Severed Toys and Stockholm Kartell have teamed up to bring their Mörk Borg RPG to life with four brand-new, seven-inch, fully articulated action figures. Based on the Mörk Borg book's iconic cover art, "The Dread Risen figure is the perfect frightening, gritty representation of the game that's sure to appeal to RPG fans and toy collectors alike."
"Stockholm Kartell’s Mörk Borg is an independent roleplaying game inspired by Black Metal music that has gained a cult following with fans and collaborators all over the world. With nearly 2,000 third-party publications supporting the game, the creative community has built the brand into one of the most successful open-license RPGs."
Having just launched their new Kickstarter, Severed Toys owner Justin Sirois shared an essay with us, discussing the magic of Mörk Borg and the new venture into Mörk Borg Universe action figures:
Dread Risen is the Perfect Figure to Represent the Mörk...
"Stockholm Kartell’s Mörk Borg is an independent roleplaying game inspired by Black Metal music that has gained a cult following with fans and collaborators all over the world. With nearly 2,000 third-party publications supporting the game, the creative community has built the brand into one of the most successful open-license RPGs."
Having just launched their new Kickstarter, Severed Toys owner Justin Sirois shared an essay with us, discussing the magic of Mörk Borg and the new venture into Mörk Borg Universe action figures:
Dread Risen is the Perfect Figure to Represent the Mörk...
- 4/30/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Stephen King’s ‘The Colorado Kid’ Mulls the Merits of an Unsolved Mystery [The Losers’ Club Podcast]
The Losers return to Maine and take a ferry out to Moose-Lookit Island, where they learn about the mystery of The Colorado Kid. It’s a slim tale with even slimmer answers, but they quickly learn there’s a lot of meat to chew on. Hell, you might even choke on it! Keep all that in mind as you listen to the Club’s first book episode of 2023 and Season 7.
Done flipping? Then join Losers Michael Roffman, Rachel Reeves, Ashley Casseday, and Jenn Adams as they discuss the origins of the Hard Case Crime imprint, how Stephen King got involved, the ways this peculiar parable is built on hard-boiled tropes, the timeless trials for “from-away”s, and how it all aligns with From a Buick 8 and beyond.
Stream the episode below and be sure to bring a windbreaker. Then return next week when the Losers speak to Last Days author...
Done flipping? Then join Losers Michael Roffman, Rachel Reeves, Ashley Casseday, and Jenn Adams as they discuss the origins of the Hard Case Crime imprint, how Stephen King got involved, the ways this peculiar parable is built on hard-boiled tropes, the timeless trials for “from-away”s, and how it all aligns with From a Buick 8 and beyond.
Stream the episode below and be sure to bring a windbreaker. Then return next week when the Losers speak to Last Days author...
- 1/20/2023
- by Michael Roffman
- bloody-disgusting.com
We’re all trying to find ways to keep ourselves and/or our families/housemates engaged and entertained during this period of social distancing. Might I suggest a bit of horror?
Tor Books launched its own horror imprint, Nightfire Books, aimed at publishing fiction that “unsettles and delights, exploring the full range of horror, dark fantasy, and the supernatural” back in April. The imprint’s first publication is planned for early 2021, but that doesn’t mean it’s not putting out some chilling content in the meantime.
In February, Nightfire Books launched Come Join Us By the Fire, an audio-only anthology of 35 horror short stories available to listen to for free. The collection offers almost 10 hours of creepy content, is narrated by Gerard Doyle, Ramon de Ocampo, and Saskia Maarleveld, and includes some of our favorite authors, including Joe R. Lansdale, Paul Tremblay, Sam J. Miller, China Miéville, and Carmen Maria Machado.
Tor Books launched its own horror imprint, Nightfire Books, aimed at publishing fiction that “unsettles and delights, exploring the full range of horror, dark fantasy, and the supernatural” back in April. The imprint’s first publication is planned for early 2021, but that doesn’t mean it’s not putting out some chilling content in the meantime.
In February, Nightfire Books launched Come Join Us By the Fire, an audio-only anthology of 35 horror short stories available to listen to for free. The collection offers almost 10 hours of creepy content, is narrated by Gerard Doyle, Ramon de Ocampo, and Saskia Maarleveld, and includes some of our favorite authors, including Joe R. Lansdale, Paul Tremblay, Sam J. Miller, China Miéville, and Carmen Maria Machado.
