Friday the 24th of September 99
RIP GEORGE C. SCOTT, Horror fans will know
him from "The Exorcist III" , "Firestarter", and "The
Changeling". He also played the role of John Proctor accused of Witchcraft
in the 1967 TV adaption of the Arthur Mille play, "The Crucible".
But George C. Scott will be best remembered for his 4 Oscar Nominations,
including winning best ACTOR in 1971 for his portrayal as Patton in the
same film. He also won a Golden Globe in that role in 1970. He has won recently
a Emmy and Golden Globe in 1998 for his role in the TC remake of "12
angry Men.". Scott leaves behind a Widow and 2 sons.
Tuesday the 14th of September 99 Early Edition.
Harry Knowles at "Aint it Cool News" has posted a great fiscal and entertainment
review of Horror in 1999.. I suggest you check it out. HERE.
Late Wednesday the 8th of September 99
 
Australian short schlock horror filmmaker, Kent Boswell (pictured) has
taken top honours as he won the @rena Graveyard Shifyt film festival award
for "Bondi Hop Head Zombie Freakout". The award was given by Lloyd
Kaufman in the flavor of a week on the set of Toxic Avenger 4... Well he's
back from winning and has told Urban Cinefile that he will be going back,
but to NYFA, from Oct 6 onward for the intensive 12 week 24-7 film course
from hell that brings out the best in you. Goodluck.. And may the horror
be with you.. See Australian Schlock makers.. This could happen to you..
Enter this years @rena
Graveyard Shifty Film Competition.. Do it For Horror Fans everywhere.
Saturday the 4th of September 99
RIP FX KING- David Allen died last week
of Cancer at Age 54. Although you may not be familiar with Dave's face you
will be familiar with some of the images he has made through Stop Motion
FX and other styles.. From working on the kids show GUMBY, to FX work on
Horror greats such as "The Howling",
Cohen's "Q: The Winged Serpent" and
"The Stuff".. The list is enormous,
"Ghoulies II", " Honey
I shrunk the Kids", "Dolls",
Subspecies, Equinox,
The Crater LAke Monster, The
Hunger, Witches Brew, Twilight
Zone.. His directorial status was beggining to emrege, he directed
Puppet Master II, The
Dungeonmaster.. At the time of his death he was still working on
The Primevals, a dream project that he had
been working on for decades. We'll miss the Movie Magic David.
Thursday the 2nd of September 1999.
The B-Movie awards brokedown like this.. Razor Blade Smile the clear
winner. on the day.
BEST B-MOVIE: "Razor Blade Smile"
BEST B-MOVIE DIRECTOR: "Razor Blade Smile"
BEST B-MOVIE DOCUMENTARY: "Some Nudity Required"
BEST B-MOVIE SHORT: "Flowers on a MuuMuu"
BEST B-MOVIE WRITER: Thomas Baumann for "Bottom Feeders"
BEST FOREIGN B-MOVIE: "Plenilunio"
BEST B-MOVIE ACTOR: Scott McCord in "Motel"
BEST B-MOVIE ACTRESS: Eileen Daly in "Razor Blade Smile"
BEST B-MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTOR: Robert Margolis in "Criminals"
BEST B-MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Verda Bridges in "Color Blinded"
BEST B-MOVIE CINEMATOGRAPHY: "Razor Blade Smile"
BEST B-MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECTS: "Razor Blade Smile"
BEST B-MOVIE MAKE UP EFFECTS: "The Good Book"
BEST B-MOVIE EDITING: "Goodbye 20th Century"
BEST B-MOVIE SET DESIGN: "Goodbye 20th Century"
BEST B-MOVIE SOUNDTRACK: "The Drivetime"
BEST B-MOVIE VILLIAN: Mike Legge in "Braindrainer"
BEST B-MOVIE CELEBRITY CAMEO: Joey Buttaffuco in "Underground Comedy
Movie"
Wednesday the 1st of September 1999.
Well August was a huge month for HFA.. Over
the pages and pages of stuff I have marked for calaculating stats through
HITBOX.. I can safely say that the total amount of hits for HFA in August
is the largest it has ever been: over 8,886..
Well how does that break down.. What films were people coming into look
for?? What were people most interested in.. Well here is the top 10 HFA
sites for August. It is amazing how many times TBWP pops up. As we move
into HFA's 1st birthday month September.
#1: The Road Rules Project
(A HFA SPoof/ SPOTlight)... 3652 hits over its 12 pages.
