Horror Culture Challenge (Facebook/Instagram)

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September 1st we start our Horror Culture Challenge on Facebook and Instagram!  We'll be posting photos for our Favorite Horror Artist, Favorite FX Artist, Best Horror Photo, etc.  Each number marks a new day in the challenge all the way up to the 30th day.  You can play along and grab the image here in this blog and post it to Facebook or Instagram.. Or both!  You then post a photo each day based on the categories given.  Tag each of your posts with #horrorculturechallenge & #gorenoirmag and complete the challenge for your chance to win some prizes!  Not everyone will win but if you're one of only 5 that makes it through your chances are high!!  You can also start the challenge late we won't dock you for that.  We'll pick our winners on October 15th so you have some time!  Ready to play?  If you also tag @gorenoirmag and follow us we'll like your photo and throw a comment your way.

Hellraiser: Revelations

When it comes to horror, Hellraiser is definitely one of my top 3 movies.  Pinhead being one of my favorite all time movie monsters as well you could say that Doug Bradley is definitely up there as far as iconic actors in the genre go.  So why would I watch a Hellraiser movie that chose to forgo Mr. Bradley as his alter ego Pinhead?  Well I choose to watch certain movies just for the purpose of having the information needed to form an educated opinion.  I could blindly hate Hellraiser: Revelations and leave it at that.  I could be a purist and write the whole movie off because it had nothing to do with Clive Barker or Doug Bradley, or I could watch the movie and now be able to form an educated opinion.

I chose to watch the film. (I've been sick and with the amount of horror that I haven't watched on Netflix dwindling why not?)  I may catch some flack from the purists and that's perfectly fine.  I sure can't be loved by everyone so why not be hated by most?  So let's dive into this film.

Let's live in a fantasy world for a minute.  Let's imagine that instead of the Pinhead you see at the top left, you actually see Doug Bradley.  Yes he jumped on board with this film and now you're in the theatre seat ready to watch the next installment in Hellraiser.  With that in mind and all your predisposed anger at his replacement gone, let's figure out this film.  While there are lot's of problems with the film I think it actually came closer to the formula of the originals than most of the 8 some odd sequels did.  My main gripe with this film (remember we are imagining Doug Bradley is playing Pinhead lol) is the feeling that we get when we see the Cenobites.  The world they are living in just doesn't feel dirty and evil enough.  I really thought they were in this families basement for awhile.  Actually I'm not quite sure that they weren't even after seeing the whole film.

The acting wasn't all that bad when you're considering how rushed I'm sure this film was.  I've heard this film was just thrown together so that they could keep the rights to the name if I'm not mistaken.  We get a couple skinless folks thrown in which were done pretty well..  Not completely skinless of course because that would be expensive but you get the point.  I would have liked a bit more over the top bloody scenes but I'm hard to please in that area so we won't fault them for lack of gore.

With all that I can safely say that I enjoyed the film a lot more than 70% of the Hellraiser movies.  It just felt like it belonged in the same world as the first couple films, and it didn't drop us into a video game or a gothic mansion party, so that's refreshing.  With sequels and remakes being a really touchy thing recently I really think that people should probably pump the brakes and take a step back and see these things with new eyes.  Maybe without those anger shaded glasses we all have on we might be able to enjoy a couple movies for what they are instead of expecting them to live up to our sense of nostalgia that we have for older films.

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I was trying to come up with a catchy title for awhile.. Gorestagram?  Instagore?  Na those sounds silly.. So I said fuck it and went really silly.. Anyway you name it the message is the same..  We are on Instagram!  Have been for awhile now.. You just haven't been following.. We'll deal with your lack of followingnessdom later.  For now you can make up for it by.. wait for it.. FOLLOWING!  You'll get lots of gems from our daily lives.. Lot's of pictures of our cats.. Of bloody chicks.. of my mexican food and some other things that you can't find on Facebook.  Have I sold you on it yet?  How about Follow or I'll hunt you down like Jason Vorhees?  SOLD!  @gorenoirmag

Social Media and the New Issue!

Leatherface by Grimbro who will be featured in issue 7

This is the digital age after all isn't it?  We here at Gore Noir Magazine rely on social media to get the word out, to reach out to those that might be interested in what we have to show.  It's a digital "show and tell" where we scour the world for things we love and bring them back to you and show you exactly the things we love.

Our Facebook is where you will find our most posts.  The Facebook is then mirrored on Twitter and we sometimes do Twitter only contests and updates just to keep things interesting.  Gore Noir is about art so of course we have a Deviantart as well.  We find quite a few of our artists on Deviantart so you should definitely look for us on there.  Did I mention Instagram?  It's fun right?  Well I post on Instagram as well and they are a bit more of a personal style of posts.  You'll see lots of our cats and other random things we come across.  You can find us on Instagram under the name @gorenoirmag.  We also cover models and photography here at Gore Noir and of course we had to get a Model Mayhem..  What self respecting photography buff doesn't have a Model Mayhem?  I'm sure I am missing some of our Social Media outlets here but I'll post those up eventually.  Like, Follow, Add, Watch whatever you fancy or if you fancy all you can be in the loop at all times!

Zombie Boy by Kobaru

So I mentioned a new issue in the title and we are going to deliver.  Issue 6 will be just around the corner here within the next 2 weeks.  The cover is graced by the awesome Porcelain as shot by Synthesia and MUA by Under Blue Lights.  Under Blue Lights is interviewed and her lovely make up is featured.  We talk with Ari Lehman from First Jason.  Johnny Daggers.. Jm Grimm and Layla Marie.. and a ton of others that you'll have to click the link to see.  You can preorder your copy and get it at the lower price or wait till it's in hand and pay a bit more.  The choice as they say.. Is up to you. 

http://gorenoirmagazine.bigcartel.com/product/gore-noir-magazine-issue-6-preorder