MACABRE MANSION Interview

SCARS READERS…


While appearing at my book signing in Birmingham/Hoover, Alabama, yesterday the fine folks from MACABRE MANSION dropped by for an internet radio interview about my upcoming projects and my new paranormal book.


You can check out the interview here:
http://www.macabremansion.com/index.php?room=interviews


I have posted a few photos below from the signing and the interview. My next book signing is scheduled for this weekend (March 7th) in Nashville, Tennessee, at the Opry Mills Barnes & Noble (515 Opry Mills Drive, Nashville, TN 37214) I’ll be signing at 1:00pm. If you’re in the area, please stop by! For more info you can call the store at 615-514-5000 or visit my website at www.JimORear.com.

Thanks for reading!
Jim
www.JimORear.com

Birmingham/Hoover, Alabama, Paranormal Book Signing!

SCARS READERS,

If you are in the Birmingham/Hoover Alabama area next weekend (February 28th), please join me at the Barnes & Noble Patton Creek store location as I sign copies of my new paranormal book TENNESSEE GHOSTS.

The store is located at 171 Main Street, Hoover, AL, 35244 and the phone number for further information is (205) 682-4467. I will be signing at 10:00am.

I hope to see you there!!

Jim
www.JimORear.com

Film Prodigies And Legends

SCARS READERS...

I am posting this message for NVH about a book being released soon that I'm featured in, alongside several other professionals in the horror film industry. Check it out.

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It is almost time…for…
FILM PRODIGIES & LEGENDS, THE BOOK!
Pre-order now for a May release, complete with FREE shipping anywhere in the USA!
http://bearmanormedia.bizland.com/id387.html

Featuring:

Foreword by Roberta Lannes
Interviews:
Countess Dracula : Ingrid Pitt
Hellraiser’s Butterball Cenobite : Simon Bamford
The Godfather Of Gore: Herschell Gordon Lewis
The Dark Backward: Director Adam Rifkin
Chainsaw Sally creators JimmyO and April Monique Burril
Actor, writer, producer Jim O’Rear
Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s Edwin Neal
Girls & Corpses Magazine editor Robert Steven Rhine
FX Wizard Mike McCarty
Midnight Syndicate’s Edward Douglas
Gutterballs actor Dan Ellis
Scream Queen Monique Dupree
Spoken word performer Ryan ‘’Rat’’ Travis
Special guest interview: Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Crypt Club Productions CEO Miguel Gallego
A Man of new horrors: Director Paul Solet
Actor Paul J. Alessi
Screenwriter Paul Hart Wilden
Saint Productions Jon Price
Scream Queen Scarlet Salem
Domain of the Damned director Stacy Davidson
Ed Gein director Chuck Parello
Gruesome Slime guy Gregory Lamberson
The Cemetery Artist / fiction by David Byron { dedication to director Chuck Parello}
Joan Crawford Has Risen From The Grave – a screenplay for short film / David Byron
Afterword by Michael McCarty

Film Prodigies & Legends is a collection of in depth interviews with some of the most exciting celebrities from yesterday and today. Old faces, new faces, it is all here.
Featuring ‘'The Godfather Of Gore'' himself, Herschell Gordon Lewis and former Hammer Films scream siren Ingrid Pitt heading up the yearbook section; Texas Chainsaw Massacre alumni Edwin Neal, Hellraiser Butterball cenobite Simon Bamford head up the 70s & 80s section, and newcomers FX wizard Mike McCarty and scream Queens Monique Dupree and April Burril - aka Chainsaw Sally - add special insight into the world of the present day horror film industry.
Filmmakers, actresses, actors, FX artists, screenwriters, poets, spoken word performance artists, they are all here in Film Prodigies & Legends.

Just $19.95. Ships in May.
Pre-order now for FREE shipping!

Thanks For Reading!!!
Jim O'Rear
www.JimORear.com

TENNESSEE GHOSTS Book Signings

SCARS Readers,


Please join me at Barnes & Noble locations for in-store signings of my new paranormal book, TENNESSEE GHOSTS. Upcoming dates and locations are listed below. Please check out my website (www.JimORear.com) for additional details and news on more signings in your area!


Feb 28 – 10 am Barnes & Noble Patton Creek - Hoover, Alabama


March 7 - 1 pm Barnes & Noble Opry Mills – Nashville, Tennessee


April 18 – 12 pm Barnes & Noble Fayetteville Square – Fayetteville, Georgia


June 13 – 3 pm Barnes & Noble Hamilton Place – Chattanooga, Tennessee





Hope to see you there!

Jim
www.JimORear.com

HELL-EPHONE Is Coming!!!

SCARS Readers…

Just a quick update to give you a sneak peek at a new film I’m in called HELL-EPHONE. In this one, I appear along with Ari Lehman (“Jason” in the original Friday The 13th), Daniel Emery Taylor (Return Of Swamp Thing), Playmate Alex Del Monacco, and John Dugan (“Grandpa” in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre).

HELL-EPHONE was written and directed by George Bonilla of ZP International… the gang that brought you Monstrosity, The Edison Death Machine, and Zombie Planet… and tells the story of a prank gone wrong.

