Mooch Minute 12/24/10 Naughty or Nice???

Mooch Minute 12/24/10 Naughty or Nice?

The fat man should be doin' his thang tonight, you know...goin' from house to house, eatting your cookies and stealing wallets...what? Oh, I meant Fat Tony, yeah...Santa is coming too. Is it too late to decide if you have been naughty or nice now? Been a doucher all year? Knocked up a couple under-age girls?...ummm..yeah, me either.

I think being naughty or nice is in the eye of the wrong or good do'er. Let's speak from experience...The Mooch, well, I have been a 50/50 split. Not always doing the right thing, but never doing the wrong thing...see what I did there? All in all, it's been a great year and I always give thanks this time of year.

Big thanks goes out to John Cannon and Sal Valente, without both of these guys, nothing that has happened this year would have gotten done. I have always been a guy that doesn't forget where I came from, so for those two guys, I wish them nothing but the best..seriously.

Opportunities have come my way, but I have worked my ass off to get a lot of them. I am looking forward into 2011 and see a great future. Things I want to achieve in 2011:

• Learn the editing process more
• Write and direct a short film
• Build our Podcast to large listening fan base
• Have one of the most fun TV/Web series out
• Get more involved in the Comic industry
• Act in at least 5 films
• Perform Stand Up Comedy

Ok, so as you can see...big list, but I am pretty focused. Merry Christmas everyone....Enjoy your time with your families!!

Late Night at the Horror Hotel makes a Statement

Late Night at the Horror Hotel takes a STAB at Viral Video

Well, with the current trend in Hollywood remaking and re-imagining every possible classic or semi hit, under the Sun, we felt it was once right to show our support...or lack thereof, to prove to Hollywood - Enough is Enough.

Being creative, in our own little way, we use Scanners and poke fun at Twilight. We hope you guys enjoy the madness.

Twilight Parody

Why the Late Night Crew are no longer Super Friends....

What's Missing from this Super Friends Picture?

So, you see Batman, Superman, Aquaman...hell even the Wonder Twins and that damn dirty ape have spots in the Super Friends, so where's our boys? This is footage from within the Hall of Justice, it shows what phone call Pigamortis and Dimension messed up on...unfortunately, Cannon was guilty by association.

When asked for comments, these are the printable quotes we received:

• Pigamortis - "I made a simple error, geez kill a guy, why don't ya. They made it out....relax people"
• Rob Dimension - " I still am not sure what is going on...all I know is they took my cape back."
• John Cannon - "Can I just have the right to remain silent? I apologize to all who were affected by this.....but, you can see my tragedy now."

Episode 7 - The Monster Walks now available to watch!

Late Night at the Horror Hotel 

presents:

The Monster Walks

Episode Synopsis - This 1932 spine tingling tale of a killer ape inside of an old mansion on a stormy night....sounds like a winner! Well, don't get your hopes up for a good movie but luckily we have Psychic Kimberly on tonight. John senses something is up, while Dimension and Pigamortis try to tie up loose ends. When you watch this, you will sense a great disturbance in..."The Force?"...No!! In the spirit world. Wait until you see what goes on in this episode.....just be careful what you eat. (approx 60 mins)

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Star Wars - The Force Unleashed II review

Star Wars the Force Unleashed II Review

 by - John Cannon

In a galaxy long ago….ok let’s be real, it was this past week and it was at my nearest GameStop store. I had heard about the Force Unleashed II coming out a number of months ago and after becoming a fan of the first game I knew I had to acquire a copy of the sequel, STFU2. Now in reading a small bit of information regarding the new game I was intrigued as they said the game play and controls would overall be a lot easier to handle. I was pretty happy this as remembering back to the first one I usually had a hard time with the force grab and throw option as well as not having good force lightning.

So anyways, I got the call that they would have a midnight release of the game and while I had done them before I was too tired to attempt this one, so I opted to just go in the morning. I went the next day picked up my copy and threw it into my car to play at a later date. A couple days later I was talking with a friend who had picked the game up and was playing it and so I asked him what he thought about it. He told me the force throw and lightning were awesome, but the story line just seemed a bit weird. He explained a little bit of the story to me and I have to admit I was confused about it, so that sort of got me in gear to load it up and play it.

Once my PS3 (I only do PS3, sorry Xbox fans) loaded al the updates for the game I clicked on the start menu and began the journey.

Now as I played through the game I did realize that the game play was in fact much easier and in my opinion a bit more enjoyable than the first one. The force grab and throw was excellent and much more easier than before so I give the game designers kudos for that one. Plus the force lightning starts off kind of bleh, but once you upgrade it one its like the emperor himself is throwing lightning, very cool.

There are however a few things that I really didn’t enjoy about this game. One was the fact that it seemed much shorter than the first one, I mean a beat it within a few hours of game play and really didn’t have much of an effort beating it. So that was a bit disappointing in itself. Then you get to the story line and I know many a Star Wars fan who loves the story lines in the films and this was a severe let down. IT made no sense what so ever in relation to the first film and just when you think you begin to understand what is going on they change it and you’re confused all over again. While I am not a huge Star Wars “mark” I do enjoy seeing the classic characters like Yoda show up, yet he does nothing and you do nothing on his planet, a complete waste of time to see a vision that could have easily been a cut scene. Finally towards the end of the game it goes into some sort of weird outlook and you can no longer dash or move the camera around, it just didn’t make sense.

In playing and thinking about this game I would say go get it because its game play is excellent, just try not to focus on the story line to much.

Be safe and may the force be with you,

John Cannon

Happy Halloween - Enjoy our Halloween Episode

Late Night at the Horror Hotel presents:
 
The Corpse Vanishes


Episode synopsis - Bela Lugosi stars in this 1942 story about Horror and Dementia...blah, blah....blah...he is a crazy Doctor who brings Virgins back to his Wife, who hasn't? On tonight's show, poor John just cannot catch a break. Watch as Pigamortis convinces Dimension that he can perform the greatest magic trick ever. The Horror Hotel, after this one, will now have a Laundry Room of Resurrection.


