ChadSavage: This is what we're supposed to be aspiring to look like? SERIOUSLY? http://tinyurl.com/565fol

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ChadSavage: How embarrassed should I be that I just responded to a female client's test email with "Go tit!" Of course, I meant to type "Got it!" Eesh.

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ChadSavage: @spinmatt: Please to explain the preponderance of Coke Zero references in your Twitters. I'm all curious-like.

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JACK BROOKS : MONSTER SLAYERFEST!

Start: 08/02/2008 - 19:00

End: 08/03/2008 - 02:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-6

Flashback Weekend and Anchor Bay Entertainment/A Starz Company present

"JACK BROOKS: MONSTER SLAYER FEST"

A Drive-In Triple Feature
Featuring the Theatrical Premiere and first ever Drive-In screening of
"JACK BROOKS: MONSTER SLAYER"
The Midway Drive-In
Saturday August 2, 2008
91 Palmyra Road
Sterling, Illinois 61021
www.themidwaydrivein.net

THIRD MOVIE TBA!

Saturday August 2, 2008 is the date for our "JACK BROOKS MONSTER SLAYER" Drive-In Event.
Also showing will be the First-Run engagement of"THE MUMMY 3: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR"
And a third feature TBA

"JACK BROOKS: MONSTER SLAYER","THE MUMMY 3: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR" & a third feature (TBA) will be showing on the HUGE Midway Drive-In screen. This will be the very first Drive-In screening of"JACK BROOKS: MONSTER SLAYER" anywhere in the United States!

The evening will also feature raffles of great prizes between the films (courtesy of Anchor Bay Entertainment).

This is your chance to support"JACK BROOKS MONSTER SLAYER" and independent Horror films at the Box-Office AND to be able to enjoy an evening of entertainment in the comfort of your own car. This is more than a night at the movies. This is an EVENT!

The Midway Drive-In (located between Sterling and Dixon Illinois in Northern Illinois) is the oldest operating Drive-In in Illinois. The screen is 90 feet across! The Drive-In also has a newly remodeled and upgraded full service concession stand, which will be open most of the night. The FM stereo has been upgraded to Dolby Digital. This produces incredible stereo sound which is transmitted over your FM car stereo.

We will be posting a list of local hotels in case you wish to stay overnight. Mark the dates and get ready to party all night!

Gates open at 7:00PM
Show starts at Dusk

Admission price will be only $6.50 per adult!

Visit www.flashbackweekend.com or www.themidwaydrivein.net for more info, or call (847) 478-0119.

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Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Convention

Start: 06/27/2008 - 16:00

End: 06/29/2008 - 16:59

Timezone: Etc/GMT-6

Flashback Weekend and Anchor Bay Entertainment/A Starz Company Presents George Romero and the official NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
40th Anniversary World Tour, Angus Scrimm, Don Coscarelli and a PHANTASM reunion, ELVIRA, Mistress of the Dark, Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN babysitter reunion, the Chicago TV legend SVENGOOLIE, and more!

Events include the Svengoolie-hosted Costume Contest and the Zombie Pinup Beauty Pageant (both sponsored by Sinister Visions inc.), Outdoor film screenings of Night of the Living Dead (introduced by the cast and director), Phantasm (introduced by the cast and director), a special preview screening of All The Boys Love Mandy Lane (introduced by the producer), and much more!

Visit http://www.flashbackweekend.com for full info, tickets, guest list, etc.

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Naughty! @ the Abbey Pub

Start: 06/28/2008 - 21:00

End: 06/29/2008 - 02:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-6

BondageNightChicago.com is pleased to announce or next endeavor into Public Kink and Debauchery.

