Jul 15th, 2008
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Jeff has just been announced as a special guest at the upcoming Monster Mania 11 Weekend from August 22-24 in Cherry Hill, NJ
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More info here
Monster Mania is probably one of the best horror conventions out there. It’s a wonderfully relaxed, highly organized, and well run con that always gets the best and most diverse guests in the genre.
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Jul 1st, 2008
CONVENTIONS
Jeff has a new con this month called JumpCon in Boston, MA from July 18-20
*This con has just recently been cancelled. See this post for details
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NEWS
• Jeff has just wrapped filming Dark House, a new thriller by Darin Scott. He plays Walston Rey, an impresario who turns a foster home with a bloody past into a haunted house attraction. When a young woman and her acting students are hired to perform in Rey’s show, a new string of grisly murders begins and we discover the house may truly be haunted!
Jeff has appeared in several other projects for Scott, including Caught Up, Love and a .45, and the upcoming adaptation of the graphic novel, The Night Driver.
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• Wizard of Gore in which Jeff plays a Circus Geek will be released on DVD August 19th.
The DVD features are as follows:
• Audio commentary
• Making of WIZARD OF GORE featurette
• Behind the Curtain: A Look at the Magic of WIZARD OF GORE featurette
• From Volunteer to Victim: The Suicide Girls in WIZARD OF GORE featurette
• Deleted scenes
• Storyboards, design sketches and personal photography
• Bloopers and gag reel
Jeff is in several of the special features, including some deleted scenes and two featurettes, one of which shows how they created his unique Geek makeup. More exclusive details here.
There is also a special feature on the film in Fangoria magazine (Issue 275) on newsstands July 8th that includes a great quote from Jeff on his role and director Jeremy Kasten. And for anyone attending ComicCon in San Diego at the end of the month, Genius, Wizard’s distributor will be there promoting the film, so watch for their booth!
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Jun 29th, 2008
NEWSFLASH!
Jeff has just wrapped filming Darin Scott’s new thriller Dark House in which he plays Walston Rey, an impresario who runs a haunted house out of a former orphanage with a bloody past. More info on this feature very soon!
Also, the site for Jeff’s upcoming film Parasomnia has just been updated and looks cooler than ever! Check out the new trailer featuring Jeff as the suicidal Detective Garrett in this upcoming William Malone feature! (Warning: some graphic scenes). Click here for more exclusive details on the film from Malone back in March.
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For anyone in the U.S. who missed Jeff’s awesome episode of Cold Case, it will re-air at tonight at 9pm on CBS.
The episode called “Spiders,” follows the unsolved murder of a young woman named Tamyra. There is some speculation that her deadbeat father, Sly Borden (Jeff!) may be involved. To complicate matters, before her death Tamyra befriended a young white supremacist man nicknamed “Spider” who may be a suspect as well.
Jeff was absolutely brilliant as Sly and the episode was very good overall. For anyone who missed it the first time, here’s another chance to catch Jeff on a major network during prime time! Let’s hope this happens more often!
Jun 11th, 2008
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I just got word that Jeff has started filming Dark House, an independent thriller written and directed by Darin Scott!
He will be playing Walston Rey, “the self-proclaimed King of Horror Haunts,” who turns a former foster home with a bloody past into a “haunted mansion for the ages” for Halloween. A young woman named Claire returns to the house in hopes of exorcising her past. When she and some of her acting students are hired to perform in Rey’s show, a new string of grisly murders begins and we discover the house may truly be haunted!
Jeff has appeared in several other projects for Scott, including Caught Up, Love and a .45, and the upcoming adaptation of the graphic novel, The Night Driver.
Jun 9th, 2008
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As we reported back in May, Jeff’s film, Wizard of Gore in which he plays a Circus Geek is now officially set to be released on DVD August 19th!
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I just spoke with director Jeremy Kasten who gave me some exclusive details on the DVD itself:
“I’m very excited because I’ve been very involved with everything that goes on that DVD. The Weinstein Company has been completely thrilled with everything we’ve given them…We shot tons of behind the scenes footage, really interesting stuff, I think there’s over an hour and a half of additional material with deleted scenes in it.”
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Jun 1st, 2008
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CONVENTIONS
Jeff has several upcoming conventions in July and August including a brand new type of science fiction convention, the largest Star Trek con, and a great horror convention.
* A special Star Trek: Deep Space Nine salute lunch including Jeff has just been added to the convention in Las Vegas! More details here (Scroll down to near the bottom of the page)
Click here for more info on Jeff’s upcoming conventions
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NEWS
• Jeff has a small voice-only cameo as a frustrated 911 operator in Stuck, Stuart Gordon’s latest thriller. Even though the scene is fleeting, it’s still wonderful to have Jeff back on the big screen!