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Late Night gets a 5 out of 5 star rating from The National Horror Examiner

National Horror Examiner gives Late Night another 5 out of 5 star rating!!

Scott Ruth, the columnist for the National Horror Examiner was gracious enough to check out our TV show - Late Night at the Horror Hotel. We could not have been happier with the result...giving us a whopping 5 out of 5 stars!!

Some of what Scott said:

• ....The guys at "Late Night At The Horror Hotel" are most certainly among the gifted. 

• ....This show demonstrates how horror hosting is supposed to be done.

Big time thank you....To read this entire review...visit Horror Examiner  

Season's Beatings is a wrap...info on the Chainsaw Sally Episode

Season's Beatings is wrapped!!

What a weekend....we finished shooting with the Chainsaw Sally, Miss Busy Bee and JimmyO on Saturday night and I think we were all extremely excited on what we had created. Let's give you guys a synopsis of what the story is about and what film we are going to show:

 

 

 The feature of the evening for this episode will be JimmyO's Silver Scream, if you are unfamiliar with this title, it was an original musical stage show that became a film. Silver Scream pays homage to classic horror and fits our show perfect. Keep in mind, this will be a cut version, we highly recommend visiting www.forbiddenpictures.net and pick up the complete film.

Synopsis for the show : John (John Cannon) is frantic about his upcoming evaluation from Hotel Management. Mr. Natas (Jimmy O Burril) is due in any minute and John has given Pigamortis (Sal Valente) and Dimension (Rob Dimension) the week off because they are always causing trouble.

The hotel has a special guest, Librarian Sally (April Monique Burril) having a temporary lay over at the hotel, but things don't seem how they are. Dimension and Pigamortis make a surprise appearance, to try to help John out.....this is where things go down hill. Dimension and Pigamortis figure out that the Librarian is really Chainsaw Sally along with Miss Busy Bee (Nicolette La Faye) and must now get rid of her, until Sally threatens them...with DEATH!!! 

Will John be driven crazy with this madness? Will Mr. Natas get a glimpse of what is really going on? Will Chainsaw Sally and Miss Busy Bee KILL Dimension and Pigamortis??? 

 

The Crew gets "Examined" by Scott Ruth and the Examiner

Get to know the guys!

A few weeks ago we were approached to give some insight on Horror, our lives outside of this craziness and opinions on some classics. Scott Ruth, who is a writer for the Examiner, fielded some questions to the entire crew and we answered openly and honestly.

The guys talk about how the show started, how Horror differs from their lives in Pro Wrestling and what the remember and love about Horror! If you ever wanted to know more about Cannon, Dimension and Pigamortis, here is your chance.

To read the article - visit 

http://www.examiner.com/horror-in-philadelphia/philadelphians-it-s-time-to-check-into-late-night-at-the-horror-hotel

or just read below - Credit Scott Ruth

Nearly every city across the nation (and many international locales) have their very own television horror hosts. But in Philly, we've always had the best. Back in the 80s we had Stella "The Maneater from Manayunk" and today we have Rob Dimension, aka Rob The Clerk, John Cannon aka Chef John, and Pigamortis Wrex, the zombie pig; the hosts of Late Night At The Horror Hotel!

On Late Night At The Horror Hotel, Rob The Clerk, Chef John, and Pigamortis Wrex  host some of the greatest films of classic horror cinema. You get great horror films, hilarious comedy skits, creature cooking and a zombie pig, I mean, what more could you ask for? Sex, violence, gore, torture, murder, mayhem. Oh. We're talking about Late Night At The Horror Hotel, not the city of Brotherly Love? Sorry. Ok, back to the show; "MURDER, MAYHEM, CREATURE COOKING AND MORE"; think of it as Elvia, Mistress of the Dark, meets The Three Stooges. Minus the huge boobs and the stooges. In reality, and all joking aside, what you have is a group of guys, with a great deal of love and respect for the horror genre, who host classic horror gems, incorporating their own brand of horror humor along the way. 

Rob, John, Pigamortis and the crew are brilliant with both their choices of films to air, as well as with their comedy and hosting skills. It seems Philadelphia has the best of everything, from food, to sports teams and especially horror tv shows. Suck on that Los Angeles!! (Yikes! I hope that doesn't get me shot! I kid. I kid because I love. And I say that I'm kidding because I'm afraid of being shot!)

Once again, I consider myself to be very fortunate with the quality of folks from the horror community whom are wiling to allow me to interview them. This time around, I got to talk with Rob Dimension, John Cannon and Pigamortis Wrex, the hosts of "Late Night At The Horror Hotel".

Philadelphia Horror Examiner:  Thanks so much for taking time to answer a few questions gentlemen. Let's get right to it: Can you remember when your love for horror began? 

• Rob Dimension - "When I was a little guy, honestly, my Dad was the one that introduced me to Horror. His love for the genre really spilled over into my world, and I was a lucky kid. Late one night, I was about 10 yrs old, I had overheard my parents talking about John Carpenter’s Halloween film. My Mom wasn’t a horror fan but my Dad was trying to persuade her to watch, it was no easy task. I sat at the top of the stairs, watching and listening, and was scared to death of the Boogey Man after that night. While I was shocked, it was really a wake up call for me…so Michael Myers was the beginning of all this madness."

