Announcing the Winner of the Cursed Mountain Giveaway!

I want to thank all of you who sent in contest entries for the Cursed Mountain giveaway, I received more than I even imagined I would. As you may recall, the contest called for readers to send in a paragraph naming the horror movie that first made them a fan of the genre, and why. It was a difficult decision, but a decision has indeed been made. And the winner of the contest, who will receive a free copy of Deep Silver's brand-new survival horror game for the Nintendo Wii, is Jeanetta Adkins of Ashland, Kentucky.

Here's what Jeanetta sent in to the VoH:

The first movie I saw that got me interested in seeing more "scary" movies was The Green Slime, at the drive-in with my parents. I was supposed to be sleeping in the back seat, had my pj's on and everything. But of course, I made sure I was propped up enough to see the action as much as possible. The aliens seemed SO scary to me back then! I remember seeing it as an adult for the first time within the last 10 years, and being amazed at how much scarier my memory was than the real movie itself is. But I still love it and am still a faithful viewer of everything horror/sci-fi to come out in theaters, and have done my best to raise my new 21 year-old daughter [?] with a love of the genres.

Congratulations Jeanetta--and thanks go out to you and everyone else who took the time out to send in an entry. Hopefully there will be more VoH giveaways like this to come, and more chances for you guys to win stuff. In the meantime, you can learn more about Cursed Mountain here, and be looking for it on sale everywhere next Tuesday.

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It's Giveaway Time in The Vault! Wanna Win a New Game?

Sigh. Sometimes the obligations of fatherhood get in the way of being a horror blogger-about-town. Such as today, when I needed to stay home and care for a feverish Zombelina rather than head to the city, as I announced last night, to review Cursed Mountain, the new horror Wii game from Deep Silver.

No, I did not get to review the game as promised. HOWEVER, that does not mean that the good people at Deep Silver are snubbing me. No, in fact, they've provided me with an actual copy of Cursed Mountain to give away to one of you fine Vault Dwellers. Here's what you have to do:

Write me a simple paragraph telling me about the first movie that turned you on to horror, and why. Email it to b-sol@thevaultofhorror.net. The entry which most strikes my fancy will be published right here in The Vault (along with a plug for whatever you'd like me to plug), and the entrant responsible will receive the free copy of Cursed Mountain. So get writing, and get me your entries by Thursday, August 20.

For more info on the game, check out last night's post, or the official website.

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I'd also like to direct your attention to my latest post over at In It for the Kills. This one should hopefully be a treat for you old-school fans--my Top 10 Horror Films of the 1940s. So check it out, and let me know what you think...

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Exclusive FEARnet Giveaway!

Just popping in tonight to inform all you loyal Vault Dwellers of a fun little giveaway I'm doing. As you may know, I've been hawking my brand new Vault of Horror T-shirts lately (check out BJ-C's bad-ass new banner, top right). Well now, thanks to my recent partnership with FEARnet, I'm offering a pretty nifty little accessory to sweeten the deal.

Specifically, the next reader to purchase a VoH T-shirt will receive, free of charge, this handy-dandy FEARnet bathroom sign:


It's educational, fun at parties, and will let everyone know you're a complete subversive weirdo. So check out the sidebar for T-shirt ordering information. And check here for another look at the spiffy shirt.

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Stephen King Freaks Out a Toddler

A little break from the norm here in the Vault today...Just couldn't resist this one.
His writings have been known to send chills up the spines of readers, but never before has the legendary Stephen King provoked such abject terror. In this video posted exclusively on TMZ.com yesterday, an ardent King fan asks the author to autograph one of her daughter's diapers (!) only to send her little one into uncontrolled hysterics. Now if only more of King's movie adaptations could have a similar effect on viewers...

*PREMIERE TICKET GIVEAWAY* The Vault of Horror is giving away VIP passes to premiere theatrical showings of the direct-to-DVD urban thriller Somebody Help Me in Washington, DC (Thursday), Baltimore (Friday) and Atlanta (Saturday). Anyone interested in getting their name on the VIP list, shoot me an e-mail. If you're curious, you can watch the trailer below, and check out pix from the L.A. premiere here and here.

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