- 3/27/2020
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
After a successful run exclusively on Google Play, Come Join Us By the Fire is now available on Spotify as well as other audiobook retailers. Also in today's Horror Highlights: Kickstarter campaigns for graphic novels Von Bach by Owen Hammer and The Empties by Kristen Gorlitz.
Von Bach's Kickstarter Campaign Details: "'Von Bach” is a graphic novel adaptation of a play produced by the Next Arena Theater company. It’s the story of an undead monster who sues a movie studio trying to make a horror movie about him.
Doctor Heinrich Von Bach was a nineteenth-century scientist resurrected from the dead by his own ungodly invention. At least that’s the story Hollywood told when they got hold of the gothic romance novel written about the good doctor. For a hundred years they’ve made as many films based on the bloody life and undeath of Von Bach.
Today, a...
Von Bach's Kickstarter Campaign Details: "'Von Bach” is a graphic novel adaptation of a play produced by the Next Arena Theater company. It’s the story of an undead monster who sues a movie studio trying to make a horror movie about him.
Doctor Heinrich Von Bach was a nineteenth-century scientist resurrected from the dead by his own ungodly invention. At least that’s the story Hollywood told when they got hold of the gothic romance novel written about the good doctor. For a hundred years they’ve made as many films based on the bloody life and undeath of Von Bach.
Today, a...
- 2/18/2020
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
The January 2020 issue of Nightmare Magazine (www.nightmare-magazine.com) is now on sale, featuring original fiction by Meg Elison and Brian Evenson, as well as reprints by Stephen Graham Jones and S.P. Miskowski. The entire issue is available in ebook form now, both from Nightmare directly and from third party ebook vendors; the issue’s contents will …
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- 1/17/2020
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Psychomanteum
Stars: Adrian Annis, Adam Bertenshaw, Sophie Bickerstaff, Jack Blanch, Ray Brady, Emer Brennan, Corey Bridgeman, Norma Butikofer, Arlo Cadbury, Ian Donnelly, Anastasia Drew, Aidan Eason, Angela Peters, John Rankin, Steve Roberts, Kate Sandison, Andrew Shire | Written by Ray Brady, Jamie Drew, Brian Evenson, Stuart Wright | Directed by Ray Brady, Andy Edwards
Name: Psychomanteum
Age: 2018
Appearance: A series of low budget short films interspersed with a rambling monologue about paranoia and fear…
Psychomanteum. Tick tock, tick tock.
“Tick tock… Tick tock”
Why are you speaking like that?
Because it’s uttered continuously throughout the monologue.
Oh, that’s annoying.
Yes, it does go on a bit but the narrator acknowledges that near the end of the film so that makes it okay. Tick tock, tick tock…
Stop it.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
So, the film is called Psychomanteum. What’s that when it’s at home?
It’s a small,...
Stars: Adrian Annis, Adam Bertenshaw, Sophie Bickerstaff, Jack Blanch, Ray Brady, Emer Brennan, Corey Bridgeman, Norma Butikofer, Arlo Cadbury, Ian Donnelly, Anastasia Drew, Aidan Eason, Angela Peters, John Rankin, Steve Roberts, Kate Sandison, Andrew Shire | Written by Ray Brady, Jamie Drew, Brian Evenson, Stuart Wright | Directed by Ray Brady, Andy Edwards
Name: Psychomanteum
Age: 2018
Appearance: A series of low budget short films interspersed with a rambling monologue about paranoia and fear…
Psychomanteum. Tick tock, tick tock.
“Tick tock… Tick tock”
Why are you speaking like that?
Because it’s uttered continuously throughout the monologue.
Oh, that’s annoying.
Yes, it does go on a bit but the narrator acknowledges that near the end of the film so that makes it okay. Tick tock, tick tock…
Stop it.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
So, the film is called Psychomanteum. What’s that when it’s at home?
It’s a small,...
- 10/30/2018
- by Aaron Shakespeare
- Nerdly
Prior to Labor Day weekend, I was given the opportunity to interview Nick Antosca who is the creator, showrunner and executive producer of Syfy’s horror television series, Channel Zero. While each season was a different story, I felt it necessary to watch the first season, Candle Cove, since I abandoned ship halfway through the season. As the show was airing on Syfy, I thought Candle Cove was interesting but, personally, I didn’t have much of a connection with the main character and the story seemed pretty basic. What I did think was that the imagery excelled it above something that would be, quite frankly, forgettable. It also seemed pretty unapologetic when it was dealing with a story that heavily involved children, I admired that as well.
