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06-12-2007, 08:20 AM

Suspiria Remake

Slightly old news, but it is reported that upstart production house First Sun has acquired the rights to remake Dario Argento’s classic 1977 Suspiria for modern audiences. First Sun is a conglomeration of director Luca Guadagnino, fashion designer Silvia Venturini and a slew of producers.

"Suspiria has a unique style that we want to reinvent for today's generation," director Guadagnino told the trade. "We intend to create a concept that will encompass cinema, videogames, fashion and music and that revives the original for those who did not experience it. The Gothic resurgence is very strong around the world at the moment ... and we feel that a new version of Suspiria will fit very well."

Lindsay Lohan's foray into horror - Director speaks

Again, not new news...director Chris Sivertson's I Know Who Killed Me is centered in an idyllic small town which is rocked when Aubrey Fleming (Lindsay Lohan), a bright and promising young woman, is abducted and tortured by a sadistic serial killer. When she manages to escape, the traumatized girl who regains consciousness in the hospital insists that she is not who they think she is and that the real Aubrey Fleming is still in mortal danger.

Sivertson had the task of taming party-girl Lindsay Lohan for a difficult dual role, “Lindsay and I hit it off right away. It's fantastic to work with somebody that gifted. Her dual roles in the film were extremely demanding - both physically and emotionally and she pulled it all off with true style.” Sivertson speaks very highly of Lohan’s talent telling that “The movie is a real showcase of what she can do.”

IKWKM is getting release right dead smack in the middle of summer blockbusters, but Sivertson isn’t sweating it, “ I'm excited as hell to be getting a summer release - it's fun to push this really dark and twisted mind-bender of a movie out amongst all the mega-budgeted sequels and remakes out there this summer,” he continues, “Tri-Star easily could have played it safe and waited for the fall but they've really gotten behind the movie.”

What horror fans what to know is just how bloody is the film, considering it’s more of a thriller. “There is some pretty nasty stuff in the flick. It's not a gore-film at all, but there are a few sequences that pack a mean punch.”

I KNOW WHO KILLED ME hits theaters everywhere on July 27.

Ringu's duo makers' new effort

Two of Japan's top moviemakers are teaming up for a horror project at 20th Century Fox and Regency Enterprises. Hideo Nakata (The Ring 2) is attached to direct Inhuman, which pairs him with "The Grudge" producer Taka Ichise, who is producing alongside Vertigo Entertainment's Roy Lee and Doug Davison. Regency bought Eric Heisserer's horror pitch "Inhuman," which is loosely based on a Japanese murder case and was brought to Heisserer by Orion Prout, who is associate producing alongside Jennifer Fukasawa from Ichise's Ozla Pictures banner.

Nakata and Ichise, two giants of J-horror, paired up on the Japanese-language "Ringu" series, which spawned two English-language hits starring Naomi Watts.

Casting for "The Burrowers"

Doug Hutchison (The Lawnmower Man), Clancy Brown (Starship Troopers, Pet Sematary II) and William Mapother (Suspect Zero, The Grudge, Lost) will all star in J.T. Petty's The Burrowers, which begins shooting this summer in New Mexico.

The Burrowers tells the story of a band of courageous men who set out to find and recover a family of settlers that has mysteriously vanished from their home. Expecting the offenders to be a band of fierce natives, the group prepares for a routine battle. But they soon discover that the real enemy stalks them from below.

Neil Marshall (The Descent) bringing Doomsday

Neil Marshall's (The Descent) upcoming apocalyptic-thriller Doomsday is all set to be a Rogue Pictures release in 2008.

Doomsday is set three decades after a lethal virus tore through a major country, leading to the country's walling off. When the virus, known as the Reaper, resurfaces in another country, an elite group is dispatched to the infected country to find a cure. There, they end up shut off from the rest of the world and must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.

First Peek at "1408"

The first clip from Dimension Films' 1408, which hits theaters June 22, can be viewed here :-

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809721616/video/3010743/

"1408" is the tale of a debunker of paranormal occurrences (John Cusack) who encounters real terror when he checks into the notorious Room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel.

Del Toro and Clive Barker team-up

What do you get when you clash the worlds of Clive Barker and Guillermo del Toro?

I'm hoping pure madness and insanity.

Today it was announced that Jennifer Connelly (Dark Water) and Paul Bettany (The Da Vinci Code, Inkheart) will star in Born, a psychological thriller that Guillermo del Toro, Lawrence Gordon and Lloyd Levin will produce, and horror vet Clive Barker will exec-produce.

Daniel Simpson will direct the project, which revolves around a couple who settle down in a seemingly idyllic English town to raise a family. Their perfect life is shaken when the husband, a claymation artist, discovers his characters are acting out a nightmare that comes to life.

Simpson penned the script with Barker and Paul Kaye.

Stop-motion animated sequences, produced by Chiodo Bros. Prods. ("Elf," "Team America") will be integrated into the pic.

Steve Lanning and Cliff Lanning are producers on "Born," which starts production in mid-August in the U.K.

Connelly wrapped "Reservation Road," opposite Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Ruffalo for Focus Features, while Bettany completed "Inkheart," which stars Helen Mirren, Brendan Fraser and Andy Serkis.

Del Toro, Gordon and Levin are in production on "Hellboy II" for Universal.

Remake of "A Tale of Two Sisters"

The beautiful Elizabeth Banks (40-Year-Old Virgin, Wet Hot American Summer, Slither) will star in the Korean horror remake "A Tale of Two Sisters" for DreamWorks.

Based on the Kim Jee-Woon's 2003 Korean horror film of the same name, the story revolves around two sisters who return home to their father after spending time in a mental institution. Their recovery is hindered by their cruel stepmother's (Banks) obsessiveness and an interfering ghost. Brothers Thomas and Charles Guard are still attached to helm the film, scheduled to begin shooting in July in Shreveport, La.

Craig Rosenberg adapted the English-language screenplay, with a rewrite from Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro.

Banks, who can be seen in "Spider-Man 3," next will appear in Universal Pictures' "Definitely, Maybe" and 20th Century Fox's "Starship Dave," opposite Eddie Murphy. Her most recent credits include starring opposite Mark Wahlberg in "Invincible."

Ghost Rider sequel?

Mark Steven Johnson is considering dusting off Johnny Blaze for another Ghost Ride.

"We're talking about it, yeah, talking about it," says Johnson of "Ghost Rider 2". "I don't know what I'm going to do, to be honest. After Daredevil and this ... it takes so long, these movies. I really want something different, and the pressure of the fan community is always so great."

Johnson, who started out on comedies like "Grumpy Old Men", says he’d much rather do something lighter next. "I would like to do something more comedy-based," he says, "go back to my roots like the Grumpy Old Men movies and do something with effects. I love effects; I love working with them. So I don't know about for myself, if that's in the cards for me."

But if there is a "Ghost Rider 2", Johnson has his ideas.

"If there's a second one, I would push for Scarecrow," he says. "In fact, in my first script it was Scarecrow who was the villain, but then I heard that they were going to put him in the Batman movie. But now having seen it, he wasn't really in it that much. And the Marvel Scarecrow is really pretty cool, so I think he'd be an excellent villain. I also think there's a character named Blackout that could be interesting, [and] there's Vengeance from the later comics."

The Arcanum is coming

Gold Circle Films (“Slither”, “White Noise : The Light”) have picked up feature rights to Thomas Wheeler's fantasy-adventure "The Arcanum" out of turnaround from Miramax.

"The Arcanum," Wheeler's debut novel, is set in 1919 and follows the titular secret society comprising the era's leading occult investigators -- Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Houdini, H.P. Lovecraft and Marie Laveau -- as they battle demons descending on New York City, including a serial killer of angels.

Gold Circle topper Paul Brooks says that the banner's going out to directors. "We see this as a potential franchise property," he added.

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, moviehole.net, yahoo.com)

Gentlemen Death

06-12-2007, 08:54 AM

Doomsday sounds really cool....Any apacolyptic kind of movie that comes out, you will find me sitting in the front row....I cannot get enough of those movies.....:D

MisterSadistro

06-12-2007, 12:30 PM

Remaking 'Suspiria' ?!? Is nothing sacred ? How about remaking something that wasn't so good in the first place to make it better rather than watering down what is already great ? Nonsense like this makes me ashamed to be a filmmaker :mad:
CK

Wensday13

06-12-2007, 12:43 PM

No, nothings sacred. I was reading another forum last night concerning Rob Zombies new version of Halloween. Some were in favor, some wernt.

Some of you woulnt like this but here goes............................
I cant understand why people hate remakes so much. Its not like if somebody remakes a movie there going to change the orginal. Some of you seem to be under the impression that, if somebody remakes one of your favorite movies, when you put the orginal dvd in, the remakes going to play.
The orginal will always be the orginal. Remaking it isnt going to change it.
Ok, so most them arnt any good, dont watch them. Nobodys going to make you see it. I do feel that making a judgement on something you havnt seen isnt fair, thats beside the point.

Ive heard people say remakes are bad for the genre. How?????
When young kids who havnt seen (Suspiria in this case) see the newer one and like it, dosnt that raise the liklyhood of them seeking out the orginal?
Would the people remaking these movies even be doing it if they didnt like the orginals?

Just a thought

MisterSadistro

06-12-2007, 01:36 PM

jenna26

06-12-2007, 03:55 PM

And I will rant again....think it has been awhile, on this forum anyway.....;)

I don't mind the OCCASIONAL remake, I have liked a few. There have been remakes that did a good job in paying homage to the original, or expanded upon it, or seems to be made by someone who actually has an understanding and love of the horror genre, and not just out for a paycheck until they can make "serious" films. But that is rare. There is hardly any risk-taking in horror anymore, and that is a big part of horror for me. They know they can bank on a name; it is safe for them, no need to even make an attempt at originality. It just makes me wonder how many fresh scripts are being tossed aside in order to make yet another remake. I just want to see more movies that try to make it own their own merits instead of falling back on the name, controversy or popularity of another.

Sure, there are decent remakes. But for the most part they are uninspired, boring and completely unnecessary. Usually they pale so much in comparison to the original film you just have to wonder what they were thinking. A lot of the time, they seem to be directed, or written by someone that doesn't seem to have a clue about the original film, or the horror genre. And the result is, much of the time, a disappointing mess. Either the name is ripped off, and has nothing to do with the original film (House of Wax, which seems more like a remake of Tourist Trap really). Completely ignore and ruin what was great about the original (The Haunting remake). Or they copy it almost scene by scene, adding absolutely nothing interesting or unique to it, which makes it even more pointless, and really seems to scream...."hey, look at me, I can do it better" (Psycho remake). And yes, it just pisses me off to hear others say how much "better" the remakes are, and I have heard it over and over again. The ones that are so against remakes, just want to see some attempt at originality, and want to see respect paid to these great films.

Oh and BOOOOOO! to a Suspiria or A Tale of Two Sisters remake. Looking forward to Doomsday and Born though, they sound promising.

novakru

06-12-2007, 04:22 PM

Whoa, Whoa, wait a minute, hold up....INKHEART has been completed???
Oh happy, happy, joy, joy!!:) :)

Also:
1408 looks REALLY good.

jenna26

06-12-2007, 05:08 PM

Also:
1408 looks REALLY good.

I just saw a trailer for it, and it looks good, and I like John Cusack a lot, but anytime a Stephen King story is adapted for the screen, I am a bit leery....lol.

novakru

06-12-2007, 07:11 PM

I just saw a trailer for it, and it looks good, and I like John Cusack a lot, but anytime a Stephen King story is adapted for the screen, I am a bit leery....lol.

We all hold our breath every time a King story comes to the screen:)

So.....pregnant yet *evil laugh*
You must JOIN US, JOIN US....
The Mommy Club needs you:D

Ok, I won't tease you anymore...you'll get enough of that at all the new family functions from now on. lol

Wensday13

06-12-2007, 08:20 PM

I'm more for Hollywood coming up with something new that could become a classic rather than just remaking anything that has any value (esp to fans) in order to keep attempting to cash in on a name like 'Halloween', 'Suspiria', 'The Haunting' or any other countless films. What about if the remake completely tanks (which is often the case) ? How many of younger viewers are going back to see the original 'Black Christmas', 'When A Stranger Calls', 'The Hitcher', etc after being completely put off by some CGI laden, Mtv looking crap that has the same name ? Hell, if I had seen any of them first, I certainly wouldn't be rushing out to rent the original to see where the source material came from. If it sounds like I'm preaching, that's fine. As long as people keep buying tickets and Hollywood keeps making money churning out subpar movies with familiar titles, there will be no shortage of remade horror films. I think that's unfortunate as a fan of the genre and a filmmaker myself.
Apparently it is easier to remake something badly than to create something new- esp if it's already a proven winner. Think about it.
CK

While I can understand the orginalality aurgment, I still feel like alot of people think film makers are tampering with something "sacred". Theres nothing sacred about any movie. They made every movie with the hopes it would make them money. I refuse to belive anybodys ever made a movie, remake or otherwise and said "man, I sure hopes this movie sucks and nobody likes it".
Again, if you feel that strongly about it, dont watch it. But theres no point in complaing about it.

As far as younger viewers are concerned, your comparing the remakes to thier orginals. People who havnt saw the orginals cant compare. Besides that, those "CGI laden" movies must be doing alright, Hollywood keeps churning them out. Im not saying Im particularly wild about most remakes. Im saying, if you were to take a cencus, most old school horror fans probley wouldnt be in favor of remaking such classic movies. But old school, hardcore horror fans represent such a small amount of the population I dont think most film makers make a point to cater to them.

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06-12-2007, 08:59 PM

Rachel Weisz in Peter Jackson's "Bones" adaptation

English actress Rachel Weisz has signed on to star in Peter Jackson's adaptation of "The Lovely Bones."

Based on Alice Sebold's 2002 best-seller, the story is told through the voice of Susie Salmon, a young girl who is murdered but continues to observe her family on Earth after her death. She witnesses the impact of her loss on her loved ones, while her killer skillfully covers his tracks and prepares to murder again.

Weisz will play the mother of the dead girl, a role that Jackson and his writing team of Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh are expanding in their adaptation.

The $80 million picture is scheduled to begin filming in October in Pennsylvania and New Zealand. The DreamWorks project will be distributed worldwide by Paramount Pictures.

The film will mark the first teaming of the Academy Award-winning director and the Academy Award-winning actress. Weisz won an Oscar for her supporting role in 2005's "The Constant Gardner." Jackson won three Oscars for his work on 2003's "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King."

(reference - movies.yahoo.com)

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06-13-2007, 08:03 AM

D-War set to rock the screens in August, 2007

Yesterday two amazing international posters were revealed from Shim Hyung-Rae's D-War, which Freestyle Releasing will send to theaters later this year here in the States.

Based on the Korean legend, unknown creatures will return and devastate the planet. Reporter Ethan Kendrick is called in to investigate the matter, and he arrives at the conclusion that a girl stricken with a mysterious illness named Sarah is suppose to help him. The Imoogi makes its way to Los Angeles, wreaking havoc and destruction. With the entire city under arms, will Ethan and Sarah make it in time to save the people of Los Angeles?

The posters can be viewed here (http://www.younggu-art.com/dragonwars/download/poster1.jpg) and here (http://www.younggu-art.com/dragonwars/download/poster2.jpg). The posters look awesome...and I must admit this can be the next big thing from Asian cinema to hit US screens.

The teaser trailer can be downloaded from here (http://www.younggu-art.com/dragonwars/download/Dwar_trailer.zip).

New stills from Argento's Mother of Tears

Dario Argento's The Mother of Tears, which is the third and final "Mother" movie (after Inferno, Suspiria), centers on a young American art student, Sarah, who "unwittingly opens an ancient urn that unleashes the demonic power of the world's most powerful witch. As a scourge of suicides plague the city and witches from all over the world converge on Rome to pay homage, Sarah must use all her own psychic powers to stop the 'Mother of Tears' before her evil conquers the world.

You can see plenty of interesting gorific stills here (http://www.occhisulcinema.it/Dos-Dario%20Argento%20La%20Terza%20Madre.htm).

Final Official Poster for Danny Boyle's Sunshine

Today the final official poster was revealed for Danny Boyle's Sunshine, which Fox Searchlight will release on July 20.

Fifty years from now, the sun is dying, and mankind is dying with it. Our last hope: a spaceship and a crew of eight men and women. They carry a device which will breathe new life into the star. But deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, their mission is starting to unravel. There is an accident, a fatal mistake, and a distress beacon from a spaceship that disappeared seven years earlier. Soon the crew is fighting not only for their lives, but their sanity.

The poster can be viewed here (http://www.impawards.com/2007/sunshine_ver5_xlg.html).

(References - bloody-disgusting.com)

MisterSadistro

06-13-2007, 08:34 AM

While I can understand the orginalality aurgment, I still feel like alot of people think film makers are tampering with something "sacred". Theres nothing sacred about any movie. They made every movie with the hopes it would make them money. I refuse to belive anybodys ever made a movie, remake or otherwise and said "man, I sure hopes this movie sucks and nobody likes it".
Again, if you feel that strongly about it, dont watch it. But theres no point in complaing about it.

As far as younger viewers are concerned, your comparing the remakes to thier orginals. People who havnt saw the orginals cant compare. Besides that, those "CGI laden" movies must be doing alright, Hollywood keeps churning them out. Im not saying Im particularly wild about most remakes. Im saying, if you were to take a cencus, most old school horror fans probley wouldnt be in favor of remaking such classic movies. But old school, hardcore horror fans represent such a small amount of the population I dont think most film makers make a point to cater to them.

With over 25 spelling and grammar errors alone in a two paragraph reply, I'm having difficulty understanding your argument at all :rolleyes: Your first two sentences alone contradict each other. I digress.
If "old school, hardcore horror fans represent such a small amount of the population" to begin with (according to you), then why do you think Hollywood even bothers to reuse the exact same titles as the originals to begin with ? There are thousands of murderous masked madmen movies out there so why use the title 'Halloween' rather than 'Rob Zombie's Killer X Movie' ? People would be less likely to see that I bet. If Hollywood was so concerned about doing justice to a remake, there were plenty of subpar slasher movies from the 1980s alone that could've been better with a little polishing. So why does Hollywood only keep grabbing the titles of movies that "such a small amount of the population" would identify ?
The correct answer: money.
I'll let you in on a little secret: Hollywood doesn't care if you enjoy a movie or not. They just want your paying ass in a seat. They might even get you again later with a DVD afterwards, especially if they slap something on the cover like "director's cut" or "unrated version". That's a great marketing ploy. It's almost like saying "new and improved movie with 10% more entertainment value" on it. The recent 'King Kong' movie costed a lot of money to make (CGI laden films usually do) and didn't make back the billions of dollars as expected. To date it's had 4 or 5 DVD versions already released of it. Why would Hollywood release what is in essence an incomplete version of the movie in the theaters only to release it on DVD later with even more footage if it made the movie better to begin with ?
The correct answer is: money.
By now you are probably screaming at your monitor "Mister Sadistro ! My God ! You're right ! I can't believe I haven't been able to see any of this before your enlightenment ! What can I do as a fan to help prevent this nefarious act of larceny commited by The Great Beast Hollywood ?"
Well, I'm glad you asked (and please, don't interrupt me when I'm on a roll).
Hollywood is much like an assembly line. Get a famous name for an actor, even if they can't act or wouldn't be correct for a part (that doesn't matter- this is about making money, not entertainment) like, say, Paris Hilton, add anybody as a director no matter how incompetent (let's say Uwe Boll), spend as much needed on advertising and CGI (this part hurts, but people are often distracted by shiny things- see Paris Hilton- and makes sure those paying asses are in seats and buy DVDs). Most importantly, use a title that people already know, even if they haven't seen or heard it in awhile (like 'House Of Wax'). Movie completed !
"But, Mister Sadistro ! You forgot them adding a story to these assembly line movies !" you are saying. I did NOT forget adding a story and please don't interrupt. We already spent money on advertising, Paris Hilton's name and CGI. This is about making money, not spending money. Do you know how much it costs for an original story ? Approximately 10-13% of the overall budget (I'm pretty sure Roderick Usher on here will back me up on this). Those CGI fx add up and a known name to boot ? Geez. 10-13% of all that ends up to be an awful lot (well, maybe not by Hollywood standards, but why spend more when they already have the key ingredients to assure them paying asses are in seats ?). Wouldn't it be easier and cheaper to remake something they already own the rights to than to <gasp !> pay for something original ? Hell, people already know the title and that's a built in audience. This is like the loaves and fishes ! Back to the assembly line ! We can churn out a few of these each month easily !
Maybe these "filmmakers" don't go out of their way to "make a bad movie", but do you seriously get the impression that they're even attempting to make a good one ? It's a mass produced, mass marketed product and as long as paying asses are still in the seats, subpar horror movies will continue to be remade and rehashed. Don't see them, don't support them, don't enable them. If the money doesn't come, they will have to rethink their formula.
Class dismissed :D

jenna26

06-13-2007, 10:42 AM

Well, I think we all know its about money, and like Wensday13's previous point, no one makes a film, invests their money and/or time in it hoping that it fails miserably and is a complete loss. They want an audience. Its a business after all, and if no one likes the product, if everyone refuses to see it, then its a loss.

But I do think there have been times when it wasn't completely about that, when filmmakers wanted to make money, of course, but also put a little love and respect into their work. And that still happens, it just seems a lot more rare. I think very few filmmakers fight to make the movies they want to make anymore, and even when they do, they are pretty restricted unless they can figure ways to finance it all themselves.

MisterSadistro is absolutely right, they don't have to put much thought, effort or as much money into a remake, and they are almost always guaranteed to make money. They are comfortable, they know people will pay to see them, out of curiosity, or because they are just desperate for new horror, and will see any horror film hitting a local theater, remake or not, or they know nothing about the original films and don't care to know. And when you have a genuine love for movies, that can be frustrating.

Honestly, I give just about every movie a chance, even remakes, I will see them. And like I said, the occasional remake I wouldn't have a problem with if it was done the right way, but the sheer amount of remakes hitting the theaters is way past ridiculous. And I am not going to pay 7 dollars a ticket to see a remakes of films that was done the RIGHT way the first time. Unfortunately, most people don't feel the same way, so we are going to see more and more of them. Obviously, people do like remakes. I even know people that preferred the remake of Psycho to the original.....and I will just leave you with that disturbing thought.

MisterSadistro

06-13-2007, 11:15 AM

MisterSadistro is absolutely right
I love to hear that. Wish it was more often :D
I'm currently doing a 5.1 sound mix and composing the music for a movie that has now been in the making for 2 years. Do you know who has got money invested in it ? The director and myself. It gets a lot more personal when you actually have an interest in making a movie the best that it can be rather than just cashing in on a name for another disposable remake.
We've got deadlines coming up in 3 weeks in order to get it entered to several filmfests. Do you think we'd say "Time's up ! Good enough !" and cross our fingers ? No way ! It will be seen when it's the best it can be. No DVD releases of "unrated versions" or pre-planned sequels. It's a true labor of love and has a lot more heart going for it than any reheated Hollywood leftovers. If we never make a dime off it (and that is always possible), it's worth it more to me to hear "Hey, man. I really liked your movie." Know why ? It is ours and not somebody else's title to begin with.

Wensday13

06-13-2007, 01:23 PM

With over 25 spelling and grammar errors alone in a two paragraph reply, I'm having difficulty understanding your argument at all :rolleyes: Your first two sentences alone contradict each other. I digress.
If "old school, hardcore horror fans represent such a small amount of the population" to begin with (according to you), then why do you think Hollywood even bothers to reuse the exact same titles as the originals to begin with ? There are thousands of murderous masked madmen movies out there so why use the title 'Halloween' rather than 'Rob Zombie's Killer X Movie' ? People would be less likely to see that I bet. If Hollywood was so concerned about doing justice to a remake, there were plenty of subpar slasher movies from the 1980s alone that could've been better with a little polishing. So why does Hollywood only keep grabbing the titles of movies that "such a small amount of the population" would identify ?
The correct answer: money.
I'll let you in on a little secret: Hollywood doesn't care if you enjoy a movie or not. They just want your paying ass in a seat. They might even get you again later with a DVD afterwards, especially if they slap something on the cover like "director's cut" or "unrated version". That's a great marketing ploy. It's almost like saying "new and improved movie with 10% more entertainment value" on it. The recent 'King Kong' movie costed a lot of money to make (CGI laden films usually do) and didn't make back the billions of dollars as expected. To date it's had 4 or 5 DVD versions already released of it. Why would Hollywood release what is in essence an incomplete version of the movie in the theaters only to release it on DVD later with even more footage if it made the movie better to begin with ?
The correct answer is: money.
By now you are probably screaming at your monitor "Mister Sadistro ! My God ! You're right ! I can't believe I haven't been able to see any of this before your enlightenment ! What can I do as a fan to help prevent this nefarious act of larceny commited by The Great Beast Hollywood ?"
Well, I'm glad you asked (and please, don't interrupt me when I'm on a roll).
Hollywood is much like an assembly line. Get a famous name for an actor, even if they can't act or wouldn't be correct for a part (that doesn't matter- this is about making money, not entertainment) like, say, Paris Hilton, add anybody as a director no matter how incompetent (let's say Uwe Boll), spend as much needed on advertising and CGI (this part hurts, but people are often distracted by shiny things- see Paris Hilton- and makes sure those paying asses are in seats and buy DVDs). Most importantly, use a title that people already know, even if they haven't seen or heard it in awhile (like 'House Of Wax'). Movie completed !
"But, Mister Sadistro ! You forgot them adding a story to these assembly line movies !" you are saying. I did NOT forget adding a story and please don't interrupt. We already spent money on advertising, Paris Hilton's name and CGI. This is about making money, not spending money. Do you know how much it costs for an original story ? Approximately 10-13% of the overall budget (I'm pretty sure Roderick Usher on here will back me up on this). Those CGI fx add up and a known name to boot ? Geez. 10-13% of all that ends up to be an awful lot (well, maybe not by Hollywood standards, but why spend more when they already have the key ingredients to assure them paying asses are in seats ?). Wouldn't it be easier and cheaper to remake something they already own the rights to than to <gasp !> pay for something original ? Hell, people already know the title and that's a built in audience. This is like the loaves and fishes ! Back to the assembly line ! We can churn out a few of these each month easily !
Maybe these "filmmakers" don't go out of their way to "make a bad movie", but do you seriously get the impression that they're even attempting to make a good one ? It's a mass produced, mass marketed product and as long as paying asses are still in the seats, subpar horror movies will continue to be remade and rehashed. Don't see them, don't support them, don't enable them. If the money doesn't come, they will have to rethink their formula.
Class dismissed :D

Well, if your head wasnt so far up your ass you would be able to see what Im saying.
Theres absoulty nothing sacred about any movie, at all, whatsoever. The fact that YOU like something dosnt mean shit to anybody but you. Another thing, dont think your impressing me. Ill be honest, right now your coming off like a spoiled child. You seem to belive your opinion of something is the only one that matters. I mean, remakes for movies for the most part must be doing alright. There wouldnt be as many of them. And of course its about money.

Old school, hardcore horror fans do represnt a small amount of the population.
The people who feel these films are "scared" are a minority. Otherwise, there would be public outcry to stop remaking movies. Dosnt seem that way. Tell you what, your wasting your time on me. Go to the people making these movies, I havnt made any of them. Tell them, you post alot on the internet, tell them how smart you are, tell them class is in session. All this youve told me, tell them. If you convince them, Im with you.

Alot of the people flocking to see remakes dont always even know thier remakes. Alot of people who went to see Black Christmas or The Hills Have Eyes probley didnt even know there was an orginal. Is there money any less spendable? Just because they havnt seen the orginal, dose what they think matter anymore than what you think? No.
The orginal story was interesting enough to try to make some more money off of it. Why not? Thier "sacred"????? Bullshit. Again, if you dont like it, dont watch. I dont like country music, I also dont spend any time complaing about it.
For something you claim to not like you seem to be putting alot of effort into changing my mind about it.

The rest of this isnt worth replying to. Its mostly a self-rightous attempt to enlarge your e-penis. Go for you. Bust your ass to impress somebody youll claim not to care about.

MisterSadistro

06-13-2007, 06:40 PM

If memory serves correctly, it was you who asked why remakes are looked down upon. I answered, bringing some very valid points to the discussion. You brought "e-penis" comments. Then you complained since you are in the minority of people that actually prefers wasting your time and money on remakes. That is unfortunate. Both could've been better served on reading some books in a decent school to get you past a third grade reading level so when you decide to debate someone with an opinion different than your own, it doesn't come across sounding like "I know you are, but what am I ?" :rolleyes:
You are not only another strong point against remakes as far as I'm concerned, you should be the poster child as well. Good job :D

Wensday13

06-13-2007, 07:20 PM

The only valid point you made was you like orginal ideas. Well, okay. Dont watch remakes. Im not trying to sway the opinion of anyone here.
Im wondering, still, why people pitch such a bitch about it. If its not something you agree with, dont support it. Seems like your a little upset because I disagreed with you. Otherwise, you wouldnt be pointing out my grammer errors.
You seem to think "since I like something everybody else should, and nobody should remake it because since I like it, it must be perfect because my opinion is the only one that counts"
Thats a textbook childish way of thinking.

Wensday13

06-13-2007, 07:26 PM

Actually I was debating, you started this pissing contest. Go back and re-read it.

Oh and by the way. If youd have read what I posted youd have read that Im not even particulary that found of most remakes.
Im not closed minded enough to say that just because I dont like something everybody who does is wrong.
Im also not closed-minded enough to decide I hate a movie that I havnt seen.

And why are you wasting all this time here? Dont you have a pile of shit of your to work on?

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06-14-2007, 07:27 AM

Comic book scribe David Goyer hired to write and direct "The Invisible Man"

The go-to scribe for comic book movies David Goyer (“Blade”, “Batman Begins”) has inked a deal to write and direct “The Invisible Man”, a new take on the H.G. Wells classic.

Goyer, whose last film was the spooky “The Invisible”, has always been a fan of the story and looks set to get to work on it after he shoots the “X-Men” spin-off, “Magneto”.

"I've always been a fan of the original H.G. Wells book as well as the Universal film and felt the property was ripe for re-imagining," Goyer said.

Conceived as a sequel to Wells' original tale, the story centers on a British nephew of the original Invisible Man. Once he discovers his uncle's formula for achieving invisibility, he is recruited by British intelligence agency MI5 during WWII.

"Castlevania" is happening

"Stomp the Yard” director Sylvain White will change gears as he signs on to direct “Castlevania," a live-action adaptation of the Konami vampire videogame that's co-produced by Rogue Pictures and Crystal Sky Entertainment.

The movie, which will shoot late fall in South Africa and Romania, has been co-financed and will be distributed by Rogue later next year.

Scripted by Paul W.S. Anderson ("Alien vs. Predator"), the drama begins as a Transylvanian knight leads his men into a gothic castle to seek refuge from the Turkish army. The knights soon discover the castle is controlled by the original vampire.

White grew up playing the game in the early 1990s, and was attracted to the chance to make a vampire film. The script sets up a generational clash between Vlad the Impaler and the Belmont family, a clan that unleashed the original vampire and battles to defeat him.

"Most of the vampire films have been present or set in the future, from 'Blade' to 'Underworld,' and I was attracted by the chance to make a dark, epic period movie that almost has an anime feel to it," White said.

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, moviehole.net)

dabruce16

06-14-2007, 07:38 AM

david goyer, huh? well i like him as a writer. but as a director i'm not a big fan of. it was hard to watch blade trinity. i just don't like how he shoots action sequences.

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06-14-2007, 08:28 AM

Samuel L. Jackson's A Longer Kiss Goodnight?

Samuel L. Jackson is developing a sequel to the 1996 thriller "The Long Kiss Goodnight".

The first movie starred Geena Davis as Samantha Caine, a suburban mom and schoolteacher with a seemingly normal life in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, who had been found badly injured and amnesiac several years previously, and has no memory of her past. When she's attacked by an escaped convict, Samantha dispatches her attacker with lethal self-defense skills she wasn't aware she possessed. She hires wisecracking private investigator Mitch Henessey (Samuel L. Jackson) to help her find the truth about her past.

Davis's then-husband Renny Harlin ("Cutthroat Island, Die Hard 2: Die Harder") directed the film.

So yeah…a sequel?

Hmmm...

This comes as a real surprise.

Yes, the film did OK business, but it was hardly Jackson’s best film, let alone something he really shone in – it was Geena Davis who owned that beast; and she’s not even going to be in it. With so many other plum options on his radar, why would Jackson want to reprise that character? Why not Shaft (ok, maybe not) or Zeus Carver? (Then again, considering he did the sequel to “XXX” a couple of years back, Sam’s obviously got a woody for sequels – even bad ones).

Nevertheless, the star of the upcoming Spirit movie (now that’s a cool move, Sam) tells MTV that he and Renny Harlin, director, are brainstorming over ideas.

"Actually, we're thinking, you know, the little girl [Samantha's daughter, Caitlin] is grown up now and possibly got some skills passed onto her by her mom," Jackson said. "Her mom gets killed and we want to find out who did it."

“Mitch is one of my favorite characters,” Jackson enthused. “I mean, every time I pass ‘The Long Kiss Goodnight’ [on TV], I stop and watch it. If it’s on, I stop, I watch it.”

So why in the world, then, does she contact Mitch? “Well, she comes to find me because I’m the only connection to her mom,” Jackson said. “And I might know the people that have done that.”

