E.SPANTO the new adventures trading cards

FOR THE FIRST TWO EPISODES.... AT LEAST 80 CARDS IN ALL! AND THEY WILL BE SCATTERED ABOUT SOMEWHERE ON THE PROMO TABLE DURING THE FEST. SO PICK'EM UP IF YOU CAN! THEY WILL BE LIMITED AND NOT AVAILABLE FOR ANY KINDA RESALE OR SPECIAL OFFER! JUST PICK'EM UP! YOU WILL BE GLAD YA DID!

CARDS 1-8

CARDS 8-16

CARDS 16-24

CARDS 24-32

THERE IS ABOUT 45-50 MORE CARDS LEFT IN THE SET! AS STATED BEFORE PICK UP WHAT YOU CAN! THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE AT AND DURING THE SHOW (FOR FREE!), SO CHECK'EM OUT!

BLOODSHOT FRIDAY!!!!

Black friday and cyber monday may have came and went, but now it is time for BLOODSHOT FRIDAY! Yes, this friday the 13th get a special deal on the E.SPANTO action figure gift set! Just in time for christmas! You get E.SPANTO, THE MORTUUS and two cala-morte figures at very special price AND free shipping! so check back here this friday the 13th or at bloodshot theatres ebay store for this one day only sale! Don't miss out! quantities are extremely limited!

10:30 am next saturday in beautiful AUSTIN TEXAS.....

add a bowl of E.SPANTO cereal(the one with the puffy bat and skull marshmallows!)and your Saturday morning will be complete! but you have to head over to Austin's double tree university to take part in this exclusive engagement! the final two episodes of the series, to prepare you for the second series which is currently under way! E.SPANTO is coming Austin texas, watch out!!!! check out the twitchy dolphin website for complete details!
twitchydolphin.com

E.SPANTO the live-action series.....

...Will be featured at the SAN ANTONIO HORRIFIC FILM FESTIVAL 2013!!!!! Yes, i am extremely proud and overwhelmed with excitement to announce this! More to come soon! In the meantime, check out the horrific film fest site here:

http://www.horrificfilmfest.com/

And the poster for the series

the trailer is here:

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VOTE NOW!

VOTE HERE:

http://www.rondoaward.com/rondo/rondos.html

EMAIL HERE:

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IN CASE YA MISSED IT....

BLOODSHOT THEATRE presented THE DEVILS MEN this past month! You can catch the conclusion tonight if.... YOU DARE! As stated before I will not be uploading preview samples of the shows to BLOODSHOT THEATREs youtube channel furthermore. Please understand and in the meantime enjoy these intros/outros of E.SPANTO presenting the film. Sorry youtubers, but SA residents tomb in tonight ya lucky "devils"! As always KEEP WATCHING TO KEEP THE DEAD LIVING!!!!!

Dig ya later,
^v^J.R.^v^

HAPPY NEW FEARRRRRRRR!!!!!

This was supposed to be the outro for the current BLOODSHOT THEATRE HORROR CLASSICS episode. But as time was pressed, it was forgotten and omitted. anyhowwwwl, there is no audio but here is what E.SPANTO says....

"THANK YOU, FOR TOMBING INTO BLOODSHOT THEATRE HORROR CLASSICS!
UNTIL NEXT YEAR! BE HERE FOR MORE FEAR, THRILLS AND CHILLS! AS I REMAIN YOUR EERIE NEIGHBOURHOOD SKULLMAN.... E.SPANTO! AND THIS IS BLOODSHOT THEATRE HORROR CLASSICS!!!!"

So with that said, see ya next year!

all the scary best-
^v^J.R.^v^

thanks to all for their support!