I have read maybe a handful of creepypasta stories, which most of them are fabricated, overindulgent urban legends. There will always be...
I have read maybe a handful of creepypasta stories, which most of them are fabricated, overindulgent urban legends. There will always be...
- 9/20/2017
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Filmmaker James DeMonaco has shown horror fans a ruthless society in the world of his Purge movies, and now he's diving into another frightening future in Feral, a new novel he co-wrote with B.K. Evenson that's set in a world where men have transformed into manic killing machines. With Feral coming out on April 4th from Penguin Random House's Anchor imprint and Blumhouse Books, we've been provided with an excerpt from the apocalyptic novel to share with Daily Dead readers.
Check out the excerpt below, and to learn more about Feral, visit Amazon and Blumhouse Books.
"About Feral, by James DeMonaco and Brian Evenson
Allie Hilts was still in high school when a fire at a top-secret research facility released an air-borne pathogen that quickly spread to every male on the planet, killing most. Allie witnessed every man she ever knew be consumed by fearsome symptoms: scorching fevers and internal bleeding,...
Check out the excerpt below, and to learn more about Feral, visit Amazon and Blumhouse Books.
"About Feral, by James DeMonaco and Brian Evenson
Allie Hilts was still in high school when a fire at a top-secret research facility released an air-borne pathogen that quickly spread to every male on the planet, killing most. Allie witnessed every man she ever knew be consumed by fearsome symptoms: scorching fevers and internal bleeding,...
- 4/3/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Bored with the regurgitated, repurposed urban legends of our time, Hugo Award-winning fiction editor Ann Vandermeer sought to create a bestiary that would once again delight and intrigued minds with superbly fanciful creatures. Vandermeer brought together some of the most respected fantasists from around the world including Karen Lord, Dexter Palmer, Brian Evenson, Felix Gilman, and Rikki Ducornet to contribute a bizarre beast. The end result is a beautifully illustrated compendium of fantastical creatures that could only be imagined into life by equally fantastical minds. I found myself pouring over the pages of The Bestiary as I poured over the pages of my Greek or Egyptian mythologies books as a child. Each story pulls you in with detailed descriptions and “eye-witness accounts” that are so well written, you almost forget the creatures are made-up. And Serbian illustrator Ivica Stevanovic compliments the text with her strange, yet alluring images of each beastie.
- 3/29/2016
- by Caroline Stephenson
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
May 28
The Blue Velvet Project will resume with post #119 on May 30th. In the meantime, this is a re-post of the April 23 confession, with a new confessional update at the bottom of the post.
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As author of The Blue Velvet Project—which owes a moral debt to the Dogme 95 movement, whose practice of constraint was an inspiration—I feel obligated to make this public statement of confessions regarding the rigors of the project. This is done in the spirit of Thomas Vinterberg’s confession regarding his film The Celebration.
Despite the fact that I promised Mr. Macaulay, Filmmaker Editor-in-Chief, that I would compose each entry “well ahead of time,” I confess that the following posts were composed the day of posting:
#12
#27
#28
#77
#93
I confess to posting—out of unreasonable affection for the frame in question—on the same frame twice, concocting the flimsy ruse of “part 2” as a means to justify this selfish act.
The Blue Velvet Project will resume with post #119 on May 30th. In the meantime, this is a re-post of the April 23 confession, with a new confessional update at the bottom of the post.
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As author of The Blue Velvet Project—which owes a moral debt to the Dogme 95 movement, whose practice of constraint was an inspiration—I feel obligated to make this public statement of confessions regarding the rigors of the project. This is done in the spirit of Thomas Vinterberg’s confession regarding his film The Celebration.
Despite the fact that I promised Mr. Macaulay, Filmmaker Editor-in-Chief, that I would compose each entry “well ahead of time,” I confess that the following posts were composed the day of posting:
#12
#27
#28
#77
#93
I confess to posting—out of unreasonable affection for the frame in question—on the same frame twice, concocting the flimsy ruse of “part 2” as a means to justify this selfish act.
- 5/28/2012
- by Nicholas Rombes
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Second #5358, 89:18
When Blue Velvet is funny, it is very funny. This shot opens with Jeffrey’s mother and his Aunt Barbara (the late, great, Frances Bay) looking up from the breakfast table at something, aghast. However, in a sharp instance of delayed decoding, we don’t see what they see for several seconds. For all we know, they could be looking in frozen horror at an intruder, or a monster (perhaps the entity behind the Winkie’s dumpster from Mulholland Drive), or something visible only to them. It is only at this moment that we see what they see: Jeffrey, whose bruised face shocks them.
