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Events Roundup: 'Night of the Living Dead,' 'Equinox,' 'Frankenhooker' on the Big Screen ... 'Halloween' Signing
Meanwhile, the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood is set to
show the classic
"Equinox"
by Oscar-winning visual effects wizard Dennis Muren on the big screen
Wednesday, July 12. Click
here for more. ...
On July 22 in Sacramento, Calif., the Trash Film Orgy at the
Crest Theater is presenting Frank Henenlotter's
"Frankenhooker"
on the big screen.
Click here
for more. ...
On Tuesday, July 25, Dark Delicacies at 4213
West Burbank Blvd., in Burbank, CA will host a singing
session for Anchor Bay's release of
"Halloween: 25 Years of Terror."
The event starts at 7 p.m.
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June 25, 2006 --
Alice Cooper will headline the Rue Morgue Festival of Fear Sept. 1-3 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. "Rue Morgue is proud to announce that the Guest of Honour for the 2006 Rue Morgue Festival of Fear will be legendary shock rocker ALICE COOPER, the man who pioneered horror theatrics in popular music. Joining him will be special guests GUILLERMO DEL TORO (Blade II, The Devil’s Backbone, Pan’s Labyrinth), LINDA BLAIR (The Exorcist), the legendary BEN CHAPMAN (The Creature From the Black Lagoon himself!), cult icon JEFFREY COMBS (Re-Animator, From Beyond), wrestler/film star RODDY PIPER (They Live, Hell Comes To Frogtown), scream screen starlet JULIET LANDAU (Drusilla from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and cult horror icon MICHAEL BERRYMAN (The Hills Have Eyes, The Devil’s Rejects)." For info and updates please visit
www.rue-morgue.com/festival.php. ...
Two interviews have appeared with Richard Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino regarding
"Grind House," the new horror film the two directed, featuring one-hour segments
by each, to be releaed April 7, 2007. Here's what MTV had to report:
Speaking about the trailers, Rodriguez added: "I can't say anything about it because those are really surprises. Danny Trejo ['Con Air'] is in one, but there's another one that's huge. People are going to wish that one was the movie." Finally, Rodriguez dropped the bombshell that there is already talk of a "Grind House" sequel, which would bring the fake ads from the first flick to fruition. "If those trailers are great enough," he revealed, "they might be part of the feature we do for the next 'Grind House.'"
Meanwhile, Entertainment Weekly published this nugget:
Tell me about each of your Grind House films...
So it's like Christine meets Long Day's Journey Into Night...
Robert, tell me about your film.
A new classic DVD set is on the way.
DavisDVD reports:
"Warner Home Video will release “Hollywood’s Legends of Horror Collection” on October 3rd. This three-disc collection contains the DVD debuts of classic horror films THE DEVIL DOLL, DOCTOR X, THE RETURN OF DOCTOR X, MAD LOVE, MARK OF THE VAMPIRE and THE MASK OF FU MANCHU. All come with newly remastered fullscreen transfers (DOCTOR X presented in its rare two-strip Technicolor version) and Dolby Digital Mono tracks. Extras will include audio commentaries (Tom Weaver on DOCTOR X; Vincent Sherman and Steve Haberman on RETURN OF DOCTOR X; Steve Haberman on MAD LOVE; Kim Newman and Steve Jones on MARK OF THE VAMPIRE; Greg Mank on THE MASK OF FU MANCHU) and trailers for each film."
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June 20, 2006 --
HalloweenMovies.com has posted an interview
with Rob Zombie, director of the upcoming
"Halloween" remake. Click
here for it.
Meanwhile, he told HalloweenSeries.com that the film
will feature the characters of Laurie Strode and
Sam Loomis. Click
here for their interview. ...
Simon Baker spoke with SciFiWire.com about
possible follow ups to George Romero's
"Land of the Dead".
"I know the idea of it was always—and I think that most of George's films do this—the whole idea is the main curse is never solved," Baker said. "It's about the different periods of time in history with the plague, with this plague that doesn't go away."
Click
here for the full interview. ...
The horror lineup of the Fantasia Film Festival, taking place in
Montreal July 6-24 at Concordia Hall and J.A. de Seve theaters,
has been revealed. It includes "The Descent" and the "Pulse" remake
on opening weekend;
Lucky McKee's
"The Woods"; Snoop Dogg's "Hood of Horror" anthology film;
Stuart Gordon's drama "Edmond";
plus Swedish horror film "Frostbiten"; the British film "Broken";
Filipoino horror film "Sigaw" and many others. ...
Guillermo del Toro's much-anticipated horror film
"Pan's Labyrinth" has been pushed back to a December release. It enjoyed
a great response at the Cannes Film Festival. ...
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June 16, 2006 --
The Hollywood Reporter says that Josh Hartnett, whose last horror films were
"Halloween: H20" and
"The Faculty", is set to star in the
graphic novel adaptation "30 Days of Night," about vampires
that take over a town in Alaska as it goes through a long period
of nightfall. The movie is being directed by
"Hard Candy" helmer
David Slade. ...
Apple.com posted a high-definition version of the trailer for "The Descent," the new horror film
from the director of "Dog Soldiers." Click
here for it. ...
Variety also reported on another big-budget horror film in the works, this one
a zombie film:
"In a high-six-figure deal, Paramount PicturesParamount Pictures acquired screen rights to the Max Brooks novel "World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War." Brad PittBrad Pitt's Plan B will produce.
"Written by the author of the satire "The Zombie Survival Guide," Barry's follow-up sparked a bidding battle between ParPar and Pitt, with Warner Bros. and Leonardo DiCaprioLeonardo DiCaprio's Appian WayAppian Way on the other side of the table.
"Book is a sober telling of the aftermath of a war fought against a legion of humans who were inflicted with a virus, died and were reanimated into flesh-eating zombies.
...
Lion's Gate announced officially that the sequel to
"Hostel" will be hitting screens Jan. 7, 2007 -- less than seven months away. ...
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MTV.com is reporting that the sequel to
"Hostel" will be hitting screens in Jaunary 2007.
The film picks up from the moment the first film ended,
and continues following the character Jay Hernandez
played as he obviously goes about confronting the Hostel
folks again.
The film has three new protagonists: Girls studying
in Europe. "They're studying in Italy for
the summer and they get lured, and they go back to ...
well, we're gong to go back to a lot of familiar places."
Of course, the same evil Slovakian organization is at work
in Part 2: "They've got the whole thing set up
all over the place, and they have different scouts. We're going to learn
a lot more about how it all works. In Hostel 2 you're really going
to see the ins and outs of the whole organization and hwo they get people
and kill them. ...
"Quentin [Tarantino] was really helpful when I told him teh story idea. I was like, 'What do you
think about this?' and he was like, 'Oh man, what if we did it with girls?'
