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An Amazing Halloween Light Display You Have To See To Believe

Normally, when we think of a house covered in seasonal lights we think of Christmas, but there is house in Riverside, California, that does Halloween lights like no one else. The house is covered in lights that, are you ready for this, are programmed in sinc with the themed music that is blared over speakers. The light show is so incredible that year after year, videos of the home, owned by a Verizon employee named Kevin Judd, goes viral. If you’re wondering how long it takes to create such a display, Judd has commented that it takes fifteen hours to program each minute of the light show, not counting the hours it takes to put up the lights. It’s well worth it, thousands of people drive from all over to see the show. The videos of the home get more than a million hits each year. You can find the videos on YouTube, where Judd simply goes by KJ92508. Here

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 11, 2015
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Sheriff’s Dept Makes Terminally Ill Boy’s Dream Come True, Fighting In A Zombie Apocalypse

There streets are lined with the undead and only one hero can save the day. No, it’s not Rick Grimes or Daryl from The Walking Dead, it’s Spencer, a 7 year old boy. Spencer, like most people these days, is obsessed with zombies. Spencer has Mitochondrial Disease, which is terminal and has no cure. The Pasco County Sheriff’s office made the boy’s dream come true. Sheriff Chris Nocco invited Spencer down to the station. A full motorcade arrived to pick the young man up. After arriving, Spencer was told that a horde of zombies (actually the local high school’s drama club) had over run the station. Sheriff Nocco told Spencer “We’re overrun, buddy. We need your help. We need a team leader out there,” as he put a badge on Spencer. Spencer, proceeded to dispatch the zombies as he led the K-9 Unit and SWAT Team through the building, armed with NERF guns, through the jail. After the mission was

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 8, 2015
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Take A Tour Of Camp Crystal Lake On Friday The 13th

Camp Crystal Lake, the location where Jason Voorhees drowned as a child and became an unstoppable killer, is really a camp owned by the Boy Scouts of America, located in Hardwick, New Jersey. The camp’s real name is Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, which opened in 1927. On Friday, November the 13th (how fitting) the camp will be opened, for only the third time, for fans of ‘Friday the 13th’ to tour. Tickets go on sale on October 12th at 10 am (est). If you are interested in buying tickets, you should know that the last time the tours were offered, it only took eight minutes for them to sell out. Tickets can be purchased on the CAMP No-Be-Bo-Sco website.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 7, 2015
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An Open Letter to New Line “Cynema”: Take A Stab At Something Different

To: New Line Cinema From: B Harrison Smith Re: Friday the 13th: Tommy Jarvis vs. Jason Vorhees Make Tommy vs. Jason. You’re sitting a goldmine. I am told the rights to Friday the 13th are a mess. Paramount owns some, you own some. Some are parceled out to TV while the films retain others and the characters. I’ve heard one tale that both studios share custody over the franchise like a divorced couple. I have no idea if this is true. What I do know is that the ownership of rights has become so convoluted that no one seems to have a definitive answer. The legal octopus is strangling you from making another killing and I’m willing to bet it could be straightened out. At the risk of shooting myself in the foot and giving away my thoughts for someone to steal, here is a proposal to get Jason out of development hell. I attended two meetings in Los Angeles

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Capt McNeely
Oct 6, 2015
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A Halloween Attraction That Will Scare You Right Out Of Your Clothes (Literally)

It’s that time again, Halloween is approaching and haunted attractions around the world are gearing up to open their doors and scare the hell out of visitors. Every year haunted attractions are getting more hardcore. If you’re living in the UK, we have a haunted attraction you might want to check out, that is if you don’t mind them scaring you right out of your clothes, literally. Scare Kingdom’s park features an attraction that is the only attraction, as far as we know, that requires you to roam it’s corrodes in the buff. You read that right, to enter you have to be willing to go in completely naked. Scare Kingdom’s ‘Night of Naked Horror’ will have you face a lineup of scary staff to experience the theme of 7 Deadly Sins. Don’t worry, there are plenty of other attractions at the park for those of you who want to stay clothed. The park opens September 26th. For more information

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 23, 2015
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Dragons and Zombies, and Stormtroopers, Oh My. (Zombie Apocalypse Defense Force Goes to Dragon Con.)

