ArieScope mourns the loss of our dear friend and cinematic legend Sid Haig. Born in Fresno, California on July 14, 1939, Sid would go on to become an accomplished musician and celebrated actor of the stage and screen. He appeared in over 350 television shows, he starred in over 100 films, and he worked with some of the greatest filmmakers of all time including Jack Hill, Alfred Hitchcock, Lucille Ball, George Lucas, and Quentin Tarantino. Sid’s career defining performance as “Captain Spaulding” in Rob Zombie’s HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES (2003) and THE DEVIL’S REJECTS (2005) made him a bonafide icon of the horror genre.

“Tutti fuckin’ frutti!”

In his work with ArieScope, Sid stole HATCHET 3 (2013) with his hilarious performance as “Abbott MacMullen,” he had everyone exhausted from laughing with his self-deprecating appearance in HOLLISTON (2013), and he elevated our Halloween short films DON’T DO IT (2016) and THE INTERVENTION (2018) with his voice work as “Robert the Pumpkin.” However, it was Sid’s candor in his episode of Adam Green’s SCARY SLEEPOVER (2015), his honesty during his multiple appearances on THE MOVIE CRYPT podcast (2013, 2017, and 2019), and his emotional episode of HORRIFIED (2017) that made the world fall in love with Sid Haig the man.

HOLLISTON Season 2, Episode 10 “Farm Festival” 

Sid Haig was a huge part of the ArieScope family and we will all miss him every day. “Sid was a dear friend with his limitless emotional generosity, a loving mentor with his uncanny guidance and patience, and a much needed champion who constantly lifted me up with his unwavering faith in me,” says Adam Green. “My world won’t be the same without him in it.” 

Image created by Misty Wood.

In his first convention appearance in 2 years, Adam Green will be heading home to Massachusetts for the ROCK AND SHOCK horror and music convention taking place October 11th through 13th at the DCU Center & Worcester Palladium! Adam will be signing autographs and taking pictures with fans all 3 days along with ArieScope alumni Kane Hodder (HATCHET 1-4, HOLLISTON), Derek Mears (HATCHET 3, HOLLISTON), Ray Wise (DIGGING UP THE MARROW), Felissa Rose (HATCHET 4), Bill Mosley (HOLLISTON), Joe Knetter (co-writer of I, SURVIVOR), and many more!

As always, Adam never charges fans for his autograph or photo so bring all of your ArieScope Blu-Rays/DVD covers, your HADDONFIELD records/cds, movie posters, or whatever else from his body of work that you would like him to sign! There will be various ArieScope merchandise for sale at Adam’s booth including an extremely limited amount of items that will be for sale exclusively at Rock And Shock. (Stay tuned for details!) To purchase tickets to the convention in advance please visit Rock And Shock’s official website here.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to a prior professional obligation Arwen will not be appearing with Adam in Worcester, MA. She is sorry to miss this one but sends her love to all of her fans in New England.

ArieScope’s 21st annual Halloween short film (PUMPKIN DICK) has wrapped production! Adam Green posted the below image on his Twitter and Instagram (@Adam_Fn_Green)…

“Shooting the 21st annual ArieScope Halloween short film with three of my new friends. L to R: Bryson Robinson, Merrick Hanna, and Presley Alexander.”

While you wait for this year’s Halloween short to arrive, we recommend re-visiting last year’s feature-length documentary “FOR THE LOVE OF HALLOWEEN: Celebrating 20 Years of ArieScope Halloween Shorts” streaming free right here. Our previous 20 years of Halloween short films (and more!) are always available to watch in the SHORTS section of this website.

ArieScope’s 21st annual Halloween short film will arrive in just a few short weeks!

The next ArieScope LIVE event has been announced! Join writer/producer Adam Green, producer Sarah Elbert, and make-up FX artist Robert Pendergraft as they perform a LIVE commentary and Q&A for HATCHET 3 on Saturday September 21, 2019 at 10am PST!

“Some legends never die.”

As always, only a limited amount of tickets have been made available for this event. ArieScope LIVE events are always kept intimate in order to allow ample time for all participating fans to ask questions, receive thorough answers, and interact with the artists appearing on each live stream. So don’t wait to get your ticket as ArieScope LIVE events always sell out in advance! To purchase tickets visit the “Buy Stuff” store here.

Not familiar with ArieScope LIVE yet? Check out our “ArieScope LIVE” page here.

UPDATED: THIS SALE HAS NOW ENDED. Summer is ending and the greatest time of year is almost upon us! Fall means that the leaves will soon begin changing… the smells of autumn will soon fill the air around us… Yankee Candle has released their Halloween candle collection for 2019… Halloween holiday merchandise is now out in all of the stores… ArieScope’s 21st annual Halloween short film is only a matter of days away… and it’s time for many of our fans to head back to school for another (hopefully) wonderful year! So as you  dust off your Jack Chop and start counting down the hours until the Great Pumpkin arrives, why not make sure that you’re prepared to do this Halloween season RIGHT? We’ve got you covered with our  “Back to School” sale happening now through midnight on Labor Day (Monday September 2nd)! Simply enter discount code “halloween” (all lower-case) at check-out and save 15% off of your entire order! NOTE: this special discount code applies to every single item in our “Buy Stuff” store except for Studio Tours and MOVIE CRYPT “Vaults.”

