“HORROR-IZE” A SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER TITLE AND YOU COULD WIN A 4-FILM FAVORITES HORROR DVD SET! ENDS JUNE 28!
ENTRY DEADLINE IS JUNE 28
The summer movie season is in full swing, packed with the usual sequels, mega-budgeted comic book adaptations and films that can never live up to their hype. Well, Shadows & Screams want you to add a horror fanatic’s touch to the Hollywood marketing machine. Just add something to “horror-ize” the title of one of this summer’s major releases and send it our way. For example: Sex and the City of the Dead. The title we like best will win the entrant a 4-Film Favorites Horror DVD Set featuring Wolfen (1981), Abel Ferrara’s Body Snatchers (1994), Coma (1978) and Bad Moon (1996). Visit www.shadowsandscreams.com for all the details!
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Special Make-Up Effects & Mold-Making Sculpture Class
~Ken Hertlein
About The Instructor:
Ken Hertlein Has 25 Years Of Professional Experience In
Special Make-Up FX For Film And Television.
Ken Was Personally Trained By FX Legend
Dick Smith Of “Exorcist Legend”!
This series of classes is designed to familiarize aspiring FX make-up artist with the entire process (beginning to end) of designing & creating a full head, 1:1 life-size sculpture.
This 8 week course will cover all creative aspects at a very in-depth and comprehensive level.
The subjects covered include:
-Character and creature concept design
-Building & sculpting armatures
-Comparative anatomy
-Anatomical believability
-Expression & presence
The course will begin June 22nd, and will be held every Tuesday & Thursday at 7pm for 8 weeks with the last class being held August 12th. Class time will vary between 3-4 hours each session.
LIMITED TO 8 STUDENTS!
Ken Hertlein will be available to students via phone & email during the duration should students have any questions. Upon completion students will receive a certificate of achievement. Cost will be $800 for the course. A non-refundable deposit of $300 is required upon enrollment & a payment plan can be structured through Horrorbles for the remaining due balance.
Full Body of Horror Drink & Draw at the Lucky Number Grill
Join Killer-works and Burning City, Inc.,
at the Lucky Number Grill at 1931 N.Milwaukee (at Western & Armitage) in Chicago
Friday, May 28th
7pm – 2am
(Modeling and Drawing starts at 8pm)
Our very first event – a Drink & Draw – with lovely horror models and some very talented company.
Confirmed artists to rub shoulders with are:
- Dave Dorman (Star Wars/Batman/Aliens)
- Ray Frenden (The Misfits/Wired)
- J Anthony Kosar (Avatar/Buckaroo Bonzai)
Bring your own sketch pad, dress up and be sketched, or sit back and indulge your inner horror voyeur.
$5 at the door
($1 from every ticket will be donated to “Women for Women“)
$2 Well Drinks
To RSVP just go to our Facebook Event Page
or email comments@killer-work.com
Lady~A’s Vampire Social Club at Late Bar Chicago
The VSC will celebrate its second venture into the world of the vampire at Late Bar in Chicago. Come and celebrate the new season of our favorite show True Blood, Thursday, June 17th from 9-4am. Knock back a few $5 Bleed Easies and bring your Deep South rock and roll attitude! $3 suggested donation for non-members, $2 for members only. Need to get a membership card? Find Lady~A by the front door at her reserved table and ask. It’s FREE!
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Slasher! at Gorilla Tango Theatre (http://www.gorillatango.com/)
Directed by Angie McMahon.
Show Rating – R
Synopsis
Don’t go in the basement! Don’t go in the attic! Don’t have sex in the car! Don’t take a shower! And most importantly, don’t assume that it’s over and that you’re safe. A fully-improvised long-form show in the style of slasher films, based on audience suggestions. Last show will be Friday, May 28, 2010 at 11:30 PM. Price is $12.00 each.
Reviewed by Brian Meadowcroft
The show starts by taking suggestions from the audience to help develop the story line for a custom horror story. They take all of the stereotypical scenes from horror films and make them funny. The best way to describe it would be like Mad Libs. The killer’s instrument of death is ________, the audience would then help fill in the blank with something such as a “rolled up newspaper”. The improv group did a great job at developing the story line and coming up with witty and funny solutions to the audience provided answers. So come on out to Gorilla Tango Theatre and watch a great slasher parody.
Reviewed by Kristin Carroll
There is sometimes a fine line between the art of horror and dark comedy. The performance of Slasher! at the Gorilla Tango Theater seeks to blend the two, by creating a medley of standard horror thrills and quick laughs. The actors combine traditional scenarios (i.e. young, lustful youths camping,) peppered with improve based on audience direction. I.e. What tool will the psycho killer use to off his victims? What traits do would-be victims posses that drive him to kill? In this performance, it was people who drool that drove him mad, and janitor keys that were the murder weapon of choice.
It’s always a fun time to make light of typical, horror storylines. They’re so predictable, yet difficult to turn away from. After all, you never know when another scare inducing jump is just around the corner. And when the audience is allowed to play a part in how the story unravels, it’s even more enjoyable. I recommend anyone of the horror genre to check this one out, to see what tales their customized show will tell.
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