Shilling Shockers DVD giveaway 2! With special Easter Leg...er Egg!

HELL..............o!  So we're gearing up to unleash the new season of my hosted horror movie TV program "Penny Dreadful's Shilling Shockers" in late July, and I though this would be a good time to once again offer a giveaway of the "Drunk Shadows" episode featuring the film "The Terror" with Boris Karloff and Jack Nicholson.  In this episode we visited the Seaview/Carey Mansion (aka Collinwood).

These are, however, different from the last batch I gave away.  These discs are test shots of the consumer DVDs and feature a menu screen and an Easter Egg featuring Penny in her "off" hours showcasing various Dark Shadows "Curios."  It's like a macabre, cheesecakey version of the Antiques Roadshow.  

The first five people to post in response to this post will receive a DVD.

- Penny Dreadful -

Oh My Goddess!  Penny Dreadful in every fanboy's dream version of Antique (or should that be Aunt Eek, hahhaha) Roadshow (Ghoulshow?).  You know they'll LOVE it in Peoria!

I don't think I qualify for this giveaway since I got one of the Mark One DVDs, but I just had to cheer you on as you move forward in your career! sounds brilliant... in a *grisly* way!  (cue macabre canned laughter)

You know THIS is going to have Dr. von Bulow frothing at the mouth!

Cheers, G.

Sounds cool. Put me down for 1, please.

Sounds like a fun dvd Penny Dreadful!
Antiques Roadshow does DS!  Can I have one too please?

sounds fun. id like to get 1.

me please

Me Too!  I'd love to have one of your new DVD's.  Thanks ever so much!

oh dammit...
my luck (and timing) has been so gawd awful this month it isn't even funny...
thanks for offering though

Alrighty folks, looks like that does it!  Please IM me your mailing addresses and I'll send the DVDs out!

- Penny

Am I too late? If not I would be happy to purchase one or ask you to bring one to the Fest for me. I had a big Masonic ritual last night so I was away from the internet all evening. The disc sounds great.

Michael

Hi Michael, how interesting.  Do the Masons always celebrate the Summer Solstice?

Please disregard if you can't discuss this due to your oaths, but, since you mentioned it...

cheers, Steve

Hi Gothick, thanks for asking. I will be happy to answer your question. The choice of last night had more to do when the Lodge room was available than any significance as to when it appears in the earth year. It was just coincidence. I can say in the old days, ie prior to electricity, Lodges were held on nights of the full moon, but this was to allow evening travels rather than any lunar worship. Some very old Lodges still adhere to that meeting schedule out of tradition.     I am in the final stages of my training to be a Worshipful Master of my Lodge next year, and last night was an important training exercise. A Worshipful Master is leader of his Lodge for one year terms. usually most people serve one year and then their title becomes Past Master. In some cases if no one is ready to move up, you may remain for a second term, but this is not common. Anyway, the big "secrets" are in the details of the rituals and I wish I could tell you I had learned the true identity of Jack the Ripper or I could fix next year's Oscars, but that just isn't what we really do. Its really must more of a spiritual fraternity. Also, just to clarify, we allow any monotheistic religions to our membership. We have Muslims, Christian and Jews. One Lodge here in Richmond used to be almost entirely Greek Orthodox. Not to go too far off on the subject, but I am happy to answer pretty much anything.  (I do have a DS related post on this coming up... )

Michael   

Thanks for answering, Michael.  Freemasonry shows up en passant in several books in my library, mostly the brotherhood as it was in the 18th and 19th centuries--I have very little sense of the practice today.

I also did not that non-Christians were allowed to join.  I'm not a monotheist, but I find the brotherhood interesting nevertheless.  It had quite an influence upon the formation of the Golden Dawn in London in the 1880s (the three founders of the GD were all prominent Masons) and, through that, in the practical history of several prominent occult societies of the 20th century.  (Forgive me for mentioning this minor historical trivia--I know many in the Brotherhood would prefer if everyone would just forget about it!)

Here's a minor bit of DS connection to the Masons.  In the original Edgar Allen Poe tale, the Cask of Amontillado, the narrator explains the presence of a trowel, a heap of bricks and a tub of freshly poured cement in his basement to his helpless victim because he is supposedly a Mason.  (I could be getting this wrong, but there's definitely a Masonic ref in that story.)  As we all know, Dark Shadows copied the main events of that story not once, but four times!

Best wishes,

Steve

If anyone defaults, I'd be glad to serve as a backup/alternate as #6!!

 My disc arrived and I watched it and I think it's great! The menus are really nice looking, and the easter egg is a great bit. Thanks Penny, I'm really happy to have it in my DS collection