EVIL DEAD reviewed by Dr. AC

So I guess this is happening.  I guess we're going to have to see the remake of EVIL DEAD.  Too many signs have been pointing towards it:

The film is name-checked and pimped in this week's episode of SciFy's Face Off (go J. Anthony!  Final Four: time to bring the big guns!)

Charlie Athanas stirs up the interfacewebs by posting rumors of Army of Darkness 2.

And the good Doctor, our friend and emeritus founding member, has given his stamp of approval from a pre-screening at SXSW.

Read his literate and spoiler-free review here.  Return to this blog often.

Now to convince Grandma and/or Grandpa Morlock to mind the baby evil one and convince Lady Morlock that an afternoon with Deadites but NO BRUCE CAMPBELL is not squandering precious moments of child-less freedom.

Sci Fy's Face Off

Lady Morlock and I watched the first episode of season 4 of Sci Fy's Face Off a night or two ago. Great stuff for fans of fantasy, horror, movie making and geekery.

Although this bizarre love child of Crispin Glover and Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg here is plenty earnest, entertaining and talented, the real standout is, of course, J. Anthony Kosar.

He handily won both the Immunity Challenge and the Achievement Challenge and was gracious, professional and cool throughout. If this show features any "Survivor" style back-biting, bitching and ganging-up, he'd better watch his back. If it's a purely talent-based competition, it might be a bloody, latex-y cakewalk.

Either way, it's pretty fun viewing, and this from a man who loathes reality television. Although if Lady Morlock twists his arm enough, he might admit to having enjoyed an episode or two of Project Runway -- although that was mostly because of the company in which he watched it.

Face!

Speaking of J. Anthony Kosar's faces -- here's a pretty frightening look at ordinary people's faces under kind of extraordinary circumstances.

Just because.

J. Anthony Kosar Life-Casting Seminar

WildClaw pal, J. Anthony Kosar, is teaching a life-casting seminar at his brand new studio. Highly recommended if you are a monster maker make-up fanatic or just want to get into it. The seminar will take place August 27 and 28. Enrollment info here.

Dave Dorman Sketching at Dance of the Demented Benefit Feb. 20th

Dave Dorman Sketches

On Feb. 20th at Viaduct Theatre, WildClaw will be throwing its Dance of the Demented Benefit for its next production, William Peter Blatty's LEGION (the spooky sequel to The Exorcist). Along with DJ's, dancing, drinking, and sexy horror models throughout the venue, we have invited several top-flight illustrators to do some live drawing throughout the show. Feel free to bring your sketchbooks and laptops and join them.

Our featured artists are:
Dave Dorman (Aliens/Star Wars/Indiana Jones/Batman)
Tony Akins (Jack of Fables/House of Mystery)
J Anthony Kosar (Avatar/Buckaroo Bonzai)
Ray Frenden (Burton Skateboards/Threadless/Van Halen)
Jessica Joy (smART Show)
Alex Wald (Ultraman/Shaolin Cowboy)
Charlie Athanas (WildClaw Poster Artist)