Perhaps you already own digital copies of our films or maybe you enjoy watching our movies on whatever streaming service might be currently carrying one or more of them. But you’re missing out on HOURS of special features, bonus materials, and commentary tracks that you just can’t get with digital/streaming versions! Not only do our Blu-Rays come loaded with incredible extra content, but every copy of our movies comes autographed by writer/director Adam Green! Now is the perfect time to pick up physical copies of your favorite ArieScope movies like the 4-film HATCHET franchise, DIGGING UP THE MARROW, FROZEN, or CHILLERAMA! Grab both seasons of ArieScope’s sit-com HOLLISTON! Get any of the HATCHET or HOLLISTON comics that you may be missing! Buy yourself an amazing “Arwen” raglan shirt and be the coolest kid at school! Pick up some of Adam Green’s screenplays to read during class! Or if you’re already covered- why not think ahead and start getting your Christmas shopping taken care of for the ArieScope / Adam Green fans in your life?

ArieScope’s “Back to School” sale ends this Monday night (9/2) at midnight PST! So hurry and save 15% by using discount code “halloween” (all lower case) at check-out!

You requested, we listened! Tickets are now on sale for the next ArieScope Live workshop event: SELLING THE PITCH – with writer/director Adam Green (HATCHET, DIGGING UP THE MARROW, TV’s HOLLISTON) on Saturday August 31, 2019 at 10am PST. From what information to include about your project to what not to include… to preparing the supplemental materials that could potentially make your pitch a sale (look books, sizzle reels, etc)… to the do’s and do nevers when pitching… to how to read the room around you… Adam will be sharing his 20+ years of experience pitching features, television series, and more as well as showing never before seen examples of actual pitch materials.

Seriously. We would have killed for workshops like this when we were starting out!

As always, only a limited number of tickets are available. Attendance is purposely kept intimate so that those attending have ample opportunity to participate, to ask questions, and for Adam to be able to give thorough answers. Get your ticket in the “Buy Stuff” store here.

Chris Permatteo, the bass guitarist for HADDONFIELD, passed away suddenly on Thursday July 11, 2019. While Chris is believed to have died of natural causes, the exact cause of death is still unknown at this time. Chris’ family, friends, and bandmates are shocked and devastated by this tragic loss.

From HADDONFIELD’s lead singer Adam Green: “Last night my dear friend Chris Permatteo passed away suddenly from what is believed to be natural causes. It’s shocking, confusing, and devastating. Sadly, we won’t have answers for many weeks. From our many years of writing and performing music together in our band HADDONFIELD we shared a brotherhood that anyone who has ever been in a band for a long time can understand. Chris was an incredibly gifted bass player and he was always a voice of reason. Forever curious, excited, worried, practical, nervous- all in a great, “responsible” OCD kind of way. But most of all Chris was always kind, supportive, and generous.”

“On Saturday he randomly texted me just to remind me that he’s always rooting for me and to say how proud he is of the things I’ve accomplished in my career. That was Chris. When I made HATCHET I named two of the characters after him (“Mr. and Mrs. Permatteo”) and gave them the two best deaths in the film. To me it was just a fun shout-out to my friend but to Chris it meant the absolute world when he heard his name in the movie. I’ll always be grateful for our years performing together and I’m especially thankful that we got to do it again one last time when HADDONFIELD played the Worcester Palladium at Rock And Shock in 2017. But most of all I’ll always be grateful for his friendship. It’s been hard enough living 3,000 miles away from my true home for the last 20 years, but today I’m so far away from my friends that I may as well live on another planet.”

“To everyone grieving back home- I’m sorry I’m not there with you but you’re each in my every thought. To Chris’ amazing wife Michelle- absolutely anything you ever need- …ANYTHING. And to my bandmates Jon, Alix, Gregg, and (more recently) Mike: Yesterday is alive in my memory, we have to think of the times we were young and free, to keep alive the spirit of the young…

Sleep well, P-man. I love you.”

We’ve kicked off summer by doing a little remodeling around the ArieScope Studio! That means it’s time to find new homes for some of the amazing screen-used props and other rare gems that have graced our studio walls and display cases for the last 10 years. From the life-size “Victor Crowley” head used in the opening scene of HATCHET 2… to more of “Laura’s” original canvas paintings seen on screen in HOLLISTON… to screen-worn wardrobe from CHILLERAMA… and a FULL CAST autographed DVD of SPIRAL… you won’t believe some of the items we’ve made available for fans to purchase! As hard as it may be to part with these incredibly rare pieces of our cinematic history, we’d much prefer that they live on forever with true fans than wind up in storage where no one can appreciate them. That… and we don’t want to wind up on an episode of HOARDERS as that’s precisely where we’re heading if we don’t make some room soon!