Naughty @ the Abbey Pub
Hosted by Mistress Xena

Live MusicK provided by
Cruciform Injection and JILT (feat. Peter Propaganda and DVNT)
Djs for the evening will include Chri5 Harri5 (Project .44) Dj $&@! and
BNC resident Peter Propaganda.
Bondage performance by Master DVNT & slavegirl mara mars
just added - performances by Miss Maya Sinstress & Fashion Show by Vex
All this and there will be a play area!
Pre-sale tickets are $10 @ Ticketweb
$15 @ the door

Abbey Pub
3420 W Grace St
Chicago, IL 60618
(773) 478-4408

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ChadSavage: @RFRPodcast: It's not that The Fog remake was the worst movie ever; it's that it SHOULD have been a helluva lot BETTER.

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Hotter Than Hell Nite II: Dark & Erotic Gallery Reception

Start: 08/09/2008 - 20:00

End: 08/09/2008 - 23:30

Timezone: Etc/GMT-6

The Nineteen Hundred & One Presents:
Hotter Than Hell
Dark & Erotic Gallery Reception & Celebration
Friday, August 8 & Saturday, August 9, 2008
1901 W. Belmont Ave. (entrance on Wolcott)
8PM-11:30PM
21+
Artwork by:
Erik Pertl
Viva La Muerte
Johnny Tran
Geo
Claudine
Cat
Lady Helene's Flames
ProDeviant
Volium & Vine
~E~

Saturday:
Lively haunts by DJ Dirt Nap
"Insect Inside" Live Erotic Performance Art by Mistress Vine & Lady Myah

www.thenineteenhundredandone.com
www.myspace.com/thenineteenhundredand one

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Hotter Than Hell Nite I: Dark & Erotic Gallery Reception

Start: 08/08/2008 - 20:00

End: 08/08/2008 - 23:30

Timezone: Etc/GMT-6

The Nineteen Hundred & One Presents:
Hotter Than Hell
Dark & Erotic Gallery Reception & Celebration
Friday, August 8 & Saturday, August 9, 2008
1901 W. Belmont Ave. (entrance on Wolcott)
8PM-11:30PM
21+
Artwork by:
Erik Pertl
Viva La Muerte
Johnny Tran
Geo
Claudine
Cat
Lady Helene's Flames
ProDeviant
Volium & Vine
~E~

Friday:
Dark Sonics by DJ Brianne
Live Burlesque/Performance Art by Viva La Muerte

www.thenineteenhundredandone.com
www.myspace.com/thenineteenhundredandone

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ChadSavage: Dear Not-For-Profit People: Please don't expect me to be Not For Profit, too. I have bills to pay - "cutting you a break" ain't in the cards

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ChadSavage: MySpace ads have been asking for weeks "HOW WILL YOU DIE?". Now they're showing an animated clown with a chainsaw. They think that's likely?

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MULTI-PURPOSE DOOM!

OVER-BOOKED and UNDER SIEGE!

Fridays and Saturdays July 18th - August 23
Doors 8:30
Play 9:00
Menomonee Club
1535 N Dayton, Chicago

This space is overbooked. Cassandra Taylor-Villanueva, Class of ’98 President, is expecting her set-up crew any minute now. The support group for those with eccentric fears thinks they have the space. And to top it all off, Shaun and Ed just got the go ahead from the whacky janitor Pete to play basketball. Extracurricular opinions clash as everyone jockeys for exclusive use of a room meant to build community not rabble-rouse! Everyone may be forced to get along after all when people start disappearing only to re-appear with pale skin, a slow gait, and the nagging need to eat everyone else's brains. Pete, Cassandra, Shaun, and the resident phobaphobe Carl band together to create a new organization of their own -- one that might just save their beleaguered space from invading Zombies!

$15 suggested donation

Tickets and details : www.sandboxtheatreproject.com

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Original Chad Savage Artwork for Sale... Again

The owner of the original drawings "Fear" and "Cabal Asylum" finds herself needing to sell them ASAP. They are pictured below. Contact Rachel at rrstrickler@gmail.com directly if you are interested in purchasing either of these ORIGINAL artworks. Note that the original artwork does NOT have all the text/watermarking.

