In the Media

Search is on for Miss dEdmonton
2009.09.02 - Michelle Thompson from the Edmonton Sun

Do you have a killer smile, haunting eyes, and a body to die for?

If so, you could be the first Miss dEdmonton.

“She’s got to be able to do a variety of things,” said Darryl Plunkie, dEdmonton co-chair, listing one example. “Screaming is important…”

Blood, Guts, and Crowns
2009.09.01 - Brittney Leblanc from iNews 880

…But now, I want to speak to the ladies. Fellas, stick around, you might want to pass this along to the ladies in your life. It’s the Miss dEdmonton contest! That’s right, give your favourite Zombie Princess a dress, because she has until September 30th to create a YouTube video and submit to be Miss dEdmonton!

Blood, guts and gore will run in the streets this Halloween
2009.08.27 - Scott Mckeen from the Edmonton Journal

There will be blood. And bosoms. There will be at least one chainsawwielding clown. A few vampires. And a zombie army.

The blood will be fake; the fangs, plastic–the zombie rabble, loosely choreographed.

The bosoms will be laced into goth gowns, cinched in PVC fetish gear or … or maybe I should stop now…

There’s a real spirit to this grassroots fest
2009.07.16 - Kerry Diotte from the Edmonton Sun

If you’re at the Capital EX parade today, look for zombies and hearses in with the clowns and cowboys.

The creepy characters will be trying to create a lively buzz about the city’s spanking new fall festival, celebrating the Halloween season…

Zombies join Capital Ex Parade
2009.07.15 - Landon Kelly from iNews 880

If you’re headed to the Capital Ex parade Thursday morning, don’t be surprised to see a little something different.

The organizers of dEdmonton, an annual local Halloween horror festival, are entering the parade for the first time this year.

Deadmonton: Give credit where due
2008.10.31 - letter from Marsh Murphy to the Edmonton Journal

Last weekend, Metro Cinema hosted the Deadmonton Horror Film Festival. Deadmonton has been written about in The Journal a few times in the past week, but a few details have been incorrect, and I just wanted to set the record straight…

Let’s say it loud and say it proud: We are Deadmonton
2009.10.27 - Scott Mckeen from the Edmonton Journal

…Words can amuse and educate. They can also inflame, shock and injure. Knowing this, let us now get to the unseemly word of the day: Deadmonton…