We started to talk about some differenet death scenes, and anytime I'd say,
'Oh, what if we killed someone like this?' he had three other
different ways to kill them. When he reads the script, it inspires a
bunch of things. ... There will be plenty of blood and torture.
I can tell you that." ...
The trailer to the next entry in the
"I Know What You Did Last Summer" franchise, which is heading
straight to DVD, can be seen right
here. ...
Variety reported that New Line has purchased the rights to
"Battle Royale," and is remaking the Japanese, futurusitc nightmare classic
for U.S. audiences. If they don't skimp on the political incorrectness, it should
be pretty good, but it seems unlikely they could make this film in the USA nearly
as ferocious as it was in Japan.
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June 7, 2006 --
Sam Peckinpah webmaster
Steve Mason attended the Fangoria Convention in Burbank last weekend and here is his report:
Fangoria's annual Weekend of Horrors (Southern Califonia installlment) wrapped on Sunday night at the Burbank Hilton, closing three full days of guest speakers and panels, film previews and premieres, all with the accompaniment of an enthusiastic group of horror film fans. This was my second Weekend (the previous being the 2002 Pasadena show), and it was a blast.
One of the highlights of the weekend was Saturday's "Screamwriters Panel" consisting of Stephen Susco ("The
Grudge 2"), Scott Kosar ("Texas
Chainsaw"), Mark Wheaton ("The Messengers"), Matt Venne ("White Noise 2"), Hans Rodionoff ("Man
THing"), and Adam Gieraschand Jace Anderson (upcoming "Suspiria" sequel, to be titled
"Mother of Tears" according to Anderson). Anderson promised that "Mother" would "push it farther", as far as the violence was concerned, and also went on to say that he is scripting a Clive Barker project, and is planning his first project as director, to be titled
"Autopsy". "Chainsaw" writer Kosar, made mention of a deleted scene from the final film that was nixed by the censors due to a "sexual undertone" that pervaded the scene in question. An interesting common thread among most of the writers (and commentary on the industry) was brought up when one of them pointed out that all but one of them (6 of 7) had been involved in a remake screenplay in recent months.
Advance screenings included an upcoming Crispin Glover film, "Simon Says",
wherein Glover plays a backwoods homicidal maniac with a truly perverse sense of
humor. Director William Dear ("Harry and the Hendersons) took feedback from the fans regarding the tone of the film (which could see some refinement and editing prior to release). As it is, the film works well as a VERY dark comedy with some solid gore scenes. The unrated cut of
"The Hills Have Eyes" received a very positive reaction. The cut screened contains a bit more gore, a slightly longer rape scene, and a couple of additional scenes not included in the theatrical release.
Zombie film news: The trailer for "Night of the Living Dead 3D" was screened to a generally enthusiastic reaction from the fans in attendance. The film will see it's world premiere at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on September 3, and is still being shopped for a distribution deal. Later on in the weekend, producer (and former George Romero associate) John Russo laid out his plans for an upcoming zombie film to be entitled
"Escape of the Living Dead". Russo plans to direct the film which will be budgeted at $8 million.
Additional news and notes:
-An excerpt from Rusty Nails documentary "Dead On: The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero"
showed a brief glimpse of what promises to be a very good film.
(More to come on this as I'll be talking with Rusty on this and his other projects).
-Bob Clark talked about the upcoming
"Black Christmas" remake (due to open in December), as well as his remake of his 70's gore-comedy
"Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things"
(currently in pre-production), which he promises will add some new twists to traditional zombie lore.
-Troma's upcoming "Poultrygeist" was screened in part, and looks as if it'll be another
over-the-top melange of gore and humor that has become a trademark of the company.
Producer, and Troma CEO Lloyd Kaufman described the film as a "poke in the eye to the fast food industry." ...
Meanwhile, in non-Fangocon-related news, AOL Moviefone posted a third trailer for the
"Pulse" remake.
Here it is. Meanwhile, the trailer for the
"Wicker Man" remake is up
right
here, and it looks pretty good. ...
According to
"Alien" fan site
Alien Experience, Greg and Colin Strause are now signed to direct the sequel
to
"Alien vs. Predator". The brothers have directed music videos and are best
known for their special effects works on "X-Men: The Last Stand," "Terminator 3"
and a number of other films. ...
With the huge $12 million-plus opening day success of the
"Omen" remake -- a terrible movie by the way, only watch the original --
more remakes are well on the way. An old 1960s horror film, "I Know What You Did,"
is being prepped for the remake treatment, with Matt Venne ("White Noise 2")
penning the screenplay. Stephen King's "It" is being remade (it was originally a miniseries,
and will be again. Plus, writer Peter Filardi (who is penning
the "It" redo) is also working on a remake of the
underrated gem
"Wolfen." (Filardi may be best known for writing
"The Craft". Meanwhile, Variety reported on June 5 that Sony is readying a remake
of the late 1980s classic
"The Stepfather." No title is sacred anymore....
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June 4, 2006 --
A press release was unveiled today explaining that Rob Zombie,
indeed, will be making "Halloween" film, only it will be a remake of
the original to be released in October 2007. On his blog, he
announced of the original franchise, "That series is done, complete,
over. But what I am doing is starting totally from scratch. This is
the new HALLOWEEN. Call it a remake, an update, a reimagining or
whatever, but one thing that for sure is this is a whole new start
... a new beginning with no connection to the other series.
Variety, meanwhile, also reported on this huge piece of news. "This
is a bit of a prequel and a remake, combined," Zombie told the trade
publication. "Over 25 years and a lot of movies, a very scary
character became something of a Halloween cliche ... By the end of
the seqeul cycle, there was little connection to the original. I
take that film very seriously, and I want to make it terrifying
again."
Zombie said he spoke with series creator John Carpenter about the
project and "he was very supportive of what I wanted to do."
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'Return of the Living Dead' Remake ... Horror at Cannes ...
'Wizard of Gore' Remake Poster and Site
May 22, 2006 --
Arrow in the Head reports that Anatoly Fradis,
producer of the awful sequel
"Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis," is planning
to produce a remake of the
original, a must-see classic from the 1980s
that clearly needs no remake. ...
Meanwhile, Arrow in the Head also posted the teaser
poster for "House of Re-Animator." Click
here for it.
... Variety reports that
"Scream" veteran
Rose McGowan will be starring alongside
Freddy Rodriguez and Josh Brolin in
Robert Rodriguez's "Planet Terror," the zombie
movie that's one-half of the anthology horror film
"Grind House." The other half is being directed
by Quentin Tartino and promises to be a slasher segment.
WeinsteinCo, meanwhile, has announced April 6, 2007 as the
film's new release date. ...
Variety also reports that
"Blair Witch Project" co-director Daniel Myrick
is set to direct "The Objective," about a special ops
team that is lost in the Bermuda Triangle. He just finished
making "Solstice." ...
The Hollywood Reporter reports that "Saw III" will hit screens
on Tuesday, Oct. 31. ...