E.SPANTO Animated series

Before the live action series went into production, An E.SPANTO Animated series was in pre-production. E.SPANTO would differ from the character seen in the BLOODSHOT THEATRE animated series and the stories were to be identical to what would be seen in the live action series. The background scenario was to have been used in the fifth episode of the BLOODSHOT THEATRE animated series, as this was to be somewhat of an opening shot. I planned to have E.SPANTO descend out of a night sky transforming from vampire bat to E.SPANTO!(Much like what you see in the intro to the live action series)then introducing himself, having a slew of video-monsters(that would appear in the show)leaping out of nowhere and e.spanto fending them off with the amulet. anyhowwwl, hope you enjoy! AND since were on the subject of E.SPANTO, the long delayed(yes i know!)action figures will soon be released! i plan to have them released early this month(meaning january)and they will be limited as stated before. retail will probably be around $15 and a special price for the pair(E.SPANTO and the MORTUUS!). Each will be packaged in a coffin display box(and if your enjoying this bit of E.SPANTO animation, the coffin boxes will have a comic strip on back!)and have included accessories! Also, the rest of the comic book covers for the live-action series will be posted here soon. And speaking of the live action series and if yer missing out don't worry you'll be able to get that too! Series two is planned to be underway sometime in february-march, so look for a new episode around then. until then, KEEP WATCHING TO KEEP THE DEAD LIVING!

dig ya later,
J.R.

TOMB IN TONIGHT!!!!

Alien invaders recruit notable scientists of earth for their own diabolical deeds! They will make... THIS ISLAND EARTH!!!! It scares all this month until the end of the year! a fitting way to blow out the year with this cosmic extravaganza!!!! you don't want to miss this one it's now showing on BLOODSHOT THEATRE horror classics! SA tomb in tonight! youtubers get a preview soooooon!!!!

TONIGHT!!!!

And showing this month on BLOODSHOT THEATRE horror classics.... THE CREATURE is back!!!! and he's coming to get YOU in REVENGE OF THE CREATURE!!!! SA tomb in tonight! youtubers get a preview here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lutvEo5bnWI&feature=share&list=UUTHu_jItQyu9FkSkL2FUHcg
http://youtu.be/OmhBU6GvbqA

taped at last month's(and SA's first)MONSTER CON!!!!
Check it out!

dig ya later...

^V^J.R.^V^

MONSTER CON!!!!

A quick walk through of SAs first official HORROR themed convention with E.SPANTO check it out:
http://youtu.be/HuUoguxEx48

ANNND MORE ZOMBIES!!!

IT'S HERE and another first for SA!!!! CHECK it out this saturday at the SA event center(same place for texas comic-con)and get ZOMBIFIED!!!!

For more info:

http://www.zombiecontx.com/

TONIGHT!!!! BLOODSHOT THEATRE HALLOWEEN 2012 PT. 2

 

AND saturday night through halloween! Dare to witness the conclusion of BLOODSHOT THEATREs halloween show!!!! it's got more zombies you can shake a lawnmower at!!!! or an axe... a chainsaw... a pipe... ah! well JUST WATCH! it scares tonight! only on time warner digital PATV channel 20, BEWARE!!!! Youtubers check out a sample preview here:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktY3baI5yjk&feature=share&list=UUTHu_jItQyu9FkSkL2FUHcg

 

 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

 

^V^J.R.^V^

E.SPANTO in THE TIME LORD OF TERROR PART 2(series finale)!!!!

In the series finale episode, E.SPANTO is captured by evil aliens from outer space! Led by the evil chronox, a time-traveling conqueror who seeks the mortuus' mystical amulet and it's secrets! Chronox has long sought the amulet, and knows of its powers to control the living, the dead and time itself! Can the creepy crusader escape before it's too late??? or will chronox succeed in carrying out his diabolical plan??? what is that you ask? you'll have to watch to find out! and it scares tonight as in part of BLOODSHOT THEATREs halloween show!!!! SA if you have followed the series, you won't want to miss this one! so tomb into time warner digital PATV channel 20(at 12:30)! and if ya miss it by being caught up in all the halloween madness... you can always catch it again saturday night! same skull channel! same skull time! wait... yeah ok! TOMB IN TONIGHT!!!!

Youtubers get a preview here(if ya can):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktY3baI5yjk&feature=share&list=UUTHu_jItQyu9FkSkL2FUHcg

