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‘Hack/Slash’ Parodies ‘Lady GaGa’ And ‘The Jersey Shore’ For ‘Fame Monster’ Story-Arc!
Do you hate “THE JERSEY SHORE”? Okay, rhetorical question, but do you have disturbingly vivid daydreams almost everyday about the cast of the show being murdered in some sort of sadistic manner involving a butcher knife and a waffle iron? Okay…maybe that part is just me…however it appears as if Tim Seeley and the “HACK/SLASH” boys do too, and beyond the break you can check out all the gory action with a 4 page preview of the first issue of the newest story-arc in the series, “FAME MONSTER”. Read on for the skinny…
WRITTEN BY: Tim Seeley
COVERS BY: Dan Leister, Rachelle Rosenberg, and Nate Bellegarde
“FAME MONSTER,” Part One
Every time Cassie falls asleep, she dreams of another celebrity murder. And when she wake up, she finds it has actually happened! The cast of “Douche Beach,” the Pouperheus Sisters, Lady Art Projekt, even teen heart throb Kendall Schipp and his millions of “Worschippers”… none are safe from the Fame Monster!”
“HACK/SLASH” Issue #6 Drops July 20th From Image Comics! (MSRP – $3.99)
The supernatural world of Korean folk horror movie Exhuma grows larger with the arrival of prequel spinoff webtoon Maengjong this weekend, Variety reports today.
Naver Webtoon debuts Maengjong on May 30.
The series hails from Haemuri (Olgami) and will trace the high school origins of how shaman duo Hwarim and Bonggil, played by Kim Go-eun and Lee Do-hyun in the 2024 film, came together to face occultish threats.
The story is set to begin when “Hwarim, who has been concealing her identity following a childhood encounter with a snake spirit called Jin, crosses paths with Bonggil at their school.”
Variety notes that Exhuma director Jang Jae-hyun participated in the project’s early concept stage.
“We are presenting ‘Maengjong,’ a new series capturing the appeal of the horror-occult genre, ahead of the full summer season,” said Lee Jeong-geun, Naver Webtoon’s Korea webtoon content leader. “With the high school story of Hwarim and Bonggil, who left a strong impression in the film ‘Exhuma,’ enhanced by Haemuri’s characteristic tense direction, we expect it will be a welcome work for genre fans.”
“It is meaningful that the spin-off story of ‘Exhuma,’ loved by many audiences, expands by meeting the new grammar of webtoon,” said Lee Hyeon-jeong, managing director of the film business division at Showbox, which distributed the film. “We hope it will be a fresh experience for both film fans and webtoon readers.”
Exhuma was a breakout hit in 2024, becoming the first Korean occult film to surpass 10 million ticket buyers and the country’s highest-grossing film of the year. I wrote in my review that “the intricately woven Exhuma delivers one of the year’s biggest surprises in horror so far.”
The bond between Hwarim and Bonggil was one of the film’s highlights, making this prequel webtoon a must for fans.
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