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These 'Dexter' Cupcakes Are a Cut Above
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If we do nothing else here at FEARnet, we will make sure Dexter fans eat well.
What’s the perfect follow up to “Fried Eggs” ala Dexter? These bloody Dexter cupcakes. New York’s Magnolia Bakery (which is super delicious in case you’ve never been there) sliced and diced their classic red velvet cupcake recipe with pieces of candy broken glass and red syrup to create these cupcakes for the Season 7 Dexter premiere.
While the original Magnolia Bakery recipe is kept under wraps, buried deep inside their walls, we found several fans that were willing to sacrifice their hands to recreate this killer treat. The step-by-step recipe below is from domesticingenue.com, read the entire post here. The broken glass is surprisingly easy to make.
Ingredients
Cupcakes:
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 1/2 cup »
- Sara Castillo
Exclusive: 'The Profane Exhibit' Hires Two New Gentlemen
3 hours ago
As a fan of extreme horror - both in tone and gross-outs - I have been keeping a close eye on The Profane Exhibit. The anthology of extreme horror will include segments directed by a collection of internationally renown filmmakers like Sergio Stivaletti (Dellamorte Dellamore), Coffin Joe (At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul), Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police), and Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust) who returns to horror after over twenty years.
Each segment will be introduced by a different person, known collectively as the Gentlemen (regardless of gender), storytellers from important moments in horror history. Previously announced Gentlemen include Bai Ling (The Crow, Dumplings) and Tony Todd (Candyman). Joining that list are Laurence Harvey and Christina Lindberg.
Laurence is best known for his role in The Human Centipede 2, and will appear in The Human Centipede 3. Christina is best known for Thriller: A Cruel Picture (aka They Call Her One-Eye) a »
- Alyse Wax
Watch the Brutal Red Band Trailer for Earthquake Thriller 'Aftershock'
3 hours ago
A bloody new trailer for the Eli Roth-produced action-thriller Aftershock is now online, and you can check it out below. Directed by Nicolás López and starring Roth (who also co-wrote the script with López), Aftershock is set in Chile, where a group of American tourists and their friends are trapped in an underground club after a major earthquake. The disaster touches off a collapse into violent social anarchy, which escalates further when a group of criminally insane convicts escape into the streets. The story is loosely based on actual events that transpired during the massive earthquake that struck Chile in 2010, and actually uses some of the locations damaged by the real quake. Aftershock shook up audiences last year at its premiere on the Toronto Film Festival's Midnight Madness slate (check out our review here) and it's set for release on May 10th from Dimension Films.
Aftershock - Red Band »
- Gregory Burkart
The Epic 'Ghostbusters' Ride That Almost Happened...
4 hours ago
Thanks to the folks at Bloody Disgusting for this bittersweet find: in an interview at retro-game fansite 2600 Connection, former Atari designer Roger Hector revealed that a Ghostbusters-themed attraction at Six Flags Amusement Park came soooo close to happening in the '80s. According to Hector, a massive high-concept ride called “The Hauntington Hotel” would put visitors in the role of ghostbusters, complete with proton guns and a gallery of ghost targets to capture in order to win prizes. The ghosts were a combination of physical animated props and CG images, and they reacted when hit with the guns, which were a combination laser-pointer and infrared emitter. “The whole thing was created, designed, engineered, and prototyped at Sente, and the ride system was in the hands of a prominent roller coaster engineering company, Intamin,” Hector revealed. “But before it could be rolled out in the Six Flags parks (1st one was »
- Gregory Burkart
Horror Music Video of the Week: Yeasayer – 'Madder Red'
4 hours ago
Today's featured clip is not only dripping with slime, blood and various other unidentified gloopy substances, but it's also a rather heartbreaking little film, thanks to the melancholy strains of Brooklyn art-rock unit Yeasayer and a touching (and pretty brave) performance by Kristen Bell (Scream 4). Directed by Andreas Nilsson, “Madder Red” is the story of a woman and her pet monster, a baby-sized mutant which is basically a fleshy mass of limbs, eyes and oozing orifices... and it's dying. Bell totally sells the scenario – the unsettling creature effects help too, of course – and you'll actually feel heartbroken for her character (well, at least I did). Yeasayer - "Madder Red" (Official Video) “Madder Red” comes from Yeasayer's acclaimed 2010 album Odd Blood. The band's latest, Fragrant World, was released last fall. Hear, see and learn more at their official site. »
- Gregory Burkart
Check Out These Awesome Rejected Horror Poster Concepts!
