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Bring Horror Home with You with Severin Films at Monster Market on October 7th

We’re getting excited as Monster Market creeps ever closer to haunting the Moxy on Saturday October 7th in Tempe, Arizona. One of the ways we want to get you excited is by sharing some more info about our wondrously wicked exhibitors, such as Severin Films!

Since their founding in 2006, Severin Films has become the foremost studio dedicated to rescuing, restoring and releasing the most controversial and provocative features from around the world. With offices in Los Angeles and London, the company’s international successes in DVD, Blu-Ray and niche theatrical of films from Oscar nominees and cult icons alike has garnered applause in The Hollywood Reporter, The New York Times and The Onion AV Club, and led BlogCritics.org to proclaim, “Severin Films are well on their way to becoming the greatest indie label of all time.”

Today, Severin’s successes include the restored edition of Richard Stanley’s landmark shocker Hardware; and the so-bad-it’s-amazing international sensation Birdemic – Shock & Terror. The company has also restored and released ‘lost’ films by such controversial filmmakers as Lucio Fulci (The Psychic and Perversion Story), Joe D’Amato (Papaya: Love Goddess Of The Cannibals and Emanuelle And The White Slave Trade), Mario Caiano (Nightmare Castle), Andrea Bianchi (Malabimba: The Malicious Whore) and Rino di Silvestro (Hanna D: The Girl From Vondel Park).

Check out Severin Films at Monster Market on October 7th. Tickets available at all Valley Zia Records locations and online at http://monstermarketphx.bpt.me!

Devilishly Delightful Designs in Henna from the Desert Henna Company at Monster Market Phoenix on October 7th!

Monster Market has a little bit of variety for everyone at the Moxy Tempe on Saturday October 7th. From haunted workshops, to the perfect Halloween party snacks. One vendor we’re especially excited to see is Lia Mezzatesta of Desert Henna Company. Desert Henna Company does intricate henna designs with a dark and creepy bent. Henna designs are intricate temporary tattoo like designs done with plant dye. It has a rich history as part of social and holiday celebrations since the late Bronze Age in the eastern Mediterranean for events just like those which became Halloween today. Lia grew up loving horror and will be specializing at doing freehand Henna designs at the event inspired by Halloween and hsalloween culture.

We’ll see you at Monster Market on Saturday October 7th! Tickets available at all Valley Zia locations and online at http://monstermarketphx.bpt.me. Check out more Desert Henna Company’s work below!

Get your alternative fashion fix with Modified Minds at Monster Market on October 7th

Monster Market has something for everyone at the Moxy Hotel on October 7th. Frpm workshops to making your Halloween the scariest it can be, to vendors with spooky fashions for your jewelry box and your walls. For those looking for something alternative and spooky inspired for their closet, we invite you to check out our latest vendor at Monster Market, Modified Minds, from Mesa, Arizona!

Modified Minds creates unique clothing & handmade accessories made specifically for alternative badasses. All of the Items
Modified Minds is vending at Monster Market are created from scratch in Mesa, Arizona with a reputation for alternative high fashion going back for more than 10 years.

Modified Minds is showcasing exclusive items handmade and tailored for Monster Market at their booth at the Moxy on Saturday October 7th, check out some of their fashions below and on their website at
ModifiedMinds.com. Get your tickets to Monster Market at monstermarketphx.bpt.me and at all Valley Zia Records locations! We’ll see you soon!

Create Delicious and Devilish Delights with Geeks Who Eat at Monster Market on October 7th!

Monster Market is excited to announce yet another cool workshop event at our event, hitting the Moxy Tempe on Saturday October 7th. Are you planning on throwing a killer Halloween party? Not sure what horror inspired spread might be delicious but also look amazing? Have no fear, because we’re hosting Geeks Who Eat, who will teach how to make some spooktacular looking ‘horror’ d’oeuvres to make your party or holiday a slashing success!

Looking for ghoulish grub ideas for Halloween? The Geeks Who Eat will be doing a demo of their Monster Market exclusive recipe based on the movie The Lost Boys as well as sharing some tips on throwing the perfect themed Horror Movie party or Halloween get together. Having worked both locally and nationally to create pop culture inspired recipes to promote releases of such scary fare as ANNABELLE CREATION, GET OUT, IT, and many more, Geeks Who Eat ( http://2geekswhoeat.com ) is Phoenix’s premier geeky food site!

