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‘The Host’ Contest: Channel Your Inner Parasite & Win A Nifty Prize Pack

It’s the first day of spring and a perfect time to celebrate young love of the parasitic alien variety. And how do we do that? By giving away a prize pack for Open Road’s adaptation of Twilight creator  Stephenie Meyer’s novel, The Host ,  to one budding poet out there who can capture the spirit of the movie in an original haiku.  First, some inspiration: one winner will receive the following bag o’ swag: 1. The Host T-Shirt 2. The Host Buttons 3. Signed Poster 4. A copy of Meyer’s novel 5. Movie Companion with Behind-The-Scene Photos If that’s enough to turn your brown eyes an eerie shade of blue, all you need to do is reside in the United States and submit an original haiku ( using the 5-7-5 format ) inspired by the plot of The Host or an actual parasite.  I’m crossing my fingers that we get at least one entry involving bedbugs. Deadline is 6 p.m. Pacific Time on March 28 .  A winner will be chosen on March 29, when The Hos t opens in theaters. In the event that you’re going to completely wing it for this contest, some background follows.  Good luck. The official synopsis: What if everything you love was taken from you in the blink of an eye? “The Host” is the next epic love story from the creator of the “Twilight Saga,” worldwide bestselling author, Stephenie Meyer.  When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie Stryder ( Saoirse Ronan ) will risk everything to protect the people she cares most about — Jared ( Max Irons ), Ian ( Jake Abel ), her brother Jamie (Chandler Canterbury) and her Uncle Jeb ( William Hurt) , proving that love can conquer all in a dangerous new world. The trailer: Follow Frank DiGiacomo on  Twitter. Follow Movieline on  Twitter.   

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Write a Horror Haiku, Win a Cabin in the Woods Bong (and More) [UPDATED]

In honor of today’s horror extravaganza Cabin in the Woods , pen a masterful horror-themed haiku and you could win a bounty of Cabin swag! Included in the grand prize: A Cabin t-shirt, a signed poster, the visualization “movie tie-in” book, the novelization (so you can understand the twists and turns and surprises at hand), and your very own Cabin in the Woods expanding bong (to, um, help you expand your mind and grasp what writer-producer Joss Whedon and director Drew Goddard are doing in this ultra meta-horror send-up). [ UPDATE 4/16, 9:30 a.m. ET : The deadline has moved up! Read on for details…] Cabin in the Woods is best left unspoiled, but suffice to say it’s about a cabin… in the woods… where a group of unsuspecting coeds arrive one weekend, unprepared for what’s to come. (Read Movieline’s spoiler-free review here , or this spoilers-redacted SXSW report , for more.) Chris Hemsworth , Anna Hutchison, Kristen Connolly, Jesse Williams, Fran Kranz, Richard Jenkins, and Bradley Whitford star. The rules are simple: Submit an original haiku (using the 5-7-5 format) inspired by either Cabin in the Woods or your favorite horror classic , in the comments below or on Facebook / Twitter . One grand prize winner will receive the following prize pack: (1) Shirt (1) Bong (1) Visualization “Movie Tie-in” Book (1) Novelization (1) Signed Poster But wait! FOUR runners-up will win a t-shirt, a poster, AND the coveted Cabin in the Woods bong. That’s five chances to get your hands on the best (and arguably most useful) piece of movie swag to come along in a while. So hop to it, folks! Get your horror haiku on now . [ ED. NOTE : Due to site maintenance (including a commenting outage) Monday morning PT/afternoon ET, this contest will close earlier than originally expected. See details below.] Contest closes Monday, April 16 at 5pm ET/2pm PT 12pm ET/9am PT . Entries must include an email address for contacting winners. Winner must be located in the U.S. Only one submission per person.

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