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Monsterpalooza 2018 Brought Down The House – Celebrating 10 Years!

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Hard to believe that it has been over a week since Monsterpalooza spread their tentacles at their latest show in Pasadena, California. On the flip side, it is exciting and fulfilling to think that the show just celebrated their ten year anniversary and growth rate of Monsterpalooza is incredible. The show debuted as a gallery featuring monster makers and a mini-museum, Monsterpalooza’s first incarnation was called “Maskapollza,” betcha didn’t know that! The show continued to grow and the junior show Son of Monsterpalooza came about, and both shows shared the enthusiasm of celebrating the art of monsters.

2018 Monsterpalooza

2018 Monsterpalooza

I have personally witnessed Monsterpalooza grow over the past few years, and the show is nothing short of amazing and fun! The floor plan changed this year offering more room for vendors & guests and moving the presentations/panels to a larger location. Elvira – Mistress of the Dark, The Shape of Water, and Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich only scraped the surface of what was available this year! Many celebrity guests were in attendance signing and engaging with their fans.

Special make-up effects creator, make-up artist Rick Baker was presented with Monsterpalooza’s Frightmare Achievement Award at the Afterlife Party in the new theatre location: Exhibit Hall and C. Premiere Products were also on hand celebrating the works of Rick Baker.

2018 Monsterpalooza

2018 Monsterpalooza

2018 Monsterpalooza

2018 Monsterpalooza

As I have mentioned before one of my favorite agenda items at any convention is attending panels, the more, the better! One panel that did not disappoint was the Puppet Master: Littlest Reich, the newest installment recently acquired by RLJE Films. I can say this film is gonna be BLOODY! 

Here is what Full Moon’s Charles Band had to say about the film:

“I think it’s great. We have a different take on the Puppet Master story, and these great amazing characters do look different. I think the two can work side by side and they are beautifully done. One thing I want to point out also about Dallas [Producer] is that we saw eye to eye about not making this movie a CGI film, it would have been a lot easier to create these guys in post, but they would have been to me like cartoony. Everything is real, just like we shot all the other Puppet Master films. No CGI, I mean we took out rods and things, but those characters were always real. The actors were able to perform against them which is great as opposed to like a light bulb or something and trying to imagine what it is or was. So, I like the fact that these are real organic creatures.”

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich Panel

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich Panel

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich was also produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura (1492) and Mark Vahradian (Transformers).  It was executive produced by Adam Donaghey (A Ghost Story), Johnathan Brownlee (The Incident at Sparrow Creek Lumber), Wayne Marc Godfrey (The Foreigner), Robert Jones (The Usual Suspects), Rick Prince (Enuattii) and Red Sanders (A Bad Idea Gone Wrong).  Frequent Laguna & Wiklund partner David Liljeblad also produced.

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich Panel

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich [Scene From The Movie]

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich Panel

In case you missed Monsterpalooza, do not fear. The Junior show Son of Monsterpalooza will be returning this year on September 14-16, 2018. And for you die-hard Monsters, Monsterpalooza will return to the Pasadena convention center April 12-14, 2019! Continue to check for updates at their official website.

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Netflix Releases First BTS ‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ Footage

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It’s been three long years since Netflix unleashed the bloody, but enjoyable Fear Street on its platform. Released in a tryptic fashion, the streamer broke up the story into three episodes, each taking place in a different decade which by the finale were all tied together.

Now, the streamer is in production for its sequel Fear Street: Prom Queen which brings the story into the 80s. Netflix gives a synopsis of what to expect from Prom Queen on their blog site Tudum:

“Welcome back to Shadyside. In this next installment of the blood-soaked Fear Street franchise, prom season at Shadyside High is underway and the school’s wolfpack of It Girls is busy with its usual sweet and vicious campaigns for the crown. But when a gutsy outsider is unexpectedly nominated to the court, and the other girls start mysteriously disappearing, the class of ’88 is suddenly in for one hell of a prom night.” 

Based on R.L. Stine’s massive series of Fear Street novels and spin-offs, this chapter is number 15 in the series and was published in 1992.

Fear Street: Prom Queen features a killer ensemble cast, including India Fowler (The Nevers, Insomnia), Suzanna Son (Red Rocket, The Idol), Fina Strazza (Paper Girls, Above the Shadows), David Iacono (The Summer I Turned Pretty, Cinnamon), Ella Rubin (The Idea of You), Chris Klein (Sweet Magnolias, American Pie), Lili Taylor (Outer Range, Manhunt) and Katherine Waterston (The End We Start From, Perry Mason).

No word on when Netflix will drop the series into its catalog.

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Live Action Scooby-Doo Reboot Series In Works at Netflix

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The ghosthunting Great Dane with an anxiety problem, Scooby-Doo, is getting a reboot and Netflix is picking up the tab. Variety is reporting that the iconic show is becoming an hour-long series for the streamer although no details have been confirmed. In fact, Netflix execs declined to comment.

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

If the project is a go, this would be the first live-action movie based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon since 2018’s Daphne & Velma. Before that, there were two theatrical live-action movies, Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), then two sequels that premiered on The Cartoon Network.

Currently, the adult-oriented Velma is streaming on Max.

Scooby-Doo originated in 1969 under the creative team Hanna-Barbera. The cartoon follows a group of teenagers who investigate supernatural happenings. Known as Mystery Inc., the crew consists of Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Shaggy Rogers, and his best friend, a talking dog named Scooby-Doo.

Scooby-Doo

Normally the episodes revealed the hauntings they encountered were hoaxes developed by land-owners or other nefarious characters hoping to scare people away from their properties. The original TV series named Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! ran from 1969 to 1986. It was so successful that movie stars and pop culture icons would make guest appearances as themselves in the series.

Celebrities such as Sonny & Cher, KISS, Don Knotts, and The Harlem Globetrotters made cameos as did Vincent Price who portrayed Vincent Van Ghoul in a few episodes.

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BET Releasing New Original Thriller: The Deadly Getaway

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The Deadly Getaway

BET will soon be offering horror fans a rare treat. The studio has announced the official release date for their new original thriller, The Deadly Getaway. Directed by Charles Long (The Trophy Wife), this thriller sets up a heart racing game of cat and mouse for audiences to sink their teeth into.

Wanting to break up the monotony of their routine, Hope and Jacob set off to spend their vacation at a simple cabin in the woods. However, things go sideways when Hope’s ex-boyfriend shows up with a new girl at the same campsite. Things soon spiral out of control. Hope and Jacob must now work together to escape the woods with their lives.

The Deadly Getaway
The Deadly Getaway

The Deadly Getaway is written by Eric Dickens (Makeup X Breakup) and Chad Quinn (Reflections of US). The Film stars, Yandy Smith-Harris (Two Days in Harlem), Jason Weaver (The Jacksons: An American Dream), and Jeff Logan (My Valentine Wedding).

Showrunner Tressa Azarel Smallwood had the following to say about the project. “The Deadly Getaway is the perfect reintroduction to classic thrillers, which encompass dramatic twists, and spine-chilling moments. It showcases the range and diversity of emerging Black writers across genres of film and television.”

The Deadly Getaway will premiere on 5.9.2024, exclusively ion BET+.

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