What a day we had yesterday!

Okay, so we first went to Keith's ceremony. That was really amazing. Keith's school is a Special Ed school and wow the staff really knows how to make things happen quick!

Here are some pics of my boy and family that went to support him:

Then we had our night of A Nightmare On Elm St.!! It was amazing. We had a lot of fun and it seems that we succeeded way more than the theater expected. So, Jack is waiting for the official word, but from the response last night, it is a very strong possibility we will be able to continue!

Here are a few pics for you:




By the way, the Fango show will up by this weekend. So keep your eyes peeled for that!

Fango and learning about technology

Whoohoo! I can now blog from my phone. Look forward to updates from FangoCon tomorrow.

Wow, I feel like such a techgeek right now. But yes, we are going to the FangoCon and it looks like it will be a blast. There is also going to be a Zombie Walk in the morning, which means we need to be there before 9am. Ugh.

For more info on these, go to http://www.creationent.com/cal/fangocon/index.asp

My 100th post is something special!

So, aside from this being my 100th post, I have some fantastic news to share. A while back, I had written to the wonderful PR lady at Knott's. We had such a great time filming the Darkest Hours special there and were anxious to repeat that again.

I wrote to her with that and a plan about our upcoming nuptials. Sort of a celebration of Haunt and our wedding all rolled into one.

She wrote back and said that it sounded great! We just have to change our date from Sat. to a weekday since they will have other media there to promote it. Uh, duh, of course we have no problem with that! She also asked if we want it at one of the mazes or at the Chapel. LOL

Hmm, what do you think? We want to be immersed in Haunt. That's the reason we want to do it. Then afterwards we will film the rest of our show sort of as Honeymoon At Haunt. I am trying to rework our guest list as I am sure I will not be able to invite the 100 people due to security reasons.

Which is fine, since we are planning on using the upstairs meeting room in my hotel for a reception that weekend. My manager has already given me the go ahead on that one. I figure a semi-potluck is in order and it will be a grand Halloween party. I can probably get reasonably priced rooms for the family if they need them.

More on this as I get more info.

Let's all go to the movies!

This is a copy of the flyer we are using to promote our showing of A Nightmare On Elm St. Please share with everyone you can. I'm sorry for those of you that don't live in CA. But depending on how popular this becomes, we may come to your town too.

Tonight is going to be crazy!

Not only is the hotel sold out, but we are going to see the sneak preview of Watchmen at the Gardenwalk at 12:01am. Yeah, I know. But see, since we have an arrangement with the theater, we get to see it for free and in the 21 and over theater.

So that's awesome!

Oh, also we got a response about the Darkest Hours Undead experience. And the winner is: Nightmare On Elm St!



Turns out it hasn't been shown in a theater for almost 20 years. So that will be a huge buzz. Especially since it will be an actual print, not just a DVD. We are really going to push that for promotion.

We have a date scheduled of April 30th. We will be having an all ages and a 21 and over showing. Woohoo!

Now what will be happening is this: we are not getting a share of the box this time. But we will be able to have a merch booth and any proceeds from that go directly to us.

I will post more about the times soon. Keep your eyes peeled for that.

And I will post my review of Watchmen tomorrow.

UPDATE: The all ages show will be at 7pm and the 21 and over show will be at 9:30pm. Go to darkestjack.com to learn more soon.

The Darkest Hours Undead Experience (title pending)

So I have some incredible news! Jack and I went to this amazing new theater in Anaheim. It's at the Gardenwalk. Now this theater is the first in Orange County to have a special 21 and over section. You can also buy beer and wine to enjoy during your movie.

But that's not why we are excited. No. Personally, I wouldn't purchase alcohol to watch a movie, but hey there's all different kinds of folks out there.

So we watched Coraline, which by the way was an excellent movie! We were so impressed with how nice the theater was, and we both had a brainstorm.

We talked about it for a little bit and then Jack went to go and talk to the manager last night. Jack is now the horror host for the theater!

The theater apparently had wanted to do something of this nature for a while, but couldn't find anyone in their ranks to take the reins. So Jack going in and talking to them was a sheer stroke of luck.

The theater said they will do all promotions inside the theater, we just have to take care of outside. Such as My Space, the website, Twitter, emails, that kind of thing. They asked him, do you think you can sell out a theater?