5 hours ago
Jay Allen Sandford's ongoing feature “Famous Movie Poster Rejects You've Never Seen” at the San Diego Reader website focuses on a collection of rare unused and/or early-stage artwork for dozens of classic (and not-so-classic) movies, including many horror titles you'll recognize from the final product... and a few amazing concepts that never made it. The collection of original paintings and proof prints were once archived by Sandford for memorabilia Duane Dimock, and he recently posted some of his favorites to the Reader site. The collection runs the spectrum from Hollywood blockbusters to lesser-known indies, and very few of these have been seen by the public. Some are compared side-by-side with the final approved versions, showing the work in progress. The gallery is brimming over with familiar genre titles, including Jaws, Batman, Deadly Friend, The Fly, Fright Night, Halloween III, Vamp, Return of the Living Dead, Blood Diner, Trick or Treat »
- Gregory Burkart
A Look at Neil Gaiman’s 'American Gods'
5 hours ago
American Gods will soon descend upon us through the power of HBO. Kind of fitting when you think about it; the God of Media must have smiled at this deal. According to Neil Gaiman's updates, he's working on the pilot and the first two seasons will focus on the beginning few chapters of the book. It is here that we meet Shadow Moon and a number of old and new Gods who will have their parts to play in the grand scheme. Needless to say, it'll be interesting to see how the novel will translate to television, especially with the novel's author being heavily involved. There's more than enough material, especially with Gaiman also working on the book's sequel, and by all reports the work going into the series will no doubt pay off. American Gods was first published in 2001 and is still a timely story about the old vs. »
- Nancy Greene
Game Review: 'Bioshock Infinite'
6 hours ago
2007’s Bioshock was a once-in-a-lifetime title, a game that revitalized the long-stagnant Fps genre with deeper mechanics and one of the most compelling and original stories ever coded. Ayn Rand-inspired objectivism was folded deftly into an introspective narrative that explored identity, destiny, and free will. It elevated the shooter genre and set the bar to a level that hasn’t been matched since. The sequel was handed off to an internal development studio at 2K (2K Marin, to be exact) and…well, didn’t quite meet expectations. It ran with a seemingly surefire concept (you were a Big Daddy) but it never reached the provocative narrative greatness of its predecessor.
Now, Irrational Games has returned to the Bioshock franchise with Bioshock Infinite, a title that shares many of the thematic elements of its progenitor while setting off in a different direction…literally. The waterlogged utopia of Rapture has been »
- Carl Lyon
Memory Garden: 'Doomain' – CD Review
7 hours ago
While usually stamped with the “doom metal” label, the Swedish quintet Memory Garden doesn't always adhere strictly to the conventions of the genre as much as genre-defining bands like their fellow countrymen Candlemass. Not that the title of their sixth studio album will do much to change that distinction, but rest assured the music of Doomain itself isn't a pile of somber dirge cliches; these dudes weave tons of vintage power metal and and progressive metal elements into their sonic tapestry, with more emphasis on tight instrumentation, rich melodic vocals and epic-scale production than thick, somber slabs of lo-fi riffs. Not that it would have been a bad thing to go all dark and murky (I'm a huge fan of the whole dirge/funeral vibe), but Memory Garden's sound is distinctive, melodic and heavy with vintage metal energy – we're talking more Queensrÿche or Dream Theater than Witchfinder General or Pentagram – and that's their hook. »
- Gregory Burkart
FEARnet Movie Review: 'The Vampire Lovers' Blu-Ray
8 hours ago
It's unlikely that any of the Hammer Horror experts out there would rank 1970's The Vampire Lovers among the vaunted studio's most refined or accomplished films. Indeed many would opine that the Hammer Horror output started to show some real problems as the early 1970s turned into the mid-1970s, and it seemed that the studio was content to produce garish but amusing horror larks that replaced creepiness and creativity with broad humor and, well, fairly explicit sexuality.
But taken another way: Roy Ward Baker's The Vampire Lovers is not exactly classic Hammer, but is one of the early and better examples of the studio's newfound devotion to vampiric blood combined with good ol' plain-fashioned female nakedness. That's not to say that The Vampire Lovers is pure exploitation; historians of gay cinema, for example, should take note of the way in which the film incorporates overt lesbianism into the plot of a vampire flick. »
- Scott Weinberg
This Week in 'Hannibal' Controversy
9 hours ago
Last week an episode of Hannibal was pulled for sensitivity after the Boston Marathon bombings. This week, a Salt Lake City NBC affilliate has pulled the show altogether.
