Monday, October 24, 2011

Remembering Vincent Price: October 25, 2011

Vincent Price passed away on this day in 1993.

This year has marked the centennial of his birth. In honor of that, we've asked Raymond Castile  to sketch a portrait for Monsterpalooza Magazine of the incredible event that took place in St. Louis in May of this year, when Tom Stockman moved heaven and earth to create an event called the Vincentennial.

Here's a sneak-peek at the opening pages of Castile's lively report in the premiere issue of Monsterpalooza Magazine. Order your copy today!

Friday, October 21, 2011

MONSTERPALOOZA MAGAZINE GOES TO MONSTER BASH! OCT. 22 AND 23, 2011 IN BUTLER, PA.!

Hope to see you at MONSTER BASH and while you're there, say hello to publishers Michael Heisler and Mark Redfield and pick up a copy of MONSTERPALOOZA MAGAZINE!



Here's the link to the October, 2011 Monster Bash show in Butler, PA: MONSTER BASH

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

POE'S FRIGHTFUL HALLOWEEN--BALTIMORE OCT. 30, 2011!



POE’S FRIGHTFUL HALLOWEEN!
At Westminster Hall
519 W. Fayette Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201 (corner of Fayette and Greene Streets)
Sunday, October 30, 2011 6PM to 9PM

$10 (adults) ($3.00, 12 & under). No advance ticket sales. Tickets available at the door on the night of the event. (Cash or checks only. Sorry, we cannot accept credit cards at this time)

Continuous Live Entertainment!

Party with Poe as he plays Ghost Host With The Most at the most ghoulish and ghastly fun event this Halloween!

All proceeds go to support THE POE HOUSE AND MUSEUM IN BALTIMORE!

Listen...

...to undead music by THE WESTMINSTER HALL RESURRECTIONIST QUARTET!

Laugh...

...like maniacs to the improv comedy of THE CRYPT KICKER COMEDY TROUPE!

Thrill...

...as your host Edgar Allan Poe introduces special guest H.P. Lovecraft—who will read The Rats in the Walls! Live!

Shriek...

...in horror at the The Tell Tale Heart performed by Mark Redfield!

Poe’s creeptacular COSTUME CONTEST! Prizes given!

Free cider, popcorn and Halloween treats! Walk the catacombs and the graveyard! It’ll be a night to remember!

Added attractions include:
Lauren Silberman reading wicked tales of old Baltimore from her new book “Wicked Baltimore”. Signed copies by the author will be available for purchase.
By special arrangement with author Ahmet Zappa (son of Frank Zappa) his children's book “The Monstrous Memoirs of Mighty McFearless” will be available for purchase!
Mark Redfield will display new cartoon art and his new publication Monsterpalooza Magazine will be on sale—perfect for Halloween!

And remember! Proceeds go to support the Poe House and Museum in Baltimore! We thank you for your support and generosity!

Please note that the program is subject to change due to circumstances beyond our control. No alcohol will be served or will be allowed on the premises. Children are welcome (under 12 is $3) but must be accompanied by an adult. Costume contest note: proper footwear is required on the premises ay all times, and no weapons (swords, etc) will be allowed.

SEE YOU AT WESTMONSTER HALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 6-9 PM!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Click the link below for more info and directions!

POEFOREVERMORE!

JEWEL SHEPARD FUNDRAISER

Our friends at the Dark Delicacies bookstore in Burbank are helping Jewel with her mounting medical costs as she fights cancer. 
Jewel, as you remember, starred in RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD. She's fighting cancer with her wit and candor, but needs our help. 
Please click on the link below, and thanks for anything you can do to help off-set her medical bills. Thanks. And please re-post!
Dark Delicacies Bookstore
 
 

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

BALTIMORE: MEET “THE RAVEN” DIRECTOR JAMES McTEIGUE AND STAR LUKE EVANS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2011 AT WESTMINSTER HALL!


BALTIMORE: MEET “THE RAVEN” DIRECTOR JAMES McTEIGUE AND STAR LUKE EVANS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2011 AT WESTMINSTER HALL!

