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Episode 249 - "The Lords of Salem"

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Episode 248 - "American Mary"

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The Lords of Salem

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Horror Headlines 5/14/08

Submitted by Eric on Wednesday, May 14th 2008

Rumor Mill: Paul Thomas Anderson is rumored to be interested in directing the upcoming adaptation of METAL GEAR SOLID, the popular stealth video game series. At this point it's based solely on a remark by one of the Japanese producers, so take it with a grain of salt. Anderson of course is currently a Hollywood darling after the success of last year's "There Will Be Blood".

Sweet new poster for "The Strangers", that makes it look more like an 80's slasher than ever. Masked killers will always make my day.

Wow, it turns out that there will be no remake of "The Gate", but an actual direct sequel called "The Gate: 20 Years Later". Being one of my guilty pleasures from my childhood, it's cool to see one of these reduxes actually being called a sequel. That said, it should be interesting to see how they update the story, considering in the film the gates of Hell are opened by playing a record backwards, and most kids today don't even know what those are. Hell, I'm 25 and I've probably used a record player twice. The film is being directed by Randall William Cook, who has won multiple Oscars for his effects work on "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Whoa, that's a weird twist.

Master P and his douchey son Lil Romeo are to star in a slasher film called "The Pig People". That sentence just killed my soul a little.

Finally today, in news that will make Jon's morning, David Cronenberg is reportedly in the running to direct the remake of the Spanish film "Timecrimes". Nothing is set in stone yet, but this is certainly interesting.

In Real People News:

As scary as it is, I still love these thieves who just want to cuddle with their victims before running off with their stuff. Hey, they could be doing a lot worse things.

Due to a flood of FOIA requests, UFO files in the UK from 1978 to 1987 will be slowly released over the next 4 years, starting today. Now, I don't want to be a total conspiracy theorist here, but if they did have evidence of alien visits, do you really think they would let it out? Just saying.

Spice girl Geri Halliwell rewrites the bible. Hey, it couldn't be any worse than the first time around, am I right?

On this day in history:

1610: Fanatical monk François Ravaillac jumps aboard the coach of King Henry IV and stabs him twice through the open window. Then the French monarch bleeds to death before medical help can reach him.

I sit on you

Submitted by Casey on Wednesday, May 14th 2008

This is what I do This is what I do This is what I do I sit on you.

Just a reminder that Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Season 1's out! Insomniacs rejoice!

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Box Office Intrigue!!! (Speed Racer Estimates Fudged)

Submitted by Jon on Wednesday, May 14th 2008

When we were talking about the box office returns during Sunday's podcast, I mentioned that "Speed Racer" had a little trouble beating out "What Happens in Vegas" also known as "Ashton vs. Cameron (ZOMG, *winky face*)!" The numbers were eerily close when the estimates were published at Box Office Mojo on Sunday afternoon, but Speed and Co. took home second place by a margin of about $.2 million (estimates have been updated, but "Vegas" was at $20 million, with "Racer" at $20.2 or so).

Horror Headlines 5/12/08

Submitted by Eric on Tuesday, May 13th 2008

I would be remiss if I didn't start today's news with the sort of almost topless pictures of Megan Fox from the set of "Jennifer's Body". Okay, ya, I feel better now.

George Romero has already written the script for "Diary of the Dead 2", and we may be seeing it sooner than you think. Oh, and he picked the worst piece of promotional art from the first film for the advance poster... good sign. Check out Jon's negative "Diary of the Dead" review to see what you can look forward to in the sequel.

Here's a picture of Sam Jackson looking badass as "Octopus" on the cover of Comic-Con magazine. The character is from Frank Miller's "Spirit", which will bring it's "Sin City-esque" vibes to theaters on Christmas Day, 2008.

More stills from "The Dark Knight"? Okay, I'm still game.

BD is reporting that Paul W.S. Anderson is back on writing duties for the "Castlevania" adaptation, after having left the project all together a few months ago. Sylvian White is still attached to direct. I probably should have reported this story before the topless shots of Megan Fox... it would have taken the sting out of it.

In Real People News:

Need a vacation? How about Burma, where you can share the beaches with droves of floating corpses? Ya, that's the ticket.

Okay, so whose to blame for the Japanese guy who was lit on fire during his interrogation recently? Well, he was the one who doused himself in kerosene when confronted by police, but then again, THEY were the ones who gave him a cigarette later on. Basically the moral of this story is, it's everyone's fault.

On this day in history:

1985: After attempting to serve arrest warrants at 6221 Osage Avenue, police in West Philadelphia are sucked into a 90-minute gunfight with members of the MOVE organization. Later, police drop a bomb on the house from a helicopter. The bomb misses its target and ignites a fire which consumes the entire city block. 61 houses are destroyed in the conflagration, killing 11 MOVE members -- including five children -- and leaving hundreds of neighbors homeless.

Having issues downloading the show this week? (UPDATED)

Submitted by Eric on Tuesday, May 13th 2008

UPDATED - You may notice a new version of Episode 26 showing up in your Itunes. There was about 2-3 minutes of audio missing so I fixed the edit and re-uploaded it. It's not a huge deal either way, but I feel better after fixing it.

I've talked to a few people and I'm aware that Podomatic keeps cutting off downloads of the show again this week.