Ksl TV in Salt Lake City, Utah, is owned by Bonneville International Corporation, a Mormon Church company. "After viewing the past few episodes, as well as receiving numerous complaints from viewers, Ksl TV will cancel the airing of the NBC show Hannibal on Thursday evenings. This decision was made due to the extensive graphic nature of this show," read the post on the station's Facebook page. Frankly, I'm surprised it took them four episodes to pull the show if that was the reason.
Interestingly enough, this is the same station that also pulled The Playboy Club in 2011, and The New Normal in 2012. The former was pulled for its association with the Playboy name (not because the show was ridiculously terrible - it »
- Alyse Wax
TV Recap: 'Grimm' Episode 219 - 'Endangered'
11 hours ago
Grimm Episode 219
“Endangered”
Written By: Spiro Skentzos
Directed By: David Straiton
Original Airdate: 30 April 2013
In This Episode...
A couple of men are riding ATVs on their farm one night. One of them, John, stops when he notices one of their cows is dead, its intestines spilling over the ground. Another cow is killed the same way, and another. In all, seven. John is surprised by an alien - blue, glowing, hairless, and just as startled by John. The alien pushes John, impaling him on some wood before escaping. The alien is actually a Wesen named Vincent who is trying to deliver cow ovaries to his pregnant Wesen wife, Jocelyn. She is nursing a difficult pregnancy in a nearby barn.
Nick and Wu are called in on this case after John’s buddy reports an “alien attack” at the farm. At the same time, a UFO hunter overhears the call and heads to Portland. »
- Alyse Wax
Dangerous Games: Vampire Werewolf Fairies
14 hours ago
The chair creaks as you settle onto it. The candlelight flickers. All around you the ravenous faces of your so-called friends twist in delight as you slowly open the box laid out on the table. Welcome to Dangerous Games! Each week, we'll feature a horror/thriller/monster tabletop game you should be playing. Don't be scared… roll the dice… what's the worst that could happen? Vampire Werewolf Fairies Do you love mischievous monsters? If so, Vampire Werewolf Fairies may be the game for you. Players each play a series of cards that will transform them into Vampires, Werewolves, Fairies, and Witches (witches, for some reason, didn't make the title). The game cards feature illustrious, evocative artwork from board game and comic mainstays like John Kovalic (Dork Tower) and Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise). Here's another easy-to-learn, fast-paced game for adults and kids alike. Come on, admit it, you've always kind »
- Giaco Furino
Hell’s Designer: Interview with Shane Morton About 'Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell'
30 April 2013 4:00 PM, PDT
Ask any desk jockey or cubicle dweller you know, and they’re likely to tell you that their workplace is, if not Hell incarnate, then a pretty good preview of it. In Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell, the new show airing on Adult Swim (Thursdays at midnight Est), the workplace is literally Hell itself. The show centers around Gary (Henry Zebrowski), a low-level demon trying to work his way up the worst corporate ladder imaginable. The show is a hybrid of comedy and horror (think The Office meets Dante’s Inferno by way of Sam Raimi), which is always a difficult proposition to pull off successfully. An integral part of the show’s efforts is set designer/makeup effects guru Shane Morton, an Atlanta-based artist who’s a big part of the Southern city’s thriving horror scene. In addition to his work with Adult Swim, Morton stays »
- Blu Gilliand
Slasher Cinema Showcase: 'Disconnected'
30 April 2013 3:00 PM, PDT
Today's feature is not your typical slasher flick... in fact, it's not typical of anything, except maybe the decade in which it was made (it was completed in 1983), and it proudly defies any simple or logical explanation for what it is, or even why it exists. The first feature film from director Gorman Bechard (best known to horror fans for the crazed slasher satire Psychos in Love), Disconnected is better described for what it isn't than what it is: while it does depict a series of bloody murders, it isn't really a by-the-numbers slasher; while it has oddball pretensions of artiness, it's not an experimental/art-house film; and it's hardly ever been seen by the public, outside of a very limited VHS run. I was exposed to Disconnected just last weekend, via a very rare 16mm print at a “Secret Sixteen” screening at the Jumpcut Cafe in Los Angeles... and »
- Gregory Burkart
Game Review: 'Gears of War: Judgment'
30 April 2013 2:00 PM, PDT
