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White Zombie and Carnival of Souls
2007-10-24 00:00:00
For your (dis)pleasure I present to you, two classic horror films. Ironically both were choices for Rob Zombie 's bands name, before he went with White Zombie. White Zombie (1932) is an American horror film, first released on August 4, 1932. It is believed to be the first film to deal with zombies and is indeed often described as the first zombie film.The film was produced independently by minor silent film makers Edward Halperin and Victor Halperin, from a script by Garnett Weston. Victor Halperin directed. It was picked up for distribution by United Artists.Sherman S. Krellberg financed most of the production of the film through his Amusement Securities Corp., using the film rights as collateral. When the Halperins were unable to repay the loan in a timely manner, Krellberg took over the rights and, after its initial run was finished, periodically reissued the film through minor distributors, the last time being in 1972. Plot The script by Garnett Weston features a young coup...
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Rythm N Notes
2007-10-24 00:00:00
The Perfect Way For Musicians Of All Skill Levels To Practice On The GoSunnyvale, California ? October 23, 2007 ? Agetec today announced Rhythm n? Notes for Nintendo DS? has shipped in North America. A distinctive musical learning tool, Rhythm n? Notes is rated E for Everyone, and is available now for $19.99.Rhythm n? Notes is the perfect game for musicians who want to stay in practice, or for those who want to learn music in a light and fun way. Lessons in the game teach time signatures and chords on drums and piano, while encouraging players to recognize musical timing, rhythmic patterns, and notes. With gameplay that starts off easy, but grows gradually more complicated as you progress, Rhythm n? Notes will captivate your musical senses.?Rhythm n? Notes is the perfect game for new and advanced musicians,? said Mark Johnson, Vice President of Production and Marketing at Agetec, Inc. ?With multiple difficulty levels, this game is great for people who want to practice their musical ...
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The Screaming Skull
2007-10-24 00:00:00
The Moon Books Project feels the only safe way to make this film available is to quote the studio's warning, and offer from the beginning of the film itself."The Screaming Skull is a motion picture that reaches its climax in shocking horror. Its impact is so terrifying that it may have an unforeseen effect. It may kill you! therefore the producers feel it necessery to provide free burial services to anyone who dies of fright, while seeing the screaming skull!"Download The Screaming Skull here: [link]

The Dark Vault of Public Domain
2007-10-24 00:00:00
The Moon Books Project is pleased to form an alliance with the ubiquitous Uncle Pete and his twisted sidekick El Vato to provide you, Joe Nintendo DS User with even more entertainment for your dollar. That's right! The Moon Books Project will now be offering episodes of The Dark Vault of Public Domain for download and viewing on the Nintendo DS for free! For those who are unfamiliar with DVOPD here is a clip from the official website. "THE DARK VAULT OF PUBLIC DOMAIN is a cult movie show, hosted by the ubiquitous Uncle Pete, and featuring his twisted sidekick, ?El Vato.? Each week they plunder the darkest depth of cinema to uncover films that have been abandoned, ignored, discarded, thrown away, or just plumb forgotten by the general public, in whole or in part because of their status of films belonging in the public domain."And a comic, which is amusing, ignore the date references. The official website of The Dark Vault of Public Domain is located here: [link]Note: Due to...

Dementium: The Ward
2007-10-20 00:00:00
Dementium The Ward looks like an excellent title. It is a survival horror game, along the lines of Resident Evil, but it uses a more intuitive control scheme. In an interview with the developer it is mentioned that Dementium is controlled more like Metroid than Resident Evil. Another point on Dementium's side is the fact that is has been developed with the Nintendo DS as it's home console from the beginning.Here is the official blurb describing Dementium."Dementium: The Ward combines action-adventure, first-person shooter and survival horror into one nightmarish experience. Pushing the limits of the Nintendo DS with full 3D visuals, this "next generation" title will set the bar for mature handheld games. Dementium tells the tale of a man who awakens to find himself alone, with no memories of his past, in a mysterious, derelict hospital that is frozen in time. Confronted by the deadly, grotesque surgical experiments that wander the halls, a series of challenging puzzles and a cast ...

