Encyclopocalypse Publications and Shout Factory Partner for Chopping Mall Novelization: "In a thrilling development for horror fans and bibliophiles alike, Encyclopocalypse Publications has joined forces with Shout Factory to novelize the cult classic 1986 film Chopping Mall. Produced by the legendary Roger Corman, Chopping Mall has been a mainstay of the horror genre.
Since acquiring the rights to Roger Corman's library in 2018, Shout Factory has been exploring innovative ways to bring these classic films to a broader audience. This partnership with Encyclopocalypse Publications marks a new chapter in that journey.
The novelization of Chopping Mall will be penned by author Brian G. Berry, who has penned several novelizations for Encyclopocalypse, and have garnered praise for their faithful yet fresh retellings of fan-favorite films. “As a kid, I watched tons of horror movies. But none of them ever gave me that 'creeped out' feeling I was seeking until I saw the cover...
Since acquiring the rights to Roger Corman's library in 2018, Shout Factory has been exploring innovative ways to bring these classic films to a broader audience. This partnership with Encyclopocalypse Publications marks a new chapter in that journey.
The novelization of Chopping Mall will be penned by author Brian G. Berry, who has penned several novelizations for Encyclopocalypse, and have garnered praise for their faithful yet fresh retellings of fan-favorite films. “As a kid, I watched tons of horror movies. But none of them ever gave me that 'creeped out' feeling I was seeking until I saw the cover...
- 4/17/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Encyclopocalypse Publications has joined forces with Shout Factory to novelize the cult classic 1986 horror film Chopping Mall, Bloody Disgusting has learned this morning.
Chopping Mall: The Novelization will be available November 19, 2024!
Since acquiring the rights to Roger Corman’s library in 2018, Shout Factory has been exploring innovative ways to bring these classic films to a broader audience. This partnership with Encyclopocalypse Publications marks a new chapter in that journey.
The novelization of Chopping Mall will be penned by author Brian G. Berry, who has penned several novelizations for Encyclopocalypse, and have garnered praise for their faithful yet fresh retellings of fan-favorite films.
“As a kid, I watched tons of horror movies. But none of them ever gave me that ‘creeped out’ feeling I was seeking until I saw the cover of the Chopping Mall VHS cassette sitting on the shelf of my local video store, ” says Brian G. Berry. “From that point on,...
Chopping Mall: The Novelization will be available November 19, 2024!
Since acquiring the rights to Roger Corman’s library in 2018, Shout Factory has been exploring innovative ways to bring these classic films to a broader audience. This partnership with Encyclopocalypse Publications marks a new chapter in that journey.
The novelization of Chopping Mall will be penned by author Brian G. Berry, who has penned several novelizations for Encyclopocalypse, and have garnered praise for their faithful yet fresh retellings of fan-favorite films.
“As a kid, I watched tons of horror movies. But none of them ever gave me that ‘creeped out’ feeling I was seeking until I saw the cover of the Chopping Mall VHS cassette sitting on the shelf of my local video store, ” says Brian G. Berry. “From that point on,...
- 4/15/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
"In the tradition of the great pulps of yesteryear, contemporary masters of the macabre Kevin J. Anderson, David Avallone, Nancy A. Collins, Nancy Holder & Alan Phillipson, John Jennings, Kasey Lansdale & Joe R. Lansdale, Rena Mason, Jonathan Maberry, Lisa Morton, Steve Niles, Jeff Strand, Tim Waggoner, and writer and editor James Aquilone are joining forces for Dead Detectives Society. This one-of-a-kind anthology from Monstrous Books features a cover by Hugo Award-winner John Jennings and interior art by Zac Atkinson, J.K. Woodward and Jennings."
Now funding on Kickstarter (and already successfully backed), we have an exclusive preview of "Dead Jack and Oswald Meet Frankenstein" from writer James Aquilone, artist J.K. Woodward, and letterer Tom Napolitano that you can read right now!
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More About Dead Detectives Society: "Dead Detectives Society is now funding on Kickstarter. Everyone who backs at a physical level will receive a signed and numbered Dead Detectives Society membership card.
Now funding on Kickstarter (and already successfully backed), we have an exclusive preview of "Dead Jack and Oswald Meet Frankenstein" from writer James Aquilone, artist J.K. Woodward, and letterer Tom Napolitano that you can read right now!
