WHAT: 

The 3rdterrifying novel -- THE DUKE -- in THE SLASHER UNIVERSE BOOK SERIES, a horror trilogy set in the 1970s, is ranked #1 on Amazon’s New Releases in Horror movies & Video as well as Amazon’s Hot New Releases! Created from the macabre mind of award-winning indie horror film director TODD NUNES, the series will be available for book signings at San Diego Comic-Con 2025 along with lots of horror merchandise. THE DUKE joins CATHOLIC SCHOOL GIRLS VS INBREEDS and DEATH WARD 13 in the gruesome trilogy. Available in digital ($3.99), paperback ($12.99), and hardcover ($21.99) on Amazon.com (https://tinyurl.com/24shqmel). Writer and Creator, Todd Nunes; Editor, Laurie Lovekraft. www.SlasherUniverse.com

WHEN: 

Comic-Con Preview night, Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Comic-Con Conference Thursday, July 24 – Sunday, July 27, 2024

WHERE:        

Booth #L14

Small Press Pavilion

San Diego Convention Center, 111 Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101

WHY: 

“I am beyond thrilled that THE DUKE is ranking #1 on Amazon’s horror book list!” says writer and creator Todd Nunes. “As a horror super fan myself, I love this character and had a lot of fun writing him along with his many victims. The 1970s have always held a fascination for me, especially horror films from the ‘70s. I consider this book series my love letter to horror movies of that era and am so happy that others feel the same way.”

THE SLASHER UNIVERSE plunges into a world twisted by violence and includes a sinister cast of characters set against the turbulent backdrop of 1970s America, a decade drenched in sexual liberation and serial killers. Here, cultural upheaval, the Civil Rights Movement, and the dawn of a social revolution meet head-on with evil incarnate, creating a relentless march toward carnage and chaos.

Like Nunes’ award-winning indie horror film, ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE the books feature strong final girls and a gruesome killer that racks-up high body counts with gristly terror that jumps off the page. These interconnected novels can be enjoyed as standalone stories or as part of a running storyline, leading up to a triumphant and thrilling conclusion. The terror is relentless in a universe where not even your worst nightmares have prepared you for what's around the next, dark corner.

ABOUT TODD NUNES:

Todd Nunes is the writer / director of the indie horror, Santa Slasher film All Through the House, which received 24 award nominations, 13 wins, and 14 ‘best of’ lists. A lifelong fan of horror books, films, and merch, he is excited to share his immersive world with readers and fans. Nunes is the author of Death Ward 13, Catholic Schoolgirls VS Inbreeds, and The Duke. www.SlasherUniverse.com

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March 13, 2017 – Los Angeles, CA – Legendary Misfits Guitarist Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein is set to star in DEATH WARD 13, a remake of the cult-classic film DON’T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT.  With his iconic Devilock hair and impressive physical build, “Doyle” is  best known as the guitar player for the American horror punk band the MISFITS and will play the most terrifying character in the film. Now in  pre-production, DEATH WARD 13 is directed by award-winning horror  filmmaker Todd Nunes (ALL THROUGH THE HO– USE) and produced by The Readmond Company.

”I’m looking forward to starting my movie career with a  starring role in “Death Ward 13”says Doyle. “It’s time to release the  beast on the big screen. Let the killing begin!”
 

“With Doyle’s horror punk  background, we’ve always been looking for opportunities to have him  cross over into film, but nothing has sparked his interest until now”,  says Bruce Miyaki (Insane Management.) “Death Ward 13 is a great breakout film for Doyle – his fans are going to love it.”

Although he is known for  playing guitar with the horror punk band the Misfits, which helped  create the horror punk genre, Doyle also has a solo project rightfully  named DOYLE. In 2013 Doyle released the Abominator album with Monsterman Records, and he is currently on tour in the USA supporting his new CD As We Die in stores May 5, 2017 through the Monsterman Records/EMP Label Group.  DEATH WARD 13 is Doyle’s first starring role in a film; he is currently  in talks with the film’s producers and Monsterman co-founder Bruce  Miyaki to provide music tracks for the soundtrack.

DEATH WARD 13 is inspired  by S.F. Brownrigg’s DON’T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT (1973) and Edgar Allen  Poe’s short story “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether”  (1845). DEATH WARD 13 promises to deliver a thrilling  grindhouse-inspired remake with a shocking collection of criminally  insane patients: botched lobotomies, necrophilia, sexual deviance, and  violent psychopaths.

“I’m excited to work with  Doyle,” says director Todd Nunes. “Doyle will be portraying a ruthless  killer called The Duke – a psychopath and the most twisted and  terrifying character in the movie. I’m a big fan of Doyle and his music  and always thought he would make a menacing horror movie villain. With  his threatening looks and massive build, this man will scare the crap  out of everyone. Get ready for a horrifying ride!”

DEATH WARD 13 is Todd Nunes’ bloody love letter to DON’T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT. This reimagined  version will give fans a taste of the original film with added  practical effects and bloody gore for modern horror fanatics. DEATH WARD  13 will also feature more nurses, freaks, and blood as well as a brutal  climax with an updated, disturbing twist.

