Before there was Jason there was... Dave Parker?

Pittsburgh Pirates' Dave Parker

So, I have always thought that this was an interesting story. Being 32, I never got to see ex-Major Leaguer Dave Parker until his World Series run with the Oakland Athletics in the late 80's and early 90's. In 1978 Parker broke his jaw and cheekbone and when he returned to the lineup he wore an assortment of masks, one being an old style hockey mask-- Jason would have been jealous!

Great Danny Steinmann interview.

from: iconsoffright.com

I love hearing from some of the more obscure faces of the franchise, and here's a great interview with Steinmann. It's from Stone Cold Crazy blog:

They passed on Savage Streets, but said I should call them as soon as I was done working on the film. They told me to come up to Boston and meet with them. There they offered me a two-picture deal: Friday V and Last House on the Left Part II. I accepted their offer and was instructed to do two things on Friday V. I was to deliver a shock, scare, or kill every seven or eight minutes. Most importantly, I was to turn Tommy into Jason.

Jason does indeed target children...

I found this slightly funny, but thoroughly freaky... even though a lot of know that at least one Jason targets underage girls in horror forums, this is even more interesting.

The Hollister Free Lance News reported yesterday that two schools in Hollister, California were shut down for a half hour due to a report of a man wandering the area wearing a hockey mask and carrying a knife.

Read the rest at Vault Of Horror.

Fan Film Friday: Jason In Da Burbz

Okay, so I won't write a quasi-review for this since I helped make it. I will sort of throw some insight regarding the making of the film. My friend Nick Lawrence is moving to the South and he wanted to film one more short before he left. So, we basically decided to do a sill (and stupid) little Friday The 13th fan film. The movie was improvised, in fact we had no clue what it was going to be about until we was almost finished filming it. I have about 10 minutes 
of footage that I cut out of the film because the movie just dragged on and on. So, we were going to film my death in the movie the next day and we completely forgot about it. So, instead of keeping me alive I just spliced in a few seconds of my dying in another Friday The 13th fan film called "The Woods" that I was in in 2004/2005. I was about 50 pounds heavier, but really, a few people told me that they did not notice until I let them know so I am sort of content with it.

The Storm final poster & news!

I have been plugging this fan film relentlessly, I know, but I loved Cold Heart Of Crystal Lake so much and really am excited for this film. I guess myself being credited as "producer" is also sort of cool in a geeky way, but be sure to check this film out when it is released. It was shot in HD and from the screen caps I posted last week, the movie looks beautiful!

From Timberwolf Productions Myspace:

While we have had a rough version of this poster up before, this is the final full res version of the "Friday The 13th: The Storm" teaser poster from director Joe Patnaud's latest short.

The production, which was shot over the weekend of Friday February 13th is currently in post production and will debut online in May or June.

Meanwhile Tim Whitfield has a few meetings set up for next week to decide the next step on Timberwolf's 10th anniversary. After the wave of DVD and online releases between now and this summer of all our older and current productions, Tim and crew will prepare for the next step.

We are keeping a lid on most of it for now, but get really for new bigger productions, some cool 80s style horror films, and even some online comedy! It is our goal to get back to producing content more often like we did back in New England, and we will even be hooking back up with some of our production partners and talent from back east, as well as bringing in new friends as we have projects produced in California, Arizona, and New England.

Timberwolf turns 10! It's gonna be one hell of a year!

Crappy Horror Reviews Thursday: TheLast Slumber Party (1986)

It's the last day of school, and the "popular" girls are planning a slumber party. When the geek of the class, "Science", who is the brunt of the popular crowd's torture and jokes gets a whiff of it, he dons a surgeon's gear and plots a murder scheme for his revenge. Meanwhile at the same time, the local nut "Maniac Randals" has escaped from the mental ward dons his own surgeon's outfit and goes on his own murderous rampage and coincidentally ends up at the same house.

Prototype finished!

I posted the sculpture a week or so ago, but here he is all done. This is hands-down the BEST remake one so far and ranks in the top 10 of Jason busts. If you want one contact the maker at monster_asylum@live.com. I'm not sure if this is limited, but it's well worth the price of $400!

You have to admit how badass this thing looks behind a hock! There are more pictures of this work of art right here, so feel free to check them out!

Behind The Scenes photo of the week.

This is from Friday The 13th Part II, John Furey (Paul) and Amy Steel (Ginny) getting close on the set in Kent, CT.

Richard Brooker's "convention" mask: Real or Replica?

So, this topic seems to fire up a very hot debate, but I personally want to know something as a fan. Richard Brooker has been telling people that this mask is the mask used in Friday The 13th Part 3 and it's clearly not. The only surviving mask in Part 3 had the axe mark cut into the forehead and survived Part IV and made an appearance in Part V.

Ted White speaks on Dead Pit.

I just wanted to post this because a lot of people make negative comments about Ted White regarding his history with the franchise. It's well know that he was never a fan of the movies, but that does not mean he was not a fan of his role. Here's a great interview by DeadPit.com where Ted explains the infamous "money" situation with the role. Much like everyone else Ted also talks about how much he loves his fans. It's easily one of the best video interviews of White ever.