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More About Dead Detectives Society: "Dead Detectives Society is now funding on Kickstarter. Everyone who backs at a physical level will receive a signed and numbered Dead Detectives Society membership card.
- 6/26/2023
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
"In the tradition of the great pulps of yesteryear, contemporary masters of the macabre Kevin J. Anderson, David Avallone, Nancy A. Collins, Nancy Holder & Alan Phillipson, John Jennings, Kasey Lansdale & Joe R. Lansdale, Rena Mason, Jonathan Maberry, Lisa Morton, Steve Niles, Jeff Strand, Tim Waggoner, and writer and editor James Aquilone are joining forces for Dead Detectives Society. This one-of-a-kind anthology from Monstrous Books features a cover by Hugo Award-winner John Jennings and interior art by Zac Atkinson, J.K. Woodward and Jennings."
Now funding on Kickstarter, I caught up with James to learn more about his love of weird detective stories, what we can expect from the new anthology, and more!
How did you first get exposed to weird horror pulp detective stories? Was there a particular book or story that got you hooked?
James Aquilone: I've always loved detective stories, going back to when I read Sherlock Holmes...
Now funding on Kickstarter, I caught up with James to learn more about his love of weird detective stories, what we can expect from the new anthology, and more!
How did you first get exposed to weird horror pulp detective stories? Was there a particular book or story that got you hooked?
James Aquilone: I've always loved detective stories, going back to when I read Sherlock Holmes...
- 6/7/2023
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Encyclopocalypse Publications not only brought John Skipp and Craig Spector’s novelization of Fright Night and Jeff Rovin’s novelization of Re-Animator back into print, they’ve also been commissioning new novelizations of older films. Matt Serafini wrote a novelization of the 1980 sci-fi horror film Scared to Death, while Christian Francis wrote novelizations of 1997’s Wishmaster, 1986’s Vamp, and 1985’s Titan Find (a.k.a. Creature). On the more recent side, Bret Nelson wrote a novelization of 2011’s Manborg. A couple months ago, we heard that we’ll be getting a novelization of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes from Encyclopocalypse Publications and author Jeff Strand. And now it has been revealed that Encyclopocalypse Publications also has a novelization of the 1989 Troma release Redneck Zombies (watch it Here) in the works!
The Redneck Zombies novelization is being written by Kristopher Ruffy and Ed Bishop, and the authors have even been kind enough to share some excerpts!
The Redneck Zombies novelization is being written by Kristopher Ruffy and Ed Bishop, and the authors have even been kind enough to share some excerpts!
- 4/5/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
A novelization of the 1978 cult classic Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is on the way from Encyclopocalypse Publications! Written by Jeff Strand, the book will be released everywhere on April 14th and we have all the details:
"In 1978, the screenwriting trio of John DeBello, Costa Dillon, and Stephen Peace cultivated a demented seedling of an idea into the horror-comedy Attack of the Killer Tomatoes; in 2023, Encyclopocalypse Publications is uprooting the vine-ripened viscousness once again. Penned by Stoker-award-winning author Jeff Strand and releasing on April 14th, the cult smash that launched a franchise spanning more than four decades will be ready to roll into your library.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes follows the tribulations of Mason Dixon, frontman for a motley crew of do-gooders tasked by the President to discover why the once-peaceful produce has unleashed hell upon humankind. Slathering contemporary film and hot-button issues of the period – war, commercialism, government...
"In 1978, the screenwriting trio of John DeBello, Costa Dillon, and Stephen Peace cultivated a demented seedling of an idea into the horror-comedy Attack of the Killer Tomatoes; in 2023, Encyclopocalypse Publications is uprooting the vine-ripened viscousness once again. Penned by Stoker-award-winning author Jeff Strand and releasing on April 14th, the cult smash that launched a franchise spanning more than four decades will be ready to roll into your library.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes follows the tribulations of Mason Dixon, frontman for a motley crew of do-gooders tasked by the President to discover why the once-peaceful produce has unleashed hell upon humankind. Slathering contemporary film and hot-button issues of the period – war, commercialism, government...
- 3/15/2023
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
It’s not often you hear news related to the 1978 cult classic Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (watch it Here), but this week we have Killer Tomatoes news to report two days in a row! Yesterday, we shared a three hour retrospective documentary that looked back at not just Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, but also the franchise that it spawned: three sequels and two seasons of an animated TV series. Now it has come to our attention that, forty-five years after it was released, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is finally getting the novelization treatment!