Luke Evans (Clash of the Titans, The Hobbit), star of Relativity Media’s highly-anticipated film The Raven and the film’s director James McTeigue (V For Vendetta) to pay special honor at Baltimore’s Westminster Hall on the 162nd Anniversary of the death of Edgar Allan Poe. Come on out on Friday and support The Poe House and Museum, and show your love for Poe!

On Friday, October 7th, 2011 Poe and film fans are invited at noon, promptly, on a first come, first admitted basis. Meet one of the stars and the director of The Raven and participate in a Question and Answer session about the up-coming film. A wreath-laying presentation at Poe’s grave will take place at 2:30pm.

Westminster Hall, where Edgar Allan Poe is buried, is located at 519 West Fayette Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. This event is free and open to the public. Limited space available, so arrive promptly at noon. First come, first admittance. 


About The Raven: In this gritty thriller, Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack, Being John Malkovich) joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans, Immortals) to hunt down a mad serial killer who’s using Poe’s own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders. Directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta), the film also stars Alice Eve (Sex and the City 2), Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Faster). The Raven opens nationwide on March 9, 2012.


About Edgar Allan Poe: Edgar Allan Poe (19 January 1809 - 7 October, 1849) was an American author, poet, editor and critic. Best known for his Gothic and horror stories and poems, Poe championed the short story as a literary form, contributed to the growing science fiction genre emerging in his day, and is the inventor of the modern "detective story" as we now know it. Poe lived a brief life of continued financial hardship sparked by flares of creative and critical success. Born in Boston to David and Elizabeth Poe, working actors, his father's disappearance and mother's premature death forced him into a pseudo-adoption by John Allan of Virginia, where he grew to consider himself a "Southern Gentleman" for the remainder of his life. As a student at West Point, poetry captured his fervent imagination, and he became a writer, winning his first monetary prize for his writing in Baltimore, Maryland. Shuttling between Richmond, Philadelphia and New York through-out his turbulent life, jumping between newspaper and magazine editorial jobs while gaining notoriety for his Gothic short stories, Baltimore became more of a home for him than other cities. His paternal grandfather and brother lived in Baltimore, and it was in Baltimore that he lived for many years with his Aunt, Maria Clemm, whom he considered more than anything else to be his "mother", and his child-bride, Virginia. It is in Baltimore that he died under mysterious circumstances in the autumn of 1849, and it is in Baltimore where he is buried, along-side Clemm and Virginia Poe.
 



Monday, October 3, 2011

On the Anniversary of Poe's Death, October 7, 2011

Edgar Allan Poe (19 January 1809 - 7 October, 1849) was an American author, poet, editor and critic. Best know for his Gothic and horror stories and poems, Poe championed the short story as a literary form, contributed to the growing science fiction genre emerging in his day, and is the inventor of the modern "detective story" as we now know it. 

Poe lived a brief life of continued financial hardship sparked by flares of creative and critical success. Born in Boston to David and Elizabeth Poe, working actors, his father's disappearance and mother's premature death forced him into a pseudo-adoption by John Allan of Virginia, where he grew to consider himself a "Southern Gentleman" for the remainder of his life. 

As a student at West Point, poetry captured his fervent imagination, and he became a writer, winning his first monetary prize for his writing in Baltimore, Maryland. Shuttling between Richmond, Philadelphia and New York through-out his turbulent life, jumping between newspaper and magazine editorial jobs while gaining notoriety for his Gothic short stories, Baltimore became more of a home for him than other cities. His paternal grandfather and brother lived in Baltimore, and it was in Baltimore that he lived for many years with his Aunt, Maria Clemm, whom he considered more than anything else to be his "mother", and his child-bride, Virginia. It is in Baltimore that he died under mysterious circumstances in the autumn of 1849, and it is in Baltimore where he his buried, along-side Clemm and Virginia Poe.



Order Mark Redfield in The Death of Poe HERE