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Horror Posters From Comc Con

Augist 2, 2007 -- Here's a roundup of the horror posters that turned up at this year's Comic Con, as posted at FirstShowing, including one for the new Clive Barker film "Midnight Meat Train."

"Pathology," a horror film from the makers of "Crank," is about some med students who dare each other to commit the perfect murder. Alyssa Milano of "Embrace of the Vampire" is in it. "Southland Tales" is apparently from the director of "Donnie Darko." "Midnight Meat Train" may be of the most interest to folks. "Train" is based on Clive Barker's 1984 short story of the same name and follows a NYC photographer (Bradley Cooper) who attempts to track down a serial killer dubbed the "Subway Butcher" and discovers more than he bargained for under the city streets. Director Ryuhei Kitamura helmed the excellent "Versus" along with "Godzilla: Final Wars."

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Bad 'Grind House' News

July 28, 2007 -- Some news that has come out of Comic Con about 'Grind House': The films are being divided into two separate films for disc and the faux trailers won't be part of the package. “Doomsday is hugely inspired by the films I grew up with, post apocalyptic thrillers - Mad Max, Road Warriors. I wouldn’t say it's a horror movie but I would say it's a dark and brutal action thriller." It came out during the presentation of Edgar Wright and Nick Frost (directors of "Shaun of the Dead") on "Hot Fuzz." ... "Descent" director Neil Marshall also previewed his non-horror film "Doomsday," saying it was a $30 million film made to look like a $100 million one. For more on "Doomsday" click here.

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Comic Con Horror Movie News

July 28, 2007 -- eSplatter.com couldn't make it to Comic Con this year, but here's a brief rundown of the horror news that has sprung in the blogosphere on the convention taking place now in San Diego. All the Web's aflutter with coverage, so some of this won't be new to many of you.

Clive Barker announced at Comic Con plans to film "Books of Blood." …Apparently to make way for Rob Zombie's "Halloween," Warner Bros. is bumping out "Trick r Treat" to 2008. … Spike TV held a SCREAM 2007 panel session moderated by musician, actor and poet Henry Rollins, which featured Linda Blair ("The Exorcist"), Mark Burg ("Saw" franchise producer), Sid Haig ("The Devil's Rejects") and comic book writer Robert Kirkman. The discussion focused on the long overdue need to honor the creative talent behind Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Comic genres that drive pop culture and the box office. A special guest appearance was also made by one of the top writers in modern comics, Neil Gaiman, the new recipient of SCREAM 2007's "Comic-Con Icon Award." To see all the action from Spike TV's SCREAM 2007 panel at Comic-Con, viewers can log-on to ifilm.com and spiketv.com. Spike announced Neil Gaiman as The 2007 recipient of the Comic-Con Icon Award, which will be presented on the Scream 2007 telecast. Scream was one of the most successful events in Spike TV history and this year's show will feature more world premieres, fan generated award categories, the biggest stars from the horror, sci-fi, fantasy and comic book genres and killer musical performances. Scream 2007 will tape on October 19th under a full moon at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles. … Two clips from Frank Darabont's Stephen King adaptation "The Mist" screened. One involved three characters trapped in a supermarket (surrouded by the supernatural mist of the story) arguing over who should go outside. It ends with some tentacles in the fog. Darabont told the crowd the film will be "Hard R." Darabont said he plans to make King's "The Long Walk" too. … At 6 p.m. on Friday, a zombie walk was held through the streets of San Diego. … In an interview on Thursday with George Romero and Max Brooks, a film project called "World War Z" came up, and it sounds interesting. "World War Z" is a novel by Max Brooks which chronicles the fictional "World War Z" or "Zombie World War". It is a follow-up to his previous book, "The Zombie Survival Guide."
 

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