Entries from October 2009 ↓

Oct 31, Final Confessions of a Horror Addict

As I sit here writing my final confessions, watching the life leave my body from so many gaps in the flesh, I can hear their whispers and taunts as

Contest Alert!

Act I: ION Television Movie Contest

Enter “Act I: The ION Television Movie Contest” and submit your original idea for a dramatic TV movie. One winner will receive $40,000 and a development deal with ION Television. Up to 25 finalists have the opportunity to earn a first-look deal with ION.

Ideally, the ideas submitted by entrants will be for a two-hour made-for-TV movie that could potentially serve as a pilot for launching an hour-long drama procedural TV series.

We are looking for procedural dramas meant for mature audiences. The ideal script would have a strong central character or team of characters and a plot that focuses on the introduction, investigation, and solution of a central problem or mystery. An ending that leaves the door open to further stories or sequels involving some or all of the same characters is recommended.

In the TV realm, CSI, Law & Order, and House are perhaps the best known examples of procedurals. There are also TV movie series that fit this definition well: The Jesse Stone movies, the Movies of the Week featuring Columbo, etc.

While many procedurals focus on crime, law, or medicine, stories set in any field are encouraged, so long as they allow for an examination of the procedures by which the central problem or mystery is overcome.

Within this dramatic movie genre, there can certainly be comic themes, characters or tones so long as the procedural element is prominent.

To enter, submit a treatment describing your idea (5-10 pages) and the first act of the script (15-40 pages).

Scripts must be entered by uploading them in a PDF format on the NYTVF upload page or via Withoutabox (please read the upload guidelines on the Withoutabox submission form-- file requirements differ). For more information on how to convert documents into PDF format, Click here.

The submission period will open on October 26 and will close at 12:00 noon Eastern on January 15, 2010.

All submissions must be uploaded during this time period, without exception. The contest will stop accepting entries if this period elapses or if it receives 1,500 valid entries, whichever comes first.
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Television isn't my focus anymore, just too hard to break in, but the prize money here is more than worth the gamble. The gears are already turning... mature audiences... procedural... think I've got an angle. I'm not crazy about the short window -- not enough time for heavy procrastinating, but worse case scenario: there's another spec script on my pile.

B-D Has Tickets For Free Screening Of ‘The Box’ in Orlando

Richard Kelly's follow-up to Donnie Darko and Southland Tales, The Box, is hitting theatres on November 6, but B-D has your chance to see it before anyone else. The screening will take place on Thursday, November 5, at 7:30 PM at Regal Winter Park (510 N. Orlando Ave.). To win one pass (good for two people each), all you have to do is show up at the theatre starting at 5:30 PM, when David will be handing out passes on a first come, first served basis.

Free Screening Of ‘The Fourth Kind’ In Orlando

Live in Orlando? Do you enjoy alien conspiracies? Then you're in luck! Bloody-Disgusting will be hosting a free screening of The Fourth Kind, starring Milla Jovovich and Elias Koteas. The screening will take place on Tuesday, November 3, at 7:30 PM at Premiere Cinemas Orlando Fashion Square (3201 E. Colonial Drive). To win one of seventy-five passes (good for two people each), all you have to do is show up at the theatre starting at 5:30, when Tim and Keenan will be handing out passes on a first come, first served basis.

Haimes Has ‘Jitters’, Bond Tapped for ‘Elevator Men’

Because the news just won't let me leave the freakin' house tonight, DreamWorks executive-turned-screenwriter Marc Haimes has sold his original screenplay Jitters to Paramount. The flick will be a creepy family film in the early-'80s Amblin mold (think "Gremlins"). In addition, they report that commercial director Fredrik Bond - who will be helming The host remake and the Hack/Slash adaptation - has come aboard to helm Elevator Men, also scripted by Haimes. Elevator follows a single mom in pursuit of Mr. Right who ends up meeting a horrific creature in human guise.

