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In 1985, Mattel produced the "bad guys" toy headquarters for the Masters of the Universe collection. On planet Eternia, He-Man had Castle Grayskull, and Skeletor had...Snake Mountain. Like the popular Castle Grayskull, this playset is also a carrying case that folds out to reveal two interior chambers. In this case, Snake Mountain is a lot more...evil, than its counterpart. Inside, there's a pit with a net, where captives can be held. It is reached via a trap door right behind a gate at the mountain's summit. There's also the toy's main draw: an "echo microphone" that allows kids to alter their voices and sound incredibly evil in the process. The front of Snake Mountain features a monstrous or demonic face, with beady eyes, and a jaw that opens and shuts. There's also a bridge that can fall apart, for treacherous journeys to the apex. I was too old for the Masters of the Universe toys, as I wrote in my post for Castle Grayskull, but I always gazed at Snake Mountain, Castle Grayskull and the action figures with envy. Now, since I have a six year old boy, I finally get to play with these toys. I recently bought A Snake Mountain on E-Bay that is in really good shape, and which Joel is saving to play with for our beach week in August. I can't wait. I already tested the echo microphone and the bloody thing still works after nearly thirty years... Below, the original toy commercial for Skeletor's evil HQ:

"I have the POWER!" By the time that Mattel released its amazing He-Man and the Masters of the Universe toy line in 1982, I was a young teenager and no longer supposed to be interested in toys. *Ahem.* We all know how well that idea turned out, right? Anyway, because of my dawning adulthood, I never owned much in terms of He-Man toys of the 1980s, but some of my cousins did, and so I often got a close look at these neat fantasy-oriented toys. One of the coolest items from the line was the over-sized Castle Grayskull mock-up, a giant green playset that could house the various He-Man figures and provide hours of interactive fun to imaginative kids. On the animated TV series, Grayskull was home to the Sorceress, but the toy looks a lot more like the home of Prince Adam...er, He-Man. The giant set features a handle for easy transport, and opens up to reveal two interior "halves" of the castle. Inside Grayskull, you can find a weapons rack, a working elevator (activated by a pull-string), a "combat trainer" for He-Man, and a draw-bridge door that resembles a mouth, replete with teeth and tongue molded in plastic. Also inside the castle is a nifty throne room and trap door, which may be the most awesome feature of this particular toy. Although my model of Grayskull no longer has all the inserts and stickers, young fans of The Masters of the Universe could also decorate their castle interiors with decals of mystical-looking computer controls, vent grates, and the like. Castle Grayskull was also guarded by a rampart-mounted laser cannon, and decorated with a two-sided flag that could fly He-Man's colors. My version of the castle also has a tower "add on" that houses He-Man's talon fighter. I recently got my hands on a Castle Grayskull here in Charlotte, and one in very good condition, for my son, Joel, who has just begun to watch the cartoon series on Netflix streaming. He loves the toy more than the TV show, and this playset gets hauled out just about every day, though sometimes Grayskull services not He-Man, but Lego Hero Factory soldiers, or Joel's Micromen/Acroyear collection. Still, just seeing this great old toy brings me right back to the days of 1982, when I really, really wanted to own one, but was too "grown up" to have the power of Grayskull for myself...

Gate Of Hell (1953 - Teinosuke Kinugasa)

Gate Of Hell (1953 - Teinosuke Kinugasa)

Have you ever seen Uwe Boll's weirdo slasher flick Seed? Better yet, have you even heard of it? It doesn't matter. Do you remember a couple of weeks ago when we announced a sequel was coming? You either have a short memory or are blocking. Either way, check out the first official one-sheet for Seed 2 below. Dr. Boll will be serving as producer on this one with Marcel Walz directing. Caroline Williams, Christa Campbell, Nick Principe, Jared Demetri Luciano, Manoush, Natalie Scheetz, Annika Strauss, and Sarah Hayden star. Plot details are currently under wraps, but we'd expect lots of hammering, slicing, dicing, screaming, and all around general mayhem. You gotta like that, right? That's just how these movies roll. In the first 2007 film, a seemingly undead man is bound and buried alive but digs himself back to the surface and seeks bloody vengeance on those who caused his suffering. More soon! VISIT THE EVILSHOP @ AMAZON! Got news? Click here to submit it! Hammer your foes in the comments section below!