The story follows a young nurse (Mena Suvari) who accidentally hits a homeless man (Stephen Rea) and instead of taking him to the emergency room, chooses to leave him trapped in her windshield.
Stuck is now playing in limited theatrical release. Click here for locations.
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• Back in April, director Ryan Schifrin provided us with some great exclusive info that Jeff will play a major part in the sequel to his fun sasquatch horror movie, Abominable! Jeff is returning as the loveable Buddy along with fellow ’squatch survivor, Matt McCoy.
Larry Hama, screenwriter of the recently announced sequel was recently interviewed by CHUD and also mentioned a new female character and a military team that will be battling the rampant beasts.
Here’s hoping Buddy gets his revenge on the ’squatch that left him for dead!
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May 30th, 2008
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Thanks to Bloody-Disgusting, there is new info that Jeff has a voice-only cameo in Stuart Gordon’s new film Stuck that has a limited theatrical release starting today!
The film is based on true events and follows the story of Brandi (Mena Suvari), a nurse who on her way home from partying hits a homeless man Tom (Stephen Rea) with her car. Instead of driving him to the hospital, she chooses to leave him trapped in her windshield, realizing her fate is now tied to this stranger. The story follows Brandi’s choices for her uncertain future and Tom’s attempts to escape.
Jeff has a small (voice only) cameo as an incredibly unhelpful 911 operator that Tom calls in hopes of being rescued. Although it’s a very fleeting scene, Jeff is wonderful and it’s great to have him on the big screen again!
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May 20th, 2008
There was a rumor on the site ShockTilYouDrop of a possible pre-quel to Jeff’s films, House on Haunted Hill and Return to House on Haunted Hill. The Asylum of Vannacutt would have Jeff’s character, Dr. Richard Benjamin Vannacutt in a more prominent role that would focus on his early days at the Vannacutt Institute before he haunted its halls.
There was talk of a possible idea for a Vannacutt-centered film mentioned by producer Erik Olsen in an interview with Jeff last year with the tentative title of The Revenge of Vannacutt, but nothing definite.
This is the first Jeff has heard of this project, so unfortunately, it’s just a rumor. The article has since been removed from the site.
May 6th, 2008
Two of Jeff’s performances are now out on DVD!
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The 4400 - Season 4
This is the most recent (and sadly last) season of this absolutely wonderful show. Jeff plays Dr. Kevin Burkhoff, a neuroscientist who is considered “The Father of the 4400” as his research into dormant neural pathways relates to the abilities with which the 4400 were returned. Jeff is fantastic in this role and he truly made Kevin so memorable and real.
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Jeff is in several of the special features, including two scenes of the blooper reel and two of the deleted scenes.
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All four seasons of The 4400 are now out on DVD in North America*. I would strongly recommend watching the series in order to fully comprehend and enjoy them.
*Season 4 of The 4400 will be out in the UK on June 30th. You can pre-order the set at HMV UK.
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Abominable
Jeff has a wonderful cameo in this oldschool horror movie about a rampaging sasquatch that causes havoc in a small mountain town. He plays Buddy, the quirky, oxygen-dependent clerk of the local general store who seems to know more than he lets on about the strange occurrences in the town.
This version is a re-release of the original DVD that was put out in 2006. The special features remain the same and include an absolutely fantastic commentary with Jeff and director Ryan Schifrin over Jeff’s scenes in the film, a wonderful featurette including interviews with Jeff and others about working on the film, and a great stills gallery with loads of photos.
There is recent news that Schifrin has planned a sequel to the film and that Jeff will be a major part of it! This new film is being written by Schifrin’s Spooks comic co-writer, Larry Hama. Hama is best known for his writing on the G.I. Joe comic series, so the new film will have a more military plotline. Click here for more exclusive info.
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Both DVD’s are readily available online to rent or buy and check your local stores for them as well!
May 1st, 2008
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UPDATE
• Jeff’s film Wizard of Gore in which he plays a Circus Geek finally has a tentative release date of August 19th! Thanks to Joe for this info. More details soon!
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NEWS
• Jeff will be featured in a new film called Mineville that starts production in the fall. Directed by Beyond Re-Animator co-star Jason Barry, the film focuses on Irish immigrant mineworkers in 1910 who forged iron ore, the material from which much of the Manhattan we know today was built. The story deals with a friendship between two boys from different backgrounds and their struggle to leave their pasts behind and grow into adulthood.
The big budget period drama will film for 10 weeks in New York.
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• Jeff has just completed filming a new sci-fi feature entitled, The Darkest Evil which is a modern retelling of H.P. Lovecraft’s classic tale, “The Dunwich Horror.” Jeff plays Wilbur Whateley, part of a strange, inbred family that threatens to unleash an other-worldly evil on the earth. The film will have a limited theatrical release in the fall with a possible airing on the Sci-Fi channel. More exclusive info here.
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