Were Meeting Brinke Stevens and Our New Roku Channel!

Greetings Faithful followers

It is with great pride that I announce our Roku Channel is complete this will be a FREE channel for our fans.. featuring our best works curated on a rotating basis. To add the channel is very simple if you know how to add a private channel you log into your Roku account under the the my account tab in the purple box next to support you click on the add a channel with a code link under MANAGE ACCOUNT in the text box you put the code ANGRYBROS then click OK the channel will be downloaded to you Roku box in 24 hrs or you can go to the settings tab on your Roku box and click system then update it will update and add the channel immediately. 

It Is also with much pride That I announce that the Angry Brothers Omaha Shock O Rama had been asked by The Black Angel Hearse Club of Council Bluffs Ia, to be the judges for their 4th annual Hearse and Procar show at Westfair Amphitheater  in Council Bluffs Iowa; May 4th thru the 6th .
We will also be judging the Ms Black Angel hearse Queen and Princess contest ...  for More information on this event you can check out their facebook page

 

We have our first preregistered pinup girl, Ms. Ashley Mott aka Dana Kaplan. Ms Mott is also a disabled Veteran. She spends her time as a mom to 3 boys. Her hobbies include volunteering as a baby-wearing educator and fantasizing about her dream ride a 1957 Chevy Bel-Air. Her favorite past time is snuggling up with a fuzzy blanket and watching Pet Cemetery. She is known for her great taste in music (My Chemical Romance) and her freakish mad skills at the art of the claw machine.

 

 Also a special guest of the event will be the legendary scream queen Brinke Stevens "The Original Vampirella" Star of such horror greats as Sorority Babes at the Slime Ball Bowl O Rama, Bad Girls from Mars, and Terror Toons 2, we will be interviewing her for our Show in addition to covering the event. 

 Please Take a moment to visit Brinke's Website by Clicking HERE

So in a nutshell Faithful Followers there ya have it, I wanna give a great Shout out to The Organizers of the event  Christine McCollum,  

The Black Angel Hearse Club of council bluffs, Brinke Stevens, My awesome cast n crew.  Last but never Least the fans and friends of our show. I hope that Brother James and myself can keep bringing you this show of ours that we all love so well. So until next time Lets Keep America on top watch Horror Hosts and friends don't let friends wear Lab Coats! Suck It You Hack!

The Angry Brothers Bid a very sad good bye to Mistress Rhonda of BizzareTV

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This is one of the hardest entries for the blog that I have ever had to write I found out on tuesday that Rhonda Baffes aka Mistress Rhonda owner and operator of the BizarreTV channel on roku had lost her battle with cancer and passed away on Friday the 12th. I am still reeling from the news, this is the first day that i can even attempt to do this blog post without breaking down. I have read so many wonderful tributes to Mistress Rhonda and as a horror host and a supporter of the channel from  almost the outset I wanted the Angry Brothers voices to be among the praises and tributes to a true friend to horror hosts everywhere weather they knew it or not. So for a moment let me slip out of character and relate this as my alter ego Les Raub.

I concieved the Angry Brothers in Aug/Sept of 2011 experimenting with various concepts for the characters (sorcerers, serial killers, demon hunters etc) after spit-balling these with my co creator and partner and my twin brother Lane we arrived at the final incarnation of the Angry Brothers as 2 undead monks in a dilapidated monastery hidden in Omaha Nebraska. Our Debut on Nebraska public access tv was Oct 29, 2011 the episode starred myself and Ash (Samantha Gunia). The episode was received very well and we received a lot of positive response. Our decision  to go to public access was as an homage to a local tv horror host and to combat the impersonator that we felt was doing a great disservice to the legacy and character, that is a story for another day.

Mistress Rhonda of BizarreTV

Fast forward to the fall of 2014 I had purchased a roku streaming box as a way of fighting the high cost of cable tv and to provide entertainment choices for the family; I stumbled on a list of private channels for the roku including bizarretv after joining and watching some of the programming i reached out to mistress Rhonda about getting some of our full length episodes on the channel. It was a match made in heaven. Rhonda was always kind and accommodating with allowing me to send in hard copies of the episodes rather than dropboxing them because it never worked for me anyway.
Even tho Mistress Rhonda and myself did not have many voice conversations I always felt close to her from her FaceBook posts when she was having troubles either with her health or problems with the channel and would promote BTV whenever possible. I espcially loved the group movie showings on facebook when we did the group chats it was always fun to make a weird or off color comment to see if we fluster Mistress Rhonda (Right Chris M ??)  .