• John Cannon - "My uncle and I used to stay up late watching horror film after horror film while ordering pizza and drinking coke. I had seen a number of horror movies before, but none of them made me ever “fall in love” with horror until I saw the 1990 movie Demon Wind. I don’t know why this was the movie that kicked it off for me and I have told this to a number of people and nobody seems to remember having ever seen it, but maybe it’s because they vomit what appears to be marshmallow fluff, who knows. To this day my uncle and I are the outcasts at the family functions as we sit in the kitchen watching and talking about different horror films."

• Pigamortis Wrex - "This goes back to my first horror movie i ever saw. Back in the day before DVDs and even before VCRs there were these things called DRIVE-IN movies. Well my parents used to take us to drive in movies and we'd be asleep before the 1st movie started. This night was no different, except for the fact that I woke up at the start of the 2nd movie. (Yeah they used to do DOUBLE FEATURES, too) That 2nd movie was Dawn of the Dead. AND like any good lil creep, i stayed quiet and peeked over the back seat and watched that movie... Needless to say, sleep and I didn't get along for a month or so afterward. My dad in his infinite wisdom (and his growing tired of me refusing to turn the lights out) decided that in order to overcome my fear of all things scary he would do so by showing me more horror movies. Along with this he also showed me documentaries on how movies were made and books in the library on things like Special FX make up and a PBS special on Ray Harryhausen and how he created monsters and skeletons and such. So it was then that my fear became something i embraced and love to this day."

Philadelphia Horror Examiner - You guys are not only in the horror hosting biz, but you're also respected members of the pro wrestling community. (Well, I'm not too sure that Pigmortis wrestles but he looks like he could serve as the modern day Abdullah The Butcher. Sorry, maybe "butcher" is the best word to use around a pig. My bad.) Do you find ways to incorporate your love of horror into your wrestling gimmicks?

• Rob Dimension - "For me, my Wrestling persona is the total opposite of my love for Horror and even, how I really am in my “real” world. Rob Dimension, the character in on the TV show is a silly, dim witted, probably well meaning victim of his own mistakes (probably more like me). While, in the crazy world of Pro Wrestling, I am a Preppy, you know the guy who you hated in school. It’s funny that the Preppy style is now making a comeback, should the fashion world be thanking me?"

• John Cannon - "My whole entire wrestling gimmick and style is based off of my love of horror and the 80’s genre in particular. I paint my face like a skeleton, wear 80’s style horror t-shirts, wrap my arms in white tape and then proceed to pour blood all over myself. I put the blood on top of my head in a way that it looks like I have a head wound that is bleeding on the way to the ring. I have taken some time off of wrestling and when I return to the ring I will be doing a new gimmick of a zombie bleeding cowboy, sort of like the bad guy in the House films. I usually carry a bloody axe or a gimmicked chainsaw that shoot sparks to the ring as well, so definitely horror plays a role in my wrestling."

• Pigamortis Wrex - "Wait... are you calling me fat? I'll have you know i am WAY too pretty to ever be mistaken for Abdullah the Butcher. You wanna see some butcherin done, you just throw another fat remark at me you sunuva..... ANYWAY, some of my best friends are in the wrasslin biz as well as doin the Horror Host gig. They are very similar and I know that more than a few wrestling gimmicks have snuck their way onto the small screen, and the thing is, its something you love and you try to find away to incorporate it in every facet of your life."

Philadelphia Horror Examiner - Horror or wrestling? Which is your first love?

• Rob Dimension - "As much fun as Wrestling has provided me, Horror is my perfect fit. I have been lucky in both, but Pro Wrestling has taken a backseat to Horror, lately. I am not ready to walk away, but the time is coming soon."

• John Cannon - "They are both equal to me as I get to be creative with both of them in different forms. If I had to pick one it would be horror as I get less injured filming then I do in the ring, note I said less."

• Pigamortis Wrex - "Well I have always loved wrestling... I've gone to my first wrestling match around the same time I was introduced to horror, so photo finish, wrestling came first, but horror has remained steady and is more integrated in my life nowadays."

Philadelphia Horror Examiner - What's the story behind "Late Night at the Horror Hotel"? Can you tell me about how it came to exist and how you guys ended up as the hosts?

• Rob Dimension - "Late Night at the Horror Hotel was a combination of ideas between John Cannon and me. I had an idea to start Horror Hosting show; he had an idea to start a show based around cooking, involving Horror. It was a great fit, we had a few meetings about how to combine the two and there you have it.
  The actual story of the Horror Hotel was just a thought I had about how things would be if you were sent to Purgatory and were basically given a job. We are forced to work in dismal conditions, so of course there are going to be chaotic moments. You never know who will be the next guest."

• John Cannon - "Wow, I’ll try to remember the whole series of events, but Rob is so much better at this one than I am. I had started Creature Cooking which is my take on if Alton Brown and Elvira had a love child cooking food that went with films and bizarre twists to them. Rob has always been big into horror, more so than myself I will freely admit and one day we started talking about some ideas. He knew all about horror hosting and other than a couple of them I had never understood what it was or entailed. He told about a ton of people and I looked them up and they had some good stuff and it looked like fun. Now keep in mind is wasn’t some out of the blue meeting, we had known one another through wrestling for at least 8 years before this. So it started up and then Pigamortis came into the picture and I am glad he did because it gives both Rob and I another way to interact plus the guy who plays Pigamortis is just as equally a nice and great guy as Rob is. I trust and respect them both highly and consider it a privilege to work with them both."

• Pigamortis Wrex - "I lost ONE stinkin hand of cards... now I'm here on this show. I think Dimension cheated. "

Philadelphia Horror Examiner - Who are some of your favorite horror genre actors and actresses, past and present?

• Rob Dimension - "Vincent Price, Donald Pleasance and Jamie Lee Curtis."

• John Cannon - "Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Max Schreck, Ben Chapman, Michael Gross, & Doug Bradley."

• Pigamortis Wrex - "Kane Hodder, Lance Henrickson, Linnea Quigley, Dick Durrock, Robert Englund, Dick Warlock, Carel Struyken, Peter Jackson, Sid Haig."

