Let’s start your week with something weird. I shit you not, this was a real comic series in 2015!

Ten years ago this month, Dark Horse Comics and Archie Comics teamed up to give us one of the most unlikely crossovers ever: ARCHIE vs. PREDATOR! This incredibly demented pop culture remix ran for four issues and was such a curious hit it garnered both awards and a sequel, ARCHIE vs PREDATOR II in 2019!

#killermemes&comics #archievspredator #darkhorsecomics #archiecomics #crossovers

Those crazy bastards over at Deadline tell us that genre stalwart JAMIE LEE CURTIS is moving from in front of the camera to behind it. She’s already slated to direct the eco-horror feature, MOTHER NATURE, for Blumhouse, and now we find out that she’s also producing and starring in SENDER, a full-length adaptation of Russell Goldman’s short film, RETURN TO SENDER. The plot involves a woman finding out the sinister truth lurking behind an Amazon-like package delivery scam.

Since the flick is currently in production for Comet Pictures, there’s no word yet on a release date, but sometime in 2026 would be a good bet. For now, you can check out Deadline’s original article here.

#horrorhappenings #sender #returntosender #jamieleecurtis #russellgoldman #mothernature #cometpictures #deadline

Here’s just another advert I kept from a TV showing of Joe Dante’s THE HOWLING (1981). This is from the L.A. area and dates back to circa 1987.

#fearflashbacks #thehowling #joedante #ktla

Just six months after Alice Cooper helped out Jason Voorhees with the theme FRIDAY THE 13th PART VI: JASON LIVES, Los Angeles-based hard rockers Dokken lent a hand (glove?) to none other than Freddy Krueger for his second sequel, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS. Written by the band’s bassist, Jeff Pilson, and guitar whiz, George Lynch, the song is nicely produced by Neil Kernon, hedging echoing drums and plucked guitar strings with Lynch’s heavy metal solos. “Dream Warriors” also served as the closing track on the band’s platinum-selling 1987 album, “Back for the Attack”.  

Though I thought Cooper was a natural pick for the FRIDAY THE 13th series, I have to admit I like “Dream Warriors” even better as a theme. It’s nicely textured and the lyrics build on Freddy Krueger’s filthy, fearsome legacy. It was also a nice touch to have the now-classic slasher character wake at the close of the video, the duration of which was just supposed to be Krueger’s bad dream, exclaiming “What a nightmare!…Who were those guys?” Relive it now over at YouTube. 

#spookysoundtracks #anightmareonelmstreet3dreamwarriors #dokken #dreamwarriors #georgelynch #jeffpilson #neilkernon #backfortheattack #alicecooper #fridaythe13thpartvijasonlives #hardrock #heavymetal #freddykrueger 

I guess it’s tough to be handsome when you have a nail stuck in your head.

If I remember correctly, this was taken from one of the Fangoria Poster Magazine releases, but I’m not certain which volume. In all likelihood, it was sometime in 1988 or 1989.

#onesheetwonders #fridaythe13thpartviithenewblood #fangoria

Yes, it’s time to introduce a new segment! UBHB is now gonna smack you in the face with only the most awesome horror trailers of all time! You are SO LUCKY. Damn, you visited this site on the right day!

Today, we highlight one of the most effective trailers in the history of cinema: Ridley Scott’s ALIEN. Let ‘er rip, boys!

#terrifyingtrailers #alien #ridleyscott

Wow, this would’ve been lit. Clive Barker, director Anthony Hickox, star Terry Ferrell, and Pinhead himself, Doug Bradley, all showed up at Golden Apple Comics in L.A. to celebrate the release of HELLRAISER III: HELL ON EARTH back in September 1992. To all you folks who showed up for this, I envy you. What a party!

#fearflashbacks #hellraiseriiihellonearth #clivebarker #terryfarrell #anthonyhickox #dougbradley #goldenapplecomics #losangeles

Hey ladies, pace yourselves–wait until you try Jeno’s new Carolina Reaper flavor!

#killermemes&comics #jenospizzarolls #carolinareaper

A number of superior horror, fantasy, and sci-fi stories earn this collection a hearty recommendation, but only one of them emerges as the author’s finest short-fiction triumph. 

With all the hubbub regarding the recent film adaptation of THE MONKEY, I figured now would be a good time to revisit Stephen King’s short story collection, “Skeleton Crew”, which traverses more than 15 years of short fiction from the King of Horror. 

I still remember when this book was originally released. I had just moved to Los Angeles the week before, and my first outing to a true L.A. mall was where I saw a huge display of hardcover copies of “Skeleton Crew” artfully stacked in a circle outside the main entrance of Waldenbooks.

Yes, “The Monkey” is included here, and while the story definitely serves as one of the collection’s more popular stories, it pales in comparison to more memorable offerings such as “The Raft”, which was faithfully adapted in CREEPSHOW 2 (1987), and “Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut”, a whimsical tale of a woman so obsessed with finding the fastest possible route home that she zooms straight through the laws of quantum physics.

Other stories find King thriving at his most bizarre when he wanders further into the sci-fi realm. “Beachworld” and “The Jaunt” both offer unsettling glimpses into the future where interplanetary travel and exploration become increasingly more complex. 

Undoubtedly, one of the most infamous stories of the collection is “Survivor Type”. Even a casual Constant Reader will know about this pitch-black tribute to cannibalism, which King once described as a story that “goes a little bit too far, even for me”. Gallows humor abounds as a drug runner washes up on the shore of a desert island with only a journal and a clutch of heroin to stave off his inevitable madness. It’s no surprise that, even considering King’s stature in the publishing world, the story took years to get published. 

In the end, one story in the collection stands heads and shoulders above the others. “The Mist” takes a generic, end-of-the-world premise and stands it on its noggin–the world we know is slowly overtaken by the titular menace, which hides a seemingly unending battalion of creepy crawlies intent on desecrating mankind. While King obviously took a cue from George A. Romero and DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978), as the bulk of the story’s claustrophobic drama unfolds in a small-town supermarket, the story owes just as much to the likes of John W. Campbell’s 1938 novella, “Who Goes There?”. King limns a volatile world as newfound distrust leads long-time friends to quickly become enemies. However, the story turns awe-inspiring once the army of insects, spiders, and dinosaurs begin to attack. Whether you agree with the twist ending director Frank Darabont fused onto the 2007 feature film adaptation (for the record, I thought it was genius), every horror fan owes it to themselves to check out its original source material. Therefore, “Skeleton Crew” isn’t just for King fans, it’s must-read material for fear fans everywhere. 

#boundhorror #skeletoncrew #stephenking #constantreaders #beachworld #thejaunt #themonkey #theraft #mrstoddsshortcut #survivortype #themist #frankdarabont #johnwcampbell #whogoesthere #georgeromero #dawnofthedead #creepshow2 #shortstories #novellas #scifi #horrorfiction #waldenbooks

Time for another prism sticker, and this time it’s a two-fer!

Today, we have two stickers from Embassy Pictures’ 1986 Civil War zombie extravaganza , THE SUPERNATURALS. This thing was everywhere back during the 80s VHS boom, but it’s surprising to find out it still hasn’t ever been released on DVD or Blu-ray.

#fearflashbacks #thesupernaturals #zombies #civilwar #vhs #embassypictures