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America's Bad Kids Returns! Torrani Is Back, Interviewing Frank Henenlotter

29 November 2009 7:41 PM, PST | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

Icons friend John Torrani, the original America's Bad Kid, is back and kicking ass.  In his new America's Bad Kids clip, he interviews Frankenhooker and Basket Case director Frank Henenlotter.  Torrani gets some great material out of Henenlotter, focusing on his new film Bad Biology.  Usually I'd give some tidbits, but I suggest you watch the clip below.

We at Icons of Fright are huge supporters of Torrani and his Abk.  Check out other Abk interviews on Torrani's site here, or you can actually find past episodes on Icons of Fright by doing a site search of America's Bad Kids(I suggest you check them out on our site.  But hey, I'm biased).

Check out this conversation between two mad geniuses!

 

--Phil Fasso »

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Event Report: Sweatshop at the NYC Horror Film Festival

23 November 2009 7:44 PM, PST | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

When the Hammer Falls... It’s Gonna Hurt

 

 

 

 

 Imagine my surprise when X and I arrived at the Tribeca Cinema on Bowery Street in NYC, and it looked just like a bar.  No lit-up marquee, no ticket booth, nobody selling popcorn.  No throngs of horror fans at the ready for the NYC Horror Film Festival.  Just a glass door at a place called Blvd, a bunch of blue lighting and a lonely bartender scrubbing some glasses at the long bar.  Obviously we were at the wrong place.  After few phone calls and text messages, we were back on track.  Fortunately, I’m habitually early for everything, so even taking into account the walk between Penn Station and the Bowery, we had plenty of time to make our way back to the real Tribeca Cinema, which is on Canal and 6th.

Arriving at the right location, my second surprise hit:  my »

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Sweatshop to Show as Part of Nychff

7 November 2009 8:17 AM, PST | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

A veritable feast for fans of horror and dark fantasy, this month's New York City Horror Film Festival will host more than 50 films and shorts at the Tribeca Cinemas.  The festival boasts works from F. W. Murnau and William Lustig, as well as the new film Sweatshop.  Our readers should take particular interest in Sweatshop, as two of the men behind it are Icons friends Ted Geoghegan as writer, and America's Baddest Kid John Torrani in a producer role.  Sweatshop shows on November 20, and I'll be there to cover the event for Icons.

 Come out and show your support for Sweatshop and other horror films at the Nychff, a festival dedicated exclusively to horror lovers.

Read the official press release below, which includes contact information for the Tribeca:

New York, NY – November 5, 2009 – Organizers of The 2009 New York City

Horror Film Festival (Nychff) today announced this year’s feature film

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America's Bad Kids Episode 18: Cooking Lobsters With Lobsterboy!

18 August 2009 12:18 AM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

Below, a brand new episode of America's Bad Kids! Here's the intro from the host, John Torrani:

Cooking Lobsters with Lobsterboy:

Black Scorpion, The Lobsterboy from Austin, Texas makes the trip out to Malverne, Long Island to partake in some cannibalism. In this episode Black and John hang out at John’s Parents house and cook lobsters. Black explains what it was like growing up being a lobsterboy and tells u s all about his work at the Coney Island Sideshow by the Seashore. Black even has a few hard hitting questions for John. Grab a nut cracker and dive into this lobster. He’s all buttered up!

Get more Bad Kids at: www.americasbadkids.com. You can also find more episodes at the official My Space page: www.myspace.com/americasbadkidstv.

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode One: Hyaena Gallery Here!

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode Two: Lloyd Kaufman Of Troma Here! »

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America's Bad Kids - The Return Of Gwar: The Lust In Space Special!

13 August 2009 7:45 PM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

America's Bad Kids is back! With a brand new episode! This time, host John Torrani reunites with heavy metal band Gwar! Now, be warned. This is probably among one of the most controversial episodes of Bad Kids. It contains "adult" language. It's in terribly bad taste! But would you expect anything less from Gwar?!? Watch below at your own risk!

Get more Bad Kids at: www.americasbadkids.com. You can also find more episodes at the official My Space page: www.myspace.com/americasbadkidstv.

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode One: Hyaena Gallery Here!

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode Two: Lloyd Kaufman Of Troma Here!

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode Three: Raven Riley Here!

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode Four: My Exploitation Breakfast Here!

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode Five: Gunn Play W/ James Gunn Here!