This year I represented the ZADF at Dragon Con. It was no great imposition. I was going anyway. I go every year. The only real difference is this year I’ll be writing about it. I’m guessing that many of you have never heard of Dragon Con, and are probably wondering what the hell I’m talking about. Have you heard of Comic Con in San Diego? You probably have. It has become a huge event every year that draws massive crowds and gets national media coverage. What many people don’t realize, is that Comic Con is just one of many Cons. There are conventions devoted to comic books, video games, table top gaming, fantasy, science fiction, anime, and of course horror; then there is Dragon Con. Dragon Con covers all of those things and more. It takes place in Atlanta, GA and has been around for a while (it started back in 1987). I’ve been attending since I was a kid

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Capt McNeely
Sep 16, 2015
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The 90s: Designer Horror

Jordache Horror Somewhere in the 80s, someone got the idea that horror should be less frightening and more sexy and trendy. I am not sure where it happened, but a good starting point might be Michael Jackson’s Thriller. The “World Premiere Video” back when MTV aired videos and before its implosion was the thing to see. Director John Landis was in between the smash hit horror classic, An American Werewolf in London and the public relations nightmare of Twilight Zone: The Movie. Michael Jackson was truly The King of Pop, and his LP, Thriller elevated MTV into something else…exactly what, I don’t know, but Thriller was more than a video. It was a pop culture event and it used horror as its spring board. Vincent Price became known to a the Pepsi Generation as “the old dude who “rapped” in Thriller and laughed at the end. Academy Award winner and makeup genius, Rick Baker did the makeup effects and suddenly

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Capt McNeely
Sep 1, 2015
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Consuming Cynema PART I

Go Shopping A persistent misconception immediately after the 911 attacks in 2001 is that President George W. Bush urged Americans “to go shopping.” This was not the case. Over the years it’s been simplified into that message. In reality The President said this, “It’s to tell the traveling public: Get on board. Do your business around the country. Fly and enjoy America’s great destination spots. Get down to Disney World in Florida. Take your families and enjoy life, the way we want it to be enjoyed.” George Bush, White House Archives Not once was the word “shop” or any form of it used. This is not a political defense. Rather, something in that speech to a shocked nation did stand out to me, and can be applied to the entertainment industry. While we were not directly urged to “go shopping” the simplistic picture of consumerism congruent to the picture of American life was apparent. We have accepted an image of

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Capt McNeely
Aug 23, 2015
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Board The Cruise To Zombie Island

Seventeen years ago, the zombie apocalypse began. The zombie plaque quickly spread world wide. Now, people must return to land and reclaim Zombie Island. Your mission is to destroy the zombies and save the survivors of Zombie Island. Set sail March 14-17, 2016 with Royal Caribbean and LASH Con for a zombie cruise for four nights at sea and an excursions to Nassau and Zombie Island (Coco Cay). While at sea enjoy daily activities and workshops as well as entertainment. At night enjoy special events, autograph sessions and midnight movies. Guests include Dee Wallace (Cujo) and Addy Miller (The Walking Dead). Packages begin at $677 per person for inner cabins, $857 per person for cabins with ocean views and $1287 for junior suites, plus a charge of $199 for Port fees. Go to the LASH Con Cruises website for more information.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 18, 2015
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Jaws 3D: The Third Dimension Is Cynema

Third Time’s A Charm Hey, weren’t you in Jaws 3? Why do they make shit like that?” — Fan to Dennis Quaid, star of Jaws 3D I’m going to say that while Jaws 3 is a bad film, it is not totally Cynema. The third shark film was planned as a spoof called Jaws 3, People 0. A script written by National Lampoon’s Vacation Matty Simmons and 16 Candles, Breakfast Club teen king John Hughes exists online. It was to be directed by Jaws ripoff artist Joe Dante of the cult film Piranha (remade as the fun Piranha 3D. How things have come full circle). When the producers of Jaws and Jaws 2, Richard Zanuck and David Brown were approached by Universal to produce a spoof as a third installment, they declined. “It would have been like fouling your own nest,” Brown said. Universal went forward anyway. According to the Jaws 3D.com blog, director Joe Alves revealed how he came

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Capt McNeely
Aug 17, 2015

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An Amazing Halloween Light Display You Have To See To Believe