annnnd... since iam on the subject of the e.spanto series, i would like to add just a few excerpts for the series if you will. The series was a good 12 episodes(well good enough for me, considering the animated series lasted only 5! more on that below)and at roughly 2-4 minutes a piece i think i cram(or try to)enough information in as i could. Whatever is left out remains unexplained and it should be too or just plainly left to the viewers imagination. anyhowwwwl, i would liked to have considered probably at least 3-4 more additional episodes(if i hadn't been sidelined by that injury). so, lets begin right after THE NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APE episode http://bloodshottheatre5.blogspot.com/2012/04/night-of-bloody-ape.html the next episodes wouldn't appear until june. at this time(before my accident), i had stories brewing in my mind that would eventually lead up to the series end. but these were mostly b-sides(similar? i guess), just fillers and some nasty villains(taken from old horror movies of course!)i wanted to throw at our phantom hero. i had wanted another opponent e.spanto could actually confront(like a jason vs. freddy type match up or a frankenstein vs. wolfman)instead of just putting up another toy monster on the green screen(ooops! did i just give away my movie magic recipe???). anyhowwwl, it was to alternate from toy monster to actual opponent and i definately wanted a mummy somewhere along the way! my first consideration was a beastman-like creature who would leap around the mission trails terrorizing tourists or the missionary monks at night. and the naschy fanatic iam, i was leaning towards an hombre lobo type villain with plain clothes(the usual dark blue naschy shirt and pants). just a few cool scenes, i dreamt up were that of the opening shots(with POV styling)of the beastmans deadly strikes and some fight scenes of e.spanto using a branch to fend off the beasts gnashing jaws(like a moon knight comic i remember, issue 1 to be exact). i had intended the series to be in one setting(like only happening in one night), so that created a bit of a problem. the killings commited by the beast i thought had to be serial(and unexplained) in order for this to work, thus having e.spanto leap into action at the right time to prevent another gruesome murder. and the amulet worked on its own guiding the skullman after each video horror it entrapped(thus, making it a never-ending "night"mare). so having the beast commit these murders on a nightly basis just wouldn't fit in, it had to be fast and lead to a climax quickly. as in the bloody ape episode, the psychotic primate had just murdered his first victim using their heart to empower his bloodthirsty vigor. i didn't want to repeat that, so i looked to the mummy story that was also storming in my mind at the same time. alright, so e.spanto would confront this mummy and i had my targets already set on the witte museum as background footage(even more so, now with mummy extravaganza being held http://mow2.studiobanks.us/). the amulet would lead the skullman to the museum and there he would encounter the mummy's decaying guards, before going toe-to-toe with mummy himself. as an addition to the series storyline, the mummy would have had ties with the amulets background(making it his personal goal to obtain it). eventually, the mummy would defeat e.spanto, leaving him mumified inside a tomb. end of episode 1. episode 2 would stir things up, as the mummy would transport e.spanto to an ancient egyptian temple and attempt to use the skullmans power to revive his army of the dead(well, somewhere along those lines). but then, as the action progressed out of nowhere we would get aliens thrown in the mix as well. so, the mummy storyline kinda got to where the series is at today sans the mummy. okay, i thought to hold off on this particular story for the final episodes and focus on another video horror e.spanto could encounter. but who? what? alright, how about a machete or chainsaw wielding madman? what will be this episodes premise? will it be a two-parter? yeah, the background settings would be a snap and the story real simple(no story boards needed haha! speaking of i have a few i may post one day)just make up shit as i go along. cool, they could be back to back one episode a chainsaw pigman maniac and the other a hockey masked psycho! now for e.spanto's impending doom... a smokehouse? a lake with dead souls? a barnyard of guts??? then all of a sudden BAM! my unfortunate and uneventful mishap! well, it happened and i was out for a good month and a half until i was well enough to get back to the series. i literally kick my own ass sometimes(taping) and boy did i need my left leg to do it. anyhowwl, along that time i got back on here(as you have seen)and kept the next episode lingering in my mind. i somehow came across an iron man comic panel one day(iron man issue 101), that had the armored avenger battling some igor-like midgets. wow! i thought, this would make a neat e.spanto story with midgets,chains and a frankenstein monster! immediately, my imagination began to drift back to one of the episodes intended for the BLOODSHOT THEATRE animated series http://youtu.be/Pef9df25-Qk this one was to have J.R. and the werewolf venture into a remote wooded area and stumbling upon the infamous midget mansion! but not before meeting the lovely daughter of a video store owner, who the nano's(midgets)have just terrorized in obtaining a copy of the video TROLL for their satanic ritual. it is then up to J.R. and the werewolf to get it back and air it on bloodshot theatre(of course). anyhowwwl, that episode in particular was never completed(i may post the drawings for some of the characters sometime if i have the time)and i sought to take a few elements from this story. mainly the nano's, the amulet would guide e.spanto to the midget mansion and there he would confront the nano's only to be overpowered by them(with chains! haha!). and the frankenstein monster would come into play when the nano's would use the captive skullman,(in a ritual) to bring the monster to life! thus, a show down between the phantom hero of horror and horrors greatest monster!!!! and it would be a two-parter. still, the idea of the mission trails loomed over me and i soon decided to get footage for such an episode(which eventually became KNIGHTMARE AT MISSION TRAIL)once i was well enough. the result, still had some naschy elements(the knights in my own personal opinion and the option for their inclusion)that i had originally intended and the setting of the mission trails. with my schedule(work)and SDCC coming up, i couldn't fit in the frankenstein/nano's episode into the series. i thought it would only be fitting if the series finale would be around halloween. perfecto. with that said, the mummy episode was also put aside. but i think i kinda blended in some of those episodes in just a bit in TIME LORD OF TERROR Pt. 1. still no mummy! :( well maybe one day i'll put these episodes into some animated form of story telling. anyhowwwl, i think ive said enough and i will let you enjoy the series as much as i enjoyed putting it together! until then, the next series lurks somewhere in my mind just waiting to be released and put on tape! 