Stoker hit Blu-ray and DVD today via 20th Century Fox, and we have a look at a special motion poster to mark the occasion! Check it out, and if you dig it, run out and get yourself a copy. And again... don't forget a pair of patent leather shoes while you're out shopping. From the Press Release Academy Award® winner Nicole Kidman*, Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode star in this “darkly wicked, beautifully executed mystery” (Los Angeles Times) by critically acclaimed filmmaker Park Chan-wook (Oldboy). Following the tragic death of her father on her eighteenth birthday, India Stoker (Wasikowska) meets Charlie (Goode), her charismatic uncle, whom she never knew existed. When Charlie moves in with India and her unstable mother (Kidman), both are drawn to his charming and calming demeanor. But it soon becomes clear that Charlie’s arrival was no coincidence and that the shocking secrets of his past could affect India’s future...or shatter it completely. *Actress, The Hours, 2002. Look for it in stores on June 8th. Special Features An Exclusive Look: A Filmmaker's Journey Deleted Scenes Theatrical Behind the Scenes: Mysterious Characters, Designing the Look, Creating the Music Red Carpet Premiere: Emily Wells’ performance of “Becomes the Color” Free Song Download of “Becomes the Color” by Emily Wells UltraViolet Hypnotherapy Image Galleries and more! VISIT THE EVILSHOP @ AMAZON! Got news? Click here to submit it! Get stoked in the comments section below.

The release of one of the spookiest films of the year, The Conjuring, is heading toward you like a runaway ghost train and we have 25 pairs of tickets to give away for an extremely early Los Angeles screening! Here are the whens and the wheres.... Wednesday, June 26th at the Arclight Hollywood at 7:30pm! Simply click here for your tickets and if you miss out you can also try for them at Bloody Disgusting and Shock Till You Drop. HURRY UP! Once the 25 pairs are gone, they are GONE! Winners with our passes can attend a 6:30pm private reception at the 2nd floor bar area where the film's props will be displayed and Hors D'Oeuvres will be served. Synopsis Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story described in the book House of Darkness, House of Light: The True Story by Andrea Perron, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives. From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring stars Academy Award nominee Vera Farmiga ("Bates Motel," Orphan) and Patrick Wilson (Hard Candy, Insidious) as the Warrens and Ron Livingston (HBO’s “Band of Brothers”) and Lili Taylor (Public Enemies) as Roger and Carolyn Perron, residents of the house. Related Story: Over a Dozen New Stills from The Conjuring Joey King (Crazy, Stupid, Love), Shanley Caswell (Detention), Haley McFarland (TV’s “Lie to Me”), Mackenzie Foy (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn), and newcomer Kyla Deaver play the Perrons’ five daughters, and Sterling Jerins (World War Z) is the Warrens’ little girl, Judy. James Wan (Saw, Insidious) directs from a screenplay by Chad Hayes and Carey W. Hayes (The Reaping). The film is produced by Peter Safran, Tony DeRosa-Grund, and Rob Cowan with Walter Hamada and Dave Neustadter serving as executive producers. Reuniting with the director are members of his Insidious creative team, director of photography John Leonetti, editor Kirk Morri, and costume designer Kristin M. Burke, and his Saw production designer, Julie Berghoff. The music is composed by Joseph Bishara. New Line Cinema presents an Evergreen Media Group/Safran Company Production of a James Wan Film: The Conjuring. The film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. The film opens officially in the US and the UK on July 19, 2013. VISIT THE EVILSHOP @ AMAZON! Got news? Click here to submit it! Hunt ghosts in the comments section below.