Normally, when we think of a house covered in seasonal lights we think of Christmas, but there is house in Riverside, California, that does Halloween lights like no one else. The house is covered in lights that, are you ready for this, are programmed in sinc with the themed music that is blared over speakers. The light show is so incredible that year after year, videos of the home, owned by a Verizon employee named Kevin Judd, goes viral. If you’re wondering how long it takes to create such a display, Judd has commented that it takes fifteen hours to program each minute of the light show, not counting the hours it takes to put up the lights. It’s well worth it, thousands of people drive from all over to see the show. The videos of the home get more than a million hits each year. You can find the videos on YouTube, where Judd simply goes by KJ92508. Here

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 11, 2015
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Sheriff’s Dept Makes Terminally Ill Boy’s Dream Come True, Fighting In A Zombie Apocalypse

There streets are lined with the undead and only one hero can save the day. No, it’s not Rick Grimes or Daryl from The Walking Dead, it’s Spencer, a 7 year old boy. Spencer, like most people these days, is obsessed with zombies. Spencer has Mitochondrial Disease, which is terminal and has no cure. The Pasco County Sheriff’s office made the boy’s dream come true. Sheriff Chris Nocco invited Spencer down to the station. A full motorcade arrived to pick the young man up. After arriving, Spencer was told that a horde of zombies (actually the local high school’s drama club) had over run the station. Sheriff Nocco told Spencer “We’re overrun, buddy. We need your help. We need a team leader out there,” as he put a badge on Spencer. Spencer, proceeded to dispatch the zombies as he led the K-9 Unit and SWAT Team through the building, armed with NERF guns, through the jail. After the mission was

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 8, 2015
Horror Fuel

Take A Tour Of Camp Crystal Lake On Friday The 13th

Camp Crystal Lake, the location where Jason Voorhees drowned as a child and became an unstoppable killer, is really a camp owned by the Boy Scouts of America, located in Hardwick, New Jersey. The camp’s real name is Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, which opened in 1927. On Friday, November the 13th (how fitting) the camp will be opened, for only the third time, for fans of ‘Friday the 13th’ to tour. Tickets go on sale on October 12th at 10 am (est). If you are interested in buying tickets, you should know that the last time the tours were offered, it only took eight minutes for them to sell out. Tickets can be purchased on the CAMP No-Be-Bo-Sco website.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 7, 2015
Horror Fuel

An Open Letter to New Line “Cynema”: Take A Stab At Something Different

To: New Line Cinema From: B Harrison Smith Re: Friday the 13th: Tommy Jarvis vs. Jason Vorhees Make Tommy vs. Jason. You’re sitting a goldmine. I am told the rights to Friday the 13th are a mess. Paramount owns some, you own some. Some are parceled out to TV while the films retain others and the characters. I’ve heard one tale that both studios share custody over the franchise like a divorced couple. I have no idea if this is true. What I do know is that the ownership of rights has become so convoluted that no one seems to have a definitive answer. The legal octopus is strangling you from making another killing and I’m willing to bet it could be straightened out. At the risk of shooting myself in the foot and giving away my thoughts for someone to steal, here is a proposal to get Jason out of development hell. I attended two meetings in Los Angeles

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Oct 6, 2015
Horror Fuel

A Halloween Attraction That Will Scare You Right Out Of Your Clothes (Literally)

It’s that time again, Halloween is approaching and haunted attractions around the world are gearing up to open their doors and scare the hell out of visitors. Every year haunted attractions are getting more hardcore. If you’re living in the UK, we have a haunted attraction you might want to check out, that is if you don’t mind them scaring you right out of your clothes, literally. Scare Kingdom’s park features an attraction that is the only attraction, as far as we know, that requires you to roam it’s corrodes in the buff. You read that right, to enter you have to be willing to go in completely naked. Scare Kingdom’s ‘Night of Naked Horror’ will have you face a lineup of scary staff to experience the theme of 7 Deadly Sins. Don’t worry, there are plenty of other attractions at the park for those of you who want to stay clothed. The park opens September 26th. For more information

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 23, 2015
Horror Fuel

Dragons and Zombies, and Stormtroopers, Oh My. (Zombie Apocalypse Defense Force Goes to Dragon Con.)

