Day Of The Woman

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

TERRIBLE POSTER TUESDAY: Children of the Corn IV

Oh sequels! It isn't very often that we are blessed with sequels that are anything of substance. Normally, we are given a film that has the same characters we know and love, but the story line is absolute rubbish and the acting tends to have dripped a bit downhill. The same thing could be said for the posters that follow. Happy Tuesday my darling Womanizers. It's been a bit since I've really torn into a poster and today is going to be that day.

This poster is absolutely fucking horrible. I don't think a single part of this poster was shot together at the same time. every kid has a different lighting angle, every part of the farm looks like it was taken from a different location, and this kid in the front seriously looks like he's been super imposed onto a different body with different hands holding onto a scythe. The chick on the right looks like someone stole her out of a poster for Village of the Damned, while the kid on the left looks like a kid they stole from Wal-Mart.

The other thing driving me crazy is that this poster was made for a 1996 film and the poster looks like its from the 70's. Sometimes doing a throwback poster works BRILLIANTLY! *cough* House of the Devil *cough*, this time...it doesn't. It looks like shit. The font is book inspired which I do appreciate, but then someone picked the ONLY "scary" font Microsoft Word has to offer and put it in red font. I seriously don't understand why anyone would do that. It looks tacky. Who made this and said to themselves "This poster will TOTALLY sell this movie" ? This makes me want to buy the movie alright....and burn it.

Monday, December 7, 2009

FINALS WEEK IS UPON ME

For anyone out there who has been a collegiate kid, you completely understand the horror that is dead week & finals week. I have finals next week, so needless to say my professors have been BOMBARDING me with as much work to do as humanly possible. This would explain my lack of posting these days. Never fear, you will get your TpT tomorrow as well as a WotW on Wednesday. I haven't forgotten about you, I'd just rather not fail my classes and get killed by Momma and Poppa BJ-C.

Peace, Love, and Brains

Saturday, December 5, 2009

MS. HORROR BLOGOSPHERE & TPOTD

When I'm not a complete horror loving female trying to struggle her way to not be objectified by these oh-so judgmental men (man you can just cut the sarcasm in that sentence with a butcher knife), I am a beauty queen. I've done numerous posts about how pageant events have taken over my weekends or taken pageant queens to horror events just to freak them all out. Needless to say, I've been at enough pageants to know that NO ONE really wants to hear an obnoxious thank you speech from the newly crowned queen. I do want to thank IMMENSELY all the people that have supported not just myself, but each and EVERY woman who put her blog, personality, and picture out in public for all you crazy kids to experience and yes, possibly judge.

This competition wasn't about pitting us female horror bloggers against each other, it was an attempt to bring us together all while working toward the common goal to unite horror bloggers as one. This competition was trying to let the male horror bloggers and their readers see what the female horror bloggers are all about, and what we have to offer the blogging world. Through a shitton of controversey, somehow, this concept has been sadly lost.

This is where I come in. Every pageant queen knows that there is "power in the crown" and that we are always to "use your titles elegentally, responsibly, and inspiring". I've never been one to not take my title seriously, and the title of Ms. Horror Blogosphere is no different.

With permission from Zombo himself (that's the founder of the LoTT-D kids!), I will be forming the Tea Party of the Dead, simply known as TPOT D. Get it? Tea Pot? Reference to League of Tana Tea Drinkers? Anyway, name puns aside, I am forming a league of Female Horror bloggers with the first people asked to participate are all the women who participated in the Ms. Horror Blogosphere competition. Just because the competition is now over, doesn't mean that we can't all connect together as one for now and forever. My favorite part of this competition was how easily accessable it made all of the blogs of female horror writers. This group would let us showcase, collaborate, promote, and enjoy all the blogs of female horror writers across the globe.

I am extremely excited to put this group in motion, and I hope everyone else is just as excited as I am. After the "founding mothers" are put into place, we can then start accepting requests to become a part of undead Tea Party.