Well, yes. The people that watch our show are hungry for any horror especially when it's not October. So if we were to show the original Dracula or Monster Squad or Evil Dead or the original Hellraiser, those seats would be filled.

Here's the only issue. There are so many movies to choose from. If you had to pick, what horror/sci-fi movie would you want to see on the big screen? It could be a serious or spoof. We are going to post a poll on Jack's Myspace as well.

We will have the showing in the 21 and over section, so there would be no worries about crying children or them running all over the theater. We would not encourage buying alcohol, but we cannot control what others do. The only thing we would ask the audience is to be polite and respectful of the theater.

We are hoping to start this in March. So help us pick a movie YOU'D like to see!

Oh, and we are going to show Repo! at some point, but that will be a separate event.

The Repo! show is up and screaming!

Yes, it is here, here for everyone's enjoyment! Go to www.darkestjack.com and see those interviews you've been waiting for.

We've got Ogre from Skinny Puppy, Alexa Vega, Bill Moseley, and many surprises in store.

It's an event you don't want to miss.

I'm very proud of it.

October 3rd, 2009 (no turning back now)

Okay, since we may have to scale back quite a bit, I have thought of a few places to hopefully have our wedding/reception. These are possibles if I can make them work.

The first back-up that I thought of was kind of silly as it has been staring me in the face. Yes, we had the plan of getting married at Forest Lawn in Glendale. Why? It's a cemetery and a very pretty church. But wow, so expensive.

SOOOOOO....c'mon. It's in October, and we have a spectacular place that is already going to be decorated during that time of year. It's our second favorite amusement park.

Knott's Scary Farm!

I know, huh? I discovered it may not be too much either. Here's the link:
http://www.knotts.com/group/wedding/index.shtml

Now since I am a Haunt veteran, I do know that more than likely, we would have to have the reception in the Chicken Dinner restaurant. You know how I know? Well, during Haunt Auntie Pasta's is used for the pre-dinners, The Ballroom has a show in it, and Wilderness Dance Hall usually has a maze inside it.

But oh wow. How fun would that be? We could have our wedding and get pictures with some monsters! Yay!

AND.. on Monday (tomorrow) I am going to call the PR department that we dealt with for the Haunt show last year. She had said we were welcome back anytime. If I can present it as a Haunt/wedding promo, we may get to do it for a lesser price or free!

We were planning on doing another Haunt show anyhow. It's The Darkest Hours Wedding Special at Knott's Scary Farm! Ooh, I like the sound of that.

I will do my best to persuade the powers that be. Then all I would have to worry about is my dress and oh the food. Wish me luck on that.

My second idea was to really try to save money and see if my Mom's friend Judy would be willing to let us use her backyard. It is already decorated so cool. We could just throw a few more Halloweeny type props in there and it would be awesome. It would more than likely be a potluck, but everyone loves to cook and I'm sure we would have plenty for all.

The only issue with that is I would have to cut my guest list so much. But hey, I'm sure I will get a sign soon.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Repo! teaser slideshow

I have put together a "small" slideshow until we get the entire show posted online. The first pic is some of the amazing guests that came in costume. Second is Alexa Vega who played Shilo. Third is the incredible Bill Moseley who played Luigi. Fourth is the director Darren Bousman. And fifth is one of the creators that also plays the awesome Graverobber, Terrance Zdunich.

Everyone was so wonderful and I am happy that we could be part of something so exciting.

But just because Repo! may not be in theatres anymore doesn't mean that the fight for it should stop. Oh no, we are doing our best to let everyone know all about it. It is still a milestone that I hope others may strive for and bring us in the near future.

Go and check it out now on their website and show your support! Better still, buy the DVD. Every little bit helps.

http://www.repo-opera.com/

Repo! The Genetic Opera in L.A. !!!

Tonight is a big night for us. The Darkest Hours at the Repo Road Tour in L.A.

Yep, we are filming a very special episode at the theatre. Now some people may not know what this glorious film is all about.

Well, the plain version is it's a horror movie. But in the complex fun way, it is a rock opera that takes horror to new heights. You have to see it to believe it. Really, you do.

Since this is an event, most of the film's stars will be there. Also the film's director and the the creators will be there. You see, it began as a stage play that exploded into the film version.