This year I represented the ZADF at Dragon Con. It was no great imposition. I was going anyway. I go every year. The only real difference is this year I’ll be writing about it. I’m guessing that many of you have never heard of Dragon Con, and are probably wondering what the hell I’m talking about. Have you heard of Comic Con in San Diego? You probably have. It has become a huge event every year that draws massive crowds and gets national media coverage. What many people don’t realize, is that Comic Con is just one of many Cons. There are conventions devoted to comic books, video games, table top gaming, fantasy, science fiction, anime, and of course horror; then there is Dragon Con. Dragon Con covers all of those things and more. It takes place in Atlanta, GA and has been around for a while (it started back in 1987). I’ve been attending since I was a kid

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Capt McNeely
Sep 16, 2015
Horror Fuel

The 90s: Designer Horror

Jordache Horror Somewhere in the 80s, someone got the idea that horror should be less frightening and more sexy and trendy. I am not sure where it happened, but a good starting point might be Michael Jackson’s Thriller. The “World Premiere Video” back when MTV aired videos and before its implosion was the thing to see. Director John Landis was in between the smash hit horror classic, An American Werewolf in London and the public relations nightmare of Twilight Zone: The Movie. Michael Jackson was truly The King of Pop, and his LP, Thriller elevated MTV into something else…exactly what, I don’t know, but Thriller was more than a video. It was a pop culture event and it used horror as its spring board. Vincent Price became known to a the Pepsi Generation as “the old dude who “rapped” in Thriller and laughed at the end. Academy Award winner and makeup genius, Rick Baker did the makeup effects and suddenly

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Sep 1, 2015
Horror Fuel

Consuming Cynema PART I

Go Shopping A persistent misconception immediately after the 911 attacks in 2001 is that President George W. Bush urged Americans “to go shopping.” This was not the case. Over the years it’s been simplified into that message. In reality The President said this, “It’s to tell the traveling public: Get on board. Do your business around the country. Fly and enjoy America’s great destination spots. Get down to Disney World in Florida. Take your families and enjoy life, the way we want it to be enjoyed.” George Bush, White House Archives Not once was the word “shop” or any form of it used. This is not a political defense. Rather, something in that speech to a shocked nation did stand out to me, and can be applied to the entertainment industry. While we were not directly urged to “go shopping” the simplistic picture of consumerism congruent to the picture of American life was apparent. We have accepted an image of

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Aug 23, 2015
Horror Fuel

Board The Cruise To Zombie Island

Seventeen years ago, the zombie apocalypse began. The zombie plaque quickly spread world wide. Now, people must return to land and reclaim Zombie Island. Your mission is to destroy the zombies and save the survivors of Zombie Island. Set sail March 14-17, 2016 with Royal Caribbean and LASH Con for a zombie cruise for four nights at sea and an excursions to Nassau and Zombie Island (Coco Cay). While at sea enjoy daily activities and workshops as well as entertainment. At night enjoy special events, autograph sessions and midnight movies. Guests include Dee Wallace (Cujo) and Addy Miller (The Walking Dead). Packages begin at $677 per person for inner cabins, $857 per person for cabins with ocean views and $1287 for junior suites, plus a charge of $199 for Port fees. Go to the LASH Con Cruises website for more information.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 18, 2015
Horror Fuel

Jaws 3D: The Third Dimension Is Cynema

Third Time’s A Charm Hey, weren’t you in Jaws 3? Why do they make shit like that?” — Fan to Dennis Quaid, star of Jaws 3D I’m going to say that while Jaws 3 is a bad film, it is not totally Cynema. The third shark film was planned as a spoof called Jaws 3, People 0. A script written by National Lampoon’s Vacation Matty Simmons and 16 Candles, Breakfast Club teen king John Hughes exists online. It was to be directed by Jaws ripoff artist Joe Dante of the cult film Piranha (remade as the fun Piranha 3D. How things have come full circle). When the producers of Jaws and Jaws 2, Richard Zanuck and David Brown were approached by Universal to produce a spoof as a third installment, they declined. “It would have been like fouling your own nest,” Brown said. Universal went forward anyway. According to the Jaws 3D.com blog, director Joe Alves revealed how he came

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Capt McNeely
Aug 17, 2015
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