Once again, I thank everyone for their votes, their support, and most importantly, their respect for ALL the ladies of horror blogging and what we do best. You have no idea what your support means to all of us and you have helped put a TON of fabulous blogs on the map that may have gone overlooked. Always remember though, we're all mad here :D

I'm currently in process of getting a layout set up and emails will be sent to you fine and fabulous females ASAFP.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

WOMAN OF THE WEEK: THE WOMEN OF MS. HORROR BLOGOSPHERE

When I first started Day of the Woman last February, I was expecting to have to fight very hard to find myself not only read, but respected. It has now been 10 months and I've never been more proud of a decision I've made than I am with starting this blog. This blog has become not just a hobby or an outlet for creative expression; it's become so much more than that. Day of the Woman has become a lifestyle and the people I have "met" along the way are some of the greatest people I've ever known. When life has me down and I feel as if I truly don't belong anywhere, I know that I have a family within the horror blogging community.

There are people who understand the butterflies that overcome you when Horrorblips.com tweets your latest post. There are people who can sympathize when someone attacks you via comments over confusing a simple part of your entry. There are people who will tell me they know how it feels when you've swamped your head for hours but just can't find anything to write about. There are people who would proudly walk the streets dressed like zombies with you when the rest of your "IRL" friends would most likely act like they don't know you. These people are the few, the proud, the horror bloggers.

This past week or so has bombarded the horror world with female bloggers, and I would just like to say I'm very glad that we've done this. B-Sol of The Vault of Horror put together this friendly competition to not only motivate us to shamelessly promote ourselves and our sister bloggers, but to draw light to a group of people that has been (in my opinion) overlooked. The female horror blogger community is a group of women that I feel are some of the most intellectual, hilarious, and passionate people the horror world may ever know. I've never "met" a group of more caring, considerate, and downright amazing people to associate with. We come from all over the globe, and yet the obsession with one little genre has brought us all together in a way I've never experienced before.

I am writing this Woman of the Week to thank each and every female horror blogger for giving me a place to belong, and for doing what you do. You are all truly idols and role models to young girls all across the planet. Thankyou for showing me that it's perfectly okay to like to wear dresses and corsets, and laugh hysterically when people get decapitated on screen. Thankyou for letting me know its okay to drool over Patrick Bateman...and then be totally horrified of him 20 minutes later. Thankyou for letting me know that my life long obsession with Bruce Campbell is actually completely healthy.

I've included the links to all of the blogs of the women participating in the Ms. Horror Blogosphere competition. If you haven't visited one of these blogs before, you really aught to. You won't be disappointed. Honestly, be a dear and add them on twitter too. You won't regret it. I guarantee it. (or your 2 minutes it took to add them back)

DON'T FORGET TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT TO ALL OF THESE FINE LADIES BY VOTING IN THE
MS. HORRORBLOGOSPHERE 2009 COMPETITION
OVER @
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

TERRIBLE POSTER TUESDAY: JACK FROST 2

It's been a while since I actually blessed you with some sarcastic commentary all whilst ripping apart our favorite posters and box covers for those horror films we wish we hadn't seen, but have. Sometimes, we get really lucky and the film is actually halfway decent, but someone in PR is totally getting le-fired.

Let us begin with the body of this fine creature. If you zoom in closely, what seems to be shit on snow actually resembles FUR. That's right my friends, we aren't dealing with any ol' haunted Frosty, this is the hybrid bastard child of the abominable snowman, and that Frosty fella. Or he's just a big ball of feces with some snow sprinkled on top. Either way...

I would next like to point out the FAAAAABULOUS photoshopping job done on this. If I didn't know any better, you'd think they even built a snoman to take a picture of specifically for this poster! NOT. This is absolutely trecherous. The eyes look like they were copy/pasted from a LOLcat, the carrot looks like a sad attempt of 3-D, the lei wasn't done properly and you can see the shadow on one side of our friend here but not the other, and I'm pretty sure after they put the sunglasses on him-the designers kid played with paint and made it snow on them in the wrong direction. Who the Samhain looked at this and thought "that's right, I'm awesome". My 16 year old sister who can't work a camera and uses the computer only to fill her facebook fix could come up with something better than this in picnik. This is worse than remedial college Photoshop 101. By a landslide.

I'd also like to point out that its snowing in the background, but not where the snowman is standing.

