Lianne Spiderbaby (Lianne MacDougall) is a writer for Fangoria, Cineplex, Famous Monsters, FearNet, Film Journal International and Video Watchdog magazine. Her new book, Grindhouse Girls: Cinema’s Hardest Working Women, is being published by St. Martin's Press. Lianne is also the host of Fright Bytes, and her journalistic force has started to "bleed" out of the horror genre and into the mainstream. Lianne Spiderbaby holds an honors degree in Film Studies, University of Toronto.
I'm very pleased to introduce to you, my new intern, Raven Cousens, my go-to-girl, my official partner-in-crime!
Raven Cousens is a keen 18-year old actress from the small town Kitchener, Ontario. She’s just graduated from high school, but has spent most of her time acting. She began as Shakespeare’s frail Juliette, but has somehow transitioned into the indie horror scene. To date, she’s smashed her crush up with a hammer, eaten human ‘fondue’, spent a little time as a lagoon ghost, joined a cult, and once unwillingly helped re-population.
Raven will be working as my new evil henchmen, and can’t wait to feast on the new challenges that will come! Please make Raven feel welcome! You will be seeing a lot more from this lovely lady here on my website, in the pages of magazines, in films of all kinds and in episodes of Fright Bytes! In fact, you may remember Raven from our special Evil Dead episode! Click HERE to watch!
Spiderbaby's interview with Fred Dekker, director of Night of the Creeps (1986) "The horror film that brought aliens, parasites, axe-murders and zombies together in one grand, hilarious and terrifying masterpiece. " Check out the deadliest dates by clickin' here!!
Welcome to another fantastic episode of FRIGHT BYTES with your hosts Lianne Spiderbaby and Steve Mac. In this episode, our two co-hosts get dirty in a special homage to the latest EVIL DEAD film, directed by Chad Archibald of Black Fawn Films. Archibald has a new film that is coming out; he is the co-writer and co-producer of ANTISOCIAL, directed and written by Cody Calahan.
ANTISOCIAL begins on New Year's Eve in the not so distant future. Five university friends gather at a house party to ring in the New Year. Unbeknownst to them, an epidemic has erupted outside, causing outbreaks around the world. The film stars Michelle Mylette, Cody Thompson, Adam Christie, Ana Alic, Romaine Waite, and Ryan Barrett.
You’ll be hearing a lot more about ANTISOCIAL in early 2014, but FRIGHT BYTES obtained an exclusive on-camera interview with Archibald, not to mention a stellar introduction for the episode! Fright Bytes would like to thank the following: Chad Archibald, Cody Calahan, Christopher Giroux (also a producer on ANTISOCIAL), Raven Cousens, Nathan Hawkins, Justin Dyke, Mitchell Stacey, Beth McLeod, Karl Janisse, David Turineck, Torin Langen, Zachary Ramelan, Brad McMillan, and Sydney Cowper. For more from Archibald and Black Fawn Films, visit www.blackfawnfilms.com Be sure to subscribe to our channel and ‘LIKE’ the video!
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was published in FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL! Check out my latest in the June
issue! My article is on the cover! World War Z and an interview with
director Marc Forster! You can also read my review of EVIL DEAD in the
May 2013 issue!
In this episode of FRIGHT BYTES, your hosts Lianne Spiderbaby and Steve Mac visit the Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto to see the latest in zombies, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD LIVE - the theatrical stage play based on our Romero favorite. Lianne and Steve speak with Chris Bond, the director of the production (you might remember him - he also directed THE EVIL DEAD stage play a few years ago), and co-producer and co-writer Chris Harrison about the production and how it came into existence.
Also in this episode is an exclusive Q&A with George Romero, John Russo and Russell Streiner - Q&A done by Fangoria's Chris Alexander!
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD LIVE plays in Toronto until MAY 19th - so get your tickets now at: http://nightofthelivingdeadlive.com/tickets/
Special thank you to Chris Harrison and Chris Bond!
On October 1st, 1968, "Night of the Living Dead" premiered in the steel town of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Produced for a mere $114,000, the film went on to gross more than, $250,000,000 worldwide. It has been translated into 25 different languages and has been playing on the big screen consistently since 1968. Even four decades after it's release, the movie is still revered as a cult classic, and holds a 96% "Certified Fresh" rating on the popular Internet film review site ROTTEN TOMATOES. Needless to say, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is undoubtedly the most popular and successful horror film of all time.
Now, 45 years later, Nictophobia Films is bringing this cinematic masterpiece to the stage in early 2013 like you have never seen before. Just like the film, the stage production will be presented entirely in black and white, from the set design right to the actors. The performance will be audience interactive as live zombies walk through the aisles, making their way to the to the stage keeping spectators on the edge of their seats. Measures have been taken to maintain a PG rating so that a younger audience can also experience this fun and amazing production.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD LIVE will captivate audiences as they experience this classic told in the intimate setting of a live theater. This will bring the viewer closer to the story than ever before, as they are literally sitting in the house with the characters as they fight and kill their way through the marauding ghouls. At the end of the show everyone in the room will know what it feels like to experience a night with the living dead!
I'm very pleased to introduce to you, my new intern, Raven Cousens, my go-to-girl, my official partner-in-crime! 
store for you, kids! 