Tickets to Monster Market are available at all Valley Zia Records locations and online at http://monstermarketphx.bpt.me

Meet Marshall Shore – Learn about the Haunted History of Phoenix at Monster Market!

At Monster Market, we want our attendees to take the spirit of the Halloween season home with them when you attend our. But did you know Phoenix has a history of hauntings and spirits lingering in the ether of the Valley of the Sun? You will, when you listen to Arizona’s Hip Historian, Marshall Shore, regale the attendees of Monster Market on the Haunted History of Phoenix on Saturday October 7th at The Moxy Tempe!

Through the vehicle of true crime and spine-chilling Arizona lore, this presentation highlights macabre stories and their historical background, including the tale of Winnie Ruth Judd, Arizona’s most infamous murderer, and the tale of the Red Ghost and the release into the wild desert of unknown animals (today, we know them as camels). Shore uses a blend of storytelling magic, old photographs, ephemera, and artifacts to bring our state’s heritage to life in this entertaining and educational presentation. The audience will leave with a unique perspective of Arizona.

Find out about this underground history on Phoenix in one of Monster Market’s workshops when you attend our show on Saturday October 7th at The Moxy Tempe! Tickets available at http://monstermarketphx.bpt.me and at all Valley Zia Records locations!

Marshall Shore, Arizona’s Hip Historian. His passion is uncovering the weird, the wonderful, and the obscure treasures from our past: the semi-forgotten people, places, and events that have made us who we are today. Shore uses storytelling magic, found film footage, old photographs, ephemera, and artifacts to bring our state’s heritage to life in entertaining and educational presentations.

Announcing MONSTER MARKET PHOENIX – New Halloween Festival Takes Place on Saturday October 7th, 2017 at The Moxy Hotel Tempe.

Announcing MONSTER MARKET PHOENIX – New Halloween Fall Festival Event Takes Place on Saturday October 7th, 2017 at The Moxy Hotel Tempe.

New event from producers of Tempe’s Cult Classics AZ focuses on Halloween and spooky-themed craft vendors and artists, with workshops from local notables and closes with a 30th anniversary outdoor screening of THE LOST BOYS.

TEMPE, AZ – As the Halloween season creeps in with fall approaching, the team behind Tempe’s long running Cult Classics AZ monthly film revival series is launching an all-new festival event to ring in the most haunted of all holidays.

That event is MONSTER MARKET PHOENIX, taking place on Saturday, October 7th, 2017 at the boutique hotel MOXY in Tempe, AZ, promises to be an event to remember for the dedicated Halloween and scary happenings enthusiast. MONSTER MARKET will feature twenty curated local artists and vendors specializing in Halloween and spooky themed goods, crafts, and artwork in a dedicated vendor space open from 10 AM to 6 PM. While attendees can shop from a juried marketplace of Halloween and horror themed decor, jewelry, clothing and more, there will simultaneously also be workshops happening throughout the day where local creatives will share tips, recipes and crafts on how to make their Halloween season a more personal and unique experience. Workshops on everything from telling ghost stories, to how to make the perfect Halloween party cocktail and on the haunted history of Phoenix highlight MONSTER MARKET’S programming slate. There will also be appearances and photo opportunities with costume groups like the Phoenix Ghostbusters, culminating with a costume contest with prizes from local and national businesses ranging from collectibles to horror DVDs and more from Zia Records ( http://www.ziarecords.com ). Fans will also have a chance to test their horror film knowledge against that of Cult Following, recognized as one of Phoenix’s New Times’ Best Podcasts in Phoenix and hosts of Cult Following Film Trivia at Valley Bar in Phoenix.

Finally, attendees can wind down their night at 8:30 PM with a night time poolside dive-in screening of the 1987 classic teen vampire film THE LOST BOYS, presented by Cult Classics ( http://www.cultclassicsaz.com ) as part of their monthly “Dive-In” film residency at The Moxy Tempe.

MONSTER MARKET involves many prominent local culture creators in the Valley of the Sun. Local alternative and geeky events calendar Geekly Phoenix ( http://www.facebook.com/groups/geeklyphoenix ) is helping curate local talent for the event, while local paranormal podcast ‘The House of Freaks’ will be recording a live podcast at the event on the otherwordly and ghostly. Zia Records will also be at MONSTER MARKET, with a curated selection of classic horror soundtracks on vinyl as well as selling tickets to the event at all five of their Valley store locations.