Philadelphia Horror Examiner - Can you tell me some of your absolute favorite horror movies? Also, are there any that you find yourself watching again and again?

• Rob Dimension - "I am a huge fan of John Carpenter’s Halloween and George A Romero’s Dawn of the Dead. Dawn of the Dead was one of the first films I bought myself on VHS. When you only have one film, at the time, I watched it a bunch. I watch Killer Klowns from Outer Space a lot, it’s so fun. Plus, not Horror but Sci-Fi related, I watch a lot of the older Japanese shows like Ultraman and Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot. Plus, I watch at least 1 or 2 Godzilla films per week."

• John Cannon - "I am a huge fan of Demon Wind, Hellraiser, Tremors & Critters and while I can watch them repeatedly I find myself watching the 1940-50’s style of films like Creature From the Black Lagoon (which is my all time favorite), It Came From Beneath The Sea, The Blob and The Deadly Mantis over and over again. I tend to gravitate towards those films because they were the foundations of what we have today. It was a time when people were actually scared and it didn’t take much, the imagination was so much more alive back then."

• Pigamortis Wrex - " Ok, get comfortable. Dawn of the Dead (Original and Remake), Bad Taste, Dead Alive, NotLD (Original and Savini Remake) Maniac, All the Friday the13ths, Tremors (all), Blacula, Frankenhooker, Brain Damage, Humongous, Blackenstein, Godzilla vs. Destroyah, ANYTHING by William Castle, I am a horror/sci-fi junkie. I will watch pretty much anything in the Rubber monster/slasher/gore/exploitation/supernatural genre. GOD BLESS NETFLIX "WATCH NOW" feature."

Philadelphia Horror Examiner - If you could have any guest of your choosing appear on Late Night at the Horror Hotel, be it someone who is still active or someone who has left this earth, who would you, chose and why?

• Rob Dimension - "Vincent Price, I look at him as the voice of Horror. To me, he is a true Horror Icon. The way he carried himself and his persona were fabulous. George A Romero would be my 2nd pick, he created a genre that exploded, being Zombies. Without him, we would never have the late night discussions on if we could survive a Zombie Apocalypse."

• John Cannon - "I would so pick Robert Englund, one because he is an icon and legend of horror and two for a selfish reason is we wouldn’t have to do much work, his presence alone would be enough to fill the show."

• Pigamortis Wrex - "Vincent Price. Not only would he class up the joint, i would love to pick his brain about the things he's done. PLUS, he was a great chef and could do some Creature Cooking with Cannon and hopefully he would just kick Dimension's ass."

Philadelphia Horror Examiner -  Best horror movie of all time? (This can differ from the favorite movies question, as it may be a movie that, although it may not be one that you consider a favorite, but you still see as being the greatest ever)

• Rob Dimension - "I will stick with Carpenter’s Halloween, plain and simple. The story, the way the film built tension, the music….top notch stuff."

• John Cannon - "Creature From The Black Lagoon."

• Pigamortis Wrex - "Dawn of the Dead, it was creepy, gory, humorous,great soundtrack, had a "message" it was innovative, still holds up to this day."
   

Philadelphia Horror Examiner - Worst horror movie of all time?

• Rob Dimension - "I have lived through the 80’s and have been a avid Horror film watcher for years…I have seen my fair share of stinkers. They know who they are.."

• John Cannon - "Frankenhooker…can you count that as a bad horror film though, let alone a film in the first place?"

• Pigamortis Wrex - "First of all Cannon, FRANKENHOOKER is FRIED GOLD! All your taste is in your mouth! Worst "Horror" movie of all time? Exorcist2. OH yeah and anything related to the "TWILIGHT SAGA""

Philadelphia Horror Examiner - How do you feel about horror films today, as compared to 20 or 30 years ago? Do you see the genre as progressing, as being stagnant or do you feel it's falling behind?

• Rob Dimension - "I think the foreign market is still fresh and inventive. Films like Martyrs, REC and recently The Human Centipede have changed what is scary or considered Horror. I wish that Hollywood would take some chances on some Independent writers and directors; there is so crazy stuff out there in the Underground layers of Horror. Film making has changed, what worked in the 80’s would not be accepted by the masses today. It’s a PG-13 market; the teenagers are the main demographic. That’s why the VHS Horror fandom is booming. People miss the campy, gory (non cgi), crazed killer splaterfests."

• John Cannon - "I am not a fan of the horror films of today, the big movie studios seem to be more into remakes and crap rather than looking at some of these independent companies out there and picking them up. Like I stated before, I like the pure time of years ago when imagination wasn’t tainted and it didn’t take a snuff style film to get people scared in a movie theater."

• Pigamortis Wrex - "Well, 70% of the movies out now, blow. That's no surprise. HOWEVER I am a huge fan of Indy horror. Indy horror has what the big studios gave up on. The heart. Indies still TRY to entertain! Big Studios just care about monetary bottom line."

Philadelphia Horror Examiner - Now for a little "fluff" question just for kicks: If an extremely wealthy man came to you and told you he wanted to fund any film that you wanted to either star in, direct, produce, etc., giving you a chance to be a part of the production of your dreams, what would you chose?

• Rob Dimension - "This is a tough one. I would probably say Write and Direct. I know that write wasn’t on the list, but I would love to become involved with the behind the scenes of film making. Sure, I love being a Ham in front of the camera but, the satisfaction of creating something that you believe in is the best feeling."

• John Cannon - "It would be the actor/director…I know I picked two, but it’s the honest truth."

• Pigamortis Wrex - "OOOooo Man. I'd pull a Peter Jackson and direct/act. If Cannon can pick two so can I."

