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David Skal: Author, Historian, MonsterKid, Killed On January 1st.

The horror community lost a giant on New Year’s Day. In the early morning hours, a driver lost control of his BMW, crossed the median and struck the Honda in which David was a passenger. David was instantly killed in the collision. The BMW driver was arrested at the scene, on suspicion of driving under the influence.

Throughout his professional life, David Skal wrote about horror movies, literary works and actors. He appeared as a historian in a number of documentaries and on classic movie audio commentaries for the home video market. Among his more popular books were “The Monster Show: A Cultural History Of Horror”, “Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web Of Dracula From Novel To Stage To Screen”, “Dark Carnival: The Secret World Of Tod Browning”, “Fright Favorites: 31 Movies To Haunt Your Halloween And Beyond”, “Something In The Blood: The Untold Story Of Bram Stoker; The Man Who Wrote” along with many others.

At conventions and special appearances, he was a fan favorite, due to the fact that he was funny, friendly and willing to give of his time and answer seemingly endless questions. The few times I met him we talked about myriad subjects and, although he was certainly the smarter guy in each conversation, he never made me feel like the blithering idiot I’m certain I sounded like. I think that was among his superpowers. I know I will remember him fondly for the way he made me feel and for his countless contributions to the genre we all love. He will surely be missed.

David Skal was 73.

The Dead Will Rise… Again!

  In a recent interview with Robert Taylor, Bruce Campbell stated that even though he has retired the character of Ash, he still loves the franchise and believes the movies should be released on a more regular time frame. Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, and Campbell are completely in agreement on this.

“We’re going to do them probably more like every two to three years now, rather than every 10 years”, Bruce states with confidence. “But, hey, as we’ve seen with Star Wars, you don’t want to wear people out. Keep them guessing! That said, Evil Dead Rise made the most money of any Evil Dead movie so far at $140 million. So, yeah, you can bet your bottom dollar we’re going to do a few more.”

There has been no official announcement yet. But now that the Writers and Actors are back to work, word could come any day. When it does, we’ll make sure you know about it.

When Can You See The Invisible Man?

 “Fear The Invisible Man”, written by Phillip Daay and directed by Paul Dudbridge, will be available in digital, on demand and DVD by the time you’ve finished reading this. The film stars Mike Beckingham, Mark Arnold, David Hayman, and Mhairi Calvey as Adeline… a young British widow who goes out of her way to protect an old medical school colleague who has managed to turn himself invisible. Was it an accident or was it deliberate? Either way, there’s a problem; Adeline sees her colleague becoming more and more shut off from the world. She observes his sanity slipping away and he becomes more dangerous to the city he calls home and to Adeline.

You can see “Fear The Invisible Man” starting today… or can you?