The Vampire Bat
2007-10-20 00:00:00
The Vampire Bat is a 1933 horror movie starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas and Dwight Frye.When the villagers of Kleinschloss start dying of blood loss, the town fathers suspect a resurgence of vampirism. While police inspector Karl remains skeptical, scientist Dr. von Niemann cares for the vampire's victims one by one, and suspicion falls on simple-minded Herman Gleib because of his fondness for bats. A blood-thirsty mob hounds Gleib to his death, but the vampire attacks don't stop.Download The Vampire Bat here: [link]

The Wasp Woman
2007-10-18 00:00:00
The Wasp Woman (Also known by the title "The Bee Girl" and "Insect Woman") is a science fiction movie directed by Roger Corman which was completed in 1959 (though most audiences didn't see the film till the official release on February 12, 1960). To pad out the running time when the film was released to television two years later, a new prologue was added by director Jack Hill. Plot The founder and owner of a large cosmetics company, Janice Starlin (Susan Cabot), is disturbed when her firm's sales begin to drop after it becomes apparent to her customer base that she is aging. Scientist Eric Zinthrop (Michael Mark) has been able to extract enzymes from the royal jelly of the queen wasp that can reverse the aging process. Starlin agrees to fund further research, at great cost, provided she can serve as his human subject. Displeased with the slowness of the results she breaks into the scientist's laboratory after hours and injects herself with extra doses of the formula. Zinthrop be...

