| The RT Horror Ralley |
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the RT Horror Ralley
- By briand223
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Ransid Trails is having a festival at 5425 Bankhead Highway ,Adamsville,AL .It is on sept 29 thurs, ,starting at 7 pm till ?.This is our promotional ralley before we open .Everyone is welcome to it .We will have free drinks,food,and entertainment of all sorts.Also you may but your tickets in advance at our ticket booth and get any info you are seeking there as well about us .If you would like to know more about this event you may reach us on here or facebook.com/brianwyatt.
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09/26/2011, 2:37 am |
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| Ransid Trails Haunted Attraction |
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the RT Horror Ralley
- By briand223
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Do you like getting scared? It s a simple question but could leave wondering why someone would ask such a question.Truth be told, i am in the haunted attractions industry ,and am asking thoses who like horror to join us at Ransid Trails ,located exactly at 5425 Bankhead Highway ,Adamsville ,AL, 35005 .Where we host our haunted attraction is an actual spot, for paranormal activity at its fullest.We will open Sept 30 Fri at 7pm, if you would like to know more you can check us out at hauntworld.com/RansidTrails , on facebook/ransidtrails fan page , or even on facebook.com/brianwyatt
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09/25/2011, 4:13 am |
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| Gifts For Evil Dead Fans |
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10-31-365: Halloween/Horror Lifestyle
- By Tom G
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Looking for the perfect gift for the Evil Dead fan in your life? I thought I'd share some of the items I came across recently while looking for a new Evil Dead shirt (my favorite Evil Dead shirt is now 10-years-old and in need of retirement). Here are some of my favorite Evil Dead merchandise I came across in the search.
Shirts
I love the widespread carnage on this subway-print shirt available through House of Mysterious Secrets.com.
Another Subway print shirt from Rotten Jacks features the poster for Army of Darkness.
Fright Rags recently released this new bloody Ash design (It's not too often I see designs where Ash still has both of his hands). Ash looks like he just chainsawed his way out of your belly button on his way to kick some demon ass. As an owner of a few Fright Rags shirts, I can vouch for the quality of their T-shirts. I've become a big fan of their products in the past few years.
This shirt from Rotten Cotton celebrates the 2010 theatrical rerelease of Evil Dead through Grindhouse Releasing. This is another company whose product I can vouch for. I have a Meet the Feebles shirt designed by Rotten Cotton that is more than a decade old and it still looks almost new despite many years of wear and tear.
Toys
This S-Mart Ash action figure from Neca makes me want to build a little S-Mart play set to go with it.
Alright, this one is actually from My Name is Bruce and not the Evil Dead films, but how many Evil Dead fans can pass up a 12-inch Bruce Campbell doll in a Hawaiian shirt? I'm tempted to get one for my daughter so Ken will have a rival for Barbie's affections. How can Ken compete with that chin?
On the smaller side, Mez-Itz has an Army of Darkness 3-pack, containing 6-inch figures of Ash, the witch and Evil Ash. If you have kids who have a castle playset (like I do), you are all set!
Costumes & Props
Evil Ash is such a bad Ash! Now you can be too! Alright, that was cheesy. Sorry, I couldn't help myself. This photo shows the Evil Ash mask from and Evil Ash costume (sold separately). There is also a Good Ash costume in case you and your spouse/significant-other are into recreating Army of Darkness Slash Fiction.
This is my favorite Evil Dead prop. I actually like this more than the Book of the Dead DVD sets that Anchor Bay released years ago. This Necronomicon is actually a puppet! Click here to see video of the puppet in action.
Music
This past spring I finally caught a local performance of Evil Dead: The Musical after years of hearing friends rave about the play. It was a riot! The song Cabin in the Woods is still stuck in my head months later. Surprising the Evil Dead fan in your life with tickets to this show would make a great gift. You can check for upcoming performances of Evil Dead: The Musicalnear you through the musical's official Web site. If that isn't possible, the soundtrack is available on CD and as an MP3 download. The script and sheet music is also available. This entry was edited on December 2, 2010, 8:28 pm.
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12/02/2010, 6:28 pm |
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| Game Review: Road of the Dead |
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10-31-365: Halloween/Horror Lifestyle
- By Tom G
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Road of the Dead is a free on-line flash game made by EvilDog and SickDeathFiend. The games places its players in the driver's seat of a sports car in a city that is being overrun by zombies. The player is trying to make it out of the city alive, the only problem (besides the hordes of undead) is that the military has placed the city under quarantine and don't want anyone getting out. In particular they seem determined (obsessed even) with stopping the driver of the sports car.
