Live Action Reviews! by Crystal Connor: The Cursed

Plotline: In rural 19th-century France, a mysterious, possibly supernatural menace threatens a small village. John McBride, a pathologist, comes to town to investigate the danger – and exorcise some of his own demons in the process.

Scariness Factor: 3.5

Goriness: 4

Complaints: N/A

Stars: 5

Master Imaginationist and Instagram photographer Crystal Connor is the Chief Imagineer working for the Department of Sleep Prevention’s Nightmare Division. A Washington State native she loves anything to do with monsters, bad guys (as in evil-geniuses & super-villains.  Not ‘those’ kind her mother warned her about), rogue scientific experiments, jewelry, sky-high high-heeled shoes & unreasonably priced handbags.

When she’s not terrorizing her fans and racking up frequent flyers miles by gallivanting all over the country attending fan conventions and writer’s conferences she reviews indie horror and science fiction films for both her personal blog and HorrorAddicts.net

She is also considering changing her professional title to dramatization specialist because it so much more theatrical than being a mere drama queen.

http://wordsmithcrystalconnor.com

http://www.facebook.com/notesfromtheauthor

Download your free copy of …And They All Lived Happily Ever After! from Podiobooks.com and see why the name Crystal Connor has become “A Trusted Name in Terror!” 

http://podiobooks.com/title/and-they-all-lived-happily-ever-after

FRIGHTENING FLIX BY KBATZ: Female Vampires!

Kristin Battestella aka Kbatz takes a deep dive into the Underworld series, The Vampire Lovers, action-horror versus slow-burn scares, and more female vampire pictures past and present. That is until the cat interfered and ruined some of the footage! Take a gander at this toothy ladies refresher and browse below for some of the companion articles, reviews, and videos. If you’d like to see more of this kind of compare and contrast analysis video, please feel free to comment and take a bite out of the conversation!

 

Check out More Vampires:

Dark Shadows 1897 Analysis

Jean Rollin Vampires

Byzantium

Kiss of the Damned and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

Underworld

#HOWCon Video Replay – An Interview with Michele Roger

Did you miss this great interview with horror writer, Michele Roger?

#HOWCon Video Replay – An Interview with Loren Rhoads

Did you miss this great interview with horror writer, Loren Rhoads?

Kbatz Krafts: Playhouse Turned Halloween Cat Shelter!

Kristin Battestella aka Kbatz discusses the tools required and $200 budget for the initial plans in outfitting a curbside playhouse as a Halloween cat shelter before assessing the on hand hardware, pallets, and assorted plywood. After a garage clean up and power washing of the playhouse, it’s time for the interior insulation installation (say that three times fast!) The design, however, changes on the go as doubts and deadlines mount – removing plans for interior cleats, dividers, and platforms in favor of possible multi-use as a garden shed. After all, the cats may not appreciate the labor intensive assembly!

Now that the windows are weatherproofed, the base floor is attached, the insulation is installed, and some seemingly daunting setbacks are overcome; Kristin Battestella aka Kbatz works on the playhouse’s Halloween exterior in time for October 31. New color schemes, multiple acrylic coats, and hand painted trim turn the old plastic shutters into faux stain glass spooky to be preserved with a clear top coat finish. House cat inspection and approval required! Next, it’s time to spray paint the roof gloss dark gray and the walls with satin granite to create a tomb-esque look, coming in at $70 for an online order of spray paint and $5 for a comfort grip nozzle. Six cans of each color should be enough, right?

Rather than the initial notion to completely close the interior with a fixed replacement door on the playhouse turned Halloween Cat Shelter, Kristin Battestella aka Kbatz uses found pallets and plywood to make a new working door thanks to a crowbar and reciprocating saw. A smaller cat door is cut out with a jigsaw, and $15 worth of rustic hinges, a door pull, and a lion knocker provide interior access as well as Dark Shadows motifs to match the mausoleum design. With touch ups, trim work, and a total cost coming to exactly $100; it’s time wrap up and add catnip for a feline guest or two! (Unless there’s a rain delay!)

Enjoy the spooky sounds and shadows of the night in this All Hallow’s Eve Eve reveal of our curbside playhouse turned Halloween cat shelter!

Thank you for being part of Horror Addicts.net and enjoying our video, podcast, and media coverage! Show us YOUR Halloween DIY on Our Horror Addicts.net Facebook Group!