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode Six: Cannibal The Musical Live Here!

Watch America's Bad »

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America's Bad Kids: Don Edmonds Tribute With Sid Haig!

2 July 2009 12:40 PM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

In this very special episode of America's Bad Kids, host John Torrani meets up again with actor Sid Haig to pay tribute to the late, great Don Edmonds. Sid tells the story of how he met Don way back in 1965 while the two were working on a film called Beach Ball & also updates us his new project with Jack Hill. You can also check out Episode 4 of America's Bad Kids, which featured an exploitation breakfast with Don Edmonds, Dyanne Thorn (Ilsa herself), Sid Haig and Jack Hill at This link.

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Woh NYC '09 Video: America's Bad Kids & Sweatshop

6 June 2009 4:58 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

In an unofficial follow-up to a piece from the New York Comic-con in February (see it here) Sweatshop screenwriter Ted Geoghegan and associate producer John Torrani (also of America's Bad Kids) return to the Fangoria Entertainment booth to give some updates on their many projects.

Fango's Marla Newborn and Bekah McKendry talk with the guys about their films, the death of David Carradine, Gwar, and the reviews of Fango Managing Editor (and Sweatshop guest-star) Michael Gingold.

Though some viewers (myself included) lost audio toward the end of the clip, the archived video is just fine, and we've got it here below. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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America's Bad Kids Episode 16: Horror Rock Band Calabrese!

3 June 2009 9:36 PM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

Now that we're all caught up with America's Bad Kids episodes from last year, are you ready for brand new Bad Kids?! Here's the latest! In this episode, John Torrani finally gets to meet the band Calabrese. This Horror Rock band has provided music for several past episodes of America's Bad Kids and now thanks to a trip to Dallas for the Texas Frightmare weekend, they're officially guests. John meets up with Bobby & Jimmy Calabrese to get the skinny on their new album, their comic book and their new film The Graves with Clare Grant, Tony Todd & Bill Moseley. Watch it below!

Get more Bad Kids at: www.americasbadkids.com. You can also find more episodes at the official My Space page: www.myspace.com/americasbadkidstv.

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode One: Hyaena Gallery Here!

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode Two: Lloyd Kaufman Of Troma Here!

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode Three: Raven Riley Here! »

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A Look Back: All 15 Episodes Of 'America's Bad Kids'!

29 May 2009 7:27 AM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

For the last several months, every Friday we've been posting another episode of Fright friend John Torrani's web series America's Bad Kids. With last week's D.W. Frydendall episode, we're now completely caught up and eagerly awaiting the next season from Torrani & company. In the meantime, we thought this would be the perfect time to look back on all 15 episodes of America's Bad Kids. Click the links and images below to check each & every one of them out! John will be back with brand new episodes before you know it!

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode One: Hyaena Gallery Here! (With Bill Shafer)

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode Two: Lloyd Kaufman Of Troma Here!

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode Three: Raven Riley Here!

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode Four: My Exploitation Breakfast Here! (With Dyanne Thorn, Sid Haig, Don Edmonds & Jack Hill)

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode Five: Gunn Play W/ James Gunn Here! »

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America's Bad Kids Episode 15: Horror Artist BBQ With D.W. Frydendall!

25 May 2009 11:32 AM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

Time for another episode of America's Bad Kids! In this episode, host John Torrani pays a visit to horror artist D.W. Frydendall's home in South Pasadena California. D.W. tells us about his upcoming projects and teaches us how to eat corn Mexican style.

Make sure to come back next Friday for the next episode. If you can't wait, head on over to the official Bad Kids website at: www.americasbadkids.com. You can also find more episodes at the official My Space page: www.myspace.com/americasbadkidstv.

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode One: Hyaena Gallery Here!

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode Two: Lloyd Kaufman Of Troma Here!

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode Three: Raven Riley Here!

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode Four: My Exploitation Breakfast Here!

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode Five: Gunn Play W/ James Gunn Here!

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode Six: Cannibal The Musical Live Here! »

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America's Bad Kids Episode 11: Evil Paul, Clint Carney, Chuck Hodi & The Big Tasty!

