Whats on for 2010? Scream Queens Season 2 thats what!
Posted by Ms Harker | Filed under Horror TV
Greetings and Salutations.
I’m back! I hope all of you enjoyed the festive season and received many severed body parts wrapped with fancy bows.
One of my highlights from 2009 was the VH1 reality TV series Scream Queens. This hilarious horror hoedown (and there were a number of ‘hoe’s’ trying to get down on the producers I’m sure) put 10 unknown ‘beauties’ through there horror paces to establish who would come out on top of the mound of zombies as the ultimate Scream Queen. The winner received a key role in the Saw film franchises next yawn Saw 6.
The show was hosted by Shawnee Smith (Saw, The Grudge 3, Repo the Genetic Opera), Queen of the Screams (apparently), who had the personality of a dead fish, the enthusiasm of an hepatic liver and the monotone expression of someone who was bordering on catatonia.
Thankfully Shock Til You Drop has revealed Shawnee has been replaced for Season 2 of Scream Queens, can I get a hell yeah! Her replacement is Jaime King (My Bloody Valentine, The Spirit, The Tripper), who will hopefully inject some life into the hosting role. The show has also replaced its feature director James Gunn (Slither, Dawn of the Dead), with Tim Sullivan (2001 Maniacs, Driftwood). However the acting coach all the scream bitches would love to hate John Homa, who gave me many squeals of delight, is coming back for Season 2. For a sneak peek visit to the set by Shock Til You Drop click here.
Lets hope Season 2 brings us more horrific howls of hilarity as Season One did. I will never forget the task given to the hopefuls where they had to play a mummified head in a jar. One bug eyed starlet wanna-be for some reason interpreted that a severed head would ultimately make you special needs and proceeded to play her character significantly brain damaged, much to the delight of her competitors and the chagrin of Madame Shawnee. Didn’t anyone tell her the rules? You never, ever go full retard!
Ms Harker
True Blood’s Eric Northman, yours to take home!
Posted by Ms Harker | Filed under Horror Collectibles, Horror TV
Greetings and Salutations.
If anyone was wondering what to get yours truly for Christmas… in 2010 then here is the ultimate gift for any True Blood fan. Whilst flicking through my RSS feeds the wonderful crew at Vampire News lead me to this delightful item…
That’s right ladies the folks over at DC Direct are creating a line of True Blood busts for you to sit in your room say on your dresser, bedside table or on the pillow next to you, or is that just me? The series will come out in July 2010, so start saving your pennies as they are a reasonable $69.99 (USD).
Now if only some enterprising ‘Adult Company’ would create a blow up version my life would be complete…
Ms Harker
Tags: Horror, True Blood, Vampire
The Vampire Diaries… chomp, chomp, chomp.
Posted by Ms Harker | Filed under Horror TV
Greetings and Salutations.
The chomp, chomp, chomp in the title may become clear to you all as I write this post, as it is the sound of me Ms Harker eating her words… somewhat. You all may recall my initial feelings about the series were expressed in a reasonably venomous way, if not you can check them out here.
Now lets be clear, I am still irked at the two main vamp’s, the Salvatore brothers swanning about in the sunlight due to their special twin bling rings. I still find Elena annoying and her brother an angsty pain in the arse. However the series has taken some reasonable turns for the better and considering the paucity of good (or any) horror TV at the moment, unless you count Sanctuary which is a discussion for another time, as previously stated this is what we are left with.
So the good things. I may have a penchant for bad boys, that being said the actions of the older Salvatore brother Damon have become more evil and cunning. The fact that he looks like a young Rob Lowe also helps his cause. His dealings with the local council when they were trying to sniff out the vampires in their midst were harsh and devious. This story arch was interesting and is still worth pursuing, as we didn’t really get to know (or see in any lovely colonial type flashbacks) how the town was filled with vampires and how the council came to be formed.
Elena’s friend Bonnie discovering her witch-pride was another good move and deserves more attention in the show, however she needs to suck it up and embrace her magic lest she become another whiny bitch on the cast list. Again the story of her family leaving Salem and the role of her Grandmother would be worth exploring in the series further. The initial exposure we got of this with the ghost of Emily was great, however ended to abruptly for my liking.
So, despite my initial grumblings, I am enjoying parts of the show, it looks like there is a new vamp in the mix and we do not yet know if he is of the good or evil persuasion and I feel that Damon has another trump card up his sleeve. Pity its PG fang fun, that’s all I’m saying!
Ms Harker