Follow more Kbatz Krafts at HorrorAddicts.net including:

How to Make Cardboard Tombstones

Goth Parasol Makeover

Halloween Thrift Haul

Halloween DIY Repairs

Decorating Like Dark Shadows

Follow Kbatz Krafts on Instagram or Facebook for more project photos!

Kbatz Kraft: DIY Halloween Repairs!

Is DIY Decoration and Halloween How-To really worth it compared to the expensive store-bought accessories? Does your project hold up compared to “the real thing”? Can you fix what’s broken in a weekend? Kristin Battestella aka Kbatz makes minor repairs on a DIY Cardboard Coffin alongside therapeutic painting techniques and positive Halloween philosophy.

Day Two of the Halloween DIY repairs continues for Kristin Battestella aka Kbatz with hot glue guns and some Frankenstein sewing to fix an Oversize Pumpkin Ottoman before the finishing touches on the DIY Cardboard Coffin and the reconstruction of the fallen Shakespeare Cardboard Tombstone. Not everybody can go and purchase everything new, new, new all the time – especially with recycled, unique projects like this!

Is masking tape good enough? In today’s buy, buy, buy mentality we often forget a lot of things need regular cost saving tune ups. Minor, expected maintenance on Halloween DIY Projects is realistic, affordable, and just as fun the second time as Kristin Battestella aka Kbatz waxes on morbid reading recommendations and faux stone painting tricks as the repaired Shakespeare Tombstone is finished.

Thank you for being part of Horror Addicts.net and enjoying our video, podcast, and media coverage! Show us YOUR Halloween Craft Projects on our HorrorAddicts.net Facebook Group!

 

For our Original Kbatz Kraft How-Tos or More Halloween DIY:

How to Make Stuffed Pumpkins Video

DIY Cardboard Coffin How-To

Yogurt Ghost Candlesticks

How to Make Cardboard Tombstones Video

Cardboard Tombstones  Photo Shoot

Pumpkin Ottomans, Oh Yes.

Follow Kbatz on Instagram or visit Kbatz Krafts on Facebook for more step by step photos! 

FRIGHTENING FLIX BY KBATZ: Classic Horror Titans!

 

 

It’s our Frightening Flix Horror Titans of Yore come to celebrate our HorrorAddicts.net anniversary!

Alfred Hitchcock Primer Video

The Birds

Christopher Lee Delights

Edgar Allan Poe Video Revisit

Jean Rollin Saucy

Mario Bava Special

The Oblong Box and Scream and Scream Again

Peter Cushing Passion

Silent Film Scares

Vincent Price Maestro

 

Kbatz Kraft: Cardboard Tombstones Video How-To!

Why paint just one box gray when you can make use of all your cardboard boxes for an entire DIY Graveyard?

Check out Yours Truly Kbatz in My Latest Video for details on the pros and cons of making your own Cardboard Cemetery!

Kristin Battestella aka Kbatz gets a little BATTY in showing how you, yes YOU can make your very own Customized Cardboard Tombstones for the BEST Halloween Haunt in YOUR Neighborhood! Also featuring Giant Pumpkins, Scary Basements, and One Pesky Feline.

Thank you for being part of Horror Addicts.net and enjoying our Video, Podcast, and Media Coverage!

Revisit more Kbatz Krafts including:

How to Make Stuffed Pumpkins

Spooky Spellbooks

Tea Stained Labels and Spooky Bottles

Creepy Cloches

It’s a Pumpkin Cat House

Pumpkin Ottomans, Oh yes

Kbatz Kraft: Cardboard Tombstones Video How-To!

Why paint just one box gray when you can make use of all your cardboard boxes for an entire DIY Graveyard?

Check out Yours Truly Kbatz in My Latest Video for details on the pros and cons of making your own Cardboard Cemetery!

 

Kristin Battestella aka Kbatz gets a little BATTY in showing how you, yes YOU can make your very own Customized Cardboard Tombstones for the BEST Halloween Haunt in YOUR Neighborhood! Also featuring Giant Pumpkins, Scary Basements, and One Pesky Feline.

 

Thank you for being part of Horror Addicts.net and enjoying our Video, Podcast, and Media Coverage!

