September 13th, 2006:
DARKNESS is FANGORIA's "DVD OF THE MONTH", Single-Disc nearly SOLD-OUT, B-INDEPENDENT Review updated and our first Pod-Cast review!

Hey everyone,

We've received some great news and reviews this month!  First up:


DARKNESS: THE VAMPIRE VERSION is FANGORIA Magazine's October "DVD OF THE MONTH"!
I just received word today from Michael Gingold, managing editor of FANGORIA Magazine, that the DARKNESS 2-Disc DVD set will be reviewed in the October issue of the world's most read horror movie magazine!  Even better, he said that it had been deemed the "DVD OF THE MONTH" and congratulated us on a "great job"!  Obviously this is news that has us all smiling at 13th Dream!  HUGE Thanks to Mike and the whole  Fango crew for their unending support of our little movie!  Be sure to keep your eye out for FANGORIA ISSUE #258 on sale in October!  PLUS, if you head over to FANGORIA's website you can see a preview of Issue #258 with the blurb "DVD DUNGEON Remarkable supplements shine through the DARKNESS...".  Check it out by clicking HERE!

DARKNESS Single-Disc Edition first printing nearly SOLD OUT!
This last weekend Brian Krueger at Barrel Entertainment dropped me a line saying that the Single-Disc has been selling so well that it was nearly SOLD-OUT and they were going back to print more copies!  Strangely from all reports it seems the 2-Disc normally WAY outsells the Single-Disc at every outlet that both versions are available, but since BEST BUY is currently carrying only the Single-Disc it seems their sales have have helped really pushed its numbers!  We're still hoping Best Buy will eventually try carrying the 2-Disc on their shelves as well, but hey, if the Single-Disc is selling that well for them we're not going to complain too much!

B-INDEPENDENT.COM updates their review for DARKNESS!
One of the best reviews the original version of DARKNESS ever received was from our friends at B-INDEPENDENT.COM.  Webmaster Allen Richards recently updated the review to also include his evaluation of the new 2-Disc DVD re-release, and well, I'll let his words below speak for themselves.  I really recommend clicking on the link to read the full review as Allen and our mutual friend Bruce Holecheck were the main supporters pushing for the inclusion of the original version of the film in the 2-Disc DVD set.  I was initially reluctant to muddy the waters by including both versions but they convinced me that if were possible I should do it for fans of the original release and in retrospect I realize they were absolutely correct.  Thanks for the advice, support and encouragement guys.  And thanks to Allen and the entire B-INDEPENDENT crew for the great review and continuing support!  Be sure to check out the full review (excerpted below) by clicking HERE!

From the original review:  "Leif Jonker's DARKNESS is everything John Carpenter's VAMPIRES should have been, and then some. It's dark, brooding, frightening, raw, exciting, disgusting...hell, I could bring in the editing team for Webster's to throw around adjectives all day long for a week and it still wouldn't be enough to do this film justice."  From the DVD Review/Update:  "Looking back at Leif Jonker's microcinema masterpiece DARKNESS is like watching a new movie...  ...the movie is now even more rocking and harder edged.  Viewers who pick up the extremely affordable 2-disc set of DARKNESS will see that Barrel has gone above and beyond the call of duty to release the single best release for a film of this size an scope ever.   If you include commentaries, that's about [16] hours of material on these two discs which far outguns any of Peter Jackson's LORD OF THE RINGS releases.  If you're even simply a casual fan of independent horror or underground cinema, you NEED to pick up this disc. You won't find a better presentation for this sort of movie anywhere."
Allen Richards - B-INDEPENDENT.COM
Read the Full Review HERE!
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DARKNESS first PODCAST review on SPLATTERCAST!
Those with the ability to listen to Podcasts may want to head on over to the SPLATTERCAST website and check out "Episode 10: Monster fist sex, and teenage vampires in Kansas!"  We believe it is our first "podcast" review -- at least it's the first we've stumbled across.  Gary Miller and I both cracked up as the reviewer likeably goofs on the film at one point complaining about Jake Euker's character saying "He's coming" rather than explaining what "specific threat"  is on the way, and grumbles about how scenes like these are one of his movie pet peeves.  They take a few shots at the flick and only give us a 6 out of 10, but it was pretty funny and entertaining stuff and they do end with an overall recommendation for the release.  (Plus he liked the ads I assembled for Fangoria and Rue Morgue Magazines.)

IMPORTANT NOTE: It seems like the whole episode is around an hour long and the review for DARKNESS doesn't start until half-way through, following the review for FRANKENSTEIN'S BLOODY NIGHTMARE, so either be patient or load it up and fast-forward till you find it.  You can download the episode by clicking HERE!  Thanks to the entire SPLATTERCAST crew!

As always, you can find all of our compiled reviews on our REVIEWS page by clicking HERE or at the button up top!  (If anyone has seen other reviews out there on the web or in print form that we've missed, please forward them onto me at info@13thdream.com - thanks!)

That's it for now.  Be sure to check back on October 13th for our next regularly scheduled monthly update!

BeAst WisheS!
LEIF JONKER
President - 13th DREAM Entertainment
Wichita, Kansas  9/13/06