Aloha, maniacs!  Spring may be just around the corner, but winter still has a few last gasps before she departs.  If her dreary death rattle has got you hiding under your covers, I have just the thing to get your blood pumping and palms a-sweatin’!  The Sci-Fi Spectacular 7!  Mr. Rusty Nails has assembled a [...]

Ho, ho, ho you merry maniacs!  Why not celebrate the holiday season a little early this year with the gift that keeps on giving: TERROR IN THE AISLES 13! This Friday, November 30th, Rusty Nails will be putting on his triple-film fandango at The Portage Theater.  Special guests include a man who is as demented [...]

Hello, boils and ghouls!  I’ll save you from my second-rate Cryptkeeper act and get straight to the point: This weekend (yes, this weekend!), starting Saturday, Oct. 20th at noon and going full speed until Sunday, Oct. 21st until noon is Rusty Nails’ yearly morbid marathon of the macabre, his endurance of the eerie, his protracted [...]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again — Rusty Nails is the hardest working man in horrorbusiness.  He’s left his mark all over the Chicago horror scene with his relentless, multi-annual movie festivals and marathons.  He’s put a lot of blood, sweat, and even more blood into these events, and it shows. I’m [...]

It’s that time of year again when the days get shorter, the leaves start to change colors…and the bodies start to pile! That can only mean one thing: a 24-hour horror film fest at Chicago’s iconic Music Box Theater! So far this year’s line-up includes: The Burning The Golem Child’s Play Phantasm The Deadly Spawn [...]

Unholy moly!  That movie maniac Rusty Nails is up to no good again with this latest entry in his terrifying tryptic Terror in the Aisles.  Three times the gore, three times the blood-curdling screams, and three times the change of underwear!  See all the details below for a frightfully good time! TERROR IN THE AISLES 12  [...]

Hola que mamadas, putas de mierda del infierno!  Horror maven and splatter-jockey Rusty Nails presents the newest chapter to his intermittent spook series, Terror in the Aisles 11!  And what better weekend to have it on than Friday the 13th?  As a fan and oft-present loiterer at Mr. Nails gatherings, I, for one, can’t believe he’s come [...]

If all this wet spring weather sends your bloodlust into overdrive, worry not: your needs can be satiated this Thursday, May 3rd!  Maniacal madman Rusty Nails is at it again, this time presenting a Larry Cohen extravaganza!  Not only will Mr. Cohen be there in person, but they’ll be debuting his new film!  Best of [...]

Relentless horror champion and Nerd City/Chicago favorite, Rusty Nails, returns with his Sci-Fi Spectacular to jolt your bolts and laser your phasers!  Info below from the man himself: SCI-FI SPECTACULAR 6  Over 14 hours of Sci-Fi & Horror Film Madness.  PORTAGE THEATER 4050 N. Milwaukee Ave.  Chicago, IL 60641  April 28, 2012 – Noon ’til [...]

Before you put away those crucifixes and holy water, make sure you stay well protected at this weekend’s MUSIC BOX MASSACRE 7!  The insanity level will be at an all-time, so beware of the things that go bump in the theater!  Check out all the amazing details below, as well as the coolest MBM poster [...]

Hey you groovy ghoulies!  Just in time for the year’s scariest holiday (no, not Rosh Hashanah), Mr. Rusty Nails come through once again with a stomach-flopping, spine-tingling, bladder-squelching movie marathon that will have you hiding behind your box of Milk Duds!  David Naughton from American Werewolf in London will be there IN PERSON!  Do yourself [...]

Evening, creeps!  That 24-hour Horrorhound, Rusty Nails, is back again with his “Musicbox Massacre” precursor, “Terror in the Aisles 8″.  Below are the details from the morbid man himself!: The Ultimate Horror Triple Feature! Portage Theater  4050 N. Milwaukee Ave.,  Chicago, IL   1.773.450.7639 August 6, 2011  Doors Open At 7pm.  7:30pm – Trailer Trash (Vintage Horror Trailers & Short Films) 8pm – Sleepaway Camp [...]

It’s baaaaack! October 9th, Our good buddy Rusty Nails’ annual 24 hour fright fest “Music Box Massacre” celebrates it’s sixth year here in Chicago, with the best lineup yet! Featuring screenings of Psycho, Pet Semetary, Fright Night and Killer Klowns from Outer Space (with special effects superstars the Chiodo Bros!), this is going to be so [...]

John Harrison might not necessarily be a household name for everyone, or perhaps you think I’m talking about John Harrison the British clockmaker who designed the first marine chronometer (and if you’re one of those people, give me your home address so I can come murder you), but horror fans should know who I’m talking [...]

Hardest working man in horrorbusiness and general master of scare-amonies, Rusty Nails, is at it again.  The dude truly never stops putting together awesome filmfest after awesome filmfest, and we Chicago-based gorehounds and horrornuts are all the more lucky because of it.  Tireless, he is! This is the delectable precursor to his October-born Musicbox Massacre. Consider [...]

From Mr. Rusty Nails himself: Terror in the Aisles 5:  Killer Children Triple Feature!!! Special Guest Larry Cohen  (director of It’s Alive in Person!)  All Ages!  Friday – June 11, 2010  Brew & View  The Vic Theater  3145 N. Sheffield  Chicago, IL 60657 Tickets $10 presale (www.brownpapertickets.com) $12 at the door.  Doors Open 7pm. 7:30pm – Trailer Trash – Vintage Horror Trailers on 35mm. 8pm – It’s Alive [...]