MUSIC NEWS: TWIZTID Announces 9th Annual NYE Party: "New Years Evil 9" December 31, 2016 @ Alrosa Villa in Columbus, OH

"A Freektasteless Show" - TWIZTID to Perform a Mix of Classic Albums Mostastelessand Freek Show

 

Featuring Special Guests:

BLAZE, G-MO SKEE, LEX THE HEX MASTER, YOUNG WICKED & INSANEE

  

 

Horrorcore's most dynamic of duos, TWIZTID, are thrilled to announce their 9^th annual New Years Eve party, "New Years Evil 9: A Freektasteless Show"! The show will featuring a headline performance from TWIZTID - who will perform an unprecedented mix of their first two albums, Mostasteless and Freek Show. Additionally, the show will feature performances from fellow Majik Ninja Entertainment family members Blaze, G-Mo Skee, Lex The Hex Master, Young Wicked & Insanee.

 

"New Years Evil 9: A Freektasteless Show" will take place at its annual home - Alrosa Villa in Columbus, OH - on the night of Saturday, December 31, 2016. Doors open at 6:00pm and this event is all ages. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door - get your tickets viawww.TwiztidShop.com or www.Ticketmaster.com.

 

VIP packs for "New Years Evil 9: A Freektasteless Show" are ONLY available atwww.TwiztidShop.comand will include a Meet & Greet with TWIZTID, Blaze, G-Mo Skeeand Lex The Hex Master, a VIP pass, 24x36 poster, hat pin, draw-string bag, TWIZTID & The Wickedness live DVD, TWIZTID The Darkness, TWIZTID "Kill Somebody" single, 5 8x10 flats, 11x14 NYE9 matte paper frame & pro photo opp with TWIZTID (includes 8x10 printed photo).

 

Can't wait? TWIZTID are on tour now! You can still grab tickets and VIP Packages for the "Spooktacular Horror Show" tour via www.Twiztid-Shop.com. See below for all currently confirmed TWIZTID performance dates:

 

TWIZTID U.S. Performance Dates:

 

"Spooktacular Horror Show" 2016 Fall Tour

10/27 - Louisville, KY @ Diamond Pub and Billiards

10/28 - Kokomo, IN @ Front Row Live

10/29 - Chicago, IL @ Portage Theater

10/30 - Detroit, MI @ The Majestic Theatre

10/31 - Sauget, IL @ Pop's

 

Twiztmas Party 2016

12/2 - Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot

 

New Years Evil 9: A Freektasteless Show

12/31 - Columbus, OH @ Alrosa Villa

 

 

TWIZTID recently unleashed details on their upcoming 12^th release, entitled The Continuous Evilution Of Life's ?'s, hitting stores on January 27, 2017. The album will be the duo's second released via their own Majik Ninja Entertainment label and pre-orders will go live on Black Friday - November 25, 2016 via www.TwiztidShop.com and everywhere music is sold.

 

Earlier this week, TWIZTID dropped the first single from The Continuous Evilution Of Life's ?'s, entitled "Nothing To You". Listen to the in-your-face hard rock track, produced by Davey Suicide, via Revolver Magazine: http://www.revolvermag.com/artist-music-song-premieres/twiztid-premiere-new-song-nothing-you/22609

 

About TWIZTID:

For over two decades, TWIZTID - the cult-phenom brainchild of diabolical duo Jamie Madrox and Monoxide - has infectiously meshed flavors of rap, rock and beyond while fervidly moonlighting as the sonic manifestation of a Hollywood horror flick. TWIZTID's most recent album, The Darkness, debuted on the Billboard Top 200 charts at #29, marking their 11^th overall album debut on the chart. The Darkness marks the Detroit, Michigan natives' first Billboard debut since the launch of their independently owned and operated label, Majik Ninja Entertainment. With the announcement of their upcoming 12^th release TheContinuous Evilution Of Life's ?'s, TWIZTID continues the madness into 2017. Stay tuned for more details coming soon.

 

For more information on TWIZTID, please visit:

www.Twiztid.com

www.Twitter.com/TweetMeSoHard

www.Facebook.com/Twiztid

www.TwiztidShop.com *official webstore*

www.Instagram.com/OfficialTwiztid

www.youtube.com/officialtwiztid

MONSTER FEST ANNOUNCES 2016 AWARD WINNERS

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Australia’s premier genre film festival Monster Fest wrapped its most successful edition to date last night in Melbourne with Official Closing Film THE GREASY STRANGLER (with actors Sky Elobar and Elizabeth De Razzo in person) followed by its annual awards ceremony acknowledging the best of this year’s impressive lineup. The festival’s 6^th edition ran from November 24-27 at the Lido Cinemas, preceded by their industry component, the Swinburne University Media and Communication Monster Academy on November Nov 23 and 24. 

