Episode of the Month

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Your themed episodes for the month of April are "Just Say No Fun" and "The Losers"

EASTER CHALLENGE

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Easter Weekend is two weeks away, and it's a time for giant chocolate effigies, lagomorphs displaying unlikely behaviour, and of course the raising of the dead. Let us know what pastel-hued horrors await the good people of Eerie!

April Fools Day!

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We all know how much Mars and Simon enjoy a good prank, so how about some fanworks themed around their April Fools Day antics?

Kyle MacLachlan on suiting up as Agent Cooper: Twin Peaks revival is a 'journey into the unknown"

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Diane, it’s 10:13 a.m. on a drizzly Los Angeles morning in late February and Kyle MacLachlan of Twin Peaks fame is sitting at my breakfast table at the Chateau Marmont and speaking into my tape recorder. That’s right: I’m hangin’ with Agent Cooper, drinking damn good coffee. (And hot, too!) Dressed in a sweater and jeans, MacLachlan, 58, is explaining his affection for the quirky detective with the slick sable hair and white knight soul, a regard that has deepened over the course a long career and much seasoning. “It’s a character that’ll be etched on my tombstone — the one most people will remember, I mean,” he says with a laugh. “And you know, it’s nice to have to have one of those.”

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1428Elm reviews Z Nation episode 112 “Murphy’s Law”.

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We’re rewatching Z Nation on Netflix, and today we’re looking back at when the show hits a new high in episode 112 “Murphy’s Law”.

The “Operation Bite Mark” gang comes across a Country Club, filled with “middle-class” zombies. After trapping themselves inside the clubhouse, things get a bit dicey. They are quickly aided by a few new strangers, that once again are too nice to be true.

Zombie golf, anyone?

Meanwhile, Murphy (Keith Allan), who can walk amongst the zombies, practices his golf swing. This leaves the newbies to question why he can do this, and they develop a scam of their own.

Murphy’s big mouth gets himself kidnapped by the new gang, however, he devises a plan to leave a “trail of crumbs.” With the help of a random spy cam, he leaves clues for Citizen Z to lead his friends back to him.

It so happens that the kidnappers want Murphy to waltz into a horde of crazed zombies, at an untapped drug lab, so they can load up on OxyContin. Upon arrival at Mesa Pharmaceuticals, they find the zombies tearing about and it’s clear that they have consumed different drugs, from speed to Viagra! Plus, Murphy discovers that he has some more tricks in his blood stream. He’s evolving into something else.

Aided by Citizen Z, and an errant road sign, of course the gang find Murphy and help him to escape the trouble he’s in. They also get a first-hand look at his new power.

They then use a radio in the office to talk with Citizen Z. He informs them that he discovered that Dr. Merch (Lisa Coronado), whom they need to see in California, may not have made it all the way there herself. So, he redirects them Fort Collins Colorado for the next and final episode of season one.

April Dolls Day art hoaxes

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You guys, somebody actually put today a database of art-related April Fools Day pranks people have pulled over the years. Angry Mona Lisa, washed up Easter Island head and Crayola Van Gogh await your eyes!

I think we should all be glad Sara Sue never opted to pull one of these...

1957 Panorama documentary on spaghetti harvesting in Switzerland

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1957: BBC fools the nation
The BBC has received a mixed reaction to a spoof documentary broadcast this evening about spaghetti crops in Switzerland.
The hoax Panorama programme, narrated by distinguished broadcaster Richard Dimbleby, featured a family from Ticino in Switzerland carrying out their annual spaghetti harvest.

It showed women carefully plucking strands of spaghetti from a tree and laying them in the sun to dry.

But some viewers failed to see the funny side of the broadcast and criticised the BBC for airing the item on what is supposed to be a serious factual programme.

Others, however, were so intrigued they wanted to find out where they could purchase their very own spaghetti bush.

Exotic delicacy

Spaghetti is not a widely-eaten food in the UK and is considered by many as an exotic delicacy.

Mr Dimbleby explained how each year the end of March is a very anxious time for Spaghetti harvesters all over Europe as severe frost can impair the flavour of the spaghetti.

He also explained how each strand of spaghetti always grows to the same length thanks to years of hard work by generations of growers.

This is believed to be one of the first times the medium of television has been used to stage an April Fools Day hoax.

An April 1st PSA from King Falls AM

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Based on this, I doubt Simon and Mars would be at home in this town...

28/5: Vincent Price's Birthday Bash at Birmingham’s Electric Cinema hosted by Conjurer's Kitchen

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Conjurer’s Kitchen is proud to celebrate the King of Horror’s culinary legacy by drawing from those tomes to call forth gastronomic ghosts of kitchens past in this Birthday Bash at Birmingham’s Electric Cinema, which will take place over the weekend on what would have been Vincent’s 106th birthday (he was born on 27 May 1911).

Our special guest will be Vincent and Mary’s daughter Victoria Price, an author and inspirational speaker, who will pay tribute to her dad with a very personal presentation, and talk about his cultural legacy of inspirational living, dining, and exploring the world.

Expect classic clips, tasty bites, and a few surprises!

Legendary horror actor Vincent Price is best remembered for his delightfully scary turns in such classic fright fests as House of Wax, The Fly and Theatre of Blood – and also being the voice of Michael Jackson’s Thriller and an inspiration for fantasy directors like Tim Burton.

But Vincent Price was also a Renaissance man with omnivorous appetite for life, art, travel – and fine food. In fact, in the 1960s, the ghoulish gourmand and his wife Mary published a number of celebrated cookbooks – including the lavish best-seller, A Treasury of Great Recipes, featuring a host of Mad Men-era treats, and Come Into the Kitchen, which was devoted to traditional American cuisine. Both of these gastronomic tomes have been given lavish reprints, while Cooking Price-Wise, based on the actor’s British 1970s TV show, will be back in print later this year.