Hauntcast welcomes..........Shocktails with Johnny Thunder

Yo, boils & ghouls! 

As some of you already may know, last month’s Shocktail Hour was our last. I want to give a big thank you and scream out to everyone who listened and supported the show, as well as all of our guests and the bad ass bands we featured. You cats are all the best! 

Fear not, The Last Bar on the Left hasn’t been shuttered. Dig it - I’ll be back on Hauntcast as of Episode 50 in my new segment “Shocktails with Johnny Thunder”….which will be the same drunken babbling, wildly inaccurate reporting and half-assed movie reviews you’ve come to know and love. I'll also continue to help line up cool music for the show.

Smell ya later, Minions. Stay Scary!

Topps & Mantic Announce Mars Attacks War-Game

Check out the press release for all the details:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TOPPS & MANTIC ANNOUNCE MARS ATTACKS WAR-GAME

May 14, 2013 – NEW YORK. Is your tabletop ready to be invaded? The Topps Company and Mantic Games have joined forces to bring MARS ATTACKS to life as a miniature-based tabletop war-game! Combining high quality sculpted figures with fast and fun tactical gameplay, Mantic will deliver an exciting new dimension to the resurgent sci-fi property.

Mantic Games, makers of the popular WARPATH and DREADBALL tabletop games, will make MARS ATTACKS their first license. "MARS ATTACKS is a cult classic series that fans have been falling in love with generation after generation," says Ronnie Renton, Mantic CEO. "Its oddball blend of retro sci-fi visuals, dark humor and over-the-top violence will make for a unique tabletop experience… our team can't wait to bring the Martians to life in ways no one has ever seen before!"

Set against the backdrop of the new and expanding MARS ATTACKS universe, the game will feature all of the fun and thrill of the classic series, plus new characters and factions that will see action in upcoming comic books and toys. It will also tie-in closely with Topps' just-announced all-new trading card series, Mars Attacks: Invasion, releasing in October.

"MARS ATTACKS is a world where giant robots, mutated insects and hordes of Martian soldiers face off against Earth's military and innocent civilians— how could you not want to see a game out of that?" says Topps' Adam Levine. "Mantic has quickly become one of the best in the business, and they're the perfect team to adapt our outrageous visuals into this exciting new form."

Mantic plans an early 2014 release.

For more information on MARS ATTACKS, including regular updates on new products and cards, follow on facebook: www.facebook.com/MarsAttacks.

Shocktail Hour 14 with Stellar Corpses

Despite their better judgment, JT & Baker meet up again at The Last Bar on the Left for another all-you-can-drink Shocktail Hour. This time around they recap the Media Film Festival & upcoming genre events, Alice Cooper’s new multimedia project, new movie previews, as well as reviews of Stitches, The Evil Dead & The Lords of Salem. All that, plus spooktacular tunes by Stellar Corpses. Bottom’s up, boils & ghouls!

Shocktail Hour 14 - Dig it!

Hauntcast season finale - free download

The season 4 finale of Hauntcast is available & FREE for all to download! Featuring an exclusive interview with haunt Queen Cydney Neil of the acclaimed Rocky Point Haunted House, Jerry Jewell of Skulltronix, Ed Roberts from WCHC and music from Shadow's Symphony.

It's not a podcast, it's haunt edutainment.

Enjoy the show and stay scary! 

Haunt Nation Magazine

My good fiend Gary Berger took to his diabolical laboratory and created Haunt Nation Magazine, a brand free downloadable e-zine for Halloween and Horror Addicts.

Coming May 2013, andpublished by DBGgraphix, HNM will focus on pro and amateur haunts, SFX artists (pro & amateur), haunted house reviews & listings, how-to section on prop building, the ins and outs of haunt design, reviews of independent horror films and much much more.

Site coming soon!

Media Film Festival April 5th-6th 2013/Media, PA

For anyone in the area, you may be interested in checking out the Media Film Festival this Friday and Saturday. Of particular interest to me is the Friday-Night Horror Fest at 10:30 PM: •The Transmission (7m, USA) dir. by Brian Lonano •Foundations (16m, USA) dir. by Shane Pantellas •Shadow of the Unnamable (16m, Germany) dir. by Sascha Renninger •Minor Atrocities (17m, USA) dir. by Norman Macera •The Tell Tale Heart: Tales of Poe (30m, USA) dir. by Bart Mastronardi Looking forward to viewing these shorts and talking about on the next Shocktail Hour. Details in the link.

Transworld 2013 coverage from Vysther's Halloween Haunt Journal

If ya haven't caught it, head on over and check out all the cool pics from this year's Transworld and all the Hauntcast/Shocktail Hour fun we had. There's even a few of me for you ladies to drool over. Check out the link.

The Midnite Spook Frolic Jukebox: Stellar Corpses "Vampire Kiss"