The IMDB has posted a teaser poster for the "Wizard of Gore"
remake with Crispin Glover. Click
here for it. Click
here for the remake's
official Web site. ...
The Hollywood Reporter ran a lengthy piece on the presence of horror
at the Cannes Film Festival, which is seeing a lot of horror titles
this year. Click
here for the full piece.
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May 18, 2006 --
On August 29, Paramount is releasing the long out-of-print
"Let's Scare Jessica to Death," a major horror holdout from the 1970s
not to see release to DVD. ...
The official Halloween series Web site posted this news item yesterday:
"HUGE news on Halloween 9 will be revealed shortly... stay tuned for HM.com's exclusive press release!" Presumably
they are going to announce that the film is being made "shortly." ...
FX guy Patrick Tatopoulos will be directing "Midnight Train," based on "Midnight
(Meat) Train" by Clive Barker. Lions Gate is producing. ...
Variety had this to say on the upcoming
Dario Argento movie:
"Italo horror maestro Dario Argento is set to shoot 'The Mother of Tears,' a tale of witches and suicides in contempo Rome being billed as episode three of the helmer's cult "Three Mothers" trilogy.
"U.S. scribe duo Jace Anderson and Adam Gierasch (
'Toolbox Murders') are co-penning with Argento. Casting is being finalized for
'Tears,' which is skedded to start shooting in Rome in June. Italy's Medusa is co-financing with a
U.S. partner to be announced here at Cannes. Claudio Argento and Giulia Marletta will produce.
"'This is going to be vintage Argento. Pretty strong stuff,' said Medusa topper Giampaolo Letta." ...
In other major sequel news, Halcyon INternational Pictures officially announced that
William H. Macy is starrring as the President of the United States in
"House of Re-Animator," set in the White House.
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May 15, 2006 --
The new international trailer for
Guillermo del Toro's
"Pan Labyrinth" can be discovered
here, but it will help if you can
speak Spanish to understand what the heck is going on. ...
Sony's official Web site for "Grudge 2" is right
here. ...
"2001 Maniacs" director Tim Sullivan has launched an official MySpace site
for his next movie, "Driftwood." Check it out
here. ...
"Hellraiser III", which some of us perhaps crazily believe is the
best of the series, is finally heading to DVD in the USA, and Davis DVD
reports it will have extras, including 15 minutes of unrated and deleted scenes, although
unfortunately the cut of the film used seems to be the rated R version. ...
The New York Times reports that George Lutz, the father who moved
into the Amityville Horror house and who was depicted as a
possessed madman in the
2005 film not to mention the
1979 original, plus the nonfiction novel, has
passed away at the age of 59 from heart disease. ...
Ali Larter, singer Ashanti and Aussie actor Chris Egan
have signed on board "Resident Evil: Extinction," joining
Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Sienna Guillory, Mike Epps and Iain Glen
in the third film of the videogame/zombie
franchise. ...
If you were disappointed by
"Darkness Falls", but liked its tooth fairy concept, you might
like the redo/sequel that has been made.
The trailer for "The Tooth Fairy" is up and can be seen
here. Looks like a real direct-to-video effort.
You can also check out the trailer for
"Room 6"
Platinum Dunes'
"Friday the 13th" remake is on hold, over rights issues.
Platinum Dunes’ Brad Fuller told Fangoria over rumors that
franchise rights questions were hampering the project: “I mean, that kind of talk doesn’t even
filter in this far to us. But I will say that, yes, FRIDAY THE 13TH has been put
on hold until that’s all figured out.”
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May 10, 2006 --
This just in from Dario Argento's
official site on the second sequel to
"Suspiria":
Dario Argento is currently in America, in Vancouver, where he's busy shooting a new episode for the second season of TV
'Masters of Horrors'.
Argento'll be back to Italy next June, ready to start immediately to shoot his new theatrical horror movie The Third Mother, which is a sequel to Suspiria and Inferno.
This movie is a big budget feature, produced by Medusa along with a major American company.
Immediately after finishing to work on The Third Mother, Dario Argento's been signed by another major American company to start shooting another big budget movie." ...
In huge news for fans of vintage 1970s horror, MGM/Sony's
Midnite Movies series is BACK ON TRACK after two years
on hiatus.
Future hoped-for horror titles include classics like
"The Conqueror Worm
,
"The Blood on Satan's Claw"
,
and
"Vampire Circus."
. MGM/Sony will be releasing titles every quarter. The hiatus was caused by
the purchase of MGM by Sony. ...
Warner Bros. announced Sept. 1, 2006 as
the release date of Neil Labute's
remake of
"The Wicker Man." ....
Meanwhile kino-express.ru
posted new French and apparently American
versions of the poster for the "Omen" remake. They feature two different
versions of Damien hanging out in a graveyard. Click
here
for 'em. ...
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May 3, 2006 --
Today, MovieHole.net posted an interview with Jake Wade Wall
on some of his upcoming screenplay projects, and the most interesting
news of all was about the next
"Halloween" film, which is in the works.
“I’ve been hired three different times for it”, he told MovieHole.net about
the ninth “Halloween” movie. “And at times it was really exciting, and at other times,
it really wasn’t. Then, with the whole Miramax debacle, everything kind of stopped on
their franchises for a while. Having said that, it looks like it’s finally set to go.
I know that they’re in the process of nailing down a really big director…but I haven’t
been able to figure out who it is yet ... The problem is, that whoever this big director
is, apparently fancies himself a bit of a writer-director. I do know that it’s my
script that they’re going off, but that’s about it…"
The latest film is entitled "Halloween : The Missing Years,"
and focuses on Myers' formative years. Jamie Lee Curtis won't
be involved. "No. Didn’t she get her head chopped off or something in the
last one? What I wanted to do was to say, forget about all of those old characters.
This is about Michael. There will be new characters – new kids. And it will be set
around Michael’s real home 'Smith’s Grove,' which is where the asylum was, some 150 miles away from
Haddonfield."
The screenwriter added that a "Freddy vs. Jason vs. Michael" film will never happen.
"The Akkads are very protective of Michael. They’re amazing people…I don’t think it’ll happen”." ...
The official "Omen" remake Web site is now live at
HeedtheOmen.com. It has a link to the new trailer,
plus a rather cool logo. ...
Documentary filmmakers Robert Hall and Kevin Bocarde are working on
"The Rise and Fall of 80s Horror."
Click
here for their official site. “The goal of the documentary is to look at the
creative, economic and social factors that created a period of some of the most
popular horror of all time. We want to also look at the impact its crash in the
early ’90s had on the lives of the people who had become successful and had
developed careers around the ’80s horror boom.
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April 21, 2006 --
Yahoo! has posted the latest trailer for the "Omen" remake. Check it
out here.
...