Jackson says he and Harlin are now on the hunt for a writer who thinks their pen deserves a workout.

(Reference - moviehole.net)

MisterSadistro

06-14-2007, 09:38 AM

And why are you wasting all this time here? Dont you have a pile of shit of your to work on?
Coming from someone with a third grade reading level in favor of remakes, I take that as a compliment :D

Wensday13

06-14-2007, 10:25 AM

reading level in favor of remakes

Seems like you cant read.

Dante'sInferno

06-14-2007, 10:49 AM

Seems like you cant read.Yay!The female version of Darthbane!

MisterSadistro

06-14-2007, 02:53 PM

More like Thomas George, minus the inane thread starting :D
If it seems like I "cant" read, perhaps it's because I would need a team of hieroglyphic experts to decipher the posts you've made with the endless spelling and grammar errors that contradict one another. You could at least find SpellCheck in less time and use it for now. Otherwise, I'd suggest:
http://save-on-phonics.com/images/phonics.gif
It would change your life for the better.
On a side note, it's spelled "Wednesday", not "Wensday". That should be a clue right there.

Roderick Usher

06-14-2007, 03:28 PM

Alot of the people flocking to see remakes dont always even know thier remakes. Alot of people who went to see Black Christmas or The Hills Have Eyes probley didnt even know there was an orginal.

They're called morons

Wensday13

06-14-2007, 03:58 PM

Spelling and grammer errors aside, tell me why your opinion is the only one that counts? Is that clear enough? Tell me why you know more about what people should like than they do. Impress me with that, because to be honest that straight to video "movie" your working on isnt doing it for me. And no matter what people here tell you, nobody really cares. It just makes you come off like even more of a pompus ass.
Nobodys going to see it until about 3 months after it comes out and its in the bargin bin. That "labor of love" and a dime will buy you a cup of coffee 20 years ago. Nobodys impressed.

So go ahead make fun of spelling and grammer. Because right now, thats about all I can see going for you. Ohhhhhhh, I almost forgot, your working on a movie nobodys going to see, forgive me.

Remakes or not, its fucking stupid to decide how you feel about a movie before you see it. Anybody how tells people "Im involved in making movies, so I MUST know whats good" is fucking stupid. And lastly, its really fucking stupid to waste time posting about movies you claim to hate and people you think of as a lesser.

If the shoe fits I guess........

Wensday13

06-14-2007, 04:00 PM

They're called morons

Yeah, thats right. People who havnt wasted thier life following movies and posting on message boards, yeah, their the morons. :rolleyes:

Dante'sInferno

06-14-2007, 04:23 PM

jenna26

06-14-2007, 05:08 PM

Yeah, thats right. People who havnt wasted thier life following movies and posting on message boards, yeah, their the morons. :rolleyes:

Now there's no reason to get insulting......:rolleyes:

:p

I guess I am just one of those blessed people that can see both viewpoints; as an unpublished, but still hoping to someday be published, writer, I can definitely see why people, especially writers and filmmakers, are frustrated by the lack of originality and love going into much of the film making these days. I can also see why some just don't give a damn, movies are simply an escape for them, nothing more. And that's fine, for them. BUT, movies and books CAN become scared in a way to the people that work on them or the people that are influenced by them. There are people that see movies as more than a way to pass the time. And you are either one of those people, and you get it, or you aren't and you don't. Nothing wrong with being the former or the latter.

MisterSadistro

06-14-2007, 11:46 PM

Considering everyone on this message board seems to follow movies and post about them (hence the horror.com title of the site which you are also a member), your statement suggests everyone here, including yourself, is a moron. Since my opinion on remakes speaks only for me, you can speak for yourself in that case. In fact, I'd even dare to say that you've shouted it by now :rolleyes:
Besides a series of migraines for some poor English teacher suffering through a term paper of yours, when was the last time you created anything ? Probably never. Maybe my movie will end up in a bargain bin somewhere. At least I try. I see a problem and I'm not repackaging 'Black Christmas' or any remakes just to get by and collect a quick buck from people who forgot about quality because they've been fed the same dribble for so long that they mindlessly line up like lemmings to see what a supposed horror movie is.
Not that you care or would appreciate the difference, but the wife of a reviewer for a horror magazine went out of her way to write this to the director after seeing the rough cut at press time:
"We watch a lot of "indies" and this was one of the best. I mean that. I could go on and on about the fantastic camera angles that gave points of view that most miss. It is what makes someone with a gift different than someone with a dream. Congratulations on a great flick. I can't wait to see it in its completion!"
Unless I suddenly start mixing sound like you spell, it looks like my "piece of crap" is only getting better. Think about that when you're digging through the bargain bin looking for your next $2.99 treasure :D

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06-15-2007, 10:43 AM

Saw releasers remaking several horror classics

Evolution Entertainment has inked a deal with RKO Pictures to redo several of the latter studio’s horror classics.

The companies – Evolution has partnered up as ‘Twisted’ Pictures - will co-finance development and production of "The Body Snatcher," a 1945 Robert Wise-directed thriller that starred Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff; the 1943 pic "I Walked With a Zombie"; and the 1946 Karloff starrer "Bedlam." They've yet to select the fourth title from the RKO vault.

The deal was hatched by Evolution co-presidents Mark Burg and Oren Koules and RKO Pictures chairman-CEO Ted Hartley. They are out to writers and directors, some of whom are expected to come from Evolution Management.

Burg, Koules and Hartley will produce each picture with Twisted Pictures prexy Carl Mazzocone, with Jonathan Marshall exec producing. Movies will be budgeted at $10 million-$20 million. No distributor has been set.

In Twisted, Hartley has found producers with cash and a track record. Burg and Koules self-finance most of their genre pics. That includes the highly profitable "Saw" series, the fourth installment of which is being shot in Toronto for a fall release.

"These guys are very good at making scary pictures, and partnering like this is a great way for us to maximize the use of the RKO library and grow our company," Hartley said.

Hartley most recently dipped into the library for "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," the Cary Grant comedy that was turned into "Are We Done Yet?," the sequel to the Ice Cube pic "Are We There Yet?" RKO was also a producer of "Curtains," the original Broadway musical that stars David Hyde Pierce and drew eight Tony nominations and a win for Pierce.

For Twisted Pictures partners Burg and Koules, entry to the library gives access to a wealth of titles they feel are still viable.

"We've thought a long time about how to update these classic titles to make them commercial," Burg said. "If these films go well, we hope it leads to more."

The Wizard of Gore director speaks

According to Jeremy Kasten, the director of The Wizard of Gore, which will have it's World Premiere next week as part of the LA Film Fest, this remake of Herschell Gordon Lewis’ exploitation classic puts an up-to-date spin on the tale of an underground illusionist (Crispin Glover) who may be performing more than just sleight-of-hand tricks since volunteers from his audience keep turning up dead.

Kasten talked a bit about his cast and what we can expect from the remake, “Despite having an amazing cast including Crispin Glover, Bijou Phillips, Kip Pardue, Brad Dourif and Jeffrey Combs, an amazing writer in Zach Chassler and amazing locations, gruesome effects and a cast of hundreds, I still managed to utterly run this ship soooo far aground.” He also joked about how fun the film is when you’re drunk, “from what I have seen, the film is fun [when] drunk... for me and you. I’m kidding of course, I can't start drinking on the really early shoot days until after lunch.”

All kidding aside, Kasten took the film into a dark place, “Okay, the movie is f*cking disturbing… [It’s] really dark in a really interesting way.” He also explains how the film has entered into new sub-genre territory, “We have a real anti-hero at the core of this film thusly we call it Splatter-Noir. Of course we kept the basic concept of what H.G. Lewis did so brilliantly, but we really tried to elevate the genre and his story and in-so-doing I think the movie becomes MORE horrific for the ugliness at its CORE. It's EXACTLY what you hope for when you hear there's a cover (I'm loathe to use the term "remake") of The Wizard of Gore with Crispin Glover as Montag.”

Bijou Phillips is one of the stars of Gore, along with Hostel 2, which just hit theaters, Kasten jokes about who would win in a fight between the two characters, “I think the REAL Bijou Phillips could kick BOTH their asses. I have not had time to see Hostel 2 yet. I've been in traction, recovering from a little disagreement with Bijou.”

And from the sounds of it, going into Wizard of Gore will only amplify the experience.

(References - moviehole.net, bloody-disgusting.com)

MisterSadistro

06-15-2007, 01:05 PM

5 more remakes ? ugh ! Pretty soon there'll be nothing left to remake. Maybe then something original will finally happen. Unless they start remaking the remakes :D

Wensday13

06-15-2007, 07:08 PM

No, I wasnt suggesting that at all. Im suggesting that the casual young movie goer has no reason to know about a film that was made years before they were born. Calling those type of people morons dosnt make much sence. Saying that would imply that if they were "smart" or not morons they would have devoted thier life to the study of horror movies. I mean, sure I like horror movies, I like to converse with like minded folks. Which is why Im here.
But my life is worth more than sitting around watching movies.

Ive never made a movie. I have no ambition of making a movie. I really dont feel the need to get on here and brag about what I have done though. This may come as a shock to you but what a group of strangers think of me itsnt really that important.

MisterSadistro

06-15-2007, 08:03 PM

Sooooooooooooooooooo...... there's really no need to say that what I'm currently on is "a piece of crap" I guess ? Since you haven't seen it and I would be more than willing to send you a copy just so you could watch it and say that if that if it is what you really think of it. No hard feelings. Seriously. You can bash the movie and me personally over the boards at that point and I wouldn't argue because I would deserve it. I promise.
I don't want to argue. I will get confrontational when someone tells me to "pull my head out of my ass" however. That just begs for a response. I'd prefer to just say we agree to disagree and leave it at that. If we continue to debate, that's cool, too. Let's just keep personal jabs out of it in that case. Agreed ?

Wensday13

06-15-2007, 09:03 PM

Thats cool with me. No hard feelings here. Its all good as they say.

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06-16-2007, 08:10 AM

"Dirt" star joins "The I Scream Man"

Dirt star Josh Stewart is the latest to join J.T. Mollner's The I Scream Man, according to the IMDB. Playing Bobby Mills, he joins the massive cast of Haylie Duff, Crispin Glover, Michael Madsen, Judd Nelson, Fred Ward, George A. Romero, Dee Wallace, James DeBello, Bella Thorne, Kristen Kerr, Theresa Tilly, Mikos Zavros and Yvonne Choi.

The pic follows a vengeful ice cream vendor, driven by brutal memories from his twisted past, who wreaks bloody havoc on the small, seemingly innocent town of Hooper, California.

Josh Stewart will also be starring in the upcoming thriller She Lived.

(Reference - bloody-disgusting.com)

Kane_Hodder

06-16-2007, 10:29 AM

Why are they hellbent on churning out so many remakes?
Has Hollywood officially run out of original ideas?
It is a shame that a multi-billion dollar industry with no less than a billion scriptwriters (I am sure) cannot think of anything original anymore to contribute to the genre.
Truly sad indeed. This is a crisis.

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06-16-2007, 08:04 PM

"The Echo" director promises non-stop scares!

Last week it was announced that Vertigo Entertainment's remake of The Echo aka Sigaw had begun casting with Jesse Bradford set to topline. Basically a ghost story, The Echo revolves around a young ex-con who moves into an old apartment building, only to learn his neighbor is an abusive police officer who savagely beats his wife and daughter. When the ex-con tries to intervene, he becomes trapped in a curse.

Its a remake of Yam Laranas horror film from the Philippines entitled Sigaw. Casting has official begun on the film, which will be revisited by Laranas once again. About remaking his own film Laranas says, “There are so many things I wish I could have done in the original (Sigaw) that I never had the chance to. This is like a "Groundhog Day" situation to me - where I'm reliving the past or the present and making changes for the better,” but more importantly “This is also a chance for me to show my film to a wider audience.”

Laranas also revealed a few things that will be different about the new film, “There are scares in the original that are still there, but I'm pushing it up several notches. I've also written new horror scenes that I think are very unique, he explains, “The characters/characterization are much better now and the story is also tighter.”

The original film mainly took place in an apartment complex, this time the scope is larger, “There are several horrifying sequences that are not happening in the apartment… [expect] non-stop scares!”

Being that the film is going to be PG-13, it only makes sense that The Echo will be all scares, less gore, ‘We try to be faithful to the original as much as we can... [there will be] more scares, less gore. We are going back to pure storytelling and less (or no) special effects.”

After The Echo, Laranas says he has plenty more stories to tell, although he doesn’t want to be typecast, “I try not to be a typecast in the genre, but I still have a lot more horror stories to tell. I would like to someday work on suspense thrillers and dramas.”

(Reference - bloody-disgusting.com)

MisterSadistro

06-16-2007, 09:37 PM

Yet another remake....

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06-17-2007, 08:34 PM

First Poster for "Dead Air" out

The first poster for Corbin Bernsen's Dead Air is out.

The story revolves around a radioshow team attempting to warn its listeners after a huge explosion turns zombies on the loose in L.A.

The poster can be viewed here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9136).

Two More Join Dreamworks' "The Ruins"

Caitlin Stasey (Rogue) and Joe Anderson (Creep) have joined Jonathan Tucker, Laura Ramsey, Jena Malone and Shawn Ashmore in Carter Smith's The Ruins, which is now filming in Australia.

The film is a stunning horror thriller, that follows four American friends on vacation in Cancún, Mexico—Jeff, Amy, Eric and Stacy—who meet a German tourist, Mathias, and persuades them to join his hunt for his younger brother, Henrich, last seen headed off with a new girlfriend toward some ruins. The four soon regret their impulsive decision after they find themselves lost in the jungle and freaked out by signs that they’re headed for danger.

Divoff and Savini bringing "The Dead Matter"

Over the past ten years, Midnight Syndicate has been taking listeners on musical journeys into the darkest corners of their imaginations. . . Now they will bring their nightmarish visions to the big screen with the supernatural horror thriller, The Dead Matter.

Today it was revealed via the official website (http://www.thedeadmatter.com) that Andrew Divoff (Lost, Wishmaster, The Rage), Tom Savini (Night of the Living Dead remake, From Dusk Till Dawn) and Jason Carter (The Coffin) have all joined the cast of the film, which begins principal photography this August. Robert Kurtzman's Precinct 13 Entertainment (The Rage) will produce.

"Blade: House of Chthon" on DVD in September

New Line Home Entertainment has announced Blade: House of Chthon which stars Sticky Fingaz, Jill Wagner, and Jessica Gower.

This all-new release will include an extended cut of the feature length Blade: The Series premiere. This 88 minute feature will be available to own from the 18th September, and should retail at around $19.97. Extras will include audio commentaries, and a making of documentary.

You can view some of the artwork here (http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/blade-house-of-chthon.html).

Saw maker and Universal fighting over "Repo"

Ok, this type of stuff goes on all the time in Hollywood... but this is ridiculous. A new movie was announced today over at Universal that's a complete rip-off of Darren Lynn Bousman's previously announced "Repo! The Genetic Opera", which is set to lense in August.

The writers of the new Uni film claim to have been working on the story for nearly four years... but I'm pretty sure that Repo! was a play before that (I guess it's for them to duke it out). Whatever - judge for yourself. Read on for more...

Jude Law and Forest Whitaker are set to star in "The Repossession Mambo" for Universal Pictures. The thriller marks the feature directing debut of Miguel Sapochnik. Stuber/Parent's Scott Stuber and Mary Parent produce.

The morality tale is set in the near future, when artificial organs can be bought on credit, with the understanding that defaulting on payment will result in a fatal repossession.

Eric Garcia and Garret Lerner wrote the script based on a novel by Garcia, and they've been working on "The Repossession Mambo" with Sapochnik for the past four years.

The film begins shooting this summer, which should put it a heartbeat ahead of "Repo! The Genetic Opera!"; the latter pic is a musical but harvests similar organ-donor repo turf. Twisted Pictures is financing the latter pic, which "Saw" helmer Darren Lynn Bousman is directing.

Sapochnik wrote and directed the short film "The Dreamer."

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, dvdactive.com, thedeadmatter.com)

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06-18-2007, 08:59 PM

Behind the Scenes Footage of "Trailer Park of Terror"

If you head on over to the official website (http://trailerparkofterror.com) for Steven Goldmann's Trailer Park of Terror, you can check out a special behind-the-scenes (http://trailerparkofterror.com/BTS/BehindTheScenes.html) featurette for the movie, which currently shot around the Los Angeles area.

The film follows six troubled high school students who find terror in Norma, a damned redneck reaper with a killer body who dispenses vengeance and death aided by her cursed companions, a bloodthirsty brood of Undead trailer trash.

"R-Point" Director's Tryst with the Walking Dead

Su-chang Kong(R-Point) seems pretty confident about his next project, G.P. (Guard Point) 506, which stars Chun Ho-jin & Cho Hyun-jae.

Here's the synopsis: A strange multiple murder case was just occurred. A squad of soldiers from guard point 506 has been brutally killed, all except one. Every body was either crushed, or had their heads cut from their neck. The only survivor is in coma and the case is a complete mystery. Military investigator is dispatched. When he arrives it soon becomes apparent this is no ordinary investigation, he is confronted by the discovery that a strange virus is turning soldiers into Zombie like killers.

First Peek at "Living Hell"

The trailer for Richard Jeffries's Living Hell is out. The plot concerns a schoolteacher, Frank Sears, who has carried with him a strange scar given to him by his mother before she committed suicide. The markings lead Frank to a top secret Cold War military project where an unstoppable, malignant organism is unleashed.

Special FX done by Robert Kurtzman.

The trailer can be viewed here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/Player.php?id=850).

"Borderland" to Hit Screens on September 28

Zev Berman's Borderland is finally coming to a theater near you on September 28.

In the film, three Texas University seniors, on the eve of their graduation, road-trip to a Mexican Border town for a final weekend of drinking and debauchery. Their vacation becomes a living nightmare as the trio runs afoul of an ancient blood cult looking for human sacrifice.

Based on true events, Borderland blends the raw fear of Texas Chainsaw Massacre with the gritty true crime realism of In Cold Blood, evoking a world of paranoia, death and terror.

"Day of the Dead" Remake, Writer Speaks

Writer Jeffrey Reddick has spoken at joblo.com about Nu Image and Millennium Films' delayed remake of George Romero's classic zombie film Day of the Dead.

He tells the site, "I'm not sure when the movie's coming out. I know they're doing some reshoots very soon...and the production company, Nu Image, recently bought First Look...so they're still strategizing on the release date. They're aiming for a Fall release, but it depends on how quickly they get the reshoots done."

Furthermore, he adds, "I'm doing the re-writing...for the most part. Steve [director Steve Miner] does like to write sometimes too though. The good news is that Nu Image is really behind the film. I was worried after the low box office of recent releases...but it hasn't spooked them."

The original follows a group of scientists and military personnel holed up in an underground bunker because the world above is overrun with zombies. The lumbering flesheaters eventually find a way in and wreak havoc on the scientists who've been experimenting on their undead brethren.

New poster, trailer revealed for "Skinwalkers"

After Dark Films' Skinwalkers hits theaters on July 27.

Skinwalkers is about a 12-year-old boy who suddenly finds himself at the center of a battle between two warring groups of werewolves. One group of werewolves is sworn to protect him, the other group is trying to kill him -- and the young boy's mother has to find out why her son is at the center of the conflict before time runs out.

The new MPAA approved poster can be viewed here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9154).

The new trailer can be viewed here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/Player.php?id=852).

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, trailerparkof terror.com, moviehole.net, comingsoon.net, myspace.com)

undeadbob

06-19-2007, 08:55 AM

I've been hearing rumors of "Diamond Dead" by Romero and now nothing. Anyone know anything about it. I heard it was going to be a musical of all things

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06-19-2007, 09:48 AM

Not sure about "Diamond Dead", but George Romero has completed "Diary of the Dead" which is into the final stages of post-production work, scheduled to be released sometime this fall.

From what I know, he has already started working on his next project, which is a movie adaptation of Stephen King's "From a Buick 8".

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06-19-2007, 09:58 AM

"Pig Hunt" Completes Shooting, Into Post-Production

James Isaac's (Skinwalkers, Jason X) next horror film, Pig Hunt, is currently in post-production after shooting in San Francisco; Boonville, CA.

Synopsis - When John takes his San Francisco friends to his deceased uncle's remote ranch to hunt wild pigs, it seems like a typical guys weekend with guns - despite the presence of John's sexy girlfriend Brooks. But as John and his crew trek deeper into the forest, they begin tracking the awful truth about his uncle's demise and the legend of The Ripper -- a murderous three-thousand-pound black boar!

Travis Aaron Wade (War of the Worlds), Jason Foster (Rent), Tina Huang, Howard Johnson J.R., Bryonn Bain, Les Claypool, Rajiv Shaw, Trevor Bullock, Luis Saguar (The Zodiac), Robert Mailer Anderson and Lane Foard all star from a script by Robert Mailer Anderson and Zack Anderson.

Bruce Campbell out of "Bubba" sequel?

While we patiently wait for Bruce Campbell's My Name Is Bruce (due to be released in September), lucky fans have been getting early looks across the Nation (at Ashland and CineVegas Film Festivals).

Today AICN received an e-mail from a fan who saw it, loved it and came back with some news (good and bad). First, if a sequel were to be made, it will be called My Name Is Still Bruce; second, Campbell himself had terrible news revealing that (as of right now) he will have no part in Bubba Nosferatu: Curse of the She-Vampires, the sequel to Don Coscarelli's popular cult film Bubba Ho-Tep.

A short check of the movie's status at IMDB confirms that Campbell has indeed been struck off from the cast list. The exact details of his de-attachment have yet to be known from either the movie's makers or Campbell himself.

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, aintitcool.com, moviehole.net, imdb.com)

jenna26

06-19-2007, 12:40 PM

Bruce Campbell out of "Bubba" sequel?

While we patiently wait for Bruce Campbell's My Name Is Bruce (due to be released in September), lucky fans have been getting early looks across the Nation (at Ashland and CineVegas Film Festivals).

Today AICN received an e-mail from a fan who saw it, loved it and came back with some news (good and bad). First, if a sequel were to be made, it will be called My Name Is Still Bruce; second, Campbell himself had terrible news revealing that (as of right now) he will have no part in Bubba Nosferatu: Curse of the She-Vampires, the sequel to Don Coscarelli's popular cult film Bubba Ho-Tep.

A short check of the movie's status at IMDB confirms that Campbell has indeed been struck off from the cast list. The exact details of his de-attachment have yet to be known from either the movie's makers or Campbell himself.

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, aintitcool.com, moviehole.net, imdb.com)

WHAT?!?!?! Please, say it ain't so.....:( Well, that's disappointing.

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06-19-2007, 08:15 PM

As things stand right now, Bruce isnt in it. Sorry, Jenna...I am disappointed myself.:(

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06-19-2007, 08:29 PM

"The Host" sequel coming in 2009

Chungeorahm Film, the film production and distribution company of the blockbuster hit 'The Host,' plans to release a sequel to the film in 2009, according to the Korea Times.

But director Bong Joon-ho, the driving force of the original, will not join the film crew making 'The Host 2' as he has other plans.

"We'll start making the film from this fall,'' Choi Yong-bae, CEO of Chungeorahm, was quoted as saying by Yonhap News.

South Korean technical staff will make a 10-minute computer graphic (CG) test film this fall.

"We have gathered technical know-how from making `The Host,''' Choi said. The film was made in collaboration with foreign technical staff including some from the United States. "I think we can use domestic CG technology this time.''

The budget will be about 10 billion won, similar to the previous film, and the same monster will be used.

First Peek at "The Chair"

The first teaser trailer was discovered for Brett Sullivan's The Chair, which follows Danielle, a young and beautiful psychology grad student, who is not only haunted by a troubled past, but by an evil presence in the present.

Brett Sullivan is best known for directing Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed.

The trailer can be viewed here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzGTUC14518).

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, The Korea News, youtube.com, moviehole.net, aintitcoolnews.com)

Kane_Hodder

06-20-2007, 07:17 AM

Bubba Nosferatu won't be the same without Bruce Campbell in it.
The Chair looks intriguing though. I am sure this will be a good one.

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06-20-2007, 10:30 AM

Dark Castle announces 3 new movies, "Haunted Hill" sequel

Joel Silver's Dark Castle Entertainment genre label has inked a multiyear pact with Warner Premiere to produce two or three films a year directly for DVD, beginning with sequel "Return to House on Haunted Hill."

Dark Castle -- backed by private equity and part of Silver Pictures -- also will produce original digital content for the Internet and wireless platforms that will be used to complement direct-to-DVD releases or to tell standalone stories that further the Dark Castle brand.

Warner Bros. launched Warner Premiere last year to make a play in the increasingly competitive direct-to-DVD and digital arenas.

Dark Castle won't produce just horror titles for Warner Premiere but other genre pics as well, including actioners and thrillers. Projects could encompass prequels, sequels and original titles that fit the Dark Castle brand.

And Dark Castle and Warner Premiere are sweetening the pot for consumers able to play high-def DVD formats, introducing "navigational cinema" technology that will allow viewers to interact with the storyline. Warners backs both Blu-ray and HD DVD.

The high-def version of "Return to House on Haunted Hill," set to bow in October under the Dark Castle Home Entertainment banner, will include seven viewer choices leading to over 90 iterations of the storyline, according to Warner Premiere prexy Diane Nelson.

"No one knows how to develop, produce or market to this audience better than Joel," Nelson said.

From Silver's perspective, pact gives Dark Castle the opportunity to expand its brand, work with newer directors and tell stories in a way that can't be done in a theatrical release.

"We are continually looking for fresh and edgy ideas for our films and for our fans to experience," Silver said.

The direct-to-DVD market has grown by 30% in the last five years.

Other film projects in development under the pact include supernatural thriller Widow Whisps; psychological suspense tale Odds, exec produced by JC Spink and Chris Bender; and Cheerleaders in Trouble, a homage to 1980s slasher pics.

Dark Castle, launched last fall, is backed by more than $240 million in equity. The holdings will be used to finance at least 15 movies over six years budgeted between $15 million and $40 million, with Warners distributing the entire slate.

Theatrical films already released under the label include "The Reaping." Upcoming films include "Whiteout" and "RocknRolla."

China-Singapore jointly produce "Painted Skin"

Donnie Yen is to star in Painted Skin, a rare Chinese supernatural actioner being put together as a China-Singapore co-production. The $10 million budget period pic is to be jointly helmed by Wilson Yip Wai-shun (who previously directed Yen in "Dragon Tiger Gate") and Andy Chin Wing-keung.

The pic will lense in China in the final quarter of this year or early 2008, with dates likely dependent on the schedule of as yet uncast female lead. Pic also features Singapore's Qi YuWu "(Home Song Stories"). With large digital effects quotient, pic is scheduled for delivery by end of 2008.

Story is about a love hate relationship between a vixen spirit and a group of humans, and has been adapted from a series of Chinese classic stories called "Strange Tales of Liaozhai."

Anonymous starting on "Animals"

Anonymous Content and T&C Pictures have signed Mark Blucas (Thr3e), Nicki Aycox (Dead Birds), Eva Amurri (Saved!), Andy Comeau (The Babysitters) and Naveen Andrews (Grindhouse, Lost) for the horror film Animals, which begins production this week in Salt Lake City.

Craig Spector (A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child) adapted his original novel, which he co-wrote with John Skipp. Helming the pic is Doug Aarniokoski (The Safe Side, Highlander: Endgame), assistant/second unit director on projects for Robert Rodriguez such as "Once Upon a Time in Mexico."

The story centers on a blue-collar man in a dying factory town whose life is jolted after becoming involved in a romantic triangle amid a spate of uncontrolled violence by...you guessed it...animals.

Unreleased "30 Days of Night" spawning a sequel?

According to a scooper at Cinemablend, there are already talks in progress for a sequel to Columbia Pictures' 30 Days of Night. Usually, every studio wants their films to become a franchise and many talk about how they can lead the film into a sequel if the first is a success.

David Slade's adaptation of the Steve Niles comic, 30 Days of Night, hits theaters October 19.

Synopsis - When Alaska goes dark for 30 straight days, vampires come out to feast...

...and if enough people watch them dine, you'll see a sequel.

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, variety.com, moviehole.net, aintitcoolnews.com, movies.yahoo.com)

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06-21-2007, 10:51 AM

Shakespeare-ian serial killer in "Two: Thirteen"

"Meet the Fockers" star Teri Polo is joining Dwight Yoakam, Mark Pellegrino, Mark Thompson and Kevin Pollak in the indie thriller Two: Thirteen.

Polo stars as a detective overseeing the investigation of a serial killer with a love of Shakespeare. Thompson plays a police profiler who has returned from psychiatric leave and gets drawn into the case. Pellegrino plays a target of the killer, and Yoakam plays a colorful club owner who becomes a source during the investigation. Pollak has a supporting role as the psychiatrist who treats Thompson's character.

Thompson wrote the screenplay for the thriller, which director Charles Adelman is shooting in Los Angeles.

Fox Announces Halloween Double-Feature Madness

Get ready for Halloween madness from Fox Home Entertainment. Today Fox announced a slew of new double-feature DVDs for September 11th, including the long awaited original Tales from the Crypt from 1972!

COMING TO DVD SEPTEMBER 11:

- Tales from the Crypt ('72) / Vault of Horror ('73)
- Chosen Survivors / The Earth Dies Screaming
- Devils of Darkness / Witchcraft
- Blueprint for Murder / Man in the Attic
- Gorilla at Large / Mystery at Monster Island
- The House on Skull Mountain / The Mephisto Waltz

In addition, Fox will re-issue the original 'The Fly' and 'Return of the Fly' in "The Fly Classic Collection", which also features 'Curse of the Fly's' home video premiere.

Fans of the Obscure 100 list Take Note - Witchfinder General on DVD

If you've been waiting for MGM Home Entertainment's release of Witchfinder General on DVD September 11, producer Philip Waddilove has confirmed that the movie will not only be presented as Michael Reeves’ Director Cut, but will also contain the original music score by Paul Ferris which was removed from all previous home video versions in the U.S.

For this DVD, Waddilove has also just recorded an audio commentary along with star Ian Ogilvy, and an additional supplement will be a collection of Waddilove's personal stills, taken on the set.

"Cujo" Special Edition DVD is going to be Widescreen?

Lionsgate Home Entertainment still has the rights to Stephen King's Cujo and they plan to release a new special edition on September 25th.

The disc arrives with a fullscreen transfer, a Dolby Digital 2.0 track, an audio commentary by director Lewis Teague and "Dog Days: The Making of Cujo," a documentary featuring all-new interviews with Teague, Dee Wallace, Dan Pintauro, producers Daniel H. Blatt and Robert Singer, King biographer Douglas E. Winter and others.

The doc is split into three parts (PART 1: The novel by Stephen King, how director Lewis Teague got involved, the screenplay adaptation, the casting, the locations, expressing a boy's fears visually, the challenging filming conditions. PART 2: Filming with the dogs, the inventive way of choreographing the attacks, working with the actors, finding the right ending for the film. PART 3: The editing, the scoring, the sneak previews, Cujo 24 years later...).

Just in case you didnt know about the film, a friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.

Expected to Retail at $19.98.

J.J.Abrams bringing a Giant Monster from "Cloverfield"

In the midst of dissolving news that J.J. Abrams (Lost, Alias, Mission Impossible: III) is involved in the new Star Trek movie, news comes in on a super secret project entitled "Cloverfield", which is being referred to internally as "The Parasite."

Word from inside the company is that the film is a giant monster movie!

The scooper writes that "as I understand it, most of the film is going to be shot using home video cameras, as if from the point of view of real people who are experiencing an attack on New York."

Stephen King Gives "1408" a Big Thumbs-Up

From Stephen King's official website (stephenking.com):

"It's a pleasure to be able to recommend '1408,' the Dimension Pictures adaptation of my story.

It stars John Cusack and opens this Friday.

This is a genuinely disquieting movie--the damn thing gets under your skin and just CRAWLS there.

For one thing, what could be more terrifying than a man haunted by The Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun?" I doubt if you'll hear much screaming in the theater (I could be wrong about that), but a lot of people are going to be sleeping with the lights on when it's over."

CHECK OUT 1408 COME FRIDAY!

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, stephenking.com, hollywoodreporter.com, dvddrive-in.com, aintitcool.com, davisdvd.com, moviehole.net)

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06-22-2007, 07:51 AM

Cowboys, Indians & Aliens?

Brian Grazer and Ron Howard will ‘Imagine’ “Cowboys & Aliens” to the big screen.

The “Da Vinci Code” team have joined Dreamworks and Universal Pictures to bring the popular graphic novel to cinemas.

The film, written by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, mixes Western and science fiction genres. Set in 1800s Arizona, a skirmish between cowboys and Apaches is interrupted by the crash landing of a space ship. The alien commander plans to tame the Old West and enslave everyone, but the cowboys and Native Americans turn their six-guns against the alien invaders.

Tom Hanks or Russell Crowe? Which one do you think will get the starring role?

Pred-Alien in Alien vs Predator sequel?

When you prep a sequel you really need to up the ante, add something that we've never seen before, which appears to be the case with 20th Century Fox's Alien vs Predator 2: No Peace on Earth.

Today an image began circulating the web that shows what appears to be an Alien-Predator hybrid! The pic can be viewed here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9177).

In this follow-up the iconic monsters from two of the scariest film franchises ever, wage war in an American Midwestern town - with the residents caught in the middle.