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Rotting Flesh Radio v4.25 No.137 - July 18, 2008

What a way to celebrate Christmas in July than by having Ed and Gavin of Midnight Syndicate stop into the show this week. Ed and Gavin are dropping by throughout the show to discuss their upcoming release The Dead Matter: Cemetery Gates, plans for 2008 and 2009 and even what their favorite dessert is! In addition, RFR Casket Crew's Badger is coming once again from the road with The DeadNeks rockabilliy horror band. This week in HAUNT INDUSTRY NEWS we have information covering Fright Planet, Knott's Scary Farms, The Wolfe Brothers, Home Haunt News and Reviews, Rotten Jack's Creep Shack, The Monster Squad and many other news and tidbits from the industry for the week of July 18, 2008. There is another Winner for the Screamline Studios Graverobbing Giveaway and Twisted Tunes spinning right from the grave. So all you Fright Freaks, Haunters and Halloween Junkies...Sit Back, Relax and Rot Away to...Rotting Flesh Radio!!!

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Flashback Weekend Presents JACK BROOKS: MONSTER SLAYER FEST

Start: 08/02/2008 - 19:00

End: 08/03/2008 - 02:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-6

Flashback Weekend and Anchor Bay Entertainment/A Starz Company present

“JACK BROOKS: MONSTER SLAYER FEST"

A Drive-In Triple Feature
Featuring the Theatrical Premiere and first ever Drive-In screening of
"JACK BROOKS: MONSTER SLAYER"
The Midway Drive-In
Friday and Saturday August 1 and 2, 2008
91 Palmyra Road
Sterling, Illinois 61021
www.themidwaydrivein.net

THIRD MOVIE TBA!

Friday and Saturday August 1 and 2, 2008 are the dates for our"JACK BROOKS MONSTER SLAYER" Drive-In Event.
Also showing will be the First-Run engagement of"THE MUMMY 3: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR"
And a third feature TBA

“JACK BROOKS: MONSTER SLAYER","THE MUMMY 3: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR" & a third feature (TBA) will be showing on the HUGE Midway Drive-In screen. This will be the very first Drive-In screening of"JACK BROOKS: MONSTER SLAYER" anywhere in the United States!

The evening will also feature raffles of great prizes between the films (courtesy of Anchor Bay Entertainment).

This is your chance to support"JACK BROOKS MONSTER SLAYER" and independent Horror films at the Box-Office AND to be able to enjoy an evening of entertainment in the comfort of your own car. This is more than a night at the movies. This is an EVENT!

The Midway Drive-In (located between Sterling and Dixon Illinois in Northern Illinois) is the oldest operating Drive-In in Illinois. The screen is 90 feet across! The Drive-In also has a newly remodeled and upgraded full service concession stand, which will be open most of the night. The FM stereo has been upgraded to Dolby Digital. This produces incredible stereo sound which is transmitted over your FM car stereo.

We will be posting a list of local hotels in case you wish to stay overnight. Mark the dates and get ready to party all night!

Gates open at 7:00PM
Show starts at Dusk

Admission price will be only $6.50 per adult!

Visit www.flashbackweekend.com or www.themidwaydrivein.net for more info, or call (847) 478-0119.

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JACK BROOKS : MONSTER SLAYERFEST!

Flashback Weekend and Anchor Bay Entertainment/A Starz Company present

"JACK BROOKS: MONSTER SLAYER FEST"

A Drive-In Triple Feature
Featuring the Theatrical Premiere and first ever Drive-In screening of
"JACK BROOKS: MONSTER SLAYER"
The Midway Drive-In
Friday and Saturday August 1 and 2, 2008
91 Palmyra Road
Sterling, Illinois 61021
www.themidwaydrivein.net

THIRD MOVIE TBA!

