Just a quick note to let readers know that due to an unexpectedly intense wind storm, I and many others in the metro Vancouver have been without power or reliable internet since Saturday. Posts will resume as soon as both of those things return.
Full Moon Features: Ginger Snaps
Fifteen years ago this month, the Canadian werewolf film Ginger Snaps had its first public screening at the München Fantasy Film Fest on the way to its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. (more…)
Other were-creatures get their due in upcoming “Were-” anthology
Were- is one half of an already-funded Kickstarter campaign by Joshua Palmatier’s anthology press Zombies Need Brains. The other half, Alien Artifacts, has a clear subject, but as its weird punctuation implies, Were- has a catch. It’s a were-creature anthology with only one rule: no werewolves allowed. (more…)
Get your HOWL CON II tickets now, get shot into the moon (maybe)
Hey, remember back in February, when there was a werewolf convention just north of Portland? Remember the comics, creature FX makeup, art, panels, friends and insane music? I sure do. That was HOWL CON, and it was the most fun I’ve had at a convention, ever. And it’s happening again. (more…)
Support Mai-Coh, “An Art-House Horror Feature Film”
Filmmaker Kei Pervaiz has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund her upcoming art house/horror film Mai-Coh, about an “ancient Navajo curse” brought to life and a young woman who “craves blood and revenge”. (more…)
WEREWOLVES VERSUS THE 1990s is out now!
After ten weeks of effort from 16 contributors, I’m proud to say that 81 pages of “werewolves in the 90s” writing, comics, poetry, and art drops today! Each contributor brought their A-game and it shows. Every page of this thing is awesome, and you can download a copy right now!
Werewolf-focused “What We Do in the Shadows” sequel in the works
As reported by /Film and Stuff.co.nz, Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s hit vampire film “What We Do in the Shadows” is getting a sequel that focusses on Anton, the werewolf pack leader played in the first film by Rhys Darby. (more…)
Vikings take a werewolf captive in “Blood Red Moon”
Blood Red Moon is a comic series written by Victor Wright and illustrated/coloured by Carlos Villas. The first issue – in which vikings try to turn a captive werewolf into a werewolf factory – is the subject of an already-successful Kickstarter campaign to cover printing costs. (more…)
Underworld 5 gets a release date
Sony has announced the as-of-yet-untitled fifth entry in the Underworld film franchise will land in theatres October 21st, 2016. Get your latex catsuit and werewolf costumes ready, then put them on at the same time. Don’t let public nuisance laws stop you from being a Sexy Werewolf Selene mashup for Halloween!
Via Daily Dead:
Underworld 5 recently became a must-see for lycanthrope fans when it was announced in May that Kate Beckinsale will reprise her role as Death Dealer Selene. The next entry to the series that started in 2003 will be directed by Anna Foerster (Starz’s Outlander, Criminal Minds) from a screenplay by Cory Goodman (Priest, The Last Witch Hunter).
Mud, gunfire and skinwalkers abound in “Blood Moon” trailer
Jeremy Wooding’s horror/western film Blood Moon is coming to a screen right in front of you this September, courtesy of Uncork’d Entertainment and Jinga Films. (more…)