Why is he smiling? I am not afraid of this thing in the slightest. I see a happy snowman who is unfortunately in desperate need of a dental plan. The poor guy can't help it. Honestly, if I didn't know any better, I'd think he was the mutant inbred snow cousin of Chain Chomp. If you're gonna give him the threatening teeth, at least give him the threatening eyebrows as well. I don't know what to even say about the Charles Manson inspired snowball. He at least looks a little more threatening with his angled eyes and all, but I can't help but believe he's just got a mad case of Napoleon Complex.

Lastly, the font. We know I HATE simple, plain, basic, stupid, font. Unless its done for a reason. This isn't making an artistic statement, this is showing lazyness. I get why they used red, but if they were smart...they'd have used christmas red, not stale cranberry sauce from Thanksgiving red. Just saying.

Monday, November 30, 2009

VOTE BJ-C FOR MS. HORROR BLOGOSPHERE & REMAKE NEWS!

Why Zombie Sex Is Thought Of As So Bad But It Is Oh So GOOD

Hey there Womanizers, BJ-C here bringing you a guest post I've been DYING to put up on DotW for a while now. We have all been bombarded with the sexual nature of the vampire for centuries, but no one has really tapped into the sexual nature of my favorite monsters...ZOMBIES. I had full intent on writing this post myself, but I thought that this was a very important subject and the only person I'd rather have write it would be Stuart Conover of BuyZombie.com

For years people have enjoyed a little danger in their sex. From B&D to S&M people just love to add kink to their playtime. With the zombie outbreak though there is a new height in danger that people are lining up around the block to try. While taboo, currently illegal, and in many instances just downright wrong this is a new fetish that is sweeping the nation. When it gets down to it though, just like every other fetish is it really wrong? I mean everyone loves a good nibble now and then and what's more exciting then a nibble that can have rather harsh side effects? People want something new to fill their lives, and the passion for danger can be overwhelming.

Now I'll just put it out there right now to get out of the way. The biggest problem quite a few people have with the thought of sleeping with zombies is necrophilia. Necrophilia is a sexual attraction for or sexual intercourse with dead bodies. Now let's think about that for a second. When is the last time you've seen something truly dead get back up and try to bite you? Zombies are considered the 'undead' for a reason. While they aren't quite to be counted among the living anymore, they also are no longer part of the dead.

Past the danger fetishes there are so many bonuses to zombie sex that should be focused on! - Regardless of the gender the undead are never 'not' in the mood. For those who prefer females in their lives you are easily able to just add lube and be set to go. Some might argue that that can add up but you know what they say, "blood makes a great lubricant!" Lovers of male though don't have to be left out either. What you have to remember is that when the body dies rigor mortis kicks in. Always able to please! - A benefit to society is that there is a high likelihood that the advancement of sex zombies in the home would decrease prostitution! Yes it would actually be helping society by removing this age old 'profession' that never has been quite legal, aside from right outside of Vegas. - On a moral high ground it also would never technically be cheating. You can't cheat on the person you love with something that is not technically alive- it would be more like masturbation with a sex doll! - Another bonus is for those of you who like to have verbal encouragement that they are doing the right thing? Well clearly moaning coming from a zombie will never be a problem to let you live out that part of your fantasy.

Zombie Sex In The Media Portrays It as Sex Slaves:

Media of course always shows off the worst of what can happen in any given situation. There are two examples of what can happen as expressed by media in general. The first is a rather dark idea reveling in the worst of human nature while the second seems more along the lines of what would become standard in the twisted minds found within the United States.

So to start with we'll go over what the worst case scenario would be. Someone so addicted to violence that they take the undead to use for their darkest perversions. While one can at least be happy this is being done to the undead and not someone living what is portrayed in Colin is darker then what anyone even half way normal could enjoy. A collection of slaves being mutilated to fulfill a fantasy of the most demented mind being used as a human canvas and most likely for sexual release. Demented? Yes. Again at least it's not being done to the living.

Now the more realistic approach is what is done within the confines of the film Fido. Zombies being used as slaves and in a certain case as a sexual one. Another level of the perversions that lie in the back of so many minds. Not just the newly found love of the undead but you mix in a
splash of B&D for good measure just to seal the deal.

A Little Imagery To Feed Your Appetite:

Some may argue that once undead there is no longer any physical attraction that can be had. As some one who is a strong believer that eye candy makes up a good portion of the experience (I am a very visual person,) I'm going to have to disagree with this thought. Think I'm wrong? I ask you to take a quick viewing at the following and tell me that you are going to really argue that.

