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Munster Koach

It has to be the ‘Munster Koach’ built by ‘George Barris’ for the hit TV show ‘The Munsters’.

This hot rod car is 18ft long and made from three Model T bodies.  Each member of the Munsters family required their own compartment, which included a laboratory for Grandpa Munster.

It has blood red velvet interior and black gloss pearl paint on the exterior and gets three miles to a gallon on embalming fluid. 

1964 the cost to build the first Munster Koach was $18,000.00 and there was only two built.

The studio only gave ‘George Barris’ 21 days to complete the car.

It has a four speed manual transmission with a power rear end.

The car is powered by a 289 Ford Cobra engine which was bored to 425 cid.

Second Best TV Car Ever?

Dragula

Dragula was Grandpa Munster’s car which was also built by ‘George Barris’.

The fibre glass body of DRAG-U-LA was shaped like a coffin. It featured a 350HP 289CI Ford Mustang V-8 engine, with a four-speed stick shift.

New Horror-Comedy Web Series, “Semi-Dead,” puts a unique and twisted new spin on the zombie genre.

Los Angeles, CA — “Semi-Dead” the new horror-comedy web series from student Emmy award-winning writer/producer Chris Wiltz is set to make its debut online via Blip.tv on Oct. 28th 2009.

Semi-Dead Synposis:

Chris and Joe are roommates, both former military, trying to live normal, productive lives in this modern, Internet-dominated world…
It’d be a lot easier though, if the city weren’t swarming with zombies.

On the plus side, it seems that somebody forgot to turn out the lights and, despite the city being ravaged by zombies, much of the infrastructure remains in tact. For the time being there are still utilities, electricity, gas and even Internet access available. But that doesn’t stop this whole thing from affecting the two in wildly different ways. Joe goes into full on survival mode–struggling to fight against the zombies and sometimes finding rather disturbing and unorthodox ways to survive. Chris however, has suffered some form of PTSD and is living his life as if nothing out of the ordinary has happened.

So, while Joe embarks on an endless quest of survival (so long as he doesn’t have to leave too many of the comforts of home behind), Chris continues to go to “work,” run errands, look for dates, make sure Joe pays the rent on time, and generally maintain his 9 to 5 existence all without ever even noticing the zombies.

But things are not always as they seem and, as Chris and Joe encounter other survivors and gradually stumble onto the truth of what is happening to the city, survival may not be a matter of sanity but rather which one of them is crazier.

The series, completely independently produced, joins the ranks of other zombie-based horror web series, but with a unique twist on the characters and story world never before seen in the genre. This is a show of not only the crazy (and sometimes horrific) extremes two characters will go to in order to survive the zombie outbreak, but also what happens when modern technology (i.e Internet access) is thrown into the mix. Things are not what they seem, and the zombie outbreak won’t be what the characters or the audience first imagine it to be.

The key creative team consists of several young filmmakers (graduates of Chapman University in Orange, CA) whose work has garnered selections and numerous awards and festival accolades at prestigious festivals including the Student Emmy Awards, BAFTA, the DGA, and the Hollywood Film Festival.

The original score is composed by Andrea Chang, a graduate of USC’s prestigious Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program, who has scored numerous short and feature films as well as animation and video games.

The original theme song is created by Detroit CYDI one of the hottest, up and coming Hip-Hop groups in Detroit’s underground music scene. Their uniquely comedic lyrics and fresh production style are quickly earning them nationwide attention. Most recently they performed as part of the 2009 Vans Warp Tour.

Chris Wiltz is a fellow of USC’s Guy Hawks and Marvin Miller Screenwriting Program (the Cosby Fellowship) – founded by Bill Cosby.
He is repped by Atchity Entertainment International (A.E.I Management). He can be contacted for any requests for interviews or other materials via email at: cwiltz@gmail.com or phone at: (310) 439-9574

For further information, please visit the SEMI-DEAD website.

‘If you’ve missed Laymon, you’ve missed a treat’ Stephen King

The greatest horror author of all time in my opinion is the late Richard Laymon who sadly died back in 2001. When I heard about his death, I was so upset, because I had already read about 10 of his books and I thought that it was such a huge loss to the horror writing community.

In Laymon’s book, the horror is very real and you hope that it never happens to you.  I think this is what scares me so much about his work, while at the same time, I’m fascinated and don’t want to leave it alone.

