Loading ...I just wanted to chime in and congratulate fellow Bastard, Roger Beckett, and his wife on the birth of their daughter! The first baby born in Michigan with a full beard(just kidding Roger).
I know Tim already posted the achievement, but holy shit! Thanks to every one of you bastards out there for helping us get there!
The 2007 Eerie Horror Film Festival and Screenplay Competition has officially opened its call for entries and is currently seeking submissions from all over the world!
Submission categories for the 2007 Eerie Horror Film Festival and Screenplay Competition includes:
* Horror Feature
* Horror Short
* Science Fiction Feature
* Science Fiction Short
* Suspense Feature
* Suspense Short
* Student (10 - 17 yrs of age) Horror Feature
* Student (10 - 17 yrs of age) Horror Short
* Feature Length Screenplay
* Short Length Screenplay
* Student (10 - 17 yrs of age) Feature Length Screenplay
* Student (10 - 17 yrs of age) Short Length Screenplay
Since 2004 the EERIE HORROR FILM FESTIVAL has screened over 150 films and has featured appearances by Tony Todd (Candyman), PJ Soles (Halloween), Gunnar Hansen (Texas Chainsaw Massacre ‘74), Lloyd Kaufman (Troma), Eugene Clark (Land of the Dead), Joe Pilato (Day of the Dead), Lynn Lowry (The Crazies), Tom Atkins (Halloween III), Charles Cyphers (Halloween), Nancy Loomis(Halloween), Alex Vincent (Child’s Play), Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick (The Omen ‘06), Brian Andrews (Halloween), Mark Borchardt (American Movie), John Hancock (Let’s Scare Jessica to Death), Dorothy Tristan (screenwriter), Mark Steensland (The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick), Sean David Morton (Joe Killionaire), Len Kabasinski (Swamp Zombies), Jamien Snow (author), Greg Lamberson (Slime City), Debbie Rochon (Hellblock 13), Michael Stanley (Attack of the Beast Creatures), actress Pam Sutch and many, many more!
The 2007 EERIE HORROR FILM FESTIVAL will feature even more special guests, bigger prizes and lots o’ mayhem!
The EERIE HORROR FILM FESTIVAL will take place in October of 2007 at the Erie Playhouse in Erie, Pa. (October dates will be posted soon).
For those interested in making an adventure of your visit, please note that Erie is only a short drive from the cities of Cleveland, OH, Buffalo, NY, and Pittsburgh, PA!
Check our website often for updates and announcements!
http://www.eeriehorrorfest.com
http://www.myspace.com/eeriehorrorfest
Film Length Definition
Feature films: 50 minutes or longer.
Short films: 49 minutes or less.
Feature Length Screenplays: 70 pages or longer.
Short Screenplays: 69 pages or less.
Click on the icon below to enter!
Conact us at:info@eeriehorrorfest.com for more information.
Good luck everyone!
Ancient Origins
Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in).
The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.
To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities.
During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other’s fortunes. When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter.
By A.D. 43, Romans had conquered the majority of Celtic territory. In the course of the four hundred years that they ruled the Celtic lands, two festivals of Roman origin were combined with the traditional Celtic celebration of Samhain.
The first was Feralia, a day in late October when the Romans traditionally commemorated the passing of the dead. The second was a day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple and the incorporation of this celebration into Samhain probably explains the tradition of “bobbing” for apples that is practiced today on Halloween.
By the 800s, the influence of Christianity had spread into Celtic lands. In the seventh century, Pope Boniface IV designated November 1 All Saints’ Day, a time to honor saints and martyrs. It is widely believed today that the pope was attempting to replace the Celtic festival of the dead with a related, but church-sanctioned holiday. The celebration was also called All-hallows or All-hallowmas (from Middle English Alholowmesse meaning All Saints’ Day) and the night before it, the night of Samhain, began to be called All-hallows Eve and, eventually, Halloween. Even later, in A.D. 1000, the church would make November 2 All Souls’ Day, a day to honor the dead. It was celebrated similarly to Samhain, with big bonfires, parades, and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels, and devils. Together, the three celebrations, the eve of All Saints’, All Saints’, and All Souls’, were called Hallowmas.
I hate to let Halloween end…and it hasn’t even been here yet. As usual I am trying to extend it as long as possible, so we’ll be doing a Sunday Matinee of ALL WRAPPED UP, a movie about mummies, right her in Orlando, Dec 3rd. Sorry for those of you out of town. The “search by location” function isn’t working. Drop by. Have some porpcorn. See our little epic and meet members of the cast of crew. Sorry about the change of date, but the good news is they discounted the room as an apology and so now the screening is FREE to all. So that’s FREE POPCORN, A FREE MOVIE and still $3 off of DVD’s and T-shirts. See you there! PS If you’ve gotten this multiple times, I apologize. I have some of you as friends in other place, other people are sending out invites…and I lost track of where I stopped sending last time
Roger Beckett went and had a kid!
Dian and Roger are very proud to announce the birth of
their daughter, Luna Safira on November 1st, 2006.
She arrived at 4:21 pm. and has been doing very well
ever since.
Thank you so much for your wishes on our behalf, they
are very much appreciated.
For those interested in stats, here they are:
A robust 9 pounds (thanks to daddy)
20.5 inches in length
The initial labor phase (dilation) took almost 24
hours, while the actual birthing phase (pushing) took
only 45 minutes.
All systems are in good working order, she is healthy
and by all appearances, happy.
Her favorite pastimes are eating and sleeping (again,
just like daddy).
Both baby and mother are resting nicely after the
event, and thank you again for your well wishes.
As of 6:00pm eastern time Bastards of Horror is proud to say we have had 10,000 hits! Holy shit and that is in only 8 1/2 months! Now maybe will actually take us seriously, (doubt it), but anyway thank you again horror fans for coming to website from the fans for the fans!