The Last Man On Earth
2007-10-17 00:00:00
The Last Man on Earth (originally titled L'Ultimo uomo della Terra) is a 1964 film based upon the Richard Matheson novel I Am Legend. The film was directed by Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow. The star was Vincent Price. The film was written in part by Matheson, but he was dissatisfied with the result and was credited as "Logan Swanson". William Leicester, Furio M. Monetti, and Ubaldo Ragona were the other writers.It was originally filmed in Italy, and was later released theatrically in the United States by American International Pictures in. It has since fallen into the public domain. MGM Home Video, the current owners of the AIP film catalog released a digitally remastered widescreen print in September 2005. Plot In the year 1968, every day is the same for Dr. Robert Morgan (Vincent Price). He wakes up, gathers his weapons and then literally goes vampire hunting. Morgan lives in a world where everyone else has been infected by a new disease that turns them into vampire-like crea...
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Attack of the Giant Leeches
2007-10-17 00:00:00
Attack of the Giant Leeches is a low-budget 1959 science fiction film from American International Pictures. It was directed by Bernard L. Kowalski, produced by Gene Corman, and the screenplay was written by Leo Gordon. The film is in black and white, and runs for 62 minutes.This film was also called Attack of the Blood Leeches, Demons of the Swamp, She Demons of the Swamp, and The G iant Leeches.In July 1992, Attack of the Giant Leeches was featured as an episode of movie-mocking television show Mystery Science Theater 3000. Synopsis In the Florida Everglades, a colony of larger-than-human-size, intelligent leeches is living in an underwater cave. They begin dragging local people down to their cave where they hold them prisoner and slowly drain them of blood.One of the first people to be so taken is the local vixen, Liz Walker, played by Yvette Vickers . After a couple of gratuitous displays of flesh (Yvette appeared as the centerfold in the July, 1959 issue of Playboy.), and some ...
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Atom Age Vampire
2007-10-17 00:00:00
Atom Age Vampire (original title Seddok, l'erede di Satana) is a 1963 black-and-white Italian horror/science fiction film directed by Anton Giulio Majano and starring Alberto Lupo.Despite the implication of its American title, the film appears to have no direct connection with the "atom age" of the early 1960s. The title was apparently chosen to indicate to potential audiences the modern-day time period of the story.When a singer (Susanne Loret) is horribly disfigured in a car accident, a scientist (Alberto Lupo) develops a treatment which can restore her beauty by injecting her with the glands of a murdered woman. While performing the procedure, however, he falls in love with her.Download Atom Age Vampire here: [link]
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Virus / Fukkatsu no hi
2007-10-15 00:00:00
Virus (????, Fukkatsu no hi) is a 1980 post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie directed by Kinji Fukasaku and starring Masao Kusakari, George Kennedy, Robert Vaughn, Chuck Connors, Olivia Hussey, Edward James Olmos, Ken Ogata, Sonny Chiba and Glenn Ford. The film is notable for being the most expensive Japanese film ever made at the time. Plot The movie opens with a shady transfer happening between an East German scientist and a group of American secret agents. The Russians have illicitly "acquired" a sample of MM88, a deadly virus created accidentally by an American virologist that magnifies the potency of any other virus or bacteria it comes in contact with. The scientist wants the virus taken to a colleague in Switzerland, but the Americans are only interested in recovering the stolen MM88. Escaping an attack by East German soldiers, the spies crash their plane and the virus is released, creating a world wide epidemic initially known as the "Italian Flu".The governments of the world watc...
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House on Haunted Hill
2007-10-15 00:00:00
House on Haunted Hill (1959) is a horror film directed by William Castle, written by Robb White, and starring Vincent Price as eccentric millionaire Fredrick Loren. He and his fourth wife, Annabelle, have invited five people to the house for a "Haunted House" party. Whoever stays in the house for one night will earn ten thousand dollars. As the night progresses, all the guests are trapped inside the house with ghosts, murderers, and other terrors. Style In retrospect, the film's style is similar to the E.C. comic books of the era, such as Tales from the Crypt, and features elements of campy humor. The theatrical trailer promoted the film as The House on Haunted Hill, although all advertising material, and the title on the film itself were simply titled House on Haunted Hill. The film is best known for a famous promotional gimmick used in the film's original theatrical release called "Emergo": William Castle placed an elaborate pulley system in some theaters showing the film; all...
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Mystery of the Wax Museum
2007-10-14 00:00:00
