Well here we are.. its the longest day of the year… June 21st… One of those days that passes so strangely in recent years.. (how is it longer? really?….) but today it marks the OFFICIAL day of release for RJ Torbert’s new novel.. NO MERCY!! For a while now RJ has continued with his personal goals of writing his own books, and this is the second which of course follows on from 2013’s release ‘The Face of Fear’… You can order your own copies by clicking the image below!
Well, after the last 2-3 weeks being up at all hours most nights i finally managed to get the site ready for visitors here… then disaster struck, ALL the effort of making a new site seemed to be for nothing, because last night the site went down, during the ‘WordPress Migration/Transfer’ process it all went wrong! After talking to the host support it re-appeared again, but it wasn’t located correctly in the files.. it was still in a sub folder! Support comes back and says ‘ok, wait a minute while i change it’! then almost everything got worse. The theme vanished, images went out of sync and stopped working, then the main domain just started showing a blank page! So… What now.. ? Put the old version back? .. Give up?? or just pay a ridiculous fee for specialists to revive it.. ?? NO, NO, and NO!! Find an old Ghost Hunting friend, ‘Paul Griffiths’ (www.Betelguise.com} … a hell of a web designer and a man of many talents with code and fixing sites that look dead! He was here for a couple of hours or so and got the site back to standard.. he then left me to it, and i finished it off!! MASSIVE THANKS PAUL!!! So, finally we are here, in WordPress format, and working ok so far.. i think..
So from now on, the site will now have the ability for users to share the news posts.. along with many other things.. the mask page has been changed a little with some new images, as have all the pages..
Theres more to come to finish it off properly, but at least i managed to preserve all of my older news archives from around late 2011.. older posts do exist on older web pages on my PC, but i think we have enough archives so far… I hope site visitors enjoy the newer version here..
The site sits in a theme by a site called ‘Iceable Themes‘ although i have heavily modified it so it doesn’t look too much like the standard WP Layout look..
The chap over there gave me many additional codes to get the site how i wanted it.. THANKS .. (if he does see this).
Thats it for now..
Thanks
Tim (GhostFace)
For quite a while now RJ Torbert has been writing various tweets about the next Powers and Johnson novel, and saying that long time GhostFace fan ‘Rob Mac‘ was going to be announcing it.. Today, we saw that happen… Rob was given the honor of doing the announcement by RJ and Rob was definitely surprised when he was first told, here were all are now.. months later and the day is here.. You can find out more on how to obtain a new book on the link below..
AMAZON.COM LINK – ‘BOOK ORDERS LINK‘
Book synopsis
NO MERCY: A Powers and Johnson Novel is the continuing story of two detectives, who with the help of their boss, Det Lt Cronin, solved The Face of Fear Investigation (from Torbert’s first book The Face of Fear).
As with anything in life, there are repercussions with the way we handle “life” and the way the law is interpreted. There is a difference between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law. There are those who do not forget and want revenge. Therefore, when it comes to revenge, there is NO MERCY.
A plot to eliminate the Priority 1 Task Force has been planned by placing bounties on those who were involved in The Face of Fear Investigation. Powers and Johnson are on the case to find out who is behind the revenge.
Ghost Face has his own plans for revenge, and is also showing NO MERCY.
I must say…. Jace Lash did another Excellent job on the Art work again!
See the official Powers&Johnson site also..
April 19th UPDATE : GOOD NEWS FOR UK FANS….AND OTHER COUNTRIES NO DOUBT.. !
After speaking to the main UK distributor i was put in touch with another site who had also expressed an interest in ordering the Silver Ghostface mask.. after a phone call i discovered someone who had the same goals as me with regards to GhostFace masks and getting the particular types that we wouldn’t normally be able to find easily in the UK… types like the Metallic’s, 25 yr Silver version, TV Series types.. and whatever else may be attainable.. the website that you can get in touch with has been newly added on my links page very recently.. its ‘Madabouthorror.co.uk’…. Click image below..
I STRONGLY suggest if you are a UK fan (Or even a fan in another country) who wants the 25 year Ghostface type then get in touch with them asap…
The link on the image below takes you straight to the Silver GhostFace masks page there..
Its also a possibility that ‘Karnival-House’ (linked on the Costumes page) may be getting some newer merchandise too for masks..
PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT IF YOU ARE A FAN IN ANOTHER COUNTRY THEN SHIPPING MAY COST MORE THAN THE MASK’S VALUE.. BUT THEN AGAIN IF YOU LOVE GHOSTFACE AS MUCH AS ME THEN YOU’LL ORDER THE MASK ANYWAY..