R.I.P. Rhonda Baffes

Rhonda was truly a kindred spirit to anyone who called themselves a horror host , she did so much to keep the genre relevant in much the same way count gore did for the internet . Providing myself, Uncle Edward, Oliver's twisted late nite bargain basement stoner friendly freak show,  and many other hosts to be seen by a larger audience. I listened to Angels Asylum when they interviewed Rhonda and I was amazed about how soft spoken she was but also how passionate she was about horror hosting and helping hosts get their shows to a broader audience. I have helped many horror hosts get their shows going either thru promotion or providing technical advice on dealing with public access program directors I did that as a way of paying back rhonda for the help and support she gave me when i contacted her. Rhonda was the horror hosts slightly twisted guardian an ge,

Forward to today the news she has left this world even though I am 1000% sure she is in a far better place hanging out with Lon, Vincent, Bela and the other giants of horror hearing some kick ass stories and having the time of her afterlife, the rest of us will have to carry on and keep the faith even if BTV goes away as a tribute to our Mistress Rhonda.
It is getting very hard to type this because of the tears and i dont want do too many typos thank god for spell check let me leave my fellow horror hosts with this.. if you have the opportunity to help a fledgling horror host with support, advice, or any wisdom you can provide back them to the hilt do it as a tribute to the friend we just lost.

So Rhonda wherever you are rest easy we got your back!

Brother Jack Angry aka Les Raub

Our First Indie Horror Filmaker Showcase Michael Gale Butt

Greetings Faithful Followers,

I have worked with many indie horror film makers over the years, some good some not so good but what all these filmmakers have in common is they each have a vision and a passion about how a horror film should be made.The Subject of out first indie horror producer showcase Michel Gale Butt is no exception. This Wisconsin based filmmaker has brought us titles such as Vampire ticks form outer space, The Man with the golden hand, This Book is cursed, These Woods are cursed and other memorable titles.

Michael when asked about got him into the indie horror game he states that as a young man growing up in Wisconsin his love of acting and Classic Monster movies, this love followed him through college and using the knowledge acquired in college he set out on the indie horror path. His first subjects of early films was yetis but Then made his first notable film Vampire Ticks from outer space, to be followed by The Man with the Golden Hand and This Woods is Cursed.

Michael Butt with Crystalynn Oldenburg his costar in Vampire Ticks

 Michael owes much of his earlier inspirations to Ben Blegen whom he met in college who did a film called Dawn In Beautiful Loathing, Michael starred in that film. Later he asked Blegen if he could do a comedy version of that film called My Neighbor is dating a serial killer Blegen Agreed Michael Butt got the producing bug from that point . Michael's horror inspirations came from the movie Planet Terror. Butt sites the work of Robert Rodregez seeing his work in Planet Terror and describing it as "masterpiece" and wanting to make similar movies so very badly but also went on to collect older works of John Carpenter and Sam Raimi.
When asked what inspired him about Planet Terror and the Grind-house era of the 70's and early 80,s Butt said it was the excitement and the practical effects elaborating the lack of cgi effects and the reliance on old school sfx for the excitement and visceral thrills this genre of movies produce.

Michael Butt and Celeste Parker of Dedgars Coffin Classics

When asked about his costars of the various films he states that one actress in particular has been with him trough all of  his film That is Crystalynn Oldenburg, either as a costar or in a cameo role.
As  a filmmaker myself it is good to have a core of goto actors and actresses you can depend on to provide talent for your projects.

Michael Norman Gale Butt

To end this i asked Michael about where he saw his work heading in the future he has this to say..
"Someday I'll find time to market them properly, or find someone who believes in them enough to invest in promoting them. Then  once I am completely funded by my films I'll be able to devote 100percent of myself to them. Then I can start competing with the big name companies... But I'm going to keep my feel my practicality and my love of storytelling over profit."
Again this comes down to passion and seeing the passion of Butt and other filmmakers the Horror genre is in good hands I think. Here is a Link to Vampire Ticks From Outer Space which you can view by going HERE

So in closing please be sure to support indie filmmakers particulary Indie horror filmmakers you never know what kind of a hidden gem you will finds.. So Good night lets keep america on top watch horror hosts y'all ...Unpleasant Dreams..

Another Con is in the Bag Our Review of Anime Nebraskon 2017

Greetings Faithful Followers,

With the Halloween season ending and the Christmas season barreling at us like a runaway freight train, your humble long suffering narrator me Brother Jack and My perpetually pickled muscle-head sibling ,,,,yes Brother James have been hanging out in that holiday no mans land called you guessed it the thanksgiving season. In Omaha it is an widely accepted tradition that immediately on the heels of Halloween and before Thanksgiving we have the Miracle that is Anime Nebraskon 2017, and I will explain the "miracle" remark in the paragraphs to come.

