OutOfTheCoffin.com: Episode #51 - The Monster Squad (1987)

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OutOfTheCoffin.com: Episode #51 - The Monster Squad (1987)

* This is Episode #51 for October 13, 2009.
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// MOVIE NEWS
* Third Annual International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival - Oct 15-18 - MADCAP Theatres in Tempe, AZ
- Movie Schedule - Among other cool films, I'm looking forward to these two:
-- Blood Moon Rising - Friday, Oct. 16th @ 10:00 PM
-- Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl - Saturday, Oct. 17th @ 10:30 PM / Sunday, Oct. 18th @ 4:10 PM
- Ticket Info
- VIP All Access Pass - $100
-- This pass gets you entry to all films and parties and front of line access to film screenings. Plus you get two pieces of merchandise at a 50% discount.
- Flex Pass - $25 - Buy the pass, choose four films and save money.
- Individual Screenings - $10

* Don't forget: Vampire Fest 2009 will be in New Orleans, October 23-26, 2009.
- "More than 50 films from more than 11 countries will be screened at the Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. The film festival also will include a Vampire Ballet at Club Ampersand, a traditional jazz funeral for a vampire in Dutch Alley, a French Quarter scavenger hunt and several parties at various venues including the Dungeon and the Saint."

* "Blood: The Last Vampire" DVD/Blu-ray Details
- "For fans who didn't get the chance to check out the film in theaters or said fans simply anticipating the release of "Blood: The Last Vampire" on DVD/Blu-ray...well you will get your chance on October 20th."

* SPIKE's SCREAM Awards 2009 airs Oct. 27 at 10PM
- Don't forget, the SCREAM Awards are a viewers choice awards. Get out there and vote for your favorite bloodsuckers!

* Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant hits theatres Oct. 23!

// VAMP LIT
* DRACULA: The Un-Dead by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt hits stores Oct. 13
- Hardcover released, along with eBooks, but no audio versions yet.

* Don't forget SOULLESS by Gail Carriger.
- I am completely enthralled by this book. My favorite character, hands down, has to be Lord Akeldama. More power to flamboyantly anti-goth vampires!
- Gail has upcoming book signings at Bolinas Books (Bolinas, CA) at 2 PM on Saturday, October 17.
- Borderlands Books (San Francisco, CA) on Wednesday, October 28.
- Book launch party at the World Fantasy Convention at the The Fairmont San Jose on Thursday, October 29 through Sunday, November 1.

* Meet Author Emerian Rich at her NIGHT'S KNIGHTS Book Release Party
- Friday, October 30th - 7:00 p.m. - Bay Books Concord

* DARKSOME THIRST Author Morven Westfield will be at Rock N' Shock (Oct 16-18, 2009) in Worcester, Mass
- She'll be at the New England Horror Writers table Sat 3-7 pm and Sun 1-6 pm.

// MISCELLANY
* 'Vampire' Sinks Teeth Into iTunes | TheWrap.com
- "If the makers of 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog' got together with the 'Twilight' team, their creative output might resemble 'I Kissed a Vampire,' an original web series... iTunes will roll out the three completed episodes of 'Vampire' on Oct. 13, 20 and 27 -- just in time for Halloween. Another six episodes, with 12 more original songs, are in the works, with plans to shoot in December."

* Angel Between The Lines Premiered!

* 19 NOCTURNE BOULEVARD Presents "Dracula dot com" audio drama podcast
- This is a fun, short audio podcast of what DRACULA might be like in our age of email and social networking.
- My favorite bit was Dracula sending out email trying to get help shipping his crates of earth ala Nigerian scam spam.

* MTV's vampire series: Valemont University | The Examiner
- "Valemont premiered on MTV last week... Airing on Tuesday nights, MTV will show two-and-a-half minute episodes just before 'The Hills' at 10pm and immediately after 'The City' thirty minutes later."

* Last, but not least: Synthetic Blood Beverages | TrendHunter.com
- "Not only does [fruit punch flavored] Blood Energy Potion have a similar nutritional makeup to real blood, but it has the same color, look, and consistency of blood."
- Sadly, this is a pre-order item from Urban-Collector.com, expected to ship by Jan. 2010.

// BUMPER
* From Jack Mangan, host of Jack Mangan's Deadpan Podcast.

// PROMOS
* Angel Between The Lines
* Down From Ten, an audio drama... umm... well, it's like The Shining meets Clue... kinda... just listen. It's more podcast awesomeness by J. Daniel Sawyer.

// BUMPER
* From Jack Hosley, host of the Wander Radio podcast.

// MOVIES
* This week's movie from our Netflix queue is The Monster Squad (1987).
- Dan gives the movie an 8. Michelle also gives it an 8.

* The next movie in our Netflix queue is The Lost Boys: Special Edition (1987).
- This will be for our Big Halloween Special! Please send us voice mails, emails, MP3s attached to emails, comments, telegrams, you name it!
- We are asking for your thoughts about the 1987 CLASSIC Joel Schumacher flick. Tell us why you love it, hate it, hate yourself for loving it... you get the idea. We may even chat about LB2: The Tribe and, yes, the proposed Lost Boys 3.
- If we can get enough folks willing and able to join us, we are going to try to do a live chat with you all and record it for this episode. (Let us know if you'd rather use Skype, or TalkShoe, or some similar technology, by voting in our poll.)

* We also recently saw "Jennifer's Body" and "ZombieLand".
- Both movies were quite good and we enjoyed them both.

* Speaking of zombies, make sure you check out the Univ. of Florida's Disaster Preparedness Simulation Exercise for a Zombie Attack.

// THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
* Dan is seriously enjoying this show. Michelle gave up to soon.

// FAREWELL
* We wrapped the show by playing, "The Zombie Connection" by Kim "The Comic Book Goddess" Fortuner, Patrick McLean, and Tim Dodge.
- Music found at FUMP: The Funny Music Project.

* Our intro music is "24 FPS" by À Rebours, from their album Vanish, which can be found at iTunes among other places. Check out Ian Stone's MySpace page and blog, too. Find out more about À Rebours and their sister bands at Final Joy Records.

That wraps up this episode of the Out Of The Coffin podcast. Thanks for listening!

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