The Strause brothers-directed flick opens on December 25th nationwide.

First Official Image from "SAW IV"

Today Lionsgate provided the first look at Darren Lynn Bousman's Saw IV, which hits theaters everywhere on October 26.

Plotline - Jigsaw still haunts the living in Saw IV, forcing them to appreciate life, or face death. As a continuation of Saw III, Jeff must find his daughter and escape the building to which they are confined before they both die. After finding another tape of Jigsaw, Jeff realizes there may be a newly added piece of the puzzle that he must decipher before it’s too late.

Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, Lyriq Bent, Justin Louis, Costas Mandylor & Angus Macfadyen all return.

The image can be viewed here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9180).

Strathairn headlining "Two Sisters" remake

David Strathairn has signed on to topline the horror remake A Tale of Two Sisters for DreamWorks. Elizabeth Banks (Slither) already has joined the project, which is based on Kim Jee-Woon's 2003 Korean thriller of the same name.

Strathairn will play a concerned father of two girls who return home after spending time in a mental institution. Once there, they are forced to deal with their stepmother's (Banks) obsessive and unbalanced ways as well as an interfering ghost.

Brothers Thomas and Charles Guard will direct "Sisters," which is scheduled to start filming next month in Shreveport, La.

Craig Rosenberg penned the screenplay, with a rewrite from Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro.

Stephen King & Frank Darabont talk on "The Mist"

Stephen King knows it's the little things that frighten the most.

So it's fitting that the best-selling novelist, who has had more film adaptations from his work than any modern author, finds his short stories capturing Hollywood's attention these days.

Among them are the sinister hotel-room thriller 1408, opening Friday, the creatures-in-the-fog story The Mist, coming in November, and last year's TNT miniseries Nightmares & Dreamscapes, featuring eight short tales as hour-long episodes.

"When you have a shorter piece of fiction, one of the things that's attractive to filmmakers is the idea, 'We can riff on this. We can do more to it,' " King says, adding, "It gives them wiggle room."

Filmmakers say his short stories and novellas translate better to the screen because, unlike an epic-sized novel, huge portions of the story don't have to be dropped, irking readers and leaving the occasional massive plot hole.

Eli Roth was planning to adapt King's cellphone zombie novel Cell, which has an explosively violent opening sequence. But Roth recently said the project is on hold.

The next King adaptation is The Mist, about residents of a small town who take shelter in a grocery store during a storm and begin to turn on one another when creatures that may be harbingers of the apocalypse arrive in the clouds.

Frank Darabont, the writer/director of King movies The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile (which had four Oscar nominations, including adapted screenplay and best picture), is making The Mist, from King's 1985 collection Skeleton Crew.

He says the difference between a King short story and a King novel is the difference between going 10 rounds with the author in a boxing ring or having him rush up with a sucker punch. "It's his chance to take one cool idea he wants to whap you upside the head with. It's the difference between writing a great pop song and an opera."

Darabont previously focused his efforts on King's straighter dramas but wanted to tackle the author's horror storytelling for a change: "I wanted to make a very direct, muscular kind of film."

As for King's wiggle room: "You don't want to come in and put your fingerprints all over everything, but in translation from page to screen, there is always some reinvention."

In the case of The Mist, King praises a new ending Darabont crafted, saying it is so unsettling that for many years no studio would touch it. "The ending is such a jolt — wham! — it's frightening. But people who go to see a horror movie don't necessarily want to be sent out with a Pollyanna ending."

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, lionsgatefilms.com, moviehole.net, imdb.com, usatoday.com, movies.yahoo.com)

Papillon Noir

06-22-2007, 09:20 AM

I have to say V, that I love your horror updates! Very informative-keep 'em coming! :)

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06-22-2007, 09:02 PM

Anchor Bay's "Hatchet" gets rated R

Today the MPAA officially gave Adam Green's Hatchet an "R" rating, thus eliminating any rumors or speculation that the original "NC-17" rating would effect the upcoming national theatrical run.

The "R" rating is for "extreme gory bloody horror violence, sexual conduct, nudity and language".

After a two month long process involving an appeal and multiple submissions to the ratings board, the film is finally in it's home stretch.

From writer/director Adam Green: "A big THANKS to everyone for their continued support and enthusiasm. Mainstream Hollywood claims that the fans will only support remakes and PG-13 horror at the box office these days. I hope that on September 7th we prove them wrong."

When a motley crew of tourists on a Haunted Swamp Tour wind up stranded, their night of comedic spooks quickly roller-coasters into a horrific nightmare as they struggle to escape the swamp alive…and with all of their pieces.

A spectacular throwback to 80’s horror and the film that’s been bringing audiences to their feet at film festivals worldwide and a cast that includes Robert Englund and Kane Hodder, HATCHET is filled with laughs, scares, and over-the-top death sequences you’ll have to see to believe.

HATCHET will open in theaters across America on September 7th.

(References - myspace.com/hatchetarmy, bloody-disgusting.com)

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06-23-2007, 10:55 AM

Casting News and Plot for "Alone in the Dark 2"

Rick Yune (Fast and the Furious, Die Another Day), Lance Henriksen (Pumpkinhead, Aliens) and Ralf Moeller (Far Cry, Postal, Seed) have all been cast in Uwe Boll's Alone in the Dark 2, the sequel to the theatrical flop from last year, which is going straight to video.

The film will involve a group of "witch hunters" tracking down a witch named Elisabeth Dexter.

The film begins shooting August 6 in LA and NY.

So tell me, how excited are you?:rolleyes:

Promo Art for Stuart Gordon's "Stuck"

The official promo artwork is released from Stuart Gordon's latest, Stuck, which is a thriller about a young woman who commits a hit-and-run, then finds her fate tied to her victim.

Based on a true story, “Stuck” introduces us to Brandi Helper, a young and compassionate caregiver at a retirement home whose life is turn upside down when she accidentally hits Tom Bardo, a homeless man. With the terribly injured Tom stuck in the windshield of her car, Brandi drives home and parks the car in her garage. Although she promises to take him to an emergency room, Brandi realizes that she will destroy her own future if she does so. Instead she decides to wait for Tom to die, so she and her boyfriend Rashid can dispose of the body. When Tom realizes this, he knows that his only chance of survival is to find a way to escape.

The film stars Stephen Rea, Mena Suvari, Russell Hornsby, Rukiya Bernard, John Dartt, John Dunsworth, Mauricio Hoyos, Patrick McKenna, Liam McNamara, Marguerite McNeil, Martin Moreno, Bunthivy Nou, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, R.D. Reid and Wayne Robson.

The promo art can be viewed here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9193).

TV's "T'Pol" Joins "Starship Troopers"

Everyone’s favourite expressionless Vulcan is headed back to Space.

Jolene Blalock, best known as the leggy ‘T’Pol’ on TV's “Star Trek: Enterprise”, will play the female lead in the forthcoming “Starship Troopers 3: Marauder”.

The actress is playing tough pilot Lola Beck.

The film, also starring Casper Van Dien, Amanda Donahue (“L.A Law”), Boris Kodjoe and Marnett Patterson, will film shortly in South Africa under the direction of Ed Neumeier.

(References - moviehole.net, StarshipTroopers3.net, bloody-disgusting.com)

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06-24-2007, 10:39 AM

"1408" hits jackpot, #2 at Box-Office

Dimension Films' Stephen King adaptation 1408 took in an estimated $20,175,000 for the #2 spot at the box office, making it the single highest grossing weekend opening for a King adaptation!

This also makes 1408 the only really successful horror film of 2007, further prepping the genre for a major climate change... to PG-13.

Could it be that the general horror audience is sick of the buckets of blood and guts?

Can you imagine a PG-13 Halloween or Saw IV?

The success of the film, however, is extremely important to the genre as it has shown that even in the midst of big summer movie madness a little horror film can still steal a chunk of change from the likes of Spidey, Shrek, The Fantastic Four and others.

Horror lives baby! Even if it's a little softer.

"Kill Bill - The Whole Bloody Affair" coming in November on DVD

It has already been three years since Quentin Tarantino's masterpiece Kill Bill (vol. 1, vol. 2) hit theaters.

The film, which starred Uma Thurman as a ex-assassin on a road to revenge, was split in two by Miramax due to it's length.

For years they've been promising us the uncut, re-edited single release of the film, which only screened once in it's entirety during a test showing.

This past week Amazon.com opened pre-orders for what they call Kill Bill - The Whole Bloody Affair, which is slated for DVD release on November 6, 2007.

You can view and pre-order your copy here (http://www.amazon.com/Kill-Bill-Whole-Bloody-Affair/dp/B000R7HY0A/ref=sr_1_2/103-2646118-4857460?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1182605370&sr=8-2).

Happy Holidays to us indeed!

New "Amityville" documentary in the works

Producer Ric Osuna is back again with more Amityville Horror goodies as he's prepping a new documentary on the history of The Amityville Murders.

The new doc will include re-enactments of sequences from the infamous '74 Amityville Murders that launched the "Amityville Horror" hoax - yes, for those of you who didn't know, it was revealed to be a hoax.

This will be Ric's directorial debut as he produced History's Mysteries: Amityville: The Haunting (2000) and wrote the book "The Night The Defeos Died" (2002).

Dimension Films' are pretty excited about "Mandy Lane"

Originally titled All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, Dimension Films' amazing '80s homage, Mandy Lane, is finally headed to theaters on July 20!

The announcement comes kind of late, but hopefully there will be enough time to give it a sufficient push - one that it really deserves.

In the film a group of high schoolers invite Mandy Lane (Amber Heard), a good girl who became quite hot over the summer, to a weekend party on a secluded ranch. While the festivities rage on, the number of revelers begins to drop quite mysteriously.

First teaser trailer for "I Sell The Dead" is out

The official website (scareflix.net) has launched the first teaser trailer for Glenn McQuaid's I Sell the Dead, which stars Dominic Monaghan, Ron Perlman, Angus Scrimm and producer Larry Fessenden.

The film is about two body snatchers Arthur Blake and Willie Grimes, who have pillaged their last grave. With just five hours before Arthur follows Willie to the chopping block, he recounts his life story to Fr Francis Duffy. It soon becomes clear that Blake and Grimes were no ordinary grave robbers. And through his stories the priest learns that not all corpses are equal.

I Sell The Dead is a kaleidoscope of terror that will leave you questioning life, death and what lies between.

You can view the teaser trailer here (http://www.scareflix.net/traileristd.html).

Doc Faustus

06-24-2007, 10:53 AM

1408 looks like it will be a real winner.

novakru

06-24-2007, 02:55 PM

1408 looks like it will be a real winner.

I can't wait to see this and alky has said it's good...so it's good:)

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06-24-2007, 09:18 PM

1408 looks like it will be a real winner.

I can't wait to see this and alky has said it's good...so it's good:)

I was the first one who saw it (read my short review in the Last Seen Movie thread) and I thought it was a fantastic movie with plenty of original jumpy scares to keep you up for one whole night. Its a must watch. Highly recommended by me.:)

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06-24-2007, 10:04 PM

"Believers" coming in October on DVD

Warner Home Video will now release Believers, the third entry in the Raw Feed horror series, on October 16th.

While on duty, two emergency paramedics receive a call from a young girl in a deserted area. When they arrive, however, they are captured by members of the fanatical suicide cult of Quanta. Drugged and isolated in a remote community, the two can only hope that they are able to escape before the "chosen ones'" master plan is complete.

Directed by Daniel Myrick (The Blair Witch Project), the DVD arrives unrated with a 1.85:1 anamorphic transfer and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio.

Extras include commentary by Myrick, the featurettes "Introduction to the Facility," "The Teacher " (Hidden Camera), "Io Explains the Formula" (Night Vision), "The Aftermath" (Forensic Video), "Extended Interview With Lina Vance" and trailers.

Retail is $24.98.

Dimension Extreme kicks-off with UK's "Broken"

The UK horror film Broken is the first to hit DVD under the new Dimension Extreme label, streeting on September 25.

Hope (Nadja Brand) and her young daughter are abducted and brought to a remote, terrifying forest by a mysterious and nameless man (Eric Colvin). As Hope is forced to undergo humiliating, violent and degrading trials she fights desperately to escape and discover the fate of her missing daughter. When the man reveals a terrifying news, Hope is forced to initiate a series of drastic events which send the delicate balance between captor and slave hurtling out of control. Hope’s actions lead to a devastating and terrifying conclusion, and a secret so dark that it threatens to destroy Hope entirely. Will Hope escape the clutches of evil, or will she be Broken?

The official poster can be viewed here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/film/1158).

Images from the movie can be viewed here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/film/1158).

The trailer can be viewed here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/Player.php?id=862).

"Babysitter" wanted

"Babysitter Wanted" is a new indie film which might end up being quite entertaining. It stars Sarah Thompson, Matt Dallas, Bruce Thomas, Bill Moseley, Nana Visitor, Kristen Dalton and Kai Caster.

Directed by Jonas Barnes and Michael Manasseri, the film takes place in a small college town, where a girl gets a babysitting job on a rural farm and is terrorized throughout the night. The revealing news is that the movie has a monster twist!!

You can view the official poster and teaser trailer here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9196).

Elisabeth Bathory in all her splendor coming soon

Elizabeth Bathory, the most infamous serial killer in Hungarian and Slovak history, gave a taste of what she was like in Eli Roth's Hostel: Part II (can you imagine an entire movie filled with sequences like the one featuring Heather Matarazzo strung upside down?) The Hungarian noblewoman has been a favorite horror tale figure in Eastern European myth since her demise in 1614.

Now there are not one, but two new films coming that tell the story of the horrific killer.

She's slated to cast her spell in dueling versions, one by Slovak auteur Juraj Jakubisko (featuring Anna Friel) and one by French thesp, helmer and scribe Julie Delpy(An American Werewolf in Paris), each following different instincts in getting down to who and what the powerful countess really was.

Delpy has been mum on details while prepping her 5 million Euro ($6.6 million) shoot of The Countess in authentic locations near where Bathory reigned -- and supposedly bathed in the blood of virgins to prolong her girlish looks -- in what is now Hungary and Slovakia. Her Bathory script examines the mindset of a mysterious, wealthy and cruel figure who is said to have killed some 400 girls. Delpy has said it's not exactly clear whether the countess was really behind all the bloodshed. After all, her vast land holdings and castles were worth a fortune, her husband was away at war with the Turks and some stood to gain substantially from any witch-hunt directed at Bathory.

Jakubisko, co-producer of the U.K.'s Film and Music Entertainment says the rival film Bathory conception of the bloody countess is presented in a more epic setting. Jakubisko portrays Bathory from age 10 until her death 35 years later, puts his distinctive stamp on the battle sequences and constantly moves the action from manor houses to more than 20 different castles and chateaus, with 120 speaking characters and thousands of extras.

The project has completed editing and weighs in as the most expensive production in Slovakia and the Czech Republic since 1989 with a budget of $14.5 million and a run time of 2 hours, 22 minutes. It's also the helmer's first English-language movie.

It seems the mad countess has finally won her bid for immortality -- or at least eternal youth.

"Hatchet" First Look free with "Behind the Mask" DVD in Circuit City

This one is for Alky and the rest who regularly purchase their stuff from Circuit City.

Besides finally being able to watch Ash kick some ass with his boom stick in Universal's HD-DVD release of Army of Darkness, this Tuesday Anchor Bay (Starz) will finally release Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon on DVD, which when purchased at Circuit City stores will come with a free Hatchet "First Look" DVD, which features the theatrical teaser trailer and an exclusive interview with writer/director Adam Green that reveals clips from the film and behind the scenes footage!

The following list is HUGE, prepare to spend money!

Army of Darkness (HD-DVD): Universal

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon: Anchor Bay

The Brutal River: Tai Seng Entertainment

Cult Camp Classics 1: Sci-Fi Thrillers (ATTACK OF THE 50 FT. WOMAN, THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE): Warner Brothers

Cult Camp Classics 2: Women in Peril (THE BIG CUBE, CAGED, TROG): Warner Brothers

Cult Camp Classics 3 - Terrorized Travelers (HOT RODS TO HELL, SKYJACKER, ZERO HOUR!)

Cult Camp Classics 4 - Historical Epics (THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES / LAND OF THE PHARAOHS / THE PRODIGAL)

Dead Silence: Universal

Drive-In Classics: St. Clair Vision (DRIVE-IN MASSACRE, SCREAM BLOODY MURDER, DIE SISTER DIE!, TRACK OF THE MOON BEAST, LEGEND OF BIGFOOT, THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS, SHE DEMONS, RATTLERS, JESSE JAMES MEETS FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER)

Ebola Syndrome: Discotek

Frankenstein Conquers the World: Tokyo Shock/Media Blasters

Going Under: Blue Underground

Haunted Forest: Lionsgate

Isolation: First Look

Lockout: Lightyear

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume 11 (RING OF TERROR, THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN, TORMENTED, HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND): Rhino

Penny Dreadful: Cinema Image

Shaolin vs. Evil Dead: Tai Seng

Urchin: Vanguard

Visions of Horror: Hart Sharp (MY SKIN, SLUMBER, HOOLIGAN’S VALLEY, CALLOUS SENTIMENT, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE ZOMBIE KILLERS, TRICK OR TREAT and SCREAM FOR ME)

Who Can Kill a Child? Dark Sky

Grab your copies at Circuit Cities across the country now! Happy shopping!

alkytrio666

06-25-2007, 05:01 AM

Hubbada, hubbada, HUBBADA!

I've had my eye on those Cult Camp Classic sets from Warner Bros. for awhile.
...there goes my graduation money...:)

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06-25-2007, 10:41 AM

Buddy Holly vs zombies?

First Elvis took on the Mummy in Bubba Ho-Tep, now Buddy Holly’s going to sing sweet nothing’s to the reanimated!

Ream Enterprises and CineXperia Productions have announced the curiously titled “Buddy Holly Vs. The Living Dead”, a new film written and directed by Justin Cash Kirkpatrick.

“Evil Dead” make-up man Tom Sullivan and Lee Behymer, a prominent and respected make-up effects artist whose resume includes work on Francis Ford Coppola's “Dracula”, are involved in the production.

According to a press release, “At its core the film is about fanaticism in all its forms; from gambling to drinking to false idolization; it opens the flood gates to the subconscious where viewers realize that the real horror element of the film lies not within the ominous flesh eating monsters."

"The movie itself centers on the key players involved in making a 1950’s zombie movie and the effects of living the sort of life that lends itself to such chronic exposure to gratuitous excess. By shifting back and forth between the two plotlines Justin creates the foreboding sensation that the “fantasy” plot bears on the “real” plot. That as things gets worse within the “movie” so too do they get worse in “real life”."

"The impending hordes of undead are cleverly used as an allegory; a rotting decrepit evil descending on a seemingly wholesome town, bent on devouring everyone along with their Americana values and consequently turning them into mindless drones.”:rolleyes:

"Resident Evil" double-feature on DVD

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced a "Resident Evil" double feature collector's set which includes both Resident Evil and Resident Evil: Apocalypse, which hits DVD on September 4.

Extras will include a Bridge scene narrated by Milla Jovovich in character and featuring film clips from all Resident Evil films that tie the first two films to the third, a Diary of an Apocalypse behind the scenes featurette, a Zombie Dog P.O.V Test, a Stuntman set tour, an Undead Boot Camp feature, a Memory Retention Division feature, and an Evil Archives photo gallery.

Finishing off the set will be an exclusive sneak peek of Resident Evil: Extinction, and a ticket to see the film when it arrives in theaters.

New "The Invasion" pics solidifying it as a disaster?

While Warner Bros. ramps up the release of the awesome Trick 'r Treat, the studio is also prepping The Invasion, which is sounding more and more like a disaster.

Today another batch of boring stills hit the web. There's nothing here yet to make audiences go see this on August 17.

The Invasion tells the story of a mysterious epidemic that alters the behavior of human beings. When a Washington D.C. psychiatrist (Nicole Kidman) discovers the epidemic’s origins are extraterrestrial, she must fight to protect her son, who may hold the key to stopping the escalating invasion.

If you are still interested, you may view the movie stills here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/film/866).

(Reference - moviehole.net, bloody-disgusting.com, aintitcool.com, dvdactive.com, hollywoodreporter.com)

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06-25-2007, 11:25 PM

The Wait Is Over - Masters of Horror Season One Box-Set coming on Aug 28th!!

The wait is over!

On August 28th, Anchor Bay Entertainment unleashes season one of Masters of Horror, the innovative film anthology series that assembled the greatest practitioners of horror to create 13 unforgettable journeys into the unknown and the unnatural, as a complete box set for the first time!

"Thirteen Legendary Directors –
Thirteen Shocking Excursions Into the Heart of Horror –
The Ground-Breaking, Award-Winning Series That Redefined Terror
Is Available as a Package for the First Time!

ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT
PROUDLY PRESENTS
THE MASTERS OF HORROR SEASON ONE BOX SET

Dario Argento’s “Jenifer”
John Carpenter’s “Cigarette Burns”
Larry Cohen’s “Pick Me Up”
Don Coscarelli’s “Incident On and Off a Mountain Road”
Joe Dante’s “Homecoming”
Mick Garris’ “Chocolate”
Stuart Gordon’s “Dreams in the Witch House”
Tobe Hooper’s “Dance of the Dead”
John Landis’ “Deer Woman”
William Malone’s “Fair Haired Child”
Lucky McKee’s “Sick Girl”
Takashi Miike’s “Imprint”
John McNaughton’s “Haeckel’s Tale”

Limited Edition “Mausoleum” Packaging Houses
All 13 Terrifying Episodes and 30-Plus Hours of Bonus Features,
14th Disc Features Never-Before-Seen Extras;
Laying To Rest on DVD August 28, 2007

The Masters of Horror Season One Box Set presents each episode complete and in its entirety, in anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) and riveting Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.

Housed on separate discs, the 13 episodes each feature up to 3 hours’ worth of value-added supplements, including commentaries from the filmmakers, behind-the-scenes featurettes, career retrospectives, festival interviews conducted by Mick Garris himself, still and storyboard galleries, trailers, screenplays (DVD-ROM) and more.

The “14th Disc” – available exclusively with the Box Set – contains such never-before-seen footage as:

Masters of Horror Dinner –Mick Garris assembles the Season One directors for a special MOH dinner at Hollywood’s legendary Magic Castle;
Masters of Horror DGA Panel discussion
Fantasy Film Festival: Mick Garris Interviews Steven Spielberg
Fantasy Film Festival: Mick Garris Interviews John Boorman"

Just like the series itself, the Masters of Horror Season One Box Set breaks all the rules again! Housed in a specially designed “mausoleum,” the box set contains all 13 DVDs from MOH Season One -- each disc boasting 2 -3 hours of bonus features -- as well as a “14th disc” of all-new, never-before-seen footage including an insider’s glimpse at the gatherings that inspired the series: a specially assembled MOH dinner with the Season One directors, taped at Hollywood’s famed Magic Castle!

Winner of numerous accolades, including an Emmy™ and two Saturn™ awards, the Masters of Horror Season One Box Set will be limited to 20,000 units – once the mausoleums are gone, there’s no resurrecting them!

SRP for this treasure tomb is $79.97 and pre-book is July 31st.

Rejoice, all you horror fans out there! Go order your "Mausoleum" NOW!!:D

Dark Sky's French horror "Them" coming in August

In a summer of big-ticket horror films dedicated to pushing the envelope on blood and guts carnage, the scariest film on the horizon may be Them – a low-budget thriller that proves the adage that what you don’t see can be so much scarier than what you do.

Written and directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud and starring Olivia Bonamy and Michaël Cohen, Them (aka Ils) was a surprise hit in Europe and was an official selection at a number of prestigious film festivals including SXSW and the Philadelphia, Seattle, Vail Colorado and Newport Film Festivals. Them will premiere in New York and Los Angeles on August 17 with additional cities and dates to follow.

The plot follows Lucas and Clémentine, a thirty-something couple, who are expats in Romania. They live in an isolated house in the suburbs of Bucharest. Clémentine, a French teacher, and Lucas, a novelist, live in peaceful happiness. However, one evening in their house, everything is turned upside down. Rain is beating outside. The telephone keeps ringing... distant voices at the end of the line... incomprehensible. The couple are not alone. The nightmare begins. THEY are there....

Don’t go into Them (aka Ils) expecting a hardcore horror film- expect a cold, dark thriller that is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat.

Additional lost footage, goodies on "Nightbreed" special DVD

While we wait for a new release of Clive Barker's Nightbreed on DVD, today Clivebarker.info (http://www.clivebarker.info/nbscene3a.html) posted the next best thing.

If you head on over to the website you can check out all sorts of NightBreed goodies from clips to script pages, all piecing together the lost footage hidden somewhere in Fox's vaults.

In the 1990 film, a community of mutant outcasts of varying types and abilities attempts to escape the attentions of a psychotic serial killer and redneck vigilantes with the help of a brooding young man who discovers them.

Click here (http://www.clivebarker.info/nbscene3a.html) for details on the soon-to-be-released DVD.

Tartan Asia Extreme Video bringing "Carved" and "Bad Blood" in August

No matter the time or culture…Always beware the woman who asks, “Do you think I’m pretty?”

On August 14th, Tartan Video’s Asia Extreme label will bring the killer hit Carved (aka The Slit-Mouthed Woman) to DVD shelf space across the country.

Thirty years ago, a suburban town was terrorized by the spirit of a woman whose beautiful face had been grotesquely disfigured by a jealous husband. Roaming the streets wearing a long coat and surgical mask, the spirit would approach young victims and, while removing her mask, ask “Am I pretty?” The victim’s response would almost always lead to their violent death. Now, one by one, children are disappearing again...

Directed by Koji Shiraishi (Dark Tales of Japan, Dead Girl Walking), Carved (aka The Slit-Mouthed Woman) opened theatrically in Japan in March 2007. This film will have a simultaneous US and Japanese DVD Release Date.

In Japanese, with English and Spanish subtitles, Carved (aka The Slit-Mouthed Woman) is presented in anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and DTS Surround Sound 5.1. Special DVD features TBD.

In the vein of M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village and Alejandro Amenábar’s The Others, Tartan Video will release it’s own tale of eerie myth and consequence on August 28th with BAD BLOOD, a chilling tale of country life gone horrifically awry.

A prominent and respected family inherits a beautiful home in the country, nestled deep inside a tiny village. Despite protests from his wife and children who have grown accustomed to the finer things in life and believe the house should be sold for profit, the father decides to uproot everyone and move to the new house. Almost immediately the small group learns that the village is overshadowed by superstition, religion and mysterious folklore. Soon strange events begin occurring and family is forced to consider an alarming rumor running rampant throughout the village: by inheriting the house, they have also inherited a dark and menacing curse...

Originally titled Coisa Ruim, Bad Blood is directed by Tiago Guedes and Frederico Serra and opened in the 2006 edition of the Fantasporto Festival in Portugal.

Portuguese with English and Spanish subtitles, Bad Blood is presented in anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and DTS Surround Sound 5.1. Special DVD features are yet to be determined but will include the original theatrical trailer and trailers of Tartan Video’s upcoming releases.

First trailer for Stuart Gordon's "Stuck"

The first trailer for Stuart Gordon's Stuck was released today.

The film is a disturbing thriller about a young woman who commits a hit-and-run, then finds her fate tied to her victim.

The film stars Stephen Rea, Mena Suvari, Russell Hornsby, Rukiya Bernard, John Dartt, John Dunsworth, Mauricio Hoyos, Patrick McKenna, Liam McNamara, Marguerite McNeil, Martin Moreno, Bunthivy Nou, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, R.D. Reid and Wayne Robson.

You can view the trailer here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/Player.php?id=866).

50 Cent to join Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro in "Righteous Kill"

Overture Films has picked up all North American rights to Righteous Kill, a $60 million thriller starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino as two detectives tracking a serial killer.

Rapper 50 Cent is in final negotiations to co-star as a drug dealer who helps the detectives with their investigation.

Director Jon Avnet is set to begin principal photography in Bridgeport, Conn., and New York in September. Russell Gewirtz ("Inside Man," "Labyrinth") is writing the screenplay, which has De Niro and Pacino onscreen together for nearly the entire film. The two longtime friends shared no screen time in 1974's "The Godfather: Part II" and only one scene in 1995's "Heat."

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, variety.com, hollywoodreporter.com, rigelentertainment.com, myspace.com/asiaextreme)

Shazbut

06-25-2007, 11:56 PM

oooooooooh! There's a few exciting ones there, to be sure!!! I will definitely check them out - especially 1408 - the story scared me enough when I read it! :eek:

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06-26-2007, 09:41 PM

Sony Pictures bringing "Outpost" from the UK

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has picked up rights to Outpost for a series of territories, most of them English-speaking.

Sony will distribute the ContentFilms thriller in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, in addition to South Africa, Greece and Israel.

The story follows mercenaries in war-torn Eastern Europe who discover a secret in a former military bunker. The pic stars Ray Stevenson (Rome), Richard Brake, Julian Wadham among others.

"From Beyond" Director's Cut DVD coming in September

This one's for zwoti, Despare et al...

Coming on September 11 is the previously announced unrated director's cut of Stuart Gordon's classic From Beyond, for the first time ever on DVD.

Today Amazon scored a first look at the cover art from MGM's upcoming release, which I'm sure is going to disappoint the lot of you. Here it is...

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sbaJf-SPL._SS500_.jpg

In the film scientists create a resonator to stimulate the pineal gland (sixth sense), and open up a door to a parallel (and hostile) universe.

Keep a watch on this page (http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Special-1986/dp/B000RPCK2O/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-0269541-2856844?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1182833854&sr=1-1) for further details.

Tobe Hooper's "Eaten Alive" and German horror "Antibodies" on DVD

Today Dark Sky Films announced a huge update, starting with the long-delayed release of Tobe Hooper's Eaten Alive, which will finally arrive on DVD in a 2-disc special edition on September 25.

Fellow producer extraordinaire Michael Felsher -- who also produced both the Robert Englund and Marilyn Burns featurettes on the upcoming special edition-- will cut the final piece.

Features include

1.85 Anamorphic Widescreen feature, transferred and restored in HD from the last remaining 35mm vault material
Feature-length commentary with producer/co-writer Mardi Rustam, actors Roberta Collins, William Finley and Kyle Richards, and make-up artist Craig Reardon
"Gator Creator" (Tobe Hooper featurette)
"My Name is Buck" (Robert Englund featurette)
"5ive Minutes with Marilyn" (Marilyn Burns featurette)
"The Butcher of Elmendorf: The Legend of Joe Ball" (documentary on the film's serial killer inspiration)
Trailers
TV Spots & Radio Spots
Behind the Scenes Slideshow
Alternate Credits

among others.

Retail is $24.98.

Also the German horror-thriller Antibodies will be hitting retailers on August 28.

Touted an epic contemporary thriller that has shocked audiences around the world, don't miss the film that Aint It Cool News called "an entertaining thriller that puts its own spin on the tired serial killer genre", and that Bloody Disgusting said is "dense, involving, surprisingly nasty and jaw dropping."

Synopsis - Berlin police apprehend the alleged killer of 13 children, but prime suspect Gabriel Engel (DOWNFALL's André Hennicke) will speak only to Michael Martens, a small town constable (ANATOMY 2's Wotan Wilke Möhring) whose own teenaged son is manifesting the classic early signs of a serial killer.

Also starring Norman Reedus (BLADE II) and Heinz Hoenig (DAS BOOT) with breathtaking cinematography by Hagen Bogdanski (THE LIVES OF OTHERS, 2006 Academy Award® Winner, Best Foreign Film).

This tense, violent thriller from writer-director Christian Alvart (CASE 39) combines elements from the classic mind game thrillers THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, and SE7EN and was an audience favorite at the 2005 Edinburgh Film Festival.

You can visit the official website (http://www.darkskyfilms.com/) for more info and view more movies being released by Dark Sky.

Hitchcock's first movie "The Lodger" being remade by Sony

Another Hitchcock film being remade - maybe we all have run out of ideas officially? :rolleyes:

David Ondaatje has signed on to direct a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's first film from 1927, The Lodger, for Sony Pictures Entertainment. Re-imagined as an urban thriller set in Los Angeles, the film marks Ondaatje's directorial debut.

Sony has not yet determined which of its labels will release "Lodger" or if the film will bow straight to video.

Michael Mailer will produce alongside Ondaatje, who also adapted the screenplay from Marie Belloc Lowndes' novel. The novel served as the basis for Hitchcock's 1927 film.

"Lodger" is based on the true story of the hysteria caused by the Jack the Ripper's killing spree that took place over several weeks in 1888.

Ondaatje's adaptation is broken into two converging plot lines set in present-day Los Angeles. The first involves an uneasy relationship between a psychologically unstable landlady and her enigmatic lodger, and the second is about a troubled detective engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with an unknown killer.

Rogue bringing comic series "Lost Squad" to the big screen

Stephen St. Leger and James Mather have found their way to The Lost Squad, coming on board to write and direct the project for Rogue Pictures.

Adrian Askarieh and Daniel Alter are producing.

"Squad" is based on a Devil's Due comic written by Chris Kirby and drawn by Alan Robinson. The miniseries revolved around the supernatural action-adventures of a squad of U.S. soldiers who take on weird missions during World War II, fighting Adolf Hitler's occult agents and other threats.

The pair are riding into Hollywood on buzz created by "Prey Alone," a high-octane 15-minute short they made digitally using actors and some hand props. It is that technique, similar to the fashion of how "300" was made, that they plan to use in making "Squad."