SYNOPSIS: It’s 1973 and  the Stephens Sanitarium for the Criminally Insane prepares to shut down  permanently. Days before closing, four beautiful nursing students arrive  to care for the last handful of “harmless” mental patients in a  suspiciously understaffed ward. Confronted by their violent charges, the  nurses soon realize that they are trapped inside the asylum with a  deadly crew of vicious lunatics. Each patient has their own perverse  identity, their own personal demons, and their own violent agenda. Pushed to the brink of insanity, the young nurses find themselves in a  gruesome fight for survival inside Ward 13.
DEATH WARD 13 will begin shooting in 2017 with Todd Nunes partnering again with producer Stephen Readmond. The team’s Santa slasher ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE (2016) received 24 awards and nominations, including the following wins:  Best Slasher (RIP Horror Film Festival), Best Actress, Jessica Cameron  as Sheila (Hardcore Horror Fest), Best Killer/Slasher (“Golden Skulls”  Award, The Horrific Network), and Best Director (Hardcore Horror Fest).

DEATH WARD 13, written by  Todd Nunes and Tara Knight, is a feature-length film by The Readmond  Company, Los Angeles, CA.  info@deathward13.com, www.deathward13.com,  https://twitter.com/DeathWard_13, https://www.facebook.com/DeathWard13.

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Lodi, a small borough of  Bergen County, New Jersey, is just over two square miles. There’s not  much to suggest that the small village would be the birthplace of a  world famous, blood-soaked form of music known as horror punk. Legendary  acts The Misfits, Samhain, and Danzig all have their origins in Lodi, and something monstrous indeed lurks  there. The poster child and originator of the genre, himself, has once  again unleashed an evil noise on an unsuspecting world: Doyle Wolfgang  Von Frankenstein’s first release, Abominator, by his eponymous band, Doyle.

Released on Doyle’s own label, Monsterman Records, Abominator is a sonically thick and lyrically evil slab of metal that finds Doyle  expanding in a logical progression upon the genre of music he helped  create. Doyle’s first band, the infamous Glenn Danzig-fronted Misfits, helped create the genre of speed/thrash metal with their last album, 1983’s Earth AD/Wolf’s Blood–  in fact the record has been revered as one of the blueprints for the  genre by many of its most respected players, as evidenced by countless  groups covering the album’s songs, not the least of which being Metallica. Abominator is not the sound of some punk guitarist gone metal- it’s the roaring  return of one of extreme metal’s original architects to his  blood-splattered drawing board.

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Los Angeles, CA – The  cult-classic DON’T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT is being reimagined by horror  director Todd Nunes and L.A.-based Bone Crusher Films. The new film,  DEATH WARD 13 is currently in pre-production in Los Angeles. DEATH WARD  13 is inspired by S.F. Brownrigg’s DON’T LOOK IN THE BASEaMENT (1973)  and Edgar Allen Poe’s short story “The System of Doctor Tarr and  Professor Fether” (1845). DEATH WARD 13 promises to deliver a thrilling  remake with a shocking collection of criminally insane patients: botched  lobotomies, necrophilia, sexual deviance, and violent psychopaths.

DEATH WARD 13 will be directed by  award-winning horror filmmaker Todd Nunes (ALL THROUGH THE HO– USE).  “I’m a huge fan of the original DON’T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT and saw the  movie as a 10-year-old; I was mesmerized by the insane characters and  the twist ending,” says Director, Todd Nunes. “In this reimagined  version I want to give fans a taste of the original with added practical  effects and lots of bloody gore for modern audiences. DEATH WARD 13  will have more nurses, more maniacs, and more blood. We’re eager to  shoot the film in an isolated mental hospital in the woods, to embody  the iconic 70s grindhouse era.”

SYNOPSIS: It’s 1973 and the Stephens  Sanitarium for the Criminally Insane prepares to shut down permanently.  Days before closing, four beautiful nursing students arrive to care for  the last handful of “harmless” mental patients in a suspiciously  understaffed ward. Confronted by their violent charges, the nurses soon  realize that they are trapped inside the asylum with a deadly crew of  vicious lunatics. Each patient has their own perverse identity, their  own personal demons, and their own violent agenda. Pushed to the brink  of insanity, the young nurses find themselves in a gruesome fight for  survival inside Ward 13.

“DEATH WARD 13 will have a brutal  climax with an updated, disturbing twist that shocks and satisfies both  gore hounds and fans like me who love great storytelling,” says producer  Stephen Readmond (ALL THROUGH THE HO– USE). “Since we’re taking  liberties with DON’T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT, we wanted to use one of the  film’s alternative titles to show respect for one of my all-time  favorite films of the genre.”

DEATH WARD 13 will begin shooting in  late 2016/early 2017 with Nunes partnering again with producer Stephen Readmond. The team’s Santa slasher ALL THROUGH  THE HOUSE received 24 awards and nominations including the following  wins:

• Best Slasher (RIP Horror Film Festival)
• Audience Choice Award (RIP Horror Film Festival)
• Best Editing (RIP Horror Film Festival)
• Best Director (Hardcore Horror Fest)
• Best Actress – Jessica Cameron (Hardcore Horror Fest)
• Best Local Feature (SFindie’s “Another Hole in the Head” Film Festival)
• Best Supporting Actress – Melynda Kiring as Mrs. Garrett (GenreBlast Film Festival)

DEATH WARD 13, written by Todd Nunes  and Tara Knight, a feature-length film by Bone Crusher Films, the new  film division of The Readmond Company, Los Angeles, CA. info@deathward13.com, www.deathward13.com.
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