When cult-favorite horror filmmaker JT Petty ventures into the dark world of underground horror, things don’t exactly go as planned. As he examines the comparison between filmmaking and voyeurism within the horror genre, he uncovers a collective of filmmakers, deviants, and self-professed possible murderers. The most notorious underground film series he discovers is called S&MAN, produced by the unassuming and creepy Eric Rost. The more Petty digs into his subject, the more Eric withdraws, claiming a desire to protect his “creative vision.” But Petty begins to suspect that the real reason may be that Eric’s “actors” are in fact “victims,” placing the filmmaker in dangerous territory and making S&MAN the most unsettling horror experience in years.

See S&Man trailer below!

While at DragonCon 2010, we had an opportunity to talk briefly with John de Lancie. Those of you who listen to our annual Halloween Special should remember John (and Leonard) giving us special permission to include some "Alien Voices" programs in our special broadcast. For three years in a row we've been able to share with our listeners some of these fantastic Audio Dramas most of which are out of print. The two main questions we get from our listeners are "Where can we find Alien Voices?" and "When are they going to make more programs?" Well good news Alien Voices fans. John tells us in our interview that he and Leonard are discussing making these programs available again possibly as downloads from one or both of their websites. We'll post more information on this when it becomes available. Until then, enjoy the interview!

John de Lancie Interview

We made a quick day trip to Dragon*Con 2010 in Atlanta, GA. Here's our photos from Saturday. Full report coming soon.

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Finally got around to posting the photos from the Paranormal Scare Fest in Murfreesboro, TN

Full report coming soon.

http://www.macabremansion.com/index.php?room=parascare2010

Here's some behind the scenes photos from our recording session in Burbank, CA for our upcoming CD release of THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER.

We just got back from our trip to Burbank, CA and what a trip it was. Monday, I met up with Jim O'Rear in Dallas for our connecting flight to Burbank. Once on the plane, Jim and I sat on opposing sides of our new friend Amber - an aspiring actress from Ohio who was in route to LA on her own dime for a somewhat sketchy sounding audition. Something just didn't sound right about the details of her audition and like Jim told Amber, "If something doesn't sound right, it probably isn't".

After almost two months of negotiations, we finally have news regarding the final cast member of "THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER"

Macabre Mansion is pleased to announce, actor Kevin Sorbo has signed on to play the part of The Narrator. This completes the cast of "THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER" with Jim O'Rear as "Roderick Usher" - Bonita Friedericy as "Madeline Usher" - and John Billingsley as "The Doctor"

Macabre Mansion is pleased to announce Bonita Friedericy has signed on to the cast of "THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER". Bonnie will be playing the part of "Madeline Usher" along with Jim O'Rear as "Roderick Usher" and John Billingsley as "The Doctor".

Best known to fans of NBC's "Chuck" as "General Beckman", Bonnie has an extensive list of credits that include a drug addled alien spotter in "Alien Raiders", a sadistic ER nurse in "Scrubs", mother of a werewolf in "CSI", "My Name Is Earl", "The Nine", "The West Wing", "Monk", "Christmas With The Kranks" and "Star Trek: Enterprise"

Macabre Mansion is pleased to announce John Billingsley has signed on to the cast of "THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER". John will be playing the part of "The Doctor" along with Jim O'Rear as "Roderick Usher".

Probably best known in Science Fiction circles as the Denobulan, Dr. Phlox on Star Trek: Enterprise, John has a seemingly countless list of credits that include; "The Others", "Stargate SG1", "The Nine", "Grey's Anatomy", "24", "True Blood" and "2012".

Science Fiction Horror Thriller "Growth" comes to dvd September 7th from Anchor Bay.

A frightening excursion into science gone haywire, Growth invades homes when Anchor Bay Entertainment releases the shocking film on DVD September 7th. Featuring such genre favorites as Mircea Monroe (the upcoming Tekken), Christopher Shand (“True Blood”), Nora Kirkpatrick (“Greek”), Brian Krause (“Charmed,” Sleepwalkers), Alexi Wasser (Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever), Ian Patrick Williams (Re-Animator, Superhero Movie) and Richard Riehle (Office Space, Hatchet), Growth promises an unforgettable journey into the next level of terror!

Coming to Blu-ray Spetember 7th from Anchor Bay - Adam Green's HATCHET

With a stellar cast including Joel David Moore (Avatar), Mercedes McNab (“Buffy The Vampire Slayer”), Richard Riehle (Office Space), and horror cinema legends Robert “Freddy Krueger” Englund, Tony “Candyman” Todd, with Kane “Jason Voorhees” Hodder as Victor Crowley, HATCHET is a gory throwback to the classic 1980s slasher/creature horror films. HATCHET on Blu-ray™ features an all new 1080p high-definition transfer of the unrated “Director’s Cut” with Dolby TrueHD 5.1 high-resolution audio, all the bonus features from the original DVD release, AND an all-new commentary track with co-producer/writer/director Green and Victor Crowley himself – Kane Hodder.

Macabre Mansion welcomes Sadie Mason-Smith as Science Fiction Editor. Sadie has been with us for some time as a volunteer writer and has helped us out with convention coverage under the alias Liricos.

Sadie recently graduated magna cum laude with departmental honors in English from UAB in Birmingham, Alabama using Stargate SG-1 as her honors thesis topic, showing that geekery has its rewards (not that we didn't know that already). Her past experience includes an internship with PMT Publishing as well as passing the crucible of writing hell known as being an English Major. In addition she was Media Coordinator and Co-founder for the First UAB Zombie Outbreak Day. Her fandoms of fangirl love include Firefly, Dr. Who, Torchwood, Star Trek (mostly Voyager and TNG), Supernatural, Dr. Horrible, and of course Stargate SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis.

What do NASA, Boba Fett, boiled peanuts, and June 25th all have in common? That's right! The official Star Wars exhibit is coming to the Huntsville Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL, and it starts tomorrow (just kidding about the boiled peanuts, sorry)! For the first time showing in the Southeast USA, the Star Wars exhibit gives geekasms to die-hard fans with the freedom and ease of Obi-Wan influencing Storm Troopers' minds.

Coming October 2010 - A Macabre Mansion Original - Edgar Allan Poe's "THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER".

Love Sucks. BITTEN, the tasty vampire chiller debuts on DVD July 6 from RHI Entertainment & Vivendi Entertainment.

Scene art, box art along with full synopsis are below.