Mystery of the Wax Museum is a mystery/horror Technicolor film released in 1933, and directed by Michael Curtiz.The picture stars Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, and Glenda Farrell. Plot The setting of the film opens in 1921 London and switches to 1933 New York City, where reporter Florence Dempsey (Glenda Farrell) solves a series of murders that coincide with the opening of a new wax museum.Ivan Igor (Lionel Atwill) is a sculptor who operates a wax museum in 1921 London. When business fails because many people are more interested in the macabre, Igor's investment partner, Joe Worth (Edwin Maxwell), burns the museum down for the insurance money, leaving Igor for dead.Yet, Igor is not killed and reemerges twelve years later in New York City, reopening a new wax museum. His hands and legs have been badly crippled in the fire, and he must rely on assistants to create his new sculptures.Meanwhile, reporter Florence Dempsey is sent out by her editor, Jim (Frank McHugh) to investigating the s...
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Website interface theme selection
2007-10-12 00:00:00
There are now two themes available. The default theme is called 'burned' and is the standard 'literature' looking layout for the website. As it is very distinctive, and suits the feel of The Moon Books Project, it is the default interface or theme used.There is also, another theme available which is much cleaner looking, and is suitable for getting all the information in a nice clean looking format and it's called jayya.
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My letter to Nintendo
2007-10-12 00:00:00
I recently wrote a letter to Nintendo , hopefully it will reach someone who can make use of the information found within. If anyone knows anyone at Nintendo, or any other licensed Nintendo DS developer, please copy and paste this email to them.Hello,Let me preface this with a request. If this has been sent to the wrong person, please forward it to whomever would find the information therein useful.I just began a project to bring classic literature to the Nintendo DS. Using MoonShell, a ?homebrew? application and reformatting various books which are in the public domain I am building a virtual library for other classic literature and Nintendo DS enthusiasts to enjoy.Unfortunately, I imagine that Nintendo probably isn?t very fond of ?homebrew? development, as it potentially opens a door for piracy.I am hoping with this MoonBooks project, a licensed Nintendo developer, or Nintendo themselves will see the benefit of an etext/ebook/plain text viewer for the Nintendo DS. Nintendo in the pa...
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Dead Men Walk
2007-10-12 00:00:00
Dead Men Walk is a 64 minute, 1943, United States, black-and-white horror film produced by Sigmund Neufeld for Producers Releasing Corporation (aka PRC). It is an original story and screenplay by Fred Myton, starring George Zucco, Mary Carlisle, Nedrick Young and Dwight Frye, directed by Sam Newfield. It was originally distributed by PRC and reissued in the USA in 1948 by Madison Pictures Inc.. Plot The story involves a kindly small-town physician (Zucco) who has secretly murdered his twin brother because of his deep involvement in the occult sciences. Unfortunately, the twin has gone too far into the dark arts, and is easily restored to life by his familiar (Frye); and he sets out in revenge against his brother and his niece (Carlisle).Download Dead Men Walk here: [link]
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too many movies...
2007-10-12 00:00:00
At the rate I've been preparing films I will soon have over 100 films complete and ready for release. I have a problem though...I have 5 gigs of storage space maximum for everything Moon Books related. So I ask you, valiant Moon Books Project user, what should I do?I've thought about making a dvd to sell cheap, and while that would be great, I'd prefer to make everything available at no cost.So, if anyone has any ideas, let me know. There's a Contact Us button just for that kinda purpose.Brandon
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The Street Fighter
2007-10-12 00:00:00
Another 'classic' film has been released. The ultraviolent movie titled The Street Fighter . Enjoy!
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The Robin Hood Collection
2007-10-12 00:00:00
Deciding to go back to the roots of the project for a bit, I have filled a request in the forums. Released for your enjoyment is a collection of books about Robin Hood .
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Welcome to The Ed Wood appreciation festival at The Moon Books Project!
2007-10-12 00:00:00
We at The Moon Books Project are fans of the little guy. Be it the homebrew software developer writing code for their own, and others enjoyment, the independent film maker pursuing their craft, or the writer putting pen to paper (finger to keyboard) to create stories we can all enjoy.We have decided to declair this weekend Ed Wood appreciation weekend at The Moon Books Project. We have made three Ed Wood films available, and also created a forum for discussing Ed Wood, film making, or even just the movies themselves, which are open to non-members and members alike.So, please take some time to follow your dreams. Ed Wood followed his dreams, and even though his movies are among some of the most horrendous (so bad they are good) at least he pursued his passions. So in honor of Ed Wood, The Moon Books Project has made three of his films available, for watching on the Nintendo DS. Two of these three are 'classics'. Glen or Glenda is a semi-autobiographical film, and Plan 9 From Outer ...
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Glen or Glenda
2007-10-12 00:00:00
The Ed Wood movie marathon continues, with Ed Wood's first film, Glen or Glenda. for more information on this 'classic' check out [link]