This just in from the folks at DVD Drive-In:
In unrelated news, Quentin Tarantino's film "Death Proof" is
currently casting. It is one half of "Grind House," the anthology
horror film featuring one movie by him, one by Richard Rodriguez.
Rodriguez's film is apparently in limbo, so we'll see if this movie
makes its planned December release date from Dimension Films. Thanks
to MTV. ...
A sequel to "Alien vs.
Predator" has been confirmed for an August 2007 release. Paul
W.S. Anderson is once again helming it.
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April 17, 2006 --
Here's what Variety reported yesterday about the third
"Resident Evil" film:
"Oded Fehr will reprise his role in the third installment of the "Resident Evil" franchise, starring alongside Milla Jovovich." Paul W. S. Anderson wrote the script of the new movie, which is being directed by legendary Duran Duran video director Russell Mulcahy. …
Here's the fresh-off-the-press press release from Screamfest LA:
SCREAMFEST HORROR FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES
CALL FOR ENTRIES
6TH ANNUAL FILM AND SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
Largest Genre Film Festival in the U.S.
Los Angeles, CA (April 17th, 2006) Rachel Belofsky, president and founder of SCREAMFEST LA Horror Film Festival and partner Stan Winston announce a call for entries for its 6th annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival and Screenplay Competition. The festival takes place October 13th - 22rd at the prestigious Grauman's Mann Chinese 6 at Hollywood and Highland in Hollywood.
We are very excited to see our filmmakers and writers furthering their careers as a direct result from Screamfest. Several of the winning screenplays have been sold. The festival has secured representation for several filmmakers and they are now attached to studio projects said Rachel Belofsky, the festival's founder and president. Three of our winners were afforded the opportunity to direct shorts for Ghost House Pictures, putting their work directly in front of Sam Raimi. This competition provides them the exposure they so richly deserve and gives audiences the chance to experience their work in a first-class setting.€¯
The largest film festival held in Los Angeles, Screamfest (a non-profit 501 ( 3 ) ( c ) organization), is an internationally recognized showcase for independent filmmakers and writers of the horror, science fiction and fantasy genres.
Film entries are being accepted in the categories of Best Feature, Directing, Cinematography, Editing, Special Effects and Musical Score to name a few. In addition, there are special categories for Best Animation, Best Short, Best Documentary and Best Student Film. The normal deadline for film submissions is July 15th, with a late deadline of August 15th. Screamfest accepts film completed after January 1st, 2003.
The deadline for screenplay submissions is June 15th, with a late deadline of August 15th.
Founded in 2001, Screamfest is dedicated to discovering the new blood of horror and honoring the masters. This year's festival sponsored by Monsters HD network, IFilm, Hot Topic, Inktip.com and Screenplay.com (a Write Brothers, Inc. Web site). For more information visit
www.screamfestla.com .
For further information please contact Rachel Belofsky at (310) 358-3273.
# # #
Rachel Belofsky, Founder / Festival Director
Oct. 13th -22nd 2006 @ Grauman's Chinese Mann 6 at Hollywood and Highland …
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April 10, 2006 --
"Feast," the horror movie produced by the winners of the
"Project Greenlight" contest of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck,
is finally going to see a limited theatrical release, followed
by a DVD release in October 2006. The film features Jason Mewes,
Navi Rawat and Krista Allen, and was directed
by John Gulager. It's being distributed by Harvey and Bob
Weinstein. ...
Horror fans in the American suburbs who have Comcast cable might be
excited to learn that Comcast is launching what promises to be the
first horror channel. Although horror channels have been in development for
quite some time, none have emerged, although there is an HD one called the
Monster Channel. Anyway, Reuters reports:
"Comcast Corp. and Sony Pictures Entertainment are scheduled to unveil a joint venture to launch a horror/thriller-themed cable brand at the National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. convention on Monday.
"The long-anticipated venture is an outgrowth of the companies' collaboration in Sony's $4.8 billion acquisition of MGM in 2004. Comcast's last-minute investment in the acquisition allowed Sony to complete the deal. The cable operator was motivated to take a stake in part to tap Sony and MGM's film libraries to program multiple cable channels."
MGM has a nice horror catalog, so it looks like it may be a promising network. It will be an all
video-on-demand channel with commercials. It will launch next Halloween, according to Reuters. ...
"Hills Have Eyes" remake and
"High Tension"
director Alexandre Aja's next movie is going
to be "Into the Mirror," remake of a Korean
horror film about
a security guard at a high-end department store who begins to investigate mysterious deaths occurring in front of the stores' mirrors. He soon discovers that there are murderous reflections out for revenge. The script was written by Jim Uhls and Joe Gangemi.
...
Meanwhile, Aja's "Hills" remake will be released in an unrated form to DVD June 20
by 20th Century Fox. ...
A fellow by the name of Matt Verne is writing the remake to
"Near Dark", another eighties horror film that literally,
truly does not need a remake but is getting one anyway, hopefully not
PG-13. Verne's previous credits include the upcoming "White Noise 2" and
"Pelts," the episode of "Masters of Horror" directed by
Dario Argento. ...
"I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer," third film in the
former
Jennifer Love Hewitt franchise
is hitting the USA around Halloween, but it'll be direct-to-DVD and won't
feature Hewitt.
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April 3, 2006 --
Pit of Horror is reporting that John McNaughton ("Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer") is in talks to direct the
"Nightmare on Elm Street" prequel for New Line. The movie, which will look at Freddy Kruger's roots, has long been in development. The news came from Englund himself: "I will tell you that John (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer) McNaughton is tapped to direct. I think it should go the "CSI" route and be sort of like a docu-drama that shows his crimes against the children. Then you cast two of the greatest character actors you can find to play the lawyers that get him off. Then of course it leads up to Freddy being burned alive." …
Here are a slew of images from "Hostel," being unveiled by Sony in anticipation of the filml's April 18 DVD release. Check 'em out. They're huge:
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The first photos of Ken Foree in the upcoming film BROTHERHOOD OF BLOOD have been revealed.
The Horror Channel has revealed the first photos of horror icon Ken
Foree in his new movie BROTHERHOOD OF BLOOD today.
In BROTHERHOOD OF BLOOD, directed by Michael Roesch and Peter
Scheerer, and starring Victoria Pratt, Sid Haig and Ken Foree, the
legendary actor plays a vampire, who gets captured and tortured by
vampire hunters.
"It was a pleasure to work with Ken," Michael Roesch says, "he's a
great actor, he adds so much to the role."
"Ken was always perfectly prepared, and has delivered a terrific
performance," Peter Scheerer continues.
"He plays the role of Stanis, a vampire who gets captured and
tortured by vampire hunters," Michael Roesch tells. "But the vampire
hunters underestimate him," Peter Scheerer continues, "holding a
vampire captive, a deadly bloodthirsty predator, is a dangerous
game ..."
