country tours together — but we will go into more details about that on Zombie Popcorn Radio this Sat. In the meantime, check out this video from Eyes Set to Kill produced by Dave Aguilera.
- Stick around after the video I haven’t told you who we are going to interview yet — you will be surprised.
It is not all going to be about music on the show this Saturday. We are going to play the interview I did with Westboro Baptist Church spokesperson, Shirley Phelps Roper. If the name of the ‘church’ or Shirley doesn’t ring a bell – then read this blurb to help your memory
Shirley Lynn Phelps-Roper is the eldest daughter of Fred Phelps, minister of the Westboro Baptist Church, an independent church in the United States often characterized as a hate group . She and the church have received widespread media coverage on news outlets such as the BBC and Fox News for the group’s aggressive preaching and controversial campaigns such as the picketing the funerals of AIDS victims with signs such as “GOD HATES FAGS” and funeral processions for American soldiers killed in combat
- Yes, those people. They were in town so I grabbed my microphone and got an interview. I also grabbed an interview from one of the organizers of the counter protests -which was amazing. – To see photos from their protest and the counter protest check them out here.
So tune in to Zombie Popcorn this Sat. March 6th, 2010 at 7-9pm (EST) to hear crazy stories about living life on the road and hear interviews from crazy people – it is bound to be a HOOT!
Dominion is a Filipino goth rock band formed in Manila, Philippines around the early-mid 90s.
Dominion has been instrumental in the development of the Filipino Gothic scene. Yes, I said, Filipino Gothic scene. If you haven’t heard of Dominion then I don’t know where you been hiding. They been tagged as “undoubtedly the founders of gothic rock-hard and pure in the Asian continent.”
I am very happy to announce that Doi Porras, the lead singer of Dominion will be with us in studio on Zombie Popcorn Radio this Saturday (Feb. 20, 2010)
Want to learn more about this scene and how they influenced the Filipino scene, or just wondering why Doi flew from the Philippines to be on Zombie Popcorn Radio? Then Tune in this Saturday.
Also on the show this Saturday will be actor Nik Tylor talking about his new horror film ‘Freeway Killer’ - So tune in Saturday Feb 20, 2010 at 7-9pm (EST) to hear about everything you ever wanted to know about the Filipino Gothic scene and Nik Tylor.
Check out the two fan made videos of the band Dominion below and look forward to hearing from you on Sat!
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The moment you have all been waiting for – the re-broadcast of Zombie Popcorn’s interview with Tony Anthony.
Tony Anthony is a former film actor, producer, director, and screenwriter, best known for his starring roles in spaghetti westerns and his 1981 3D movie, Comin’ At Ya!
This is a very rare opportunity to interview Tony Anthony because he did not talk to the press much at all during his career. So we are forever grateful that he came on Zombie Popcorn Radio.
We talked about his career in the film industry from his start all the way up to the current date and the re-release of the film that kicked off the 3D revolution in the 1980’s – Comin’ At Ya!
Here is a short bio and then listen to the show or watch it in 3D – all details after the bio.
Tony Anthony is largely credited with the revival of the 3-D concept in the early 1980s. Anthony did, however work for many years on Spaghetti Westerns (some with co-production company Lupo-Anthony-Quintano Productions). He produced and starred in two 3-Dimensional movies, both of which enjoyed a modest theatrical release. After making these two films, Anthony effectively retired from the movie industries (except for the occasional production work with friend Gene Quintano or Mark Damon).
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You may have heard about William Bonin, the California serial killer known as the Freeway Killer. If you haven’t kept up on your serial killer database let me give you a short refresher -Between 1979 and 1980, Bonin tortured, raped and killed a minimum of 21 boys and young men, and is suspected of committing a further fifteen.
Bonin usually selected young male hitchikers, schoolboys or, occasionally, male prostitutes as his victims. The victims, aged between twelve and nineteen, were either enticed or forced into his Chevy van, overpowered, had their hands tied behind their back, sexually assaulted, tortured and then usually killed by strangulation with their own t-shirt, although some were stabbed or battered to death. One victim, Darin Kendrick, was forced to drink chlorohydrate acid, and two victims had ice-picks driven into their ears. The victims were usually killed inside Bonin’s van and most were discarded alongside various southern Californian freeways. In at least eleven of the murders, Bonin was assisted by one of his four known accomplices.