Philadelphia Horror Examiner - One final question; what does the future hold for each of you, respectfully, as well as for Late Night at the Horror Hotel? Feel free to engage in some shameless self-promotion at this point, if you'd like.

• Rob Dimension - "For me, I have been lucky to stumble into some film roles, plus I host The Horror Society LIVE radio show now. I hope to become a better master of the craft, be well rounded in all aspects. I love Horror and I hope that I will continue to be accepted.
  For the Tv show, I really and truly hope that someone out there decides that we are filling a niche that is missing, gives us a bigger stage and lets us loose. We have a fantastic crew, we can only get better."

• John Cannon - "The future for me is with my scuba training and to complete my Dive Master certification while going back to college for another degree in business/logistics, completing the 3 cookbooks I have started and some wrestling on the side. As for the future of Late Night at the Horror Hotel, who knows, I will keep an open mind and say we will be syndicated and doing it full time as a job, but the future is a lot like a magic eight ball, you shake it…turn it over…and look at your answer “future unclear check back later”. All I can definitely say is that as long as it’s fun; it will go on for a very long time."

• Pigamortis Wrex - "Let me put on my swami hat and look at these tea leaves and gaze into my crystal ball... I don't know, I mean I'd love to say some wealthy, yet generous tv exec will see the show and be like "HEY FELLAS COME BE ON MY CHANNEL. HERE IS A BUTTLOAD OF CASH SO YOU GUYS CAN HAVE A BUDGET." That way we could do this full time, because that would be a dream come true and we can all do this for many years to come and retire as cult icons. BUT the reality side is, I didn't get in this for the money and will continue to keep doin what i'm doin and unless i win at cards and get Dimension to rip up that IOU, i will be at the Horror Hotel for a lonnng time. Stop by www.Latenighthorrorhotel.com and show me some love and/or pity... "

I would like to thank Rob Dimension, John Cannon and Pigamortis Wrex for your time guys. I truly appreciate it. You guys are all awesome, as is your show. 

As Pigamortis just mentioned, be sure to stop by the show's website for a plethora of show news, movie reviews, horror news, magic and "creature cooking" by visiting www.latenighthorrorhotel.com. 

"Late Night At The Horror Hotel" can be seen every Thursday and Saturday nights at 12 midnight on Philly's Public Access Television - Phillycam on Comcast channels 66/966 & Verizon channels 29/30.

Along with their website, you can also check out the show's official Facebook page by clicking HERE.

Also, make sure to stop by and subscribe to the official Late Night At The Horror Hotel YouTube channel.

Big Thanks again to Scott Ruth for taking the time to check in!!!

Dr. Terror reviews our show and calls us "The Hee Haw of Horror"

Dr. Terror calls us "The Hee Haw of Horror"

In 1969, Hee Haw made an impact that changed the landscape of TV Land. The Variety/Humor show set the pace for what people enjoyed....why am I telling you about Hee Haw? Well, Dr. Terror, from Dr. Terror's Blog of Horror, recently reviewed our Tv show and likened us to the cult classic icon in Country Music TV...Hey, he could have said The Lawrence Welk Show.

Am I flattered? Of course...here are some other notables from the review:

"These guys are succeeding at resurrecting the comedy of Laurel & Hardy and/or Abbott & Costello only taking it to a very dark and magical place. Rob Dimension loves his physical comedy and is a master in the art of masochism (I've seen him blow himself up and cut his own hand off... that's dedication). Chef John will entice and dice your taste buds with some of the most interesting sounding meal preps I've ever heard (Armadillo eggs? yes please!). What you've got here is a combination of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 with Dinner and Movie and add some jokes straight out of the Munsters/Vampira/Zacherly playbook for garnish. It's like a variety show"

"There's a stake sandwich (yes, I spelled that correct) and an undying commitment to the love of schlock. Rob and John choreograph an entire military campaign against Gammera using army men and a toy replica and teach the audience how to cook something totally strange. This kind of entertainment is destined to jump off cable access and straight to AMC."

Thanks again to the good Doctor for watching and enjoying the show. To read his entire review, make sure you head over to DR. TeRRoR's BLoG oF HoRRoR and tell him we sent ya over!!!  Hahaha...Hee Haw... 

Guinness Book of World Records - Credible anymore??

Guinness Book of World Records….blowing bubbles with a tarantula is not world record worthy, that’s just plain ridiculous.

I remember being a little kid on Saturday afternoons watching old Kun-Fu movies, Godzilla Films and a Guinness Book of World Records television show. It was sort of like a Ripley’s Believe it or not type of event with people doing stunts/events/acts of feat that would make a normal person cringe and stand up to take notice. I remember watching the guy who pogo-sticked around the world or the girl with the extraordinarily long hair. I also remember sitting there thinking to myself that these people had such tenacity for sticking to what they set their goal to be no matter if it was to be the biggest, fastest, shortest, tallest, smartest or longest in the world, I mean after all it was a world record book not a small town record book.

Once I had discovered that this was more than a TV show and actually had a book published every year to update and accrue all new broken records, I made it a point to check out every one that I could from the library. As well I would bug my parents each and every year for the new published book as one of my Christmas presents.  Would get the small paperback edition every Christmas and I would begin to read each and every record on the bus ride to and from school and even during my lunch periods. I would read the book of records when I had completed my school work and errands, it meant that much to me. I didn’t read many comics when I was a kid, I read reference books, did I miss a youth of imagination; I would say no. I would look at the people in the record book as goal setters and dreamers and would strive to set and attain my own goals. I remember flipping through the book and reading about the fattest twins, the longest finger nails or the guy who stood in one place for the longest amount of time. 