An Undead Public Service Announcement:

While the idea of being able to have free reign sex whenever you want is clearly something that is appealing to both sexes without even having to worry about birth control- there ARE two issues that you need to keep in mind. The first of which is that the zombification process does not remove all STD's from the system. While it will kill off the vast majority of viral STD's, bacterial based ones can take weeks or months to die off. The second, and probably more major of a concern is of course that the transfer of bodily fluids can lead to the communication of the Zombie virus. Unless you plan on becoming one of the infected we HIGHLY suggest using protection in engaging in sexual activities with one of the undead.

On a side note, again for your own safety it is highly recommended to not attempt to have oral sex with the undead. This should be painfully obvious but the whole biting factor just makes it all in all a bad idea.

The Addams Family Musical (review)

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I will begin this review by letting you all in on a little secret. At the college I attend, I am a double major in Journalism…and Theatre. Yes! It’s true! Yours truly is a thespian and an avid lover of all things musical theatre *holds skull with jazz hands*. That being said, I have a tendency to judge quite harshly when it comes to musical theatre performances as musical theatre is the genre that I hold nearest and dearest to my Judy Garland obsessed heart. This past weekend, I was lucky enough to catch a performance of The Addams Family musical in Chicago as it was being tested out on us Windy City dwellers before it hits The Big Apple. I’ve been absolutely eager to see this production take flight and I finally was given my opportunity.

I would first like to state that the set design, light design, sound design, costumes, and scene transitions were absolutely fabulous. The Addams house looked creepy, cooky, mysterious, and yes…a little spooky. With monsters that come out of beds move and carry Pugsly away while he slumbers with his six toes, a moon that Fester falls for, and even a gigantic venus flytrap that eats mice on stage while we watch it clump down its throat; the technical aspect of the film was absolutely magnificent.

Second, the sound. I’m normally picky picky picky when it comes to music and I was terribly afraid the music for this show was going to be nothing more than these Gothic and dark songs that did nothing more than depress the audience. I was pleasantly shown otherwise. The music was very catchy and very “Broadway”. The love song, the dance break, the upbeat fiesty “I gotta figure this out” jam, all came power packed with just a hint of the macabre for this show. I found the music to be highly intelligent, as well as impressive. The pit playing had a hell of a brass line and I was very impressed. A lot of people are giving Bebe Neuwirth negative reviews as far as her voice is concerned and honestly, I had no problem with it. She was playing up the character (impecably I might add) as Morticia Addams. This includes her singing. There are parts where her voice switches from her natural singing voice to the “Morticia” singing voice and this shouldn’t be picked on so much. If you listen to the soundtrack to Little Shop of Horrors, you’ll notice Audrey’s voice does the same thing. This is because you can only have a character voice for certain notes before you end up sounding like a lousy singer. I will say that I found Fester’s songs to be a bit excessive. One of the most entertaining parts of the show and yet the one scene I would cut (the show runs a bit long for Broadway) is his love song about the moon. We see him floating in the air and yet as much as I enjoyed it, it didn’t play any necessary part for the storyline. Any producers reading this, cut that scene somehow…or shorten it. The voices of Gomez, Pugsly, Wednesday, Fester, The Beineke family, and the big surprise in Lurch were all absolutely phenomenal. I have made it my unrealistic theatre goal to one day play Wednesday on Broadway and to adopt the little boy playing Pugsly.

The acting was of course wonderful and I will say I have found a new obsession with Jackie Hoffman which is the actress and facial contorting genius behind the character of the Grandmama. Her lines were absolutely hysterical and her delivery was brilliant. She was the standout character of the entire show and a true star.

The show was based on the comics rather than the films, but the creators made the very VERY intelligent move by doing a ton of throwbacks to the characters that honestly, we’ve learned from the movies and television series. Fester’s light bulb in the mouth was a huge hit, as well as the special guest appearances of Thing, Cousin IT, and the infamous sword fights. The full arm kisses and the iconic snapping theme song all made the show all the more enjoyable by throwing us audience members a bone.