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, aintitcool.com, hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com, darkskyfilms.com, amazon.com)

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06-27-2007, 08:34 PM

Fox Atomic scraps "28 Months - Years Later"

Fox Atomic, who made their name as Rothman’s spin-off label for horror features like “The Hills Have Eyes” and “28 Weeks Later”, are apparently cutting back on the amount of horror films they do.

Whether its because they lost money on that whole “Revenge of the Nerds” fiasco or whether they’re just taking some time-out so the oversaturated horror market can clear the backlog, one thing’s for sure, they only have one – yep, one – horror movie in the works at the moment.

Apparently the ONLY horror film in the works right now over at Fox Atomic is their PG-13 remake of The Entity, which is being directed by Japanese filmmaker Hideo Nakata (The Ring Two, Ringu).

What's even more disappointing is that Fox Atomic had planned on taking the 28 Days Later franchise up until 28 Years Later, which as of this moment, will never happen.

Now if DVD sales are through the roof for 28 Weeks Later and horror regains some lost momentum, maybe we'll work our way towards seeing 28 Months Later.

PG-13 scares continue with "Prom Night"

It was already revealed back before the film lensed that Sony Screen Gems' remake of Prom Night would be PG-13, but now a new interview with star Brittany Snow reveals more about the 'supposed' horror film that's less than exciting.

“It’s just taking the same name as ‘Prom Night’ the original, but it’s a different script. It’s actually more in the vein of ‘Fear,’ with Reese Witherspoon and Mark Wahlberg,” she said.

“ my teacher becomes obsessed, and falls in love with me, starts stalking me, winds up at my prom night and starts wreaking havoc on everyone,” said Snow about the plot.

And after the onslaught of “torture porn” flicks like “[i]Hostel” and “Saw,” the actress insisted that the psychological horrors of the new flick (which co-stars Idris Elba and Johnathon Schaech) will come across like a breath of fresh air. “It’s more of a thriller,” she said of the flick, directed by TV veteran Nelson McCormick. “There’s no blood, guts or gore.”

“Night” dances into theaters in April of 2008.

Willem Dafoe as a vampire in "Daybreakers"

Willem Dafoe (Shadow of the Vampire, American Psycho) joins Ethan Hawke and Sam Neill in Lionsgate's Daybreakers, which is currently in pre-production.

He will play a vampire in the film that will duel with Ethan Hawke's vampire character.

It's 2016, and it has been 10 years since the plague transformed ordinary people into Vampires dependent on human blood for survival. As the human race nears extinction and the Vampire population grows desperate for blood, a group of rebel Vampires battle military forces to save the last vestiges of humanity.

The film will be directed by Peter and Michael Spierig (Undead).

First stills for "Outlander" out

Today the first official stills were released from Howard McCain's Outlander, which stars James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston, Ron Perlman and John Hurt.

In the script a human-like alien crashes on Earth in 509 AD who inadvertently releasing a horrible monster that he must destroy with the help of a barbaric Viking tribe.

You can view some of the stills here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9234).

NECA reveals "Cult Classics: Series 6" Look

If you head on over to NECA's official website you can check out the first hi-res publicity photos of the figures from Cult Classics: Series 6!

You'll see the new S-Mart Ash from Army of Darkness, the Hare Krishna Zombie from Dawn of the Dead and both Michael and David vampires from The Lost Boys.

The photos and more details on each figure can be seen here (http://www.necaonline.com/article/detail/121), which hits theaters this fall.

Vertigo-Lionsgate bringing "The Bates Motel"

Production company Vertigo Entertainment (The Invasion, The Strangers, Addicted, The Ring, The Grudge, The Echo) has inked a first-look television deal with Lionsgate to develop and produce scripted programming for broadcast and cable.

Vertigo, which was formed in 2001 by Roy Lee and Doug Davison, has a track record of producing U.S. remakes of Asian films. In addition to best picture Oscar winner "Departed" and "Ring," Vertigo has been a producer on the "The Grudge" and its sequel, "The Ring Two" and "The Lake House."

The company recently entered the TV arena with the MTV series "I'm With Rolling Stone."

It also is making its first foray into scripted television with "The Bates Motel," a re-imagining of "Psycho" that's being developed with Universal Media Studios, and a high-stakes gambling drama created by writer Matt O'Neal that is being shopped to networks.

Vertigo's agreement with Lionsgate expands the existing relationship between the companies, which are working together on "The Eye," a thriller produced with Cruise/Wagner that stars Jessica Alba.

Vertigo also is a producer on the upcoming films "The Invasion," a remake of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig; "The Strangers," a suspense thriller starring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman; "Addicted," a psychological thriller starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Lee Pace; and "My Sassy Girl," a romantic comedy starring Elisha Cuthbert and Jesse Bradford.

The company also is in various stages of production and development on such films as the dark comedy "Assassination of a High School President," starring Bruce Willis and Mischa Barton, and "Confessions of Pain," a crime thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

New Trailers :-

Mandy Lane (coming on July 20) (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/Player.php?id=867).

The Psycho Legacy (documentary coming in 2008) (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/Player.php?id=865).

Stuart Gordon's Stuck (coming in Oct 2007) (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/Player.php?id=866).

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, hollywoodreporter.com, necaonline.com, variety.com, aintitcool.com, moviehole.net)

Roderick Usher

06-28-2007, 07:20 AM

Daybreakers sounds really cool!

alkytrio666

06-28-2007, 07:45 AM

Daybreakers sounds really cool!
Oh, for sure! I was about to comment on that- I'm so glad Willem Dafoe came on board; I think he's fantastic.

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06-28-2007, 08:04 AM

Oh, for sure! I was about to comment on that- I'm so glad Willem Dafoe came on board; I think he's fantastic.

That is one movie I wont be missing, no matter how bad it sucks even!:cool:

if it does, that is...

Shazbut

06-28-2007, 09:10 AM

"Outlander" sounds good, too!! Sci-fi monsters and aliens and Vikings - what more could a person want! :D

alkytrio666

06-28-2007, 09:28 AM

"Outlander" sounds good, too!! Sci-fi monsters and aliens and Vikings - what more could a person want! :D
Agreed!

Go-lly, this thread is great, V!

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06-28-2007, 10:02 AM

Go-lly, this thread is great, V!

Thanks, alky. I m glad you guys approve.:)

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06-28-2007, 10:22 AM

Lionsgate reveals "Transit", announces "Jacob's Ladder" remake

Thousand Words has nabbed "Transit," a spec thriller by Michael Gilvary about a family road trip gone horribly awry.

Palmer West and Jonah Smith, who last produced the untitled Larry Charles' religion project with Bill Maher, will produce with Alison Rosenzweig.

In "Transit," a family driving through the desert is stalked by criminals who stashed stolen money in the family's car.

The script will go out to directors shortly.

Besides the Charles/Maher project, currently in post-production, West and Smith produced Chris Gorak's "Right at Your Door," which Lionsgate is releasing Aug. 24. The duo also produced "A Scanner Darkly" and "Requiem for a Dream."

Gilvary recently did a rewrite of Arthur C. Clarke's "Rendezvous With Rama" for Morgan Freeman's Revelations Entertainment. Whitewater Films will begin shooting his coming-of-ager "Greta" in the fall.

Rosenzweig has several projects in the works, including "Darksiders" at New Line, "Sanctuary" at Sobini/Lionsgate and a remake of "Jacob's Ladder," the classic 1990 Tim Robbins' pic, which follows a traumatized Vietnam war veteran who finds out that his post-war life isn't what he believes it to be when he's attacked by horned creatures in the subway and his dead son comes to visit him.

Tell me, isnt it a wee bit too early to remake Jacob's Ladder?:rolleyes:

Universal's Halloween Horror Nights with Freddy, Jason and Leatherface

Today Universal revealed that three of your favorite horror icons will be crashing the party this year - Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees and Leatherface will all be attending your demise at this year's Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights, which will take place at both Universal Studios in Florida and Hollywood.

This year’s event promises to break new ground with all new frights and entertainment, and immersive thrills never before imagined.

It’ll be the greatest exhibition of pure terror ever unleashed anywhere, and you can experience it all, LIVE, only at Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights.

You can view the official page here (http://www.halloweenhorrornights.com/) for more details of the event.

New Trailer:-

Skinwalkers (releasing on July 27) (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/Player.php?id=852).

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, variety.com, hollywoodreporter.com, myspace.com, halloweenhorrornights.com)

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06-28-2007, 09:08 PM

Details and DVD Cover Art released for "The Host"

Today Magnolia provided with the cover art and full specs for their release of the Korean smash hit The Host releasing on DVD come July 24.

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A creature emerges from the Han River’s shores for a feeding frenzy upon onlookers. When a young girl is snatched in the melee, her family set off to recover her from the monster that the government claims to be a host of an unidentified virus.

Magnolia Home Entertainment unleashes this spectacular monster movie on DVD, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD.

The talk of the 2006 Cannes International Film Festival and the latest film from critically acclaimed director Bong Joon-ho (Barking Dogs Never Bite, Memories Of Murder), “the most original, exhilaratingly scary-funny monster movie in many a season” (LA Weekly) quickly became the highest grossing South Korean film of all time, earning an unprecedented $93 million at the Korean box office…a truly remarkable figure, considering that the country is home to 45 million people.

“Destined to become a cult classic” (Instinct Magazine), THE HOST will be available as
a standard DVD priced at $26.98 with deleted scenes and commentary by Director Bong Joon-Ho;
a two-disc Collector’s Edition priced at $29.98 loaded with four hours of incredible special features;
and a HD DVD and Blu-ray version, priced at $34.98, each with bonus materials.

Standard DVD:
· Deleted Scenes
· Director Bong Joon-Ho film reflections

Two Disc Collector’s Edition (DVD):

Disc One
· Deleted Scenes
· Director Bong Joon-Ho film reflections

Disc Two
· Making Of The Host With Director Bong Joon-Ho
· Storyboards
· Memories Of The Sewer
· Set Design
· Physical Special Effects
· Sound Effects
· Designing The Creature
· Puppet Animatronix
· Animating The Creature
· The Crew: Production & Visual Effects
· Casting Tapes
· Cast Interviews
· Actor Training
· Gag Reel
· Cast & Crew Goodbye
· And Much More

HD DVD/Blu-ray Collector’s Editions:

· Making of the Host with Director Bong Joon-Ho
· Storyboards
· Memories of the Sewer
· Physical Special Effects
· Designing the Creature
· Puppet Animatronix
· Animating The Creature
· The Family: Main Cast Interviews
· Training the Actors
· Gag Reel
· Deleted Scenes
· Korean Trailer

You can pre-order your copy here (http://www.amazon.com/Host-Two-Disc-Collectors-Bong-Joon-ho/dp/B000PKG8TW/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7299471-1012632?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1183058111&sr=8-1) at amazon.com.

(Reference - bloody-disgusting.com, amazon.com)

jenna26

06-29-2007, 08:30 AM

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06-29-2007, 10:17 AM

Fox Searchlight rolls out "Near Death"

Fox Searchlight has optioned Carter Blanchard's spec Near Death, with Aaron Kaplan and Sean Perrone attached to produce.

The story is described as a psychological sci-fi thriller set in the world of near-death experiences.

Claudia Lewis and Jeremy Steckler are overseeing the project for Searchlight.

Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment, which produced "You, Me and Dupree," has several projects in development, including the supernatural thriller "Knowing" at Columbia Pictures and New Line Cinema's horror film "Dead Asleep," which Blanchard penned. Blanchard's writing credits also include "Smoke" for the Mayhem Project and "The Immortals" at Universal Pictures.

The Devil's Rejects are a part of "Halloween"

Yesterday evening's latest was that Captain Spaulding himself, Sid Haig, will be joining the other Devil's Rejects (Bill Moseley & Leslie Easterbrook) in Rob Zombie's remake of Halloween, which hits theaters everywhere on August 31.

Haig will play a caretaker at the cemetery where Judith Myers is buried, while Bill Moseley will have a small role as a security guard. Leslie Easterbrook (Mother Firefly) also has a brief cameo.

Warner Video announces final "Tales From The Crypt" season on DVD

And so it finally comes to an end this Halloween...

Warner Home Video announced today that the seventh (and final, and possibly the worst) season of Tales from the Crypt will be arriving on DVD October 23 just in time to kick start a week long marathon.

In addition, if you've been waiting for the complete box set you're in luck as all seven seasons will be available in one collection on the same day.

No word on if any bonus extras will be included in the set.

You can view the cover art here (http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/tales-from-the-crypt7.html).

New Trailer:-

Joshua (releasing on July 6) - 10 Clips. (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/search.php?tag=Joshua+Clip&Submit=search)

(References - moviehole.net, aintitcool.com, bloody-disgusting.com, dvdactive.com)

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06-29-2007, 08:02 PM

New German indie will create a lot of positive buzz, says director

Peter Koller, the writer-director of the German/Austrian horror film On Evil Grounds, thinks the movie will do really well when it plays at this year's FanTasia Film Festival.

Koller gave more details on the story, which involves a quick twist, “The plot is about a couple who wants to buy a loft in a desolated factory only to find out that the owner and his real estate broker are demented serial killers, but it soon turns out that the couple is way more deranged than the two killers.”

Being that nearly everything has been done before, Koller explains that this is nothing new, but he did try to play with the rules a bit, “It doesn’t sound really new, right? If you take something like this serious you’d just have another bad-guy-with-an-ax-chasing-the-chick-around-a-rotten-house-movie,” he tells us, “I wanted to play with the rules of the horror/slasher genre and not have the victims act like the ones you are used to from a normal slasher movie.”

In the film everyone is a bad guy, and it’s not to be taken too seriously, “In this one they [Romeo and Juliet] are just as bad as the bad guys. Basically everyone in the movie is an amoral asshole or just plain stupid… nobody behaves according to the expectations the audience have from watching countless slasher movies. Let’s say it is satire that you can enjoy with popcorn, pizza and a six-pack of beer.”

Koller also explained that the film is sadistic, yet not to be taken seriously. He goes as far as to say people were laughing at a rape scene, “The violence comes more in a form of a sadistic joker. These people have fun hurting each other or play sadistic games to each other. If the story would have been handled in a serious way it would make a really mean movie, but I made it all so over-the-top to make the audience laugh in moments where they are not sure whether they are even allowed to laugh - because your moral code would forbid you to do so.”

He continues, “If the movie works, people will even be laughing at rape. At the premiere in Austria even women found that certain scene extremely funny. [They were] a bit hesitant and shy at the first moment, but when the ice was broken the whole audience was cheering at a rape scene!"

Koller also reveals that the film has one juicy kill and that the film is “just as bloody as PULP FICTION. Otherwise it is mostly meaningless violence without justification. In other words: pure fun.”

So if it’s violent and fun, what exactly could it be compared to? Koller’s answer got me extremely excited, “It’s TOM & JERRY for adults. People are mean to each other, hurt each other and hunt the hell out of each other. There is no suspense as you would expect it in a horror film and it is not as serious as a thriller. What’s funny about it is that some of the shooting crew thought it [was going] to be a really tough slasher-thriller only to find out during the shoot that I was going in a direction that was more like ‘a horror movie directed by Monty Python and Tex Avery’ ”

Bring on the cartoon violence!

Check out the film at the FanTasia Film Festival in Montreal this July.

20th Anniversary Edition DVD of "Monster Squad" on July 24th

Lionsgate will be everyones best friend next month when they release the long awaited The Monster Squad on DVD in a special 2-disc 20th anniversary edition.

The DVD will be featured in collectible packaging and is loaded with extra features, including a five-part retrospective, classic interviews, deleted scenes, commentaries and more.

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The 1980s cult-classic streets on July 24th.

For those who dont know the plotline :-

Count Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy and the Gillman – adjourn to earth in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them power to rule the world. However, a bunch of kids regarded by their peers as losers and outsiders uncover the devious plan and prepare for a counter strike. Now, our heroes - the Monster Squad - are the only ones daring to stand in their way...

You can pre-order your copies here (http://www.amazon.com/Monster-Squad-Two-Disc-20th-Anniversary/dp/B000Q6GUKM/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-1029182-7024469?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1183153460&sr=8-1).

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, amazon.com, aintitcool.com, hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com)

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06-30-2007, 08:30 PM

Zombie gives "Halloween" a new ultra-gory ending?

Rob Zombie has been hard at work filming new material for his remake of Halloween, which is slated for release on August 31.

Today he ended seven straight days of grueling filming around the Los Angeles area, which included the addition of six, count 'em, six new death sequences!

The film has been given a serious boost in violence, gore and bloodshed... but that's not the big news - we received word that an entire new finale has been shot. Details are mum on what is different, but we're told the new ending is quite gruesome!!

Watch for the return of Michael Myers in classic fashion in only two months.

(Reference - bloody-disgusting.com, aintitcool.com)

Shazbut

07-01-2007, 01:45 AM

Re: Halloween, Rob Zombie-style.

WOOOHOOOOO! I am gonna need my *hide-behind* pillow for *that* one!! :D

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07-01-2007, 08:25 PM

Top Secret project "Cloverfield" sneak peek

Matt Reeves (“The Pallbearer”) will direct the top-secret Drew Goddard (“Lost”) written horror film “Cloverfield”.

The hush-hush offering, produced by J.J Abrams, fixes on “a giant monster movie featuring something that’s being called “The Parasite”.

It’s also known that the film’s been shot using hand-held video cameras. Oh, and its set in New York.

“Cloverfield” is simply a code name at the moment… it could be called “Felicity gets Freaky” for all we know.

The teaser trailer for the film- sans title – screened with some press reviews of “The Transformers” last week.

A description of the trailer says, “We open with a bunch of teens partying. Apparently one of 'em is leaving town tomorrow and everyone's kind of bittersweet about it. Then they hear a giant ruckus and head outside to see a massive explosion in the distance. Out on the streets people are running around all panicky-like. Then the head of the Statue of Liberty lands in the middle of the street and the date of January 18, 2008, pops up. Oh, and it's all done with handheld video cameras. Basically The Blair Witch Project meets the Godzilla remake ... which means I can't wait to see it."

Stephen King's "Insomnia" coming soon

Rob Schmidt (“Wrong Turn”) has been tapped to bring Stephen King’s “Insomnia” to the big screen.

“I'm doing the film mainly because King was such a big fan of Wrong Turn!" says director Schmidt.

Creature master Stan Winston, who also collaborated with Schmidt on “Wrong Turn”, will be involved.

This is a description of the book -

"You'll lose a lot of sleep. Ralph does. At first he finds it hard to drop off. Then he starts waking up earlier. And earlier. But that isn't when he starts seeing things. Colors, shapes, strange auras around his friends. Not to mention the bald doctors who always turn up at the scene of a death. The evil looking one clutching a rusty scalpel. All that comes later.

After Susan Edwina Day's visit to the town of Derry, Maine, is announced - when the once placid town starts to divide over women's issues. And the hitherto mild-mannered Ed Deepneau gets out of control - dangerously so.
That's when Ralph begins to lose a lot more than sleep. When he begins to understand why Ed is obsessed with the notion that Derry is becoming the new Armageddon. And to realise that time is ticking away for the residents of his home town.

An evil of unimaginable proportions has found a way in. And Ralph has one chance to beat it. In a card game. The stakes are high. They always are when you are playing for human souls. With a Joker in the pack... a bald one with a rusty scalpel..."

"Hallowed Ground" completed and ready for release

Post-production has recently completed on David Benullo's Hallowed Ground, a new supernatural thriller starring Jaimie Alexander (Rest Stop), Brian McNamara, Chloe Grace Moretz (The Amityville Horror, The Eye, Wicked Little Things), Hudson Leick and Nick Chinlund] (Ultraviolet).

SFX were done by Precinct 13 Entertainment, the new fx house run by KNB co-founder and make-up fx guru Robert Kurtzman.

Writer-Director David Benullo calls his film "a classic-style horror movie... It's Rosemary's Baby in a small town."

He adds, "HALLOWED GROUND is a supernatural thriller about a young woman who becomes stranded in a small, mid-western town and discovers her arrival there was foretold by the town's founding preacher. She soon discovers she is an integral part of the preacher's impending - and terrifying - rebirth."

Even though the film is a classic scare-flick, there will still be plenty of blood and violence, “In spots it's violent and bloody,” he says, “But it's not a torture movie, by any means. For me, the violence always has to feel integral to the story and not just like something you stick in for the sake of violence. Then it gets numbing.”

New Trailer :-

Monster Squad 20th Anniversary DVD trailer (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/Player.php?id=820).

(References - aintitcool.com, bloody-disgusting.com, moviehole.net, variety.com, hollywoodreporter.com, movies.yahoo.com)

Kane_Hodder

07-02-2007, 07:52 AM

If they can bring SK's vision into the film, Insomnia could be a great watch. I am sure Rob Schmidt can do wonders to it, considering Wrong Turn was such an entertainer.

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07-02-2007, 09:06 PM

A rather disappointing Horror In Your House set of releases

I guess the studios decided that Americans don't buy DVDs the week of the Fourth of July since this week's Horror In Your House is extremely disappointing. One of the only films of note is Jason Christensen's indie film With You, which critics have loved.

The others which are slotted for release tomorrow at retailers countrywide include :-

Day of the Ax: Brain Damage

Dead Man’s Hand – Casino of the Damned: Wizard Entertainment

Dead Teenagers: Brain Damage

Drive-In Horror Series (SAVAGE SPIRIT, THEY FEED): Westlake Entertainment

Ghoulies IV: Echo Bridge

Granny: Brain Damage

Mummy Maniac: Lionsgate

Sodom the Killer: Tokyo Shock/Media Blasters

Stephen King DVD Collectors Set: (CARRIE, THE DARK HALF, MISERY, NEEDFUL THINGS): MGM/Fox

The Tomb: York

Welcome to the Grindhouse: EVIL EYE and BLACK CANDLES: Deimos/BCI Eclipse

Welcome to the Grindhouse: THE TEACHER and PICK-UP: Deimos/BCI Eclipse

What the Peeper Saw: Televista

With You: Passion River

New pics from "Resident Evil: Extinction"

Today three new images were posted online from Sony Screen Gems' upcoming Resident Evil: Extinction, which is said to be the final film featuring Alice (Milla Jovovich).

Alice, now in hiding in the Nevada desert, once again joins forces with Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr) and L.J. (Mike Epps), along with new survivors Claire (Ali Larter), K-Mart (Spencer Locke) and Nurse Betty (Ashanti) to try to eliminate the deadly virus that threatens to make every human being undead... and to seek justice.

You can view the new pics here (http://www.blackfilm.com/20060707/features/residentevil3.shtml).

Check out the final adaptation of Resident Evil in theaters come September 21.

"Albino Farm" FX wizard speaks for the first time

The first ever photo from Sean McEwen's Albino Farm was released earlier today, together with bits of a conversation with Jason Barnett, Albino Farm's FX Maestro.

The film follows the plight of four college students who, while exploring the Ozark Mountains for a midterm assignment on rural America, come face to face with a community of cave-dwelling redneck genetic mutations.

Jason Barnett says about how it ended up working on ALBINO FARM, “Director Sean McEwen initially contacted me a year ago. My company, Industrial Monsters & Props, worked together in developing the look of the creatures, always basing it on a real life deformity or condition.”

Most filmmakers have a specific vision of what they want with their film; Jason tells that Sean was really easy to work with, “I think the term Sean used was "go crazy!" And for about two months, we did. It took hundreds and hundreds of hours to create all of the prosthetics and effects for this show. It got pretty nuts, as we were still casting creatures a week or so before filming started. My crew worked very hard on Albino Farm.”

The creatures created sound pretty damn interesting, especially the ‘Pig-Bitch’, “Our main creature, the Pig-Bitch, has an over-sized head, a 6-inch gap between her eyes and a cleft lip. I'd say that's [going] pretty far.” He also explains how the prop operates, “The make-up consisted of a radio controlled headpiece with an overlapping face appliance and teeth, he explains, “our actress, Bianca Barnett, was in the make-up for upwards of 12 hours. It paid off though, as her part will definitely stand out in the film.”

So just how bloody is ALBINO FARM? Barnett replies, “We brought the blood. End of story.”

You can view the photos here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9271).

Lionsgate "The Eye" remake will be coming in 2008

Earlier Lionsgate had said that their remake of The Eye was hitting theaters on October 12, but earlier today it was officially bumped to February 1, 2008.

It was a good call, considering the original date put it in competition with 30 Days of Night and of course Lionsgate's other film, Saw IV, which is destined to destroy all.

Directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud the film stars Jessica Alba, Parker Posey, Alessandro Nivola, Francois Chau and Tamlyn Tomita.

New trailer, more pics revealed for "Catacombs"

A brand new trailer for Lionsgate's long-delayed Catacombs was released recently, together with the first batch of stills from the film, which is the story of a young woman on her first visit abroad. She goes to a party in the Catacombs, a 200-mile labyrinth of ancient limestone tunnels under Paris lined with the remains of 7 million people. When separated from her friends, she becomes convinced that someone or something is chasing her.

You can view the stills here (http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/gallery/index.php?cat=20).

New Trailers:-

Catacombs (releasing early 2008) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIpHjHDmLKU)

Clips from Danny Boyle's Sunshine (coming in fall 2007) (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/search.php?tag=Sunshine&Submit=search).

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, myspace.com, upcominghorrormovies.com, blackfilm.com)

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07-03-2007, 08:19 PM

Full Casting, Synopsis for "Saw IV" officially released

Lionsgate today revealed full details for the fourth installment of the Saw series come October.

Synopsis - Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead.

Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through Jigsaw's latest grizzly remains and piecing together the puzzle.

However, when SWAT Commander Rigg is abducted and thrust into a game, the last officer untouched by Jigsaw has but ninety minutes to overcome a series of demented traps and save an old friend or face the deadly consequences.

Tobin Bell --- Jigsaw
Scott Patterson --- Agent Straum
Betsy Russell --- Jill (Jigsaw's wife!!)
Costas Mandylor --- Hoffman
Lyriq Bent --- Rigg
Athena Karkanis --- Agent Perez
Justin Louis --- Art
Simon Reynolds --- Lamanna
Mike Realba --- Fisk
Marty Adams --- Ivan

New Poster revealed for Warner's "The Invasion"

Today Warner Bros. released the first official one sheet for Oliver Hirschbiegel's The Invasion, which hits theaters August 17.

The Invasion, which is a remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, tells the story of a mysterious epidemic that alters the behavior of human beings. When a Washington D.C. psychiatrist (Nicole Kidman) discovers the epidemic’s origins are extraterrestrial, she must fight to protect her son, who may hold the key to stopping the escalating invasion.

You can view it here (http://www.aolcdn.com/moviefeatures/the-invasion-poster-425).

George A. Romero's Message to Fans on MySpace

With George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead still waiting a release, the infamous zombie director kick started an official blog on his MySpace page with a letter to his fans.

With a story mixing elements of "The Blair Witch Project" and the long-running "Dead" series, the film will follow a group of college students shooting a horror movie in the woods who stumble upon a real zombie uprising. When the onslaught begins, they seize the moment as any good film students would, capturing the undead in a "cinema verite" style that causes more than the usual production headaches.

From Romero's MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/diaryofthedead):

Hi, guys,

Lemme tell ya about Diary of the Dead. I love it. It's the first film since my original Night of the Living Dead that I can say is completely my own.

I've been trying to work under-the-radar, with no hype or press, but lately I've started hearing all kinds of shit about "What's goin' on with Romero?" "What's with his new film?"

Gimme a break over here! I'm up in Toronto workin' my ass off, making Diary the best it can be. Truth is, I'm having a blast. I've gone home to the kind of filmmaking that I used to do, back in the day.

Diary is a hundred percent independent, made with my partner, Peter Grunwald, and our new friends at Artfire. I haven't had this much freedom since 1968. The cast, of what film critics will probably call "unknowns" (they won't be for long) is, in my opinion, fuckin' great.

This one comes from my heart. It's not a sequel or a remake. It's a whole new beginning for the dead.

Thanks to all of you who are out there waiting and wondering. You guys, the fans, have always kept me going. Now Diary's keeping me going, "night", "dawn", and "day".

I love this movie. I hope you will, too. I'll be back here from time to time to keep you posted. Stay tuned.

Stay scared.

George A. Romero

Anchor Bay Re-releasing Lamberto Bava's "Demons" and "Demons 2"

This afternoon it was learnt that on September 25th Anchor Bay Entertainment will be re-releasing Demons and Demons 2, two Euro-horror classics directed by Lamberto Bava, son of legendary Italian filmmaker Mario Bava (Black Sunday, Black Sabbath) - each with brand-new anamorphic widescreen (1.66:1) transfers, repackaged and set at the devilishly low SRP of $14.98 each.

Pre-book date is August 26th.

In the classic '80s film several people are invited to join the opening of a new movie theatre. As the horror film shown to the guests gets more and more violent, the people start to transform one by one into bloodthirsty demons. The remaining guests begin the desperate battle for their lives.

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, cinematical.com, myspace.com, variety.com, hollywoodreporter.com, moviehole.net, aolcdn.com)

Kane_Hodder

07-04-2007, 11:19 PM

About time they released Catacombs.
Good to see Romero taking some time out to speak to his loyal fans.
Saw IV sounds more interesting than I initially thought, but they better stop the sequels (when they are on a high) before they ruin the franchise.

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07-05-2007, 08:16 AM

Aussie actress the female lead in "Daybreakers"

Popular Australian actress Claudia Karvan has won the female lead in the Spierig Bros' new feature, "Daybreakers".

The film, starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill, starts filming on the Gold Coast on July 16.

Karvan will play the object of Hawke's character's affection, a human, Lucy.

"Daybreakers", set In the year 2017, tells of a plague that has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher (Hawke) works with a covert group of vamps to save humankind, just when a band of humans fight back.

Karvan is best known to Aussie audiences as the star of TV hits "The Secret Life of Us" and "Love My Way".

American audiences may have spotted her in the "Star Wars" prequels or the kids' pic "Aquamarine".

Universal announces Two New Classic Collections on DVD

Universal will be releasing two exciting DVD box sets in time for Halloween as “Best Buy” Store exclusives.

A “Horror Collection” set will include

MAN-MADE MONSTER,
HORROR ISLAND,
CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN,
NIGHT MONSTER and
THE BLACK CAT (1941).

A second “Sci-Fi Collection” set will include

DR. CYCLOPS,
THE DEADLY MANTIS,
THE LAND UNKNOWN,
THE LEECH WOMAN and
CULT OF THE COBRA.

No release date has been set yet, but Best Buy's press contact confirms that the sets will arrive before Halloween with retail prices of around $20 a piece.

Top Secret Project "Cloverfield" opens Official Website

Paramount's really serious about keeping J J Abrams' tentatively titled Cloverfield project top secret, but those who caught the trailer - attached to prints of Transformers - is that a website was launched for the film, which features nothing more than the release date and two terrified girls caught on camera.

The girls are looking at something terrifying... could they be checking out this so-called giant 'parasite', or maybe they've just seen the Statue of Liberty's head roll down the street?

Head on over to the official website (http://www.1-18-08.com) to check it out and watch for as much info as possible, which should be nil until closer to the January release.

(References - dvdactive.com, bloody-disgusting.com, myspace.com, youtube.com, moviehole.net, hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com, 1-18-08.com)

Doc Faustus

07-05-2007, 01:03 PM

Both of those sets from Universal sound great. I like the content of their franchise collections, but I don't like how they treat the material. The Classic Sci fi Ultimate didn't have dual layering, nor did Inner Sanctum, and I hope they keep up with that. But, some features would be nice. They don't treat any movies nearly so well as they treat Frankenstein, Dracula et al.

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07-05-2007, 07:27 PM

First official "Catacombs" poster revealed

The other day a new still and the trailer were found from Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures' Catacombs, which has been collecting dust for years now.

Adding to that this morning is the first ever international poster for the film, which gives us a little hope that maybe we'll finally see the movie, starring Shannyn Sossamon and Alecia Moore, later this year.

You can view the poster here (http://www.worstpreviews.com/media.php?id=961&image=0&place=posters&place2=poster).

Looks exciting eh?

New Indie brings out the worst in the characters

The Black Waters of Echo's Pond, which will be directed by Gabriel Bologna, stars Robert Patrick (Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Walk the Line, X-Files), James Duval (Donnie Darko, Independence Day, Doom Generation), Arcadiy Golubovich (Autopsy, American Summer), Electra Avellan (Grindhouse) and Elise Avellan (Grindhouse).

In the film Nine friends take a holiday at a Victorian home on a private island and uncover a game that when played brings out the worst in each of them. Jealously, greed, hatred, lust, all of the things they keep buried deep inside themselves rise to the surface and come to a boil.

The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond shows those who look into it what they want to see… but what you want to see isn’t always the truth.

Music scores revealed for Rob Zombie's "Halloween"

A list of the music tracks for Rob Zombie's remake of Halloween was released earlier today, which hits theaters August 31.

After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, is mistakenly released from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby sister, Laurie. Anyone who crosses his path is in mortal danger.

Track listing from Halloween MySpace:

1. BOC - Don't Fear The Reaper
2. Nazareth - Love Hurts
3. Peter Frampton - baby, I Love Your Way
4. Rush - Tom Sawyer
5. BTO - Let It Ride
6. Kiss - God Of Thunder
7. Love is like Oxygen - The Sweet
8. Alice Cooper - Only Women Bleed
9. Misfits - Halloween 2
10. Halloween theme - Tyler Bates
11. Michael stalks Laurie - Tyler Bates
12. Mr. Sandman - Nan Vernon

The CD also features cool clips from the movie in between the music.