Mad About Horror are the UK’s leading online retailer of Horror Masks, Collectibles and Halloween Animated Props. Importers of Officially Licensed products from Ghoulish Productions, Trick or Treat Studios and other top US design studios. Stockists of Halloween Masks of the most popular Movies and TV Shows from around the world.
Well.. here we are again… ever since fans knew the 25th Anniversary Silver mask was on its way i have had loads of questions from many of them, on the site contact link here.. and via Social media on Facebook.. and all of them ask the same thing! Including myself!
When is the mask coming out exactly? …… How much will it be? …. Is the UK getting it too?……
Well the answers are still vague… i can only ASSUME that its going to be out for Halloween, because RJ Torbert told me people should be ordering NOW… and 2016 is the ONLY year these versions will be made.
And with retailers ordering now, its seems pretty obvious its in time for Halloween.
Cost… Well, its still unknown at this time.. whether its a U.S Dollar price, or a UK price.. or any other countries price.. We dont know.. I spoke with a distributor and even they are awaiting more info..
WHO is getting it?
Well, USA is more or less always the main country to seek newer GhostFace merchandise whether its an anniversary mask or a Metallic mask.. its always heavily ordered in its home country.
What about the UK?…. Good question, well i asked RJ Torbert this on the phone a very short while ago, and he basically said.. ‘if its ordered it will be made..’ he then advised me to get to any shops i know who have GhostFace items and see if they are ordering any.. so go to your local fancy dress or novelties store and get asking.. as i say above… NOW is the time retailers are ordering… so get to a store you know that maybe has stocked GhostFace in the past and get asking.. maybe even try ASDA again if you are in the UK..
ASDA haven’t done any GhostFace items since 2013 but you never know… if its in demand, it sells..
SCREAM TV Series mask..
Well it seems from looking at Fun World’s website that whoever wants the TV Series masks and merchandise that there are newer items added in the range this year.. CLICK HERE to see them!
NEW GhostFace items?
Well i suggest you check out the link HERE… and maybe look through some downloadable items on Fun Worlds page… you can see what retailers have a choice of… I did also hear that the Metallic GhostFace masks should be back in ‘Savers’ again this year too.. 😉
Until next time… (or when more info comes) ill catch you later.
Tim (GhostFace)
As New Year starts again i always know i will be seeing images like below of Fun Worlds attendance at the Halloween Party Expo Show… Last Year it wasnt until February but this year its back to being in January again, RJ Torbert has already been Tweeting the pics of the progress of the displays going up..
Its in New Orleans, and again its at the ‘Ernest N. Morial Convention center.. housed in a million square feet of space… More pictures to come as time goes by… RJ did say the box for the 25th anniversary Silver mask would be shown 24 hours before the show started also.. and last year fans had a chance to win Gold Masks in Gold hoods briefly for poems wrote.. also sent over to fans were Ties made for the expo show, Ties that will again be appearing this year… Keep an eye on RJ’s Twitter for more..
The Show runs from January 22nd – 25th …. The website is HERE!
(‘See Floorplan’ as always Fun World has the biggest possble plot again.. )
Check out THIS LINK for Google Streetview! Cant believe how big it is! (Linked last year also)
UPDATE: Front of 25 Year silver GhostFace mask packaging now below.. Rear of the box coming on January 22nd… which will have some GhostFace hostory on it too….
UPDATED with Wes Craven Tribute picture, and box rear containing GhostFace History, and Cerificate…
Also… seem to be newer version TV Series masks too..
ALL these years later after the GhostFace mask’s creation and now ‘tonight’ we see another mask type unveiled by RJ Torbert… To be available next year, with a certificate of authenticity.. and with a special hood, and also in a special box… all commemorating the 25th Birthday of GhostFace!
Tweets came from RJ on the December 16th (UK Time) showing us the picture below..
Its a STUNNER!!! Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!
stay tuned, GHOST FACE special edition for 2016 TO BE unveiled at 3 PM EST–TWITTER FOLLOWERS first to see publicly.
FUN WORLD announces SPECIAL EDITION GHOST FACE for 2016 —STAY TUNED
It’s the 25th anniversary of the Mask known around the world as Ghost Face in 2016…Unveiling coming in minutes from Fun World.
To be made only in 2016..Silver Anniversary..silver chrome mask .complete w/special hood..special box package.
Mask come with special hood ..stamped on inside..and certificate of authenticity. FUN WORLD is proud of this one.
Extended cloth hood for limited edition Ghost Face 25th anniversary Mark.
more info to come later in day.
packaged box——————to be shown next week. ————–
Dedicated to the MEMORY — of THE MASTER ——Wes Craven—-Stay Tuned.
Well here we are again then… a little late this year on the date but basically the end of November and start of December resemble the birth of GhostFace.co.uk, all that way back in 2006!