BROTHERHOOD OF BLOOD stars Sid Haig ("House of 1000 Corpses","The
Devil's Rejects"), Ken Foree ("Dawn of the Dead", "The Devil's
Rejects"), Victoria Pratt ("House of the Dead 2", "Mutant X"), Jason
Connery ("Shanghai Noon"), Will Snow ("The Lost World") and Rachel
Grant ("James Bond: Die Another Day").
Juergen Popp is Executive Producer, Nicole Ackermann and Mark Burman
("The Mangler Reborn", "The Thirst") are the Producers. Sascha
Seifert, Wolfgang Herold and Scott Pearlman ("The Mangler Reborn",
"The Thirst") are Co-Producers, Calum Waddell is Associate Producer.
Click here for the images. …
Rope of Silicon has posted a slew of new images from the
"Omen" remake hitting screens June 6. Click
here for 'em. …
Meanwhile, DavisDVD reports that a new DVD of the original "Omen," presumably with better picture quality than those out now, will hit the streets June 20. The 2-DVD set will include the documentary "The Omen Legacy," among other goodies.
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March 21, 2006 --
Bruce Campbell spoke out about the
"Evil Dead" remake and here's what he had to say:
"We don't really talk about [another] sequel too much 'cause Sam is too busy right now. It would all be kinda moot. But I think we're gonna do a remake. It'll be a whole new story, though. It won't be with Ash. It'll be the evil book, and it'll affect a whole new group of people in a different situation. More like a reinvention. A lot of people, they got really crabby on the Internet when they first heard that type of stuff. But, we would never do anything to insult them. The trick is to take that premise - and we think it's a scary premise - and use some cool modern day FX… so we won't have green garden hoses in the shots. We wanna make a flat out, scary-ass, un-rated horror film.”
The interview appeared in Penny Blood Magazine at www.pennyblood.com ...
Speaking of "The Evil Dead," here's some news on the
release of the movie that many believe helped inspire it.
Criterion has announced June 20 as the release date for the
much-anticipated 1970 horror film
"Equinox," long awaited for DVD. ...
Robert Englund has just confirmed that he will be joining the cast of Tim Sullivan's 2001 MANIACS for the DVD signing to be held at Dark Delicacies in Burbank, California celebrating the release of the horror comedy from Lions Gate Entertainment. Englund, who plays Mayor George W. Buckman, will be appearing Tuesday, March 28th at 7 PM at the popular West Coast horror shop to sign copies of the DVD purchased at the store or thru their online site. Purchase gets you a DVD signed by Robert, writer/director Tim Sullivan and cast members Lin Shaye, Giuseppe Andrews, Christa Campbell, Wendy Kremer, Jay Gillespie, Dylan Edrington, Brian Gross, Gina Marie Heekin, Bianca Smith, Kodi Kitchen, Cristin Michelle, Adam Robitel, Brenden McCarthey and Ryan Fleming. Posters of the film will be given out on a first come basis. Genre fans should not miss this rare opportunity to celebrate the unveiling of this twisted remake of the Herschell Gordon Lewis cult classic.
Click here for more.
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Some huge remake news today. Benicio Del Toro is set to star
in a Universal Pictures remake of the classic
"The Wolf Man," according to Variety. The trade mag also
reported today that a remake of the 2004 Japanese horror film
"Infection" is being done by New Line. "Infection" is reportedly
a "Re-Animator"-like hospital-set horror flick. ...
Eli Roth was interviewed by iFMagazine, and talked about
"Hostel 2" and his upcoming film based on Stephen King's
"Cell." Here's some of what he had to say:
"SAW 2 was a big inspiration, they stepped it up and it was a fun sequel. I decided I better do HOSTEL 2 right now, while it’s fresh in my mind. It’s kind of got an expiration date on it. I had an idea for the sequel that I was really excited about, and I’m working on the script right now. Unlike the first HOSTEL, this one is not going to be a family movie. This one will have some blood in it and be a little darker and more violent. I have always wanted to see a sequel where it picks up with the next shot after the first one left off. I think the sequel should start off tonally where the last one left off. ..."
"Right now what I’ve got is HOSTEL 2 and then CELL. The great thing about collaborating with Stephen King is once you’re doing his movie that’s it. Stephen King is pretty cool about people adapting his work and not getting too precious over it. He really liked HOSTEL and approved of me. I’d love to put him in as a cameo if he’s available for it. There’s certainly room for it, but he’d have to get killed in some horrible way."
Click
here for the full read. ...
Lion's Gate has added a new ending to Neil Marshall's "The Descent," than the one seen in theaters in EUrope.
Lionsgate president of production Peter Block told Fangoria, When Neil wrote the script for 'The Descent,'
even he wasn’t sure where he wanted to end the movie, because there are two very emotional beats
[that close the film],” says Block. “He [originally] ended it in a way that gives it an intellectual and
downbeat approach, but he always wondered how it would play with an ending that had a different impact.” ...
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March 14, 2006 --
At the premiere of "Slither," which is hitting screens
March 31, screenwriter Adam Gierasch, who also
wrote the
"Toolbox Murders" remake, revealed
that the script to the second sequel to
"Suspiria" is finished. The third film
in
Dario Argento's Three Mothers trilogy
is finally being made. The second film was
"Inferno," in case you were wondering, and that came
out nearly three decades go now, so a third film has been
a long time coming.
"This film has everything for horror fans, witches, demons, killer monkeys..." he promised.
Right now, the film is called "Exumed," but expect that to change. ...
While we're on the subject of "Slither," you can catch
the film's official Web site right
here. Meanwhile, ComingSoon.net has posted more
still from the movie right
here. ...
Submissions for ScreamFest LA, the annual Los Angeles horror film fest, are now
open. Click
here for a PDF. ...
Eli Roth will be directing the film version of Stephen King's novel
"Cell" for Dimension Films. ...
LatinoReview scored posters from a slew of upcoming films,
including
"The Descent" (from the director of the excellent
"Dog Soldiers", "Saw III," "Skinwalkers" and, yes,
"Garfield 2."
Check 'em all out
here. The top left poster is quite interesting -- it's for the
Dimension Films remake of "Pulse." ...
MTV has posted the first clip from "Day Watch," sequel to the international
hit Russian vampire film "Night Watch," and you can catch it right
here. ...
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March 9, 2006 --
Asked by ESplatter whether he's in fact up for directing "Halloween 9,"
Dante Tomaselli (director of
"Horror",
"Desecration," and the upcoming
"Satan's Playground" writes:
"Yup. I am in touch with Malek Akkad's assistant. There are no guarantees. I'm sure there are other directors they are talking to. I just wanted to throw my name into the hat of directors being considered. We'll see what happens. I don't need to write it. Just want to direct and score Halloween 9. Put my stamp on it. Bring back the flavor of the late 70's original. As you know, Halloween is my favorite horror movie of all time. I'm totally influenced by it." ...
