Texas Frightmare Weekend has extended the film festival portion of its fifth anniversary horror convention by two additional days of frightful features and short films, including George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead.


TFW Film Festival 2010 will kick off Wednesday, April 28 and Thursday, April 29 at the Studio Movie Grill in Lewisville. The festival will then move to the convention site Friday, April 30 and Saturday, May 1 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Irving.


“We’ve always hosted a mini film festival during our convention,” said film festival director Loyd Cryer. “Recent Texas Frightmare Weekends have begun with theatrical screenings of Night of the Living Dead and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, so adding two additional nights of theatrical screenings is a natural progression.”


The centerpiece selection of TFW Film Festival 2010 is Survival of the Dead — the sixth film in George A. Romero’s 40-year zombie odyssey. More than a dozen official selections, to be announced shortly, will be showcased nightly 6:30 p.m. through midnight. Texas filmmaker Parrish Randall will emcee. For more information visit texasfrightmareweekend.com.

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That’s all I have to say today… V””V

The Bing search engine has finally caught the undead bug and released a True Blood-esque ad, which I personally find quite cute. Plus the vampire is extra hot!

I can’t believe that the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival is just a few short weeks away! Seriously?! This year I plan on attending as many screenings as humanly possibly, or until a migraine sets in from the massive amounts of caffeine and dark movie theaters. Below is my list of films I will be attempting to squeeze in to. I do plan on writing reviews for each one so be sure to check this website or my Examiner column during the week of March 12-20! For a full list of all films that will be screened during SXSW visit sxsw.com/film/screenings/films. Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re looking for something that isn’t dripping with commercialized red and pink satin this Valentine’s Day, and happen to be in the Hollywood area, do check out Jill Tracy’s “Black Valentine’s Party” with guest violinist Paul Mercer.

According to E! Online, rumors were flying yesterday that True Blood casting directors were possibly considering the internationally acclaimed actor Stellan Skarsgård to play the human viking King Ulfrick, father of our beloved sinister, sexy vampire, Eric Northman. Yes, you read that correctly. Stellan is indeed the real-life father of Alexander Skarsgård. King Ulfrick will be introduced during flashbacks to Eric’s mortal life in medieval Scandinavia in order to explore his human origins further, which we were only briefly introduced to in the second season with his maker Godric (Allan Hyde). Stellan Skarsgard’s cinema credits include Mamma Mia!, Angels & Demons, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, four episodes of Entourage and the upcoming Thor (currently in production) among dozens of other films. Click here to read more on my Examiner column!

The Vampire Cafe spotted these two video interviews with Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev, and Ian Somerhalder from the CW Network vampire series The Vampire Diaries on the set of a new photoshoot with Nylon Magazine. I’ll go on the record, as I’m sure millions of other women have, and say that Ian can seduce me anytime! You’ll see what I mean after you watch the first video. Enjoy!

I’m going to be absolutely crushed if I’m unable to get into this film screening during the SXSW Film Festival this year! Below is the trailer for Tae-Kyun Kim’s Higanjima. According to Bloody-Disgusting, “the film begins two years after losing contact, Akira discovers that his long-lost brother may be found on Higanjima Island. He may also find on Higanjima an army of blood-sucking vampires.” I just really hope there’s subtitles at the version they screen in Austin.

The wait is finally over for anxious members of the Horror Writers Association. Late last night the PRELIMINARY ballot for the 2009 Bram Stoker Awards were announced. I am VERY excited to see that my novel Eternal Vigilance 2: The Death of Illusions has made it this far. Thank you to everyone who recommended the work for the prelim list!! This does not mean that the below titles have earned a final nomination yet. From this prelim list, Active/Voting members of the HWA will then narrow down each category to four. Those works will then be official Bram Stoker Nominees. That particular list, I believe, will be available in April. The 2009 Bram Stoker Awards will be held in Brighton England at the end of March in conjunction with the 2010 World Horror Convention. For more information on the Horror Writers Association visit horror.org.

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The organizers of the EyeCon: Celebrity Autograph Conventions have announced the official details of their upcoming 2010 convention in Orlando, Florida. Still hot on coat tails of the current undead trend, this year’s convention will be aptly named Bloodlust and will feature stars from various vampire and werewolf-centric television series and films as Twilight, Moonlight, The Vampire Diaries, True Blood, The Lost Boys, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Supernatural, among others. Click here to read more on my Examiner column!

While we saw the death of several key members of True Blood at the end of Season 2, during the off-season months dozens of new faces have been successfully added to the star-studded cast from werewolves to vampire royalty. Yesterday it was confirmed by multiple sources that the actress Dawn Olivieri will also be stepping into a brand new role on the hit HBO series this summer as the werewolf sister of character Alcide, played by the dark and dreamy Joe Manganiello. Click here to read more on my Examiner column!

Charlaine Harris has announced the first leg of her 2010 book tour for the latest addition to the Sookie Stackhouse series that inspired True Blood, Dead in the Family. CLICK HERE for all of the dates & locations in May.

Now, as you know, I rarely, if ever, report on anything even loosely associated with Twilight unless it is a comedic spoof. However, this is for a very worthy charity and it’s taking place in my sister-city home of New Orleans (GO SAINTS!), so I feel the duty to share this news with you all. Several members of the cast of Twilight have challenged the Superbowl-bound New Orleans Saints to a little game of softball in the Big Easy. Click here to read all about it on my Examiner column! I do find it rather interesting that Kristen and Robert have decided not to participate. I suppose they’re both too busy being affected and jaded to play.

Blood-Disgusting has posted a series of seven videos from the upcoming remake of The Wolfman which stars Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt. Click here to watch all of the clips on BD!