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Crash Reports: Making of the Bloodletting Trailer
When my novel, BLOODLETTING came out, I was thrilled that I finally accomplished a lifetime goal, but worried about marketing since publishers don’t do that anymore – unless you’ve got a name like James Patterson or Stephen King. After all, there are a gazillion books out there, so how the hell would people find my…
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CRASH DISCUSSION: Macabre Milestone: THE THING (1982)
John Carpenter spent three months shooting one of the most intense horror films of all time on cold LA soundstages, and in the better chill of British Columbia. We take a look at the legendary film THE THING, why it bombed at the box office, and how it gained the respect of audiences and critics…
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Crash Analysis Support Team: The Elements of (Horror) Style – Guest Post from Randy Brzoska
PART I: In Which the Author Introduces Himself and Asks a Question “ Horror… Horror has a face… and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and moral terror are your friends. If they are not, then they are enemies to be feared.” —APOCALYPSE NOW Long before I pitched Billy Crash for some space on…
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Crash Discussion: Tropes of Terror
Sick of horror victims tripping over nothing at all? Do you hate it when cars don’t start, or flashlights are on the fritz? Then you’ll love it when THE LAST KNOCK looks at tropes, cliches, and all the things that make diehard horror fans roll their eyes and beg for the movie to end. And…