Friday and Saturday August 1 and 2, 2008 are the dates for our"JACK BROOKS MONSTER SLAYER" Drive-In Event.
Also showing will be the First-Run engagement of"THE MUMMY 3: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR"
And a third feature TBA

“JACK BROOKS: MONSTER SLAYER","THE MUMMY 3: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR" & a third feature (TBA) will be showing on the HUGE Midway Drive-In screen. This will be the very first Drive-In screening of"JACK BROOKS: MONSTER SLAYER" anywhere in the United States!

The evening will also feature raffles of great prizes between the films (courtesy of Anchor Bay Entertainment).

This is your chance to support"JACK BROOKS MONSTER SLAYER" and independent Horror films at the Box-Office AND to be able to enjoy an evening of entertainment in the comfort of your own car. This is more than a night at the movies. This is an EVENT!

The Midway Drive-In (located between Sterling and Dixon Illinois in Northern Illinois) is the oldest operating Drive-In in Illinois. The screen is 90 feet across! The Drive-In also has a newly remodeled and upgraded full service concession stand, which will be open most of the night. The FM stereo has been upgraded to Dolby Digital. This produces incredible stereo sound which is transmitted over your FM car stereo.

We will be posting a list of local hotels in case you wish to stay overnight. Mark the dates and get ready to party all night!

Gates open at 7:00PM
Show starts at Dusk

Admission price will be only $6.50 per adult!

Visit www.flashbackweekend.com or www.themidwaydrivein.net for more info, or call (847) 478-0119.

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HEY ZOMBIES IN CHICAGO

ChicagoZombie.com has been re-purposed to accommodate anything and everything ZOMBIE-RELATED in Chicago and the Chicagoland area! Got something zombie-related or of interest to zombie lovers within 100 miles of Chicago? LET US KNOW!

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Ikonoklast, JILT & CyberGeist @ Morseland

Start: 07/26/2008 - 22:00

End: 07/27/2008 - 03:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-6

IKONOKLAST, JILT & Cybergeist @ Morseland
DJ Peter Propaganda & DJ Toast will be spinning Industrial dance music throughout the night

10pm - 3am
$6.00

Morseland
1218 W Morse Ave
Chicago, IL

brought to you by Corrosive Musick Media & GothicArtChicago.com

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Rotting Flesh Radio v4.24 No.136 - July 11, 2008

Time to throw another Corpse on the Grill this summer as we kick start another edition of Rotting Flesh Radio! This week we are in the bloody heart of summer with debuts, interviews and news. To start things off we have the EXCLUSIVE DEBUT and FIRST LISTEN to the BRAND NEW tracks from MIDNIGHT SYNDICATE! Their NEW album hits the stores this fall and we have your first listen to 3 brand new tracks from Ed and Gavin in almost 3 years. In addition we have a Hauntingly Horror Twisted Tunes show this week as we have RFR's Casket Crew Badger coming at us with Horror Blue Grass Band the Pine Box Boys and The Big Bad. We also are going International this week and crossing over the border as we welcome Redcrow Design to the show. Armando and Redcrow Design are stopping in to the show live from Mexico to discuss their work and to debut the first listen of their NEW CD, Post Mortem Imprint. This week in Haunt Industry News we have information covering the National Haunters Convention, Living Dead Productions, Terrorplex, Halloween Horror Nights, Headless Horseman Haunted Attraction, Darkwood Manor, Dr. David Lady, Seawolf Trading Company, Scarehouse Haunted House, TAPS, The Haunted Cave, Sawmania, Texas Frightmare Weekend's A Brutal Massacre, Toxic Toons, Creature Feature and other Industry NEws from the Haunt and Horror Realms for the week of July 11, 2008. There is another Winner for the Screamline Studios Graverobbing Giveaway and Twisted Tunes spinning right from the grave. So all you Fright Freaks, Haunters and Halloween Junkies...Sit Back, Relax and Rot Away to...Rotting Flesh Radio!!!

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Win a FREE "ASYLUM" DVD!

