"Come back from the mountain to tell y'all…"
…that GHOUL will air on Chiller Friday, April 13th at 9pm. If you don't get Chiller, call your local cable company and demand it. If they won't accommodate you, watch it at a friend's house (or even a complete stranger's house) or wait for the eventual DVD and Blu-Ray release. If you haven't yet read Ghoul, the paperback and audio book are on sale now.
WhoSay was down for much of the weekend, so I ended up posting premiere pics via Twitter — everything from shots of snow-covered scenery to Nolan and I hamming it up on the red carpet. I'll re-post a few of them below.
Much of today will be spent traveling. Right now I'm sitting in the condo, staring out at the mountains while Mary, Mike, Mikey, and Dezm are still asleep. And I'm smiling. I've been writing professionally for a little over 15 years now, and it has taken me all over the United States and into Canada, and has provided me with an immeasurable number of good memories and special weekends, but this one — this weekend — trumps them all. The premiere itself went great. Standing room only and well-received by those in attendance — everyone from long-time readers like Dante Moriconi to Hollywood folks like Sean Young of Blade Runner and Ace Ventura fame. It was great to see Greg, Nolan, Jacob, Trevor, Andrew, and everyone else from the movie again, and to share our accomplishment together. And I even got some non-Ghoul work done — good news for the movie version of Dark Hollow and the possibility of a Dead Sea film. But the best part of the weekend for me was simply sharing it with people I love. So thanks to Mary SanGiovanni, Mike Oliveri, Michael T. Huyck, Mark 'Dezm' Sylva, and Tod and Suzin Clark for being there with me. That made all the difference in the world. Best Weekend Ever. "Literally." (A private joke that will only be understood by the seven of us — or anyone else who has ever been trapped on a shuttle bus with Corbin Bernsen's publicist and a marketing guy from Warner Brothers).
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You go Vivki! I applaud your convictions about animal cruelty! I feel the same way. KUDOS
Agree with Kyle; it's not based on actual events and we should be applauding Mr Keene for pushing the boundaries of taste. In my opinion, that's what horror fiction is all about. Vicki,f you can't read the book, you're missing out!
Not if there's going to be something in there about them killing that dog by kicking it to death.
I already see eNOUGH death in my work and, while I can handle fictionalized killings of fictional people, I can't handle it any better when it's an animal than I can real-life violence against animals.
I could tell myself 'it isn't real' and know it's true, but I can't deal with it regardless of telling that to myself.
People have a voice and can speak up about violence. Animals don't even have that.
So, at the risk of sounding like a complete LAME-ass person, I have to forgo reading it - for now.
I can't say I'll NEVER read it, I've made myself wrong too many times to say never, I just can't read it right now.
I know one thing though. I'm going to read the book before watching the movie, b/c movies take away your ability to imagine all the characters. Who can imagine anything when people are portraying the characters and thereby giving them a face that sticks in my mind and ruins the reading of the book.