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As you likely know by now, Maila Nurmi, aka Vampira the first television horror host, passed away January 10, 2008 of natural causes. Although she gave much to the horror community -- if the invention of the late night horror host concept wasn't enough, she also co-starred in the immortal Plan 9 from Outer Space as Bela Lugosi's dead wife -- she did not have very much money in the end. Currently, a number of fans are working to get Nurmi interred at Hollywood Forever cemetery, where she rightly belongs.(read more...)

For horror fans who want to receive an awesome, one-of-a-kind piece of memorabilia while helping those in need, Qeetastrophe has arrived. DreadCentral.com's Paul Nomad has put together two charity auctions on eBay, with the winner of each receiving a 16-inch glow-in-the-dark Qee figurine signed by luminaries of either horror or music (depending on the auction). All proceeds go to St. Jude's Resarch Hospital. The horror figurine is a bear (auction here), signed by an impressive number of horror people. The list includes:(read more...)