ENTER-TO-WIN the ASYLUM DVD by sending an email to moviemadness@thaweb.com with “CHICAGO HORROR” in the subject line. Be sure to include your name, age, phone number and mailing address in the email. Winners will be notified via email.

A group of beautiful coeds discover that their dorm was once a mental hospital where unspeakable experiments were performed by a deranged physician trying to “cure” troubled teens. But now the mad doctor’s ghost is back to continue his torturous work...and he’s running out of patients! Sarah Roemer (Disturbia) and Travis Van Winkle (Transformers) star in this spine-tingling thriller from the director of Final Destination 2 and Cellular.

*NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. No phone calls, please. All entries must be received by Sunday, July 13, 2008 at 11:59PM CST. Winners will be drawn at random on Monday, July 14, 2008 and notified via email. Winners will receive their DVD via regular mail. Supplies are limited. Limit one entry per person and one prize per household. Sponsors and their dependents are not eligible. All federal, state and local regulations apply. MGM and their affiliates accept no responsibility or liability in connection with any loss or accident incurred in connection with use of a prize. Prizes cannot be exchanged, transferred or redeemed for cash, in whole or in part. Not responsible for lost, delayed or misdirected entries. PRIZES RECEIVED THROUGH THIS PROMOTION ARE NOT FOR RESALE.

ASYLUM on DVD Tuesday, July 15th!

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Sinister Visions inc. Facebook Page

A few people requested a Sinister Visions page on Facebook, so Voila! Here you go!

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Creature Feature @ Beat Kitchen

Start: 08/28/2008 - 18:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-6

CREATURE FEATURE Is The Deviant Brain Child Of Two Sinister Composers Named Curtis Rx And Erik X. Formed On Halloween Of All Days, These Two Maniacal Groundskeepers In The Torture Garden Of Auditory Delight Have Taken It Upon Themselves To Draw From Their Twisted Childhood's And Invent A Band That Transcends Bands, A Band That Becomes Everything You Believed In As A Child, A Band That Becomes Halloween 365 Days A Year, A Band That Forces You Remember Why You Used To Sleep With The Lights On, A Band That Becomes The Perfect Merger Of Music And Film.

www.creaturefeaturemusic.com

August 28th @ Beat Kitchen
2100 W. Belmont, Chicago, Illinois 60618
www.beatkitchen.com

Cost : $12.00 at the door (All Ages)

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Settling In(diana)

Unpacking continues apace. I've discovered that I get NO phone reception anywhere in the house or office, so I've been running to and from the back porch like an idiot to make or receive phone calls. Wheeeee!

Office is coming along, getting back on track.

Be sure to join me to celebrate my 40th birthday at the Double Door this Saturday night for Metal-Mergence 2!

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Settling In(diana)

Unpacking continues apace. I've discovered that I get NO phone reception anywhere in the house or office, so I've been running to and from the back porch like an idiot to make or receive phone calls. Wheeeee!

Office is coming along, getting back on track.

Be sure to join me to celebrate my 40th birthday at the Double Door this Saturday night for Metal-Mergence 2!

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IAHA Director Bobbie Weiner to Speak at IAAPA’s Women in the Industry Lunch

IAHA Director Bobbie Weiner, better known as “Bloody Mary,” has been asked by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) to be the keynote speaker at their Women in the Industry Networking Lunch. Weiner will speak not only about her business success, but also about her philanthropic success as well.

The Women in the Industry Networking Lunch will be held at IAAPA’s Attractions Expo in Orlando, FL on Friday, November 21, 2008.

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2009 HAuNTcon Pre-show Bus Tour Takes Shape

Haunters from across the country will be traveling to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for HAuNTcon 2009. The convention will be held at the Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel & Convention Center from April 30th through May 4, with a pre-show bus tour scheduled for April 28-30.