Much like Halo on the original Xbox, Gears of War was the defining trilogy on the Xbox 360. Hyper-violent action, cover-based mechanics, a heaping helping of testosterone, and a gruesome glaze of horror all helped make Gears one of the most compelling reasons to own an Xbox 360, and its ever-expanding multiplayer options, which grew exponentially with each entry in the series, gave the series some impressive staying power. Gears of War 3 loosely tied up the three-part epic of manliness that pitted the humans of the planet Sera against the subterranean Locusts, with the Locusts in retreat and the remaining members of Marcus Fenix’ ragtag squad left to try and rebuild the decimated planet. It’s not the sort of ending that really lends itself to a continuation, so Epic handed the fourth entry in the series over to People Can Fly, whose history of balls-to-the-wall action (Painkiller and Bulletstorm) made them »
- Carl Lyon
Watch the Trailer for Horror Con Documentary 'Fantasm'
30 April 2013 1:00 PM, PDT
Filmmaker Kyle Kuchta has recently posted a trailer for Fantasm, his documentary feature on horror fans and conventions. Filmed at six different cons, the film is an in-depth exploration of fans like us, why we love horror, and the ways we gather together to share our passion. “I felt myself growing closer and closer to the genre that we all love so much," says Kuchta of the project. "It means a lot to be able to share that love with people, and that's what Fantasm is all about." Several noteworthy names participated in the film: Heather Langenkamp and Amanda Wyss of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Tom Atkins (pictured above) of Escape from New York and Night of the Creeps, director Joe Lynch (Wrong Turn 2) and Troma's Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger) are among the interviews featured. Fantasm is currently in post-production and will make the festival rounds this fall, »
- Gregory Burkart
FEARnet Movie Review: 'Simon Killer'
30 April 2013 12:00 PM, PDT
On the level of a simple plot synopsis, the odd new psychological thriller Simon Killer probably sounds like a lot of movies you've seen before: an aimless young man wanders through Paris without much in the way of purpose or direction -- but slowly becomes embroiled in a low-key noir-style story about blackmail, prostitution, betrayal, and (of course) a murder or two. Fortunately (or not, depending on your perspective) Antonio Campos' laconic but icily compelling new movie is more of a suspenseful character study with aspirations of legitimate artistry than it is yet another simplistic and low-budget horror tale about a man who mistreats women.
Much of the credit for how well the film works -- despite a slow and methodical pace that some might find off-putting -- lies in the performance of lead actor / co-writer Brady Corbet. Right from the opening scenes (hell, straight from the title) we »
- Scott Weinberg
'Dead Island: Riptide' Original Soundtrack – CD Review
30 April 2013 11:00 AM, PDT
Dead Island: Riptide, the next chapter in Deep Silver's survival-horror game franchise which hit store shelves last week, moves the grand-scale zombie mayhem to a new setting (the survivors escape via ship to yet another infested tropical isle), but otherwise picks up the thread where the first game left off – so it's only fitting that award-winning composer Pawel Blaszczak (Call of Juarez) does the same in scoring this installment. Blaszczak's potent dramatic themes gave a huge boost to the original Dead Island, especially when it came to the dramatic promo trailer. That said, the composer goes for a more experimental edge here, with a jarring, often chaotic score that blends aggressive industrial beats, treated piano and jagged rhythms with tribal percussion and slow, dark ambient washes. There's a retro vibe to many of these tracks, particularly "It is Coming,” "Delusions of Anchors," “Maladjustment" and "Treading Blood" with their noodly analog-style synths, »
- Gregory Burkart
Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick Talk About Their New 'Zombieland' Pilot
30 April 2013 10:00 AM, PDT
It has been a long time coming, but Zombieland has finally come back from the dead. The 2009 cult movie went through a number of rumored iterations, including a film sequel, a TV series, and an animated series. It finally landed as a pilot for Amazon Studios. What is different about the Amazon model of programming is that the pilot is online, allowing anyone in America to watch it and leave comments. It is this super-direct focus group mentality that will decide whether more episodes are made.
We spoke with Zombieland writers and creators Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick about the many different versions of their story, what we can expect from a TV series, and what it is like working with Amazon.
It's kind of widely known that Zombieland started as a television pilot. Why don't you give us a little bit of the history of how it began and »
- Alyse Wax
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