This time of year, the Midnite Movie Mamacita has really gone out of her tree!

Christmas tree, that is. And to get everyone into the seasonal spirit, she’s tossing a couple of particularly lurid logs on the old Grindhouse Redux projector, guaranteed to fire up everyone for a good old-fashioned slay ride.

The stocking snuffers begin with a screening of BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974), the Father Christmas of all slasher pics, about a homicidal maniac loose in a sorority house during the holiday break. Olivia Hussey (HEADSPACE), Margot Kidder (THE AMITYVILLE HORROR), John Saxon (TENEBRE, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET), and Andrea (SCTV) Martin star as several coeds who may or may not become mincemeat pie filling before the final reel. “It’s a Wonderful Knife,” indeed!

Next, pucker up for a trip under the galactic mistletoe with Oklahoma alt rockers Flaming Lips and their legendary Christmas on Mars, the umpteen-years-in-production home-made 16mm epic reportedly inspired by such diverse sources as The Wizard of Oz, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Eraserhead. Love it or hate it, rest assured that in the annals of bizarre weird Yule cinema, it easily beats Pia Zadora’s 1964 Santa Claus vs. the Martians. . .which, come to think of it, may well have been an influence, too.

Friday Dec. 19 BLACK CHRISTMAS (digital) @ 9pm, Christmas on Mars @ 11pm Saturday Dec. 20 BLACK CHRISTMAS (digital) @ 5 & 9pm, Christmas on Mars @ 7 & 11pm.

The Chandler Cinemas are located at
2140 N. Arizona Boulevard,
Chandler (behind Target), AZ.

Dini will also be available for a Q&A to talk about these projects and his other works. Holiday cookies and egg nog will also be available for attendees.

After a successful run of the first “season” of MADAME MIRAGE at Top Cow, Dini then announced he would bring his entire Dinicartoons universe to the publisher. The JINGLE BELLE holiday special is the first book in that line.

Meltdown Comics is located at
7522 Sunset Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA 90046

Dark Delicacies is proud to announce that their brother store Emerald Knights Comic and Games is going to have a signing on December 18th with Actor Don Lauria (MR. MURDER, FEAR RUNS SILENT, STRANGER IN MY HOUSE, TREES, CONTAGION, HANGMAN) who plays the character of Commissioner Dolan in the new film THE SPIRIT.

Mr. Lauria will be signing and giving away free film posters in-store at 1:00p.m. on Thursday December 18th.

Emerald Knights comic and Games is located at
4116 West Burbank Blvd,
Burbank, Ca
818-588-3631

Bear McCreary will be signing the new soundtrack CD’s for REST STOP and TERMINATOR: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. He will be joined by composer Brian Tyler who will be signing his new soundtrack CD of Eagle Eye. Rounding out the signing will be composer James Dooley who will sign the soundtrack to the popular television show Pushing Daisies.

Then on Sunday, December 14th at 2:00p.m. Dark Delicacies will hold a signing for the DVD release of the film THE DAY THE EARTH STOPPED.

Scheduled to be on hand for the signing are Director/Actor C. Thomas Howell (THE HITCHER) and Actors Cameron Bender (THESE WOODS), Darren Dalton (DARKROOM), Sinead McCafferty (MERCY), Graham Denman (SICK GIRL), and very special guest Bug Hall (MORTUARY).

Dark Delicacies is located at
4213 West Burbank Blvd,
Burbank, CA

Hector (Karra Elejalde: THE NAMELESS, NOS MIRAN) is relaxing on a lawn chair outside of his new country home, surveying the nearby hillside through a pair of binoculars, when he catches sight of what appears to be a nude woman amidst the trees. Hiking up to investigate, he is attacked by a sinister figure whose head is wrapped in a grotesque, pink bandage. Fleeing in terror, he takes refuge in a laboratory atop the hill, where a lone attendant (director Nacho Vigalondo) ushers him in to a peculiar scientific contraption. He emerges what seems to be moments later, only to find that he has traveled back hours in time, setting in motion a brain-twisting, horrifying chain of events when he inadvertently runs into himself.