Each of the four VIP busses will be hosted by their own speaker leading a “rolling seminar” on a specific topic. The tentative speakers and topics include:

• Patrick Konopelski, Shocktoberfest: From Halloween Screams to Jingle Bell Dreams!
• Brett Bertolino, Eastern State Penitentiary’s Terror Behind the Walls: The Ins and Outs of Dynamic Ticketing
• Tony Wohlgemuth, SpookyWoods: Turning your daytime events into nighttime dollar$
• John LaFlamboy, Zombie Army Productions: Marketing your event to today’s generation!

The pre-show activities start on the evening of Tuesday, April 28th with a visit and lights on tour of Industrial Chaos in Fort Atkinson, WI. Day two will be jam packed with tours of three more Wisconsin attractions: Hartford Jaycees, Terror on Rural Street and the legendary Terror on the Fox.

The pre-show tour concludes on Thursday with a lights on tour of Terror on the Fox in the morning and a show and lights on tour of Shawno Manor before returning to the Wyndham Hotel in the late afternoon just in time to rest up before the Thursday night haunted house tour at Realm of Terror that will officially kick off HAuNTcon 2009.

The Friday night tour is of the multi-element The Wisconsin Fear Grounds (Morgan Manor, Freaky’s Fun House & Unstable) and the Sunday night Haunt Tour will be of Dominion of Terror.

Off season Haunt tours and Haunter Education are the cornerstones of HAuNTcon and the Haunts on the 2009 schedule are not to be missed!

For more information about HAuNTcon 2008 visit www.HAuNTcon.com or call 972-951-5100.

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IAAPA Operations Institute to Include IAHA Certified Haunted Attraction Operator Safety program (C.H.A.O.S.) Code Compliance, Fire and Safety Issues

Thursday November 20, 2008
1:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Classroom study
4:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Field Trip

Audience: mid-level management, operations personnel, rides personnel, safety and maintenance personnel marketing and communications personnel.

In cooperation with the International Association of Haunted Attractions (IAHA) and the Mobile Midway Safety Institute (M.M.S.I.) IAAPA presents the Certified Haunted Attraction Operator Safety program (C.H.A.O.S.) The program will focus on code compliance and fire, panic and safety issues for haunted attractions and will include a site visit to one of Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights haunted attractions. It will demonstrate to haunted attractions operators, the importance of taking a long term or year-round approach to patron safety and maintenance planning.

The program will provide an overview of the current standards pertaining to haunted attractions including ASTM and NFPA. It will also detail the operations requirements for a haunted or walk-through attraction including: automatic sprinklers systems, temporary or permanent water supply, smoke detection devices, alarm systems, illumination and exit markings and Class A interior finishes. The course will also consider inspection requirements, how to identify and correct hazards, and how to comply with established operating standards.

The course will end with a field trip to Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights where attendees will visit a number of haunted houses as well as hear a presentation by Universal Studios entertainment production staff on how they produce Halloween Horror Nights.

Course Content:
Codes and standards governing haunted attractions (ASTM, NFPA)
Hazard identification
Operational compliance issues
Inspection and maintenance systems
Actual examples and case studies
Best practices

C.H.A.O.S. Credits: Participants are eligible for up to 8 hours of credit towards a new or renewal Certified Haunted Attraction Operator Safety program (C.H.A.O.S.) certification.

Presenter Phil Slaggert is president of Mobile Midway Safety Institute in Hobe Sound, Florida and is a certified safety inspector and loss prevention expert.

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SATURDAY, JULY 12TH: 2nd Annual METAL MERGENCE: Networking event for the Heavy Metal Industry.

