Design Our New Logo!

As Ottawa Horror moves into it's 3rd year, we've decided we need a bit of a facelift.  In the coming month or two, we'll be redesigning the site and adding our own webstore (so you can show the world your undying fanship of all things Ottawa Horror).

And this is where you come in, fans and friends. We're looking for a new logo design to replace the existing one, and we want YOU to help us. Here's the details:

From now until July 25th, 2010, send us your logo to sonsey@ottawahorror.com. On July 31st, 2010 we'll announce the winner.  The winner will get bragging rights AND... a pile of free swag from our soon-to-be webstore showcasing your hard work.

So get busy artists! If you're not artistically inclined, tell your artist friends, tell your siblings... hell, tell everyone!

Over to you...

Hail to the King baby!

Hey All!

This coming Saturday April 10th, Zombieinfo.com (with my good buddy the ZombieKing) and Ottawa Horror are pleased to present "Army of Darkness" on the big screen at the Mayfair Theatre! Once again, we've got prizes to give away, and of course, the one, the only, the God, Bruce himself on the big screen! I mean c'mon... it's Ash 25ft tall! Movie starts at 11:30. Be there!

Groovy!

A little Sunshine... and a great post...

So the lovely Angie and Chantal over at Cinema Obsessed (They ARE on your RSS list right? Don't make me come over there....) have given US here at Ottawa Horror a Sunshine Award! The award was given to them by Olive Me, and they in turn passed it on!  Nice to know we put a smile on peoples faces - even if it's with scary stuff!

Also if you HAVEN'T been to the site recently (an oversight I'm sure... don't make me turn this blog around!) then you might have missed the great post from them on "Movies We Were Too Young To See". Aside from making your's truly feel a little old (I had graduated High School when most of these came out...) it's funny, a great read, and a reminder of some of the great horror classics from the late 80's early 90's.

Now in my turn, it's time to pass on the award...  Stay tuned for a list of blogs that bring a little "sunshine" to the blackened hearts here at Ottawa Horror!

Ottawa Horror Movie Night- Happy Birthday Jared!

My good buddy The Zombie King from Zombieinfo.com, is presenting "The Funhouse", March 19th, 11:55pm at the Mayfair theatre, and it's our next Ottawa Horror Movie Night. It also happens to be exactly one week after our FB group member Jared Denison's birthday! I know he was hoping to get it ON his birthday, but nonetheless, let's all come out and celebrate! Zombieinfo and Ottawa Horror are hoping to have some great prizes to give away. See you there!

Another chance to go Crazy!

First off, a big thanks to those who braved the ugly weather last night, and came out to see the preview of the new "The Crazies". Feel free to comment on your thoughts, good, bad and indifferent of it!

Missed out on tickets? Well that's ok. Tonight we have the ORIGINAL George A. Romero version at the Mayfair! We'll be having a meetup at the Barley Mow (1060 Bank, just down the street) at 10:30PM and the movie starts at 11:55. Admission is $9.00 for non-members and $5.00 for members. So help support local cinema and buy a membership!

Hope to see a good crowd tonight...

Ottawa Horror Movie Night VI

It's official!

Ottawa Horror Movie Night VI, is Friday, Feb 26th at the Mayfair. We're having a meetup at The Barley Mow just down the street at 1060 Bank St. at 10:30. The movie is of course the original 1973 "The Crazies", so if you missed out on passes to the remake, here's a chance to see the original. Admission is $9.00 for non-members, and $5.00 for members. Membership is only $10.00 for the year, so if you're planning to see more than 2 films, it pays for itself! The movie starts at 11:55pm.

See you there!

Wanna get Crazies?

As you may know, Ottawa Horror's next Movie Night is George A. Romero's "The Crazies" at the Mayfair. You may also know that there's a "reinvention" of it planning to hit theatres soon.

Now, Alliance Films is offering you - Ottawa Horror Fans - a chance to see it in advance! We have 8 double passes courtesy of Alliance Films, to see a special preview of "The Crazies" Thursday Feb. 25th at 9PM at the Empire 7 Cinemas. We'll be giving those away to the first eight people who email me at sonsey@ottawahorror.com with the answer to the following trivia question:

Who plays the male lead in the 2010 version of "The Crazies"?

"The Crazies" opens everywhere Friday Feb. 26th. Enjoy the trailer below. Thanks to Natalie and Alliance Films for working with us on this one!

And the Winner is...

With a clear 75% of the vote the winner is George Romero's "The Crazies"!  This means our next movie night will be Feb 26th at 11:55PM! We hope to see you all there! Stay tuned, we're hoping to have a couple of goodies in store for this one...

Our Next Movie...

So we'd thought we'd throw this out to you... Which movie would YOU most like to see next at the Mayfair. The nominees are (click on the name to get a quick synopsis from the Mayfair):

"Pig Hunt" - Friday Feb 19th 11:55PM
"The Crazies" -Friday Feb 26th 11:55pm
"Trailer Apocalypse" -Saturday Feb 13th 11:15pm

You can vote in the little poll on the sidebar.

Thanks to all...

So, another movie night has come and gone... We actually got a record turnout for this one, although maybe not quite as high as we'd hoped. Thanks to all who came out. It was nice to see some of you in person (shout out to you typicallydia).  I have to say it was a neat flashback to my youth to sit and watch "Fright Night" on the big screen with a bunch of my friends.

We'll be holding another one next month, so if you couldn't make this one, they'll be more chances. Thanks also to the Mayfair, for keeping our favourite genre on the big screen, and Lee, Ian and Josh for getting behind local groups like us.

Movie Night/Meetup

Just a last minute reminder... Tonight at 11pm is the Ottawa Horror Movie Night/Meetup at the Mayfair for "Fright Night". We'll be meeting at the Second Cup at Sunnyside and Bank, just down from the Theatre at 10:30ish (the address for those Googling it is 1091 Bank St.). Let's show the folks at the Mayfair how much we love our Horror Films!

P.S. We've gotten a few suggestions for possible upcoming horror films (...thanks Chantal and Angie!). Is there a classic or not so classic you'd like to see on the big screen? Let us know...

Yet Another Ottawa Horror Movie Night...

So once again, Ottawa Horror is planning a movie night. This time we'll be taking in that classic 80's bit of Vampire Schlock "Fright Night" at the one and only Mayfair Cinemas. The show is Friday January 22nd at 11PM. Admission is $9.00 or $5.00 if you're a member. Hope to see you there!

Attention Ottawa Filmmakers!

We're looking to put together the first Ottawa Horror DVD. We're looking for shorts or features, that have a prominent Ottawa connection. If you'd be interested in getting your film included, please contact me at sonsey@ottawahorror.com.