The features jury, consisting of Fantastic Fest head programmer Evrim Ersoy, filmmaker Donna McRae and longtime screen critic Simon Foster awarded the festival’s top prize, The Golden Monster, to Julia Ducournau’s RAW, with Ducournau in person to accept her award, beautifully designed and sculpted by Rain Gidley Studios. RAW also walked away with an honour for best FX. “RAW is a tour de force of invention, innovation and storytelling,” says juror Donna McRae, “A film that celebrates appetite and difference.” 

Feature film awards also went to André Øvredal’s THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE, dual awards for the Australian home invasion feature SAFE NEIGHBOURHOOD (including a Best Performance award for young actor Levi Miller), Bartosz M. Kowalski’s PLAYGROUND, Alice Lowe’s PREVENGE, Sophia Takal’s ALWAYS SHINE and more.

In the short film category, jurors Barbara Creed (author of the seminal book The Monstrous-Feminine), filmmaker Heidi Lee Douglas and visiting television scholar Amanda Reyes handed top awards to André Øvredal’s THE TUNNEL, Kristy Guevara-Flanagan’s documentary short WHAT HAPPENED TO HER and Kiefer Findlow’s INSOMNOLENCE, while the Trasharama Program gave its Golden Lomax Award to Finnish director Chrzu Lindstrom’s THE CONTRACT and its inaugural Encouragement Award to Australian filmmaker Frank Daft for BLOWN AWAY. 

“There were huge waves of emotions running through the films,” says short film juror Amanda Reyes, “whether it be legitimate fear and terror, or grief or even wildly raucous humor. INSOMNOLENCE, which won the Best Australian Short category is a prime example of combining terror and sadness in unique ways that sat deeply with the jury. Same with THE TUNNEL, which won for Best International Short. THE TUNNEL is visually stunning, but it is the tragedy held within the simple gut punch ending that made it an unforgettable experience.” 

 The full list of 2016 award winners follows below.

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THE MONSTER FEST 2016 AWARD WINNERS:

Feature Films:

Golden Monster: RAW (Julia Ducournau, France)

Best International Feature: THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE (André Øvredal, USA)

Best Australian Feature: SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD (Chris Peckover, Australia)

Monster Innovation Award: PREVENGE (Alice Lowe, UK)

Best Performance (Male): Levi Miller, SAFE NEIGHBOURHOOD (Chris Peckover, Australia)

Best Performance (Female): Mackenzie Davis, ALWAYS SHINE (Sophia Takal, USA)

Best Documentary: SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL: THE TRUE STORY OF THE PROCESS CHURCH OF THE FINAL JUDGEMENT (Neil Edwards, UK)

Best Director: PLAYGROUND (Bartosz M. Kowalsi, Poland)

Best Cinematography: A DARK SONG (Liam Gavin, Ireland/UK)

Best Score: A DARK SONG (Liam Gavin, Ireland/UK)

Best FX: RAW (Julia Ducournau, France)

Special Mention: AUTOHEAD (Rohit Mittal, India)

Short Films:

Best International Short: THE TUNNEL (André Øvredal, Norway)
Best Australian Short: INSOMNOLENCE (Kiefer Findlow, Australia)

Best Victorian Short: SECRETIONS (Goran Spoljaric, Australia)

Best Director: WHAT HAPPENED TO HER (Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, USA)

Best Screenplay: THE INCREDIBLE TALE OF THE INCREDIBLE WOMAN-SPIDER (Pablo Guirado, France)

Best Performance: Najarra Townsend, THE STYLIST (Jill Gevargizian, USA)

Best Effects: THE PAST INSIDE THE PRESENT (James Siewert, USA)

Best Cinematography: DISCO INFERNO (Alice Waddington, Spain)

Best Score: IMITATIONS (Fabian Velasco & Milos Mitrovic, Canada)

Honourable Mentions:

Best Villain: O CHRISTMAS TREE (Greg Kovacs, Canada)

Best Animation: THE ITCHING (Diane Bellino, USA)

Honorable Mention for short we'd like to see made into a feature: DAWN OF THE DEAF (Rob Savage, UK)

Trasharama Awards:

Trasharama Golden Lomax Award: THE CONTRACT (Chrzu Lindstrom, Finland)
Trasharama Encouragement Award: BLOWN AWAY (Frank Daft, Australia)

“Monster’s Choice” Audience Awards:

Best Feature: MONDO YAKUZA (Addison Heath, Australia)
Best Short: Tie: DRAGON FORCE (Stuart Simpson, Australia) / A HELL OF A DAY (Evan Hughes, Australia)

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Founded in 2011, Monster Fest is a mix of Premieres, international festival favourites, challenging new discoveries and curated repertory sidebars alongside industry-focused events such as panels and masterclasses with renowned international guests, and a special emphasis on supporting emerging Australian genre film talent through the festival and beyond. Monster Fest is mounted with the support of Screen Australia and Film Victoria. The full 2016 program can be perused at www.monsterfest.com.au/2016. 