The reason I bring up The Freeway Killer is because of two reasons.
1) The DVD/Blu-Ray movie based on the story of William Bonin, called ‘Freeway Killer’ comes out tomorrow – Feb, 16, 2010.
2) Actor Nik Tyler, who played the character ‘Steven’ in the movie ‘Freeway Killer’ will be on Zombie Popcorn Radio Saturday, Feb. 20th, 2010 to talk about this film.
You may remember Nik Tyler from the TV series, ‘ER’, CSI, Law & Order and several other television programs and movies, but we will talk about all of that on Zombie Popcorn Radio.
YAY! It is re-broadcast Wednesday! – Just like every Wednesday we re-broadcast last weeks Zombie Popcorn Radio show – in case you missed it. As always this show and all the others can be found in the Zombie Popcorn Radio Archive section and on itunes.
Last Saturday’s show was the Zombie Popcorn Radio Road Trip show. We had plans to be zombies in an upcoming zombie western film, but due to the weather the shoot was canceled.
So our trip became Two dudes in the car listening to Enigma stopping to talk to a serial killer, looking at jars with fetus, one eyed pig, and other things inside them. Yes, we did interview the people who own them.
This show is too bizarre to explain – so stop reading and start listening.
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The Zombie Popcorn crew had a road trip yesterday. Our original plans of being zombies in a zombie western movie were canceled due to the weather. So we did what any normal person would do – We went to a museum. A museum of collections, collections of one eyed pigs, two-headed pigs, a tumor that fills a 10-gallon aquarium, a dresses worn by a 700 pound woman and fleas that are dressed up.
This was not your ordinary road trip because we hit a detour on the way. In short, the story involves inteviews with possible serial killers, old men, along with stories of history, the civil war and two dudes riding around with the windows down listening to Enigma.
For the full story, tune into Zombie Popcorn Radio to hear the interviews and more about the trip. In the meantime, check out the photos.
A tumor that fills a 10 gallon aquarium
Human Skeleton
One eyed pig
Two headed pig
Paul with the Ironclad
Harry the man who told us many stories – listen to Zombie Popcorn Radio to hear these stories.
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I thought it was going to be a lonely Saturday night on Zombie Popcorn Radio, due to the snow but we had a very active night with all the phone calls and topics. If you missed the show don’t worry because here is the re-broadcast and the topics.
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Hear the horror like you never heard it before! Hear rare and unreleased tracks from Hammer Films, Frankenstein, Dracula, the Phantasm series and so much more!
Take a trip back in time to hear over 50 years of rare horror themes from around the world!
That is right you heard it here first !
Zombie Popcorn Radio will pay tribute to horror movie soundtracks all day today (Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010).
So tune in at work, at home, at your child’s daycare center and hear things that have never been heard by human beings!
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I want to take you on a trip. A trip back in history to a simple time and (re) introduce you to a film that holds the title as the second horror movie ever made, Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) directed by Robert Wiene. To learn more about this film we need to take a trip to Germany when German Expressionist films were reaching their peak in Berlin in the 1920s.
It is often believed that The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was the first ever horror film, but the first horror film goes to a French horror film called The Devil’s Castle (Le Manoir Du Diable) made in 1896. No matter what you believe to be the first horror film there is no doubt that The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a film that everyone should see and learn about its history.
The history of German Expressionist films is very fascinating about what directors did to produce such films on little to no budget by using set designs with wildly non-realistic, geometrically absurd sets, along with designs painted on walls and floors to represent lights, shadows, and objects. When you watch The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari pay attention to the lighting and you will notice that most of the effects you see are not lights at all but just painted floors. This type of artistic creation later went on to inspire the style and mood of the Universal monster movies of the 1930s.
Ever wanted to win a date with a serial killer? No, most people wouldn’t but that is what happen to Cheryl Bradshaw when she went on the popular 1970′s television game show, ‘The Dating Game’.
According to news reports,
L.A. Weekly has obtained footage of alleged serial killer Rodney Alcala as creepy Bachelor Number One on an episode of NBC’s The Dating Game in 1978 where, yes, he actually won. Authorities believe Alcala murdered seven women and girls, raped several others, and kept their earrings as trophies in a secret locker
Sometimes when you have good friends and a radio show you just have to talk about music. So join us in this weeks re-broadcast while we interview Matthew from The Matthew Show.