Juan Antonio Bayona has made quite a name for himself with films like The Orphanage under his belt, and now the time has come to see what this incredibly capable filmmaker can do on the small screen, specifically for Showtime with "Penny Dreadful." From the Press Release Critically-acclaimed, award-winning Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona (The Impossible, The Orphanage) will helm the first two episodes in the eight-episode series order of the upcoming SHOWTIME drama "PENNY DREADFUL" – created, written and executive produced by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan (Hugo, The Aviator, Gladiator) and executive produced by Oscar winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Skyfall) and Neal Street's Pippa Harris (Revolutionary Road, Call the Midwife). "PENNY DREADFUL," a psychosexual horror series, features some of literature’s most iconic figures and will begin production in London this fall. In "PENNY DREADFUL," some of literature’s most famously terrifying characters – including Dr. Frankenstein and his creature, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula – become embroiled in Victorian London. The series weaves together these classic horror origin stories as the characters grapple with their monstrous alienation. This project marks Logan and Mendes’ second major collaboration, following Skyfall, their box office record-breaking James Bond film, which Mendes directed and Logan co-wrote; and their first ever collaboration for television. The project will be produced by Mendes' production company Neal Street Productions. Bayona is an acclaimed and award-winning director, best known for his work on the hugely successful 2007 horror film The Orphanage and the 2012 Oscar-contender The Impossible, starring Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts in her Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated role. VISIT THE EVILSHOP @ AMAZON! Got news? Click here to submit it! Count your pennies in the comments section below!

IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT SETS DOMESTIC RELEASE DATE FOR EVIDENCE Available on VOD on June 21, 2013 and In-Theaters on July 19, 2013 LOS ANGELES, CA - June 18, 2013 - Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, has officially slated EVIDENCE from Director Olatunde Osunsanmi (The Fourth Kind). The film stars Stephen Moyer (HBO’s “True Blood,” Strange Love), Radha Mitchell (

We're back with another installment of Radio 66.6! This week features the latest news, music, videos and tour dates from the likes of Between the Buried and Me, Dying Fetus, The Devil Wears Prada, Gwar, Palms, Iwrestledabearonce, Saxon, Kanye West and more. Don't touch that dial! NEWS The Devil Wears Prada will release their new, as yet untitled album on September 17th via Roadrunner Records. Unearth have signed a North American record deal with eOne Music. They'll release their sixth album later this year. In case you missed the news, Rob Zombie will have his own Great American Nightmare haunted house attraction in Los Angeles this Halloween season. There will also be performances from musicians of many genres. Details can be found here. MUSIC Stream Palms' self-titled debut album here. The band is made up for Deftones vocalist Chino Moreno and former members of Isis. Listen to a new Iwrestledabearonce song titled "Thunder Chunky" here. Late For Nothing will be released on August 6th via Century Media Records. Listen to a clip of a new Norma Jean song here. The band's new album, Wrongdoers, comes out on August 6th via Razor & Tie. VIDEOS Watch P.O.D.'s music video for "Beautiful" here. Murdered Love is out now on Razor & Tie. Rap isn't a genre we usually cover around these parts, but Kanye West released a pretty cool American Psycho-inspired commercial for his new album, Yeezus (which is out now). Check it out here. TOURS Between the Buried and Me will perform both parts of The Parallax in their entirety on their headlining tour this fall. The Faceless, The Contortionist and The Safety Fire will join the band. Dates can be found here. Gwar, Hatebreed and Iron Reagan are hitting the road together for a few shows. Dates can be found here. Saxon and Fozzy are teaming up for the "Sacrifice and Sin Tour." Dates are here. Dates for Dying Fetus' tour with Exhumed, Devourment, Abiotic and more can be found here. Chimaira will headline a summer tour with support from The Browning, Threat Signal, and Dark Sermon. Dates are here. Attika 7 and Scorpion Child have been added to this summer's Mayhem Festival. Be sure to check back every Monday for the latest music news! VISIT THE EVILSHOP @ AMAZON! Got news? Click here to submit it! Wrap things up in the comments section below!