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Neill Blomkamp’s New Short ‘Cooking With Bill’ Delivers Serious Kitchen Trauma
Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Chappie) is putting the power into the hands of his fans with Oats Studios, a just-launched creative venture that’s serving as a testing ground for maximum creativity. Rather than waiting for Hollywood to finance his visionary ideas, Blomkamp hopes to essentially fan-fund wacky and wild experimental shorts that, who knows, could someday become features.
But in the meantime, he’s begun unloading a wave of shorts that are 100% free of charge, as well as instantly available to watch on YouTube and Steam. Following last week’s Sigourney Weaver-starring Rakka, which totally blew our minds and set the stage for what’s to come, Blomkamp has just unleashed Cooking With Bill, a fun short that introduces the Damasu 950.
The short plays out like a faux infomercial you’d find on an old VHS tape, presenting a new mega-powered kitchen knife that cuts through flesh and bone like a champ. Okay, so that’s kind of a spoiler, but we’re pretty sure you’ll figure out where this short is going as soon as you hit play!
Learn more and support the bold new venture on the Oats Studios website.
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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August
We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.
A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.
Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.
Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”
“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.
“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”