{"id":9405,"date":"2015-10-10T06:30:55","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T12:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=9405"},"modified":"2015-10-10T18:57:30","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T00:57:30","slug":"iow-fall-fear-grips-mt-zion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=9405","title":{"rendered":"IOW: Fall \u201cFear\u201d grips Mt. Zion"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve seen the signs, dearest readers \u2013 that tell-tale chill in the air, those foreign hues tinting the leaves, the whispers of dead men\u2019s (and women\u2019s) parties wafting in one’s ears, and all manner of horrific entertainment options about to break loose in Champaign, Urbana<\/strong>, and the cemeteries beyond. In other words, welcome to October! Please consult our weekly Calendar<\/strong><\/a><\/span> to know which freaky films will flicker where in the weeks ahead; even though our post-New Art Film Festival<\/strong> daze has finally broken, we\u2019ll have no ghost of a chance to preview all the seasonal goodness out there before month\u2019s end. Ack!<\/em><\/p>\n

That bemoaned, C-U Blogfidential<\/strong><\/span> will<\/em> dip into the dark side of local film culture as we pick a few offbeat paths for you to ponder. The most immediate item on our radar is a second-year event called \u201cThe Art of Fear<\/strong>,\u201d to be held from 9 a.m.<\/strong> to 6 p.m.<\/strong> today, Saturday, October 10<\/strong>, at the Heroic Age Art Center, 135 S. Henderson St., Mt. Zion, IL<\/strong>, just a few miles southeast of Decatur<\/strong>. A renovated school building that now serves as studio space<\/a><\/span> for both fine artists and media production firm Heroic Age Studios<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, the Center will welcome guests all day for \u201ca Halloween<\/strong>-themed art show, art activities in our shops, celebrity guests, vendors, pumpkin carving contest, costuming, and panel discussions\u201d per the event page<\/a><\/span>. That last order of business is what may interest local film folk the most; subjects will include: Heroic Age creative director Eric Hector<\/strong> and production manager Tim Lynn<\/strong> on their \u201cFrightful 5000 Films<\/strong>\u201d campaign<\/a><\/span> (11 a.m.<\/strong>), monster actor Michael Koske<\/strong> of THE WALKING DEAD<\/strong> and GOOSEBUMPS<\/strong> (12:30 p.m.<\/strong>), creature make-up artist J. Anthony Kosar<\/strong> of the FACE OFF<\/strong> competition series (2 p.m.<\/strong>), and a screening of the Kentucky<\/strong>-filmed anthology VOLUMES OF BLOOD<\/strong>, hosted by Horror-Fix.com<\/strong><\/span> editor Ash Hamilton<\/strong> and featuring several of the film\u2019s directors (3:30 p.m.<\/strong>). Admission will be free to the public for this unique community outreach from Heroic Age, founded more than 20 years ago to provide digitization and colorization for comic book publishers. The company would eventually expand to offer other services, including media production, to a larger client pool; they have since created numerous award-winning commercials and industrials as well as manned grip trucks on the sets of Midwest narrative feature films.<\/p>\n