Midnight’s Lair

The other night, I decided to re-read Midnight’s Lair and already I can’t put the book down.

At the very beginning of this book, Laymon has included a poem that pretty much sums up the mood of Midnight’s Lair.  Perhaps it inspired him to write this tale of horror.

The Explorer by Allan Edward DePrey

One day, feeling oh so brave,
I went walking in a cave.

Now, I fear, I can’t get out.
I’ll die in here, I have no doubt.

I’ll mold and turn to slimy bone
Here where the sun has never shown,
Where I’ll lie in darkness all alone,
Here in my tomb of ancient stone.

Remember me, before you dare
To journey into midnight’s lair.
Remember me, and what I write:

‘Here lies one who loved the light
But he was curious and brave –
He went walking in a cave.’

The Book

Kyle Mordock is a horrid, perverted and randy 15yr old who has his eyes on a new tour guide of the family’s caverns. He sneaks into her room and gets off on fantasising about her clothes and lying in her bed, but if you think this is bad, his father caught him sneaking out of her room and decided it was time to pass on the family tradition to his son.

He unlocked room 115 to reveal a two way mirror that filled the entire wall. On the other side was a poor lass who had checked into the hotel alone and now she was tied naked to the bed and gagged. Kyle’s father escorted the horny Kyle into the room and told him that he had one hour with her.

Kyle is now on the tour in the cavern watching the tour guide Darcy and fantasising about her when suddenly the electrics fail and they’re trapped below ground with just a couple of flashlights. Kyle partners up with a young girl as advised by Darcy in order to keep safe, but the poor girl isn’t safe.

No one is safe in a Richard Laymon book!

Midnight’s Lair is one of my favourite stories to read and as with any of Laymon’s books; you really get a feel for all of his characters. You can’t believe what you’re reading and you can’t put the book down, because you need to find out what happens to them.

I often wonder what type of man Richard Laymon was to have such evil and wicked storylines, but it doesn’t stop me from reading his work.

I must state though, I have read some of his books that were published after his death and sadly, they’re not as exciting as those he published when alive. Still, I wouldn’t tell you not to read them.

Why was there never a horror film made based on one of Richard Laymon’s books?

My top ten horror twitter list features people who love horror.

This list is my personal recommendation from my experience of regularly communicating with them on Twitter. Yes sure it’s personal, but these days, you get a lot of people using Twitter purely as a marketing tool and that bores the death out of me.

Below is my current top ten list and why I rate them. I will provide further updates as and when changes are made.

My favourite Horror Twitterer is….

1. @DrewDaywalt

Nice guy. Creepy films.  Part of the FEWDIO Horror Troupe

It will be hard for Drew to lose his number 1 status as my favourite Twitterer. Drew is responsible for writing and directing many short horror films for Fewdio.com and my favourite is ‘Bedfellows’. Drew regularly chats to lots of people on Twitter and he has a wonderful personality. I always look forward to his tweets. He’s one in a million!

2. @Horror_Crypt

Horror movie reviews and much more…

Horror_Crypt is my favourite horror girl on Twitter. She is responsible for HorrorCrypt.com, where she discusses all things horror. She’s witty and I like her horror rants such as why people assume she likes ‘Twilight’ just because she has boobies.

Very amusing and she has a very warm personality on Twitter. She’s definitely one to get to know and converse with on a regular basis. We have become Twitter friends.

3. @BathoryErzsebet

Being the first recorded vampire, I tortured & killed servant girls then bathed in & drank their blood as a youth/beauty regiment. AKA: ‘The Blood Countess’

Countess Bathory herself is on Twitter and she loves to share her torturous delights with all her followers and she loves to engage in conversation.

If you’ve ever been intrigued about the legend of Countess Dracula, hear the truth from her and don’t be afraid to chat to her. She’s a lot of fun!

4. @MsHarker

Horror enthusiast, blooming blogger and professional bleeding heart.

The first time I clicked on a Twitter link of hers, she had me in stitches with her TrueBlood rant. She can’t stand Bill’s mop and she fangs for Eric. MsHarker is very witty and amusing and this comes across in her Musing Consortium blog where she discusses all things dark and delicious. Her blog is that good that I regularly comment on her posts. She’s lovely and highly recommended.