"High Tension" director Alexandre Aja's next movie is going to be
"Black Hole," based on Charles Burns' graphic novel of the same name.
Aja's remake of Wes Craven's
"The Hills Have Eyes", of course, is hitting screens this Friday. ...
Production Weekly is reporting that Oded Fehr is returning to reprise his
role as Carlos Olivera in the third
"Resident Evil" movie, being penned by Paul S. Anderson and directed
by legendary Duran Duran rock video helmer Russell Mulcahy. The movie
starts shooting mid-May in Mexico. ...
A company called Veoh Networks has started offering free movie downloads online.
These are of course public domain films, but they are offering some decent horror
titles. Click
here
to download
"Dementia 13",
here
to download
"Carnival of Souls",
here
to download
George ROmero's "Night of the Living Dead",
and
here
to download
"House on Haunted Hill" with Vincent Price. ...
Rob Zombie told Fangoria that a third feature from him was on its way:
"I’m not ready to announce it yet, because it’s gonna be a pretty big announcement when it happens,” Zombie tells Fango, “but we’re still in the legal affairs stage of the deal right now. But there’s gonna be something big coming soon."
...
Fango also interviewed Wes Craven, who's at work on a stage show. Click
here for it.
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March 2, 2006 --
Here's the latest press release from Lion's Gate on "Saw III."
SANTA MONICA, CA, and VANCOUVER, BC, March 2, 2006 – Lionsgate (NYSE and TSX: LGF), the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, and Twisted Pictures today announced plans to develop and produce Saw III, the next film in the psychologically intense and disturbing horror franchise, for an October 27, 2006 wide release. The film will be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II), with story by Leigh Whannell and James Wan (Saw, Saw II) and screenplay by Whannell. The Twisted Pictures team of Mark Burg and Oren Koules will return as producers with Whannell and Wan set to executive produce. The announcement was made by Peter Block, Lionsgate President of Acquisitions and Co-productions, Jason Constantine, Lionsgate Senior VP of Acquisitions, and the Twisted Pictures team of Mark Burg and Oren Koules.
Saw II set a Lionsgate record with a three-day opening weekend of $31.7 million last Halloween, becoming the widest release in Lionsgate history and achieving one of the best opening weekends ever for a horror sequel. With a domestic box office of over $87 million and more than $148 million in worldwide theatrical box office, Saw II easily eclipsed the $55 million domestic box office total of the original Saw. Saw and Saw II have grossed nearly $250 million in combined worldwide box office.
Saw II debuted as the #1 DVD in North America two weeks ago, becoming the fastest-selling theatrical DVD release in Lionsgate history with 3.9 million units sold in its first week alone. The movie was also released on VHS and UMD. The Saw franchise has sold nearly 10 million units to date for Lionsgate.
“Yes, there will be more blood,” said Block and Constantine. “Saw III will involve the same creative forces responsible for the tremendous success of Saw II. The Twisted team of Mark and Oren, along with Darren, James and Leigh, have all agreed to be prominently involved in Saw III. We are proud to be partnered with some of the most disturbing creative talents on the planet, and the Saw franchise will ensure that gore becomes every bit as much a Halloween staple as ghosts, goblins and candy corn.” Block noted that the film will be dedicated to Twisted Pictures principal and Saw producer Gregg Hoffman, who passed away in November 2005.
“We have been discussing story lines that extend the Saw franchise to new limits and beyond with Lionsgate for the past several months,” said Burg and Koules. “The most important element of any franchise is remaining true to the roots of its success. We believe that we are developing a script that is certain to please the Saw franchise’s core fans while adding fresh, terrifying and unimaginable new twists to the Saw saga. Jigsaw himself would be proud.”
Saw III joins an upcoming Lionsgate slate that includes Trent Cooper’s Larry The Cable Guy: Health Inspector (March 24), the inspirational Akeelah And The Bee, starring Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett and Keke Palmer (April 28), the provocative Sundance sensation Hard Candy (April), Lionsgate’s first entry in the Spanish-language feature film marketplace, La Mujer de mi Hermano, starring telenovela sensation Barbara Mori (April) and the horror film See No Evil, starring WWE superstar Kane (May 19).
Lionsgate is the premier independent producer and distributor of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment and video-on-demand content. Its prestigious and prolific library is a valuable source of recurring revenue and a foundation for the growth of the Company’s core businesses. The Lionsgate brand is synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the globe.
Twisted Pictures is helmed by Mark Burg and Oren Koules. Saw, one of the most profitable films of 2004, was their first picture under the new label and was also distributed by Lionsgate. Twisted is currently in postproduction on Catacombs, the first film under the previously-announced nine-picture deal between Twisted and Lionsgate, and is in production on Silence for Universal Pictures.
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February 28, 2006 --
In Delaware, Ohio on March 11, a paltry $15 will buy you one
full night of '60s and '70s horror schlock!
The Strand Theatre will be presenting 13 hours of frightful fun at an all-night
orgy entitled "The All Night Shriek-O-Rama Drive-In Horror Movie Festival"!
They'll be presenting
"Blood Feast"
, "Blood Diner," "Jaws," "Kingdom of the Spiders,"
"Stanley" and others. Call 740-363-4914 for details.
The Strand Theatre is located at 28 East Winter St., Delaware, OH. ...
"Friday the 13th"
creator Sean Cunningham just told Fangoria this
about the upcoming "reimagining" from Platinum Dunes:
"Not to put too fine a point on it, but I’m attached to both the
'Friday the 13th' remake and the
'Last House on the Left'
remake, if and when they ever get off the ground. In both cases, I’ll play an
executive-producer role. ... I’m also developing a couple of TV series, one of which,
'Cystal Lake Chronicles,' I’d produce [and direct a little]. Geoff Garrett and
Dan Farrands [screenwriter of
'Halloween: Curse of Michael Myers'] created the idea.” ....
Yahoo! Movies has posted three violent clips
from the March 10 remake of
"The Hills Have Eyes".
Click
here for 'em! ...
Set pictures from the remake of
"Black Christmas" have been posted over
at Canada.com. You can click
here
for those. Andrea Martin, whom some of you might remember
from the original, also has a role in the film and features
prominently in the pics. ...
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February 22, 2006 --
According to Variety,
"Darkness Falls" and
"Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" director
Jonathan Liebesman is set to direct the new
"Friday the 13th" film from New Line and
Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes company.
...
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Fangoria spoke with the Brad Fuller, co-producer of the upcoming
"Friday the 13th"
remake/sequel/prequel, and here's what he had to
say:
“We don’t know exactly what it’s going to be yet; it’s definitely not going to be set after 'Freddy vs. Jason' or 'Jason X'. This was such a juicy title, we couldn’t pass it up. So we’ve been talking to Wheaton, and we’re figuring it out. Jason didn’t really start killing until 'Friday the 13th Part 2,' so this isn’t a remake of the first one—Jason’s definitely going to be killing people in our movie. He didn’t wear the hockey mask until the third film [pictured], and our Jason is definitely going to wear the mask—so this is how we’re going about it right now.