The game is surprisingly fun and addictive despite the limitedness of it being a flash game. The road being traveled upon is completely straight with no curves to go around (though you have plenty to dodge around) and there are a limited number of zombie animations so you seem to be running over the same three zombies over and over again (though this same thing happens in a number of zombie games you pay to play). The basic thrills of zipping through a zombie-infested city in a sports car and added little details make Road of the Dead fun.
My favorite small details are the windshield wipers and car horn. It adds that little bit of realism (and ridiculousness) when a player has to use the windshield wipers to remove blood from the windshield or blast the horn to warn pedestrians to get the heck out of the way as the car speeds along. The game also features a CB radio that allows you to hear what the military is up to during all the chaos. It adds to the atmosphere of the game greatly, along with the sounds of emergency vehicles and the screams of the frightened civilians. The game's soundtrack was provided by Symphony of Specters, a musical team that has also provided music for a number of other games. It is also a nice nod to George Romero that the first two levels are called Evans City and Monroeville (filming locations for Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead respectively).
The game has action movie logic and physics, the hero (and I use that term loosely based on the fact that he doesn't even try to save any civilians along the way) and his car are incredibly tough and can keep on driving after having crashed head-on into multiple vehicles and being shot up by soldiers and helicopters. He's like John McClane from the Die Hard films, he ain't got time to die and when he does, he just comes back for more. Just check your brain at the door and don't question things like why is the military running around the city when they apparently have no interest in saving anyone in it? Just ignore the zombie behind the curtain and hit the gas pedal.
The game allows the player to upgrade the driver and his vehicle, making them even harder to kill, faster, increasing maneuverability and adding other items (such as a louder horn). The player earns Road Points (RP) by running down enemies (both zombies and soldiers) with the car and loses RP by killing the civilians who run randomly about in confused panic. The player can spend the RP to upgrade after aborting a mission or dying. It begins to feel a bit like the movie Groundhog's Day as you basically have to purposely damage your car and go on suicide missions to earn the points needed to upgrade enough to progress to the next level of the game.
As of yet, I have not completed the basic game (The Great Escape). Road of the Dead also offers harder versions titled Highway to Hell, Police State and Dead on Time. The latter game calls to mind the movie Speed, only you have to keep running down zombies in order to keep a clock from running out, blowing up your vehicle.
Tips
-Use the handbrake. It increases your maneuverability greatly if you master using it during steep turns.
-Blast the horn a lot. You'll run down less civilians and more zombies that way.
-Zombies that are walking are worth points. The ones that are feeding don't seem to be worth any points.
-Use over-hanging road signs to take out the helicopter.
-Don't punch out the windshield unless you are really having trouble seeing through it due to cracks. Even with limited visibility, it is still helping to deflect bullets.
-You score more points for hitting an enemy straight on with your car, but they are going to obscure your vision with the blood and gore they'll spread across your windshield.
Play Road of the Dead at Newgrounds: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/550714
Play Road of the Dead at Zombie Games (in case Newgrounds is down): http://www.zombiegames.net/games/Road-of-the-Dead.html
If you are the sort who likes cheat codes, you can play a hacked version of Road of the Dead at Hacked Arcade Games: http://www.hackedarcadegames.com/game/3480/Road-of-the-Dead.html
Video walkthroughs are available on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCPGvYolIYg This entry was edited on December 1, 2010, 5:00 pm.
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12/01/2010, 4:38 pm |
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| Morbid Decor Lamps |
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10-31-365: Halloween/Horror Lifestyle
- By Tom G
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I recently came across the Web site for Morbid Decor after seeing an image of the company's lamp featuring the image of Night of the Living Dead's Karen Cooper (Kyra Schon). I was thrilled to see the further iconic images from classic horror films chosen by Morbid Decor to be featured on its lamps and lightboxes. Max Schreck as Count Orlock in Nosferatu glares down from the deck of a doomed ship on one wall-hanging lightbox that is shaped like a casket. The back-lit sepia image brings to mind a showing of the film upon a movie screen and creating a striking contrast between light and shadow. Other lamps and lightboxes pay homage to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1 & 2), The Brain That Wouldn't Die, The Day the Earth Stood Still, House on Haunted Hill, Robot Monster and others. The company also offers lights with images that appear to be illustrations from old anatomical texts, the perfect lamp for Herbert West's basement lab!
Morbid Decor, which is based out of Maryland, is the work of one craftsman named Dave who personally handcrafts each item. Morbid Decor products can be purchased through the official Web Site or through the following stores: Cactus Records in Bozeman, Montana; Finder’s Creepers in Des Moines, Iowa; Gift Emporium in Kingston, Rhode Island; House of Madness Tattoos in Manchester, Maryland and the Museum of the Weird in Austin, Texas.
You can visit the Morbid Decor Web site at www.MorbidDecor.com. This entry was edited on November 26, 2010, 1:36 am.
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11/25/2010, 12:25 am |
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