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From all of us here at Upcomingdiscs, I want to wish all of you a safe and happy Thanksgiving Holiday.

Enjoy plenty of family, friends, football and don’t forget to share a movie or two with someone you love.

We’re thankful for all of our loyal readers out there.

Well … it’s October, the start of Horrorcane season, and for fright fans that means that all the ghouls and goblins will be coming out to play. Before long it will be All Hallow’s Eve, and many of you will be having a spooktacular time of it all.

Here at Upcomingdiscs, we’d like to help get you in the mood to boo. All month long we’ll be offering up our “31 Nights of Terror” to help unsettle those dreams just a bit. We’ve just been elected your Night Mayor, and now we’re going to officiate a mammoth month of monsters and mayhem. Each and every night in October we will bring you at least one horror related post. These posts will include contests, articles, podcasts, and reviews (of course).

So check back every night before bedtime … but before you turn out the lights.

If you’ve visited this website at any point this century, you know the name Gino Sassani. Gino is the senior editor/fearless leader of Upcomingdiscs.com and an award-winning recording artist for Omega Records currently working on his 8th album. Please join us in congratulating him on his latest accolade: Gino was recently voted into the Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA).

SEFCA members publish their work or live in Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Gino began reviewing films in the early 1990s as a segment of his local television show, “Focus.” Working out of his home theater, which is affectionately known as “The Reel World,” Gino has written over 3,000(!) reviews since he joined the site in 2000. Gino has had the honor of chatting with a diverse group of industry giants — ranging from Joe Dante to Ice Cube — and has posted the interviews, along with dozens of others, as podcasts on the site.

Today, Gino runs Upcomingdiscs.com with a staff of dedicated writers/film fans and the help of his wife of nearly 30 years, Ellen.

Anyone who is a fan of horror or science fiction knows who Forry Ackerman was. He gave more to the industry than anyone else. He coined the term sci-fi and inspired the likes of Stephen King, John Landis, Steven Spielberg, and many others. He was the editor of Famous Monsters Of Filmland and held the largest collection of movie memorabilia anywhere in his famed Ackermuseum.

I’ve been lucky enough to have counted Uncle Forry as a friend since 1991, when I first visited the Ackermuseum. I’ve spent many hours and meals with him and miss him greatly.

I was invited to write and perform an original song tribute to Forry in January of 2000. It was my honor to perform the piece in front of a room of invited guests with Forry by my side. I was told that the plaque, containing the lyrics, remained one of his prized processions until the day he died, long after most of his collection had been sold.

Here is a video taken that day of the song I wrote and presented to Forry.

Bang it here to hear Tell Me A Story

You haven’t heard much from Jeremy Butler for a while. That’s because he spent a few weeks in Japan and didn’t even bring me a pet Godzilla when he returned. What  did he do upon his return? He got married… to two women. Actually he married Jessica, who has a young daughter Nalyce, and the three of them made it official today. I have it on good authority that Jessica has excellent taste in music as well as men. Please join me in welcoming Jessica and Nalyce to the Upcomingdiscs family. We wish them many years of memories and movies together. Congrats guys!

My review of the Director’s Cut of Star Trek: The Wrath Of Khan pointed out some glitches in the audio presentation. I promised I would seek an answer from Paramount. That answer has arrived. You can get a replacement disc. The paramount response is below:

It has come to our attention that there is a slight master assembly error on the recent Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Director’s Cut Blu-ray release.  Fans who would like a replacement should contact our customer service department at wrathofkhanreturns@tce.com or toll free at 844-898-4365.  The corrected product will be shipped free of charge.  

It is always our intention to distribute the highest quality product and we apologize for any inconvenience this error has caused.

Paul’s been with us for a while. Regular readers are familiar with his work because he’s just reached his 200th review. He’s absolutely the most off-the-wall writer here, but we love him because he makes the rest of us look sane. Hopefully, he’ll be driving us crazy for another 200.

Please join me in congratulating Paul O’Callaghan on hitting 200 reviews here at Upcomingdiscs.com.

We’ve been thinking about changing our look. Over the years we’ve asked you guys what you wanted to see change. Most of you told us to leave things alone. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. We agree. We did decide to change our logo. Thanks to our reviewer Deb and her company The Write One Creative Services we finally have a logo of our own. For 6 years we’ve had Kate Beckinsale and The Enterprise watching over us. Don’t worry. They’re still at our Facebook page. We hope that you like it. Please feel free to leave your comments. Better yet, enter the Freedom contest and give us your feedback while entering to win a free DVD. At Upcomingdiscs: the best is yet to come.