Whilst in the later part of November and start of December many see this as the start of Christmas coming, i tend to ignore that now, and see it as my websites birthday more.. I remember when the site was first in existence as a ‘Proboards forum’ (Which is still online) i remember the fans that did visit saying that IF a ‘SCREAM 4’ was made the must-have characters were always to be Sidney, Dewey and Gale.. otherwise there was no point, the other two key factors always mentioned were Wes and Kevin.. and only around a year and a half after going online the announcement came in July 2008 that the film was finally Green-lighted! The rest is history now! So… here we are now.. in 2015.. and still online.. what has 2015 given us ?!! Some good things, and sadly a major bad thing too!
2015 – Good and Bad
Well, with it being 2015 many of us that also like the ‘Back to the Future’ films saw it as a celebration of the dates that Doc and Marty time traveled to in the Delorean all the way back in 1989! And while Hoverboards DO exist in a capacity, its not as expected, or as they were portrayed in the film is it!
But thats life!
With regards to Scream & GhostFace fans we have a sadder reason now for remembering 2015.. Wes… Whilst the movie worlds of Horror and Thrillers (and sometimes romantic stories) suffers a major loss of a great director… a major loss!! In late August we all go the nasty news that he had sadly passed on… and i saw many things online in relation to this sad loss from fans..
Wes Craven – 1939 – 2015 / the man he was..
From the start of Horror movies in my life i always liked Wes’s work.. Mainly because the first film of his i ever saw that was a horror was SCREAM… for years previous i hated Horror, couldn’t stand it one bit.. i remember going round to friends houses in younger years and seeing their older brothers and sisters watching parts of Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees films.. from the very little i could manage to watch (i was only around 7-8 yrs old at the time) i remember thinking that some killers seemed indestructible, no matter what happened to them they kept coming back, and even as a young child then it put me off Horror.. plus it made me paranoid about walking back home at night! So Wes did so his job right in that respect, i only saw about 5 minutes of a Freddy film and i couldn’t take no more.. I still haven’t watched them until this day!
With regards to meeting Wes though i never did sadly.. i have seen many fans post up pictures of themselves with him and reading how they met him, whether it was in an area he was filming, or at the Scream 4 premiere which was good for them too… but the closest i ever got was only via Twitter, he had Followed me in the last year and actually wished me a happy birthday back in June.. I had heard from RJ Torbert recently after i asked RJ about Wes ever viewing my site.. As far as RJ knew he said he had been on the site here.. So i hope he liked what he saw and read..
One thing i did notice about Wes was what the cast members and many others who worked with him said too.. that being that he was REALLY a good man, a nice man, a sweet man, and not the psycho or mad man that people may have thought of him due to his ability to scare us all in his films.. From what i saw in recent years during Scream 4 being made (and on many DVD extras on the Scream movies) it was true, Wes was a genuine nice man, he was someone who had mastered his craft in the movie world, and remained one hell of a man in normal life, his love of birds and other hobbies shown this throughout some of his online media and interviews and even his own website.. I wont forget the presence on Twitter during Scream 4.. many fans were talking to him whilst he was in between working.. pictures of him on his phone tweeting, or playing Doodle Jump!…. i never did beat the score he put up! One thing i always remember though is the pic he posted of a tired GhostFace! In between takes he snapped a picture of ‘Dane Farwell’ as GhostFace sat on a rooftop.. Poor chap looked knackered! | Pictured Below…
I think Wes knew what he wanted when it came to all the Scream films with the portrayal of Ghostface and all the characters we saw… I will always have him to thank AND all others involved in the making of these SCREAM movies.. They gave me a mask and icon i love! Its mostly shown in this site i think..
Rest in peace to Wes though.. i honestly hope we all go somewhere up above after this life, and if we do, i hope to meet him up there..
2015 for Ghostface
Well, as the year started we got yet another type of mask from Alan Geller, the ‘Smoldering / Eerie Embers’ mask… (Now on the masks page too) .. We also saw the return of more Metallic Ghostface masks.. ordered again by the ‘savers’ store chain..
In this year also GhostFace reached a new age, an age of 24, so next year i hope will see some type of anniversary masks i hope.. as 25 is a milestone for any type of mask! Particular one that’s so well known!
