April 2013
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Many apologies, folks! I was boosting the signal of one of my posts and accidentally put it through Curio - the Curio folks have nothing to do with I am Monster. HUGE apologies to them!!
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September 2012
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August 2012
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The Viscera Organization is hiring!
Our friends over at the Viscera Organization, a 501(c)3 non-profit based out of Los Angeles, California, are looking for volunteers to fill positions in both the beloved Viscera Film Festival and the fledgling Etheria Film Festival branches! Download the Staff Call PDF on the Viscera Film Festival front page to find out more!
The Viscera Film Festival on Facebook.
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Dolls Parts playing as part of a Viscera screening...
While you’re at Comic Con in Montreal and watching Karen Lam’s newest short film The Stolen, you can also see her film Doll Parts which is playing as part of the Viscera Film Festival’s shorts block playing Sunday, September 16, at 3:45 in screening room 2.
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More screening announcements for Karen Lam's The...
Got a bit of news concerning further festival screenings for Curio Media co-founder Karen Lam’s newest short film The Stolen.
It’s been invited to play the Atlanta Horror Film Festival September 28-30, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Razor Reel Fantastic Film Festival October 25-November 3…in Bruges. (*giggles*—LB)
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Want to see Karen Lam's new short film The Stolen?
Of course you do!! And you’ll have plenty of chances as it’s hitting the festival circuit, starting with the Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival which takes place during Atlanta, Georgia’s annual Dragon*Con event.
Can’t make it to Georgia? The Stolen will also be playing at the inaugural Etheria Film Festival in Somerville, Massachusetts, on September 15. Etheria is a new...
July 2012
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A new review of The Stolen as well as an...
We had linked to a review of Karen Lam’s newest short film The Stolen on June 8 and it’s since been turned into a podcast review for Gruesome Herzog which you can listen to here.
Tonight at 7:30 EST, you can hear an interview with Karen on the CBC radio show Creating Fear hosted by Christy Ann Conlin, or you can listen to it on the CBC website by clicking here, the episode is called...
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Viscera Film Festival 2012!
Here are a few reviews of this year’s amazing Viscera Film Festival, which was held at the Egyptian in Los Angeles.
By Stephanie Ogrodnik for Quiet Earth.us
By Staci Layne Wilson for Horror.com.
By Jonathan Weichsel at Film Radar.com.
Announced at the Viscera event was a new service of the organization called MoHA, the Mistresses of Horror Alliance, which is headed up by French-Canadian...
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Dame Helen Mirren calls out festival for their...
As reported on the Women and Hollywood blog, Dame Helen Mirren has called out the director of the Karlovy International Film Festival, and indirectly all other film festivals, for not having more films by women in their line-ups.
Note from LB: Having just bore witness to the amazing Viscera Film Festival this past weekend (more on that coming soon), I can tell you there are far more of us...
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Don't forget!!
Don’t forget that THIS WEEKEND is the annual Viscera Film Festival bloody carpet kick-off for the 2012 tour! It takes place at the Egyptian in Los Angeles! The afterparty will be at the Hotel Roosevelt and there’s a brunch at Wirtshaus the next (early) afternoon!
For more information, click here to go to the Viscera Film Festival website.
Also, Karen Lam’s Doll Parts will be...
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Karen Lam interviewed by Miguel Rodriguez on...
Karen Lam was interviewed by Miguel Rodriguez on the second anniversary episode of his fantastic podcast Monster Island Resort. They talk a little bit about EVERYTHING so click here to listen in!
June 2012
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Bloody Disgusting contest to win tickets to...
MrDisgusting at Bloody Disgusting has posted details about a contest open to California residents interested in attending the Viscera Film Festival on July 7! Check out the page for more information!
If you were already planning on going, or if you are the lucky one who wins those tickets, don’t forget to RSVP to the afterparty at Hotel Roosevelt and to RSVP for the Post-Apocalyptic Brunch...
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Etheria Film Festival announces it's inaugural...
The Etheria Film Festival, a component of the Viscera Organization and co-presented by AllThingsHorrorOnline.net, which features science fiction and fantasy films made by women, will have it’s inaugural event in Boston, Massachusetts, at the Somerville Theatre on September 15! Among those films chosen for the festival is none other than Karen Lam’s newest short film THE STOLEN!
Check...
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An excellent article over at Suite101 about the...
With thanks to Shannon Lark for posting this via the Facebook of the feature film she’s producing, Model Hunger (which will be directed by venerable Scream Queen Debbie Rochon), here’s a brilliant article about how the media’s portrayal of women influences women and young girls as well as how society views them.
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Special guests announced for the Viscera Film...
Over on their fantastic website, the Viscera Film Festival have announced a few of this year’s special guests, including a special honour they’re handing out! Check it out:
Mary Lambert (director, “Pet Sematary”) is the Viscera 2012 Special Guest Speaker and will be honored with the first ever Inspiration Award onstage.