First of all many of you know that i have covered the anime nebraskon conventions since the fall of 2012 so about 5 years roughly, myself,  Inferna, Lady Torrid and this year  Brother James have visited the cons, the vendors walked about meeting and interviewing cosplayers to bring you our friends, fans and faithful followers the scoop on these events. What i notice primarily notice the events get more elaborate every year, the organizers bringer bigger, better and more well known celebs the vendors become more numerous and the costumes and outfits  worn by the various cosplayers get more elaborate as the photos below show.

her badge read "Rare Jewel" Boy was she right if anyone knows the lady please contact us at angrybros@gmail.com

Brittany Rose Ghor as Bloodrayne looking fantastic

 As you can see by the pictures the cosplayer yes that is me above..(handsome devil aren,t I ? ) the costumes were well thought out and well executed . We saw many diffrent anime, scifi, horror, and nerd universes represented at Anime Nebraskon 2017 so in that regard great job everyone.

Mad Moxxi and Harley Quinn there were a ton of them there great job ladies...

BloodRayne again she can bite me anytime

Brother James Looking Natty in his new uniform...

Becki Bullets one of our Show Gouls check out zombie walk 2016 blog post great job Becki

Another great experience with the con was dealing with the cons Media Director Emily Knaub she was our inital contact this year for receiving our press passes and was prompt in getting them to us when we arrived. Great Job Emily. There really was no downside with the exception of parking I had to park almost a mile away on Saturday and Sunday and I picked up a hell of a case of con crud that hung around till Thursday (google it, it is a real thing...) but that is a problem the con cant solve that would involve a larger venue.. and i dont know of any place in omaha t
hat could support the attendance this con brings in every year. With all that being said a big kudos to the staff and management of Anime Nebraskon 2017 well done and we hope to see everyone next year. Enjoy our episode of The Angry Brothers Omaha shock o Rama ep # 232 Anime Nebraskon 2017 an Angry Brothers View..

Our Review of the Malvolia: The Queen of Screams Halloween Special

Greetings Faithful Followers,

With the Halloween season being upon us and all the great tricks and treats you can and will be getting, it gives myself, brother James, Demona, Inferna and the rest of the crew here at the Monastery of Mayhem great pleasure to give you all a review of the first Halloween special from her darkest majesty herself.. Malvolia The Queen of Screams.

 The special focuses around Malvolia and her demon friend Bloody Sherri (played by actress Sherri Smith) planing to attend a costume party thrown by an "well known" indie horror film director/producer in Hollywood and that directors desire to sign Malvolia to a 3 picture deal to boost his sinking career (Hunter Johnson).

The cast of party goers include many Hollywood stereotypes the vapid actress (Brialynn Massie), an emo/prettyboy in a skeleton costume, a super-fan, and also 2 sycophantic production assistants/cameramen definitely the gang was all here. This well rounded ensemble of potential victims manages to pull off very convincing performance for my taste the real hidden gem in this performance aside from Malvolia and Bloody Sherri is Victor the Demon butler I have always enjoyed his drink recipes in his performances on Malvolias youtube channel . My only critisim is get a bigger hat the diminuitive top hat really doesnt fit the persona other thank that great job to malvolia, victor and the entire cast but for next time how about a disembowelment or 2 ?

I am gonna give Queen Malvolias first Special 2 thumbs way way up If you want to watch it you can see it here

So until next time Keep America on Top Watch Horror Hosts you All

Brother Jack Angry

If the Shoe Fits .. A Nate Coulombe film

Greetings Faithful Followers,

We are always on the lookout for indie horror films here in the Omaha metro area and i believe we have found a real gem here. The Film is Called If The Shoe fits.Produced by Splitsville Productions.It is written and directed by Nate Coulumbe and produced by Mark Popejoy. Nate also plays the employee who quits the shoemakers employment and in some ways sets the stage for the carnage that follows.  The story revolves around a shoe repair store run by Tony Haynes who after losing his only employee to a better job offer sets about the task of running the store singlehandedly, the cobbler keeps the situation in hand until a slew of bitchy and demanding customers pushes him to commit the unthinkable with bloody and just deserved results for the customers.