OF all the people that visited "The Road Rules Project" only 6
people found "Sarah's Journal".. SoI guess I have hidden it to
well. Fans of the original HAXAN Blair Witch site would love to find that
journal I'm sure, by clicking around etc.. But instead I think in the coming
days I'll list it in the nav bar. TRRP went down for a couple of days over
August an I apologise for that. The reason this section was so popular is
clearly because of the timing (upong the US release) and three other ver
important factors.. 1) TBWP Webring, which lead to 2) an article on spoofs
at NEWSWEEK.com, this sparked interest and a favourable review at 3) Yahoo..
Answer = success.
#2: The Blair Witch Project News Archive
on HFA... 1 page 2085 hits.
The news sections I only started watching this month.. When the stats went
through the roof on this particular page I can clearly say that I said the
words.. "HELLO!" out loud.. I had not listed the page on any search
engines and had not joined TBWP webring. But it happened and I'm thankfull.
Since than I joined TBWP webring and the page has contined it's successes.
#3: The Main HFA Page.. 1 page 1740
hits.
This is the page that you enter on and the one that I use as the navigation
page for users.. As is the joy of Hypertext, a user doesn't need this page
on the internet, as you can turn to any page you want from anywhere in the
world and find what you are looking for. If you know how to get there. However
to all that are REGular visitors on HFA, you would know that the front page,
is where you hear everything first.
#4: Stop It, You're Killing Me:
Unofficial Site (HFA).. 512 hits since Aug 13, over it's 11 pages.
What can I say.. This is great news for Indie film-making.. 3 out of the
top four HFA sites have been part of that kingdom of films. The film in
question here, is yet to even get a distribution deal and it seems that
people are keen to get on top of the film and ride it to the video shop
or box office.. I personally can't wait to see the film, hence the reason
I set it up. In a time when horror has got so serious, it's great to sit
back and just laugh.
#5: Film News Listed Alpha... 169 hits.
This is the site where people find the upcoming horror films and their respective
news archives. There are a HECK of a lot of films listed now.. I really
got to go through and check up on all of those films more regularly.. But
who has the time?? REally Horror is everywhere these days boys and Girls..
#6: The Blair Witch Project Trailer
Review.. 103 hits.
I'm glad you like to read trailer reviews.. Even more than the actual film
reviews.. I'd stopped putting them out because I thought no body cared..
But I was wrong.. The other big winners in the trailer reviews were, End
of Days and the Godzilla 2000 teaser..
#7: Cahiers du alt.horror: 93 hits.
This is the alt.horror webring site.. I'm such a slack ass when it comes
to the webring.. Look at how many people visited the page and I did nothing
to it all month.. This month I'm going to have to make up for it.. I think
the webring currently has about 16 sites in it.. Always looking for any
other horror we can get.
#8: News Main.. 83 hits.
This is the page that lists the news by the month and is basically the NEWS
nexus on the site.. But for latest news always check the MAIN PAGE.
#9: The Blair Witch Project Reviews..
77 hits
Well a whole bunch of people went into the review site expecting to get
a whole bunch of reviews.. And there is still only one.. Please feel free
to email any reviews.. I'll post them.. I actually have yet to see the film
because I'm in OZ, but tell you this much.. I got a ticket for FREE.. So
yay.. Thank you Village Roadshow and Jack Simm. So as soon as I see the
film I'll post my review..
#10.. The Crow: Stairway to Heaven TV HFA
news archive. 54 hits.
Well fans of the series really must love the show.. The axe swings left
and right all over it.. But the chance of the series being revived is keeping
people rolling into the TV news section. I have yet to see an episode of
the show, but by the number of hits it is getting (More hits than Crow 3
Movie news archive) I can assume that is a show to keep an eye out for.
The other TV show that is ranking high is not Buffy or Angel, but ROSWELL
seems there are a lot of people keen on that series and GvsE. If I did a
Top 11 Roswell would have made it in.
Other interesting things.. The Haunting 1963 SPOTlight was well hit..
The Ed Sanchez interview was the most popular interview and Arlington Road
was of intrigue. The usual string of sequel lovers keep Freddy Vs Jason
and Scream 3 alive.
Well what has happened to Australian Horror releases I hear you scream..
Well the JLC flick "VIRUS" has now moved back from it's release
of last week to some time in November. The Haunting was supposed to release
this week.. But instead "Thirteenth Floor" will open.. "The
Haunting" will go up against "Deep Blue Sea" at Holiday period
on the 26 of Sept.. 13th Warrior is a Nov 4, while Idle Hands is now Nove
18. Lake Placid has been kicked next week to Oct 28 with "The Bone
Collector".. While everything else stays kind of the same. | 
, 1998-1999.
