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13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween, Day 4, "The Scary Bitch Project" Reunion

10/22/2019

Today is the 4th Day of Halloween and I have something a bit different for you...the reunion of the cast and crew of the short parody film The Scary Bitch Project (which, if you haven't already guessed, is a parody of The Blair Witch Project, and was shot about a month after Blair Witch was released in Ontario). Check out my Facebook Live promoting this edition HERE.

Let's dive right into the reunion, shall we?

As promised...Jeff Hannaford's contribution by text (you can see a shot of what Jeff's referring to below during the end credits of The Scary Bitch Project, which I also included at the very end of the above reunion interview):

The best memory for me was the hilarious moment when we realized I was going to have to drive the vehicle, having never been behind the wheel of one. “How hard can it be? And it’s just going to be an empty parking lot.” Harder than I’d anticipated. And it wasn’t empty. Proud to say I did eventually get my drivers license, at age 36! (I’m a much better driver now... But don’t ask my wife).

And now, just for the Halloween season, I have a treat for you -- you can watch The Scary Bitch Project here, for free! WARNING - COARSE LANGUAGE

And here's a few "precious memories" -- from a special background and history of the Scary Bitch (based on a similar post done by the people behind The Blair Witch Project), to the original VHS cover (when it was available in indie video stores such as Queen Video and Suspect Video), the Ryerson news article, a page from the original script, an original shot list, and listings of The Scary Bitch Project when it debuted on television on the Space Channel a number of years ago...

Don't forget to sign up for my email list especially for B-movie and genre-comedy aficionados!

AND DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT T HE PREVIOUS HORRIFICALLY SILLY DAY OF HALLOWEEN, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, AS WELL AS THE 5TH DAY, IN WHICH I INTERVIEW THE FOUNDER OF THE MONSTER DASH, HERE IN TORONTO!

13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween, Day 3, Susan J. Berger, author and actor from AHS Roanoke!

10/21/2019

It's Day 3 of the REEDONKULUS days that are Halloween!

Let's get right to this interview with author and actor (from American Horror Story Roanoke!!!) Susan Berger, shall we?

Thank you for a truly fun and illuminating conversation, Susan!

Susan's actor website is Susanbergeractor.com

Susan's author website for Susan B James is susanbjames.com

www.earthquake_book.com is the website for Susan's non fiction book on earthquakes. It has some good experiments and classroom activities.

Undead and Unwed by Mary Janice Davidson. Book one of the Queen Betsy series: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002YKOXGG/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch by Alison Arngrim

Faking it by Jennifer Crusie

Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce

Buy Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space HERE

Movies with Susan's husband Barry Corbin:
Dead and Buried
Ghost Dad

Check out the trailer for American Horror Story Roanoke above! You can buy the season HERE.

Above is the trailer for Susan's son's film The Killer Chef.

Susan (very back), Barry (far left), son Chris (The former Killer chef), Daughter-in-law, Melanie, their baby (Walter Chaplin Howard-Corbin), Sam Elliot and Katherine Ross taken at Warner Brothers on the Ranch soundstage.

Don't forget to sign up for my email list for horror/comedy aficionados!

Next up (tomorrow), the reunion of the cast and crew of my short film, The Scary Bitch Project (parody of The Blair Witch Project made a mere month later!)

13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween, Day 2, Justine Alley Dowsett & Mirror World Publishing

10/20/2019

Welcome to Day 2 of these most ludicrous and horrific days of Halloween! Today, I have a written interview for you, where I interrogate genre author and publisher at Mirror World Publishing, Justine Alley Dowsett! You can see my Facebook Live promoting this post HERE!

Regan: Hello and welcome, Justine! Would you give me your personal summary of Mirror World Publishing?

Justine: Mirror World Publishing is a small independent publishing house based in Windsor, Ontario. We publish quality paperbacks and ebooks of escapism fiction for all ages that feature other worlds, times and versions of reality.

We pride ourselves on our originality and 'outside the box' thinking, while taking a good look at the question, 'what if?' Our stories are never ordinary, the dialogue and action engaging, the characters believable, and there will always be some element of romance, adventure, science or magic. We are dedicated to bring our readers novels that will not only entertain them, but also teach them something about the world they live in by showing them one that mirrors it. We hope you’ll consider picking up a novel from our collection so you can see for yourself what we’re all about.