Scream Tv Series – July 2015
Well after much discussion online between fans it finally did show its face to us.. literally… The MTV Scream series made it presence known at the start of July and weeks previously in the form of clips posted on YouTube by the MTV account there.. we saw Trailers and a ‘first 8 minutes’ clip debut.. Some fans hated it, some fans loved it, and some didn’t even bother watching it.. I myself wasn’t too keen after seeing a new mask created for it, but true to my word i did eventually watch every episode to give it a fair chance and to get the story completed…
My verdict was that it was ok but it didn’t have the authentic ‘Scream feel’ to it like we saw in the movies.. and that it was a total different world in some ways in ‘Lakewood’.. i do remember though, reading online that TWC wanted to keep the movie world and Tv Series world separate.. so that gave a reason for a new mask creation… at the end of the day i think the SCREAM name maybe helped it get viewers, but in my opinion it could have been named ANYTHING else in relation to Teens, School life, Mass murders, or psycho killers… the fact it was called ‘SCREAM the tv series’ didn’t make much difference to me.. i know of fans from the movies who think of the series as non existent because it doesn’t come close to the quality of the films..
Series 2..
Whilst there is positive and negative points on the series there was a green light for a second series.. time will tell as to what happens and if the ‘Brandon James’ mask reappears…
Arnold Scream – the end of an era.
Well.. as time went on from me creating this site in late 2006 i had always wanted to put my old video footage online for anyone to see… as time went on we had many trailers and fan films go online.. it was originally known between friends in it as ‘Scream filming’ and later got the name of ‘Arnold Scream’ as many of us were from, or lived in Arnold at the time of making the clips, all of the time it was view-able i made it clear that it wasn’t anything serious and was all for fun.. anyone that has seen the films will know this because the acting is bad.. its just friends messing about with a GhostFace mask, thats it..!! The website for the films came along on December 7th 2009… and was there for people to read details and see locations for what we were doing in the films.. the last ever footage i did for the films was back in June 2010.. and since then the site remained online for anyone interested to view.. now though its up for renewal but im letting it go… it was always there for a temporary period anyway, and this year i thought it had been online long enough.. it expired on December 7th 2015 and will no doubt be gone very soon after this post is read by some.. the clips on YouTube will remain (mostly trailers) otherwise its off to the Internet Archive site to view the site in previous years.. I have added a trailer below of the first film which i think sums up the basic description of Arnold Scream.. that being one of friends having fun with GhostFace.. and in this trailer that’s exactly what you see!
Well, that’s it for now… I hope you all have a good Christmas and Happy New Year!
Until January.. See you later!
GhostFace (Tim)
Hello again… earlier this year (back in June) i asked RJ Torbert as to whether the GhostFace Metallic masks would be making another return this year.. to which he answered YES!!
The only trouble with that is the UK fans and of course fans in any other country that ISNT the USA then has to try and find a trusted USA based fan to source them for them if they desire them to be added to their collections.. But what if you dont know any fans?
Well, over the past few years i have got some via a few sources, fans i know over there, RJ Torbert himself, or from a Savers store you can get in contact with via Email.. (Or their Facebook page).
After seeing pictures online recently i can confirm that they ARE back in the same stores as they were last year… namely ‘Savers’, or ‘Value village’ in some areas… Whilst these stores arent FULLY nationwide in the USA we can still get in touch with the store a couple of my own sets came from in the past…
Details on stores are on the icon below (Click to Download)
And the shop i got mine from in the past was based in Nova Scotia, Canada.. i e mailed the store manager ‘Reg’ at the time and he sorted me a set out and got them sent over (Charges applie of course)
That same store has a Facebook page, linked below too.. Try your luck and see if you can obtain a set, otherwise maybe get in touch with some USA fans…
PLEASE NOTE: If you do find a store willing to help you obtain a set then its likely you may be contacted by their head office to pursue the transaction and take payment by a credit card over the phone.
Yesterday the well known Horror site Bloody-Disgusting had a headline go up about the much talked about (Mostly between fans) SCREAM 5…. and it seems that TWC have no plans for it at all now, and plan to let the TV Series continue the legacy… If this is still the case in a year or so then its not good. Many fans online have expressed much interest in doing a fifth film but to no avail, many of them saying a ‘SCREAM 5’ instead of a TV Series was wanted not so long ago… it seems we got what most didn’t want when it comes to the fans.. FULL ARTICLE link on the banner! Info from BD below…
‘When unconfirmed news of Scream 5 hit the web back in May, we did some digging and discovered the disheartening news that there was absolutely no internal chatter of a sequel at Dimension’s headquarters.
Now, on the heels of the MTV series premiere (June 30th), Bob Weinstein, co-runner of the Weinstein Co., tells the WSJ that there will be no more Scream films. Ghostface’s legacy will live on through the new MTV series…’
The site quotes Weinstein as saying:
…there won’t be any more ‘Scream’ movies, and that MTV is the right place for the property to find its next life. It’s like putting an art-house movie in an art-house theater—where the teens reside is MTV.
The Poster featuring GhostFace for the upcoming Texas Frightmare Weekend ! And ….. The ‘Gold on Gold’ mask.. 1 of 9 made…
