Haunted House, Haunted House Music Co (1985)
Your moldering host Sam is old enough to remember picking this up as a cassette tape in a drug store on a whim in 1986. It was dirt cheap, but for something released in the 80’s, it has a decidedly old-school vibe that made it an immediate and enduring October favorite of mine, from the weirdly dreamy Music from the Fourth Dimension playing in the background to the surprisingly creepy moments it manages to evoke, almost in spite of itself. Even the cover art has a wonderful, home-grown, throwback quality that was already disappearing at the time. So enjoy, Pumpkinauts! I really love this one.
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Honeyspider Trailer Released
Back in May the Cult of the Great Pumpkin posted about the upcoming movie Honeyspider. Writer/Producer Kenny Caperton has sent us an update… and a trailer! From Kenny:
HONEYSPIDER, a cult throwback horror feature film from indie filmmakers Josh Hasty and Kenny Caperton, will premiere on October 18th at the historic Gem Theatre in Kannapolis, North Carolina, where a portion of the film was shot. The theatre is hosting a horror night double feature also including George A Romero’s zombie classic ‘Night of the Living Dead’ from 1968. The film is also screening at a Drive-In in Henderson, NC with the original ‘House on Haunted Hill’ starring Vincent Price, as well as showing at the historic Murphy Theatre in Wilmington, OH with ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show.’
HONEYSPIDER takes place in 1989 on Halloween day and follows college student Jackie Blue as she slowly unravels, all while a mysterious stranger watches over her every move. Soon she finds herself helplessly trapped like prey in a spider’s web, and all she can do is try to survive the night!
HONEYSPIDER is written and produced by Kenny Caperton (owner of the infamous Myers House NC) and directed by Josh Hasty (‘A Mannequin in Static’) of Paramount Scope. The film stars Frank Aard (‘April Fool’s Day’ remake), Joan Schuermeyer (‘Zombieland’ and RZ’s ‘Halloween 2’), Rachel Jeffreys, Samantha Mills (‘Bombshell Bloodbath’) and newcomer Mariah Brown.
Billy Corgan of the iconic rock band The Smashing Pumpkins has generously given the filmmakers the rights to use one of his early SP tracks entitled “Honeyspider,” which inspired the name of the movie. The film will also feature music from legendary music producer and singer songwriter Gary S. Paxton, who arranged and produced the original Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers “Monster Mash” album.
In addition to the double feature screenings, HONEYSPIDER will also be hitting the film festival circuit in search of distribution later this Fall. For more information, check out the film’s official website at www.honeyspidermovie.com and visit the film’s official Facebook page at www.facebook.com/honeyspidermovie.
HONEYSPIDER Plot Synopsis:
It’s Halloween day in 1989 and college student Jackie Blue wants to enjoy a quiet birthday in the midst of a chaotic semester at school. Her friend Amber has other ideas and persuades Jackie to come to the annual Monster Mash party on campus after her shift at the local movie theater. As murder plays out on the silver screen during the theater’s Halloween night Horrorthon, Jackie falls under a strange spell, all while a mysterious stranger watches over her every move. As the night unfolds, Jackie slowly unravels and everyone around her is turning up dead. Jackie finds herself helplessly trapped like prey in a spider’s web, and all she can do is try to survive the night!
- www.honeyspidermovie.com
- www.twitter.com/honeyspiderfilm
- www.facebook.com/honeyspidermovie
- www.honeyspidermovie.tumblr.com
- www.imdb.com/title/tt3526462
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Leave a Comment Go to Post...Ghostly Sounds: A Haunting Experience (Power Records, 1974)
This classic series of “stories in sound” features a brief narrated intro for each vignette, then you hear each story played out in sound. Any Halloween-loving adult older than 40 will instantly recognize a lot of the sound effects used, as there seemed to be a common pool of them used for decades and, as a result, they can cause instant Halloween nostalgia. For younger listeners who might not be as familiar, this collection has a wonderfully charming retro spooky vibe.
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