Matthew plays live music for us and we learn more about his history in music.
Born and raised in rural Texas, matthew spent 10 years navigating the murky waters of the North Texas music scene in a variety of rock bands. He moved to New York in 2002 to begin a solo career as the matthew show, eventually moving operations back to the Dallas/Fort Worth area in 2006 due to hipster fatigue.
In 2003 his debut solo album, texas, was released to wide critical acclaim. His songs have been featured on two seasons of the PBS series Roadtrip Nation, and on National Public Radio’s All Songs Considered.
In 2005, his cover of Warren Zevon’s Mohammed’s Radio was included on the bestselling tribute album Hurry Home Early, and his song Bring Me Safely Down won second place in American Songwriter magazine’s Lyric Competition.
In 2006, his song Office Suite, Part I was used as the soundtrack to lonelygirl15′s YouTube video The Tolstoy Principle, which has since gained nearly half a million views due to coverage in Wired and the New York Times.
He has performed live with acts as diverse as Hamell On Trial and Goodwin, and headlined 2004′s JournalCon in Washington DC. He has worked with artists such as Cubano-classical favorites Las Rubias del Norte, NYC celebrity street musician Dorian Spencer, renowned violinist Reggie Rueffer, and avant-garde composer Little Jack Melody.
matthew performs regularly as Matthew Perreault in the virtual world Second Life, where his live concerts draw fans from around the real world and throughout the metaverse.
matthew’s non-musical activities have included writing and editing children’s nonfiction books, being one of Fandango.com’s first movie reviewers, providing commentaries on Dallas’ KERA FM, and performing as an extra on the late, lamented Walker, Texas Ranger.
matthew’s second album, february, was released in October 2008 by Wampus Multimedia:
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I am finding myself more and more fasinated with Russian culture as I have been reading about the Russian Civil War (1917 – 1923). I have been reading about The Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine also called Makhnovchina or the Black Army.
Makhnovchina was an anarchist army formed largely of Ukrainian and Crimean peasants and workers under the command of the famous anarchist Nestor Makhno during the Russian Civil War.
I have always been fascinated with stories of the songs of revolution, no I am not talking about songs by the Beatles or some other 1969 band. I am speaking of songs the people of groups of common people who take on great odds because they see an injustice. Songs like the Black Army sang to build morale or to send a message to thier oppressors.
Songs like this one;
La Makhnovtchina
Your flags are black in the wind
They are black with our pain
They are red with our blood
By the mountains and plains
in the snow and in the wind
across the whole Ukraine
our partisans arise
In the Spring Lenin’s treaties
delivered the Ukraine to the Germans
In the Fall the Makhnovshchina
threw them into the wind.
Denikin’s White army
entered the Ukraine singing
but soon the Makhnovshchina
scattered them in the wind.
Makhnovshchina, Makhnovshchina
black army of our partisans
Who battled in the Ukraine
against the Reds and the Whites
Makhnovshchina, Makhnovshchina
black army of our partisans
who wanted to drive away all tyrants
forever from the Ukraine.
Makhnovshchina….
It makes me sad that these songs are lost in our current society -lost in meaning and in history. I should create my own a box set collection of ‘revolution songs’ to help keep this part of history alive. (More after the Break)
When I was looking for songs of the Makhnovchina, I came across several bands that perform modernized versions of the old anarchis civil war songs.
Among them was a band that formed in the late Soviet Union in 1988 called, Mongol Shuudan. Mongol Shuudan indentifies themselves with ideologies of the Black Army and Nestor Makhno.
side note: If you know of a good source of songs from The Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukrain please send me the links.
I want to share with you a piece of history not very many people here in the U.S. know about – Jiri Barta.
Jiří Barta is a Czech stop-motion animation director and is revered as one of the world’s most significant figures in animation.
Jiri Barta has made a career fashioning stunningly gothic worlds of horror and fantasy that are infused with sublime humor and intense moral examinations. Mixing the aesthetic traditions of such artists as Gaudi, Kafka, Poe, Fritz Lang, The Brothers Quay and Jan Svankmajer, Barta’s films are wondrous creations that go far beyond mere children’s tales.