You'll find a wide variety of our wonderful titles in our bookstore and you can also purchase or review them through most major retailers worldwide.If you want to know more about us, feel free to contact us. We are very active on Facebook and our blog as well.

Regan: Tell me about some of your favourite horror or genre stories/short stories published by Mirror World?

Justine: We’re not supposed to pick favourites, but the funniest book in our whole collection is This Night Sucks by Elizabeth J.M. Walker, hands down. This Night Sucks is a novella for teens, set in a small Canadian town where nothing exciting ever happens. In fact, although Vampires are a very real threat in this world, they are so mundane and commonplace that there’s a high school course on how to deal with any bloodsuckers you might come across. As the author puts it, Vampires are a lot like other scary things that supposedly exist but you hope you’ll never come across: nudist colonies, mad cow disease, and your parents’ sex life.

I know the Vampire thing has by now become a tired trope, but I urge you to try Elizabeth J.M. Walker’s novella because it knows Vampires are overplayed and somehow it still manages to make them hilarious.

13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween, Day 1: Eyesore Cinema

10/19/2019

Welcome, welcome, welcome, as John Oliver would say, to the first of my 13 blog series of posts celebrating the Horrifically Silly and the Ludicrously Terrifying elements of Halloween...be they books, movies, events or festivals...(to see my Facebook Live promoting this post, click HERE)...

We begin with Daniel from Eyesore Cinema, an independent video store that stocks hard to find, less than mainstream movies (mostly in the horror or genre vein). They also sell books, magazines and a few other items of merchandise...plus there's an awesome cinema and event space in the back for screening the worst and most fun of B-movies, and whatever else they damn well feel like!

October 19th is not only the first day of Halloween, it is also International Independent Video Store Day, which makes Eyesore Cinema the best choice to start the series. Check out my interview with Daniel, proprietor of said store and cinema...

Visit Eyesore Cinema's Facebook Page. And find them in "real life" at 1176 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario...be sure to check out their screenings, too.

You can find all of the films we mentioned during the interview at Eyesore Cinema! Support local independent video stores! And check out videostoreday.com to find your local indie video store location and more...

If you're in Canada, you can get my "Trilogy of Horrifically Half-baked Ham" (Space Zombies!, They Suck and Horror at Terror Creek) through my Square Shop, and now through Eyesore Cinema!

You can also get Space Zombies: 13 Months of Brain-Spinning Mayhem! on DVD through Eyesore Cinema or my Square Shop (or get the book and the DVD combo!)...

Want to check out that song from Horror at Terror Creek that I mentioned? It's called Christopher's Turn, music by Scott McCord (lyrics by me and also Scott McCord), and you'll find it on my Triple Take Productions site!

And don't forget to sign up for my NEW EMAIL LIST, tailored specifically to B-movie, horror-comedy and Frankenfiction aficionados like yourself (whether it's a new or casual sort of thing for you or also if you are a hardcore fan).

Below, you will find a gallery of photos I took around the shop after shooting the interviews with Kimmie. Some of the covers of videos they stock have been recreated out of necessity, but we're sure glad this is a thing, as are particularly special!

And just for a bit of fun...here's that demonic, red-eyed, floating pig from the Amityville Horror...

CHECK OUT POST TWO OF MY 13 HORRIFICALLY SILLY DAYS OF HALLOWEEN SERIES, THIS TIME WITH GUEST JUSTINE ALLEY DOWSETT, WRITER AND PUBLISHER OF MIRROR WORLD PUBLISHING!

Launch Day for "A Bestiary Alphabet" by Felix Eddy

10/17/2019

From the Mirror World Publishing website:

"From Al-Mi’raj to Zlatarog, The Bestiary Alphabet features a different mythical creature for every letter of the alphabet, lovingly drawn and illustrated by the talented Felix Eddy.

Like the medieval bestiaries of old, the Bestiary Alphabet collects mythological creatures from all over the globe. Some are household names, others are delightful obscurities, but all will move and inspire you to dream of a world that you have never seen. Felix Eddy’s trip through the alphabet will show you the magic, mystery, power and beauty in all the things that might have been.

A Bestiary Alphabet is an illustrated guide to mythological creatures for a general audience..."

