From time to time I make concepts for haunts that don’t get accepted and those concepts usually get scrapped or modified. Hey, it happens! The artwork to the left was made for a haunt last summer but it wasn’t what the client wanted so it was scrapped. This week I went back and looked at this concept again and really liked it! In fact its one of my favorites from the last year. So instead of scrapping it I’m doing a special discounted package for this piece of art that will go to the first haunt that contacts me about it. The art is ready to go all we have to do yet is make the site template and flash header. This Special Brain Chomping Zombie Package includes the following:

- Full lifetime license on the Haunted house artwork pictured
- Creation of logo for your event or we’ll add your pre-existing logo to the artwork
- Flash enhanced website with animated flash header using the artwork and logo
- Full website with up to 9 pages of content
- Mobile version of site
- 1 year of web hosting
- Flyer, coupon, ticket designs with up to 1 more designs based on licensed artwork or artwork you provide.
- Service and support ending 11/30/2012*

This package is our popular Brain Chomping Zombie package and normally costs $2100 but this ready to go package with the artwork pictured is being offered at just $1500.00! That’s $600.00 off!!

The package is being sold as is with all the features listed and the artwork pictured and that’s not negotiable. If you’re a first year event then this package will give you everything you need to make a big impression this year and save some big bucks in the process. HOWEVER You need to act fast because I only have one of these packages and once its gone, its gone. I don’t resell artwork to separate markets like some of my competitors! This artwork will be yours and yours only if you purchase this package! CALL ME NOW AT 614-408-3137 or email me here!

Give this Art a Home and act now!

Today you are likely seeing a lot of messages on your favorite sites that are denouncing a bill in Congress called SOPA or the “Stop Online Piracy Act”. I get that most people don’t know or care a bit about this issue and just want Wikipedia to be back up. But Wikipedia, like many other sites today, is trying to impress on the public what could happen under this act. The people behind this bill are the record companies and movie studios and they want the power to basically make a website disappear from the internet if they infringe on their copyrights. Now I am not for Piracy but this bill is like taking a hatchet where a scalpel should be used. For example lets say you post photos on Flickr and use it all the time, like me. Then some jerk off puts copyrighted photos on their flickr feed. In theory this bill could allow the copyright holder to petition US ISP’s (ie: Comcast, time Warner, etc) to black out Flickr because they have a user infringing on a copyright. Its “One guy ruining it for everyone” to the max. Its a bad bill and it gives way too much power to government, record companies, and studios. This is only one facet of the bill, they can also force google to remove it from search results and much more! So when your pissed that you can’t access Wikipedia today, keep in mind that this is a real possibility if we don’t voice our opposition to the SOPA bill. Visit http://sopastrike.com/ for more information on how you can participate!

It’s that time of year again! Christmas is this weekend and its time for this years Christmas Nightmares episode! After last years quickly put together episode we decided to invest some time and money into this one. Brian Lashchuk and I wrote up a script, storyboards and decided to actually try our hand at some special effects. Luckily we were able to get some help from a professional cinematographer named Keith Slawinski who helped us make our movie look amazing! We also got some valuable advice from Jon Shroyer on how to shoot out effects shots. Brian was able to find a family that wanted to get murdered in our little movie and they did a fantastic job considering they aren’t actors at all. it was a lot of work but a lot of fun too! So check it out and below and let us know what you think!

The 2011 Remake to the 80′s classic Fright Night went up against a lot of criticism when it came out earlier this year. There were a lot of horror bloggers that outright hated it and backed it up by accusing it of not pandering enough to the original and its fans. Having finally gotten the chance to see the film today I can honestly say without hesitation that Fright Night (2011) is a fun, fast paced, and funny horror film that I very much enjoyed. I’ve been a big fan of the original film and it truly is a movie of its time. Its filled with 80′s horror movie staples such as over the top special effects, scene chewing villains, and homages to the golden age of horror. Last summer I watched the original with some friends my age that had never seen it. While they liked it they thought it was very silly and unintentionally funny. And it is all those things but its still beloved and sacred to most horror fans.

Fright Night (2011) is a carbon copy of the 1985 version but the setting is now in Las Vegas, Peter Vincent is now a douchy “Criss Angel-esque” magician and Evil Ed’s part has been cut back entirely to a smaller role. All of these things i heard about before seeing the film yet I still found myself enjoying it! Colin Ferrell plays Jerry the vampire this time around and he does a great job as the character. He’s menacing, seductive and plays the part with a swarmy-ness that is terrific. Charley Brewster, played by Anton Yelchin is likable and self deprecating. His relationship with his girlfriend (Imogen Poots) is a on shaky ground and he and Ed were once good friends but have drifted apart. There’s something I need to point out about the characters here, they are likable. They’re not spouting catch phrases and giving everyone “attitude” and that seems to be rare in movies today.

The biggest thing that’s wrong with this movie is Peter Vincent. While I ended up liking his character by the end of the film, I still don’t understand why they didn’t make the character something more in tune with the original? Why wasn’t he a 1980′s horror actor? Why didn’t they have Chris Sarandon play the part and have the original Fright Night be part of this world? It was a real missed opportunity and just goes to show that studios just don’t get it when it comes to horror films. But this doesn’t kill the movie and once you resign yourself to the fact that Peter Vincent is a dbag then you can get past it and enjoy the movie.

Yes the special effects are all CG and sometimes not the best CG either. Yes the story is very similar to the original 1985 version but its worth checking out and if you try to get past your own nostalgia you might even enjoy it. I’m a big horror fan and I get the reasons why horror bloggers my age disliked or hated this film but what these people keep forgetting is that teenagers of today are going to see these films and they’re not going to know or care who Tom Atkins is. While it would be great to see some character actors from the 80′s show up in this movie, the studios aren’t going to take that risk and that’s too bad. However as far as modern remakes go of classic 80′s horror films, Fright Night (2011) is at least a fun ride with good acting and likable characters and that’s more than I can say for most remakes.

You may have noticed that a lot of things are changing around here. I recently updated the look of the site to a simpler design and I’ve been working hard on getting Christmas Nightmares up and running in a bigger way. I started a tumblr page for Christmas Nightmares as well as a Twitter and Facebook presence. I encourage you to follow and like them as soon as possible!

I’ll be updating it as we prep for our 2011 video shoot. Last year we came up with Xmas Nightmares on a whim about a week before Christmas and shot the “Here Comes Santa” video in one afternoon at my parents house. It was fun and silly but this year we want to do so much more with it. So far the script has been finished and we’re now working on Storyboards. We are shooting sometime in the next 2 weeks and I’ll no doubt be working like mad to get it edited and finished right after. We have some cool ideas on this one and are really expanding it into a storyline this year. Start following us and keep up with the updates. We want to get anyone who’s doing something spooky for the holidays to tell us about it! Post it on facebook or on our tumblr page to let us know!

Its here! The 2011 Video highlighting my yard display. I shot this all over a couple hours after our trick or treat night. Check it out below!