Boasting a page count of 238, the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes novelization was written by Jeff Strand and has a release date of April 14. Copies can be pre-ordered on Amazon.
Here’s the description: UFOs! Bigfoot! Communists! The government has swiftly dealt with many a crisis… But can it survive the diabolical Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes?...
Boasting a page count of 238, the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes novelization was written by Jeff Strand and has a release date of April 14. Copies can be pre-ordered on Amazon.
Here’s the description: UFOs! Bigfoot! Communists! The government has swiftly dealt with many a crisis… But can it survive the diabolical Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes?...
- 2/7/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
New Orleans, Louisiana – Reel Progress LLC is pleased to announce that the feature length horror film Creepers aka Horror Anthology Movie Vol. 2 is in pre-production.
Shooting begins in March, 2014. Featuring two stories from contemporary horror writers Joe R. Lansdale and Jeff Strand and two classic tales of terror from Lafcadio Hearn and Edgar Allan Poe, Creepers celebrates the weird written word adapted from scribe to screen.
The directors include author and … Continue reading →
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Shooting begins in March, 2014. Featuring two stories from contemporary horror writers Joe R. Lansdale and Jeff Strand and two classic tales of terror from Lafcadio Hearn and Edgar Allan Poe, Creepers celebrates the weird written word adapted from scribe to screen.
The directors include author and … Continue reading →
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- 2/18/2014
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
Dark Regions Press is celebrating their Horror Writer’s Association (Hwa) Specialty Press Award for 2010 by offering 25% off everything in store! Dark Regions just announced via Twitter that today is the last day to take advantage of this sale. Just use the code HWA2010 to get 25% off today. Read more about Dark Regions Press beyond the break.
Founded by Joe Morey in 1985, Dark Regions Press specializes in limited edition and trade edition horror, fantasy, and science fiction by authors like Jeff Strand, Gabrielle Faust, Steve Vernon, William Ollie, Jeffrey Thomas, and many other talented authors. This well-established small press offers cutting edge horror fiction by some of the most talented authors in genre fiction and their limited releases feature beautiful cover art making their titles coveted collector’s items.
You can find Dark Regions Press on Twitter, Facebook, or visit their website at http://www.darkregions.com/. Don’t forget...
Founded by Joe Morey in 1985, Dark Regions Press specializes in limited edition and trade edition horror, fantasy, and science fiction by authors like Jeff Strand, Gabrielle Faust, Steve Vernon, William Ollie, Jeffrey Thomas, and many other talented authors. This well-established small press offers cutting edge horror fiction by some of the most talented authors in genre fiction and their limited releases feature beautiful cover art making their titles coveted collector’s items.
You can find Dark Regions Press on Twitter, Facebook, or visit their website at http://www.darkregions.com/. Don’t forget...
- 4/5/2011
- by Meli YOROSHIKU!
- Destroy the Brain
Writer’s Workshop of Horror
Edited by Michael Knost
262 pages
Woodland Press, LLC (July 5, 2009)
Isbn: 0982493916
Buy It Here
Writers Workshop of Horror is a collection of essays from Clive Barker, Joe R. Lansdale, F. Paul Wilson, Ramsey Campbell, Thomas F. Monteleone, Deborah LeBlanc, Gary A. Braunbeck, Brian Keene, Elizabeth Massie, Tom Piccirilli, Jonathan Maberry, Tim Waggoner, Mort Castle, G. Cameron Fuller, Rick Hautala, Scott Nicholson, Michael A. Arnzen, J.F. Gonzalez, Michael Laimo, Lucy A. Snyder, Jeff Strand, Lisa Morton, Jack Haringa, Gary Frank, Jason Sizemore, Robert N. Lee, Tim Deal, Brian Yount, Brian J. Hatcher, and others. The authors give practical advice on the different aspects of writing and developing horror fiction. This book is a must for any aspiring horror writer, it takes the best advice from horror’s top writer’s and organizes it into a comprehensive guide for creating a masterpiece. Writers Workshop of Horror is...