2 May 2009 9:30 PM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

The 11th episode of America's Bad Kids was so epic, it had to be divided into 4 segments, each showcasing a different Hyaena artist! Check out all 4 parts with Evil Paul, Clint Carney, Chuck Hodi and The Big Tasty below! Host John Torrani gives you the intro's to each part below:

Part one of Americas Bad Kids review of artist at the Hyaena Gallery in gorgeous Burbank, CA. In this episode John interviews Los Angeles's favorite goggle wearing evil artist, Evil Paul. Join us as we peer inside the evil his mind and we learn why he likes goggles so much.

Part two of Americas Bad Kids review of artist at the Hyaena Gallery in gorgeous Burbank, CA. System Syn's front man Clint Carney tells us all about his violent fucked up images and the inspiration behind them.

Part three of Americas Bad Kids review of artist at the Hyaena Gallery in gorgeous Burbank, »

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Dolph Lundgren Film Fest Report From The New Bev!

30 April 2009 1:00 AM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

It was Saturday evening, April 18th and several events were the buzz of the Fangoria Weekend Of Horrors. There was of course Fango's own "vampire ball", a replacement to the usual ice cream social they throw every year. Or the Laid To Rest premiere at the Laemmmle's Grande. But your faithful Icons staffers Robg., John Torrani and Adam Barnick already had their night's plans covered. Dolph Lundgren Fest at the New Beverly! 5 Dolph Lundgren films, back to back on the big screen! Including I Come In Peace at midnight! There was no way in hell we were missing this!

Torrani and I had sadly missed the first feature Red Scorpion, but we got there half way through Universal Soldier. While fun, nothing compared to the sheer audience excitement for the evening's next feature Rocky IV! We cheered for Rocky, boo-ed for Drago and did shots of vodka (with B-d's Brian Collins) when Apollo died. »

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Horror On The Web - La Fango 2009 Panel!

30 April 2009 12:15 AM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

On Sunday, April 19th, Shock Till You Drop's Ryan "Rotten" Turek organized the first ever "Horror On The Web" panel for the La Fangoria Weekend Of Horrors convention, which featured representatives from several of the top horror websites on the internet, each there to discuss what their respective publications do. Fangoria's own Sean Decker came prepared and provided the guests with martini's, which helped kick off the topics with a bang! From left to right, host Ryan Rotten (Shock Till You Drop), Staci Layne Wilson (Horror.Com), Jimmy-o (Arrow In The Head), Uncle Creepy (Dread Central), Robg. (Icons Of Fright), Sean Decker (Fangoria), James Zahn (Fangoria) & Lawrence Raffel (FearNET).

Among the topics discussed were the origins of each writer's work on their respective sites, the current state of horror, balancing out friendships with genre filmmakers versus reviewing their movies and even trading most memorable interview stories & convention experiences.

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Texas Frightmare Weekend May 1St-3Rd!

30 April 2009 12:01 AM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

This upcoming weekend marks the return of the Texas Frightmare Weekend in Dallas, Texas, and while our staffer Phil Fasso always makes the effort to hit up this particular convention, he sent along this message to our fellow Icons readers -

"Regrettably I won't be able to make my planned trip to the Dallas are for this weekend's Texas Frightmare Weekend, but that shouldn't stop you horror fans from going.  Tfw is the largest con in the area, and this year offers some great guests to Texans, such as Alice Cooper, Tobe Hooper, C.J. Graham, the great Dick Miller, the cast of Laid to Rest, and Icon's own John Toranni, many of whom will make their first appearance in the area (incidentally, Toranni is listed as a Texas filmmaker, but he's actually a fellow Long Islander).  Last year's Tfw was one of the greatest cons I've ever been to, »

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America's Bad Kids Episode 10: Gwar!

26 April 2009 8:43 PM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

Ok! We're a few days late, but without further delay here's episode 10 of America's Bad Kids! This episode originally aired on-line just on the cusp of the presidential election! Here's John Torrani's original introduction from November 2008 for America's Bad Kids Episode 10: Gwar!

Intro: "As the historic 2008 election drawers near Americas Bad Kid host Johnny Torrani travels to beautiful Sayreville, NJ to meet the band the bad kids like, Gwar. Gwar is currently touring the county on their Electile Dysfunction ’08 tour. During the interview Johnny finds out just how gay Slipknot is, how to rip a baby in half and how much blood is in Barack Obama. On the Electile Dysfunction tour we see how the 2008 Presidential candidates stack up in the squared circle. Gwar and there cave troll ally Bone snapper takes on the likes of John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and the Destructo clan.

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America's Bad Kids Episode 8: Jim Van Bebber!