Plus, The Moxy Tempe also has a special discounted room rate block for attendees attending the event so you can enjoy the festivies and then enjoy a good night’s sleep in one of the Moxy’s lush and comfortable hotel rooms.

“Everyone involved in Monster Market has a deep love and affection for Halloween and scary and spooky things,” states Festival founder Victor Moreno. “We felt there was a vacuum here in Phoenix present for a unique curated event centered around vendors and artisans; especially those who draw inspiration from scary movies, vintage Halloween, ghosts, vampires and that sort of imagery in their work, Monster Market is designed to spotlight the unique local creatives and companies actively engaging with that imagery here and help turn our attendees onto their visions and creations and to have them take some inspiration to make some cool stuff themselves this Halloween season.”

Tickets to MONSTER MARKET are available at the website MonsterMarketPHX.com and at all Valley Zia Records locations. There are multiple ticket packages available, allowing attendees to group their purchase with an event shirt and show posters, as well as raffle tickets to win prizes from some of our vendors and sponsors.

Potential vendors can also apply to be considered for a booth at MonsterMarketPHX.com.

Meet Chadwick Haverland – our latest vendor at Monster Market happening on October 7th in Tempe!

Monster Market is really excited to continue announcing some of the awesome creators we have involved for our inaugural event on October 7th at the Moxy Tempe. We’re really excited to introduce you to the hyper-cool realistic artwork of local creative Chadwick Haverland from Gilbert, Arizona!

Chadwick Haverland is a freelance artist / illustrator currently residing in Gilbert, Arizona. Since establishing his studio (Chadwick Haverland Studios) in 2007, Chadwick Haverland has specialized in executing custom commissions and creating highly detailed illustrations for a wide range of clientele that includes pro athletes, actors, entertainers, trading card companies, publishers, marketing/merchandising firms, exclusive events and hardcore collectors throughout the world.

Notable projects that Chadwick has contributed work to include Marvel trading card projects for Upper Deck, AMC’s The Walking Dead seasons 1 and 2 trading card releases, creating artwork for Marshall Faulk and Deion Sanders’ Hall of Fame induction Celebration/Auction, Larry Fitzgerald & Morton’s “Celeb Server” event, plus art for the Agents of Mayhem’s “Extraordinary: Stan Lee” tribute event hosted by Chris Hardwick and product for various pro athletes and actor’s merchandising platforms among many others over the years!

Chadwick will be selling and promoting 1/1 original artwork and doing sketches at Monster Market. Plus, he’ll have limited editions & prints and various merch including shirts, magnets, etc. depicting artwork from his art! Check out Chadwick Haverland at Monster Market and some of his art in the gallery below!

Announcing our first vendor at Monster Market Phoenix — Sweet Midnight!

Monster Market is creeping its way to you on Saturday October 7th at The Moxy in Tempe. You can get tickets right now at all Valley Zia Records locations and online at http://monstermarketphx.bpt.me. One of the things we are proud of at Monster Market is going out of our way to spotlight the locals in Arizona creating awesome spooky stuff. To kick that off, we’re proud to introduce you to our first spook-tacular vendor — Our friends at Sweet Midnight!

Sweet Midnight makes awesome boutique accessories for those who love Halloween. These include Halloween themed coffin bags, unique clothes and fun spooky accessories. Let’s find out a bit more about them directly

Sweet Midnight is a shop like no other, bringing its customers ‘the dark side of cute’!

We started Sweet Midnight to fill a gap in the market. We wanted to give people a place to get cute yet creepy, well made, handmade items which couldn’t be found at the local mall. We want our customers to express their individuality by providing them with accessories, jewlery and artwork to adorn their lifestyles. We hand make and design most of the items in our Bisbee, Arizona studio.We can also be found in retail locations from new Orleans to Los Angeles. You can also find us online and vending our good throughout Arizona and California at various events.

We sell our work at SweetMidnight.com as well as in various stores across the United States. Including Boutique Du Vampyre in New Orleans & Pin Up Girl Clothing in Burbank.

We’re excited to welcome Sweet Midnight to Monster Market on October 7th! Check out a gallery of some of their items below as well!

Tickets on sale now for MONSTER MARKET PHX at The MOXY!