The full score by Tyler Bates will be a separate CD.

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, myspace.com, worstpreviews.com, cinematical.com, variety.com)

Kane_Hodder

07-05-2007, 09:47 PM

Sounds like a killer soundtrack for Halloween! I can't wait till August!!:D

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07-06-2007, 09:48 AM

Paramount finally reveals "Cloverfield"

While unleashing "Transformers" onscreen this week, Paramount also lifted the lid on a top-secret project in the form of a teaser trailer for a new film, Cloverfield.

Yesterday the full details were finally revealed about this top secret project, which include casting and news that a huge viral marketing campaign is underway. Read on for the details :-

"Cloverfield," which revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people, is being produced by J.J. Abrams. It is being directed by Matt Reeves, who co-created "Felicity" with Abrams, and is written by Drew Goddard, who has worked with Abrams on "Lost" and "Alias."

Paramount greenlighted the project under a veil of heavy secrecy in February, about the same time that Abrams agreed to the take over the directing reins of the new "Star Trek" film.

The casting process was just as mysterious. No scripts or even scene pages were sent out; agents who were contacted were simply asked if their client wanted to be in the movie or not. Eventually a cast, made up mostly of relative unknowns, was put together; it includes Michael Stahl-David ("The Black Donnellys"), Odet Jasmin, Mike Vogel ("Supercross") and Lizzy Kaplan ("The Class").

The movie, which is believed to have a relatively modest budget of about $30 million, began shooting in mid-June in New York. With "Transformers" generating huge tracking numbers in the weeks before its release, the studio decided to put footage from "Cloverfield" in a teaser in front of "Transformers" to build buzz.

After first presenting the Paramount and Bad Robot logos -- Bad Robot being Abrams' shingle -- the trailer opens with scenes from a surprise going-away party in a New York bar with a view of the city. Before long, a thundering roar is heard, and by the time guests run downstairs, pandemonium and flaming debris are hitting the streets. After a huge explosion at the lower end of Manhattan, what appears to be the head of the Statue of Liberty comes hurtling up the street like a giant projectile.

The trailer's footage is shot by a hand-held camera, home-movie style, giving it a sort of "Armageddon" meets "The Blair Witch Project" feel, though it is not clear if the entire movie follows that style. While the trailer does not reveal the name of the movie, it does announce a release date of January 18.

Several copies of the trailer, seemingly shot in theaters with a camcorder, were posted on YouTube by Thursday morning. But by Thursday afternoon, some links had been taken down, replaced by an advisory saying, "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Paramount Pictures Corp."

Producing the movie along with Abrams is Bryan Burk, who has worked on such Abrams shows as "Lost," "Six Degrees" and "What About Brian." Guy Riedel and Sherryl Clark are executive producing.

"Cloverfield" is shooting in New York.

Warner Bros Japan bringing new horror-fantasy movie

NTV web and Warner Bros. Japan are joining forces to produce and distribute Shinigami no Seido (literal translation: Accuracy of the God of Death), a horror/fantasy starring Takeshi Kaneshiro.

It has been reported that Kaneshiro plays a Grim Reaper who appears to his victims in human form and spends a week with them before deciding whether to off them or not.

The pic is Kaneshiro's first to be shot in Japan since the Sci-Fi pic "Returners" in 2002. Manani Konishi co-stars as one of Kaneshiro's potential victims, while Masaya Kakehi is helming.

NTV and Warner are both members of the pic's production consortium, while Warner will release the pic in Japan in the spring of 2008. The number of theaters has not yet been decided, but a Warner's rep said that the release "will be fairly large."

The pic is based on an eponymous novel by Kotaro Isaka -- the writer's fifth to be made for the big screen.

NTV and Warner also linked to produce and distrib last year's hit "Death Note" duology. The two pics also featured "gods of death" who use special notebooks to deal death simply by writing the victim's name inside. The drama begins when humans find the notebooks -- and use their new-found power of life-and-death to dubious ends.

NTV is producing a spin-off based on the character of "L," a reclusive genius detective who investigates the identities of the Death Note owners, with Kenichi Matsuyama reprising his role as L and Hideo Nakata ("The Ring 2," "Kaidan") helming.

Principal photography is scheduled to start in August, while Warner plans to release the pic in Japan in the first half of 2008.

Disney's new foray into horror with "First Ascent"

Screenwriter-turned-comic book publisher Andrew Cosby and Johanna Stokes have been hired to do a rewrite on Walt Disney Pictures' First Ascent.

The film is described as a supernatural action adventure that revolves around a group of climbers who, while attempting to ascend a mountain in Bhutan, are attacked by an unseen beast.

Jason Reed, Brigham Taylor and Casey Wolfe are overseeing the project for Disney. Disney's Animal Kingdom in Florida features a roller coaster ride, "Expedition Everest," that includes an encounter with a yeti, though Disney said that "Ascent" is a rewrite of an older project and is not related to the ride.

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com, myspace.com, aintitcool.com)

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07-08-2007, 08:26 PM

Anchor Bay/Starz bringing "The Unholy" in September

Anchor Bay/Starz have a new horror flick on their plate called The Unholy, which hits DVD September 4.

Following World War II, a classified U.S. military document recounting the results of a Nazi occult experiment was uncovered and smuggled into an underground facility in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Many years later, a mother (Adrienne Barbeau) is confronted with the grisly reality of her daughter’s suicide. Are these events linked? What seems like a random family tragedy leads to a conspiracy of bizarre crimes, occult carnage and a necromancer who may control a new arsenal of demonic warfare including paranormal powers, time travel and satanic rituals. Just how far will our government go to harness a Nazi legacy that will not die?

Extras will include and audio commentary with Writer/Director/Producer Daryl Goldberg and Writer/Executive Producer Sam Freeman, a trailer, and a poster and still gallery.

Audio and video specs were not included in the press release.

Click here (http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/unholy-the.html) to see the cover art of the DVD.

Full Cast unveiled for "The Burrowers"

Sean Patrick Thomas (Halloween: Resurrection, Dracula 2000), Karl Geary (Mimic: Sentinel), Jocelin Donahue and Laura Leighton will join Doug Hutchison, Clancy Brown and William Mapother in J.T. Petty's The Burrowers, which begins lensing tomorrow for Lionsgate.

The Burrowers tells the story of a band of courageous men who set out to find and recover a family of settlers that has mysteriously vanished from their home. Expecting the offenders to be a band of fierce natives, the group prepares for a routine battle. But they soon discover that the real enemy stalks them from below.

FX work is done by Rob Hall's Almost Human.

"American Werewolf" documentary to be released by Universal

It was revealed at this weekend's HorrorHound Weekend in Indianapolis that Paul Davis' Beware The Moon - Remembering An American Werewolf In London has officially been acquired for distribution by Universal home Entertainment.

The documentary retraces the making of this remarkable film, as told by those who made it, and those who continue to be inspired by it.

Hosted by horror journalist Paul Davis from nine of the original locations used in the movie, this extensive documentary uncovers the production of the film from its conception in 1969 to its release in 1981.

You can watch an exclusive sneak peek of the documentary here (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2016943109).

Joe Dante introduces new "Trailers From Hell" commentary tracks

"Gremlins" director Joe Dante can recount endless anecdotes about Roger Corman movies, and with his new project "Trailers From Hell," he'll be sharing a few of them with Web and cell-phone users.

Dante and other Hollywood directors are recording new commentary tracks for the trailers to venerable horror and exploitation films. The project is being distributed via the Web at Trailersfromhell.com and on Sprint's "Fun Little Movies" channel. Producers are also in negotiations to bundle the series of shorts with an on-demand package including similar content.

Directors with tracks already recorded include Edgar Wright ("Hot Fuzz"), who talks about his love of '60s Eurospy actioner "Danger: Diabolik," and Dante, who dishes on Corman shlockfest "The Terror."

Helmers tapped for future contributions include Mick Garris ("The Shining" and "The Stand" TV miniseries) on "X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes" and Mary Lambert ("Pet Semetary") on "Village of the Damned."

Indie producer Elizabeth Stanley is producing "Trailers From Hell," and Jonas Hudson will be distributing it through his company the Nickels Group.

(References - dvdactive.com, variety.com, bloody-disgusting.com, hollywoodreporter.com, myspace.com, youtube.com)

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07-09-2007, 10:12 AM

Official poster for Dimension's "Rogue" unveiled

Unlike Hollywood Pictures' Primeval, Dimension Films is pleased to share with audiences that Greg McLean's (Wolf Creek) second feature film Rogue stars a giant croc.

Joining a beautiful local tour guide (Radha Mitchell) and an American writer on assignment (Michael Vartan), the rest of this thriller's food chain is composed of tourists and adventure seekers alike. Waiting in vain to be rescued on an ever-disappearing parcel of dry land, you will never guess their next move…as terror lies just beneath the surface.

"Rogue" is getting released this fall.

Click here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9300) for a peek at the official poster. Looks awfully familiar, doesnt it?;)

"Creature From The Black Lagoon" remake starts pre-Production

After a nearly two-year gap, director Bruck Eisner is now in pre-production for his remake of Creature from the Black Lagoon, which has Strike Entertainment producing with Universal Pictures distributing.

The script was written by Gary Ross, which follows a scientific expedition traveling up the Amazon River which encounters a dangerous humanoid amphibious fish creature.

New pics for Zombie's "Halloween", new trailer this Friday?

Today Rob Zombie posted two new images from his remake of Halloween, one featuring Michael Myers and another with Laurie Strode in peril.

The film hits theaters everywhere on August 31 and rumors around the web are indicating that the new trailer for the film will be attached to prints of After Dark Films' Captivity on July 13.

After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, is mistakenly released from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby sister, Laurie. Anyone who crosses his path is in mortal danger.

You can view the images here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9303).

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, IMDB.com, myspace.com, youtube.com, aintitcool.com, variety.com, hollywoodreporter.com, moviehole.net)

Kane_Hodder

07-10-2007, 04:10 AM

Cloverfield sounds more and more interesting.
Why remake an ageless film like Creature and destroy its legacy? Hollywood producers have lost it big time.

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07-10-2007, 07:56 PM

Alexa Vega, Bill Moseley in "Saw" creator's next "musical"

Alexa Vega (Spy Kids) has been cast as Shiloh in Darren Lynn Bousman's (Saw II, II, IV) horror rock opera Repo! The Genetic Opera. She will begin shooting her scenes on August 27.

In addition, this past weekend at the HorrorHound Weekend in Indianapolis it was revealed that horror fav Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, House of 1000 Corpses, Devil's Rejects, Halloween) is in final talks to join the cast of Repo! The Genetic Opera.He will be joining the beautiful Alexa Vega.

Director Darren Lynn Bousman made his return to the States recently to talk to journalists about SAW IV, which wrapped last week in Toronto, Canada. While chatting about Jigsaw’s latest installment, Bousman also found sometime to plug his next feature film, REPO!, a horror rock opera/musical which is a move in a completely new direction, “I don't know how different I can get than doing a rock opera – it’s like a side step out of the horror genre.”

He tells that he likes his SAW crew and will continue to work with them as much as possible, “The same crew (as SAW III and Saw IV) doing REPO!... [at least] 95 percent the same crew.”

He also talks about what type of film REPO! will be and how it will be more violent than SAW, “[The film is] a rock opera, a musical… it will be more violent than SAW in every aspect,” he explains, “It’s ROCKY HORROR [PICTURE SHOW] on acid.”

What’s shocking is how many original songs will be written for the adaptation of the stage play, “There are 77 songs in REPO - RENT only had 19. [There will be] singing from beginning to end,” he explains, “One song might be 20 seconds, another 14 seconds and then one 5 minutes.” Think big, as he compares REPO! to JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR and TOMMY – only with buckets of blood.

Watch for the film in 2008.

The film is slated to begin filming at the end of August in Canada.

Horror In Your House for this week is More Disappointing

It has been a painful few weeks of Horror In Your House as there really hasn't been anything worth trekking to your local retailers for. Sure there has been a few thing you might want to check out, but man, today is terrible.

Here's a list of what hits stores today, maybe there's something you'll find interesting.

Bela Lugosi Collection: St. Clair Vision
- includes WHITE ZOMBIE, THE HUMAN MONSTER, ONE BODY TOO MANY, INVISBLE GHOST, THE PHANTOM CREEPS, DEATH KISS, SCARED TO DEATH, BLACK DRAGONS, and THE CORPSE VANISHES. This collection also includes a biography of the actor, a poster gallery, and a trivia quiz for fans.

Brutal: Lionsgate

Five Bloody Graves/Nurse Sherri: Retro Shock-O-Rama/POPcinema
- A 2-disc "twin bill" of 1970s cult classic horror exploitation from the legendary ‘B’ movie team of director Al Adamson and producer Sam Sherman.

Nailed: Trinity

Shark Attack in the Mediterranean: Image Entertainment

Vintage Horror Classics: Dracula: Delta Music Inc.
- A 2-disc collection of Dracula-inspired films and documentaries including: BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA DOCUMENTARY, NOSFERATU, THE VAMPIRE BAT, MESSIAH OF EVIL, SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA, GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE and THE THRISTY DEAD.

Vintage Horror Classics: Frankenstein: Delta Music Inc.
- This 2 disc set includes: MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN DOCUMENTARY, JESSE JAMES MEETS FRANKENSTEIN and LADY FRANKENSTEIN.

Vintage Horror Classics: Werewolves: Delta Music Inc.
- 6 ferocious furry and fearful films about the Werewolf, including: SCREAM OF THE WOLF, MOON OF THE WOLF, WOLFMAN, WEREWOLF IN A GIRL’S DORMITORY, WEREWOLF OF WASHINGTON and WEREWOLF VS. VAMPIRE WOMEN.

Vintage Horror Classics: Zombies—The Living Dead: Delta Music Inc.
- 6 Zombie movies sure to thrill: KING OF THE ZOMBIES, REVOLT OF THE ZOMBIES, WHITE ZOMBIE, DEAD MEN WALK, TEENAGE ZOMBIES and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD.

Fox announces "28 Weeks Later" DVD details

Fox Home Entertainment has announced 28 Weeks Later on DVD, which will be available to own on October 9th and should retail at around $29.98.

The film itself will be presented in anamorphic widescreen, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track.

DVD Extras will include an audio commentary by director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and Co-Writer Enrique Lopez Lavigne, a Code Red: Making Of 28 Weeks Later Behind-The-Scenes featurette, an Infected Make-Up Effects featurette, a Getting Into The Action featurette, and a 28 Days Later: The Aftermath Flash-Animated Graphic Novel.

Completing the package will be deleted scenes with optional commentary, and the theatrical trailers.

You can view the DVD cover art here (http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/28-weeks-later.html).

Leslie Vernon returns in "Behind The Mask 2"?

One of the best films we saw back in 2006 was Anchor Bay/Starz Entertainment's Behind the Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon, which just hit DVD a week ago after premiering at SXSW in 2006. Directed by Scott Glosserman, the film starred Nathan Baesel, Robert Englund, Matt Bolt, Jenafer Brown, Krissy Carlson, Scott Wilson, Zelda Rubenstein, Angela Goethals and Kane Hodder.

BEHIND THE MASK screenwriter David J Stieve recently talked about what would happen to Leslie Vernon should a BEHIND THE MASK 2 ever come to fruition. And it’s something the filmmakers have kept in mind this whole time.

“I can tell you that there is a definite idea for what’s going to happen to Leslie Vernon next, that’s been the goal all along.”

“Obviously the focus of that or the metaphor involved there, as it happened with Nathan as an actor or Scott as a director, or me as a writer, it’s how do you handle that “freshman phenom/rookie of the year” type thing! That’s the symbolism at play; how does Leslie handle his success? And of course you have the whole genre-specific constructions and conventions of a horror sequel. There’s specific conventions involved with every killer that comes back. How the town reacts, who the people are that survive, and who fills what role coming around again…so there are all these very specific genre expectations for a sequel that are ripe for the picking but there’s obviously the metaphor of how does Leslie as the ‘artist’ handle his fame, does he handle it well, does he burn out too quick, keep himself in check, does he do it right? There’s a very rich soil to till from a storytelling standpoint.”

What would it take to make it happen?

“There are a lot of what-ifs, and things to have to happen right in this business for that to ever come to fruition, but certainly if there’s going to be another horror movie coming from me, my biggest impulse, of course, is to relate what happens to Leslie next. Depending on how the DVD does, etc. that’s the impetus.”

You can read the entire interview with Stieve here (http://www.iconsoffright.com/IV_DavidJStieve.htm).

Official poster for "Mandy Lane" revealed

Today the official poster was released for Dimension Films' All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, which hits theaters July 20.

In the film a group of high schoolers invite Mandy Lane (Amber Heard), a good girl who became quite hot over the summer, to a weekend party on a secluded ranch. While the festivities rage on, the number of revelers begins to drop quite mysteriously.

You can see this poster here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9314).

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, moviehole.net, aintitcool.com, dvdactive.com, impawards.com, iconsoffright.com, youtube.com, myspace.com)

Roderick Usher

07-11-2007, 11:53 AM

He also talks about what type of film REPO! will be and how it will be more violent than SAW, “[The film is] a rock opera, a musical… it will be more violent than SAW in every aspect,” he explains, “It’s ROCKY HORROR [PICTURE SHOW] on acid.”

What’s shocking is how many original songs will be written for the adaptation of the stage play, “There are 77 songs in REPO - RENT only had 19. [There will be] singing from beginning to end,” he explains

um... he's wrong. RENT had 42 songs, I should know I had to sing 23 of them eight times a week! But 77 songs is impressive. I'm psyched to check this one out...and maybe even audition:D

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07-11-2007, 12:04 PM

Newest take on Dracula legend has Proyas at the helm

The amazing Alex Proyas (Dark City, The Crow, I, Robot) will direct Dracula Year Zero, Universal's origins tale about Vlad the Impaler.

The script chronicles the epic origin of Dracula, weaving vampire mythology with the true history of Prince Vlad the Impaler. It depicts Dracula as a flawed hero in a tragic love story set in a dark age of magic and war, repositioning him more as a vengeful hero than the monster seen in Bram Stoker's classic novel.

The project, being produced by Michael De Luca, is one of several in the works about the Romanian royal who inspired Bram Stoker's vampire tale.

Proyas was attracted to the script by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, enthusing over their "fresh take on the legend."

He said the project manages to play off the horror and the sympathy you have for a character that "sells his soul to the Devil to save his kingdom and family."

The scribes, who set up the project a year ago, said the goal was to show Vlad when he was still vital and to explore the fact that he's considered a hero in Romania for fending off the Turks.

"Usually when you see him, he's past his prime and 100 years old," Sazama said.

"In our movie, he's at the height of his powers," Sharpless added.

"Dracula Year Zero" reunites Proyas with De Luca, who shepherded "Dark City" when he was a New Line exec. It's also one of several monster movies in the works at the studio, which is prepping a third installment in its "Mummy" franchise and a "Wolf Man" redo starring Benicio Del Toro.

"One of the cool things about this is that we're doing it at Universal," Sharpless said. "This is the home of monster movies."

The script was the first spec sale for the writing partners, who are busy on a couple of other Universal projects, including Zack Snyder's "Cobalt 60."

Dueling Dracula projects set up around town include "The Historian," a contempo book about the search for Vlad the Impaler's grave that Brad Caleb Kane is adapting for Sony's Red Wagon shingle, and "Castlevania," an adaptation of a popular video-game for which Rogue recently signed up director Sylvain White ("Stomp the Yard").

Omen's director bringing "The Book of Lost Things"

Director John Moore (The Omen) has optioned feature rights to dark fantasy "The Book of Lost Things" by bestselling Irish author John Connolly.

Published last year, book centers on a 12-year-old English boy whose mother died and father remarried. When a portal to another world opens, the boy enters a land of beasts and monsters, where he must undertake a quest to earn his way back out.

Cover Art and Full Details revealed for "The Tripper" DVD

Fox Home Entertainment has announced horror satire The Tripper on DVD, which stars Thomas Jane, Jason Mewes, Lukas Haas and Jamie King.

This David Arquette directed film will be available to own from the 30th October, and should retail at around $27.98.

The film itself will be presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, along with an English Dolby Surround track.

Extras will include an audio commentary by director David Arquette and actors Thomas Jane, Paul Reubens and Richmond Arquette, deleted scenes, a blooper reel, a behind the spleens featurette, Presidential Campaign Tour footage, and trailers.

You can view the cover art here (http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/the-tripper.html).

"Trick 'r Treat" not releasing on Halloween

One of the best horror films this year is Warner Bros. Trick 'r Treat, which has now moved to an undisclosed 2008 date from it's original October 5 plan.

The movie has four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband.

First Official Images from "Doomsday"

Today Rogue Pictures supplied the first official look at Doomsday, which is slated for release next year.

"Doomsday," written by Neil Marshall (The Descent), is set three decades after a lethal virus tore through a major country, leading to the country's walling off. When the virus, known as the Reaper, resurfaces in another country, an elite group is dispatched to the infected country to find a cure. There, they end up shut off from the rest of the world and must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.

You can view the images here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9320).

New Trailer:-

Final Official Trailer for All The Boys Love Mandy Lane(Releasing on July 20) (http://media.movies.ign.com/media/949/949250/vids_1.html).

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, variety.com, dvdactive.com, ign.com, hollywoodreporter.com)

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07-12-2007, 11:56 AM

New images for Lindsay Lohan's "I Know Who Killed Me"

Yesterday Columbia Pictures released a batch of new stills from Chris Sivertson's I Know Who Killed Me, which hits theaters on July 27.

In the film an idyllic small town is rocked when Aubrey Fleming (Lindsay Lohan), a bright and promising young woman, is abducted and tortured by a sadistic serial killer. When she manages to escape, the traumatized girl who regains consciousness in the hospital insists that she is not who they think she is and that the real Aubrey Fleming is still in mortal danger.

You can view the set of stills here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9322).

"Reeker" coming to DVD in September

You can finally check out Dave Payne's Reeker on Showtime with a DVD release slated for September 25 from Paramount, nearly a year after it was originaly planned for release.

No word yet on extras.

In the film uoung strangers trapped at an eerie travel oasis in the desert must unravel the mystery behind their visions of dying people while they are preyed upon by a decaying creature.

Despite the decent gore quotient (there are missing body parts aplenty by the end) and plot twists, there’s also a good deal of well-placed and genuinely funny comedy – which is almost unheard of in a genre bursting with cheap lowbrow humor and ill-executed gags.

First Official Poster revealed for James Wan's "Death Sentence"

Yesterday the first official poster was released from director James Wan's (Saw, Dead Silence) latest effort, Death Sentence, starring Kevin Bacon, which hits theaters on August 31.

The story centers on a father out for revenge after his family is attacked in a senseless and heinous gang-initiation crime. The father enacts a death sentence on each perpetrator involved with the crime.

You can view the poster here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9324).

Behind The Mask director's new foray

Paramount Vantage has pre-emptively picked up Playing House, a horror project that Scott Glosserman (Behind the Mask) will direct and co-write with Macy Raymond, who penned the original short story that the film will be based on.

Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson's Contrafilm are producing along with Glosserman.

The plot revolves around a down-on-their-luck young couple who are preyed upon when they inhabit a seemingly deserted island mansion.

Glosserman most recently co-wrote and directed the horror comedy "Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon," which had its premiere at last year's South by Southwest Film Festival. Anchor Bay recently released the movie theatrically.

William Friedkin's "Bug" coming on DVD September 25

You missed it and you should regret it, although it's NOT a horror movie. William Friedkin's Bug carries some of the most powerful performances of the year, and has drawn comparisons to David Cronenberg's and Roman Polanski's works.

Today details on the DVD release were declared, which slated it for a September 25 release from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

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The DVD will carry an audio commentary by Friedkin along with two featurettes: "BUG: An Introduction" and "A Discussion with William Friedkin".

You can pre-order your copies from here (http://www.amazon.com/Bug-Special-Michael-Shannon/dp/B000T5O48K/ref=pd_bbs_3/105-9963615-0549238?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1184266493&sr=1-3).

Newest trailer:-

I Know Who Killed Me (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9328) (Releasing on July 27).

(References - hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com, aintitcool.com, movies.yahoo.com, movies.aol.com, bloody-disgusting.com, moviehole.net, amazon.com)

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07-13-2007, 11:12 AM

Official 'Drink' of "Cloverfield" viral marketing campaign underway

After the success of Nine Inch Nails' campaign for Year Zero, Paramount Pictures and JJ Abrams have stepped in with the same idea for their untitled horror film, which is going under various names "Cloverfield", "1-18-08" and now... "Slusho"?

Alright, you know how Cloverfield/1-18-08 is going viral? Paramount releases the trailer attached to Transformers, there’s camcorder versions of it uploaded to video sharing sites, officially no one is talking about the project…

And then IGN reports that Cloverfield/1-18-08 may be using the alias of “Slusho” for the filming of a Paramount movie happening right now in L.A.

The set calls for “200 extras. Military vehicles. Destruction aftermath. Weapons brandished. Emergency vehicles with flashing lights. Exterior dialogue on fire escape on 8th floor.”

And then J.J. Abrams drops this bomb: “For what it’s worth, the only site of ours that people have even FOUND is the 1-18-08.com site. The others (like the Ethan Haas sites) have nothing to do with us.”

Then explain this J.J. ‘cuz it’s smoking gun proof that a weird beverage website marketing a drink called Slusho belongs to your new movie.

There's a screengrab from the 1-18-08 trailer, right before the action moves to the rooftop. See that dude’s shirt? Slusho. And the logo looks exactly like the drink found on the Slusho website.

It gets weirder: read the history page on the Slusho website (http://www.slusho.jp/index.html). It talks about a woman named Noriko that wanted to discover a new beverage flavor. Noriko set out across the ocean and was never heard from again. Her son, Ganu, grew up and continued his mother’s research...exploring the ocean for possible flavors.

Did you get that? The ocean.

And then one day Ganu “discovered a deep sea ingredient unique to anything else.” He had a mysterious dream and realized that he had found the secret beverage flavor...and thus Slusho was born.

Slusho. From the bottom of the sea floor.

Nice way of marketing, wouldn't you agree?:D

"Dead Like Me" coming direct-to-video

One of the more popular shows of the past few years was Showtime's Dead Like Me, which was cancelled prematurely by the cable station. The show was extremely popular and almost made it's return to your living room weekly and although you won't see a new series, the direct-to-video movie is progressing nicely as casting has officially begun!

The film is to be directed by Steven Herek off a screenplay by John Masius, who worked on the original series as writer and producer.

Right now the cast includes Ellen Muth, Callum Blue, Britt McKillit, Jasmine Guy and Cynthia Stevenson with the hopes of bringing in some extra "names" to the cast. Daisy will be recast.

When Calvin Kane, a slick businessman who couldn't care less about helping the newly dead, takes over Rube's Head Reaper duties, all hell breaks loose, bringing out the worst in Daisy, Roxy, and Mason. George, however, is determined to set her latest, botched reap right, especially because the boy who was supposed to die, Hudson Hart, is her little sister Reggie's secret boyfriend. In the process, George and Reggie re-connect for real, for the first time.

Filming is now underway in Montreal, Canada.

"Infestation" Official website up, casting widened

It was announced via the newly launched official website (http://www.infestationthemovie.com/) that Bru Muller, Brooke Nevin (I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer) and Ray Wise (Jeepers Creepers 2) will be joining Chris Marquette in Kyle Rankin's horror-comedy Infestation.

Infestation follows a slacker (Marquette) who awakes to find himself weak, wrapped in webbing and cocooned to the wall of his office. After realizing that the world has been taken over by giant alien insects, he wakes a ragtag group of strangers and together they fight for survival.

Robert Kurtzman speaks about "The Rage"

Do you love guts, gore and madness?

Then I'm quite sure you're going to dig The Rage, a new film from KNB co-founder Robert Kurtzman.

The film follows a crazed scientist experimenting with a rage virus on innocent victims in a laboratory in the woods. When his monstrous subjects escape and vultures devour their remains, they became mutations seeking to feed on humans. With the virus spreading across the countryside, a group of young ladies unwittingly stumble upon the scientist’s secret lab and a night of unimaginable horror ensues when his family of flesh-eating freaks arises for dinner.

Kurtzman says, "I am a huge fan of drive in films and the whole audience participation experience. We wanted to make our drive-in film… A gorilla style rocket ride that embraced all the B-movie qualities of low budget movies we’d grown up on. We had a very small budget and we had to raise the funding ourselves. We shot the film in 25 days and we decided the most important thing for us to do was to entertain and have fun. So the entire film is an over the top yell at the screen kind of experience."

New Trailer:-

James Wan's Death Sentence (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809765379/video/3328662/). (Releasing on August 31)

(References - movies.yahoo.com, variety.com, aintitcool.com, bloody-disgusting.com, upcominghorrormovies.com, infestationthemovie.com, slusho.jp. aol.com, moviehole.net)

The_Return

07-13-2007, 04:19 PM

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07-13-2007, 09:42 PM

Just so you know, the Slusho site was discovered AFTER that Abrams interview was posted on AICN. People might have found it before, but it wasn't as widely known as the Ethan Haas stuff...it wasnt public knowledge until after the interview.

I bet a really close watcher of the teaser trailer dug that out. Also, Abrams saying that line in the interview must have set the brains ticking of the really curious Cloverfield fan.

Kane_Hodder

07-14-2007, 10:55 AM

The Rage & Infestation sound like cheesy fun films. I can't wait for their releases!

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07-15-2007, 10:37 AM

John Carpenter returning to L.A. big "Gothic"-time?

This gets me excited – damn excited.

John Carpenter hasn’t done anything for a few years now – largely because no one would finance his idea for a “Thing” sequel, let alone the other projects he was shopping around – excluding some TV, but apparently the holiday is over.

The master of the genre – “The Thing”, “Escape from New York” or “Big Trouble in little China” – is rumoured to be making his comeback on a creature feature called “L.A Gothic”.

According to a tipster, “….the script has various chapters but they all revolve around a Preist and his Teen-age daughter and that there are a ton of creatures in it. It's supposed to have vampires, zombies and a demon-possesed rock-star. He said it all takes place in LA over a couple of days and that it's vintage Carpenter with tons of gore and action.”

Hopefully Kurt Russell will be in this baby. And is this the big one HDC's own Roderick Usher been scripting?!;)

Marilyn Manson still keeping "Phantasmagoria" alive

It was once though last year that shock-rocker Marilyn Manson was off shooting his first feature film, Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Caroll, only it was revealed in preparation for his latest CD release (Eat Me, Drink Me) that the process of prepping the film was draining him and taking up all of his free time. Now that Manson rushed through his latest effort (and wasted all of our money), he can now focus on his tour... and finally filming his first movie.

"Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll" is still "very much happening," Manson said. "We postponed the film until after this tour, so probably November, December."

Manson, based in Los Angeles, wrote the screenplay, and plans to direct and star in the movie. Besides Manson cast as author Carroll, the film will feature Lily Cole, Tilda Swinton and Manson's girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood.

Manson said he plans to compose music for the movie as well.

Of his decision to delay the film's production, Manson said, "I read Lewis Carroll's diaries, and he's a very fractured soul. I think I identified with it more than just fascination; I was in the same mental state. So I think, by waiting, I'll be able to make a better movie."

The film takes place in Victorian England where a haunted writer in an isolated castle is tormented by sleepless nights and visions of a girl named Alice. He finds himself becoming a symptom of his own invention. “Now all my nightmares know my name.” He is Lewis Carroll. Terrified of what waits for him each night.

On-set details from Romero's "Diary of the Dead"

Read on for a report from the sets of Romero's latest shooting in Canada...

"...Michael Felsher (Red Shirt Pictures): He’s wanted to go back to his independent roots for a while, especially with the zombie films because the last independent zombie film he did was “Day” back in 1985. He’s wanted to get back to his roots and kind of do guerilla filmmaking again. He’s said that to me several times. He’s said that to a lot of people. Because “Land” was a rough experience. It was a grueling shoot. He is extremely proud of “Land” and he’s very happy with the way it turned out, but I think this is more of a return to the kind of filmmaking he used to do in the seventies..."

"...Michelle Morgan (Debra): We’re film students making a mummy movie at the beginning and then the dead begin to walk and we all escape together in a Winnebago..."

"...Michael Felsher (Red Shirt Pictures): The Winnebago has a TV in it and one of the characters comes out and says, “Hey, what’s all this on the news?” They leave and try to get home, but very quickly everything has gone to hell and they’re just trying to survive on their own..."

"...Scott Wentworth (Professor Maxwell): So they’ve got all this equipment and, while they’re trying to get home, this student Jason feels the need to sort of document the experience so he becomes a sort of diarist and is uploading the film he’s shooting on the internet and kind of assembling the movie that we’re watching as it goes along..."

"...Michael Felsher (Red Shirt Pictures): It occurs over two days. They try to hole up in a few different places, but basically it’s all about them being on their own and trying to survive. They quickly come to the realization that there is no safe harbor and so they’re never at any one given place for that long..."