Head over to our “BUY STUFF” store to see what is available- but don’t wait! Some items were scooped up the very minute they posted and we don’t expect the rest to remain available very long. Good luck!

After Six Successful Years on the Air, Co-Hosts Adam Green, Joe Lynch, and Arwen Find a New Home on the Network Helmed by the Iconic Horror Company FANGORIA

DALLAS, TX (July 2019)–– Since its launch in March of this year, the FANGORIA Podcast Network has acquired multiple beloved shows and continues to fill out its slate of original programming, including the new series CASUALTY FRIDAY, hosted by real-life friends Tiffany Shepis, Felissa Rose, and Kane Hodder, which dropped last week.

About THE MOVIE CRYPT

Hosted by filmmakers Adam Green (HATCHET, FROZEN), Joe Lynch (EVERLY, MAYHEM), and the show-stealing Yorkshire Terrier “Arwen”, THE MOVIE CRYPT is a weekly entertainment behind-the-scenes podcast that focuses on the deeply personal career journeys of artists ranging from Hollywood’s A-List to the freshest up-and-coming voices in the industry today. Through its hosts’ candid and heartfelt conversations with their guests, the show provides inspiration and hope for established and aspiring artists striving or struggling to chase their dreams.

For six years now, listeners have tuned in every Monday (Literally – they’ve never missed a week, ever) to hear Green, Lynch, and Arwen hold spirited conversations with such celebrated artists as Jordan Peele, Roger Corman, James Gunn, Lin Shaye, Greg Nicotero, and more. Through holidays and packed production schedules, these hosts have devoted themselves to highlighting and championing the great work done in the horror genre and cinema at large. You’ll hear from your heroes and you’ll also hear from the talent managers, costume designers, sound mixers, and studio executives that make your favorite movies possible.

“When a new episode of THE MOVIE CRYPT comes out each week, we make a point around the FANGORIA office to listen right away because Adam and Joe score these amazing guests in our genre universe and then get them to bare their souls to an audience of aspiring filmmakers. THE MOVIE CRYPT is a gift to horror, and the FANGORIA Podcast Network is lucky to be a part of this journey. Plus, we stan Arwen,” enthuses FANGORIA CEO Dallas Sonnier, a genuine fan of the show and the Yorkshire Terrier.

“Joe and I both grew up on FANGORIA Magazine,” says Green. “It’s been such a huge part of who we are and how we found our careers. To now have our podcast part of the FANGORIA Family and legacy is quite literally both of our childhood dreams coming true.”

The first episode of THE MOVIE CRYPT’s FANGORIA chapter will premiere on Monday, July 15^th. THE MOVIE CRYPT is available on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your audio content.

About the FANGORIA Podcast Network

Next on the docket for the FANGORIA Podcast Network is another original series hosted by the “Vanguard of the Vault” Natasha Pascetta. LIFECAST is a podcast that explores unique perspectives on special effects in film. Natasha interviews SFX artists, directors, actors and more with the goal of unearthing special-effects-related behind the scenes stories that have rarely been heard. Listeners can expect to hear fan favorites like Barbara Crampton, Alec Gillis, Lloyd Kaufman, and so many more. The FANGORIA Podcast Network is also the home of POST MORTEM WITH MICK GARRIS, Rebekah McKendry’s NIGHTMARE UNIVERSITY, CASUALTY FRIDAY, CLASS OF ’79, and CLASS OF ’89. In-house shows are produced by FANGORIA’s own Natasha Pascetta.

About FANGORIA

FANGORIA is the iconic horror film fan magazine with a die-hard fan base, in publication since 1979. FANGORIA was acquired by CINESTATE, the Texas-based movie studio run by producer Dallas Sonnier, who re-launched the magazine as a print-only quarterly collectible while extending the franchise into films, podcasts, and books. FANGORIA’s latest movie SATANIC PANIC is currently in an international festival fun, and the studio recently wrapped production on the Joe Begos-helmed Action-Horror V.F.W., which stars genre legend Stephen Lang. Up next, the studio is reimagining the 1995 Stuart Gordon cult hit CASTLE FREAK, which is set to begin production in Albania next month.

For more information, check out FANGORIA on social media – @FANGORIA

The next ArieScope Live event is now on-sale! Join us for CHILLERAMA: live commentary and Q&A with directors Adam Green (“The Diary of Anne Frankenstein”) and Joe Lynch (“Zom-B-Movie”) Saturday July 20, 2019 at 10am PST! ArieScope Live events always sell out so don’t wait- secure your spot for this live on-line event now and get your ticket here!

Are you new to ArieScope Live? Read all about it here and see the list of all of events you’ve already missed out on!