Revisit more Kbatz Krafts including:

How to Make Stuffed Pumpkins

Spooky Spellbooks

Tea Stained Labels and Spooky Bottles

Creepy Cloches

It’s a Pumpkin Cat House

Pumpkin Ottomans, Oh yes

28 Days Later Twitter Watch Party – Tonight

Horror Addicts, in honor of her new book release, Plague Master: Rebel Infection, H.E. Roulo would like to invite you to her Twitter Watch Party! She’ll be watching the fantastic 2002 zombie film, 28 Days Later starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, and Christopher Eccleston. HorrorAddicts.net will be tweeting along with H.E. beginning at 8 pm PST, so get your popcorn, put the movie on, and join us tonight!

WHAT: 28 Days Later Twitter Watch Party

WHERE: Twitter

WHEN: Tonight at 8:00 pm

FOLLOW: #ZombieGrr

Stay Spooky!

28 Days Later Twitter Watch Party

Horror Addicts, in honor of her new book release, Plague Master: Rebel Infection, H.E. Roulo would like to invite you to her Twitter Watch Party! She’ll be watching the fantastic 2002 zombie film, 28 Days Later starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, and Christopher Eccleston. HorrorAddicts.net will be tweeting along with H.E. beginning at 8 pm PST, so get your popcorn, put the movie on, and join us Thursday, September 5.

WHAT: 28 Days Later Twitter Watch Party

WHERE: Twitter

WHEN: Thursday, September 5, at 8:00 pm

Stay Spooky!

#Plague Master: Rebel Infection Blog Tour and Events

H.E. Roulo and HorrorAddicts.net are pleased to present Zombies in Space! Join us as we tour the web and hold live events.

#PLAGUE MASTER: REBEL INFECTION

See the videos, read the excerpts and posts,  join our celebrations, and sample the wonders of the Plague Master Universe.

August	#Plague Master: Rebel Infection Blog Tour and Events
25	#Plague Master: Rebel Infection Press Release / horroraddicts.net
26	#Plague Master: Rebel Infection BLOG TOUR Begins / horroraddicts.net
27	28 DAYS LATER Twitter Watch Party Announcement / horroraddicts.net
28	Recap of #Plague Master: Sanctuary Dome / https://www.hauntjaunts.net/blog/
29	YouTube Book Trailer Miniseries Announcement / horroraddicts.net
29	YouTube Book Trailer Miniseries Part 1 / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjwWhMpEXWIluDOlUVWhFSQ/
31	#Plague Master: Rebel Infection Chapter 3 Excerpt / https://emzbox.wordpress.com/
SEPTEMBER
1	World Building in the #Plague Master Universe / https://thetaooftim.wordpress.com/
2	#Plague Master: Rebel Infection Chapter 5 Excerpt/ stephanieellis.org
3	#Plague Master: Trevor’s Got Trouble at Home / www.SumikoSaulson.com
4	YouTube Book Trailer Miniseries Announcement / horroraddicts.net
4	YouTube Book Trailer Miniseries Part 2 / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjwWhMpEXWIluDOlUVWhFSQ/
5	28 DAYS LATER Twitter Watch Party Announcement / horroraddicts.net
5	28 DAYS LATER TWITTER WATCH PARTY / https://twitter.com/hroulo
6	Chilling Chat: Episode #173 | H.E. Roulo / horroraddicts.net
7	HorrorAddict’s.net Episode #173, H.E. Roulo / horroraddicts.net
7	#Plague Master Series Timeline – What’s Up with the Zombies? / https://girlzombieauthors.blogspot.com/2019/09/new-zombie-series-plague-master.html
8	Some Stories Just Won’t Die: A Zombie Book’s History of Survival  / https://www.rlmerrillauthor.com/post/sunday-surprises
9	#PM2 Did I Just Make a Miniseries? / https://nicolegivenskurtz.com/category/pulp-reports/
9	#PM2 Did I Just Make a Miniseries? / https://mochamemoirspress.com/uncategorized/did-i-just-make-a-miniseries/
10	#Plague Master BLOG TOUR Announcement / https://richandroulo.wordpress.com/
11	#Plague Master: Rebel Infection Chapter 7 Excerpt / https://chantellyb.wordpress.com/
12	YouTube Book Trailer Miniseries Announcement / horroraddicts.net
12	YouTube Book Trailer Miniseries Part 3 / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjwWhMpEXWIluDOlUVWhFSQ/
13	#Plague Master: Rebel Infection Chapter 12 Excerpt / https://elliotthorpe.wordpress.com/
14	Zombies in Space / https://davemstrom.wordpress.com/
15	Meet the Characters of Plague Master: Rebel Infection / http://selahjanel.wordpress.com/
16	5 Questions with Loren Rhoads / https://lorenrhoads.com/blog/
17	Facebook Takeover Party Announcement / horroraddicts.net
17	Hitting the Action in the Plague Master Series / https://samaireprovost.com/
18	Finding Romance in a Zombie Apocalypse / mmgenet.com
19	#Plague Master: Rebel Infection Chapter 14 Excerpt / horroraddicts.net
20	A SIMS Character’s Take on Characters from the Plague Master Series / https://frightenme.weebly.com/frighten-me-blog
21	Facebook Takeover Party Announcement / horroraddicts.net
21	FACEBOOK TAKEOVER PARTY / https://www.facebook.com/events/377070086259488/