Drawing from the best traditions of classic science fiction and crime fiction, TIMECRIMES plays games with the genre and the audience, giving the protaganist a Russian-doll like shell of identities that are shed so often that Hector can be playing one of any number of whodunit archetypes at any given moment as he becomes increasingly more complicit in the complicated mess that he’s trying to fix.

Says director Vigalondo: "TIMECRIMES comes from my love of classic science fiction and crime stories. Writers like James Cain, Philip K. Dick, or directors like Fritz Lang. The idea of building a tragic paradox with such few elements is my attempt to going back to the classics and trying to bring back something new."

Nacho Vigalondo’s TIMECRIMES (Spain) is the third film in Magnet’s “Six Shooter Film Series,” a series of six films highlighting the vanguard of genre cinema from around the globe. Preceded by LET THE RIGHT ONE IN and SPECIAL, three other films will follow over the coming months: Ollie Blackburn’s DONKEY PUNCH (UK), BIG MAN JAPAN (Japan) and EDEN LOG (France).

Visit the website Timecrimesmovie.com.

BacktoFrankBlack.com is a website we have created to serve as a hub for a campaign to bring 'Frank Black' back to our screens. As many of you will be aware, Frank was the lead protagonist in the 20th Century Fox series MILLENIUM. Created by X-FILES supremo Chris Carter and starring acting veteran Lance Henriksen the show went on to acquire not only awards but a massive cult following as well as breaking many of the boundaries of genre and crime serials at that time.

Since the show reached its conclusion it has not only retained its fans but found many new and enthusiastic supporters through its successful release on DVD and via constant repeat broadcasts throughout the world. It has spread its appeal globally and has inspired fan communities and websites hailing from as far afield as Western and Eastern Europe, USA, Canada, Mainland China and many more besides.

Due to the recent speculation that Lance Henriksen was to reprise the role in X-FILES: I Want To Believe" a huge swell of support and interest in the character was evident in all corners of the Internet. Webmasters were deluged with inquiries, message boards were flooded with shows of support and campaigns emerged on social networking sites and entertainment communities. In addition this desire was bolstered when Frank Spotnitz noted his own, and Chris Carter's, desire to reinvigorate the franchise and called on fans for their support. We are those fans and this campaign is our response to their call.

At the very heart of our efforts is a letter writing campaign, five minutes of your time will make a huge difference and we urge you all to check out the campaign website for hints, tips, templates and contact addresses. All of you can make a real contribution to one of the most coherent efforts thus far seen to return a magnificent character to where he truly belongs: back on our screens not just in our hearts.

Over at the website there is ample to get you started as well as campaign wallpapers, avatars and even a Millennium Game to while away the time. For this campaign to work it needs you and it needs your letter but we are confident we can make a big noise and have every faith that you will support us. In closing, thank you for taking the time to read this, head over to the website and read what the campaign entails but most importantly, take this campaign out there and make your voices heard.
The time is now.....let's bring Frank Black back!

Asylum Press CEO Frank Forte explains, “Times are tough all over right now. This is our little way of giving back. We have had great success with our releases Asylum of Horrors #1 and Steve Mannon’s The Bomb and want to say Happy Holidays!” Asylum Press will be releasing Warlash Dark Noir # 2 this quarter as well and information on this issue at Warlash.com and can be found at most comic book retailers nationwide.

Fans can check out the numerous titles available at AsylumPress.com and signing up for the newsletter will ensure the most up to date information on releases, previews and sales!

Founded in 1999 by Frank Forte, Asylum Press is a unique publishing house specializing in high profile projects from some of the industry's biggest names. Publishing superhero comics with WARLASH: Zombie Mutant Genesis, continuing their tradition of horror with UNDEAD EVIL, SATAN'S 3-RING CIRCUS OF HELL, the upcoming ASYLUM OF HORRORS and BEYOND LOVECRAFT, venturing into dark humor with BILLY BOY THE SICK LITTLE FAT KID and THE CLETUS AND FLOYD SHOW, Asylum Press continues to be on the cutting edge of comic and graphic novel publishing.

When Bluewater President Darren G. Davis and Director Marc Lougee of Hand Made Heroes discovered they were both producing work independently under the Ray Harryhausen Presents banner, Bluewater penned a deal with Lougee to further develop film and comic book cross-over properties.

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