I had to know more about the book and I had to find out where and why it was created, I mean who would think of such a fantastic and entertaining idea of writing these records down? That man turned out to be Sir Hugh Beaver, who happened to be the managing director of the Guinness Breweries, hence the title for the book of records. He was trying to settle a dispute over which was the fastest game bird in Europe and he became less than thrilled with the lack of knowledge there was on such subjects, so he created his own reference book and the rest is history as they would say.

He wanted his book to be the reference book to end all reference books where you could find any and all information that you could ever possibly need to know and then some. People began to apply for record after record and only the most elite and legitimate of records would be accepted. Then in the new century the book of world records took a turn for the worse and became extremely petty and frivolous.

You began to have people breaking 30-50 world records in their life time when back in the day when people first applied for the record book it was a shock when one gentleman had 6 world records. Now you have people getting into the book for longest time ironing, longest time playing GTA, blowing the most bubbles with a tarantula in their mouth and the ever popular most successful salesman. Are these really achievements? Are these really feats that only these people can do takes great preparation and ability to succeed at? My answer is no, the world records book in my eyes has shilled itself out to the highest bidder and to not hurt anyone’s feelings in the aspect of being “pc”.

If you have a skill, ability and talent that no one else has then go for it set a record and see how long it stands until you or someone else can break it. If you don’t have a skill, ability or talent then it just makes it that much sweeter when you get or break that record because you had set that goal and succeeded in it, you didn’t just stand there 55 hours and 5 minutes ironing. The kicker in the whole ironing or any other extended event is that fact that they are allowed to take breaks for food, naps or bathroom usage. If I am allowed to take breaks like that then heck I have been working at my job non-stop since the day I started only taking breaks for sleep, vacation and sick days, that has to be a record of some sort. I guess the one good thing is they have stopped giving out records for drinking or anything that relates to healthy and safety. So it looks like the fattest motorcycle riding twins will never be broken anymore, oh darn it.

How sad it is that we have gotten to the point that we will accept any crap given to us as something great and spectacular, it’s kind of sad really when you think about it.

Be safe and try breaking the record for the nosiest exploding sledgehammer…I looked and it’s not in there…yet,
John Cannon

What the heck is a DeadNeck Dave? and who is Rhonda?

DeadNeck Dave - Straight from the Grave gets a job?

So, we just got off the phone with John Cannon and he was as surprised as anyone else. When asked "Who is DeadNeck Dave?", this is what John had to say, "I don't know any DeadNeck Dave, but seeing as you are asking me about him, I can assume we have a new employee at the Hotel." Cannon also added, "While we have been shooting A Lot of episodes and footage, things are spiraling out of control. Since the arrival of Pigamortis, the flood gates have opened with mayhem. If dealing with Dimension hasn't been bad enough, wait until you see just how bad things get."

We tried to call Rob Dimension and of course, got no answer. We are starting to think he can't operate a phone but, we did hear from Pigamortis, who from the sounds of it, was partying very heavily. "DeadNeck Dave is straight from the Grave, ya know. Him and Rhonda are gonna handle the gardening and hopefully they don't have any knock down drag out fights. If Deadneck Dave needs to punch someone, I volunteer Dimension". 

From what we are learning, DeadNeck Dave (and we are assuming Rhonda) will be at MonsterMania (www.monstermania.net) in Cherry Hill, NJ this week with the rest of the Late Night at the Horror Hotel crew. Stop by the table and check out the pre-orders deal for "Freshly Squeezed Kaijuice", their big 2 Hour Extravaganza release.They may also have a pre-order for the next 2 episodes featuring The Monster Walks and The Corpse Vanishes that introduce Pigamortis Wrex.

Street Fighter - The Later Years

Street Fighter the Later Years…Sonic Prunes

A legacy of video games that shaped the arcade world from a dying out culture to that of a one on one battle of game play that would spawn other video games to follow suit. As well the legacy of Street Fighter spawned multiple video game sequels, comic books, cartoons and even a feature film. I remember playing street fighter in the arcade shop till my fingers bled and reciting the words and phrases such as “Sonic Boom” “Tiger Uppercut” & “Yoga Flame” to my friends in many conversations.

Now we all age, except those fortunate enough to have fountain the fountain of youth located in the Florida everglades…which will be another topic for another time. So as I said, we all age, we all get old and at some point we won’t be as “agile” as we once used to be. So should it be any different that our favorite characters of long ago should not be susceptible to the same aspect of life that we face??? My vote is no for a number of reasons, one reason being that we can’t live in the past as much as we would like to and the other reason that it is comedy gold. That’s right, watching our heroes/legend of long ago grow old and fumble about life is pure comedy, except in the case of Steven Segal running around as a make believe cop…now that was just plain sad, there’s a reason why they didn’t want him in The Expendables.

Ok, back to my point to old people, heroes and comic gold…I stumbled across a website about a year ago called CollegeHumor.com and it’s basically a sketch comedy website. If you have never been there to check out their stuff or you have only seen a couple of vides from them I highly recommend you go there or go back and look at everything they have to offer. They have a number of sketch comedies and even a few web series, all comedic and all well filmed, edited and presented. Sometimes I like to go to the site and click around at some of the things I have seen before when I am feeling a bit down…the stuff is just that funny/entertaining.

So in my most recent of returning to the site I discovered a 9 part mini-series called “Street Fighter The Later Years”, which presents the classically famous and original Street Fighters aged and put out to Pasteur by Capcom, the creator of the video game series. You see all your favorite characters and their current life status like Dhalsim being a Taxi driver, Blanka being an electrician, Guile pushing a hot dog cart and Chun Lee as a dry cleaner. So yeah, when you look at it, it is a bit stereotypical, but it’s done in a funny way.

Its starts with Zangief and Dhalsim meeting up by accident and talking about their old times and having one last tournament. They meet up with M Bison, who is completely aged and in a wheel chair, and convince him to help them train and hold one last tournament. Oh and for the record they are not only old, but they are way out of shape, on a number of levels and in some aspects they have lost their powers and spend some time getting them back. They spend a good chunk of time trying to hunt down the other members and it comes out that Capcom has pretty much cut off any royalties to them and wants them all dead.

