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Win a ‘Friday the 13th Part 5: A New Beginning’ NECA Prop Mask!
Tomorrow, we’re going to be launching the Bloody-Disgusting Twitch channel, which will be hosted by my pal Bill. We’ve been talking about it a fair bit but we’re really excited to get this off the ground and finally going!
As a way of saying thank you to everyone for supporting us for 15 years (!!!), we’ve announced that we’ll be giving away a lot of cool stuff, including several Scream! Factory blu-rays as well as a copy of Gunship’s picture disc vinyl. Well, today, we’re adding in NECA’s Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning 1:1 scale prop mask as a potential prize!
The stream starts tomorrow at 1pm EST and will go until 7pm EST. We asked what game Bill should play and it looks like it’s going to be 2014’s Alien: Isolation, so get ready for some xenomorph goodness!
All details on how to win the various prizes will be brought up tomorrow, so be sure to tune in for your chance to win!
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply sad to learn that The Blob director Chuck Russell has passed away at 74 years old.
Russell’s career began with his directorial debut, 1987’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.
The multihyphenate film director, screenwriter, and producer is best known for helming 1994 comedy The Mask starring Jim Carrey, Arnold Schwarzenegger actioner Eraser, and adventure spinoff The Scorpion King. The latter served as the first leading role for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
The filmmaker left an indelible mark on horror with his ANOES sequel, 1988’s The Blob, and 2000’s Bless the Child.
Russell’s final film credit is 2024’s Witchboard remake starring Madison Iseman (I Know What You Did Last Summer), Aaron Dominguez (Only Murders in the Building), and Jamie Campbell Bower (“Stranger Things”).
It marked Russell’s return to horror after a lengthy hiatus, and he shared sequel hopes to Bloody Disgusting in an interview ahead of the remake’s release: “I got to design the board with real mystical symbols and things that I know represent good and evil, and where that board takes us if the audiences respond to the film, and I hope they will; I know it’s out there for you guys, but the sequel is a world we’ll get to go a little further. That’s sure the intention.”
He also recently expressed interest in returning to the franchise that began his career.
TMZ notes that Russell passed away at his San Diego-area home.
We send our deepest condolences to Chuck Russell’s family, friends, and fans.
Director, Co-Writer & Producer Chuck Russell behind the scenes of the horror film, WITCHBOARD. Photo courtesy of The Avenue and Atlas Distribution
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