Celebrate your inner monster with an all-new Halloween spooky vendor event at The Moxy Tempe on Saturday, October 7th from 10:00 AM to 6 PM with a pool-side screening of THE LOST BOYS from 8:30pm to 11:00 PM!

Tickets are on sale now at http://monstermarketphx.brownpapertickets.com

General Admission Tickets also available at all Valley Zia Records Stores!

Were excited to announce MONSTER MARKET PHOENIX a one day celebration of independent artisans, artists, craftsmen and vendors with a spooky bent coming to haunt your spectral sensibilities on Saturday October 7th at the MOXY Tempe, Tempes newest and coolest boutique hotel, across the street from the ASU Tempe campus from 10am to 6pm, followed with a poolside screening of THE LOST BOYS at 8:30pm

MONSTER MARKET PHOENIX is not just a craft marketplace or convention, but rather a celebration of spooky culture. From vintage Halloween, to rockabilly, goth, horror and everywhere in between. We like seeing the original, imaginary, and fantastical; and we find things that go bump in the night tend to make for amazing artistic inspiration. From art, to crafts, jewelry, clothing and collectibles, MONSTER MARKET aims to showcase the independent creator and artisan working with a creative and ooky bent.

MONSTER MARKET was started by creators and vendors who are looking for something different in an event. Were geared at showcasing creators and making them and their work the stars of our event. We are a juried marketplace, looking for diversity and originality and those whose work is showcased on our floor will be showcased as the stars of our event. We are looking to showcase the best and most creative spooky influenced voices in the Valley and we want to hear from you.

We are also working with Cult Classics, who are celebrating 6 years of local fun screening events, to showcase a Halloween month 30th anniversary moonlight dive-in screening of THE LOST BOYS, one of our Halloween favorites, as the close to our event!

Well also have some Creepy Creator Spotlights, with creators showcasing how to make your holiday darker and opportunities to show off your eeriest costume for the holidays! Show off your costumes and have a fun day at the Monster Market!

We have a variety of ticket tiers for MONSTER MARKET – from an ultimate VIP that includes gift bags with awesome stuff from our sponsors, to admission to just the Dive-Movie! Check out the tiers below

If you order a t-shirt package, please email your size to monster@monstermarketphx.com

Dive-In Movie – The Lost Boys – 10.00
– Dive-In Pool Party Screening of THE LOST BOYS at 8:30pm – (automatically included in SCARY tier and all tiers $40 and up & with hotel room purchase Saturday night) No Vendor Room Access.

Ooky Ticket (General) – 20.00
– Admission to the event & activities, raffle ticket for prize giveaways!

Spooky VIP Ticket (VIP)- 30.00
– Admission to the event & activities, 2 raffle tickets for prize giveaways and event poster!

Scary VIP Ticket (VIP) – 40.00
– Admission to the event & activities, 2 raffle tickets, limited edition event poster & shirt PLUS admission to Dive-In Movie! (Send Shirt Size to monster@monstermarketphx.com)

Fearsome VIP Ticket (VIP) – 50.00
– Admission to the event & activities, 2 raffle tickets, limited edition event poster, shirt and event tote bag PLUS admission to Dive-In Movie!

Fright Ultimate Ticket (VIP) – 100.00
– Admission to the event & activities, VIP Goodie Horror/Halloween bag with gifts from sponsors – 4 raffle tickets, limited edition event poster, shirt — PLUS admission to Dive-In Movie!

Special Hotel Rate for Monster Market Phoenix Attendees at MOXY Tempe is now LIVE!

MONSTER MARKET PHX is making its inaugural home at MOXY Phoenix Tempe/ASU Area, located kitty-cornered to the campus of ASU in Tempe on the corner of Rural Road and Broadway. It’s within walking distance to the Light Rail, with a large park and ride lot nearby on Broadway and McClintock, and has ample free parking spots for those making the drive down to stay.

MOXY is a boutique hotel, meant to cater to those young at heart. It has arcade and board games in the lobby, alongside a bar and kitchen set-up offering great drinks and unique dishes. We’re excited to partner with MOXY and those looking to make the weekend a stay-cation will find a discounted room rate when making your room accommodations.

Exclusively for those attending the MONSTER MARKET, our friends at MOXY have set up a special room rate of $129 to stay at MOXY. Watch our late night LOST BOYS screening from the balcony of your room and crash after a long day of shopping spooky art and collectibles!

To make a room reservation through our special rate, visit MOXY online now at this link HERE