Edited by Michael Knost
262 pages
Woodland Press, LLC (July 5, 2009)
Isbn: 0982493916
Buy It Here
Writers Workshop of Horror is a collection of essays from Clive Barker, Joe R. Lansdale, F. Paul Wilson, Ramsey Campbell, Thomas F. Monteleone, Deborah LeBlanc, Gary A. Braunbeck, Brian Keene, Elizabeth Massie, Tom Piccirilli, Jonathan Maberry, Tim Waggoner, Mort Castle, G. Cameron Fuller, Rick Hautala, Scott Nicholson, Michael A. Arnzen, J.F. Gonzalez, Michael Laimo, Lucy A. Snyder, Jeff Strand, Lisa Morton, Jack Haringa, Gary Frank, Jason Sizemore, Robert N. Lee, Tim Deal, Brian Yount, Brian J. Hatcher, and others. The authors give practical advice on the different aspects of writing and developing horror fiction. This book is a must for any aspiring horror writer, it takes the best advice from horror’s top writer’s and organizes it into a comprehensive guide for creating a masterpiece. Writers Workshop of Horror is...
- 12/3/2010
- by nick
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
A DVD and book signing event is happening this Saturday, November 27, at the Barnes & Noble Booksellers (Carrollwood Store) in Tampa, Florida, with Brainjacked filmmakers Andrew Allan and Andy Lalino of Film Ranch International and horror writer Jeff Strand.
Allan/Lalino will be signing copies of Brainjacked, a new sci-fi/horror movie filmed entirely in the Tampa Bay area. Strand, a popular Tampa-based horror author, is appearing in promotion of his two recently released paperbacks Dweller (review here) and Pressure (review here). Copies of Brainjacked and Dweller and Pressure will be available for purchase and come with complementary autographs by the creators.
The event, dubbed "Creepy Christmas: Holiday Gifts for the Hard-to-Buy-for Weirdo" DVD and Book Signing, gives Tampa Bay residents a chance to meet their own local Masters of Horror and get Christmas gifts for friends and family members that they're sure to enjoy!
For more info visit the official...
Allan/Lalino will be signing copies of Brainjacked, a new sci-fi/horror movie filmed entirely in the Tampa Bay area. Strand, a popular Tampa-based horror author, is appearing in promotion of his two recently released paperbacks Dweller (review here) and Pressure (review here). Copies of Brainjacked and Dweller and Pressure will be available for purchase and come with complementary autographs by the creators.
The event, dubbed "Creepy Christmas: Holiday Gifts for the Hard-to-Buy-for Weirdo" DVD and Book Signing, gives Tampa Bay residents a chance to meet their own local Masters of Horror and get Christmas gifts for friends and family members that they're sure to enjoy!
For more info visit the official...
- 11/25/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
It is October and for those of us who like to read Horror Fiction this is a time of year we look forward to. Why, you ask? Not only is this our favorite time of the year but this is also when Paul Miller of Earthling Publications gets ready to release his latest book in his critically acclaimed and much loved Halloween Series. This is the seventh book in the series which consists of:
#0: Mr. Dark’S Carnival by Glen Hirshberg
#1: Blood Red by James A. Moore
#2: The Unblemished by Conrad Williams
#3: The Haunted Forest Tour by James A. Moore and Jeff Strand
#4: Moontown by Peter Atkins
#5: October Dark by David Herter
The only book in the series I don’t have and haven’t read is Mr. Dark’s Carnival. Every other book has been awesome and this years might just be the best one yet.
#0: Mr. Dark’S Carnival by Glen Hirshberg
#1: Blood Red by James A. Moore
#2: The Unblemished by Conrad Williams
#3: The Haunted Forest Tour by James A. Moore and Jeff Strand
#4: Moontown by Peter Atkins
#5: October Dark by David Herter
The only book in the series I don’t have and haven’t read is Mr. Dark’s Carnival. Every other book has been awesome and this years might just be the best one yet.
- 10/4/2010
- by Peter Schwotzer
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Director Andrew Allan's Brainjacked tells the tale of Tristan Davis [Chris Jackson], a teenage runaway lured by the enchanting and beautiful Laney [Somali Rose] into a secret underworld ruled by a psychotic neurosurgeon [Rod Grant]. The doctor's deadly prescription: Trepanation, the very real and gruesome practice of drilling bloody hole's in one's head for mental relief and enhancement. Suffering from head-grinding migraines, Tristan submits to the doctor's drill. But surgery unlocks more than just Tristan's mental powers. It opens a dark realm of terror... Packed with sexy sirens, mutated abominations, and an army of murderous, mind-controlled teenage slaves. I had the chance to ask Andrew Allan a few questions about Brainjacked. Here's what he had to say....