"...Scott Wentworth (Professor Maxwell): Maxwell is the film professor who teaches the students who are making the film-within-the-film, but you only catch a very small glimpse at the beginning of how he might function as a teacher. Once people start coming back from the dead and these guys decide they’ve got to start heading for their various homes, he ends up going along for the ride. It’s kind of interesting that an authority figure is sort of stripped of all authority and then has to kind of regain it through his actions and not through the fact that he gets to sit at the front of the class. It’s not an orthodox, older person, voice-of-authority. The voice-of-authority that emerges in this film is Debra, the young woman..."

"...Michael Felsher (Red Shirt Pictures): There’s no conventional camera watching everything. It’s told literally through the eyes of a filmmaker. As they’re trying to escape and get back to their homes and find out what’s going on, he’s taping the whole thing. His opinion is that this has to be documented and he becomes kind of obsessed with it. So we never really see the director. And they pick up a couple of cameras along the way. So it’s only seen from the cameras that the kids are shooting from..."

"...Paula Devonshire (line producer): One of the surviving characters goes around and accesses all these things, whether it’s someone’s cell phone, whether it’s Jason’s video camera, whether it’s another camera they find along the way, whether it’s security camera footage that may come from hospitals -- or wherever they’re at -- and then that person has compiled this movie from the tapes that they have accessed..."

"...Michelle Morgan (Debra): The idea is that Jason has made this movie, has filmed everything, and you’re watching the finished product after it has been edited together. So it’s not supposed to be continuous, like, every single moment..."

"...John Harrison (executive producer): It’s not gonna be “Blair Witch.” It’s not just gonna be a handheld camera that’s found in the woods somewhere. It’s a little more sophisticated than that. George has a really sophisticated stylistic sensibility about how this movie is going to play out. The best way I can describe it is that it’s a real documentary, in a way, of what’s going on. You know those guys in New York who just happened to be there when the planes hit the towers and then got all that great footage? It’s got that kind of feel and that kind of immediacy..."

"...Michael Felsher (Red Shirt Pictures): This is a new technique of filming for George. He’s doing things that he’s never attempted before. He’s not relying on a lot of -- I don’t want to say “tricks of the trade” -- but you know, there’s no musical score in this film. In some ways, he’s limiting himself in what he can do, but that’s opening up whole new creative avenues to express himself. I mean, he’s in his late sixties now and most filmmakers, at that point, are just happy to coast on what they’ve done before. But George is consistently pushing himself and consistently trying new things and trying to learn more about filmmaking. This film will be as distinctive as any film he’s ever done..."

"...John Harrison (executive producer): It’s a more personal story, it’s a more intimate production, and it’s going to be every bit as powerful and maybe more [than “Land of the Dead”]. I’m a good friend of his [Romero] and I think I’ve heard him talk about it and I share his opinion about this. The baggage that comes with doing a huge, big studio movie -- there are advantages to the extent that you can do some big shots, you can do some epic production value kinds of things -- but at the end of it, the movie has got to have a great story and great characterizations. And we have much more control on a smaller movie like this. I don’t think George would say for one minute that he’s deprived of anything he wants to do to make this movie. He’s got all the resources..."

"...John Harrison (executive producer): Well it’s not a sequel. It’s not a continuation of the story. George is actually back-flipping to the “Night of the Living Dead” era when the whole mythology began. Even though it’s updated and it’s set today -- it’s not set in 1968 -- it’s really kind of the beginnings of the thing again. But it’s told in a completely different and unique way so we’re kind of getting into the mythology of it a little bit more, some detail about how it starts and what happens to people and it’s told in a really unique way. This whole thing about it being a documentary about what’s going on, I think makes it really visceral, really immediate. So again, it’s not a continuation of the mythology, it’s not where the zombies have come to and how they’ve become more intelligent. It’s kind of going back to the beginning..."

You can read the full report here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/feature/391).

(Reference - aintitcool.com, moviehole.net, variety.com, hollywoodreporter.com, bloody-disgusting.com, myspace.com)

Kane_Hodder

07-15-2007, 11:19 AM

Woohoo Carpenter is back!:D

Roderick Usher

07-15-2007, 11:24 AM

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07-15-2007, 11:30 AM

WOOO HOOOOO!

That's my script, bitches!!!!

So Proud:D

WTG Sean!

I kinda knew it was you, when I read it. Yessssss guys this is gonna be awesome!!:D

novakru

07-15-2007, 12:05 PM

Congrats Rodman:)

massacre man

07-15-2007, 05:53 PM

WOOO HOOOOO!

That's my script, bitches!!!!

So Proud:D

Any word about Kurt or not?

Congratulations.

Roderick Usher

07-15-2007, 05:59 PM

Any word about Kurt or not?

Congratulations.

I must err in favor of discretion on this. I'm sure you'll understand and I'll share details as soon it's prudent to do so. But I am happy as a pig in shit right now.

massacre man

07-15-2007, 06:08 PM

I must err in favor of discretion on this. I'm sure you'll understand and I'll share details as soon it's prudent to do so. But I am happy as a pig in shit right now.

*sits patiently* Ok.

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07-15-2007, 10:12 PM

Any word about Kurt or not?

Congratulations.

No worries, MM. You ll see more details in this thread as soon as they are released/leaked. Hopefully Sean will elaborate on them when that happens. :)

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07-15-2007, 10:32 PM

Duchovny waiting for script for "X-Files 2"

It has been years since the rumors began, and now here we sit in 2007 still waiting for 20th Century Fox to get the cameras rolling on the long awaited X-Files 2, which has been teased to the fans non-stop this past year.

Today news came courtesy of David Duchovny from Showtime’s Television Critics Association event here in Los Angeles that the film is getting close and that a script has been completed.

The important points from the released article are -

* Duchovny says he’s supposed to get the script next week.

* Duchovny says the script is by Chris Carter (who created the series and wrote the last movie) and veteran series writer-producer Frank Spotnitz.

* Duchovny says Carter intends to make his big-screen directorial debut with the project.

* Duchovny says Gillian Anderson is aboard.

* Duchovny says the plan is for a 2008 release.

You can read the entire article here (http://www.premiumhollywood.com/2007/07/15/duchovny-speaks/).

Transformers' newest star is in "Half To Death"

Straight off the box-office smash-hit Transformers, sexy star Megan Fox is set to star in Rogue Pictures' horror film Half to Death.

Finnish director Antti Jokinen is attached to helm the pic, which follows a young college freshman named Teresa, who is troubled when she discovers she is living the same day over and over again, one that starts out innocently enough but always ends with her brutal murder by an unknown attacker.

Megan Fox can be seen in the latest issue of Maxim for all you guys out there.;)

Newest trailers:-

I Know Who Killed Me (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809812922/video/3338615/) (Releasing on July 27).

Behind The Scenes - Outpost (http://www.digitalguerillas.co.uk/outpost.html) (Coming Soon).

Kane_Hodder

07-16-2007, 08:48 AM

Many congratulations, Roderick. I hope it will be a huge blockbuster.

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07-16-2007, 10:23 AM

Collector's Edition DVD of "Misery" is full of Featurettes

Liljas-Library scored details on a new DVD edition of Misery, one of the best Stephen King adaptations to hit the big screen.

http://www.liljas-library.com/img/other/misery_new_dvd.jpg

The DVD will be released on October 2nd.

Special features include: -

- Widescreen Feature Film
- Feature Commentary by Director Rob Reiner
- Feature Commentary by screenwriter William Goldman
- Featurette: Misery Loves Company
- Featurette: Marc Shaiman's Musical Misery Tour
- Featurette: Diagnosing Annie Wilkes
- Featurette: Advice for the Stalked
- Featurette: Profile of a Stalker
- Featurette: Celebrity Stalkers
- Featurette: Anti-Stalking Laws
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Original Theatrical Teaser

Horror In Your House This Week: Fox Reloaded Bigtime

Forget everything else in this edition of Horror In Your House.

The Jim Carrey starrer Once Bitten is coming to DVD tomorrow in a special two-pack along with Vampire's Kiss, thanks to Fox Home Entertainment.

Also coming from Fox is the unrated edition of The Hills Have Eyes II (featuring loads more gore) and the long-delayed Perfect Creature.

Here is the full list :-

Basic Tsukamoto: Pathfinder

Filmmaker and actor Shinya Tsukamoto is one of the most celebrated cult figures in Japanese cinema. Creator of landmark films such as Tetsuo: The Iron Man and Gemini, Tsukamoto is revered not only in his home country, but around the globe as well. Join the renowned director as he recounts the evolution of his impressive career with archival footage of unreleased films, TV commercials and rarely seen recordings of his live shows.

Baxter: Lionsgate

In this chilling French horror film, the inner thoughts of a sociopathic bull terrier lead him to become an eager killer when he meets his ideal guardian - a young boy fascinated with Hitler. Lonely and introverted, this boy's macabre interest helps turn the all-too-willing canine into a thoroughbred killing machine.

Demon Hunting: Laguna Productions

A student at a prestigious private school is having visions about diabolical activities on campus.

Dream Slashers: Westlake

What happens when lusty women invade your dreams and your deepest fantasies start coming true? It may seem like a vision of paradise, but these vixens are out for blood, and knowing what's real and what's not is the difference between life and death.

Fantasma—Volume 2: Bandai

Volume 2 of this series brings another trilogy of short films. In ONE SUMMER'S IMPRISONMENT, a fashion student's creation takes on a life of its own, leaving a trail of death that she may not be able to escape—also features IN THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS and ENVY.

Forest of the Dead: Elite

Heading off on a sunny afternoon, two groups of friends prepare for a weekend of fun at an isolated summer camp. But, when the first group disappears overnight, their perfect vacation becomes a perfect nightmare! As darkness falls, the campers are hunted and slaughtered, each transformed into murderous, cannibalistic creatures thirsty for human blood!

Ghost Gate: Laguna Productions

A group of students spend a weekend in an old castle where strange things start happening involving an evil presence.

Ghost Train: ADV Films

All aboard! – The train to hell is now departing. Nana thought her life was scary enough, but the train ride between all her responsibilities will prove to be the most horrifying part of her day. Somewhere, deep underground in the tunnel near Mizunashi Station, a dark spirit yearns for revenge. One by one, people begin to mysteriously disappear.

Haunted Boat: Lionsgate

Six teenagers board a small boat and head out for a weekend of fun and partying, oblivious to the vast sea and building swells. Suddenly, tragedy strikes, hurling the teens into blind panic. They try to head home but the engine won't start. Strange and inexplicable events follow, each increasingly more terrifying. Lost at sea with no way to communicate their plight, the teens struggle to survive an unseen enemy, only to be overcome by a pernicious evil at every turn.

The Hills Have Eyes II: Fox

A group of National Guard trainees find themselves battling against a vicious group of mutants on their last day of training in the desert.

Masters of Horror: The Black Cat: Anchor Bay

In this stylish thriller, famous American author and master of the macabre Edgar Allan Poe is suffering from a severe case of writer's block. To make matters worse, he's tormented by an evil black cat that's slowly driving him insane.

Mr. Halloween: York

In a small upstate New York town where children mysteriously go missing at an alarming rate, a strange man runs a haunted house each year at Halloween where it is rumored that the body parts of the missing are used as props. A bumbling local sheriff and an overly inquisitive teenage girl try to find the truth, but sometimes the truth hurts.

Once Bitten/Vampire’s Kiss: MGM/Fox

In ONCE BITTEN Comedy superstar Jim Carrey plays a hot-blooded teen who becomes the reluctant donor to a sultry and extremely thirsty nocturnal nymph in this funny, sexy, send-up of the horror genre!

In VAMPIRE’S KISS, Nicholas Cage is a publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction.

Perfect Creature: Fox

An action-packed battle against man and beast! Half-man, Half-vampire, Pure Evil! Perfect Creature is set in a world where humans genetically engineer vampires to be the next step in their evolution. Chaos breaks loose when the delicate balance is destroyed by a virus that turns one species against the other. The only way to restore peace is for the two opposing races to work together to end the chaos.

The Promise Keeper: York

After an unusual African nail fetish statue arrives in a Chicago law firm, three overly ambitious attorneys fall under the influence of it s evil supernatural powers. When one of the lawyers is killed, the burden falls on the founding partner to unravel the mystery and stop the statues murderous reign. When he discovers that his 14-year-old daughter has driven a nail and sworn a sacred oath, he ll do anything to save her. But can a lawyer find the truth and honesty within himself necessary to defeat this ancient evil?

Sci-Fi Sinema (PROJECT: VALKYRIE, SPACEMEN & GO-GO GIRLS Double Feature, POLYMORPH, BAD MOVIE POLICE: HUMANOIDS FROM ATLANTIS): Tempe

Fat Cat DVD sets "phasers on stun" for the value-packed SCI-FI SINEMA 5-Pack! This low-priced set includes 5 science-fiction cult classics on 4 discs, complete with enough bonus features to fill several starships!

Skeeter/Xtro/Xtro II: Image

Three riveting sci-fi thrillers! A horrifying new breed of mosquito emerges from toxic waste contamination and imperils the Earth in the chilling SKEETER.

Family man Sam Phillips mysteriously disappears in XTRO and then re-emerges three years later as a monstrous alien.

The terror returns in XTRO II as two scientists who discover a gateway to another world unleash an unspeakable alien intruder on the Earth.

The 287th Hour: Victory Multimedia

How much lack of sleep can the human body endure? Studies have shown that the longest someone has gone without sleep was 288 hours or twelve days before dying. A cold blooded killer takes a group of people hostage and forces them to stay awake for twelve days. Now anyone who falls asleep dies. Will anyone live to see the 288th hour?

Some must-buys in there. Pick your choices and head to your nearest stores tomorrow. Happy purchasing and viewing, folks!

(Reference - bloody-disgusting.com, liljas-library.com, moviehole.net, variety.com)

alkytrio666

07-16-2007, 12:46 PM

Wow! A few goodies in there...I'm eyeing the new Misery DVD and drooling...

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07-16-2007, 09:29 PM

"Wrong Turn 2: Dead End" Unrated DVD Coming in October

Terror takes a frightening turn.

Fox Home Entertainment presents a graphic and disturbing homage to the 1980s splatter sequels when WRONG TURN 2: DEAD END comes around the bend on DVD October 9.

A film that “eagerly serves up the juicy stuff,” and is highly anticipated by horror fans, this chilling sequel to the surprise hit film returns to the woods of West Virginia; a backdrop for the new reality television show “The Apocalypse: Ultimate Survivalist.” As the contestants compete in various challenges to test their physical and mental prowess they soon find themselves in a fight for their lives as they are stalked and hunted by a family of mutant, inbred cannibals.

From first-time director Joe Lynch, recently named one of Gorezone magazine’s “Gore Group” - a list of audacious horror directors that included such notable names as Rob Zombie (Halloween, The Devils Rejects) and Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever), WRONG TURN 2: DEAD END features a talented cast of young horror veterans including Erica Leerhsen (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2), Texas Battle (Final Destination 3), Daniella Alonso (The Hills Have Eyes II, Hood of Horror), Crystal Lowe (Black Christmas, Snakes on a Plane), Aleksa Palladino (The Ring Two) and the incomparable Henry Rollins (Feast, Lost Highway).

Available only in an Unrated Edition featuring intense and shocking footage, WRONG TURN 2: DEAD END includes feature commentary from Rollins, Leerhsen and Lynch, an additional commentary track with writers Turi Meyer and Al Septien, behind-the-scenes featurettes and more.

DVD Special Features:

The WRONG TURN 2: DEAD END DVD is presented in widescreen (1.78:1) with English Dolby Surround 5.1, French & Spanish Dolby Stereo plus English and Spanish subtitles.

Bonus content includes:

- “More Blood, More Guts: The Making of Wrong Turn 2: Dead End” featurette

- “Making Gore Look Good” featurette

- “On Location With P-Nut”

- Feature commentary by director Joe Lynch and actors Erica Leerhsen and Henry Rollins

- Feature commentary by writers Turi Meyer and Al Septien

- Wrong Turn 2: Dead End Trailer

WRONG TURN 2: DEAD END is available for a suggested retail price of $26.98 U.S./ $37.98 Canada.

New "Death Sentence" poster has a kickass Kevin Bacon

I wasn't a huge fan of the first poster for 20th Century Fox's Death Sentence, which everyone has seen earlier in this thread, but the new poster is insanely awesome!

Here's (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9369) an exclusive look at the Comic Con poster for James Wan's (Saw, Dead Silence) latest directorial effort, which stars Kevin Bacon, Garrett Hedlun, Kelly Preston, John Goodman, Aisha Tyler, Leigh Whannell, Matt O'Leary, Yorgo Constantine and Jordan Garrett.

The story centers on a father out for revenge after his family is attacked in a senseless and heinous gang-initiation crime. The father enacts a death sentence on each perpetrator involved with the crime.

Death Sentence hits theaters everywhere on August 31st.

New trailers:-

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/Player.php?id=318) Unrated trailer. (COMING IN OCTOBER ON DVD)

Psych 9 (http://www.psych9.com/) - Cary Elwes, Sara Foster, Gabriel Mann & Michael Biehn. (COMING SOON)

(References - aintitcool.com, bloody-disgusting.com, variety.com, myspace.com, psych9.com)

Roderick Usher

07-16-2007, 10:10 PM

I met Joe not so long ago at the LA GRINDHOUSE FILM FEST. Awesome guy. Wrong Turn 2 is going to be very, very wet!

Kane_Hodder

07-17-2007, 08:51 AM

I have some questions.
First, is Horror in your House a dvd box set? Because I don't recall seeing such sets over here.
Second, Misery's dvd releasing on Oct 2 and Wrong Turn 2 Dead End on Oct 9. Those are dates for the official international dvds to be released, or just in USA?
I cannot wait for both of those, especially Wrong Turn 2.
I would be very glad if someone clears that for me.

massacre man

07-17-2007, 09:35 AM

I have some questions.
First, is Horror in your House a dvd box set? Because I don't recall seeing such sets over here.

No, that's just Bloody-Disgusting's title for their DVD release news articles.

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07-17-2007, 11:45 AM

Misery's dvd releasing on Oct 2 and Wrong Turn 2 Dead End on Oct 9. Those are dates for the official international dvds to be released, or just in USA?
I cannot wait for both of those, especially Wrong Turn 2.
I would be very glad if someone clears that for me.

First part has been answered by MM.

As for the second part, I think those DVD release dates are for the US versions...not sure about the international ones, unless the respective companies are releasing them worldwide.

I ll look into it and PM you later, Kane.

newb

07-17-2007, 05:53 PM

Just want to take some time to thank V for all his contribution to this forum. Its people like him that have kept me coming back after all the bullshit.

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07-17-2007, 08:13 PM

Aw thanks, newb.

Its our forum and all of us are doing our bit to make it a respectable haunt for the horror fan again.:)

So, I can still call you an old man, right?:D

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07-17-2007, 08:36 PM

"Troll" being remade with a huge budget

Rumblings had surfaced recently that a remake to the '86 horror film "Troll" was in the works, with a substantial budget. After passing it off as a really bad joke, it was found out later that it wasnt a joke.....at all.

Yesterday it was discovered that a remake to John Carl Buechler's film is in fact being shot.

No details have been revealed about the film other than this synopsis: The film is about a young boy who enters a parallel world of wizards and magic where he befriends a good witch. Soon the boy learns that he must save the world from an evil Troll/Wizard that has the ability to hide his essence within the bodies of others.

"Saw V & VI" director already signed up

It has just been confirmed.

Confirmation comes from multiple sources by our friends over at bloody-disgusting.com that David Hackl, the production designer on Saw II, Saw III and Saw IV and second unit director on Saw II and Saw IV has OFFICIALLY been attached to helm both Lionsgate's Saw V and Saw VI, assuming a hole doesn't form in the Earth and suck the franchise in with it.

Will Jigsaw return? I'm sure he will.

But this news comes so early don't expect much more until we see how well Saw IV does, which Hackl was once in the running to direct.

Classic 50s Monster movie in 3D coming in May 2009

DreamWorks Animation's Monsters vs. Aliens has been slated for domestic release May 15, 2009, a week earlier than previously announced.

Helmed by Conrad Vernon and Rob Letterman, the film is in production and will be distributed domestically by Paramount Pictures.

"Monsters vs. Aliens" -- now confirmed as the official title with the release date -- will be the first DWA film produced in stereoscopic 3-D.

"Monsters" is described as a reinvention of the classic 1950s monster movie into an irreverent modern-day action comedy. Lisa Stewart will produce the film.

(References - variety.com, hollywoodreporter.com, bloody-disgusting.com, aintitcool.com, myspace.com)

massacre man

07-17-2007, 09:47 PM

I laughed my ass off when I read about the "Troll" remake on BD.

newb

07-18-2007, 08:07 AM

Aw thanks, newb.

Its our forum and all of us are doing our bit to make it a respectable haunt for the horror fan again.:)

So, I can still call you an old man, right?:D

no problem......the age thing doesn't bother me in the least.

that could all change after the BIG 5 0 .:(

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07-19-2007, 07:35 AM

no problem......the age thing doesn't bother me in the least.

that could all change after the BIG 5 0 .:(

We can call you gramps then.:D

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07-19-2007, 07:47 AM

Leguizamo slated to join Shyamalan's next

Funny man John Leguizamo (Land of the Dead) has been cast in 20th Century Fox thriller The Happening, directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

The pic stars Mark Wahlberg as a man who takes his family on the run when a natural disaster threatens to end the world. Leguizamo plays his best friend.

Lensing starts next month in Philadelphia. Fox has scheduled a worldwide release date of Friday, June 13, 2008.

New posters and stills for Zombie's "Halloween"

Check them out at :-

http://www.myspace.com/99704870

Zombie's controversial remake hits theaters on August 31.

Coreys re-unite over "Lost Boys" remake

What you'll see is a hilarious clip where Corey Feldman tells Corey Haim that a sequel is being made to The Lost Boys. Watch as Haim has a complete breakdown.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2042166967

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, variety.com, aintitcool.com, myspace.com, hollywoodreporter.com, rottentomatoes.com)

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07-19-2007, 10:13 PM

"Poltergeist" 2-Disc Special Edition DVD details

Earlier today some new details came in about the upcoming 2-Disc special edition of Steven Spielberg's Poltergeist, which features a commentary track and more.

The popular "Poltergiest" fan site Poltergiestiii.com reveals that they've snagged some details on the upcoming 2-Disc special edition of the Tobe Hooper-directed original.

A source tells the site, "They are having interviews with JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson and the hold out was Zelda Rubinstein due to prior commitments. Short of that we were very honored to be asked to have this film crew with us as we investigated the nicely haunted Pierpont Inn in Ventura and a couple of other places. We held our conference in May but were asked not to release any information until June/July while they completed the segments for inclusion on the DVD."

A fan troupe called 'The Ghost Trackers' also had their investigations filmed by New Wave Entertainment (affiliated with Warner Bros. Pictures) at their 2007 California Ghost Hunters Conference and were also interviewed for the DVD.

"Wrong Turn 2: Dead End" DVD cover released

Coming to DVD on October 9 from Fox Home Video is Wrong Turn 2: Dead End.

Earlier today four new stills and the DVD cover art were released by Fox.

Synopsis - Retired military commander Colonel Dale Murphy (Henry Rollins) hosts the simulated post-apocalyptic reality show where participants are challenged to survive a remote West Virginia wasteland. But the show turns into a nightmarish showdown when each realizes they are being hunted by an inbred family of cannibals determined to make them all dinner!

You can view the DVD cover here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9387). Click on the cover to see the stills.

Aussie starlet signs to star in "Captive"

Aussie spunkette Melissa George (Turistas, Amityville Horror, 30 Days of Night) has signed to star in Captive, a new Amanda Gusack written/directed thriller shooting in Canada this month.

The plot concerns a happily married mother of a 6 year old boy, Jaime Taylor, who regains consciousness after a bad car accident and finds herself being held captive in a remote waterfront warehouse by the mysterious Vince, a masked killer whose shocking revelations are about to turn her formerly safe and orderly existence upside down.

(References - moviehole.net, bloody-disgusting.com, aintitcool.com, variety.com, youtube.com, myspace.com)

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07-20-2007, 09:49 AM

First Poster, First Trailer out for Argento's "The Mother of Tears"

Italy's Yahoo! Movies has a crisp, clear look at Dario Argento's The Mother of Tears, also known as the "Third Mother" film, after Suspiria and Inferno.

In addition, you can check out the first international poster too!

The Mother of Tears centers on a young American art student, Sarah, who "unwittingly opens an ancient urn that unleashes the demonic power of the world's most powerful witch. As a scourge of suicides plague the city and witches from all over the world converge on Rome to pay homage, Sarah must use all her own psychic powers to stop the 'Mother of Tears' before her evil conquers the world.

You can view the trailer link and poster from here (http://it.movies.yahoo.com/l/la-terza-madre/index-1763732.html).

Fox pays huge bucks for new Vampire story

In a seven-figure deal that shows Hollywood continues to be a sucker for a good vampire tale, Fox 2000 and Scott Free beat out three other studios to acquire screen rights to a bloodsucker trilogy by Jordan Ainsley that begins with The Passage.

The three-book series have been sold to Ballantine for $3.75 million, based on a 400-page partial manuscript and an outline. The film caught the fancy of Ridley Scott, though it was not immediately clear whether he will direct it.

Ainsley is a pseudonym for Justin Cronin, the PEN Hemingway Award and Stephen Crane Prize-winning author of the literary novel "Mary and O'Neil."

With "The Passage," he has created an apocalyptic tale that has elements of "28 Weeks Later" and the Stephen King novel "The Stand."

The story is this...When terminally ill cancer patients get healthy after being bitten by bats in South America, the government conducts secret tests with human subjects to see if a virus can cure illness. Instead, it unleashes a swarm of bloodthirsty vampires out of the test subjects, which include death row inmates.

The first installment will be published in summer 2009.

Fox 2000's Rodney Ferrell got an early peek at the book as it made the rounds with publishers, and then finalised the deal.

Newest trailer:-

Dario Argento's The Mother of Tears aka The Third Mother (http://it.movies.yahoo.com/l/la-terza-madre/index-1763732.html). (Coming on October 31, 2007)

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, variety.com, hollywoodreporter.com, it.movies.yahoo.com, myspace.com)

Doc Faustus

07-20-2007, 10:53 AM

Wow...thanks.

Sick_As_Fuck

07-20-2007, 06:53 PM

Cool thread.

Didn't like Shymalan's last two movies but "The Happening" sounds interesting.

And wholy fuck can I not wait for Zombie's Halloween.

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07-20-2007, 07:44 PM

Warner Home Video releasing "Twisted Terror Collection" in September

Warner Home Video has announced the Twisted Terror Collection, which includes :-

Wes Craven's Deadly Friend, Dr. Giggles, Eyes of a Stranger, From Beyond the Grave, Oliver Stone's The Hand, and John Carpenter's Someone's Watching Me.

The six-disc package will be available to own from the 25th September, and should retail at around only $49.92.

Titles will also be available separately for around $14.97 per.

You can view the cover of the box-set, as well as all the individual covers, here (http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/twisted-terror-collection.html).

After Dark bumps "Skinwalkers" release to August

After Dark Films made a smart move in bumping the release of Stan Winston's Skinwalkers, which was slated to open against Columbia Pictures I Know Who Killed Me and 20th Century Fox's The Simpson's Movie.

Now the film will open on August 10, two weeks later than originally planned.

Skinwalkers is about a 12-year-old boy who suddenly finds himself at the center of a battle between two warring groups of werewolves. One group of werewolves is sworn to protect him, the other group is trying to kill him -- and the young boy's mother has to find out why her son is at the center of the conflict before time runs out.

"Pulse" sequels being shot back-to-back for straight to video release

It was revealed back in February that Dimension Films was planning two sequels to their box office disaster Pulse, which was one of the worst horror films in the past two years.

Both films were said to go straight to video without any of the stars of the remake returning.

The sequels begin lensing in Shreveport, Louisiana this September.

Joel Soisson with both write and direct both sequels to PULSE. He most recently directed Buried, The Prophecy: Forsaken and The Prophecy: Uprising for Dimension. He also produced Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, Feast, Dracula 2000, Phantoms among countless others.

The first sequel is titled PULSE: AFTERLIFE. The synopsis :-

The world has been reshaped by the invasion of ghosts via the wireless internet. Cities are deserted, technology has been destroyed and the few remaining human beings eschew anything electrical in order to avoid a confrontation with the soulless ghosts that now wander the planet. Most of the ghosts are doomed to a repetitive loop of something they did while they were still despairing humans (a man repeatedly hangs himself, for example), but there are some ghosts so locked in denial, they do not know they are dead. They continue to haunt their homes, wrapped in fear that their souls will soon be torn from them.

The second sequel is titled PULSE: INVASION. It's synopsis :-

It is now seven years later and the survivors on Earth have settled into a primitive lifestyle completely void of electronics. The clusters of human survivors live together in refugee camps as the phantoms have taken over the cities. Justine is now a teenager and she escapes to the city to try and make a life for herself where she is not a drain on her adopted family (her parents both became phantoms in part one). She heads in to the city at the urging of Adam, a seeming survivor in the city that lures her with promises of understanding and friendship.

Universal finalises "Mummy 3" casting

Alex Pettyfer (Wild Child), John Hannah (The Mummy, The Mummy Returns), Anthony Wong (Matrix Reloaded, Matrix Revolutions) and Isabella Leong (The Eye 10) will round out the cast for Universal Pictures' The Mummy 3: Curse of the Dragon.

They join Luke Ford, Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh and Maria Bello in the film, which is now in production through November in Montreal and China.

It is known that the action is set in China, with Li's story beginning in ancient times before moving to a post-World War II setting. It is also known that one sequence involves the famous terra-cotta warriors, the collection of 6,000 men and their horses that were originally constructed to protect the tomb of an emperor.

National Lampoon bringing "Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell"

National Lampoon has acquired theatrical and home video rights to International Danger Alliance's post-apocalyptic comedy Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell, which played at this month's HorrorHound Weekend in Indianapolis to an extremely happy crowd.

The film, which premiered at last year's Los Angeles Film Festival, is set 20 years in the future after the fall of the U.S.

It was written by and stars Kevin Wheatley, who also co-directed with Jonny Gillette.

The film will be released under the title "National Lampoon Presents Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell" in the fall through National Lampoon Releasing and will be distributed to home video in the first quarter of 2008 through National Lampoon Home Entertainment.

(References - dvdactive.com, variety.com, bloody-disgusting.com, myspace.com, youtube.com, amazon.com, hollywoodreporter.com, moviehole.net, aintitcool.com, reuters.com)

Kane_Hodder

07-21-2007, 04:58 AM

The trailer for the 3rd Mother film by Argento looks awesome! I can't wait for it's release now!!

GorePhobia

07-24-2007, 12:05 AM

I wanna say V is the man for doing what he does for this forum and I wanna say congrats to Rod who makes me want to come out to LA more and more.

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07-24-2007, 07:46 AM

Hey thanks, Gore. I m just doing my part.:)

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07-24-2007, 08:00 AM

Details of "Troll" remake from director

Writer-director John Carl Buechler dropped a few quick notes on his upcoming remake of TROLL, starting with his goals on improving upon the first film, "Finally I'm getting the opportunity to do it right this time. The term 'family friendly' should not be missunderstood. Please understand that this vision of the movie will be DARK, and edgy with a sweeping scope reminescent of Lord of the Rings. NOT CAMPY."

One of the main things was the FX, which he explains "will be over-the-top and outrageous." And in response to many of the blogs he's read he writes, "Many are concerned that the effects will be the thin CGI/video game style. This will not be the case," he explains, "While we will employ the latest in CGI, we will also utilize a great many live-action effects."

You want a taste of what you'll see in TROLL? Then all you have to do is check out Adam Green's HATCHET this September, which Buechler created the FX for. "I am devoted to the best in live action physical effects," he tells.

He also explains that the characters are deeper and more fleshed out, which is an important step in making a good film.

The film is about a young boy enters a parallel world of wizards and magic where he befriends a good witch. Soon the boy learns that he must save the world from an evil Troll/Wizard that has the ability to hide his essence within the bodies of others.

TROLL begins lensing this September.

Disney re-making its classic "Witch Mountain"

Andy Fickman is coming on board to direct "Witch Mountain," Walt Disney Pictures' modern re-imagining of its classic 1975 adventure movie "Escape to Witch Mountain."

Disney-based Andrew Gunn is producing via his Gunn Films banner.

The 1975 film was based on a science fiction novel by Alexander Key and followed a pair of siblings, endowed with paranormal powers, who go on the run from a diabolical group of men who wish to exploit their abilities. The brother and sister turn out to be extraterrestrials.

The movie hatched a sequel, "Return to Witch Mountain," best remembered for having Bette Davis and Christopher Lee in the cast, as well as a made-for-TV movie "Beyond to Witch Mountain" that was to have been a pilot for a TV series.

Gunn Films' Ann Marie Sanderlin is exec producing. Brigham Taylor and Casey Wolfe are overseeing for Disney.

"Mountain" is a high priority at the company and Fickman's involvement kicks it into gear.

Fickman is quickly making Disney his new home. He directed the studio's upcoming family comedy "The Game Plan," starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, and recently set up the family comedy "Pool Rats," which is a semiautobiographical story inspired by Fickman's youth.

"Spawn" remake explained by McFarlane

McFarlane explains with some really interesting comments, "Right, I'd call this more of a suspense thriller. I'm going to use a big example which may seem sort of loopy, but to me it's closer to "Jaws" in that — and this is one of the problems that some of the studios had — Spawn won't talk. He's just a being in this movie — which again, some people may find odd — but, you know, Jaws didn't talk a hell of a lot in his movie either. But you knew that when he came out, something was going to happen. You know what I mean? You've made the presence known enough that nothing good was going to come of his presence being there.

