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To celebrate the release of James Wan’s Insidious in theaters this Friday, horror convention Days of the Dead is giving away a trio of prize packs that include (1) full-sized one sheets signed by James Wan, Philip Friedman, Ty Simpkins, Lin Shaye, and Joe Bishara, along with (1) full weekend pass to the Days of the Dead convention, which takes place July 1-3 in Indianapolis. This promotion is open to anyone in the U.S.
How to Enter: All you have to do is send your Full Name, Address, and if you also plan on attending the convention to submit@bloody-disgusting.com. After the 3 winners are selected, the left over weekend passes will be given to entires requesting tix.
Indianapolis is once again in dyer need of a sweet horror convention. Days of the Dead (ticket info) will host Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Roddy Piper (They Live), Gary Busy (Predator 2), Edward Furlong(!), Traci Lords, Michale Graves, Andrew Bryniarski (Leatherface), Derek Mears (Jason Voorhees), Brian Steele (Predator), Zoe Bell, Ginger Lynn Allen, Camille Keaton (I Spit on Your Grave)), PJ Soles (Halloween), William Katt (House), Monica Keena (Freddy vs Jason, Night of the Demons), and seriously, many many more (full guest list; subject to change).
While we’re not actively involved with this convention, we may help supply some cool horror films to give fans their money’s worth.
A contemporary reimagining of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story Herbert West: Reanimator is on the way, and Deadline has unveiled the first look at the new Herbert West and the pathologist drawn to his orbit.
Adam Simon (The Haunting in Connecticut, “Salem”) and Tim Metcalfe (The Haunting in Connecticut, Kalifornia) penned the script. The original screenplay and storyline come from Jade Sandberg Wallace.
Michael Grossman (“The Originals”, “Pretty Little Liars”) directs.
The new images introduce star Joseph Morgan (“Vampire Diaries“), who plays “brilliant surgeon and scientist Herbert West, who is obsessed with creating a serum to reanimate the dead.” Katie Cassidy (Speed Demon) stars opposite as the pathologist with a troubled past who joins his efforts.
Together, they prove that conquering death may be the ultimate sin against life itself.
The film’s official synopsis: “As a child, Herbert West watches his father Peter reanimate his dead mother Judith in a secret basement lab — only for Judith to mortally wound Peter and nearly kill Herbert before Peter shoots her. The trauma leaves its mark on Herbert, but so does one final image: his mother’s finger, twitching after death. Thirty years later, Herbert West is a brilliant, secretive surgeon still chasing his father’s obsession.
“Pathologist Kate Locke arrives in town and is drawn into his orbit — first through a spark at a hospital fundraiser, then through his secret lab, where he reveals a serum capable of reanimating severed tissue. Kate, hiding a dark past of her own, is thrilled rather than horrified, and moves into West’s mansion to work alongside him. Their early experiments on a cadaver succeed only briefly. West concludes that dead tissue is the problem — they need something fresher.”
Supporting cast includes Scott Aiello, Ira J Amyx, Randall Newsome, Emma Reinagal, James D. Bryce, Kathryn A Bentley, Jack Lancaster, Amy Holland Pennell, John Pierson, Mindy Shaw, Eric Dean White, Tristan Wilder Hallet, Adrienne Lamping, Aaron Crippen, and Drew Patterson.
Makeup artist Jeff Lewis (“Star Trek: Voyager,” “Star Trek: Enterprise”) and cousin Roger Lewis are heading the production via their newly established Woodlake Entertainment.
Lovecraft’s short story, first serialized in Home Brew magazine in 1922, is the first among his works to mention the fictional Miskatonic University. It was most famously adapted into a 1985 horror movie from Stuart Gordon, starring Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West.
Herbert West: Reanimator is set in Alton, Illinois, where production is now underway.
Herbert West: Reanimator. Photo credit: Matt Lief Anderson
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