Latest Haunt Pic, ‘Foreclosure’

Shooting in 2010 is another ghost house movie Foreclosure, which is to be helmed by Richard Ledes from his own screenplay. The film is the story of a broken family striving to stay together while the ghosts and curses of a haunted house try to tear them apart. Beyond the break you'll find the teaser for the film shooting soon. Keep your eyes peeled to the pic's official website for more next year.

Let’s See Those Halloween Costumes!

It's Halloween time and that means free candy, tons of horror on the TV, and of course costumes! The parties have already started and I know a few of you guys have put together some amazing ones this year. We started a Flickr pool so you can add your pictures and show the rest of the world how horror fans do Halloween. Join and upload your photos over this holiday weekend and we'll feature the best here on BD next week. Check out the group here and get posting!

BD Special Treat: Avenged Sevenfold’s ‘Top 10 Halloween Songs’!

We've got a special Halloween treat for you to kick off this holiday weekend. Beyond the break you'll find the "Top 10 Halloween Songs of Avenged Sevenfold", a list compiled by the entire band with an explanation for each selection by rhythm guitarist and harmony vocalist Zacky Vengeance! You can enjoy a sample of each track by scrolling to the bottom. Happy Halloween!

UPDATE: Milla Jovovich Gets Shattered in ‘Faces in the Crowd’ Promo Art!

Announced last week is the interesting sounding thriller Faces in the Crowd, which will star genre fav and super model Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil, The Fourth Kind) as a woman who barely survives an attack by a serial killer and wakes up in hospital with a head injury that leaves her "face-blind." No longer able to recognize faces, she must navigate a world in which facial features change each time she loses sight of them. All the while the killer is closing in, determined to eliminate the potential witness. Below you'll find the official promo artwork for the flick being directed by Julien Magnat.

Oct 30, Young Robot Girl Malfunctions At Dinner Table

I saw this film in the 80's where a brunette robot is sitting at the dinner table with her family. She starts malfuntioning, saying something like

Oct 30, 70’s Film Trailer Has Pair of Menacing Walking Scissors

Does anyone remember this early 70's trailer where a young girl is running in an open field in the daytime looking back in fear at the camera? The

Oct 30, Puppy Electrocuted After Chasing Screwdriver

I remember watching a late 70's or early 80's movie about a man and a woman trapped inside a room with one wall exposed to the outside. They are

News Bites: Hot Chicks, New Rob Zombie Website ‘n More

Update: Added a new trailer for 'The Road'. Update #2: Watch a teaser of Them Crooke Vultures' first single "Gunman: below! A few random pieces of news came in this afternoon that I figured I'd share with you before this Halloween weekend hits full effect. Below you'll find details on Rob Zombie's newly launched official website, you'll find the teaser poster and trailer for the Sophie Monk (The Hills Run Red) starrer Pearblossom, and read all about a new thriller entitled Breaking the Girl. If anything else dribbles in over the next few hours, we'll add it to the story.

Video Clip from the Forthcoming Horror Comedy ‘Transylmania’

Arriving in cinemas on December 4th is David Hillenbrand and Scott Hillenbrand's horror comedy Transylmania, which stars Patrick Cavanaugh, James Debello, Paul H. Kim, Tony Denman and Jennifer Lyons. Beyond the break you'll find a "comedic" clip that features talk about blowing a chicks mind and turning her into a raging nympho... all thanks to the Twatarama. The pic takes place deep in the heart of the "cursed land" of Transylvania in a centuries-old castle. Razvan University isn't your typical institution of higher learning -- and the black leather-clad professors, three-foot-tall dean, instruction in crucifix-wielding, and topless vampiresses lurking in dark corners are just the start.

Halloween Treat: Watch ‘Creepshow Raw’ Episode 1 NOW!

Happy one year anniversary. Almost exact;y one year ago we brought you this exclusive interview with producer Todd Roy, along with the first ever stills and trailer for the new online series, Creepshow Raw. Here we are one year later, and while we don't have any new details on the fate of the series, beyond the break you'll find the first pilot episode in its entirety! Watch the 8-minute video below and then tell us what you think. Good stuff?