5. @AngelaCaperton

Award winning erotica author, Angela Caperton.

Angela is a very good erotic author and has also become a friend of mine. She regularly retweets my tweets when I announce new photography or a new item within my Zazzle store.

6. @thanatos_net

The Thanatos Archive houses a large collection of vintage post-mortem photography dating to the mid-1800s.

I admit that I don’t know much about this person, but their tweets fascinate me. He or she is also open to conversation which is good. If you have a fascination with death, burial and death portraits, you need to follow this person. The only thing that bugs me is when he or she adds a link to their latest content on Facebook and I refuse to open a Facebook account. Of course this is my loss, but ARGHHH!

7. @Fewdio

Horror filmmaking team, Fewdio

Fewdio create nightmares. These are short films that provoke feelings of dread and fear. I regularly converse in conversation with @Fewdio and retweet their latest nightmares for all to see. I’m such a big fan of theirs and @Fewdio is highly recommended.

8. @DreaminDemon

Real life horror. Crimentertainment at its tackiest. We usually follow back and #FollowFriday those who @reply and RT.

I don’t engage in conversation with this Twitterer. With over 5000 followers and following over 5000 people, it must be hard to engage in conversation with everyone. Keep up the good work!  His tweets about horror crime and other industry news are very, very good.

9. @ChrisWiltz

Screenwriter/ Web Producer, creator of the forthcoming web series Semi-Dead / Thinker/Culture Addict/Zombie rights advocate

Chris is a fun guy on Twitter. His personality comes across very well and he regularly converses with lots of Twitterers. Chris makes my top 10 as he loves my horror business cards and he purchased some. Good choice!

10. @shuizmz

Check out SHU-IZMZ radio. It is me rambling for 2 hours about things your mama warned you about

I’ve only recently added Shuizmz and he loves my horror photography so much so that he’s happy to help me promote. We share common ground and he’s a nice guy to chat to.

Halloween is most definitely my favourite time of the year.

I love the orange tones of Autumn and the sound of the leaves crunching under foot. My eyes light up at the spooky goodies on display in the supermarket. I usually buy some of these goodies and they remain in place all year round. I love skeletons, skulls, ghouls and monsters that you can hang on the wall.  Below are some photographs of my collection.

 

The images above can be purchase on posters within my Zazzle store.  Simply click on them to view.

Check out my Grim Reaper that I purchased about 3 years ago. Until last week, he hung on my bathroom door, but sadly, he scared too many people and my daughter couldn’t take him swinging out at her during the middle of the night when she went to the bathroom. It was always fun listening to people scream as they unexpectedly opened the bathroom door and he swung out in their face.

I’m already planning my Halloween party and this year I’m planning on a ‘Blair Witch’ style walk through the woods with my camera to catch the unfolding events. Perhaps I’ll tell some ghost stories beforehand to get everyone in the right frame of mind, or better still, watch a scary movie.

I want my Halloween party to be memorable, so I’ve been trawling the Internet for some good ideas and the websites below are highly recommended for chills and thrills.

FEWDIO – http://www.fewdio.com

As you might already know, I’m a HUGE fan of Fewdio. They create nightmares!

They film short horror stories about 2 to 6 minutes long. The emphasis is fear, getting deep into your mind to really scare you. There’s no need for blood, guts and gore to scare you.

Check out their YouTube page to view their nightmares by clicking here.

Also, Drew Daywalt one of the Fewdio boys is currently working on Camera Obscura, a web series for the Internet. The series focuses on a woman who has demons chasing her. To read more about it and watch a teaser, please visit FEARNET by clicking here.

The Unclean – http://theunclean.com/halloween/

The Unclean is a website showcasing subculture art, entertainment, news and resources. To celebrate Halloween this year, Bane Unreinen (owner) will be providing a series of giveaways occurring throughout the month of October. The prize packages will be awarded on October 3rd, 17th and 31st.

One of these prizes will be Fewdio’s Nightmare House Volume 1 DVD. How good is that?

Finally, if you are planning your own Halloween party and you want some Halloween invitation cards and horror and Gothic posters to adorn your walls with, then please check out my Zazzle store.

Horror business cards and greetings cards that you can add your information on are also available.  Simply click on the Gothic & Horror banner.

All products feature my photography and these items will certainly make you stand out in the crowd.