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More Odd Thomas Film Reviews & a Clip
February 25, 2014
Another link dump…
- Odd Thomas: Film Review – The Hollywood Reporter
- Paranormal thriller Odd Thomas – TBN Weekly
- Odd Thomas Review – We Got This Covered
- Anton Yelchin Dodges Terrifying Demons in This Exclusive “Odd Thomas” Clip – Complex
Authors@Google: Dean Koontz
February 25, 2014
Dean Koontz visited Google LA to talk about his new novel “Innocence.” This talk took place on January 23, 2014. (Published on Feb 25, 2014)
Dean Koontz Praises The War on Humans
February 24, 2014
Link dump for this one…
- Dean Koontz Praises The War on Humans
- Dean Koontz on Wesley J. Smith’s The War on Humans
- The War on Humans by Wesley J. Smith
Dean Koontz Thriller Novella Collection
February 16, 2014
Looks like a 3-in-1 CD set is coming out titled the “Dean Koontz Thriller Novella Collection” containing Darkness Under the Sun, Demon Seed, The Moonlit Mind from Brilliance on March 25. An interesting choice of a line-up I must say. Amazon currently has it available for pre-order for $11.02. No cover are yet though.
Horror in Vancouver: Watching Corey Haim make a dog of a movie in Lynn Canyon
February 16, 2014
For those of you that don’t have a copy of Fangoria #79, the author of the article on the filming of Watchers has just posted it online.
How many times can a genetically-altered life form leap off a cabin porch and menace two screaming females? Plenty, according to Jon Hess, director of Watchers, a film based on Dean R. Koontz’s best-selling 1987 novel.
On a soggy June night in the dense woods of Lynn Canyon in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Hess has had martial arts expert Philip Wong, dressed in a creature outfit designed by FX man David Miller, attempt the task more than 10 times. It’s the penultimate scene in the movie, wherein Barbara Williams and Lala Sloatman (Frank Zappa’s niece, by the way) try to escape the hybrid monster by making a mad dash for a pickup truck. But the monster, called the Outsider, beats them to it. Let’s hear it for genetically-altered life forms!
“It takes time,” explains the soft-spoken Hess, after they’ve finally gotten the trajectory of the beast just right. “We took a long time creating the monster, and during scheduling we didn’t have that much time to do any tests on film, so a great deal of that stuff is going slowly. But the second unit has picked up a lot of good stuff.”
Read the full article @ Straight.com.
The 11 Most Bizarre Frankenstein Monsters Ever Created
February 16, 2014
7) Deucalion, Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein Series
Dean Koontz’s five-volume Frankenstein books series is kind of insane. So, it starts out like the original novel, Doc creates the monster, monster kills his wife, they hate each other. But in this book, Dr. Frankenstein puts a bomb in the monster’s head, which doesn’t kill it, just scars half of his face. Both survive for hundreds of years, but while the monster starts pretentiously calling himself Deucalion (Prometheus’ son in Greek mythology) and looking for redemption, Dr. F decides his “new race” of synthetic people should replace all the old ones and basically tries to kill the human race. Deucalion, of course, tries to stop him with some local New Orleans cops, because he was programmed not to hurt his creator (back in the 1800s). Oh, and Deucalion can teleport and make small things like coins disappear, because he’s so smart, you see.
Read the full article @ io9.com.
Addison Timlin talks about her leading lady role in Dean-Koontz-penned Odd Thomas
February 16, 2014
“First and foremost,” Timlin says, “you have to share the character.”
“Stormy was not my own, I had to create a version of her. I had to find a way to capture how lovely her spirit was and I did read the books. There was plenty of highlighting and tons of notes. And since Anton helped find his character by training with a real fry cook, I ended up working at an ice cream parlor in New Mexico. Seriously.”
Read the full article @ MetroNews.ca.
Odd Thomas motion poster
February 8, 2014
Because static posters aren’t good enough any more…
You can also find it on movies.yahoo.com if the embedded version above isn’t working.
Win the UK DVD of Odd Thomas
February 8, 2014
Here’s another chance for UK residents to win a copy of Odd Thomas on DVD courtesy of Entertainment Focus. Entries are being accepted through February 14th, 2014.
CineVue reviews Odd Thomas
February 8, 2014
Read the full review @ Cine-Vue.com.
More sites talking about the Odd Thomas film
February 8, 2014
This is what’s known as a link dump…
- Trailer for Long-Delayed ‘Odd Thomas’ Directed by Stephen Sommers
- ‘Odd Thomas’ Trailer: Bad Dean Koontz Novel Gets Bad Trailer
- CGI Monster ‘Odd Thomas’ To Hurt Your Eyes Later This Month…
- Anton Yelchin Is a Modern Day Ghostbuster in ‘Odd Thomas’ Trailer
- Final Artwork Reveal for Odd Thomas
- A First Look at Dean Koontz’s ‘Odd Thomas’: Trailer Released
- Long-Delayed Horror Movies Showing Movement: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Odd Thomas, Fear Paris
- The Odd Thomas trailer explains why bad things happen to good people
Last Chance to Order Screamplays
February 6, 2014
Via Cemetery Dance:
Screamplays featuring Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Richard Matheson, Richard Laymon, Harlan Ellison, Joe R. Lansdale, and Ed Gorman!
It’s Headed To The Printer Now And We’re About To Set The Final Print Run!
We’re sending two of our largest books of the year to the printer next week, and due to the incredible cost of printing books of this size, we’re not producing many extras, so this is your last chance to place your preorder and GUARANTEE yourself a brand new, mint copy from the publisher! We cannot imagine ever doing a second printing of these books given their production costs, so don’t miss out!