Start: 07/12/2008 - 20:00

End: 07/13/2008 - 04:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-6

Monstermangraphic & Metal Mondays presents: The 2nd Annual Metal Mergence: Chicago's Heavy Metal Conference. Graphic Artists, label Reps, live bands, DJ Showcase & more… Doors open: 8pm $10 admission 21+. Saturday, July 12, 2008, Double Door, 1572 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

The Metal Gods have returned, or at least inspired musicians, graphic artists, DJ's and record labels to bring the hammer down at the 2nd Annual "Metal Mergence"! The 1 night only Networking conference will give top & upcoming talent in the Heavy Metal community a chance to showcase their work, meet record label reps and find graphic artists to assist their music projects. Art Exhibit by renowned CD artists, label reps accepting demos, DJ showcase, and a live performance line up that will go down in Heavy Metal History! Join us Saturday, July 12th for a night of network napalm when The 2nd Annual Metal Mergence invades the legendary Double Door in the heart of Chicago! Live performances by: Cyanotic, Mindwarp Chamber, Jungle Rot, Smoke! For more information visit www.myspace.com/metalmergence or call 773 857 2172

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Rotting Flesh Radio v4.23 No.135 - July 4, 2008

Happy Bloody Birthday AMERICA! The 4th of July is here and while we are out with our friends over at Bloody Stump Fireworks we have a Casket Filled Edition here at the show for your holiday weekend fix. To unzip the body bag this week we have HAUNT INDUSTRY NEWS covering the OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE of TRANSWORLD'S HAUNT SHOW moving to St. Louis and a way to get ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED about it, Scareworld Scream Park getting Auctioned, haunted attractions, haunt commercials for the 2008 season, the Haunted Hydro, Elvira and the 20th Anniversary Screening, Universal Halloween Horror Nights, Haunt Composer Virgil, and Redcrow, Haunted Illinois, the Apocolypse Trilogy, Movie Remakes, New Products and More! And since most haunts are full in swing for the 2008 season preparation, we shift and bring you some fun this week as we go RETRO this week by heading over to the MONSTER BASH with RFR Casket Crew DOG SOLDIER! Dog heads over to the MONSTER BASH and meets up with us here at the show, and brings us the classic movie monsters we all know and love with Bob Pellegrino, Sullivan, Elizabeth Sheppard, Charles Herbert, Donnie and more from this throw back o the heyday of horror. There is another Winner for the Screamline Studios Graverobbing Giveaway and Twisted Tunes spinning right from the grave. So all you Fright Freaks, Haunters and Halloween Junkies...Sit Back, Relax and Rot Away to...Rotting Flesh Radio!!!

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Terror in the Aisles - Over 13 hours of horror films and guests for $13 (presale) @ The Portage Theater - August 16

Start: 08/16/2008 - 12:00

End: 08/17/2008 - 01:59

Timezone: Etc/GMT-6

Movieside & MPShows Present:

Terror in the Aisles!

Over 13 hours of horror films and guests @ the Portage Theater - August 16, 2008

Portage Theater
4050 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL
August 16, 2008
Noon - 1:30am

Current line-up of films:

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (Chicago Premiere!)
The Tingler (The Vincent Price Classic!)
The Hills Have Eyes (The original 70's sickness!)
Slumber Party Massacre (Check Your Sleeping Bag!)
Deadly Spawn (with director Douglas Mckeown in Person!)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (with John McNaughton in Person!)
The Machine Girl (The new Japanese Horror Sensation!)

Plus these great short films:

The Demonology of Desire - (Rod from Rue Morgue
Magazine's new short film)
The Listening Dead (Rue Morgue's Best Short of 2007!)

More Guests and films to be announced soon!

$13 presale at www.indietickets.com
$17 @ the door (day of show).

Plus:
Dealer tables, Rusty Nails will Host the event with guest host
Aaron "Dr AC" Christensen, classic trailers on 35mm, a live charity
auction, prizes and surprizes!

Pay once and come and go as you please!

Bring Blankets, Costumes, Pajamas and Pillows!

All films and guests are subject to change.

For more info: myspace.com/moviesidefilmfestival

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Dark Reel added to CHFF's '08 Line Up!