Music News: Murder Weapons video SERPENT

Enjoy a video from our friends at Murder Weapons.

Great video! Thank you guys for sharing it with us!

How to Make Stuffed Pumpkins – A Kbatz Kraft!

 

Kristin Battestella aka Kbatz steps outside of her Frightening Flix beat at HorrorAddicts.net to show how YOU can make your very own Affordable, Stylish Stuffed Pumpkins! 

 

 

“Puffed Stumpkins” by Kbatz!!

 

Since you can’t see all of the pumpkins in the video frame, here are a few pictures of my pile:

 

 

Music News: Murder Weapons video HIVE

Enjoy a video from our friends at Murder Weapons.

Great video! Thank you guys for sharing it with us!

Emilie Autumn: 4 Lessons In Being a Wayward Victorian Girl

It takes a fair bit of work to be a Proper Mad Girl, you know…Emilie will help us along.

Horror Gaming: Rise of Nightmares

This new video game from Sega reminds me so much of one my husband loved playing back in the old PC days – Killing Time. The music and setting is very reminiscent of it. If you ever played Killing Time, or just enjoy a good zombie killing, check this out.

Rise of Nightmares heightens the horror experience like never before, forcing you to use your whole body against your enemies. Using cutting-edge technology, you will be trapped in a nightmare-world of zombies, monsters and hellish scientists – the only way out is to fight. The nightmare will rise exclusively on Kinect for Xbox 360 on September 6, 2011.

For more information visit
http://www.sega.com/games/rise-of-nightmares.

Horror Gaming Buzz: Dead Island

Dead Island is a game being produced by Techland. It’s a third-person action game where zombies attack a family on vacation on a tropical island. The trailer below gives you just a taste of what is to come. The projected release date is September of 2011.

Dead Island Cinematic Debut Trailer [HD]
Developer: Techland
Genre: FPS
Platform: PS3/X360/PC
Publisher: Deep Silver
Set in an open world tropical island, hordes of different festering zombies await players around every corner while they embark on a variety of thrilling missions through the holiday resort. With firearms and ammunition being scarce the player must rely on utilizing found items as weapons for self-defense and fight off zombie hordes in intense melee combat. A diverse range of items can be collected and will later serve to transform the player’s ordinary makeshift weapons into serious instruments of destruction.

I felt the trailer, although slow, was awesome to watch. It was almost like a movie as it shows you a sequence of events, running forward and back, until they meet in the middle. I know a few zombie game fanatics who are going to love this one!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Deadisland/128246167248899

What do you think?

Horror Game: I Am Alive

Horror Addicts fan, Jesse, submitted this horror video game trailer.
He says he really wants to play it!

According to Wikipedia, I Am Alive,  takes place in Chicago after a major-scale earthquake has destroyed the city and separated it from mainland, while the rest of the world suffers a water crisis.

Rumored to be out Spring 2011, we could still not find
a confirmed release date from the company making it, UBISOFT.

Anyone with more information is encouraged to post a comment!

UNVEIL – A Film-Concert

Alain over at Unveil thought we might enjoy taking a look at their new video
The Story Of Sarah

For more videos from Unveil, check out their

YouTube page at: http://www.youtube.com/unveil616