Gale Anne Hurd (producer,“The Walking Dead”, “Terminator”),...
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A pile up of articles and such for Karen Lam!
Curio Media co-founder Karen Lam has been interviewed and/or reviewed (well, her new short film The Stolen has anyway) quite a bit this week! Way to go, Karen!
From NSI-Canada.ca: Brand-spanking new films in the NSI Online Short Film Fest.
From Planet Fury.com: Ten Canadian Genre/Horror Filmmakers to Watch For
From FilmSlateMagazine.com: Interview: Director Karen Lam and the Cast of ‘The...
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Evangeline accepted to NAFF!
Curio Media co-founder Karen Lam’s upcoming film Evangeline, the feature length version of Doll Parts, has been accepted to the Network of Asian Fantastic Films in Korea next month.
From Karen:
So excited that Evangeliine (the Doll Parts feature) has been selected as one of the IT-projects from out of 98 entries from 23 countries at the Pifan/NAFF fanastic film festival in (…)...
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Review of Doll Parts on the Dolls of Despair...
Karen Lam’s film Doll Parts has been reviewed on the Dolls of Despair’s podcast in the episode titled A SUMMER OF SHORTS pt 1 alongside Viscera 2012 tour selection Summer of the Zombies by Ashleigh Nichols.
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Tickets now available for Viscera's July 7...
I hope y’all have been paying attention to the Viscera Facebook event page or website, but if you haven’t: Tickets are now available for the Viscera Film Festival’s fabulous July 7th 2012 kick-off event and red carpet!
Admission is $11 and you get to see ALL of the films, food, free drinks (including alcohol), and you get to check out the red carpet and awards ceremonies as...
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Doll Parts is showing during NSI's online...
Karen Lam’s short film Doll Parts will be showing as part of the National Screen Institute’s Online Short Film Festival!
May 2012
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Viscera Film Festival is looking for volunteers...
Do you live in L.A. and want to help out during an amazing event? The Viscera Film Festival has an open call for volunteers! All interested and serious and seriously interested parties should email them at viscera.volunteer@gmail.com!
For more details about the red carpet event, you can go to their website or the event page on Facebook.
Viscera Film Festival’s Facebook page.
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The Viscera Film Festival 2012 Red Carpet
A few scant details have been released about the Viscera Film Festival’s July 7 Red Carpet event that kicks off the 2012-2013 tour. You should keep an eye on their website for more information. If you live in L.A., near L.A., or happen to be going to L.A. at that time, you should go to the event which is being held at the world famous, historic Egyptian Theatre! It boasts an impressive...
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Another new review for Karen Lam's THE STOLEN!
A new review for Karen Lam’s most recent short film THE STOLEN, which just played in the Short Film Corner at Cannes, comes from Justin Hamlin’s Women in Horror Month Mangled Matters blog. Check it out!
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First review in for Karen Lam's new short film The...
the_reaper over at Killer Aphrodite has posted the first review for Karen Lam’s THE STOLEN! And it’s a great review! Congratulations Karen!
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New website revealed for Women in Horror...
The redesigned website for the official Women in Horror Recognition Month website has been revealed! They’re working on the archive now, but the rest of the site, including the mission and history of the effort, are up and running. Women in Horror Recognition Month is a service of the Viscera Organization (the group behind the Viscera Film Festival.)
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Viscera fundraiser at Wirtshaus in L.A.!
The Viscera Film Festival is holding a fundraiser tomorrow in L.A. at the Wirtshaus! From the event’s Facebook page:
Come enjoy a beer and authentic German food on Thursday, May 24, 2012. Wirtshaus is generously donating 20% of all food and drink sales that day to the Viscera Organization for anyone that tells them “I Love Viscera!” This is an all day event so you can stop in for lunch,...
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Reviews from the Viscera screening in Toronto!
Two reviews for the screening of Viscera films in Toronto this past May 15 came out recently. The first one was a very quick review of the festival by William Brownridge for the website Toronto Film Scene and the other was posted today by “Movie Junkie TO” for the website Entertainment Maven!
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Among Friends playing at the Viscera Film Festival...
A special sneak of the feature film Among Friends will play during the Viscera Film Festival’s July 7 kick-off event at the Egyptian!
To learn more about the film and its director, Danielle Harris (directing her first feature after having been in countless genre films), check out Heidi Honeycutt’s piece in this month’s Fangoria! (Issue #314 has Debbie Rochon on the cover, the...
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DOLL PARTS playing during the NORTH AMERICAN TOUR...
If you live in or near Philadelphia, we have an awesome event to tell you about called the MAUSOLEUM ART SHOW OF HORRORS which will play host to the North American Tour of Terror at the PhilaMOCA on June 15. Karen Lam’s Doll Parts is part of that tour.
From the event’s Facebook page (where you should go for more information):
“On Friday, June 15, PhilaMOCA will host The...
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Cannes the sexism...