Dark Reel has movie fan Adam Waltz (Edward Furlong - "Terminator 2: Judgement Day, American History X") winning a walk-on role in a film featuring Scream Queen Cassie Blue (Tiffany Shepis - "Nightmare Man"). Believing his luck has changed for the better Adam unwittingly steps into chaos on the set where a serial killer is on the loose. When an actress is murderered, Adam's roll gets bigger, and the publicity makes the studio chief's (Lance Henriksen - "AvP: Alien Vs. Predator", "Aliens") low budget thriller become the next big Hollywood hit. Soon Detective Shields (Tony Todd - "Candyman", "Final Destination") suspects everyone, including Adam. Who is the killer and who is next? It is a terrifying horror picture that has Blockbuster written all over it - that is, if there's anyone left to watch it!

The Chicago Horror Film Festival will hold its annual event on September 26th – 28th at The Portage Theater, 4050 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL. We encourage all horror filmmakers to submit their films to increase exposure and interest in their efforts. The deadline dates for all film submissions are as follows:

July 4th - Regular Deadline

July 29th - Late Deadline

The CHFF also is sponsoring the Ladies of Horror 2008 competition. Please submit a short video clip for entry. Please visit www.ladiesofhorror.com for more information.

Ladies of Horror Deadline
July 26th

Contest will go for live voting August 1st.

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TransWorld Exhibits, Inc. Moves 14th National Haunt & Attractions Show to the America's Center in St. Louis

New Venue Selected in Response to Growth of Haunt Industry

(Northfield, IL) – In an exciting move, TransWorld Exhibits, Inc.
announced its decision to move the 14th National Haunt & Attractions
Show (HauntShow) to St. Louis, Missouri, at the America's Center,
March 27 – 29, 2009.

Previously held in conjunction with TransWorld's International
Halloween, Costume & Party Show (HCPShow), the HauntShow will stand on
its own in St. Louis, Missouri, giving the buyers and vendors of the
Haunt community convenient access to the industry's #1 trade show in a
business environment created just for them.

"After extensive market research and input from vendors and buyers
alike, we decided to spin-off the 14th National Haunt & Attractions
Show and have it stand alone in a Midwest location that is central to
the greatest number of participants in this industry," said Joe
Thaler, chairman and chief executive officer of TransWorld Exhibits,
Inc., owner of the show. "The Haunt industry continues to grow with
advances in special effects, animatronics, sound & lighting, and
props. More and more, these products are used in venues on a
year-round basis whether it is in a theme park, theatrical production
or a haunted house. This growth within the industry demands a
stand-alone trade show dedicated solely to the Haunt industry," Thaler
continued. "St. Louis is the perfect gateway to a marketplace where
the Haunt community can come together."

The complete schedule of activities for the 14th National Haunt &
Attractions Show in St. Louis will be announced in the coming weeks.
Highlights of the show will include:

• New product introductions from the industry's leading companies
• Extensive seminar programming
• Networking events and competitions
• Special events and tours, and much more

The TransWorld International Halloween, Costume & Party Show will
continue to host a Haunt Pavilion as Haunt products are also
fundamental to the celebration of the Halloween season and the buyer
of Halloween and
seasonal merchandise. The HCPShow will take place March 6 – 9, 2009 at
the Sands Expo & Convention Center in Las Vegas.

Special exhibit packages are available for exhibitors that wish to
participate in both the St. Louis and Las Vegas events.

For more than 60 years, TransWorld Exhibits has been a leading
producer of independent trade shows. The business, which had its roots
in the housewares and consumer electronics industry, has over the
years expanded its offerings to include general merchandise, Halloween
merchandise, giftware, seasonal items, luxury merchandise, jewelry,
fashion and accessories. The firm runs trade shows in Chicago, Las
Vegas, and St. Louis.

For more information on attending or exhibiting, please call
800-323-5462 or 847-446-8434 for international calls. Information is
also available at www.hauntshow.com and www.hcpshow.com.

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