Zombies Wanted in PA

From acclaimed horror writer Brian Keene's site:


>> Filming begins next weekend on Fast Zombies Suck (a film based on my short story of the same title). We’re looking for extras to appear as zombies in the zombie walk scene on Saturday, August 11th in East Petersburg, PA. Come dressed as you would for any other zombie walk. If you’re available, and want to be in the movie, please email Jeff at jeff@bamferproductions.com

Changing Gears

It's been a while since I've posted anything for many reasons, both good and not so good. So, rather than me post the occasional illustration or comic work I've done, I've decided to change the format of this blog to a more general blog, which hopefully will mean more consistent blogging and moreover, amazing content. (At the very least content that I think is amazing.) For example, this image which I came across through everyone's favorite cultural receptacle, Facebook.

I don't know anything about Lurker Films, the company that produced this image, but it definitely got my attention.

Necromancer Panels

Here are some panels from the upcoming horror comic "Necromancer," scrawled by Keith McCleary and rendered by yours truly. This sick little gem will be in the latest Terminal Press anthology Zombie BOMB! #3, which will debut at the New York Comic Con, Oct. 8 - 10, 2010. Swing by the Terminal Press booth to get your copy or I'll eat your BRAINS!!

Fearless Cinema: Here’s the Best of This Year’s NYC Horror Film Festival

One of the things that kept me busy lately was writing this review of the NYC Horror Film Fest for The Indypendent. Below is an excerpt.

New York City Horror Film Fest
November 12-16, 2008

Halloween may have come and gone, but as movie ticket sales and rising rentals point out, horror is timeless. And this year’s New York City Horror Film Festival, now in its eighth year, showcased a cornucopia of the interesting, unexpected and the traditional.

Modern monsters (psycho-killers, zombies, urban legends, etc.), a staple of the genre since the 1960s, were well represented in notable films like the action short First Kill, the eerie feature From a Place of Darkness, psycho-short Drip, and the apocalyptic short Antibody. Bmovies — a volatile blend of horror, gusto and laughs — excited audiences with Frank Henelotter’s Bad Biology winning Best Feature and Zoe Polley’s teen gorefest Devil’s Grove. The horrific whodunit Surveillance by Jennifer Chambers Lynch and the monochromatic, antiwar, pantomime Hold Your Fire by Jesse Gordon spoke to fans of intense horror.



Multi-genre films, particularly the sci-fi/horror hybrid, pushed expectations and won audiences over with each showing. The 1980s scifi satire/homage short Martians Go Home follows a sci-fi nerd’s battle with hostile space zombies. Harry Owen can’t escape his short-film existence in the humorous meta-fiction The Glitch. Eel Girl is a sleek and humorous horror- short-cum-music-video. Audience Choice-winning feature Time Crimes (Cronocrimenes) by Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo is a mind-bending mystery that brings out the best of both genres.

Surprisingly, absurd and humorous horror films dominated the fest with provocation and by connecting with audiences. Read rest of review.

© Frank Reynoso, Dec. 2008, All Rights Reserved

From My Sketchbook

I'm back, folks!

Below are a couple sketches from my sketchbook. (Duh!) Both were inspiered by a night of playing Arkham Horror with my good friend Keith McCleary.






































© Frank Reynoso, Dec. 2008, All Rights Reserved

New York City Horror FIlm Festival 2008

It's that time of year again: the annual New York City Horror Film Festival. Michael J. Hein and his crew amassed a slew of movies that are sure to hit a nerve.

The fiendish festivities start tonight at Don Hill's and continue till Sunday.

Here are two of the fest's features.

Driven by biological excess, a young man and woman search for sexual fulfillment, unaware of each other's existence. Unfortunately, they eventually meet, and the bonding of these two very unusual human beings ends in an explosive and ultimately over-the-top sexual experience, resulting in a truly god awful love story. Directed by Frank Henelotter

Program 7
Saturday, Nov. 15th
10:00pm






Resident Evil: Regeneration is a fully CGI feature directed by Makoto Kamiya. The story takes place seven years after the first zombie outbreak in the US. Counter-zombie fighters fight to contain the outbreak and their own survival in a locked airport.

Program 1
Thursday, Nov. 13th
9:00pm









Photos courtesy of NYC Horror Film Fest