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.

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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!