10 April 2009 7:50 AM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

It's Friday and that means it's time for America's Bad Kids Episode 8: Jim Van Bebber!

Introduction: Ohio chapter president of the Americas Bad Kids, Jim Van Bebber sites down with John Torrani to talk about Charles Manson, the Eli Roth phenomena and Jim's future projects.

Jim Van Bebber is the writer and director of sure cult horror classics as Deadbeat At Dawn and The Manson Family. Jim Van Bebber, who did all the choreography of Deadbeat At Dawn is trained in the Martial arts by a Kung Fu Master.

Be sure to check out this installment of Americas Bad Kids for a great chance to see Jim Van Bebber talk about despair, political grandstanding and how much he hates Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez.

Make sure to come back next Friday for the next episode. If you can't wait, head on over to the official Bad Kids website at: www. »

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America's Bad Kids Episode 7: Italian Bad Kid Ruggero Deodato!

3 April 2009 8:41 AM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

It's only fitting that with all our Italian Invasion coverage this last week that the next episode of America's Bad Kids is actually about an "Italian Bad Kid". Some consider him the baddest of all! We're proud to share with you America's Bad Kids Episode 7: Italian Bad Kid Ruggero Deodato!

Introduction: Meet the most notorious Italian Director and first Italian bad Kid Ruggero Deodato. John Torrani sits down with this pioneering and controversial film maker to find out his feeling on killing animals, cannibalism and reality Television.

Ruggero Deodato is best known for the most controversial film ever made, Cannibal Holocaust. After production wrapped he was arrested because the film is so graphic and violent that the Italian authorities actually believed the events filmed to have been real.

Be sure to check out this installment of Americas Bad Kids for a rare chance to see Italian Bad Kid Ruggero Deodato »

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America's Bad Kids Episode 6: Cannibal The Musical Live!

27 March 2009 1:44 PM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

It's Friday! So here's America's Bad Kids Episode 6: Cannibal The Musical Live! Host John Torrani travels all the way to beautiful Bellmore, Long Island, New York to see a live Stage Production of Trey Parker’s first film, Cannibal the Musical. After enjoying the wonderful production Jason McCue, a star and producer of the film version of Cannibal joined John to meet the cast and crew. The crew explained how they all came together and why the needed to bring the South Park creator’s first film to the stage. By the end John’s heart is as full as a baked potato. Check it out below!

Make sure to come back next Friday for the next episode. If you can't wait, head on over to the official Bad Kids website at: www.americasbadkids.com. You can also find more episodes at the official My Space page: www.myspace. »

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America's Bad Kids Episode 4: My Exploitation Breakfast!

12 March 2009 10:17 PM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

It's Friday! So here's America's Bad Kids Episode 4: My Exploitation Breakfast! Join John Torrani this episode as he sits down at Cinema Wasteland with all the heroes from exploitation cinema for a Bad Kids version Dinner for Five. With John Torrani is Captain Spalding himself, Sid Haig, director of the Ilsa movies Don Edmonds, Spiderbaby director Jack Hill, and Ilsa herself, Dyanne Thorne.

At this breakfast we learn about Jack Hill's new project involving Sid Haig. Don Edmonds talks about reviving his Ilsa character and Dyanne Thorne is on board. We hear some great stories about Hollywood icons Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney Jr.

Now you get to see all your exploitation heroes at one table reminiscing about the old days and announcing future projects.

Sid Haig starred in Spider Baby, House Of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, Coffy, Foxy Brown, House Of The Dead 2.

Jack Hill »

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America's Bad Kids Episode 3: Raven Riley!

6 March 2009 12:12 PM, PST | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

For the 3rd episode of America's Bad Kids, host John Torrani decided it was time to chat with the girl the bad kids think about when they touch them themselves. That'd be "adult film actress" and horror buff Raven Riley. Besides digging horror, this American "bad girl" produced a "horror/porn" hybrid flick titled Succubus XXX (also starring cutie Liz Vicious). John checks out the movie and then hangs out with Raven Riley to talk horror in this now-classic episode. Check it out for yourselves! America's Bad Kids Episode 3: Raven Riley right down below!

Make sure to come back next Friday for the next episode. If you can't wait, head on over to the official Bad Kids website at: www.americasbadkids.com. You can also find more episodes at the official My Space page: www.myspace.com/americasbadkidstv.

Watch America's Bad Kids Episode One: Hyaena Gallery Here!

Watch America's »

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