March, 2007
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‘Thanksgiving’ Trailer From ‘Grindhouse’ Live Now
Eli Roth’s trailer for his faux film ‘Thanksgiving’ is live online now.
Open Water 2: Adrift
Fatigue. Hypothermia. Death.
A group of old friends get together for a boating expedition. Things take a deadly turn when they decide to go for a little open water swim. They forgot to drop the ladder which makes getting out of the ocean impossible. Will they figure out a way to survive or fall victim to the vicious elements of the sea?
While very different in style and tone from the original, this edition was still a very solid effort. The biggest difference between the two films is where the main source of horror comes from. In the original, the terror is delivered by the hungry sharks waiting to snack on the humans. In this outing the horror comes from the humans themselves. The reason for this is that the unwilling sea-stranded participants have no scuba gear. They got stuck out in the water from their own boat as opposed to being properly equipped. This obviously shortens the amount of time they have to survive significantly.
Casting on ‘Prom Night’ Remake
Yeah. They’re remaking this movie too. Today, some casting was announced on it.
Yet Another ‘Grindhouse’ Story
With 8 days go to before the release of “Grindhouse,” we have a last bit of history about what promises to be an historic, double feature horror film. Director Robert Rodriguez discusses how the idea for the film came about.
Two Rare Naschy Titles Heading to DVD
On May 8, Paul Naschy’s “Night of the Werewolf” and “Vengeance of the Zombies” will be released in special edition DVDs, remastered from the original negatives in high definition. Naschy’s films are pretty cheesy, but for fans of Euro-trash horror from the 1970s, they’re masterpieces.
Official ‘Hostel Part II’ Trailer Live Now
MTV today posted the official full-length trailer to “Hostel Part II.”
Eli Roth All Over the News
“Hostel Part II” director Eli Roth chatted up MTV about the state of horror and believes horror films should have no ratings.
Trailer for Brit Horror/Comedy ‘Severance
The trailer for “Office”-like British horror comedy “Severance” is live now!
HD Trailer for ‘28 Weeks Later’
It was posted in Quicktime yesterday.
Huge DVD News: ‘Island of the Damned’
‘Island of the Damned’ — also called ‘Who Can Kill a Child?’ — is at last heading to DVD in the USA courtesy of Dark Sky Films.
Nightmares of Leia Ray
Nightmares of Leai Ray is a point and click horror game that caught my eye. It has an annoying beginning, hurt my ears, and you can kind of figure out the ending right from the start, but it has some very eerie moments. Was worth the 5 minutes it took to complete.
Zombie Video Stars
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Zack Snyder to Direct ‘Army of the Dead’ – New Zombie Movie
The ‘300′ director is returning to the genre he helped reinvent with his ‘Dawn of the Dead’ remake.
‘House of Re-Animator’ to Be Episode of Masters of Horror?
Barbara Crampton mentioned it at a horror fest over the weekend.
11 ‘Grindhouse’ Clips
The film officially clocks in at 3 hours 5 minutes. Here are 11 video clips.
The Hills Have Eyes II
The Lucky ones die fast.
Two years ago the Carter family, who were traveling across the country, got lost in the deserts of New Mexico and ended up on an old military site know as Section 16. Over the course of the next 24 hours members of the Carter family would be ambushed, hunted and butchered by a clan of deprived cannibals who have lived in the hills living and feeding off of all who ventured into their hunting grounds. Members of the Carter family that made it out of the desert, told their tale of horror to local authorities and since then the military has been monitoring the valley in hopes of finding some trace of the beings the Carter's described. Nothing has been reported since then, nothing until… NOW!
The sequel to the remake of The Hills Have Eyes hits the screen written by Wes Craven, the creator of the original film, and his son Jonathan. Much like the actual sequel to the original film's sequel, this sequel sucks as well, only not quite as much.
The Mad world premiere screening
Great screening last night of The Mad, which was premiering last night in Toronto as part of the Canadian Filmakers Festival. Directed by John Kalangis and starring Billy Zane, The Mad opened this year’s festival, and it was well worth the ticket price if you ask me. Perhaps the hardcore zombie fans won’t see this as the Canadian Shaun of the Dead, as it was presented last night, but to me, it did what I wanted it to do: it made me laugh. I love these zomedies, generally speaking of course, and I liked this one. Billy Zane’s nerdy father role was well played and the father-and-daughter-working-out-their-relationship type of interaction was to the sound of zombie killing. I didn’t ask for more, but I do have one criticism, and that is that I would have liked a bit more gore.
On the topic of Billy Zane, I wonder how many people, females in particular, came to catch a glimpse of the beau garçon. Well the beau garçon didn’t show up, and when Jonh Kalangis announced it, I swear I heard 100 "oh nos", "dangs" and "awws" around me. Conclusion: Next time the opening film at the Canadian Filmakers Festival stars a beau garçon, bring the dude over.
No, no, no, NO!
I am not going to sit here this evening and waste my time watching the fifth installment of Return of the Living Dead, this one titled Rave to the Grave. After that complete mess of a film I sat thru last night, there is no way I’m going to get burned again. I’ll save this one for when I’m really bored and ain’t got much else to do. Right now I’ve got something much better to do; load my ass into The Jeep, head down the hill to KFC and grab me some grub. After that, I got some serious catching up to do with the xBox, then maybe chill out in front of The God with a phantasmagoric Dario Argento flick….maybe Phenomena or even Inferno.
Hey, check it out–I joined up with Bloody Disgusting’s Zombie Army! It’s nothing more than a link to my profile on Bloody Disgusting, but the virtual card looks kinda cool.
Don’t ya think?
The Conqueror Worm
He'll hang, burn and mutilate you. He's the… witchfinder general.
The Conqueror Worm is a movie from 1964 that has nothing to do with a conquering worm, or the Poe poem by the same name. This was cheap marketing to capitalize on the success Roger Corman and Vincent Price were having with their string of Poe adaptations. They should have stuck with the infinitely cooler Witchfinder General moniker. By the way, is there a cooler job title than “Witchfinder General?”
The movie stars Vincent Price as Matthew Hopkins, who is a nonfictional historical figure who is a lawyer turned witch hunter. Apparently this was a lucrative business back in the day, as Hopkins turned a nice profit. The witch-hunt seemed arbitrary though, as old men to little girls were decreed witches and tortured to death. Problems arise however when a successful infantryman loses his future uncle-in-law to some witch-hunting shenanigans. His fiancé is victim to Hopkins’ lustful advances also, in a noble but futile attempt by her to get her uncles life spared. Hell, it was worth a shot. The infantryman vows vengeance and scours the countryside looking for Hopkins and his lackeys, in order to exact justice.
The Walking Dead – Volume 1: Days Gone Bye
At first glance, “The Walking Dead – Volume 1: Days Gone Bye” by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore seems like a derivative work. In fact, with an opening almost identical to that of the modern zombie movie masterpiece 28 Days Later, (our hero wakes from a coma in a hospital to a world already [...]
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