Plan 9 From Outer Space released!
2007-10-12 00:00:00
Unspeakable Horrors From Outer Space Paralyze The Living And Resurrect The Dead! The Moon Films Project releases one of the all time greats/worsts! Cult classic Plan 9 from Outer Space by the (un)surpassable Ed Wood!
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50 Movies, and how to Vote!
2007-10-12 00:00:00
Currently we have over 50 movies in our archives, ready to be added. Unfortunately, space and bandwidth doesn't allow us to have them all available at one time. I have devised a plan to allow you, the user to vote on what you want to be available to download.Basically, pick what films you would like to download in the voting booth (choose more than one, but not too many) and on 'movie day' the winning films will be made available.Also, if anyone wants to pick up a DVD set (cheap) of all content we have here, and offline, use the contact us button and we will get in touch with information.Brandon
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Nosferatu
2007-10-12 00:00:00
The first vampire film ever, and an all time classic Nosferatu is now available. Personally I think it's creepier than Dracula, Bela Lugosi or not.

Support Us
2007-10-12 00:00:00
I've added a 'Support Us' page, where you can find banners for items, and websites. These banners are specially chosen so if you see something you find interesting, feel free to check it out. Any funds we bring in will go to furthering The Moon Books Project.

Book release including Moby Dick by Melville and Treasure Island by Stevens
2007-10-12 00:00:00
A good sized release tonight, with several titles from two great authors.Robert Louis Stevenson:New Arabian Nights, The Black Arrow, The Pocket Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island , The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeHerman Melville:Bartleby the Scrivenger, Battle Pieces and Aspects of the War, I and my Chimney, Israel Potter, John Marr and other poems, Mardi And A Voyage Thither Vol 1 and 2, Moby Dick , Omoo, Typee, Redburn His First Voyage, The Piazz Tales, White JacketBrandon
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Film releases: Reefer Madness, Long John Silver, and Moe!
2007-10-12 00:00:00
It's a busy night for releases tonight. First, and actually least (in file size) is a Three Stooges classic: Disorder in the Court. This needs no explanation I'm sure...I submit for your approval, Reefer Madness and Long John Silver . Long John Silver in particular is an interesting choice for tonight, as it's the sequel to Treasure Island, which we released in book form earlier tonight.Also released for your enjoyment is Reefer Madness. Wikipedia says it best, so I'll cut and paste:Reefer Madness is a 1936 propaganda film revolving around the tragic events that follow when high school students are lured by pushers to try "marihuana": a hit and run accident, manslaughter, suicide, rape, and descent into madness all ensue. The film was directed by Louis Gasnier and starred a cast composed of mostly unknown bit actors. It was originally financed by a church group and made under the title Tell Your Children.The film was intended to be shown to parents as a morality tale attempting t...
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Acekard R.P.G Review
2007-10-12 00:00:00
Acekard R.P.G Review bysasuke_kun12 The Acekard Real Play Gear is Acekard's 3rd attempt at the slot-1market. The R.P.G contains both NAND flash internal memory (such asthe G6 Real) as well as a MicroSD slot. As the name suggests, theR.P.G is targeted more at the gamers, but the R.P.G is a powerful cardfor multimedia purposes. The cart build is quite strong and theplastic that is used is top grade, so you can expect to dish out thepunishment while it takes it all in. The R.P.G currently sits on topof the Flashcart hierarchy, sharing the same tier and price range asit's rival the CycloDS. What really makes this flashcart more thensuitable for the multimedia users is the fact that it supportsMicroSDHC up to 32 gigabyte. Thats more then 4000 songs and 100movies! You can have all your music and movies all in one smalldevice, and whats great about dual storage is that you can have allyour homebrew applications in the NAND flash and all your media onyour SD.Although it sounds rather tempt...

EZ V Review
2007-10-12 00:00:00
EZ V Review bysasuke_kun12 The EZ V is the EZ Flash team's first attempt at the Slot-1 Market.The EZ V takes MicroSD's up to 2 gigabyte and the loader is built uponthe very famous Moonshell. When compared to other flashcarts, thebuild of the cart is inferior compared to others such as the AcekardR.P.G and the Supercard DS 1. Unlike the R4/M3 Simply, the MicroSDslot is not located on the top, but is placed on the side. This is aslight inconvenience if you find yourself always taking out yourflashcart and updating your MicroSD. The good thing about the MicroSDslot though is that it is not spring loaded. Although this does soundlike a let down, you won't experience spring breakdowns in the first 3months of use like the R4.On the software side of things, once you have acquired the EZ V, youmust download the shell folder in order for the flashcart to work, butdon't think that this is a downside. Mostly all flashcarts requirethis. Once you've downloaded the shell, you will be greeted ...

Movie downloads in transition
2007-10-12 00:00:00
The Movie downloads are temporary in flux. At the moment I am adding all movie content, and should be done by the end of the weekend, with over 100 movies available.
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