December 16, 2009

Goth News for December 16

DARK MOVIE TRAILERS:

The Apple Trailers website is making a big fuss over the Tim Burton Trailer, which is available in HD. It's a featured ad on the top of the Apple site right now. 3/5/10!

Alice in Wonderland, at Apple

BEASTLY: This looks SO stupid. I probably shouldn't even give it the time of day to share the link. But maybe you need to have a laugh today. "Goth classmate Kendra retaliates by casting a spell that physically transforms him into everything he despises." Uh, goths can cast spells now? Wish I'd known this 16 years ago.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/beastly/

DARK SIDE OF THE NEWS:

"The Brood" Remake Gets a "Crazies" Director (CHUD)

"Coraline" Helmer Henry Selick Working on 3 Projects, Including Another Gaiman (Digital Spy)

Neil Gaiman, Others React to Golden Globes Nominations (Newsarama)

40 Screenshots From "Alice in Wonderland" Trailer (/Film)

New "Alice in Wonderland" Trailer Shouts 'Off With Her Head' (MTV Movies Blog)

New Trailer for Tim Burton's "Alice" Highlights Weirdness (Sci Fi Wire)

"Paranormal Activity" Comic Previewed (Digital Spy)

Brad Pitt, Summit Working on Dracula Movie, "Vlad" (MTV)

Natalie Portman to Star, Produce in "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" (AMC)

Quoth the Reader, 'Evermore': Creating Zines Based on Poe's Life and Work (NY Times)

So You Think You Know Edgar Allan Poe? Boston Library Exhibit (Boston Herald)

"Thor" Writers Taking on Futuristic Vampire Flick "Damn Nation" (First Showing)

"Three Kings" Director to be Brains of Austen Zombies Movie? (Sci Fi Wire)

December 4, 2009

New Links for December 4, 2009

DARK SHOPS:

Do Bats Eat Cats is an Etsy shop selling handcrafted gothic and Victorian jewelery (earrings, bracelets and necklaces). There are also some nice Celtic designs. (Discovered via Etsy's Dark Side Street Team.)

DARK MOVIES:

The Disloyal Subjects of the Mad Hatter Facebook page appears to be the official propaganda arm for the upcoming film. 70k fans and counting. That's a lot of people excited about the film!

Though I never cover metal music (whether black metal or goth metal) I want to point out this intriguing documentary, Until the Light Takes Us, about Norwegian metalheads who burned churches and killed people. Ugh, I'm glad they weren't goths. We'd never hear the end of it.


DARK BOOKS:

This is a pre-order from Quirk Classics. I'm not sure if it's a sequel to Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, or if it's something different, but the front cover just makes me so happy. Keep up with the gossip at the Quirk Classics Facebook page.


DARK SIDE OF THE NEWS:

The New York Times had a recent article on Edgar Allan Poe museums, societies, conventions and celebrations.

There are going to be some disappointed Twilight haters tomorrow. A plagiarism suit against Stephenie Meyer has been dismissed.

I love this post on the Craftygoths Livejournal. Estraye suggests cool ideas for goth Christmas decor, including murderous gnomes and butchered gingerbread men. I love it!

December 3, 2009

New Links for December 3, 2009

NEW LINKS TO THE PARANORMAL:

Creepy North Carolina is a blog covering weird or haunted places in the state. Currently posting about The Haunted Cherry Point Air Station, the ghost haunting the North Carolina Zoo, and the legend of the Little Red Man.


DARK MOVIE TRAILERS: The Road

This is not a goth movie, and this is not a horror movie. I mention it because I read the book a couple weeks ago (in preparation for getting my Viggo on) and sobbed for fifteen minutes after finishing it. For two or three days after reading it, I was depressed and kept thinking back to what I'd read. (Beautifully written, by the way).

The movie was somewhat less difficult, as my mind had made worse visuals than were depicted on screen. A four-hanky film for me, and one hanky for my male companion. Afterwards, our theater full of people left somberly, more silent than I've ever seen a group of strangers leave a theater, most of them not even flipping on their cell phones immediately as usual.

If your idea of holiday fun is going to see something grim, depressing, visually striking, and emotionally moving, then by all means go see The Road.

The Road Movie Trailer, at Apple


NEW LINKS TO DARK ART:

Goth Loli, by Madeleine Moon

Madeline Moon - This is a user-self-submitted link by the artist. She draws dark fairies and dark fantasy art.

"Mary Becoming Annette, by David Simkin

Want to see some really weird stuff? Check out the art gallery of David Simkin. Surreal, strange and definitely intriguing.

Also check out Ravenkult, a horror art site which actually scared me so badly I gasped and my cousin came running into my bedroom to see if I was ok! (It was Voodoo Teddy that startled me).


NEW LINKS TO DARK SHOPS:

Fine Chainmail Jewelry has some interesting pieces that I thought some of you might like looking at. They sell several styles of necklaces and bracelets (scroll down and use the Previous and Next navigation buttons to see more designs).


DARK SIDE OF THE NEWS:

Tim Burton Exhibit at MoMA: Publicity Ploy or Actual Art? (PopMatters)

Buffy's "Willow" Says No To Joss-Less Remake (Sci Fi Wire)

SyFy's "Alice" Skimps on Story's Essential Weirdness (Reuters)

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