“It feels to me like it’s going to be a re-imagining of… I don’t know if there is a term for it…it’s going to be like what we did with 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,' that’s the best analogy I have. There are going to be things you recognize, but we will make it a distinctively different story. We’re going to keep all of the things that are expected [of a Friday the 13th film] in there.”
...
Click
here to check out the trailer from Lucky McKee's
"The Woods." This film's release date is now apparently in limbo because of the sale
of MGM to Sony (MGM was originally slated to release it). ...
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February 14 2006 -- Today's
Holllywood Reporter unveiled details of Micahel Bay's "Friday the 13th,"
apparent remake. Here's what they wrote:
"Jason is coming back.
"Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes are gearing up to remake 'Friday the 13th' for New Line Cinema, from a script by Mark Wheaton.
"The 'Friday the 13th' series began in 1980, with Sean S. Cunningham directing the first feature, released by Paramount Pictures. After eight films the slasher series, featuring the masked killer Jason Voorhees, moved to New Line, which revived the franchise with 'Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday' in 1993.
"New Line's most recent installment, 'Freddy vs. Jason,' in which Voorhees faced off against Freddy Krueger from the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' series, was released in 2003, grossing more than $82 million domestically.
"Insiders said the producers were hoping to release the movie on Friday, October 13, but it is unlikely that all the pieces will fall into place to make that a reality. No director is attached to the project, and no actors have been cast.
"Platinum Dunes produced 2003's 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' remake, which grossed more than $80 million. The company recently wrapped production on the prequel starring Jordana Brewster. The movie will be released October 6."
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New Jason Film is a Remake, Not a Sequel
February 10, 2006 --
New Line is moving ahead with a REMAKE
of
"Friday the 13th," not a prequel, not a
sequel but a remake.
Series creator Sean Cunningham told
Fango:
"New Line is aggressively pursuing a new film." No word on a director or cast.
The release date is slated to be Friday, Oct. 13, 2006. ...
Michael Keaton is set to star in Richard Rodriguez's segment
of the anthology terror film "Grindhouse." The Rodriguez segment is a one-hour
zombie story called "Planet Terror." ...
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Feburary 6, 2006 --
PG-13 horror ruled the box office tis weekend
with the
"When a Stranger Calls" remake generating
more than $22 million. Quite unexpectedly high. ...
The official Web site of the
R-rated
"Hills Have Eyes" remake from
the director of
"High Tension" is up and can be seen
right
here. ..
BlairWitch.de posted the first images of Nicolas Cage in yet another
remake title hitting theaters: a re-do of the classic
"The Wicker Man". Click
here for 'em.
The Mark of Naschy Website reports that BCI is releasing a slew
of 1970s Spanish and Paul Naschy titles, among them
"Night of the Werewolf," "Exorcism," "Vengeance of the Zombies,"
"Human Beasts," the public domain "Horror Rises From the Tomb,"
"Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll," "Night of the Sorcerers,"
"Loreley's Grasp" and "Dracula's Saga." The films are being
mastered in high definition. The BCI Eclipse Web site
can be found
here. ...
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February 2, 2006 --
On Feb. 1, Variety unveiled some secrets about the
Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez
anthonology horror film "Grindhouse," which will
feature two 60 minute films directed by the two men,
who wrote and directed
"From Dusk Till Dawn" respectively.
"Rodriguez's part, 'Planet Terror,' will be a zombie pic, while Tarantino's section, 'Death Proof,' will a slasher seg."
Speaking of anthology terror, the 1970s British horror studio known as Amicus is back in
action, according to the Jan. 30 Variety:
"It's alive! British horror film label Amicus Entertainment has been reanimated by producer Robert Katz, longtime Amicus exec Julie Moldo and financier Jay Firestone. While the company plans to scare up remakes of such Amicus classics, the shingle will start with two original low-budget horror films...."
The film company also plans to remake the anthology
fear film
"The House That Dripped Blood," a film that honestly
does not need a remake, but whatever. The two films
on the immediate horizon are the
new horror film "Clown," plus there's talk of a movie called
"Stuck" to be directed by the great
Stuart Gordon, who co-wrote the script about a
"a young woman who commits a hit-and-run, then finds her fate tied to her victim,"
according to Variety. ...
Tobe Hooper's next movie "Mortuary"
will premiere on the
Sci Fi Channel Saturday, March 25. ...
Fangoria reports that Marilyn Manson will follow in
Rob Zombie's footsteps and direct his own
horror feature "Phantasmagoria -- The Vision of Lewis Carroll."
Manson will play the famed author of "Alice in Wonderland" with model Lily Cole as Alice, and Angelina Jolie in talks to play the Red Queen.
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January 29, 2006 -- Variety reported this today: Friday,
October 13, 2006 will see a new "Friday
the 13th" movie that looks into the origins of Jason Voorhees!
About time they released one of these on an F13 again. No official word
on a "Friday" follow up that features Freddy too. ...
Speaking
of horror films released on freaky dates: The trailer for the
"Omen"
remake has hit, and it doesn't look half bad. The film is coming out June 6,
2006 (6/6/2006). But why anyone
would remake an already timeless film is beyond me. Plus, where is
Jerry Goldsmith's music.
Click
here for it. ...
20th Century Fox's feature film head honcho Tom Rothman told IESB
this about a sequel to
"Alien vs. Predator":
"Yeah, uh, Hutch would know actually better but I think they just got the script, they just got the script in...we are making that movie, it's gonna be kick ass (smiles)"
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January 26, 2006 --
The Santa Cruz sentinel reports that
"Scream" star David Arquette is set to make a horror movie
in Santa Cruz, Calif., where
"Lost Boys" was filmed.
"The movie, 'The Tripper,' is being directed by David
Arquette — better known for his role in the 'Scream' series
and marrying 'Friends' uber-star Courtney Cox. The film
includes lesser-known actors such as Balthazar Getty of
the television show 'Alias' and Paul Reubens, who has
mostly been out of the limelight since his days as the
character Pee Wee Herman in the 1980s." ...
A really bitchin' horror film festival is set to take place
in New York City March 6-20. The event is sponsored by the
Brooklyn Academy of Music, and will feature
Dario Argento's
"Four Flies on Grey Velvet,"
"The Keep,"
"Reflection of Fear,"
"Martin,"
and many, many others. If you live in New York,
you owe it to yourself to check it out.
click
here for the schedule. ...
iFilm has posted a clip from the
"When a Stranger Calls" remake.
Click
here for it. ...
Every Sundance Film Festival, some awesome horror flick debuts.
"Cabin Fever,"
"Saw,"
and of course
"The Blair Witch Project"
all had major debuts there.
