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Making a Date with "Jennifer's Body" & Musings on a Set Visit

As I write this, I'm sky-high en route to Vancouver. I've got a script by Diablo Cody in my bag - it's a mix of Evil Dead II and Heathers and any other smart-ass teen comedies you can conjure up (Juno naturally springs to mind, as does Idle Hands - which isn't as bad as I remember making it out to be when it came out). All 114 pages of Cody's latest are joined by a DVD copy of Trick or Treat - pure '80s wannabe franchise trash that harnessed the mixture of horror and rock 'n roll that have unequivocally been bonded to one another. And with it, a copy of Hack/Slash: Friday the 31st, a compilation of this comic book's first four issues, since going monthly, which finds its heroine, Cassie, and her partner, Vlad, up against a lame-o hair metal band dabbling in Satanic goofiness. All of these things come together thematically and for good reason...I'm heading the set of Jennifer's Body.

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The Rotten Truth: Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors...Past, Present & Future

Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors has come and gone. And, per usual, people were divided on this long-running celebration of the genre. I've been attending since, gosh, '89 (?) - my father and I would take the Metro into New York from Connecticut and stand in the brisk weather for a good few hours just to warm ourselves in the fanboy vibe at the Penn Hotel.

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Dark Delicacies: John Landis Signing, April 29th

Director John Landis (An American Werewolf in London) and author Giulia D'Agnolo Valan swung by Dark Delicacies tonight to sign copies of the latter's book - the aptly-titled John Landis. There was a decent crowd; Landis was his usual, animated self while the soft-spoken Valan sat nearby like a timid pussycat. Some of Landis' pals came out, like Mick Garris and Jaws scribe Carl Gottlieb (he worked alongside Landis on Amazon Women on the Moon). I had him sign my original folded one-sheet for American Werewolf that features a special banner across the top advertising a "special sneak preview on the eve of the full moon."

"Yes, I do look most unpleasant. This isn't Mr. Goodman's idea, he's your good friend, whereas I am a victim of your carnivorous lunar activities."

Goddammit, I love that movie.

Pics from the signing after the jump...

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"Pathology" Capsule Review

Here is a capsule review of the twisted medial thriller Pathology.

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"Twilight" Called, or, How I Turned into a Teenage Girl

Not really. But I thought for sure I'd awaken one morning in a unicorn t-shirt, pig-tails and feeling a serious need to listen to some Gwen Stefani (picture that, friends!) based on everything I've been doing to prep for my set visit to Summit Entertainment's Twilight. What does that entail? Sifting through countless blogs dedicated to the Stephenie Meyer book, reading the book, talking to fans, trying to understand the fans, sitting in a room, staring at a wall, not seeing the wall, looking past the wall... Ahem, well, I'm back now and all I've got to say is...