The customers played by Mark Popejoy, Melissa Holder, Carter Coulombe, Eric Dwight, Crazy Courtney, Jennifer Johnson and Anthony Blake did excellent jobs as the customers from hell. By the time i was done watching my only regret is that we the viewers did not get to see more of them sent to the hell they so richly deserve. Mark Popejoy as the right wing Trumpanzee biker was a stand out in his quintessential douchebaggery in his berating the store owner I would have been tempted to take the hammer to him myself. The 2nd customer the wedgie shoe bitch also met a satisfying and bloody end at the hands of the cobbler the playing or big band music while sawing her feet off and the fast paced jazz music as he was beating her skull to a pulp...BRAVO!. We also want to give Benito Garcia and the staff of Wetworks SFX kudos on the blood fx and the death scenes.

My only detraction and this is a minor one was when the cobbler was beating the skull of shoe bitch
there was not as much blood splatter as you might think, considering the amount of fluids that are contained in the human skull I might be wrong but a great scene none the less.
So in closing we give If The Shoe Fits and Splitsville Productions a two big thumbs way way up from myself Brother Jack Angry and Brother James and the rest of the crew here at the Monastery of Mayhem.

So in conclusion we will wrap this up with a reminder to our friends and fans to support local indie filmmakers, shop local and to keep america on top watch horror hosts y'all and friends dont let friends wear lab coats.

The Angry Brothers At Ocomicon

Greetings Faithful Followers,

Your Old Pal Brother Jack Angry here, The Summer Season is definitely upon us the days are hot n hazy and the nights are warm, the air is full of all kinds of insects and if your a hay fever sufferer like Brother Jack your sinuses are going apeshit! Another inevitability of summer in Omaha is Ocomiccon; this is the 3rd Ocomiccon convention hosted at the MAC Center in Council Bluffs Ia. Brother James and Myself went in Civvie Drag to this convention to take a look at what was going on and here,s our report. We arrived about 30 min before the doors opened at 12pm on  Friday July 7, 2017 the crowd was well behaved we were able to engage in a little small talk with a kylo renn cos-player while waiting to get inside. After paying for our tickets 50.00 for 2 1 day tickets (cheaper than some of the larger cons but??) we headed for the convention floor and the vendors area, we were on a mission to get a Blue Ranger Pop signed by David Yost one of the celebrity guests of the con..(more on that in a bit) we figured there would be a bit of a wait so we check out the various vendors and we were not disappointed. The First vendor we visited was Tarafying Treasures run by Tara Hinson specializing in Perler, jewelry, art & more. You Can Visit her shop here  .

Another fine vendor was Barry Dunne of Sneaky Ninja Customs specializing in leather goods and other hand made items you can find his  shop by going to his facebook page here

 We also had the treat to check out the booth of Spiel Bound the board game cafe located at 3229 Hearney st in Omaha. A board game themed cafe sounds interesting we will be checking them out in the meantime you can visit them here 

Finally We stopped by the booth for House of Conundrum located at 2564 Leavenworth st here in  Omaha, and spoke to the owner John Comstock this is  a locally run business that specializes in the escape room craze that is sweeping the country featuring themed room such as a zombie apocalypse and a Batman theme escape room you can check out their website HERE   .

 

 Ok Now on to what most people want to see the cosplayers, the Angry Brothers have always supported cosplay here in Omaha in past editions of the blog so with out further delay here are some of the cosplay highlights from Ocomiccon

 great looking Xena Warrior princess, the gal doing the owl costume is not bad either

 The Stunning Brittany Rose Gohr
as Kittana From Mortal Kombat

Brittany Rose Gohr

 Great Darth Maul Samuari done The Cosplayer won one of the best in show for this. Very Richly deserved well done.

 A good friend of the show The Lovely '
Becki Bullets as the Classic Harley Quinn from the Batman Animated Series.

 Xena Again

 Kate Kasket with her take on Darth Maul (rawwr) painting and wardrobe done by Jeff Christenham

A kick ass Cylon Centurion Done By the Iron Brothers I beleive i could be wrong but it fuckin rocks!

In all honesty I did go to this convention with the intention of giving it a bad review because of who they chose to partner themselves with in the past. Thankfully that person was not there and observing the volunteers working with the celeb guest of the con and in general the several occasions i had to ask questions from a volunteer i received fast and friendly help. So i will give kudos to the organizers and volunteers of of Ocomiccon, In the past i was harsh about the con and had decided never to patronize it again but seeing what i did on Friday definitely changed my mind. I will direct this to the organizers of the con we covered your first one we would like to do so again in an official capacity, the ball is in your court. So before I go Always support your local cons and lets keep America on top watch horror hosts y'all.