The story line is very solid and entertains you at every twist and turn so it makes the mini episodes seem go fast and leaves you wanting more and more. There are a few twists and turns in the sub plots and while some were obvious there was one at the end that was not and that right there was well worth watching all of the episodes. The only bad thing I can say about the overall series is that they didn’t make more than 9 of them, I wish they had made more. I would love to see what they could do with other series like Street Fighter, maybe something in the line of Mortal Kombat the Later Years.

Again though I can’t stress enough how funny it is and how much you should check it out, so what are you waiting for???

Be safe and remember that the thousand hand slap is the cheapest and easiest move to kill someone with,
John Cannon

P.S. This past EVO a guy won the whole tournament with Zangief, the worst player next to Balrog, go figure.

Life Aquatic….ahhhh zee fishes are so, fish like - Movie Review

Life Aquatic….ahhhh zee fishes are so, fish like.

Do you remember sitting in Science class or even watching the local Public Television Stations as they showed The silent World, Cries for the Deep, Cousteau’s Odysse Series? No? You don’t? Am I the only one? I probably am, but at least I know that you have heard the world famous Jacques Cousteau, the master of the sea, his only rival being that of King Neptune himself. He revolutionized the world of the ocean as we know it and see it to this day. He co-developed the aqua-lung for scuba, and being a scuba diver myself I am eternally grateful to him for the possibilities to explore the undersea world. His ship the Calypso is almost as famous if not as famous as the Flying Dutchman or the Nautilus. He has written, directed and produced numerous movies, books and TV shows all on the world of the water and it’s magnificent undersea ways.

The movie Life Aquatic has nothing to do with any serious undersea work what so ever, it is however a pretty freakin funny comedy. The movies is centered around a man named Steve Zissou, who is the Cousteau of this film, as he travels the world looking for a possibly mythological shark, the jaguar shark who had killed his partner, almost Captain Ahab hunting down his white whale. The many exploits they have while hunting down the shark are absolutely hilarious, with pirates and the braking in of research facility to steal the good equipment and an espresso machine is priceless.

As he sails the sea on his boat the Balafonte he has one thing on his mind, the complete destruction of the jaguar shark, while filming his exploits all at the same time. Oh and did I mention that the investors don’t want the shark dead and his supposed son is trying to build a non-existent relationship all the while the British reporter is drinking and smoking away while being 5 months pregnant.

As well as all the misadventures he has his un-paid interns, his bonds stooge and estranged wife, who is the only one who can remember the Latin names of the fishes for the movie, to contend with on a daily basis. Oh and he has an absolute and fixation for dynamite and willing to do anything to get that great shot for his documentary.

It gives a comedic styling’s to Cousteau and what he has put out over the years. The cast is top notch and without a doubt some of the greatest straight faced comedians, they include such stars as Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Owen Wilson and Willem Dafoe. It is a very intelligent comedy, in the aspect that it’s not direct in your face jokes, but rather a simple and even toned style.

I had seen this film in the video stores years ago and I thought to myself that it really wasn’t anything all that great and I figured it would be a bore fest. However I sat down and watched it one day, mainly because there was nothing better on TV and I didn’t feel like playing the PS3. I started to watch it and within the first 5 minutes I was hooked and I have to watch it all, even going as far as to cancel a physical therapy session just to finish the movie. Is that a sad thing for me to do….to me no, to you maybe, but it just shows how great a movie it is, so check it out.

Be safe and who lives in a pineapple under the sea???
John Cannon

Who ya gonna call…when the regulars are holdouts???

Who ya gonna call…when the regulars are holdouts.

If there’s something strange…in your neighborhood…who ya gonna call??? GHOSTBUSTERS!!! Well you would, if Bill Murray wasn’t acting like a total d-bag and realized that he is a comic genius and without him the Ghostbusters wouldn’t be the same. A man who spent his life entertaining the masses with such pieces as Stripes, Life Aquatic, Caddy Shack, Meatballs, Groundhog Day, Scrooged & of course Ghostbusters, you would think he would want to reprise a famous character role. However that doesn’t seem possible as he has gone off the deep, fired his agent & manager and now has a 1-800 number in order to reach him then he barely checks the voicemail system anyways. Of course you then have Dan Aykroyd who has gone “bye bye” in his mind and I think honestly believes that he is a Ghostbuster in real life. So with those 2 major Ghostbusters sidelined because they are insane and can’t come to an agreement for a 3^rd film a Mr. Hank Braxton decided to make his own fan film entitled Return of the Ghostbusters.

The synopsis is as such:
The mile high city is rocked when an ancient Egyptian menace comes to town, and the Denver Ghostbusters must return to save the universe once more.  In this sequel to the internet cult hit Freddy VS Ghostbusters, the boys in gray find themselves up to their eyeballs in spooks, as a greater threat looms on the horizon...

I have to admit I didn’t think too much of it when I first heard about it, I was never in love with fan films and had never really seen one that peaked my interest. So I as much as I was not looking forward to it I was such a fan of Ghostbusters I figured I would watch it. Heck if you said the Ghostbusters were in the new Santa Conquers the Martians I would suck and watch that film again…not willingly, but I would.

As I began to watch the film I fell in love instantly, the music the film quality, the editing and the special effects were absolutely fantastic. I sat there thinking to myself “Why isn’t this the next one in the film series, seriously???” The whole thing was crafted so perfectly and it made me a fan of Ghostbusters once again. Despite the real Ghostbusters actors like Murry and Aykroyd the people of this fan film took the dropped ball and ran with it. They didn’t try to be exact carbon copies of the iconic Ghostbuster characters we all know and love, they did their own thing and it worked perfectly.