We wish all of our readers a safe and happy Memorial Day.

Take a moment to remember those who have made this time with your family and loved ones possible.

Join us as Upcomingdiscs salutes the heroes who have protected us for generations.

Join me in welcoming Dustin P. Anderson to the Upcomingdiscs family. We’ve been doing some growing at Upcomingdiscs. I think Dustin is going to be a big part of that growth. He’s been doing reviews for a while and we’re lucky to have him here with us. His first review is up for your enjoyment.

Join me in welcoming Deborah Bostock-Kelley to the Upcomingdiscs family. You might have seen her work in the Tampa Trib. She’s an accomplished writer and event producer. You can check her work for The Write One Creative Services. Look for her review work right here at Upcomingdiscs. Her first review is up right now.

Please join me in welcoming our latest member of the Upcomingdiscs family.

Dan Holland has been writing reviews for film festivals. Now he’ll be sharing those insights with you.

We’re very happy to present his first efforts here today.

Welcome Dan!

Join me as we welcome Normandy D. Piccolo to the Upcomingdiscs family.

Normandy’s an experienced writer, to be sure. She’s the author of Bullycide: To Whom It Concerns  as well as many magazine articles, ads for country music stars, children’s books and television cartoons. We’re excited to have her share her talents with us. We look forward to a lot of reviews in the future. Be sure to follow her work here. Let her know how she’s doing in the comments section. I know she’ll be happy to hear from you.

Welcome aboard, Normandy.

Congratulations to our 12 Days Of Christmas Giveaways.

It looks like 12 lucky Upcomingdiscs fans still have one more Christmas Present left to open.

Here’s a list of our winners:

Halloween 35th Edition on Blu-ray – Mr. Phil

Baseball Package – Adam Lipkin

Family Christmas Film Collection – Anne Derkat

Ancient Aliens Season 3 – Liz l

China Beach Seasons 1 & 2 – Jan Hammersmith

The Rutles Anthology – Peter Price

Cosby…Far Fom Finished – Beth Dockery

Dick Figures: The Movie – Anita

Escape From Planet Earth 3D – Lynda Larsen-Baldry

Yankees 2000 World Series Collector’s Edition – Connie Lewis

The Naked City 20 Episode Collection – Jacob LaFountaine

Spartacus: War Of The Damned – Bill Marks

Thanks to all of our studio sponsors and all of you who entered the contests.

There’s plenty more for 2014. We’ve already started a new year of contests.

Don’t forget to use our Amazon links when you shop at Amazon. You don’t have to buy the item you use to get there. Anything you buy, once you’ve used our link helps to keep these giveaways going.

Many of you asked for more contests next year. Well… we need your help to make that happen.

Be sure to support us at Amazon and Diabolik DVD.

Please join me in welcoming our latest member of the Upcomingdiscs family.

John Delia has been writing reviews for decades. He’s been a popular contributor to local Tampa radio and many newspapers and publications.

We’re very happy to present his first efforts here today.

Welcome John!

It’s my pleasure to introduce the latest member of the Upcomingdiscs family.

Welcome Natasha Samreny to these pages. I’m sure you’ll find that she’ll bring a fresh look to an old friend.

I hope you will all join me as I welcome the newest member of the Upcomingdiscs family.

He’s M.W. Phillips and he’s already started to contribute to the site. I think you’re going to enjoy the new voice.

I’d like to welcome our newest reviewer Bamboo to the Upcomingdiscs family.

He’s a martial arts expert and I’m sure he’s going to be an informative voice to the site.

Hey hey hey – here’s a new feature I stitched together – the Trailer Index!

Its a subsection of the site that collects trailers for reviews that we’ve posted, organized by Genre, playable right there, courtesy of YouTube. So – if you’re into SciFi, Action, or Drama, click on over and check out some trailers.

Final note: the trailer index will continue to grow as we add more trailers to both new reviews and our back catalog.

Enjoy!

If you’ve noticed, were struggling with various server and software issues here. Apologies in advance, and thanks for your patience.

-Rod & the UpcomingDiscs team