Tonight some of the people we will get to meet are: Alexa Vega, Ogre (from Skinny Puppy), Paul Sorvino, Darren Bousman (he also directed the Saw franchise), Bill Moseley, Terrance and Darren (the creators) and Paris Hilton.

Yeah, I'm even excited about Paris. She was incredible in this movie. She was.

So that will be the interview you never thought you'd see. Jack asking Paris Hilton questions on The Darkest Hours.

Oh, to find out more about this splendid movie, go to: http://www.repo-opera.com/

I'll be back soon with pics and a full report. Promise!

It's the new year but I want it to be October already!

I am missing the spookiness a lot today.

So to make myself happy, I am going to post some of my pictures from DeviantArt. I went and put them into a slideshow.

The first pictures are from when we got to film The Darkest Hours at Haunt 2008.

The last two are from the Jack The Ripper shoot that we used most of the pictures for the intro. I also did the makeup on the victim, who just happens to be my daughter.

You can see them at www.darkestjack.com.

Enjoy! I know I do.

I love my family! (and extended family too)

Yesterday we had Thanksgiving at our house. It was so nice and everyone had a great time. Keith and Alex had spent the night on Thursday and were very excited about the feast that was going to come.

And a feast it was! We had turkey, a small ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, dinner rolls, olives, corn, bacon wrapped breadsticks, deviled eggs, Mom's veggie dip w/vegs, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, pecan pie AND a dessert that Nadine made from Cool Whip, Jello mix and fruit cocktail. Very sweet!

Yes, in addition to my kiddos, my friend Amanda came over as well as Nadine and Jesse. I have to say it was the most relaxing Thanksgiving I have ever had. And since it was the first in our place, it made it even better.

I didn't take any pics because I was too busy enjoying everyone's company. I made sure to keep up with the dishes that I cooked with and everybody ate from plastic, so I didn't have a major mess to clean so that was awesome.

Jenefur of course was baffled and didn't know what to do as this was so much excitement at once. I mean, food in the kitchen and people inside? Wow, I laughed at her a lot. It's a good feeling to know that folks are in your heart and sharing time together is that fulfilling.

Now we are getting ready to film our Christmas show so I can decorate my house. Yeah, we're using that incredible tree Mom got for us on the set. It's going to be famous! But there's no point in putting it up in the house until after Wednesday, so that's what I am doing. Oh boy, this show is the show of shows. Jack has so much planned. I just am crossing my fingers that we can make it work.

On a plus side, I am off Wed, Thurs and Fri this week. I can get the house all pretty for Christmas. YAY! In my own special way, of course. Now that I will definitely take pictures of.

It's up!

Whoohoo! The Darkest Hours Halloween Special is up. Go to www.darkestjack.com to see it. It came out amazing. We are very proud of it. Jack did an incredible job editing and it is already getting a lot of views.

I am sooooo happy right now I might burst.

But actually today we are going to Disneyland. We may be broke, but we have annual passes! So Jack and I are going to check out the Halloween decor. I'm sure I will have pics to post. LOL!

The Darkest Hours goes to Haunt!

Yep, we did it. We finally got to shoot the show at Knott's. Jack has almost finished everything. We watched a test DVD last night and it was so incredible! It was a lot of work for me since I am producer to do the emails back and forth to convince their Marketing dept. that we would be a good idea to help promote them.

But it came out so nicely. I am confident that we made a good impression and once Knott's sees our DVD, they will welcome us back next year. Oh, we did get a few pics. I don't really like how I look in this shot. I think it's because of the skirt I am wearing. See for yourself.



I can't wait to go to Haunt on the 16th! It's also Jack's birthday, so that will be even more of a treat.

Look I can make stuff!

By the way, I knit and am learning how to do special effects makeup. See??

My first hat and booties set.


My second attempt. I'm making these for a special someone who is trying to have a bundle of joy.

Work in progress. Scarf for Alex.

This is our set from our show The Darkest Hours. Fred the zombie on the left, I did his makeup and costume. Next to him is Chester, the sidekick and of course Jack. I also designed the set and set it up for every show.

I am hoping to eventually go to school to learn how to do special effects makeup like my hero Rick Baker.