Screamplays
edited by Richard Chizmar and Martin H. Greenberg
HUGE Oversized Hardcover! 9 inches by 12 inches and 545 pages!
Introduction by Dean Koontz
Featuring nearly 30 pieces of interior artwork by Glenn Chadbourne and a creepy cover painting by Les Edwards!
About this Special Edition:
This massive oversized special edition will weigh in at 545 pages and feature a mind-blowing 9 X 12 trim size, just like The Secretary of Dreams by Stephen King! To make this an even more special edition,Glenn Chadbourne has contributed nearly thirty original drawings and paintings, which is another reason why some collectors are calling this a great companion to the The Secretary of Dreams! (See some sample images in our Free Extras section on the website.)
About the Book:
SCREAMPLAYS. . . SCENE BY SCENE . . . SCREAM BY SCREAM…
You don’t need a movie theater or a DVD player to savor the best in cinematic terror and suspense. All you need is your own imagination and this collection of spine-tingling scripts by the titans of shock storytelling. Whether you’re a movie buff or a thriller freak, you’ll savor these seven full-length film and TV scenarios, including Stephen King’s “General,” Richard Matheson’s “The Legend of Hell House,” and Richard Laymon’s “The Hunted,” plus chilling works by Harlan Ellison, Joe R. Lansdale, and Ed Gorman. With a fascinating introduction on fright films by #1 bestselling author Dean Koontz.
Table of Contents:
“Introduction” by Dean Koontz
“General” by Stephen King
“The Legend of Hell House” by Richard Matheson
“Moonlighting” by Harlan Ellison
“Killing Bernstein” by Harlan Ellison
“Dead in the West” by Joe R. Lansdale
“Track Down” by Ed Gorman
“The Hunted” by Richard Laymon
Official Odd Thomas US Release Date Announced
February 5, 2014
According to DeanKoontz.com:
The wait is over for all you Odd Thomas fans! The Odd Thomas movie is On Demand now and will be available for rent on iTunes and Amazon NEXT WEEK, 2/11/14! You can pre-order the movie beginning on 2/25/14, and the DVD, BluRay, and Digital Download will release on 3/25/14. Want to see Odd on the big screen? There will also be a limited theatrical release on 2/28/14 in 10 markets, including NY & LA. More to come!
Additionally, a whole bunch of sites have been pointing to the new trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5HBnqLiSMOo
Autographed editions of The City
February 3, 2014
Want a signed copy of The City? Head on over to Barnes&Noble.com and order one today. The number of copies available never seem to be released but in my experience they sell out in about a week so don’t think about it too long.
Win the UK DVD of Odd Thomas
February 1, 2014
This contest is sponsored by The Big Gay Picture Show and is open to UK residents only. Must enter by 11.59pm on February 14th, 2013.
After almost 2 centuries, the Frankenstein monster 1s still going strong in popular culture
January 26, 2014
The Frankenstein monster first lumbered into existence in 1818 in Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus,” a work that many have called the first science-fiction story.
…-Frankenstein in print
Mary Shelley, who was only 18 when she began writing Frankenstein, surely had no idea her creepy creation would inspire countless other novels, including “The Frankenstein Wheel” (1972) by Paul W. Fairman, “Frankenstein Lives Again” (1981) by Donald F. Glut, “I Am Frankenstein” (1996) by Dean C. Anderson, “Monster: A Novel of Frankenstein” (2012) by Dave Zeltserman and the five-volume series collectively known as “Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein.”
For those who like pictures with their words, Frankenstein comic books have existed since 1940 with the publication of Prize Comics No. 7, which featured the “New Adventures of Frankenstein.” More attainable comics include Marvel’s The Monster of Frankenstein (1973), DC’s Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. (2011) and Image’s Frankenstein Mobster (2003), which features a conflicted creature stitched together from the body parts of one cop and three bad guys.
Read the full article @ The Anchorage Daily News.
Canadians: See Odd Thomas in the theater February 13th
January 26, 2014
CHEAP THRILLS And THE BATTERY Among Titles In Raven Banner’s Next Sinister Cinema Series
It was just the other day that we announced Raven Banner is including Cabin Fever: Patient Zero in this year’s slate. And now we also have all the films included in their Sinister Cinema Series in partnership with Cineplex Entertainment. These films will enjoy one-night engagements at 28 cinemas across Canada, including three new venues for our friends in the Maritimes. Also part of the program this spring are Cheap Thrills, The Battery, Odd Thomas and In Fear. All the dates are below.
Odd Thomas – Thursday February 13
Stephen Sommers (The Mummy) adapts Dean Koontz’s best-selling book Odd Thomas concerning a clairvoyant short-order cook (Anton Yelchin) who tries to prevent a supernatural catastrophe that he senses is linked to a mysterious loner. Willem Dafoe, Addison Timlin and Patton Oswalt co-star.
Read the full article and find locations @ TwitchFilm.com.
Win Odd Thomas on DVD
January 26, 2014
Unfortunately it’s only open to UK residents, so even I can’t enter.
Details @ HeyUGuys.co.uk.
Beauty and a new Beast
January 26, 2014
An Irish review of Innocence featuring an image from Demon Seed:
Koontz’s latest novel, Innocence, is an intriguing and compelling take on the Beauty and the Beast fairytale. Raised in total isolation in the countryside, Addison Goodheart is a young man unlike other young men. As he says of himself, “when they saw me men and women alike recoiled, but their fear quickly gave way to fury” and, always, they immediately tried to kill him.
Read the full review @ Independent.ie.
Deeply Odd premium paperback
January 24, 2014
According to Amazon the release date for the first paperback edition of Deeply Odd is 27 May 2014 and has a list price of $9.99.