Things to Do While You Wait on Line at a Haunted House

Happy Halloween fellow jaded viewers!I'm guessing your prepping your costume and are getting ready to trick or treat, heading to a party or parade or going to get your scare on at a haunted house. Well about that haunted house....Haunted houses on Halloween night are the apex of all things Halloween. It's the perfect attraction but the anticipation is met head on with long freakin lines. You're going to wait and wait and move up a little and wait...

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Times Scare NYC (Review) (NYC Haunted House 2011)

How can a haunted house be under the radar in the heart of Times Square? It's Halloween weekend and you'd think everybody would be aware of all places to get your scare on. But in the case of Times Scare, the newest haunted house on the NYC block, it looks like it needs a spotlight of it's own and I'm here to do just that.Because it's brand new, production crews have been working around the clock to get it ready. Originally slated to open Oct 13th,...

Categories: halloween, happy halloween, haunted house, new york city, nyc halloween haunted house, nyc haunted house, nyc horror, times square

Your Guide to the best NYC Haunted Houses (Happy Halloween!)

It's Halloween weekend! And I know you all want to get your scare on this weekend so I've compiled all the NYC Haunted Houses you need to check out. Remember, the lines this weekend are going to be long and really long. Crowds are gonna be crazy at each of these places but if you're willing to brave it, each haunted house will give you something to take away from it....be it some quick BOOs! or a demented trip into an interactive horror movie.But...

Categories: blackout, halloween, happy halloween, haunted house, new york city, nyc halloween haunted house, nyc haunted house, nyc horror

The Winner of The Jaded Viewer Giveaway: DVD of your choice is....

Thanks to all who participated in one of the worst ways to get rid of pretty horrible DVDs ever. I really couldn't promise you that any of these DVDs were good but whatever it's free right?Fertile Ground, Savage County or Ferocious Planet. It's pretty bad when I'm not even willing to review any of these. Maybe you can review the DVD of your choice for me.Well without further ado, you had a 1 in 10 chance of winning (10 people entered) and through...

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After Dark: The Haunting at Madame Tussads (Review) (NYC Haunted House 2011)

It was inevitable that I would cross paths with The Raven and the Black Cat. As fellow haunted house bloggers, we cover the same territory and it happens we both attended After Dark: The Haunting at Madame Tussauds on the same night. So with a fellow haunted house enthusiast in my group and my friend "S" in tow, I was excited to see the popular Madame Tussauds wax museum transformed into a haunted house.My biggest fear this year wasn't Taylor Swift...

Categories: after dark, halloween, happy halloween, haunted house, madam tussauds, madame tussauds, nyc haunted house, nyc horror

The Shortround: Kill Devil Hill (Watch the entire short for FREE!)

[NOTE: I reviewed this short a while back but director, Robert de Almeida III is giving us all a special treat as Kill Devil Hill will stream for free in October. You can watch the entire short below and then read my review after!]Rarely does a short pack a punch in it's 12 minutes to leave me with my mouth wide open. But there's a first time for everything I guess. Ace Jordan's Kill Devil Hill I thought was a slow burn horror flick with Satanic...

Categories: horror short, independent cinema, indie film, indie horror, kill devil hill, short, short film, the shortround

The Shortround: The Night Caller (Review) (Watch the full short!)

Halloween is just around the corner and with only a few horror movies to get your BOO! on, there have been a few shorts I've seen that may replace that empty shivering feeling you so want to enjoy. Dropping me a line is Peter Podgursky, who sent me and all of you, a little 7 minute short called "The Night Caller" that had me hearing old time ringtones that gave me the chills. It premiered at Screamfest yesterday.Peter gives a bit of info on his latest...

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The Shortround: Making Friends and Downloading and You

I just wanted to drop these two Halloween shorts as they are both excellently awesome. It just gets you in the mood for cute and cuddly slaughter. First up, Michael Dougherty brings back Sam from Trick R Treat for his short "Making Friends".Also, here is ArieScope's Adam Green's annual Halloween short entry "Downloading and You". Commence the gore, slaughter and hilarity.Know of anymore Halloween shorts? Drop me the link in the commen...

Categories: Adam Green, adam green shorts, arieScope pictures, halloween, happy halloween, horror short, short, short film, the shortround, trick r treat

Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin (Review)

Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis WrasslinMemphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis WrasslinDirected by Chad SchafflerRemember when throwing somebody over the top rope was illegal? How about jumping off the top rope? How about illegal wrestling moves?If you can remember a time before John Cena and CM Punk, then this wrestling documentary maybe your Fuji dust in the face. Memphis Heat tells the story of Memphis style wrestling. The history, the...

Categories: documentary, indie film, memphis, wrestling, wwe

Blood Manor (Review) (NYC Haunted House 2011)

Like a blockbuster summer movie, there are certain haunted houses you need to go to. As one of the most famous haunted houses in NYC, Blood Manor has gotten its reputation as the ultimate BOO! haunted house and it's well earned (see my past reviews from 2009 and 2010). It's full of elaborate, breathtaking sets, actors full of mischief and high tech wizardry. Year after year, Jimmy Lorenzo, Jim Faro and Mike Rodriguez amplify the experience of...

Categories: 3d, blood manor, blood manor review, halloween, happy halloween, haunted house, new york city, nyc halloween haunted house, nyc haunted house, nyc horror

Savage (Review)

SavageSavage (2009)Directed by Jordan BlumSavage is my 2nd movie I've watched from Fearmaker Studios. The first being Dismal which was to say the least, dismally bad. So when they threw in a creature feature into their lineup, I couldn't resist. I had to check out this SyFy knockoff. But then I realized who was in it!The evil sensei from Karate Kid!Alice from Nightmare on Elm Street 5!A hot girl!A Bigfoot with superpowers!How could I resist watching...

Categories: 2009 horror movies, bigfoot, creature feature, dismal review, fearmakers, indie horror, mti video, savage

Blackout Haunted House 2011 (Review) (NYC Haunted House 2011)

 . . . **Hello fellow Redditors, it seems you are all curious of this haunted house that other haunted houses are afraid of. I'll be posting my review of 2012 edition in the next few weeks. In the meantime, be sure to ask your burning questions in this AMA which  The Raven and Black Cat has created. TRBC and myself have been to at least 4 Blackout haunts including the infamous invite only Spring event. We're part of the Survivors...

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Occupy Wall Street echoes Romero's Land of the Dead

George A. Romero's Land of the Dead was released in 2005, 3 years before the shit hit the fan as the US economy turned into crap. Of course, while the gap between the rich and the poor was growing during the last decade, many were looking at "sky flowers" and ignored what was to come. If you actually rewatch LotD, it eerily echoes many of the concerns that many of the poor, working and middle class talk about now. Occupy Wall Street looks like a...

Categories: 99%, george romero, land of the dead, occupy wall street, romero, zombies

Nightmare: Fairy Tales (Review) (NYC Haunted House 2011)

Fairy Tales come in all forms. Throughout history, we are told elaborate stories of wolves, children and monsters all designed to teach us a moral and ethical lesson. But they all have an underbelly that when you actual read between the lines, is actually terrifying for kids. Why would parents tell these horrible tales to kids?But Tim Haskell is more than happy to tell his kid (see the video below) and is excited to introduce these terrifying tales...

Categories: halloween, happy halloween, haunted house, new york city, nightmare superstitions, nightmare vampires, nyc haunted house