BIFFF 2023

 

BIFFF (Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival) is doing an entire section on horrible children this year (not necessarily evil ones). Since I published a book on the subject, Evil Seeds: The Ultimate Movie Guide to Villainous Children, I will be moderating several Q&A's with the filmmakers of some of these movies, including The Wrath of Becky by Suzanne Coote and Matt Angel, The Coffee Table by Caye Casas and Evil Eye by Isaac Ezban.

This year, I will also be part of the "Jury de la Critique" at BIFFF. The ten movies I will be judging are Stéphane by Timothée Hochet and Lucas Pastor (France), Saturn Bowling by Patricia Mazuy (France/Belgium), The Coffee Table by Caye Casas (Spain), UFO Sweden by Victor Danell (Sweden), Sisu by Halmari Helander (Finland), Ferocious Wolf by Gustavo Hernández (Spain/Uruguay/Argentina), The Elderly by Raúl Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez (Spain), Aliens Abducted my Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out by Jake Van Wagoner (USA), Infinity Pool by Brandon Cronenberg (Canada/Hungary/France), and Soft & Quiet by Beth De Arújo (USA).

The Q&A's can be watched via live streaming on the BIFFF YouTube channel.

BIFFF starts today and will run until April 23.

My latest book, Evil Seeds: The Ultimate Movie Guide to Villainous Children, is now available from Amazon and other retailers. 

EVIL SEEDS ON TOUR - KURU FILM QUIZ

 

Horror film collective Kuru and Ciné Rio invite you to test your film knowledge in the sixth edition of their Krazy Kuru Film Quiz. This year, they have an entire quiz section based on my book Evil Seeds: The Ultimate Movie Guide to Villainous Children. I guess you'll have to read the book first if you want to win.

🎦 Ciné Rio, Ghent

📅 Doors open at 07:30 pm. Quiz starts at 08:00 pm.

EVIL SEEDS ON TOUR - RAZOR REEL FLANDERS FILM FEST

 

On October 28 at 6 p.m., I will guide you past the most dangerous cinematic children during an Evil Seeds lecture (in Dutch) at the Razor Reel Flanders Film Fest in Bruges, Belgium. 

The event is free and will be followed by two "Evil Seeds" movies that I will also introduce: Richard Donner's The Omen (1976) and Max Kalmanovicz's The Children of Ravensback (1980).

HALLOWEEN BOOK TOUR & GIVEAWAY

 

I'm participating in the Haunted Halloween Spooktacular Book Tour this month. There will be lots of Halloween-themed content for each stop on the tour, as well as excerpts from my latest book Evil Seeds: The Ultimate Movie Guide to Villainous Children.

Nine other authors are joining too, and every one of us will be doing a giveaway, so make sure you follow along now.

See you there!

EVIL SEEDS ON TOUR | BUT FILM FESTIVAL

 

This year, the BUT Film Festival in Breda, the Netherlands, is organizing an entire program centered on cinematic evil children. I've chosen several of these titles, which I'll be introducing on September 2nd. Copies of my latest book, Evil Seeds: The Ultimate Movie Guide to Villainous Children, will be available at the festival as well.

The evil-child movies I'll be introducing at the festival are:

Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966) 

As an influential killer-kid movie, Mario Bava's Kill, Baby... Kill! put its mark on many other cult classics, including Salem's Lot, Spirits of the Dead, Fear Dot Com, and Ring. Hopefully, the image of the ghostly girl (it's actually a boy, but don't tell anyone) will haunt you forever.

The Children of Ravensback (1980) 

A busload of children has disappeared from the quiet New England town of Ravensback, and Sheriff Billy Hart is on the case. A short while later, he manages to track down the kids, but unfortunately, they seem to have been transformed into murderous zombies by a cloud of radioactive gas. How can he stop the killer tykes before they destroy the town?

Disciples of the Crow (1983) 

In this short film adaptation of Stephen King's "Children of the Corn", a bickering couple passing through a small Oklahoma town discover that it has been taken over by a homicidal cult that worships a crow god... and that all the cult members are children.

Children of the Corn (1984) 

A boy preacher named Isaac goes to Gatlin, Nebraska, and gets all the children to murder every adult in town and to form a religious cult. A young couple on a road trip stops in Gatlin to report a murder and seek help, but the town seems deserted. They are soon trapped in Gatlin with little chance of getting out alive.

EVIL SEEDS | BOOK RELEASE

 

My latest book, EVIL SEEDS: THE ULTIMATE MOVIE GUIDE TO VILLAINOUS CHILDREN, has just been released in paperback and on Kindle (including Kindle Unlimited). Forty-three film historians and critics have contributed to this book, and we've collected nearly 250 titles, sourced from 40 different countries.

Book Tour

If you'd like to participate in the virtual book tour, you can register here. Several options are available: book review, release announcement, guest post, giveaway, social media post, etc.

$25 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway

To celebrate the release of Evil Seeds, I'm giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card. To enter, fill in the Rafflecopter below. The giveaway is open worldwide. Good luck!

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EVIL SEEDS | BOOK COVER REVEAL

 

I'm thrilled to reveal the cover of my latest book, the film encyclopedia Evil Seeds: The Ultimate Movie Guide to Villainous Children.

The cover design is by Gilles Vranckx.

What do you think of the book cover? Let me know in the comments below.

Book Tour

If you have a blog, YouTube channel, Facebook page, or Bookstagram and would like to participate in the virtual Evil Seeds book tour, you can register here. There are several options available (book review, giveaway, release announcement, interview, guest post, social media announcement, etc).

Giveaway

To celebrate the occasion, I'm giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card. To enter, fill in the Rafflecopter below. The giveaway is open worldwide. Good luck!

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