MUSIC NEWS: Scotland's THE BROKEN RAVENS Revive Alt-Rock N' Roll with New Self-Titled EP

Listen to New Track "Calling Of The Hounds" via Behind-The-Scenes Studio Music Video

New Self-Titled EP out February 10, 2017 | Pre-Order via iTunes

R.I.Y.L. Soundgarden, Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, Mastodon

"... a solid chunk of rock riffage that the likes of Queens of The Stone Age would be proud of."

- Inverness Gigs

Gritty, heavy and everything that you could want in alternative rock n' roll, Scotland's THE BROKEN RAVENS combine the heaviness of bands like Mastodon and Clutch with the grunge-rock sensibility of Soundgarden, wrapped in a package all their own. The band has amassed quite a following in their home country, performing countless shows and gaining the respect from local media, radio and fans. THE BROKEN RAVENS are poised to break out in the United States with their upcoming self-titled EP, which they will release independently on February 10, 2017. You can pre-order the EP via iTunes.

Check out the THE BROKEN RAVENS' fast-paced and hard-hitting new single for "Calling of the Hounds", which offers an accurate representation of what you can expect to hear on the band's new EP. The video was filmed by Kenny Stewart at Moja TV: https://youtu.be/XzMDLsWKFy8

The new self-titled EP was produced and mixed by Keith Morrison and THE BROKEN RAVENS at Wee Studio in Stornoway, Scotland this year.

EP Track Listing:

1. Calling of the Hounds

2. My Shrine

3. To The Alter

4. Dead Rose

5. Lights Out in Vienna

THE BROKEN RAVENS are metal enough for metalheads, rocky enough for toe tappers, and melodic enough to infect the ear of the casual listener. Check out another previously released track from the new EP, entitled "My Shrine", here: https://youtu.be/_0AKr05GYFA

A clip of "My Shrine" is also featured on the soundtrack to Team Rock's newly released online arcade-style game "Stage Surfers". Check out "Stage Surfers" here.

THE BROKEN RAVENS' new EP follows previously released music from the band, which garnered the band enough attention to bring them across the water to the U.K. 

This Years Required Horror Christmas Viewing Part 2: Krampus (2015)

A boy who has a bad Christmas ends up accidentally summoning a festive demon to his family home.

This Years Required Horror Christmas Viewing Part 1: Rare Exports (2010)

A young boy named Pietari (Onni Tommila) and his friend Juuso (Ilmari Järvenpää) think a secret mountain drilling project near their home in northern Finland has uncovered the tomb of Santa Claus. However, this a monstrous, evil Santa, much unlike the cheery St. Nick of legend. When Pietari's father (Jorma Tommila) captures a feral old man (Peeter Jakobi) in his wolf trap, the man may hold the key to why reindeer are being slaughtered and children are disappearing.

A Terror Time Out: Still from 'A Christmas Horror Story' (2015)

William Shatner as a surly radio host and an anthology of Christmas horrors with a bad ass Santa.

JP's Random Review: May (2002)

“Proof that the best way for a unstable person to find a friend is to make one... using the best parts of those you thought were friends!” - Creepercast

Director/Writer: Lucky McKee; Stars: Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris, et. al.

Lucky McKee is no stranger to writing/directing films about strong psychotic women (you may recall us talking about Woman a few years ago). May seems to represent the beginning of an exploration into psychologically damaged women that get revenge in creative ways, which lead to the Masters of Horror entry Sick Girl, the full length feature The Woods, and the aforementioned Woman. And what better way to begin than with an ensemble cast like the Girl, Interrupted; the Scary Movie queen, and a guy from Six Feet Under? That's a rhetorical question, there is no better way!

May is a slow moving film that takes its time building up the main character's awkwardness in dealing with social situations. It is through the strangeness that is the other characters that she develops misunderstandings of how social relationships work and eventually takes it too far. At least to far by normal standards, by her own standards she did the only thing she could do. She sought out the most beautiful part of every person that helped stunt and bastardize her development and inevitable creates her own, perfect partner. This isn't a spoiler, its a tease. Mostly what you should be watching this movie for is to realize that we are all messed up in some way like these characters,  like Adam's love for avant garde filmmaking, Polly's fetishes (by the way I'm still trying to grasp Anna Faris as a brunette, otherwise she was exactly as bubble headed as I expected), or whatever your thing may be (like ours at the Creepercast is the horror genre). Poor May is exposed to all the best and worst of humanity and her understanding of it is twisted, ultimately causing a breakdown that really was just waiting to happen anyway. May is truly an innocents exploration into the darker side of humanity and what she gets out of it is even darker and more twisted, naturally.

Til next we bleed,

J.P.