A group of college students, led by The Circuit Maker, a Svengali-like professor, make prank calls to funeral homes. After intently researching the obituaries, they try and convince whoever answers the call that they are the deceased calling from the great beyond. As the prank gets larger than life, gaining national attention, they attempt the biggest prank ever: they will 'Hell-ephone' the funeral of a recently executed serial killer, known as the Sea Monster. When the Sea Monster's mother drops dead after taking the call, the kids start showing up dead. Mike Stone, the lead detective on the Sea Monster case, is convinced that the Sea Monster has returned from the grave to avenge his mother's death. The rest of the police force, however, doesn't buy that theory. Now cavorting with the ultimate evil on the other side; has the Sea Monster been given the power to come back and continue the reign of terror that was interrupted for ten years while he sat on Death Row?

Looks like this one is going to premiere in Chattanooga later this month. For more information, check out ZP’s website at: www.zpmovies.com

Here’s a look at the movie’s trailer:

HELL-EPHONE


Thanks for reading!!

Jim
www.JimORear.com

SCREAM FARM Becomes A Comic Book!

Hello, SCARS Readers!!!


My zombie film SCREAM FARM (see the featured article in the current issue of SCARS Magazine) just finished a successful run on cable television and is now set to become a comic book! Being a life-long fan of comic books, graphic novels, and zombies, this is exciting news to me.

For those of you unfamiliar with SCREAM FARM, shame on you!!! Ha ha ha The movie follows a group of students who build a Halloween haunted house to help raise money for their senior class trip. The students get more than they bargained for, however, when they come across a substance in the building that begins turning them, and the townspeople, into flesh-craving zombies.

The movie features myself, Ted Alderman (VAMPYRE TALES), Kimberly Lynn Cole (DEAD CLOWNS), and Maria Kil (THE DEEPENING) with tons of zombies and martial arts action!

Critics say:

“SCREAM FARM is an action-packed fun fest with zombies like you’ve never seen
them before!”
--- Horror Movie News

“There’s no shortage of bloody mayhem!”
--- Horror Yearbook

“Well thought-out action sequences.”
--- Zombie Movie Database

“A delightful flick full of blood, guts, fighting, dead people, nudity, quirky scenes, zombie diners, zombie dinners, delectable language, and just crazy fun.”
--- OmegaCon Film Festival Review

SCREAM FARM was originally released on DVD and on cable under the title THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE, but I’m told that it is now going to be re-released under its original title (SCREAM FARM) to coincide with the release of the comic book.

All of this is “breaking news,” so it’s going to be a couple of months before we begin to see any artwork, but I’ll be sure to share some of it with the SCARS readers as I learn more.

In the meantime… I hope you enjoy these photos from the set of SCREAM FARM!

Thanks For Reading!!!
Jim
www.JimORear.com

WELCOME TO 2009!!!

Hello, SCARS Readers!!

Welcome to 2009! This year promises to be filled with lots of horrific surprises and, as soon as I get caught up from the holidays, I’ll be updating you on the news as it happens!

A sneak peek forward into what you can expect to see in this blog during 2009…

1) News and info about several films I worked on in 2008 that will be released this year, including THE DEAD MATTER (with Andrew “The Wishmaster” Divoff, Tom Savini, and Jason Carter), OLD HABITS DIE HARD (with Kane “Jason” Hodder, Tricia Cast, Roger Hewlett, and Stacey Dixon), HELL-EPHONE (with Ari “Jason” Lehman, John “Grandpa” Dugan, Daniel “Swamp Boy” Taylor, and Playmate Alex Del Monico), and DOG (with Debbie Rochon, Tom Sullivan, and Michelle Page)… just to name a few.

2) Exclusive reports from the sets of films I am working on in 2009, including POST MORTEM AMERICA (with Linnea Quigley and Monique Dupree), DARK MOON (with Tina Krause and Rachel Robbins), HELL-OWEEN (with wrestler Al Snow, Playmate Alex Del Monico, Daniel Emery Taylor, and G Larry Butler), BLACK MAGIC (a spooky horror tale), THONG GIRL 4 (with Playmate Alex DelMonaco and Lloyd Kaufman), and ABERRATION (werewolves make a comeback)… and several that I’m not allowed to mention, as of yet.

3) Reports from the convention circuit at various shows I will be appearing at in 2009, including the FULL MOON TATTOO AND HORROR FEST (with Chris Sarandon, Gunnar Hansen, Kane Hodder, Ed Neal, the Evil Dead Girls, Ken Foree, and more), RIPLEY’S HAUNTED ADVENTURE (always a fun time), DARK CARNIVAL (a week-long celebration of horror), IMAGICON (where fantasy, the paranormal, and horror meet), NASHVILLE COMIC AND HORROR FEST (the perfect mixture of horror and comic books), and more.

4) Reports from the road during my book signing tour… promoting my new paranormal book TENNESSEE GHOSTS (available in stores now… hint, hint). Plus news on a brand new book I'm currently working on.

5) Exclusive horror movie scoops I learn about while working with various actors and production personnel.

AND much, much more!!

I hope everyone is ready to have a great 2009! I’ll be back soon!

Thanks for reading,
Jim
www.JimORear.com