There is the recurrence of curtains used as a framing device; Jeffrey (like Ben) is about to enter the space between them, as if taking the stage. And there is the odd contraption just behind Aunt Barbara. But most of all there is the...
When Blue Velvet is funny, it is very funny. This shot opens with Jeffrey’s mother and his Aunt Barbara (the late, great, Frances Bay) looking up from the breakfast table at something, aghast. However, in a sharp instance of delayed decoding, we don’t see what they see for several seconds. For all we know, they could be looking in frozen horror at an intruder, or a monster (perhaps the entity behind the Winkie’s dumpster from Mulholland Drive), or something visible only to them. It is only at this moment that we see what they see: Jeffrey, whose bruised face shocks them.
There is the recurrence of curtains used as a framing device; Jeffrey (like Ben) is about to enter the space between them, as if taking the stage. And there is the odd contraption just behind Aunt Barbara. But most of all there is the...
- 5/16/2012
- by Nicholas Rombes
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Second #4982, 83:02
This frame comes from perhaps the most difficult scene to watch—without flinching or looking away—in Blue Velvet. Frank, getting warmed up for his violent gender-bending abuse of Jeffrey, assaults what is beneath Dorothy’s robe. The viewer is trapped in the backseat with Jeffrey, sutured into his point of view. Jeffrey, who is unable to decipher the meaning of Frank. On one level, Blue Velvet is a post-apocalyptic film, where what has been destroyed is not just buildings but meaning itself. In Brian Evenson’s new novel Immobility, the main character—a paralyzed-from-the-waste-down man named Horkai—considers the devastated landscape as he is being carried to a destination he does not know:
An old rest area, rusty metal rail still in place, the building itself having fallen off its foundations to spill into the parking lot. A sudden unbroken run of telephone poles, most snapped off...
This frame comes from perhaps the most difficult scene to watch—without flinching or looking away—in Blue Velvet. Frank, getting warmed up for his violent gender-bending abuse of Jeffrey, assaults what is beneath Dorothy’s robe. The viewer is trapped in the backseat with Jeffrey, sutured into his point of view. Jeffrey, who is unable to decipher the meaning of Frank. On one level, Blue Velvet is a post-apocalyptic film, where what has been destroyed is not just buildings but meaning itself. In Brian Evenson’s new novel Immobility, the main character—a paralyzed-from-the-waste-down man named Horkai—considers the devastated landscape as he is being carried to a destination he does not know:
An old rest area, rusty metal rail still in place, the building itself having fallen off its foundations to spill into the parking lot. A sudden unbroken run of telephone poles, most snapped off...
- 4/25/2012
- by Nicholas Rombes
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Now that we've slain the beast known as the San Diego Comic-Con, it's time to play a little bit of catch-up with a few stories that were announced over the past few days but haven't been reported here on Dread Central yet. Case in point - Two all-new products in the Dead Space™ franchise: animated feature Dead Space Aftermath and graphic novel Dead Space Salvage.
From the Press Release:
These two brand extensions were revealed during an Sdcc panel discussion entitled "Building a Horror Entertainment Franchise: Dead Space 2" featuring Dead Space Producer Rich Briggs, Dead Space Salvage Artist Christopher Shy, Dead Space Martyr Writer Brian Evenson, Dead Space Aftermath Actor Christopher Judge, and Dead Space 2 Actor Gunner Wright.
Dead Space Aftermath is an animated feature that explains what happened during the first-responder mission to Aegis VII. Dead Space Salvage is a graphic novel that tells the story of a rogue...
From the Press Release:
These two brand extensions were revealed during an Sdcc panel discussion entitled "Building a Horror Entertainment Franchise: Dead Space 2" featuring Dead Space Producer Rich Briggs, Dead Space Salvage Artist Christopher Shy, Dead Space Martyr Writer Brian Evenson, Dead Space Aftermath Actor Christopher Judge, and Dead Space 2 Actor Gunner Wright.
Dead Space Aftermath is an animated feature that explains what happened during the first-responder mission to Aegis VII. Dead Space Salvage is a graphic novel that tells the story of a rogue...
- 7/27/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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