Okay Chicago area Fulci Fans, in case you might have forgotten, there are midnight screenings of Fulci’s The Beyond next weekend at the Music Box, thanks to the wonderful people at Grindhouse Releasing. If you haven’t had the chance to see this on the big screen, it is a must.
Then on April 17th & 18th, the Music Box will also be screening the one and only Pieces! Nothing better than watching movie with a bunch of other crazy horror fans. Such a good time. Hope to see you there for both events!
After an 80 hour work week, this is what I’m feeling like. Plus, why the hell isn’t someone putting out the soundtrack for this movie?!?!?!
Looks like my column in HorrorHound has been nominated again for a Rondo Award for Best Column! Very humbled to be nominated 3 years in a row now. You can click on the banner below to get to Rondo site to see all of the nominees, including quite a few from my HorrorHound family. So please take a minute to go through the categories and cast your vote. These people are dedicated fans out there that strive to bring attention to the genre, and for that they all should be awarded. Of course, these are but a handful of fans, with countless others out there that are not named here, that are also working hard in their own crypt or dungeon.
So don’t forget and vote now! There are instructions at the top of the Rondo page on what you need to do to vote.
Sharing the Scare…what exactly does that mean? Well, it was a term that I believe my good friend Aaron Christensen started, which means that a bunch of like minded horror movie fans get together to watch and enjoy some flicks. Which is what I did yesterday with him, and a multitude of other good friends. I know I hold our annual Turkey Day Marathons every November, as well as other little movie events throughout the year. But honestly, this is really more than just a bunch of friends sitting around watching movies. It really becomes more than that. Depending on the movies, they can be more enjoyable, and in some cases more bearable when watched in a group.
Perfect case in point was one of the films we watched yesterday. It was Italian cult director Bruno Mattei’s last film, Zombies: The Beginning (2007). If I’d been watching that one by myself, there would have been a good chance that I probably wouldn’t have enjoyed it that much, other than just being amazed at how much they ripped off James Cameron’s Aliens. But because of the enthusiastic group I was with, it transcended it’s lack of budget and originality and became pretty entertaining.
I guess it really just depends on getting a hold of the right tech person to tell you what you want to know. After being told last night what I wanted to do was not possible, now it seems that it is after all. Like I said, just need to get the right person.
So by clicking on the Archive Site link on the right side, you’ll be taken to the old site, where you can access all of the reviews, convention reports and everything else. As I mentioned before, I will be slowly moving those over to here.
And thanks for all the followers that have joined today. Much appreciated. Love live the Krypt!
Yes, after working with the same format since the Krypt’s inception back in October of 1998, we have finally made the move to a different website program. Ever since Microsoft put Front Page out to pasture, it has been something that I knew would be coming at some point, more and more with each and every year that passed by. You have to realize that I’ve been still using a program that hasn’t had an update or upgrade for over a decade. The funny thing was when I was looking on some support message boards about getting Front Page to work on Windows 8, a lot of the comments I’d read pretty much said the same thing: “The program is a decade old…move on!” As much as it sucks to try and learn a whole new system, I have to admit they were right. It was time to move on. And what better way than to move one when I still can and on my terms, as opposed to the site just ceasing to exist and then quickly trying to piece together a new site. I know a lot of the issues I’ve had over the years with the site will now be gone, and now I can concentrate more on the content than the technical stuff.
At first, I was worried about losing the look and feel of the site by switching it to a blog format. The one thing that I always felt (or at least I hoped) stood out here was the content and place where I hoped would inspire other fans to learn more about the genre. And I don’t think that will change with this new format. After all, this comes all from the heart, fueled by my passion. And because of that, I don’t think it would matter if it is in the form of a website, a blog, or me standing on the street corner passing out pieces of paper with a list of movies I think you should see and some names of people that I feel need to be remembered for their contributions to the genre. So…with that thought…Welcome to the Krypt.
Couple of things. Not exactly sure how the old mailing list is going to work, you can now follow this site by entering your email over there on the right and you’ll get an email every time we post something new. Our updates will change now and will probably be more frequent than before. Granted, they will be small updates, but more of them.
The link to the old site is having a bit of technical difficulties at the moment, but we are hoping to have that fixed soon.
With this site, all the reviews we post will automatically be archives into the different categories which you can access by the search queue or by the category links on the left. But you will also be able to leave comments and thoughts about the posts as well, which I hope you do. As horror fans, we all know that it is a lot more fun and enjoyable when you can talk about it with someone else. So I look forward to having more of an open conversation with you.
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