One of the films making waves at this year's Fest, currently taking place in Utah, is a flick
called "Salvage," about a woman who must constantly relive
her death at the hands of a serial kiler until she
discovers who the murderer is. A DIVX interview of the star
of the movie, Lauren Currie Lewis, has been posted at
DIVX Labs right
here and at
FlavorPill right
here. Check out the movie's trailer and official site
here. ...
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January 25, 2006 --
The trailer for "Pulse" is alive in Quicktime!
Click
here for it. ...
The Hollywood Reporter ran a piece today on casting
for "Grudge 2." Here's wat they had to say:
"Amber Tamblyn will topline 'The Grudge 2,' the sequel to
the 2004 horror hit for Columbia Pictures and Ghost House
Pictures. Director Takashi Shimizu, writer Stephen Susco
and producers Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Taka Ichise all
are returning. Arielle Kebbel and Teresa Palmer also have
been cast. Tamblyn will play the younger sister of Sarah
Michelle Gellar, who returns long enough to pass on the
movie's supernatural curse. The sequel delves into the
secrets behind the grudge's wrath and introduces a
seemingly unrelated host of new characters who find
themselves connected by the curse. Kebbel and Palmer
('December Boys') play American schoolgirls in Tokyo.
Mandate Pictures' Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane will
executive produce alongside Vertigo's Roy Lee and
Doug Davison. Matt Tolmach and Shannon Gaulding will
oversee the production for Columbia. Michael Kirk and
Drew Crevello will oversee for Ghost House." ...
HorrorChannel.com is reporting that Anchor Bay is planning
a release of all three
"Evil Dead" movies, along with the short film
"Within the Woods," to DVD later tis year. ...
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January 23, 2006 --
New Line is inviting horror fans to an advance screening
of "Final Destination 3" on Feruary 8 at 7 p.m.!
Click
here to sign up! ...
Dimension Films has released the synopsis to its March 3
thriller "Pulse," and here it is:
"Imagine our wireless technologies made a connection to a world beyond our own. Imagine that world used that technology as a doorway into ours. Now, imagine the connection we made can¹t be shut down. When you turn on your cell phone or log on to your e-mail, they¹ll get in, you¹ll be infected and they¹ll be able to take from you what they don¹t have anymore - life. Kristen Bell ("Veronica Mars"), Christina Milian ("Love Don't Cost A Thing") and Ian Somerhalder ("Lost") star in PULSE, a bone-chilling thriller hitting theatres on March 3rd." ...
The only "banned" episode of the Showtime series "Masters of Horror" (the one episode Showtime has refused to air) is heading to DVD! Here is the official press release:
IDT Entertainment’s Anchor Bay Entertainment proudly announces the upcoming exclusive DVD release of Takashi Miike’s controversial film “Imprint” from the critically acclaimed MASTERS OF HORROR anthology series.
Premiering on the Showtime cable network in October 2005 to critical and public acclaim, each MASTERS OF HORROR film stands alone as an exercise in terror, written and directed with complete artistic freedom by the genre’s leading practitioners.
MASTERS OF HORROR is the ultimate director-driven project. “Imprint” is the only one from the thirteen episodes produced that will not air. “Like all the films in this groundbreaking series,” says executive producer John W. Hyde, ‘Imprint’ was made with no restrictions whatsoever on the filmmaker and we are honored to be able to bring Miike’s unadulterated vision to the fans.”
Miike observed: “To tell you the truth, I was not surprised to hear that ‘Imprint’ would not air. Through the experience of directing this episode, I have discovered that while humor can have its limits, fear has no limits. I could not suppress the volume of terror that this film conveys.”
Based on the terrifying novel “Bokkee Kyoutee” (Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., LTD) by Shimako Iwai, Takashi Miike’s “Imprint,” produced by Kadokawa Pictures USA and filmed at Kadokawa Pictures in Tokyo, Japan, is set amid the corpse-strewn riverbanks of 19th century Japan in this tale of an American journalist (Billy Drago, “The Untouchables” and “Demon Hunter”), hoping to find a love he left behind. The journalist’s hunt leads to a dark island where the only refuge is a brothel. Spending the night with a unique woman (Youki Kudoh, “Memoirs of a Geisha”), he learns the danger of dredging up old ghosts.
Anchor Bay Entertainment will release “Imprint” on DVD in fall 2006. Anticipated bonus features include exclusive behind the scenes footage, trailers, stills and more. Kadokawa Herald Pictures in Tokyo, Japan is planning its world premiere and release soon thereafter.
...
Meanwhile, exec producer Mick Garris has confirmed that we can
expect to see John Landis, John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper,
Stuart Gordon, Joe Dante and himself to direct more episode
of the "Masters of Horror" series. ...
"Underworld 2" edged out Golden Globe winner "Brokeback Mountain"
at the box office this weekend, despite the fact that no critics
screenings were allowed before the films release. It made
more than $27 million over the weekend.
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January 20, 2006 --
The trailer for "Hard Candy" is up in Quicktime
right
here. ...
The trailer for "Silent Hill" is up at Yahoo
Movies right
here.. ...
Meanwhile, the teaser trailer for "Worst Case Scenario"
can be found
here. ...
The official Web site of the horror sequel
"Creepshow 3" is up, fully launched and
can be found
here. George Romero has nothing to do with this
follow up, and if it's as bad as
"Day of the Dead 2: Contagium" (basically
produced by the same people, it is probably worth
avoiding. ...
Another unofficial Romero-inspired film,
"Night of the Living Dead 3-D," has a newly
updated Web site as well, and a new release
date. The film will be hitting indie theater
screens March 17, instead of January 27.
3-D stills have been added to the official
Web site. Check 'em out
here. ... "Underworld 2" opens today. Check out the official
site here.
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January 16, 2006 --
Dark Sky Films announced the release of a trio
of '70s British horror films to DVD on June 27.
The excellent
"Asylum,"
the rather-good
"And Now the Screaming Starts" and the
less-than-spectacular "The Beast Must Die." ...
The official "When a Stranger Calls" remake site
is now up and can be found right
here. ...
The trailer for "Ultraviolet," starring
"Resident Evil" goddess Milla Jolovich,
is up, and check it out
here.
We're a little late reporting on this, but here
is the official pic of the new Damien being featured
in 20th Century Fox's remake of
"The Omen", hitting screens
June 6, 2006. ..
In a little bit of weirdness, here's an LA Weekly piece on an
LA screenwriter (the man who wrote "The Hitcher" and
"Near Dark") and a bizarre car death. Click
here for it. ...
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June 27, 2006 --
This weekend, the Bridge Theater in San Francisco
will present George A. Romero's
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Unearthed films released its first look at the cover
art for
June 11, 2006 --
The official Web site for the
March 15, 2006 --
Criterion will finally be releasing
Here is the cover to Anchor Bay's edition of the disappointing
February 20, 2006 --
Anchor Bay has finally come out with a release
date for the DVD of
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