So it's sort of the same concept. I'm not going for Freddy Krueger horror and I'm not going for Spider-Man action superhero. I'm not even going for a guy who's going to sit there and talk. You're never actually ever going to see him in his cape or costume in any kind of direct light. It's just going to be this thing that's just going to come, and if it's there then buddy, you're going to have a bad day."

You can read the entire interview here (http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1565254/20070720/story.jhtml).

Warner Bros bringing DC's Horror-Western Jonah Hex

Warner Bros. Pictures is saddling up to bring DC Comics' Western anti-hero comic book "Jonah Hex" to the big screen, with filmmakers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor on board to adapt.

Andrew Lazar is producing via his Mad Chance Prods., as is Akiva Goldsman.

Hex, known for having the right side of his face disfigured and wearing a Confederate army uniform, was a rough-and-tumble gunslinger and part-time bounty hunter whose adventures always ended in blood.

"Hex" first appeared in the early 1970s in the issues of "All-Star Western" before graduating to his own series in 1977 that ran for about 10 years. A new series was launched in 2005. The character also had a run in the 1990s that combined the Western genre with supernatural elements.

The filmmakers are not making a straight-ahead Western but plan to develop the character with some of the supernatural overtones in the hopes of creating a franchise.

Greg Silverman and Elisha Holmes are overseeing for Warners. Gregory Noveck is overseeing for DC.

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com, moviehole.net, mtv.com)

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07-25-2007, 10:15 AM

Babysitter Twins talk about possibilities of "Grindhouse 2"

Even with the box office flop of Dimension Films' Grindhouse, star Danny Trejo has been talking very highly about the possibilities of a sequel starring his character featured in one of the faux trailers, "Machete", which would be directed by Robert Rodriguez. Since then there hasn't been a peep, until now.

On the sets of The Black Waters of Echo's Pond, the Babysitter twins (Electra & Elise Avellan) were on hand and had something quite interesting to say. When asked about Machete, Elise and Electra talked over each other, "Robert [Rodriguez] said he’d do it [Machete] and asked for us to be in it," they explain, "Robert wants to do GRINDHOUSE 2 with [the two films being] "Machete" and "The Babysitter Twins."

The news sounds exciting, but now Rodriguez is busy with BARBARELLA and such, the twins don't know how soon something official is released.

Although nothing is confirmed as to what will happen with GRINDHOUSE 2, the girls still know what their story would be about, assuming it's one of the next two films, "Robert mentioned something about the end of the world and Hollywood action films, where we’d be trained in Mexico to come back here and fight," Electra states. Elise then elaborates, "Hollywood starts fucking with us so we start killing… we [would] kill Harvey Weinstein in the movie, although that’s just talk now right," she clarifies.

Official poster for "Saw IV"

Check it out here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9442).

Saw IV hits theaters everywhere on October 26.

Lionsgate will be bringing "De2cent"

Over on IMDBPro it lists the sequel to Neil Marshall's astounding horror pic, The Descent, will be titled The De2cent, because that makes a whole lot of sense.

No word on if this Se7en-esque title will stick, but Christian Colson is said to be returning as producer.

The Descent was Neil Marshall's hotly anticipated follow up to his 2002 hit Dog Soldiers and told the story of an all female caving expedition, set in a cave system deep in the Appalachian Mountains, that goes terrifyingly wrong.

(References - hollywoodreporter.com, bloody-disgusting.com, variety.com, aintitcool.com)

alkytrio666

07-25-2007, 10:26 AM

The_Return

07-25-2007, 10:39 AM

Not only do I hope De2cent doesn't happen, I hope that the whole project gets canned altogether.
I really wanted The Descent to remain a recent gem amongst shit, and prayed it wouldn't fall into the money-franchise sector.

What he said. If they do have to tarnish The Descent with a sequel, here's hoping they AT LEAST fix that God-awful title. It made sense with Se7en, but this is just retarded.

SPOILER WARNING - Saw III and potentially Saw IV

On a lighter note: I'm loving that Saw IV poster...the tagline + having Jigsaw's head pretty much confirm my theories that he ain't really dead.

Kane_Hodder

07-26-2007, 02:17 AM

That is a great poster for Saw IV. It is going to be really good!

swiss tony

07-26-2007, 01:06 PM

does anyone know the official release date for the third mother in the UK?

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07-26-2007, 09:31 PM

I m guessing October 31st, same as it's Italian release date.

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07-27-2007, 07:15 AM

Rumors at aintitcool.com are abuzz that the Cloverfield aka 1-18-08 project is titled Colossus.

It isnt confirmed yet officially, so keep an eye out for that. Of course I ll post it as soon as its confirmed.

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07-27-2007, 09:13 PM

Official Poster for 1-18-08/Colossus/Cloverfield released

You can view it here :-

The Official Cloverfield / Colossus Poster. (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9471)

Remake of "Terror Train" coming soon

Thora Birch (American Beauty, Dark Corners) will play the lead role in Terror Train, in which a team of US catch wrestlers find themselves caught up in a nightmarish train ride in Eastern Europe.

It is a remake of a 1970s horror movie.

Many Bulgarian actors will be playing in the film, directed by Gideon Raff. Terror Train wraps production August 11 in Bulgaria.

Birch plays the same character as Jamie Lee Curtis in the original, which helped kick start the slasher genre.

SK's "The Long Walk" coming to the big screen

During an interview to promote Dimension Films' upcoming Stephen King adaptation, The Mist, director Frank Darabont revealed that he is in fact going to helm Stephen King's The Long Walk once he has completed Fahrenheit 451.

The film is about a walk where the winner gets the ultimate prize - anything they want for life, and the losers get punished with death! The rules are simple - If you walk too slow, you get a warning, 4 warnings and you are shot. There is only one winner, and the story concentrates on a loosely held group of individuals that become friends and enemies during this inhumane walk. One by one Ray Garraty sees the people around him die, and he faces the truths of his own entry into the Long Walk, and those of his new "friends". He is aware that only one will survive all the way, but it is not until the end that he realised the finality of his situation, and he slowly looses his sanity piece by piece.

Domestic teaser poster for "Saw IV" also released

You can view it here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9496).

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07-28-2007, 08:53 PM

Remake of "April Fool's Day" in the works

It was learnt recently that Scout Taylor-Compton will be playing the lead role in the Butcher Brothers remake of April Fool's Day, which she calls "Mean Girls crossed with horror." Scout also says that the plan is to make the film rated R.

She can be seen in Rob Zombie's remake of Halloween on August 31 from Dimension Films.

In the original a group of eight college friends gather together at an island mansion belonging to heiress Muffy St. John to celebrate their final year of school. They soon discover that each has a hidden secret from their past which is revealed, and soon after, they turn up dead.
Yet, are they really dead?
Or is it just part of some very real and cruel April Fool's jokes?
The hostess, Muffy, is the only one who apparently knows what's going on.
But then again, is it really her doing the killing?

Clive Barker reveals info about Midnight Meat Train and Hellraiser remake

In an exclusive one-on-one interview with bloody-disgusting.com, horror legend Clive Barker revealed some brand new info on his remake of Hellraiser, along with a few notes on his upcoming Midnight Meat Train from Lionsgate Films.

Clive Barker talked a bit about why he did MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN next, “I have been developing a lot and never know what’s going to come first.“ Then replying to a joke about how no Asian director has proven themselves yet in the horror genre, so why take chance with Ryuhei Kitamura? Clive joked back, “He’s very very good, did you see that trailer?!”

But what is the status of his HELLRAISER remake?

Clive fills in, "I recently turned in a 45-page treatment. They [Dimension] wanted a remake and I couldn’t do that," he continues, "I wrote the narrative so that it has eloquence, I wanted to take what we learned from first movie about Pinhead and pour it into this mold… there’s a great story in there." He also talked a bit about how different this will be from the original, "It’s a horror and a drama, but its bloodier - but most horror movies are bloodier than they were back then."

Zack Snyder bringing "Army Of The Dead"

Zack Snyder (Dawn of the Dead, 300) took a couple seconds out of his busy night to chat about Army of the Dead, his next zombie feature, with bloody-disgusting.com.

He tells that what will separate this film from any other zombie film is it's scope... "it will be massive!" He really drove home the point that we have never seen anything of this scale in our horror lives.

He also proclaimed his love for the genre and said he'll be sticking around for quite some time.

Set in a quarantined Las Vegas in the not-too-distant future, "Army" revolves around a father who tries to save his daughter from imminent death in a zombie-infested world.

Jessica Alba goes into detail about "The Eye" remake

Over at Comic Con, Jessica Alba chatted briefly about her upcoming role in THE EYE, which hits theaters February 1, 2008.

She talked a little bit about the French directors (David Moreau and Xavier Palud) and how this film differs from their first feature film, THEM, which is slated for theatrical release this August.

"The French directors are amazing, it's really going to take the horror genre to another level" she tells, "THE EYE has lots of blood, lots of gore, insanity, ghosts and its painful because you're going through the entire experience with this girl... you feel her anxiety from beginning to end." She elaborates, "The film is put in first person perspective to really feel the anxiety and what the characters feel. Ours (The Eye) is a lot more subtle and psychological."

Is the infamous elevator scene of the original, in THE EYE remake? Alba answers with a sly smile “You’ll have to see it."

In THE EYE Alba plays Sydney, a young, blind violinist is given the chance to see for the first time since childhood through a miraculous corneal transplant. As Sydney adjusts to a dizzying new world of colors and shapes, she is haunted by frightening visions of death itself capturing the doomed and dragging them away from the world of the living. Terrorized and on the brink of insanity, Sydney must discover whose eyes she has inherited, and what secret visions they have held.

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, hollywoodreporter.com, moviehole.net, movies.yahoo.com, movies.ign.com, aintitcool.com, variety.com)

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07-30-2007, 07:19 AM

Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Joan Allen line up in "Deathrace 3000"

Director Paul W.S. Anderson revealed that the 28-year-old Transformers and 2 Fast 2 Furious star Tyrese Gibson is set to take to the road once more — this time behind the wheel — as a contestant in his Death Race 3000, an update of the 1975 classic starring David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone.

Tyrese joins previously confirmed cast member Jason Statham — two tough dudes about to get their clock cleaned by the most unlikely of opponents, Anderson announced…Joan Allen.

“She kicks the most ass out of everybody,” Anderson smiled, revealing for the first time that the three-time Oscar nominee will join the cast as well.

The film, a “faithful remake,” said Anderson, follows a group of contestants on a cross-country race who score points for running down pedestrians.

It is set for release in 2008.

Paris singing in Darren Lynn Bousman's "Repo!"

After spending most of the year living a soap opera, Paris Hilton(YUCK!:rolleyes:) (House of Wax) will be part of a real opera this fall. Hilton has joined Alexa Vega and Paul Sorvino in the cast of Repo! The Genetic Opera, a full-blown musical thriller co-financed by "Saw" makers Twisted Pictures and Lionsgate.

Darren Lynn Bousman, director of three "Saw" films, including the fourth entry, which opens Oct. 26, has spent several years working on the movie version of an opera hatched with screenwriter-composers Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich. Dan Heffner and Twisted's Carl Mazzocone, Mark Burg and Oren Koules are producing.

Hilton will sing in a futuristic thriller framed around musical numbers that range from opera to rock. The setting is 2056, when a plague nearly destroys the human race and survival is dependent upon being able to finance a pricey organ transplant.

Hilton plays a daughter of the organ transplant magnate (Sorvino) who is the villain of the piece.

"This movie has become my life," said Bousman. "I have auditioned at least 30 actresses for this role -- Paris came in and owned it. She is this role."

"We saw many actresses for the role, and Paris sang it better than all of them," added Mazzocone.

Singing gig won't be Hilton's first, as she released the self-titled album "Paris" last year. Aside from her long run in reality show "The Simple Life," Hilton has acted in films such as "House of Wax" and "Raising Helen."

"Repo!" is her first film job since her brief jail stint, and since she's agentless, her deal was negotiated by Paris Hilton Entertainment's Jason Moore, who manages her.

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, mtv.com, variety.com, aintitcool.com, movies.ign.com, hollywoodreporter.com)

massacre man

07-30-2007, 07:22 AM

I'd like to detail into Jessica Alba's Eye.

That was stupid...

massacre man

07-30-2007, 09:44 AM

"Halloween" TV Spot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8TxggeUQDg

Davids

07-30-2007, 11:09 AM

"Halloween" TV Spot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8TxggeUQDg

I hope it will be as cool as it looks. * crossing fingers*

jaybomb

07-30-2007, 11:13 PM

that halloween spot looks kick ass, can't wait to see this movie.

massacre man

08-01-2007, 11:17 AM

Halloween Official Trailer.

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809784517/video/3545602/20070801/122/3545602-700-wmv-s.40142212-,3545602-100-wmv-s.40142188-,3545602-300-flash-s.40142230-,3545602-700-flash-s.40142239-,3545602-1000-wmv-s.40142215-,3545602-1000-flash-s.40142256-,3545602-100-flash-s.40142216-,3545602-300-wmv-s.40142208-,3545605-10300-qtv-s.40142335-,3545605-6800-qtv-s.40142311-,3545605-2700-qtv-s.40142295-

Sick_As_Fuck

08-01-2007, 03:49 PM

Holy christ, I haven't been as excited as I am for Halloween in who knows how long.

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08-02-2007, 07:08 AM

Versus-director Kitamura talks Clive Barker's Midnight Meat Train

After blasting Japan with handful of fantastic films (Versus, Alive, Godzilla 2000) Ryuhei Kitamura talks a bit about why he chose to come make an American film now. " I was looking for the right project for the past couple years," he continues, "I read 50-60 scripts and I knew I'd have to be very picky about it, something I could put my stamp on it and make it my movie. I was looking but couldn't find it and was actually desperate last year."

Kitamura says that the reason he picked this Clive Barker project is because he picked up the original Japanese book back in 1987 and has been a fan for over 20 years. “I read it and was surprised, it was good,” he remembers.

With Hideo Nakata (The Ring Two) and Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge, The Grudge 2) making slow, atmospheric films, what made Kitamura want to do a gore film? "What's the point in doing something similar to someone else? I am not interested in that idea."

Another thing Kitamura talked a bit about was planning for the future and more sequels, especially since they have an iconic new horror character, "[The] first conversation I had with Clive [Barker] was about this... [we had to] keep in mind this endless world of Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Pinhead, Ash, Leatherface - that’s it," he continues, "after them I don’t need any new super cool horror icons, Jeepers Creepers a little, but I don’t keep on buying." So what he's trying to say is that there aren't many horror icons and they needed to find something special for him, which is creating a special look and weapon, "For 20 years we don’t have this new horror icon. We talk a lot about what costume he'll be wearing, what weapon he (Mahogany) has. Clive and I designed a custom hammer for him."

When creating a new horror icon, you have to be thinking sequel, "if it came up (a sequel) and was good," he tells, "but I don’t like doing the same thing again and again. If I do a sequel I'd need something new to the storyline."

Watch out for MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN in 2008.

"Friday the 13th" remake coming in 2009?

Platinum Dunes is aiming to get their remake of Friday the 13th in theaters by 2009.

This film's life may depend on how well Rob Zombie's Halloween does at the end of the month, so fingers crossed.

No word on whether Jonathan Liebesman is still attached to the project, but its heard that they're not using Mark Wheaton's story.

Watch for the return of Jason Voorhees and his mother in 2009!

Raimi, Hartnett talk about "30 Days of Night"

Ghost House producer Sam Raimi talked a bit about his interest in acquiring 30 DAYS OF NIGHTS for the big screen, "I think it started with Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith’s incredible graphic novel. I love the original take on the vampires they illustrated. These guys have created a unique and very rich mythology for them. I really liked learning about them and I wanted to know more."

Star Josh Hartnett chimed in with his thoughts on the graphic novel, "I read the graphic novel and spoke to director David Slade on the phone… really the biggest sell for me were the people involved," he continues, "I am going to get shot for saying this but I have never really read a lot of comic books, but I flipped through this one and I saw that the visuals were astounding, and with the help of David, and the visuals, [I knew] this would be a spectacular film." In addition to the comic book blowing his mind, he really dug the screenplay, "The script was great… what it would be like in a situation where you have no escape and you are being hunted…you are in conflict the entire time, and there is no logical way of getting out of it. I have always liked horror films and vampire films, yet I haven’t found a thing for me that had the right element, until this one."

Writer/Creator Steve Niles talked a bit about adapting his own story, "For me they gave me a first shot on the screenplay…it’s been great, everyone has kept me in the loop pretty much through the entire process. I felt really attached to it, pretty much since I first met David I knew it would be in good hands."

[b]Niles also chatted a bit about making vampires scary again, "Something that Ben [Templesmith] and I went through when we were making the comic is that vampires aren’t scary anymore," he replies, "They hang out with you; teenage girls date them on TV. We had to strip away all that and use the idea that a creature that looks very much like us, yet look at us like cattle…like food. That is something we really wanted to do… make actual frightening vampires again."

Director David Slade adds to this, "I can make these vampires anything I want them to be," he explains, "my ambition was to make a truly terrifying film, fusing the fantasy and beautifully drawn things and the gritty terrifying thing."

Star Ben Foster loves vampires, in fact you might say he has a fetish, "I have a great vampire fetish. When I was going to the comic book store about two years ago and I found this book, I bought it and I ended up buying several copies of it for friends. It was something that really turns me on. David calls and says I think I have some thing for you called 30 Days of Night.. So I go GREAT!!" Although he jokes, "he wouldn’t let me be a vampire!"

Sam Raimi concluded with a bold statement, "I have never seen a better vampire film. It’s rare that you come across a great graphic novel, in the field of horror, at least I never had. It was wonderful refreshing and thrilling to come across Steve Niles and this property!"

30 DAYS OF NIGHT hits theaters on October 19, 2007.

"Painkiller" video-game being adapted for the big-screen

Guy Walks Into a Bar (Starship Dave) has decided to go to purgatory, acquiring feature rights to the videogame Painkiller from DreamCatcher Interactive.

Game centers on a character stranded between heaven and hell who's forced to become a pawn in the battle between good and evil.

"Painkiller" first bowed for play on PCs as a first-person-shooter game in 2004, and was followed up by "Painkiller: Hell Wars" for the Xbox in 2006.

DreamCatcher's planning to release a sequel to the original soon.

Guillermo Del Toro set to produce "The Changeling" remake

Director extraordinairre Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy) will produce Rogue Pictures' The Changeling, the long-delayed remake of the classic George C. Scott film from 1979.

The film, which inspired The Ring, follows a man who is haunted in his mansion by the ghost of a girl.

The screenplay for the remake was written by Paul Haggis and Dave Kajganich, although no word yet on if their draft will be used.

Award winning "The Other Side" set for US theatrical and DVD release

The US distribution rights to the crowd-pleasing action/thriller The Other Side were snapped up this past week for an undisclosed amount by Allumination Filmworks, who will be handling the domestic theatrical and DVD distribution of the movie. Bleiberg Entertainment has acquired the film rights for the movie’s foreign distribution.

Allumination Filmworks will release the film in select theatres this year.

Written/Directed by Gregg Bishop and Produced by Chad Eikhoff, The Other Side is a low-budget, Atlanta-made feature about a man who escapes from Hell to find the person who killed him, but is hunted by a team of Reapers - invincible, gun toting madmen - who are sent from the Netherworld to bring him back.

The film stars Nathan Mobley from Yesterday Was a Lie and Jaimie Alexander, who stars as Jessi XX on ABC’s hit show Kyle XY.

A film festival favorite, The Other Side premiered in competition to sold-out crowds and rave reviews at the Slamdance Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Award for Best Feature Film at ShriekFest. The film also swept the awards at IFFYNTX (Independent Film Festival of North Texas) winning Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Actor (Nathan Mobley).

Variety called The Other Side “a lean, propulsively paced supernatural thriller, packed with pulse pounding excitement.”

Scott Weinberg of eFilmCritic.com calls it “fast paced, creative and entertaining. A solid handful of unexpected surprises.”

SciFi Dimensions raves “an impressive feature length debut. Gregg Bishop may be the next big thing in horror movies.”

John Koenig of Dark Romance says that “this movie blew my mind! It’s like a blazing gunfight on a demonic roller coaster ride!”

Steve Biodrowski of Hollywoood Gothique says that The Other Side “may be the El Mariachi of horror movies” and hailed it as “one of the best films of the year.”

“The response this movie has received has exceeded our expectations in every way,” says Bishop. “We are thrilled that the film will be released theatrically and that the movie will be available to audiences everywhere”. Eikhoff adds, “we made The Other Side as a non-stop thrill ride and are looking forward to audiences having the chance to experience it theatrically and on DVD.”

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, movies.yahoo.com, variety.com, hollywoodreporter.com, aintitcool.com, iesb.net, blackfilm.com, latimes.com, impawards.com)

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08-03-2007, 08:25 PM

"Return to Castle Wolfenstein" finally coming to the big screen

It was revealed a long while back that one of the Wolfenstein video games, specifically Return to Castle Wolfenstein, was going to be the next game adapted to the big screen. After the release of Universal's piece 'o crap Doom, things sort of hit a stand-still, that is until now. Roger Avary is back again as he will write the adaptation, which is great news if you're a fan of Silent Hill!

Producer Samuel Hadida has secured the rights, with Roger Avary attached to write and direct the adaptation of the ID Software property.

This project reteams Avary with Hadida after he penned company’s horror pic “Silent Hill.”

The WWII-set “Return to Castle Wolfenstein” revolves around U.S. Army Ranger B.J. Blazkowicz, who leads a team of agents into Castle Wolfenstein in order to investigate the Nazis’ SS Paranormal Division.

Project had previously been set up with Mark Gordon at Sony before the rights to the game reverted back to ID Software.

Hadida’s becoming a prolific producer of vidgame adaptations, with “Resident Evil: Extinction,” the third installment in the franchise, bowing Sept. 21. Last year, he produced the horror pic “Silent Hill,” based on the game. A sequel’s planned. He also has “Onimusha” in the works with Christophe Gans attached to direct.

Avary most recently adapted Robert Zemeckis’ take on “Beowulf,” which Paramount opens Nov. 16. He previously penned “Pulp Fiction,” “The Rules of Attraction” and “Killing Zoe.”

“I’ve been playing the character of B.J. Blazkowicz since the epic ‘Wolfenstein 3D’ first bruised my brain and have ever since wanted to bring his adventures to life on the bigscreen,” Avary said. “It’s time to bust some dams, storm some bunkers and blow up some bridges.”

ID Software’s other titles include the first-person shooters “Doom” and “Quake.” Another “Wolfenstein” game is in development.

Vinnie Jones still in "Midnight Meat Train"

Today Lionsgate released the second image from their adaptation of Clive Barker's Midnight Meat Train, which features star Vinnie Jones doing more sitting.

The story features a commuter's run-in with a New York subway serial killer and a horde of subterranean cannibals. The movie is set for a 2008 release.

The stills and the official poster can be viewed here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/film/669).

(References - bloody-disgusting.com, variety.com, myspace.com, aintitcool.com)

Doc Faustus

08-04-2007, 07:51 AM

Anybody see the 30 Days of Night trailer yet? Looks really cool.

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08-04-2007, 08:23 AM

Anybody see the 30 Days of Night trailer yet? Looks really cool.

30 Days of Night (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809740239/trailer) (coming on October 19, 2007) (Very Interesting)

Extreme new red band 30 Days of Night trailer (http://www.30daysofnight.com/). (looks really bloody and awesome)

Remember to click on 'Restricted Content - 18 and Over Only'.

Yep...it sure kicks ass. I wait eagerly for this one to release.:cool:

Kane_Hodder

08-05-2007, 01:40 AM

Midnight Meat Train sounds promising, and in the lines of Creep. Looks like Kitamura and Barker have a real winner on their hands.

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08-07-2007, 08:30 PM

Casting finalised for Shyamalan's "The Happening"

Betty Buckley (Carrie), Robert Bailey Jr., Spencer Breslin (Zoom, The Kid), Jeremy Strong, Frank Collison (The Village, Suspect Zero) and Victoria Clark (Cradle Will Rock) will round out the cast of M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening, which goes behind the lens in Philadelphia next week. They join the previously announced Mark Wahlberg, Zoey Deschanel, John Leguizamo and Ashlyn Sanchez.

The pic, which will mark Shyamalan's first R-rated effort, is a paranoid thriller about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity.

Check it out on June 13, 2008.

Poster released for MGM's "Pathology"

ComicCon was the venue for the debut of the teaser poster for MGM's Pathology, which stars Milo Ventimiglia, Alyssa Milano, Lauren Lee Smith, Johnny Whitworth, Keir O'Donnell, Michael Weston and Mei Melancon.

Written by Neveldine and Taylor, the story centers on a young intern (Ventimiglia) who is studying pathology at Philadelphia's University Hospital and encounters an attractive but murderous group of colleagues who have devised a deadly game to see who among them can commit the perfect murder, while the others compete to determine the cause of death.

Take a peek at it here (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9579).

Paul Schneider completes "The Wall" production

Production has wrapped on thriller-horror pic "The Wall," produced by Michael Grais, Gavin Wilding and Paul Pope.

Lindy Booth ("Dawn of the Dead") stars along with Lawrence Dane, Suzie Pollard and James Thomas.

Story concerns a woman who returns to her small town in Maine after she learns that local realtors want to develop the land that includes the lighthouse in which she grew up and where her mother was murdered; her father was convicted of the crime.

The pic, penned by Michael Bafaro and Anna Singer, is directed by Paul Schneider ("Cries in the Dark").

Grais' writing and producing credits include both "Poltergeist" films.

Wicker Man companion gets ready to roll in Scotland and Texas

The long-awaited Wicker Man re-imagining/companion piece is finally about to get underway. Tentatively titled Cowboys for Christ, from writer/director Robin Hardy (the original “Wicker Man”), the movie has set itself a September 10 start date and has booked locales in Scotland and Texas to shoot.

Starring Christopher Lee and Faye Dunaway, the film tells of a Christian singing star and her chaste fiance, a Texas cowboy, who travel to Scotland for a music festival that is merely the curtain-raiser for a horrific pagan ritual of sacrifice and murder, and it's uncertain if the power of the Americans' Christian faith will be strong enough to survive the assault of the pagans.

New Regency bringing vampires and zombies from Afghanistan

New Regency is taking the current wave of films set amid the war and terrorism in the Middle East and adding a twist: vampires and zombies. It's optioned the Virgin Comics title Virulents and set John Moore ("The Omen") to direct the adaptation.

The movie will be distributed by 20th Century Fox.

The story, to be adapted by John Cox ("Sergeant Rock"), revolves around a ragtag group of soldiers who search for a lost patrol in Afghanistan. The soldiers, some from an American military unit, some from an Indian military unit, stumble into a nest of vampire zombies.

It will be produced by Gotham Chopra and Sharad Devarajan of Virgin Comics, along with Seth Jaret and Moore.

"Ronin" producers aiming it big with "Ocean"

Hollywood Gang's Gianni Nunnari and Nick Wechsler have teamed to option screen rights to Ocean, a graphic novel by Warren Ellis that is a template for a big-scale alien thriller.

Nunnari and Wechsler will produce, and Craig J. Flores is exec-producing.

The story concerns the thousands of coffins containing angel-like bodies, and a giant weapon of mass destruction, discovered by a scientist on Jupiter's ice-covered moon Europa. A U.N. weapons inspector sent to investigate uncovers a chilling secret about the history of humanity.

Nunnari produced "300," based on the Frank Miller graphic novel, and he recently teamed with Wechsler to produce the Miller title "Ronin" at Warner Bros., with Sylvain White ("Stomp the Yard") directing. Wechsler called the graphic novel "an alien thriller with a fresh take on the origin of man."

Skinny Puppy lead singer to sing opera in Bousman's "Repo!"

Nivek Ogre (aka Kevin Graham Ogilvie) - the lead singer of the band "Skinny Puppy" - is in final talks to star in Darren Lynn Bousman's hotly anticipated horror-musical, Repo! The Genetic Opera, which begins production September 10 in Toronto, Canada.

He joins Alexa Vega, Bill Moseley, Paul Sorvino and the luscious Paris Hilton.

"Repo!" focuses on a cruel entrepreneur who creates genetically perfect organs that everybody needs in 2056, and who is content to send in a repo man if the recipient can't make payments.

Lionsgate will release this unique blend of genres in theaters on April 25, 2008.

"Hellraiser" remake - happening or not happening

One remake that might never get off the ground is the one-time full-speed ahead Hellraiser redo. Creator Clive Barker says that nobody seems to know whether Pinhead will return to the silver screen or not.

“I have waited for a long time to see somebody give me a clue. You know, “Are we doing this or are we not doing this?” “Is it happening or is it not happening?” Nobody seems to know and I’m not going to hold my breath while I wait, because it’s frustrating”, says Barker. “I’m very lucky, I’ve got control over a lot of my artistic life. I’ve got control over my movies. I’ve got control over my books. I’m sorry, I don’t have control over my movies, but I do have control of my paintings and of my books.”

The original "Hellraiser," which spawned umpteen sequels, was released in 1987. It still holds up quite well.

So no, it doesn't need to be remade.

(References - variety.com, bloody-disgusting.com, davisdvd.com, hollywoodreporter.com, moviehole.net, movies.yahoo.com, movies.aol.com, aintitcool.com)

Davids

08-09-2007, 12:43 PM

The original "Hellraiser," which spawned umpteen sequels, was released in 1987. It still holds up quite well.

So no, it doesn't need to be remade.

Could not agree more!

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08-10-2007, 07:06 AM

First batch of exclusive Diary of the Dead photos can be seen here :-

http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=4776

Sick_As_Fuck

08-10-2007, 07:55 PM

Am I the only one who finds "Hellraiser" to be vastly over-rated?

Also, any other links to the TV-MA trailer of "30 Days Of Night"? I entered my info and it still wouldn't let me watch. So gay.

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08-11-2007, 07:56 AM

any other links to the TV-MA trailer of "30 Days Of Night"? I entered my info and it still wouldn't let me watch

Try these -

30 Days of Night (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809740239/trailer) (coming on October 19, 2007) (Very Interesting)

Extreme new red band 30 Days of Night trailer (http://www.30daysofnight.com/). (looks really bloody and awesome)

Remember to click on 'Restricted Content - 18 and Over Only'.

Sick_As_Fuck

08-11-2007, 03:21 PM

Once again the second one won't work so I settled for the first. Looks dope aside from Hartnett. He's horrible.

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08-15-2007, 11:46 AM

Still from Saw IV (http://www.officialsaw.com/images/officialsawexclusive_saw4_l.jpg)

nice?;)

roshiq

08-15-2007, 11:55 PM

Still from Saw IV (http://www.officialsaw.com/images/officialsawexclusive_saw4_l.jpg)

nice?;)

Beautiful!:)

massacre man

08-16-2007, 06:40 AM

Anybody think the Saw guys are just strapping Sharp things to strings now?

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08-16-2007, 09:15 AM

"Isle of the Dead" remake happening

RKO pictures is banking on newcomers Brian Horiuchi and Matt Lazarus to pen an update of the 1945 film Isle Of The Dead, which starred Boris Karloff.

In the 1945 film directed by Val Lewton, Karloff played a Greek military commander on an island where a plague breaks out. He orders the isle quarantined and as residents fall ill and die, some begin to suspect that a vampire-demon might be the cause of the deaths.

RKO plans to set the remake against the backdrop of a viral outbreak in Afghanistan.

"Val Lewton made his name by taking the horror genre to a new place," said RKO chairman and CEO Ted Hartley, who will produce. "Brian and Matt have the same kind of genre-bending sensibilities that will give this classic tale the perfect blend of contemporary themes and timeless scares."

This isn't the first remake of a Lewton film; his classic 1942 film Cat People (which was directed by Jacques Tourneur) was remade in 1982 by Paul Schrader.

No director is set as of yet, but let's hope that if the film is any good, people remember it as HIS film instead of the producer's.

Tarsem returning with video-game adaptation

Tarsem Singh, who directed the visually fantastic but otherwise useless 2000 thriller The Cell, has finally lined up his next project. He will helm The Unforgettable, a film supposedly based on the game Condemned: Criminal Origins, which was a pretty damn scary game.

Originally titled "Species X," the film centers on a cop who in the course of a murder investigation realizes that he is not human and uncovers a war between good and evil aliens.

Well...that's all well and good but the game had nothing to do with aliens, so it's good to know they're mucking this one up right from the start.:rolleyes:

But from a visual standpoint it could be the best video game movie adaptation yet. Wait and see...

zwoti

08-16-2007, 10:33 AM

"Isle of the Dead" remake happening

In the 1945 film directed by Val Lewton,

:rolleyes:

newb

08-16-2007, 01:22 PM

:rolleyes:

Nothing gets by the ninja.:p

missmacabre

08-17-2007, 06:16 AM

I don't know if this has been posted yet but here are some more pictures from the new Batman movie. http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/great-new-hi-res-images-from-the-dark-knight.php The pictures hhave recently been removed :(

Also I hope that this isn't true.
Enter the Dragon Remake? (http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-People-Bruce-Lee.html?_r=1&oref=slogin)

Doc Faustus

08-17-2007, 08:17 AM

Balls of Fury is an Enter the Dragon remake. But with ping pong.

missmacabre

08-17-2007, 05:29 PM

Yeah,... .with ping pong. Anything with ping pong is cool with me.

missmacabre

08-20-2007, 12:46 PM

The Dark Tower Movie (http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/02/26/stephen-king-confirms-the-dark-tower-movie/)

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08-25-2007, 08:39 PM

Robert Englund talks!