dig ya later,
^V^J.R.^V^ 

Missed an episode? or don't know what iam talking about? don't worry, the entire E.SPANTO series is planned for release as a collection! you will find it here when it is available! also, been saving up that x-mas cash? good! 'cos the E.SPANTO action figures are coming yer way very soon!!!!  

BLOODSHOT THEATRE HALLOWEEN 2012

Sample preview of part 1 here:

http://youtu.be/ulr9_lkYyuw

youtubers check it out! SA, see what yer missing!!!!
SA TOMB IN TONIGHT!!!!

^V^J.R.^V^

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT......

Part 2 of WHITE ZOMBIE is now showing on BLOODSHOT THEATRE!!!! Yes this is the conclusion to the bela lugosi classic! watch as he portrays the evil murder legendre who zombifies his every victim at his very command!!! and if you cross him be prepared to be torn apart by his zombie slaves!!!! yes its this and much more the remainder of september only on bloodshot theatre horror classics!!!! tomb in next thursday or saturday night(12:30) to PATV time warner digital channel 20.... if you dare!!!!!

youtubers get a preview here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV_Lo0WKYGU&feature=share&list=UUTHu_jItQyu9FkSkL2FUHcg

TONIGHT!!!!!

Part 2 of TOMB OF DRACULA(aka SOVEREIGN OF THE DAMNED) as part of BLOODSHOT THEATREs SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON SUPER-SPECIAL!!!! Watch as dracula battles satan in order to regain his title as lord of all darkness!!! This is a long lost forgotten cartoon cult classic and you can watch it here SA only on time warner digital PATV channel 20(12:30) every thursday and saturday night!!! TOMB IN IF....YOU DARE!!!! 

youtubers can watch a preview of part 2 on BLOODSHOT THEATREs youtube channel! check it out!!!!

http://youtu.be/ajD-ilekcP4

BLOODSHOT THEATRE SDCC 2012 SUPER-SPECIAL PT.1 and 2

Featuring TOMB OF DRACULA(aka SOVEREIGN OF THE DAMNED)!!!!In honour of SDCC 2012! yes, part 1 scares up tonight! and all month long this august only on time warner digital PATV channel 20(12:30)! youtubers can sample a preview of this fangtastic feature adapted from the marvel comics title. this is a long forgotten cartoon cult classic spooktacularily produced by harmony gold! watch as count dracula fights to regain his rightful throne as lord of all darkness from the powers of SATAN!!!! It all happens tonight only on san antonios only late night after midnight spookshow BLOODSHOT THEATRE!!!!
check out the preview here:

http://youtu.be/NcgRsr0N2A0

E.SPANTO THE EVIL GHOST!!!!

Also screaming with HAND OF DEATH is the latest adventure in the E.SPANTO live action series!!!! Watch as the phantom skullman battles.....himself??? yes, its the mortuus' first incarnation of your eerie neighbourhood skullman! and hes out to put an end to the creepy crusader once and for all! the green fires of hell await the phantom hero of horror!!!! will he survive???? watch as they duke out on the abandoned remains of SAs infamous TACOLAND!!!! check it out, it all scares tonight ONLY on bloodshot theatre horror classics!!!!

E.SPANTO MTV GEEK TUMBLR

Check it out:

http://mtvgeek.tumblr.com/post/27163759836