All in all, the show was awesome. Now it isn’t to say this show is better than Wicked or Spamalot which both recently played in Chicago, but it is definitely worth seeing and if I could scrounge up the funds, I’d go see it again in a heartbeat.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

I'll have two-three actual posts tomorrow :)

but for now...

I had to drive back to school, move back in, and see a broadway show. A broadway show that is horror related and will be having a review written up about it tomorrow :)

Thursday, November 26, 2009

THE UNCANNY WOMEN OF BORIS KARLOFF

As part of the Boris Karloff Blogathon, hosted by Pierre Fournier of Frankensteinia. I figured I'd give Ol' William Henry Pratt some recognition as far as how he wooed us women. With his swooning lispy voice and the back problems I'm sure any of us women would have died to rub out (hold your comments Office fans). I honesly love everything about Boris Karloff, despite playing such spooktacular characters, Karloff was known in real life as a very kind gentleman who gave generously, especially to children's charities. Beginning in 1940, Karloff dressed up as Santa Claus every Christmas to hand out presents to physically disabled children in a Baltimore hospital. If being a horror icon and a philanthropist doesn't win your heart...I don't know what will. Boris has charmed many a women off screen, but I want to direct you to some of my favorite women that got to share some screen time with the Father of Frankenstein's Monster.

MAE CLARKE IN FRANKENSTEIN

GLORIA STUART IN THE OLD DARK HOUSE

HAZEL COURT IN THE RAVEN

GALE GARNETT IN MAD MONSTER PARTY

ZITA JOHANN IN THE MUMMY

LUCILLE LUND IN THE BLACK CAT

CINDY LOU WHO IN HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS!

MYRNA LOY IN THE MASK OF FU MANCHU

&& of course

ELSA LANCHESTER IN THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

EAT THE BIRD BEFORE IT EATS YOU!
~Peace, Love, & BRAAAAAINS

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

A MESSAGE TO THOSE WHO FEEL THE MS. HORROR BLOGOSPHERE COMPETITION IS DEGRADING...nsfw

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

VOTE BJ-C FOR MS. HORROR BLOGOSPHERE

Voting Started at 1pm(Chicago Time) 11/24 -- Ends on 12/4

See the poll to the RIGHT in the gray bar at Vault of Horror

Oh my darling Womanizers, I need the help of you fine folk to put a dream to reality. Today begins the voting for the Ms. Horror Blogosphere competition over at The Vault of Horror in which yours truly is a contestant. B-Sol has created this fabulous little contest that showcases all of the fine femme fetales of the freaky, the queens of the cooky, and the sirens of the spooky. Help BJ-C become the Mistress of Macabre by throwing me a vote on the gray poll to the right on his page.

Check out all of our interviews!

Peace, Love, & Brains

Monday, November 23, 2009

RUN, DON'T WALK TO BUY CHEMICAL 12-D

So a week or so back I gave you a review of the best damn short zombie film you'll ever bless your eyes to see- Chemical 12-D. The flick screened a little over a week ago at the Zombie Outbreak festival in Chicago, and the buzz has been growing ever since. It's just now wrapping up a screening at the Tromadance festival in New Mexico. For a college project...that's what we call the big time ladies & gents.

And now, I've gotten word from the filmmaker, Mac Eldridge of Water Cooler Productions, that Chemical 12-D is on-sale beginning today on DVD, for just a one-week period. So if your interest was piqued by my review and you've been curious about seeing the movie for yourself, this is your chance. I've got a copy of the DVD in my hands and let me tell you, it's well worth it. You will be the proud owner of...

2 Documentaries
- The Making of Chemical 12-D
- The Making of Water Cooler Productions

4 Commentaries with Mac Eldridge, David Wagenaar, Rob Davis, and Matt Nikkila.

The Deleted scene of Chemical 12-D

The Past Work of Water Cooler Productions
-Timmothy O’Toole’s Commercial
-In A State Of (Water Cooler Productions first zombie movie!)
-Knife

The DVD is being sold directly from the Water Cooler Productions website, so head over there if you're so inclined and support this very rare gem, a low-budget indy horror short that is actually very good and made at mainstream professional standards. The proceeds from the sale will be used to help fund the boys' next film--which I've gotten little blips about....and it's going to be good.

BUY IT HERE