As many of you may be aware, female filmmakers are in an uproar about the lack of films directed by women in the major competition categories at the Cannes Film Festival this year. On the flip side, a post on IndieWire written by Sasha Stone highlights a couple of films made by men that feature good, strong female voices.
(While, in the end, it should be all about the story, you can’t...
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Viscera Film Festival has announced its line up...
This is going to be a bit of a long post! There are a lot of awesome flicks in this year’s Viscera Film Festival line-up (as announced on Planet Etheria and on Horror-movies.ca!!)
Playing at the 2012 red carpet event on July 7 at the world famous, historic Egyptian in Los Angeles:
Baby Face - Kate Shenton Barbie Girls - Vincianes Millereuu Bloodtraffick - Jen Thym Escape From Hellview -...
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Viscera Film Festival in Ireland!!
As we mentioned before, the Viscera Film Festival and founder Shannon Lark are in Ireland at the University College of Dublin today and tomorrow for a symposium about Gender, Sexuality, and Horror hosted by Dr. Emma Radley. If you missed today, check with Dr. Radley to see if there’s room in tomorrow’s presentation!
And, if you’re free on the night of May 20, head over to...
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The Stolen at Cannes press release!
Click here for the press release about Karen Lam’s THE STOLEN playing in the short film corner at Cannes this week!
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THE STOLEN at Cannes Short Film Corner!
Cannes started yesterday and goes through the 27th and Curio Media’s Karen Lam is on her way there now to promote her new short film THE STOLEN in the short film corner and to possibly talk a bit about a certain project whose page debuted on Facebook a few days ago, but shall remain nameless here in the meanwhile…
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Karen Lam interviewed in this month's Diabolique...
This month’s issue of Diabolique (cover shown above) features a piece on the Stiletto Film Festival and Women in Horror month, for which Karen Lam was interviewed!
You can order a hard copy version of Diabolique or you can get a digital version from their website.
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"This Week in Rep Cinema...Stained and Viscera"
Today’s the day for you Toronto horror fans to catch Karen Lam’s Stained (which got a nice mention in this week’s This Week in Rep Cinema feature on BlogTO) and a Viscera Film Festival screening! It’s $10 just to see Stained at 6pm, but if you pay $5 more you can stay and see the Viscera films (including Karen Lam’s Doll Parts!) And don’t forget about the...
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Viscera Film Festival fundraiser in L.A., May 24!
If you’re in L.A. on May 24, stop by Wirtshaus and say to them “I love Viscera!” to donate a portion of your bill to the Viscera Film Festival!
More details on the fundraiser, including other party plans and awesomeness, visit the event’s Facebook page!
If you can’t make it, consider making a tax deductible donation directly to Viscera via PayPal!
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Kelly Michael Stewart on "Why Viscera?"
Kelly Michael Stewart, Fangoria writer and co-host of May 15’s Viscera screening in Toronto, has posted an interesting observation on his blog about the apparent lack of women horror filmmakers in his area.
Hopefully, Viscera will inspire women not just in Toronto but all over the world to pick up a camera and tell their stories.
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Nice mention in the Irish Times about the Viscera...
There was a nice mention on the Irish Times website about the Viscera Film Festival this morning (for us Yanks it was this morning… ;D — LB)! Viscera visits the University College of Dublin on May 17 and 18. Like the article says, the event is free, but you have to register your attendance by contacting Emma Radley: emma.radley@ucd.ie
The event page on Facebook.
Viscera on Facebook.
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Viscera's May 15 screening has a nice mention on...
Daniel Janvier has posted a nice piece about the May 15th screening on the website Toronto Film Scene.
Don’t forget that you can enter a contest on Fangoria.com to win tickets to the screening!
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Doll Parts will be playing the Belfast Film...
Karen Lam’s Doll Parts will be playing in the program “The Soiled Shorts” as part of the 12th annual Belfast Film Festival on June 2 at Waterfront Hall! For tickets, pricing, and more information, please click here.
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Win tickets to the May 15 Viscera event in Toronto...
Fangoria.com has a contest going on right now to win tickets to the May 15 screening of the Viscera Film Festival in Toronto!
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Karen Lam got a mention on Canada's National...
Curio Media co-founder Karen Lam was mentioned on the NSI website today because her newest short film, The Stolen, is a part of the Cannes Short Film Corner.
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April 2012
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Melissa Silverstein at the Women and Hollywood blog on indieWire.com has posted an interesting speech given by Skadi Loist, co-founder of the Film Festival Research Network, at the recent International Frauen Film Festival in Cologne about women’s film festivals.
What are your thoughts?
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Viscera's University College Dublin line-up...
The line-up’s been announced for the two day event and, to quote Samuel L. Jackson, hold on to your butts cuz this is made of AWESOME.
For more information about the event, like RSVP-ing and such, please go to the event page on Facebook!
For more information about Viscera, please either go to the Viscera website or like their Facebook page!
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