This movie was put out in 2007 and according to their website took a little over 2 years to complete and the film was made up of volunteers doing the acting, special effects and overall filming.  Now that is true love for what you are doing and trying to do as a fan. To spend 2 years creating a fan film based upon an icon film is true and pure dedication at its highest level.

Now when they finally get off their butts and decide to do the 3^rd Ghostbusters my vote is for them to bring the people in who made Return of the Ghostbusters because they won’t phone it in. They will take it seriously and put forth the effort the original cast did in the very first Ghostbusters.

I highly recommend seeing this fan film if you haven’t yet, because if you are a fan or former fan of the franchise please check this movie out and support fan films.

Be safe and make sure your proton pack is charged,

John Cannon

Check out their website: www.returnoftheghostbusters.com

Hack The Zombie makes his appearance

Hack The Zombie makes his appearance

On our latest episode of Late Night at the Horror Hotel, in post production right now, we host "The Corpse Vanishes" starring Bela Lugosi. Rob Dimension and Pigamortis really did the unthinkable!!!

After being left with a disaster of a mess on the counter, behind the counter and even under the counter in the Hotel lobby, John Cannon was stuck cleaning up after the two knuckleheads when he stumbled across the "Book of the Dead".

It seems that Dimension and Pigamortis tried to revive a plant, that was plastic, hence their FAILURE and John put 2 + 2 together. He figured out that a walking, re-animated corpse is now a permanent resident at the Hotel. 

So much for doing laundry...we now have a Laundry Room of Resurrection in the Hotel basement!!!

Early footage has surfaced of Hack, one can only wonder what else is in store for this show!! 

 

The Philadelphia Experiment…not so much brotherly love.

The Philadelphia Experiment…not so much brotherly love.

A long long time ago in a land not so far away there was a magical boat, a naval destroyer in fact, called the SS Eldridge. What made this boat so magical was that it could do time travel teleportation from Philadelphia to Virginia. Now this magical boat had a dark side to it as when it would complete it’s time travel teleportation the innocent crew would be fused into the metal of the ship to be a part of it for all eternity, not unlike that of the crew of Davey Jones. However this magical boat would be considered an abomination and secret that needed to be hid by the evil men within a “government agency”. To this day the magical boat has lived in legend and lore to baffle those of the strongest and sometimes weakest mind.

Does this sound like such a far fetched story that could only be created by scfi writers, deranged astrophysics professors or even a father telling his boy about such stories around a campfire??? Well I hate to say this, but according to a good number of people thus story is much more fact than fiction. I am of course speaking about the dreaded Philadelphia Experiment or also known as Project Rainbow, now sure why the Project Rainbow, but I’ll go with it.

The experiment was based upon Albert Einstein’s unified field theory, and for you non-geeks out there; what that basically means is the ability to teleport and time travel all at the same time. So the stuff you see on star trek with the classic line “Beam me up Scotty” that’s what this was about, but with the twist of time travel thrown into the mix. This experiment was headed up by the US Navy and was applied onto the US Destroyer USS Eldridge, in the dock yards of Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1943. The experiment used the manipulation of magnetic fields with the help of a number of electromagnetic generators to engulf the ship in a blanket of bent light waves.

A few tries at the experiment had been done and to a point was successful, but the one experiment that stuck out the most was when the ship disappeared and the reappeared in Virginia and then back to Philadelphia. While some sailors complained about nausea the worst horror was yet to be found, some of the men were embedded right into the metal of the ship itself. They were crying in pain and agony and eventually had to be put down and forever sealed as part of the metal structure. Upon further investigation a number of crew members had disappeared completely never to be found and most would go on to suffer severe mental disorders. The US Government decided this was a failed experiment on epic proportions never to be done again; they cut the men who were fused to the metal out and then replaced the metal so no evidence was found. As well they put the rest of the men into Psychiatric Hospitals and did everything they could in order to cover the whole event up. This would have worked if it had not been for a researcher who stumbled across some recently declassified paperwork regarding anti-gravity propulsion and a mysterious letter from a man named Carlos Allende who spilled the beans on the Philadelphia Experiment due to his role as one of the few crew members who managed to not suffer from the most severe side effects for the experiment.

Now I can continue on with the original fairy tale I started with or the second one…that’s right the whole thing is a fairy tale. Now as I have stated in the past I would love for this stuff to be 100% true and I would be one of the first to say there is a conspiracy with our government, but I can’t in this case. First off it’s only one man’s research into a speculated idea of Einstein’s theories and they may have been considered by the government as pretty much everything is, but he had no real proof or documentation of anything in regards to it. As well the USS Eldridge was still in service for many years after the supposed event took place and at no time was there any radiation levels, weird anomalies or evidence that metal had been removed and replaced. The only man to really come sort of close to pulling off something of this magnitude was Nikola Tesla, who we will cover at a later date.

The overall time lines of the events just do not make sense, case in point the time the experiment was supposed to have happened the ship was still docked in NY. Could the ship logs have been falsified, sure if you want to go that route then let’s look at the fact that the men who were first stationed on the boat, when the experiment was to have happened, were interviewed and the USS Eldridge had never dock in Philadelphia at any time of it’s service.

The old saying seems to be true when it comes to this one, if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is. This is such a great story to tell and if it were true it would be even better, however this story only lives on in the minds of storytellers, Hollywood and conspiracy theorists. I know quite a few people who would argue with me that this was 100% real and the government is covering it up to keep the public dumb and unaware of the true technology we have. Do I agree we have some awesome technology we don’t know about yet…yes I do, I would stupid not to, but hats why they hire the best and brightest, in order to create these things. Never believe everything you hear and do some research and use your gray matter called a brain to figure out the facts.

Be safe and wear your life jacket,
John Cannon