For more info. about this film, please visit: http://breakingglasspictures.com/
Or http://getbrainjacked.com/.
Who is Andrew Allan and what is he all about?
I’m a filmmaker based in Clearwater, Florida. I’m one half of...
For more info. about this film, please visit: http://breakingglasspictures.com/
Or http://getbrainjacked.com/.
Who is Andrew Allan and what is he all about?
I’m a filmmaker based in Clearwater, Florida. I’m one half of...
- 8/31/2010
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Author: Jeff Strand
Leisure Books
Review by Alan Kelly
Dweller is the first book I’ve read by Jeff Strand & an extremely satisfying introduction it is to this authors work. Try and imagine Clive King’s Stig of the Dump – about a little boy who meets a caveman behind his house - scripted by Daniel Clowes and optioned for adaptation by Lucky McGee (May) and your already halfway into the blood-soaked woods of Dweller.
Toby is a solitary child, prone to wandering off and dreaming up outlandish fantasies. The boy is mercilessly bullied in school by two older boys, has a father who would prefer to take a belt to him than sit down and talk to the boy and doesn’t even have a single friend – until he meets a cave dwelling Troglodyte in the woods surrounding his house. At first the petrified child flees and forgets the encounter...
Leisure Books
Review by Alan Kelly
Dweller is the first book I’ve read by Jeff Strand & an extremely satisfying introduction it is to this authors work. Try and imagine Clive King’s Stig of the Dump – about a little boy who meets a caveman behind his house - scripted by Daniel Clowes and optioned for adaptation by Lucky McGee (May) and your already halfway into the blood-soaked woods of Dweller.
Toby is a solitary child, prone to wandering off and dreaming up outlandish fantasies. The boy is mercilessly bullied in school by two older boys, has a father who would prefer to take a belt to him than sit down and talk to the boy and doesn’t even have a single friend – until he meets a cave dwelling Troglodyte in the woods surrounding his house. At first the petrified child flees and forgets the encounter...
- 5/19/2010
- by BunnyFlask
- Planet Fury
“Toby was just a boy the first time he saw the creature in the woods. His parents convinced the terrified child it was only his imagination. The next time Toby saw the creature he was a lonely, unhappy teenager without friends. But the creature would be his friend. It would be there when Toby needed someone to talk to. And it would take care of the bullies who wouldn’t leave Toby alone. After all, the creature needed to eat. And during their macabre, decades-long friendship, there will be other meals….”
Jeff Strand is the crown prince of madcap mayhem in horror today. His latest novel Dweller is his second stellar effort with Dorchester Publishing, his first being the ridiculously good Pressure.
Dweller follows the lifelong and bizarre friendship of Toby and a monster he saw in the woods when he was a small child.
This is more than just a monster story,...
Jeff Strand is the crown prince of madcap mayhem in horror today. His latest novel Dweller is his second stellar effort with Dorchester Publishing, his first being the ridiculously good Pressure.
Dweller follows the lifelong and bizarre friendship of Toby and a monster he saw in the woods when he was a small child.
This is more than just a monster story,...
- 3/30/2010
- by Peter Schwotzer
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Hello all Monster Fans,
I have been away for a while and vehemently apologize. I have been bogged down in a project for a company I freelance for, for the past few months as well as my full time job. Deadlines, travel etc…you get the picture.
I wanted to close out 2009 with my top ten books of 2009. I managed to read 56 books this year, not as many as I would have liked but more than I thought. There were some great, some good and some not so good. But I tip my hat to anyone that has the stamina and fortitude to finish a novel.
In my position at Famous Monsters I have been lucky enough to be able to correspond with some of my favorite writers in the Horror field. Some of them have sent me manuscripts of some of their upcoming books. Even though a few of...
I have been away for a while and vehemently apologize. I have been bogged down in a project for a company I freelance for, for the past few months as well as my full time job. Deadlines, travel etc…you get the picture.
I wanted to close out 2009 with my top ten books of 2009. I managed to read 56 books this year, not as many as I would have liked but more than I thought. There were some great, some good and some not so good. But I tip my hat to anyone that has the stamina and fortitude to finish a novel.
In my position at Famous Monsters I have been lucky enough to be able to correspond with some of my favorite writers in the Horror field. Some of them have sent me manuscripts of some of their upcoming books. Even though a few of...
- 1/4/2010
- by Peter Schwotzer
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
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