Caffeine dependency and Disturbia

For some reason I'm relying more and more on caffeine. If I don't have a coffee every couple of hours I feel more confused than an owl on a tanning bed.

Despite not being able to make it to the launch party for their new line, and my coffee cravings causing me to have all the social skills of the Rain Man, I headed over to Disturbia Clothing's new HQ in Hoults Yard, Newcastle, to check out their new space.

With designs based on A Clockwork Orange, Scarface, and the childhood scarring Gremlins, Disturbia have totally nailed it, for horror and movie fans alike, as well as designs from top artists such as Godmachine and Drew Millward.

You can check out Disturbia's new line in person, or over at their website right now!

No Robert Englund but one angry boob

So, today's post was going to be about the upcoming atrocity that is the new Nightmare on Elm remake. Basically it takes the original, jazzes up the effects and kills it promptly. The new producer, Michael Bay (who was also responsible for last year's dire Friday the 13th remake) then promptly dances on the grave of the original while urinating uncontrolably, that's about the long and short of it.

So instead of that dreadful abortion of a film I'm going to give you another option, a short film that only clocks in at two and a half minutes, so even if you don't like it you won't feel like a large part of your life has been torn away, and with a title like Boob how can you go wrong?

Frankly it's one of the best horror concepts I've seen in a while, it's roughly along the same lines as the crap-tastic 1996 German film, Kondon des Grauens (AKA, Killer Condom) but with less gigolos and more tits.

If you've ever wondered what happens when a silicone breast implants discovers life after a Frankenstein's monster style jolt of electricity this is the film for you:



The design studio behind the piece, Honest, is also responsible for a number of other short films, and although none of them quite meet the genius of Boob the rest of their work is still worth a look:
http://stayhonest.com/work/

Let's Get This Going

Welcome to the first ever post on the Musical Scares blog!

Hopefully you'll soon be pawing at the screen in a junkie-like fashion, waiting for the latest news, reviews, ramblings and interviews, from the worlds of music, art, horror and more.

So, to get things started, here are the answers to just about every question you could have about Musical Scares and myself:

Q: Who are you anyway?

A: I'm a writer, did the writing not give it away? I live in Newcastle, a friendly city in the North East of England and home to Newcastle Brown Ale. I enjoy candlelit dinners (in castles) long romantic walks (around castles) and listening to / playing music (seriously, if someone has a castle, I'll be there in a shot, unless it doesn't have spires, then screw you, you spireless bastard).

Q: Are you slightly castle obsessed?

A: I just like castles is all! I blame just about every old horror film out there, I swear, according to those films you couldn't get moved for castles, they were like city centre pigeons but without the love for bread.

Q: Okay, enough castles, what's this blog all about?

A: To be honest it's just an excuse to write about everything I like and interview some cool people. Musical Scares will cover music including Punk, Hardcore, Metal and straight up Rock.

The blog will also cover art, essentially anything that tickles my fancy (and oh how it likes tickling) with features and interviews on a range of artists from a range of mediums, from painters to illustrators and sculptors to tattooists. Of course there's one more thing that'll be covered, the greatest form of cinema ever, Horror. This might stray now and then and the pretentious horror buffs will probably choke on their fake blood at some of the things that are featured, but I aim to cover anything that stands out, even if it just makes me laugh.

Q: So what's lined up for the blog?

A: Just like any good horror movie, I'm not going to break the suspense until the last minute, that and to keep you checking on my blog at all hours just in case I've added something that you just can't live without.

Q: Speaking of adding things, how often will the blog be updated?

A: The blog will be updated daily (roughly). This does not account for catastrophic computer failure, disinterest or the blog developing a demonic personality of its own, causing it to post messages of hate against old people, babies, old babies (ala Benjamin Button) and the dreaded 'Ginger One' from Girls Aloud.
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Hopefully that clears everything up, thanks for reading and come back tomorrow for another harrowing installment of Musical Scares!