READ THE REST HERE

MidWest Book Review of "Beverlee Beaz the Brown Burmese"!

10/15/2019

A terrific review of "Beverlee Beaz the Brown Burmese" from the Midwest Book Review:

The Picturebook Shelf

Beverlee Beaz the Brown Burmese
Regan W. H. Macaulay, author
Alex Zgud, illustrator
http://www.reganwhmacaulay.com
Mirror World Publishing
https://www.mirrorworldpublishing.com
9781987976526, $15.95 PB, $4.99 Kindle, 48pp, www.amazon.com

A Best Book Awards finalist, "Beverlee Beaz the Brown Burmese" is an exciting adventure story about a highly imaginative, brown Burmese cat who longs for fresh adventures. Filled with exotic, colorful illustrations of Beverlee's brilliant fantasy transformations of her everyday outside observations, this charming story takes readers on an Iliad rife with entrapments of wonder. On a beautiful sunny day, Beverlee leaves her serene home for an adventure outside. At first she encounters a meadow, hills, trees a splashing river, and Monarch butterflies. Then her fevered imagination takes over and transforms the orange Monarch butterfly to a fiery orange parrot from the Amazon rainforest. This experience continues as she imagines a rabbit to be a jumping kangaroo, and a frog transforms to a deadly Komodo dragon. A nest of bees she jostles changes to a flock of hungry Pterodactyls that pursue Beverlee until she hides in the woods. Then Beverlee encounters the most mystical transformed beast of all, a white unicorn. Frightened, Beverlee retreats and runs until she falls into a hole, hissing and swatting at the unicorn to scare him away. Then another amazing transformation happens - The unicorn tells Beverlee not to be afraid and rescues her from the hole by lowering his horn for her to grab onto, and pulling her out. After that, Beverlee recognized the white unicorn as a white stallion who lived on a farm that was neighbor to hers. She apologized to her rescuer, blaming her overactive imagination. Then the white horse laughed and gave Beverlee a ride on his back all the way home. "Beverlee Beaz the Brown Burmese" is an exciting tale of adventure and fantasy that children will love and identify with. It helps them explore two sides of the beauty and power of imagination and more, the grounding value of friendship.

Happy 10th Birthday to my dogger, Raxl!

10/8/2019

Get a load of all Raxie's different "looks!" ...

She doesn't look a day over 2!

"Beverlee, la chatte de Birmanie" released today!

10/1/2019

It's here, it's here! My first translated book! Get your copy HERE today!

Beverlee, la chatte de Birmanie, a soif d'aventure et utilise son imagination débridée pour y parvenir. Au cours d'une belle journée qui, jusque là, ne se distinguait pas des autres, elle s'élance dans la forêt puis dans les champs qui entourent sa maison. L'ordinaire deviendra bientôt extraordinaire aux yeux de cette petite chatte brune à l'esprit créatif. Suivez l'aventure de la curieuse Beverlee parmi les arbres, par-delà les collines... et dans l'univers de son imagination! (adaptation française: Alexandra Marier)

I AM LOOKING FOR B-MOVIE and HORROR COMEDY AFICIONADOS

9/26/2019

Do you love quirky Frankenfiction filled with gut-busting comedy that collides with gory and fantastical tales? Do you find the current market lacking in gloriously ludicrous horror/sci-fi/fantasy books, movies and plays? Know someone who fits this bill? Willing to introduce me to them ASAP? 👻

I'm seeking individuals for guest blogs and Facebook or Instagram lives and videos in the days leading up to Halloween - everyone from film industry performers and crew, theatre company artists, publishers and literary/magazine editors and other arts & entertainment personalities and curators, to psychologists and therapists, to academics in the arts and humanities, and other potential "experts"! 👽

We'll talk B-movies and cult-comedy-horror, bringing a little more awareness to some of the most entertaining art! 💀

Contact me at reganmacaulay@gmail.com or through Facebook Messenger and help me connect with these aficionados and experts! 😈

A Fun day at the Faire

9/23/2019

I had such a wonderful time at the Royal Medieval Faire this past Saturday! 🐲

The draw winners have been notified and I await their responses! 📚

All sold out of first run hardcover copies of Sloth the Lazy Dragon and only a few other softcovers left. Thank you to everyone who purchased a copy...may your whole family enjoy this Dragon's tale. 🐉