Today at Collectormania in Glasgow, Robert Englund was talking about his time with Freddy and his time on TV show the V.

Someone in the crowd asked him if there would be any more Freddy films. He said that New Line Cinema were in talks with John Carpenter to make a movie called, you guessed it, Freddy vs Jason Vs Michael. He also revealed that Freddy vs Jason vs Ash was going to be made but it got pulled [the ideas for this film will be implemented in a comic book being released this fall].

Also he said that New Line Cinema are in talks with Wes Craven about making a prequel to A Nightmare On Elm Street. He said it would start with Freddy working at the school as the janitor and end with him being burnt. He made a joke saying that at least he wouldn't have to where the make up all the way throughout the movie. He revealed that there is a SCRIPT for this movie already made!!

Finally he talked about 2001 Maniacs. He said he starred in that as a favor to the director and he had such a good time making it that they are going to make another one!

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08-27-2007, 08:19 AM

New Halloween stills (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/9737). (Check out the 2nd one...nice?);)

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08-27-2007, 08:52 PM

Despare

08-28-2007, 05:56 AM

Ohh btw...

Visit the Cloverfield site now and you ll get to see a batch of stills from the movie...

http://www.1-18-08.com/

AND

let the site be open for around 6 minutes or so...(Crank up your volume meanwhile)...and you are in for a nice surprise!;)

I like flipping those stills and reading the backs of the cards, interesting stuff. Probably hidden meaning in those stupid messages but who knows, JJ's crazy.

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08-28-2007, 09:35 AM

I like flipping those stills and reading the backs of the cards, interesting stuff. Probably hidden meaning in those stupid messages but who knows, JJ's crazy.

Did you wait for 6 minutes with the site open and your volume cranked to the max?

If not...try again.;)

DP McCoy

08-28-2007, 09:44 AM

Did you wait for 6 minutes with the site open and your volume cranked to the max?

If not...try again.;)

I did ... now I need a change of underwear!;)

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08-28-2007, 07:40 PM

I did ... now I need a change of underwear!;)

lmao...completely unexpected eh?:D

Check out this website for the new movie The Zombie Diaries (http://www.thezombiediaries.co.uk/). I think it looks promising...

roshiq

08-28-2007, 11:03 PM

Check out this website for the new movie The Zombie Diaries (http://www.thezombiediaries.co.uk/). I think it looks promising...

..but it seems inspired by 28 days & 28 weeks later!?!

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08-28-2007, 11:45 PM

..but it seems inspired by 28 days & 28 weeks later!?!

Yep, close resemblance to "part 3" of THAT series. It is pretty decent.

Kane_Hodder

08-29-2007, 10:18 AM

I heard it just now and was like what the hell was THAT?
Nice way of promoting a monster movie.:D

missmacabre

08-29-2007, 07:04 PM

I personally am getting really fed up about this JJ Abrahms movie. I love JJ and everything but come on. That is the chance you take with viral advertising.

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09-01-2007, 08:53 AM

New Director reveals plotline for "The Mummy 3"

Rob Cohen is taking over The Mummy reins from Stephen Sommers, and has decided to blog about his experience making the third film in the popular action-adventure franchise.

Over on his new website at RobCohenTheMummy.com, Cohen reveals that the full title of the flick is, at least for the moment, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

The filmmaker also unleashes some heretofore unheard of story details on the forthcoming flick. Cohen writes:

Jet Li plays a despotic Emperor in 50 B.C. whose evil is punished by a terrible curse laid on him by wizardress Michelle Yeoh: he and his army are turned into terra cotta for all time; that is, unless he is re-awakened which, of course, is where the O'Connell's come back into it.

The story moves to the year 1946. When we find them, Rick (Brendan Fraser) and Evelyn (Maria Bello) are retired to Oxfordshire, England, having been spies for the British during World War II. They are bored silly and welcome the offer of "one last mission" from the Foreign Office. Their assignment: courier a precious artifact back to the museum in Shanghai, China from which it was stolen.

Back to Asia: China is in turmoil but Jonathan (John Hannah) owns an Egyptian-themed bar in Shanghai. Unbeknownst to his parents, now grown-up Alex O'Connell (Luke Ford) is following in the family business as a young archaeologist on a dig in north-central China. He makes the discovery of a lifetime: the tomb of the Dragon Emperor, which has been buried for millennia. A beautiful assassin (Isabella Leong) tries to kill him to keep the location secret but Alex prevails. The Emperor's monument is transported back to Shanghai where another plot is in motion: military zealot Anthony Wong intends to awaken the Emperor and aid him in the re-conquest of China and the raising of his terra cotta army of ten thousand clay warriors (google The Terra Cotta army of Xi'an if you want to read more about the history of this wonder of the ancient world).

The family is reunited and high adventure ensues: crash landings, treks thru the Himalayas, Yeti, avalanches (bigger than the one I did in XXX), Shangri-la, three-headed dragons, pools of eternal life, epic battles, a shape-shifting Jet Li….I could go on but I don't want to give it all away.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, written by Smallville scribes Miles Millar and Alfred Gough, is currently filming in Montreal.

The flick is set for a July 2008 big-screen release.

roshiq

09-02-2007, 01:02 AM

The story moves to the year 1946. When we find them, Rick (Brendan Fraser) and Evelyn (Maria Bello) are retired to Oxfordshire, England....

The family is reunited and high adventure ensues: crash landings, treks thru the Himalayas, Yeti, avalanches (bigger than the one I did in XXX), Shangri-la, three-headed dragons, pools of eternal life, epic battles, a shape-shifting Jet Li….I could go on but I don't want to give it all away.[/i]

The flick is set for a July 2008 big-screen release.

Everything's ok but what's wrong with Rachel Weisz for Evelyn?

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09-02-2007, 09:40 PM

Everything's ok but what's wrong with Rachel Weisz for Evelyn?

Apparently she turned down the offer of reprising the role for a 3rd time.

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09-02-2007, 09:44 PM

Bousman's "Repo" casting confirmed, Shooting this week

Today director Darren Lynn Bousman updated fans via his MySpace blog on his next project, Repo! The Genetic Opera, which stars Alexa Vega, Bill Moseley, Paul Sorvino, Paris Hilton and Nivek Ogre (Skinny Puppy).

"Repo!" focuses on a cruel entrepreneur who creates genetically perfect organs that everybody needs in 2056, and who is content to send in a repo man if the recipient can't make payments.

Darren writes via his MySpace:

"Less than ONE week away before cameras start rolling on REPO OPERA!!!! On top of that all the music has been recorded, and is sounding AMAZING!!!! I have become addicted to it - everywhere I go I find myself humming, singing, and or BREAKING out into song... It's actually quite annoying - my life has become a musical!!!!

It's fucking insane to see the sets going up... they are HUUUUGE!!!! We are building the entire world of REPO on this massive sound stage. These are the biggest sets I have had the pleasure of working on. Much much much bigger than anything we ever built for SAW.

Rehearsals have begun, and the cast have all arrived... I will and can confirm some internet rumors. Both Bill Moseley and Kevin Ogre (Skinny Puppy) have joined the cast officially!!! They are both BAD ASSES!!! There are still three cast members who have yet to be announced! Hopefully I can spill the beans sometimes next week!

I feel like a kid in a candy store right now! This movie is so exciting!!!!

dlb"

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09-07-2007, 08:36 PM

Premiere of "The Mother of Tears" in TIFF - Impressive

Review by Mike Pereira -

"In the year in which the “threequel" ruled the cinemas, the one that horror fans have been desperately waiting for has finally arrived. Dario Argento’s venture into the occult began with masterpiece, “Suspiria” (1977), later to be followed by the flawed but still captivating, “Inferno” (1980). Oh yes, after a massive 27-yearlong wait, Argento has finally completed his “Three Mothers” trilogy with “Mother Of Tears: The Third Mother”. The real frightening question is if it would deliver on everyone’s extremely high expectations. Well…

This final chapter focuses on art student, Sarah Mandy (Asia Argento) who unwittingly releases the demonic power of the most powerful witch (Mother Of Tears to all you non-Argento aficionados). Before you know it, violence, mass suicides and chaos erupts all over Rome, not to mention, psychopathic witches. Like the old story goes, the protagonist must use her untapped psychic powers to stop the “Mother Of Tears” reign of evil before it’s too late.

The screenplay written by Argento himself and Jase Anderson and Adam Gierasch (writers of Tobe Hopper’s underrated, Toolbox Murders) has all of the elements a good final act should contain. The epic storyline moves along in a brisk pace with satisfying tie-ins to the previous films. The exposition is of course, quite silly but is given a conviction with just the right amount of wink at the audience without making the viewer cringe in his or her seat.

Goblin’s Claudio Simonetti has cooked up another killer score. His creepy and intense music goes perfectly hand-in-hand with Argento’s powerful imagery. It goes back to the feel of Goblin’s score in “Suspiria” without ever completely referencing to it. The epic chorus chants create an immediate, punchy effect. Plus, the “oh-so-cool” end credits metal tune perfectly caps the film.

“The Mother Of Tears” is a rousingly insane movie-going experience that could only be concocted by a genius such as Dario Argento. The shockingly graphic and inventive death scenes are vintage Argento and can be proudly put aside his previous works’ finer set-pieces. No character is spared anything less than a gloriously spectacular finish and thank heavens for that! Sexuality in Argento’s extreme violence has never been more perverse and beautifully executed. The climax of “The Mother Of Tears” take these classic Argento ingredients and smashes them together in a terribly unsubtle and spectacular orgasm of sights and sounds. It’s safe to say that the MPAA won’t let this baby nowhere near the vicinity of our “sensitive” and “inhibited” North American eyes.

The film borders on the absurd and camp without ever tripping over that fine line. It’s the type of material that could go horribly disastrous at every turn but doesn’t because of Dario Argento’s sure-hand confidence in his bold vision. His juggling of opposite emotions, black humor and horror is masterful. It’s a delicate and dangerous feat that has turned many potential great horror films to a debacle in an instant (“Dead Silence”). There is one ingenious moment where Argento distracts the viewer with a…well, very distracting image only to hit us with the best scare in ages. (I think I can call it that since the packed audiences pretty much jumped in unison). You have to applaud any movie that has a chase scene between a protagonist and a monkey and still keep the viewers in their seats. That is the sheer brilliance of “The Mother Of Tears”. It relishes in absurdly twisted ideas and images without ever pulling back in shame. A distinctly non-North American way of making movies.

The film is not without its faults. While for the most part, she is solid, Asia Argento’s performance is awkward when conveying vulnerability and emotion. It’s not that she hasn’t displayed these traits effectively in the past because she has (“The Stendhal Syndrome” and her own directorial gigs, “Scarlet Diva” and “The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things”). But her dear old dad’s female protagonists tend to be stereotypically frail, a trait that Asia’s performance never quite convincingly displays. She is too strong of a screen personality to make the viewer buy into it. Plus, on few shots, the CGI effects are a little distracting especially with the Dino De Laurentiis-like final shot. Also, while it is great to see Daria Nicolodi back in an Argento film, her character and the ghostly CGI effect which she is sadly trapped in, overstays its welcome in a “Jar Jar Binks” sort of way.

Aside from those minor nitpicks, “The Mother Of Tears” is a very satisfying finale to the “Three Mothers” trilogy. Sure, it’s no “Suspiria” and frankly, nothing ever will be. If you can get over that fact, you will find yourself entertained by Argento’s delightfully deranged and energetic epic. It’s got brutal violence! Nudity! Lesbian sexuality! Lots of lesbians! Yes, it’s politically-incorrect. What more do you want in an Argento movie?!

Did I forget to mention it has a pretty freaky monkey?"

Sounds very interesting I must admit...(psst, Zero will be happy while watching this one);)

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09-08-2007, 10:15 AM

Still from The Wolfman (http://www.aintitcool.com/node/33951). (Check out Benicio Del Toro...he looks badass!)

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09-13-2007, 08:56 AM

September 12, 2007 - The latest big-screen installment in George Romero's endless zombie saga has been picked up for North American theatrical release by The Weinstein Co.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the studio snatched up the distribution rights to George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead for roughly $2 million.

Romero, who directed the 1968 horror classic Night of the Living Dead, most recently revisited the zombie subgenre with 2005's Land of the Dead.

Diary premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival over the weekend.

Romero calls the film "a rejigging of the myth," and intends it to be a reboot of his zombie movie franchise. The story follows a group of students who are making an indie horror film. Unfortunately, life imitates art and the group become trapped in a world being consumed by living corpses. The filmmakers then begin to document the real-life horrors occurring around them.

There's no immediate word on when Weinstein might release the flick on the big screen, but stay tuned.

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09-18-2007, 07:00 PM

September 18, 2007

Myriad Pictures and The Weinstein Company are uniting to handle the North American distribution for Dario Argento's Mother of Tears.

Contrary to previous reports coming out of the Toronto International Film Festival where "Tear" was recently screened and widely accepted, Anchor Bay is not involved.

Instead, Myriad Pictures will take on the role as Mother of Tears' North American theatrical distributor. TWC, meanwhile, will use their exclusive relationship with Genius Products to issue the third film in Argento's "Three Mothers" trilogy on DVD.

In a statement issued by Myriad, Kirk D'Amico, President and CEO, said, "This time, it was about the passion that Harvey, Barry Gordon and the TWC team had for the film that got the deal closed. We look forward to Myriad handling the theatrical release alongside their expertise and experience on the DVD and rest of media side."

Myriad intends to release the film theatrically in the U.S. and Canada sometime after the beginning of the new year.

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09-21-2007, 07:44 PM

For all you "sleazy" ones who loved the one-liner of Hannibal King in Blade: Trinity (the one where he says "Her name is Danica Talos. You met her earlier. And unlike typical vampires, her fangs are located in her vagina...") and wished if only that would be true...well, its granted.

Hitting both NY and LA on November 30th, and then nationally in December, is Mitchell Lichtenstein's Sundance horror-dark comedy, Teeth, which follows a high school student (Dawn) with an odd mutation... she has teeth inside her vagina. She's a young woman preaching abstinence, which is a good thing for the boys... until she's raped.

Talk about wishes coming true...how many of you will queue up to watch this one?;)

the_man_you_fear

09-25-2007, 06:25 PM

I heard theyre gonna do a remake of the original hellraiser

hellfire1

09-26-2007, 02:38 PM

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09-27-2007, 08:13 AM

Russell Mulcahy to direct 'Vampires'

Russell Mulcahy ("Resident Evil: Extinction") will helm "Zen in the Art of Slaying Vampires," a project being mobilized by CP Prods. partners Michael Cerenzie and Christine Peters.

Capitol Films' David Bergstein will finance and sell the pic, which is based on a novel by Steven-Elliot Altman that's the first in a three-book series.

Protag is turned into a vampire as he and his lover are attacked in lower Manhattan. She dies, and he struggles to overcome his murderous instincts and thirst for blood through Zen meditation. A struggle for his soul ensues between the bloodsuckers and the zen masters.

Altman is writing the script, and CP's Cerenzie and Peters will produce. They are also working together on a game version of "Zen."

Mulcahy said he liked "the pathos of the lead characters and the way it is wrapped in a world of mythology."

Altman recently penned "9Dragons" for Acclaim Games, and CP is developing a movie version of "Joust," a graphic novel Altman is writing.

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09-28-2007, 09:07 PM

the_man_you_fear

09-28-2007, 10:38 PM

horrorfest is awsome I cant wait!!!!!!!!! and that movie sounds bitchin

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10-06-2007, 06:45 AM

Anaconda 3 and 4 - Guess who is the hero

Sony have commissioned a further two sequels to Luis Llosa's “Anaconda” – sans the original’s all-star cast. You’ll never guess who’ll be doing battle with the giant snake this time?

None other than ‘The Hoff’!

Yep, David Hasselhoff’s on River-Watch for the Don E. FauntLeRoy (“Urban Justice”; cinematographer on "Jeepers Creepers 2") directed sequels – both filming back to back.

He’s joined by Crystal Allen (“Maid in Manhattan”), John Rhys Davies (“Lord of the Rings”) and Zoltan Butuc (“Funny Money”).

Ol’ fluffy chest plays a mercenary-for-hire who accepts a mission from a billionaire to capture a dangerous snake that could possibly help cure a terminal illness.

The films – the first being titled “Anaconda 3 : The Offspring” - will be shot in – of course – Romania. It’s planned that they’ll premiere on the Sci Fi Channel before hitting DVD.

http://www.moviehole.net/news/20071006_anaconda_3_and_4_shooting.html

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10-14-2007, 09:36 PM

Loved the fake trailers in Grindhouse? Read on...

MGM has been confirmed as the distributor for Eli Roth's latest horror effort, Trailer Trash, which he is currently writing.

In addition to the studio, the site lists a release date of August 22, 2008, which has yet to be confirmed.

Trailer Trash is s full-length film consisting of fake movie trailers that all tie together.

Eli says, "TRAILER TRASH was inspired by the two days we filmed "Thanksgiving," which was the most fun I've ever had filming anything.

It is not a horror film, it's a comedy. It will be very R-rated and completely insane, and I'm producing it with Mike Fleiss (who I did both "Hostel" films with), and writing it with my friends Jeff Rendell (my "Thanksgiving" co-writer, who also played The Pilgrim), Noah Belson (my co-creator on "The Rotten Fruit,") and my brother Gabe, who's collaborated with me on everything I've ever done.

I want to make a film like "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," which I consider to be the greatest achievement in the history of cinema. The best part is I get to shoot some new THANKSGIVING scenes, as well as other holiday slasher films I've always dreamed of making but never would because they'd completely ruin me. I can't wait to shoot!"

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10-16-2007, 09:25 AM

"Benighted" werewolves set to storm the screen

Patrick Smith Kelly has been brought aboard to adapt Benighted , a supernatural thriller novel by Kit Whitfield. Graham King is producing along with Andrew Adamson for Warner Bros. through King's new production shingle, GK Films.

"Benighted" is set in an alternate reality in which 90% of the population are werewolves and the minority human population is responsible for keeping the peace during the full moon. The book follows the story of Lola, a member of the police force investigating a series of suspicious, unsolved murders.

King acquired the book in 2006. Adamson is eyeing the project as a possible directorial vehicle.

Kelly's credits include the Michael Douglas thrillers "A Perfect Murder" and "Don't Say a Word." He is working on "Ink" for Universal and Imagine.

Sick_As_Fuck

10-17-2007, 04:42 PM

I heard theyre gonna do a remake of the original hellraiser

I'd love that. In my opinion Pinhead and the Cenobites are the dopest characters to be absolutely wasted in a horror movie/series.

PR3SSUR3

10-17-2007, 04:59 PM

"We intend to create a concept that will encompass cinema, videogames, fashion and music and that revives the original for those who did not experience it..."

"Did not" = "cannot"?

Clearly the fat and beardy producers of remakes are conveniently ignoring the concept of video and DVD.

GorePhobia

10-18-2007, 02:05 PM

I'll see Trailer Trash if it happens just because I loved the Thanksgiving trailer.

Sick_As_Fuck

10-21-2007, 07:28 PM

Ever wondered how it would feel to be a man who is murdered each day by unknown killers, only to wake up in a parallel life and get murdered again?

Sort of like Groundhog Day meets Saw?

Then look no further.

Dario Piana's The Deaths of Ian Stone tells the story of an all-American guy who is murdered each day by horrifying pursuers, only to wake up in slightly different lives to experience the terror of being murdered again.

This is one of the top films announced thus far for this year's After Dark Horrorfest - which includes Frontiere(s), Unearthed and Nightmare Man so far.

Horrorfest runs Nationwide from November 9-18.

I will post full details as soon as they are available.

To elaborate further on this...

THE DEATHS OF IAN STONE (FILM 1)
SYNOPSIS:
Ian Stone is murdered each day by paranormal entities, only to wake up in a new life the following day and experience being murdered all over again. The only constant is Jenny, but it is Jenny whom the murderers are really after…her death will force Ian to turn back into one of them.
CAST

* Mike Vogel
* Jamie Murray
* Christina Cole

NIGHTMARE MAN (FILM 2)
SYNOPSIS:
After receiving a mysterious mask, Ellen Morris believes she was attacked by an evil being she calls ‘Nightmare Man’. Her husband, Bill, believes she is crazy. On their way to the mental hospital their car breaks down and Bill goes to get gas, leaving Ellen alone. When Nightmare Man appears, Ellen takes off into the woods, unsure whether she is hallucinating or not. She stumbles upon a cabin filled with friends who unknowingly becoming prey the moment Ellen steps inside.
CAST

* Tiffany Shepis
* Blythe Metz
* Luciano Szafir
* James Ferris
* Hanna Putnam
* Jack Sway
* Richard Moll

FRONTIERS (FILM 3)
SYNOPSIS:
Yasmine, her ex-boyfriend and his two friends are entrenched in the Paris riots, stealing a large sum of money before they head for the Danish border. On their way, they check into a motel where things appear to be too good to be true (easy attractive women and free rooms). But looks are deceiving as this motel rapidly turns into a house of horrors run by a Neo-Nazi family that never lets people check out.
CAST

* Karina Testa
* Aurélien Wiik
* Patrick Ligardes
* David Saracino
* Maud Forget
* Samuel Le Bihan
* Estelle Lefébure

UNEARTHED (FILM 4)
SYNOPSIS:
A vicious creature that’s been trapped for 900 years, gets unearthed during an archeological dig in the middle of a desolate town. As the carnage escalates, the local sheriff and a group of stranded civilians must find a way to destroy the creature that only has one mission – complete annihilation.
CAST

* Emmanuelle Vaugier
* Luke Goss
* Beau Garrett
* Charles Q. Murphy
* Tonantzin Carmelo
* Whitney Able
* Tommy Dewey
* M.C. Gainey
* Russell Means
* Miranda Bailey

BORDERLAND (FILM 5)
SYNOPSIS:
When three Texas University students travel to a Mexican border town on the eve of their graduation, the last thing they expect is to face their own deaths.
Without warning, they fall prey to an ancient blood cult hellbent on finding candidates for human sacrifice. Based on true events, Borderland tells a story which blends the raw fear of Texas Chainsaw Massacre with the stark reality of In Cold Blood, evoking a world soaked in paranoia, fear, and dread.
CAST

* Brian Presley
* Jake Muxworthy
* Rider Strong
* Damián Alcázar
* Sean Astin

MULBERRY STREET (FILM 6)
SYNOPSIS:
The Manhattan streets explode into chaos as a rat-borne virus is unleashed. With every bite, city dwellers turn into bloodthirsty, rodent-like creatures that violently attack anyone they can get their teeth into. As the city is shut down, and the government neglects to send in rescue units, the residents of an apartment building must ban together or be eaten alive.
CAST

* Nick Damici
* Kim Blair
* Ron Brice
* Bo Corre
* Tim House
* Larry Fleischman

TOOTH AND NAIL (FILM 7)
SYNOPSIS
A small group of survivors in a post-apocalyptic world take refuge in an empty hospital with plans on re-building society. They rescue a young girl who is the victim of a brutal attack, but soon discover that they were followed by a savage band of cannibals known as Rovers. The Rovers begin to kill them one by one, and the trapped survivors must find a way to outwit their stalkers.

Written, Directed, and Edited by Mark Young
CAST

* Rachel Miner
Rider Strong
Nicole Dupont
Michael Kelly
Alexandra Barreto
Emily Young
Zack Robidas
Kevin E. Scott
with Robert Carradine
and Vinnie Jones
and Michael Masden

LAKE DEAD (FILM 8)
synopsis and cast coming soon...

All 8 trailers should be available soon.

missmacabre

10-26-2007, 03:54 PM

Some new details on "Angels and Demons" can be found here
(http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/10/25/angels-demons-details/)

GorePhobia

10-27-2007, 07:55 AM

Some new details on "Angels and Demons" can be found here
(http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/10/25/angels-demons-details/)

Can be found where?

missmacabre

10-27-2007, 09:56 AM

Can be found where?

My bad, I always hit ctrl+V to paste but my V had been sticking lately http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/10/25/angels-demons-details/

missmacabre

10-30-2007, 10:46 AM

Resident Evil CGI movie (http://www.gamebrink.com/blog/2007/10/29/resident-evil-cg-movie-for-2008)

the_real_linda

10-30-2007, 11:18 AM

really? i thought extinction wasn't up to much

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11-01-2007, 09:50 AM

Interesting lil tidbit...

The Creeper will be back...

Victor Salva has apparently got the green light from some heavyweight studio for Jeepers Creepers 3 and is apparently busy on a script right now. He might serve as producer for this one and someone else might direct, or he might end up directing it.

It may well be Straight-to-Video, although nothing's confirmed yet. For more developments, watch this thread.

Sick_As_Fuck

11-03-2007, 11:36 PM

New news [sort of] on the upcoming 1/18/08 monster film.

"1-18-08" to Get New Trailer... and a Title!
Source: ComingSoon.net October 31, 2007

All has been relatively quiet on the 1-18-08 front for the last few months since the San Diego Comic-Con, but a source for ComingSoon.net has revealed to us that the J.J. Abrams-produced monster movie will get a new trailer AND its title will finally be revealed on November 16 in front of Robert Zemeckis' animated Beowulf.

So far, we know very little about the movie beyond what we've seen in the teaser this past summer, the pictures on the official site, the director and writer (Matt Reeves and Drew Goddard) and some of its cast (Michael Stahl-David, Odet Jasmin, Mike Vogel, Lizzy Kaplan), but hopefully, more will become clear in a few weeks.

Stay tuned for when the trailer comes online!

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11-04-2007, 12:53 AM

Sick_As_Fuck

11-04-2007, 12:37 PM

Wow. If they end up titling it "Cloverfield" afterall then props to Abrams for working everyone over and keeping a high interest in the film. Can't wait to see the 2nd trailer, anyway.

Jon_Nation_Films

11-05-2007, 04:34 PM

FRONTIERS (FILM 3)
SYNOPSIS:
Yasmine, her ex-boyfriend and his two friends are entrenched in the Paris riots, stealing a large sum of money before they head for the Danish border. On their way, they check into a motel where things appear to be too good to be true (easy attractive women and free rooms). But looks are deceiving as this motel rapidly turns into a house of horrors run by a Neo-Nazi family that never lets people check out.
CAST

* Karina Testa
* Aurélien Wiik
* Patrick Ligardes
* David Saracino
* Maud Forget
* Samuel Le Bihan
* Estelle Lefébure

^^^ either the title got changed or there was a change in the line up for horrorfest this year because i seen Crazy Eights as the title for the 8th movie .. theyre playing

Friday
Unearthed
Death Of Ian Stone
Borderland

Saturday
Lake Dead
Mulberry St.
Tooth & Nail

Sunday
Nightmare Man
Crazy Eights

i havent watched the previews for them yet so Crazy Eights could just be an alternate title for Frontiers

Roderick Usher

11-14-2007, 09:00 AM

Dario Argento Back to Giallo in Yellow?
Source: ShockTillYouDrop.com
November 14, 2007

Early rumblings of Dario Argento's next project have floated our way.

An insider tells us the Mother of Tears director may take a crack at a "loving homage" to the giallo films of the '60s and '70s entitled Yellow - an apropos moniker since giallo means "yellow" in Italian and was a popular term used to describe mystery and crime pulp fare.

Argento's Tenebrae, Bird with the Crystal Plummage and Deep Red are all classic and rich with the red stuff examples of gialli.

Hannibal Films' Richard Rionda Del Castro and Rafael Primorac are championing the Yellow script by writers Sean Keller and Jim Agnew. Tuck this under your hat as rumor at this point and keep it here for the latest while we aim to carve up some confirmation.

GorePhobia

11-14-2007, 11:20 AM

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11-14-2007, 04:52 PM

This is incredibly good news, Rod. Keep us updated.:)

jenna26

11-14-2007, 05:32 PM

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11-15-2007, 07:37 AM

November 13, 2007

Fielding critical acclaim for American Gangster, currently at work on Body of Lies with Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio and ready to embark on Nottingham...Ridley Scott's a freight train these days. Some would rather not see him return to our genre after the grand guignol madness of Hannibal, but Scott is planning on taking a crack at the supernatural in Stones.

According to Variety, he'll rev up on the pic for Fox 2000 following work on Nottingham. Written by Matt Cirulnick, the "project is a big-scale supernatural thriller revolving around the mysterious destruction of ancient religious sites around the world. It turns out that Stonehenge is the tie that binds together artifacts that still have primeval powers."

Cirulnick previously penned New Regency's Elysium, a drama with Greek mythology overtones.

The current WGA strike has placed its development on hold.

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01-24-2008, 08:49 PM

- Dimension Films announced today that the remake of Hellraiser, which is being written and directed by Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury, has been bumped to a undetermined 2009 release date.

The film was slated for release this September.

In addition, MGM has pushed the release of Eli Roth's Trailer Trash out of its August date and also into an undetermined 2009 release. Its being assumed that this was done because of the strike.

- Today action star Jason Statham revealed that there is talk of a remake to the James O'Barr comic adaptation, The Crow, and that if anyone ever came to him he'd do it.

Jason Statham tells IESB: "You know, there's talk of them redoing THE CROW. That was a good movie with Brandon Lee, although that was years ago. So if that one comes my way, bang! You know, there's so many comic book movies out there and most of the time there's only a handful of people who can do them any justice. Hopefully, they'll come my way for one of them."

Brandon Lee played Eric Draven, a young rock guitarist who, along with his fiancee, is brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals. Exactly one year after his death, Eric returns -- watched over by a hypnotic crow -- to seek revenge, battling the evil crime lord and his band of urban thugs, who must answer for their crimes.

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01-25-2008, 08:07 PM

- As the producers of the franchise have told, you can't have a "Saw" film without Tobin Bell. So, with that said, word has trickled in that Bell is confirmed to return in Saw V. He'll be joined by Costas Mandylor and Scott Patterson as Detective Hoffman and FBI Agent Strahm, respectively.

David Hackl is stepping up his obligations to the "Saw" series as production designer and is sitting in the director's chair, too. Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton penned the script.

Shooting begins in Toronto on March 17th and is aiming for an October 24th release date.

GorePhobia

01-25-2008, 09:10 PM

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01-26-2008, 02:41 AM

- Today the official MySpace for George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead posted the first batch of theaters that will be showing the film on February 15th.

The film will follow a group of college students shooting a horror movie in the woods who stumble upon a real zombie uprising. When the onslaught begins, they seize the moment as any good film students would, capturing the undead in a "cinema verite" style that causes more than the usual production headaches.

Check out the latest confirmed theaters and release cities for DIARY below.

NEW YORK CITY
AMC Empire 25
(212) 398-3939
http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?exid=amc&house_id=7114

City Cinemas Village East
(212) 529-6998
http://citycinemas.moviefone.com/showtimes/theater.adp?theaterid=922

LOS ANGELES
Landmark Nuart
(310) 281-8223
https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=209

Mann Chinese (opening 2/22/08)
(323) 464-8111
http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=8066

SAN FRANCISCO
Landmark Lumiere
(415) 267-4893
https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=225

Landmark Shattuck
(510) 464-5980
http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/SanFranciscoEastBay/ShattuckCinemas.htm

PHILADELPHIA
Landmark Ritz - Bourse
(215) 440-1181
https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=274

AMC Neshaminy
(215) 722-4AMC
http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=5165

AMC Cherry Hill
(856) 486-7420
http://www.fandango.com/amcloewscherryhill24_aaktm/theaterpage

DENVER
Landmark Starz FilmCenter
(303) 820-3456

BOSTON
AMC Boston Commons
(617) 423-5801
http://www.fandango.com/amcloewsbostoncommon19_aapnv/theaterpage

Landmark Kendall Square
(617) 621-1202
https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=231

DALLAS
AMC Mesquite 30
(972) 724-8000
http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=4378

HOUSTON
AMC Gulf Pointe 30
(281) 319-4AMC
http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=3833

PHOENIX
Harkins Arizona Mills
(480) 820-0387
http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=4523

ATLANTA
Paulson Plaza Theatre
(404) 873-1939

Regal Hollywood 24
(770) 936-8235
http://www.fandango.com/regalhollywood24northi85_aanaz/theaterpage

SEATTLE
Regal Meridian
(206) 622-2434
http://www.fandango.com/seattleregalmeridian16_aabfy/theaterpage

AMC Alderwood 16
(425) 921-2985
http://www.fandango.com/TheaterPage.aspx?tid=AATFT

MIAMI, FL
Brand Dolphin Cinema 19
(305) 591-9380
http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?afid=wibsc&house_id=7830

DETROIT
Center Uptown Palladium
(248) 644-3456

SAN DIEGO
AMC Palm Promenade
(858) 558-2AMC
http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=6560

LAS VEGAS
Cinemark South Point 16
(702) 260-4061
http://www.cinemark.com/century_showtimes.asp?fandango_id=AATTH

BALTIMORE
Muvico Egyptian 24
(443) 755-8992

PITTSBURGH
AMC Waterfront
(412) 462-6923
http://www.fandango.com/TheaterPage.aspx?tid=AAOSA

CHARLOTTE, NC
ACME Carolina Theatre

Keep checking back for more updates as theaters are added! Stay tuned (and scared!).