His early paper cut-out extravaganzas-Disc Jockey (1980) and The Design (1981)-give way to the object ballet of A Ballad about Green Wood (1983), in which logs celebrate the eternal renaissance of spring. Old mannequins spend their cracked and broken lives In the Club of the Laid Off (1989), and myriad styles of handwear spring to life as a brief history of international cinema in the award-winning The Vanished World of Gloves (1982). Barta’s international reputation was cemented with The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1985), a very un-Disney adaptation of the classic German fairytale in which carved wooden puppets in a gothic cubist town are plagued by live rats. Considered one of the greatest works of puppet animation, it recalls the dark medieval epics of Ingmar Bergman. His only live action film, The Last Theft (1987), is a jewel thief/vampire flick shot in the style of 1970s European exploitation cinema.
So for those of you who are a fan or just finding out about Jiri Barta – I have uploaded a collection of his works in the video below. If you would like to own his works you can buy a DVD on Amazon.
I hope you enjoy the films and look deeper into Jiri Barta’s work.
I have found an event that I have to attend, it is The Phuket Vegetarian Festival. Yes, I am vegan and I have spent many of my days protesting the animal abusive industries food industry, circuses, and attended vegetarian festivals over the years. Sure the festivals are fun and you get amazing free food but I have never really been into attending festivals. Until now!
The Phuket Vegetarian Festival is in Thailand and I think I will be making plans to attend the next festival because this fest is not your typical vegetarian festival.
The Phuket Vegetarian Festival is an annual event held during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar. It is believed that the vegetarian festival and its accompanying sacred rituals bestow good fortune upon those who religiously observe this rite. During this time, local residents of Chinese ancestry strictly observe a 10-day vegetarian or vegan diet for the purposes of spiritual cleansing and merit-making. Sacred rituals are performed at various Chinese shrines and temples and aesthetic displays such as walking barefooted over hot coals and ascending ladders with bladed rungs are performed by entranced devotees known as “Ma Song”.
What makes this event not your typical vegetarian festival is the Sacred ritual that are performed. Sure I could sit here and describe what happens but you would not believe me so here are some photos and videos. (more after the photo/video break)
From its name, one wouldn’t guess at the gory self-mortification rites that take place during the Vegetarian Festival, but they are essential to the nine-day event. Island-wide, people purify body and soul through diet and visits to Chinese temples. The task of eradicating the year’s misfortunes completely, however, is the responsibility of mediums, who might be your next door neighbours if you lived on Phuket. Under the direction of the gods who possess them, the mediums pierce their bodies, climb bladed ladders, and walk barefoot across burning coals, feats that are undertaken for the entire community’s benefit. The gods ensure that the mediums feel no pain. Surprisingly no one dies from his trials or at least no fatalities are reported, a medium’s life prolonged in fact as a boon from the gods for his cooperation.
Thanks to all the Zombie Popcorn readers. You have made 2009 amazing – I have met so many wonderful people from doing this site. I thank each and everyone of you who left comments, called the Zombie Popcorn Hot line and who have listened to Zombie Popcorn Radio.
I don’t think Zombie Popcorn would have made it this far if it wasn’t for all of you. I can’t wait to spend another year with you guys and gals.
So to kick off the New Year I am inviting you to call the Zombie Popcorn Hotline and share your resolutions or your hopes for the next year and we will play them on Zombie Popcorn Radio on Saturday. Here is the number (757) 337-2195.
I wish you all a very happy New Year and thank you again for being apart of Zombie Popcorn!
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that painted a picture of a magical and yet bizarre world. All I know was that I was hooked.
This book takes a look at demonic possession, religious fanaticism, sexual repression, and mass hysteria which occurred Loudun, France with Roman Catholic priest Urbain Grandier and an entire convent of Ursuline nuns, who allegedly became possessed by demons after Grandier made a pact with Satan.
. This film never received a release in its original, uncut form in various countries due to its disturbing violent, sexual, and religious content; it was banned in several countries, and heavily-edited upon release in others. As mentioned before, when an event is written about then made into a movie some of the details and facts are distorted and this film is not an exception to the rule.
