May, 2007
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“28 Weeks Later” - More intense than “28 Days Later”
Fox Atomic delivered with its "28 Days Later sequel". There, that’s my opinion…
Six months after the virus swept through the British Isles, the plague is reignited through a carrier immuned to the plague, who transmits it to the character of Don (Robert Carlyle) to get the infection rolling again. What follows is pretty much a story of survival and containment, with extremely intense sequences. I won’t spoil it for anyone, but I am sure that you will agree: "28 Days Later" delievered on intensity… and "28 Weeks Later" steps it up a notch. This zombie movie is REALLY intense and the zombies look faster and meaner than they did in the first movie. There is almost more gore, more running… and more of "them".
If I had a criticism, it would be in terms of scenario. I don’t care that a proper explanation did not shed light on the immunity gene: that was not the purpose of the film. But where the movie lacked in terms of explanation is why father Don essentially stalks his children after turning into a zombie, and why he seems to have retained some sort of consciousness. I love Robert Carlyle, but the character he had to play was so-so. I didn’t make sense to me that every fast-running zombie in the film was acting like a proper zombie, nibbling and killing any survivor they can put their dirty paws on; but his character, for some reason, seems to bent on killing his children, instead of running with the pack. And he is a pretty good stalker too. So I thought that was a bit odd, didn’t make sense, and if I had a criticism, that would be it.
That said, overall, I thought it was a good movie. And I am sure they have another sequel in the works, and that would make a neat little trilogy: 28 Days Later, 28 Week Later and… 28 Months Later.
"28 Weeks Later" is directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and stars Don (Robert Carlyle), Rose Byrne (Scarlet), Jeremy Renner (Sgt. Doyle), Harold Perrineau (Flynn), Catherine McCormack (Alice), Mackintosh Muggleton (Andy), Idris Elba (General Stone) and Imogen Poots (Tammy).
“Another Hole in the Head” Film Festival June 1st to 14th 2007
Horror Yearbook is very excited to announce The 4th Annual “Another Hole in the Head” Horror/Sci-Fi film festival in San Francisco on June 1st to 14th. The people behind Hole in the Head have worked very hard to put together a great festival this year and Horror Yearbook is very happy to have been part of it. Here are our picks and entire horror film schedule. For more info and other films check out www.sfindie.com
Isolation trailer
There isn’t a lot of info about this movie on their myspace page, but boy, do I like the trailer.
ISOLATION - A FULL LENGTH FEATURE - NEW FILM NOIR BY DIRECTOR/ WRITER/ CO-EDITOR -
Here is a bit of info.
ISOLATION FEATURING:
CHARISSA SAVERIO A.K.A DJ RAP
TOM CHAMBERLAIN
MARC HUSTVEDT
JESSICA DILL
KEENAN RIPLEY
NICOLE ALONSO
DEREK BROWN
Trailer description taken from the myspace trailer page: "This footage was found after an FBI raid of an undisclosed hacker’s residence. This data is highly classified and brought to you at great personal risk. Spread the word."
Confirmation that ‘The Burning’ Is Heading to DVD in the USA
At last: Confirmation for the upcoming DVD release of “The Burning.” It’s happening. This is real. One of the most hotly anticipated, totally unavailable slasher classics from the 1980s is arriving on DVD.
Even More ‘Halloween’ Photos
Even more new shots of Malcolm McDowell as Dr. Loomis and of the town law enforcement.
Argento in a ‘Stand Off’ Position with ‘Third Mother’
The second sequel to “Suspiria” is in trouble, with Dario Argento in total disagreement with distributors over what should be cut from the film.
Jack Ketchum’s - The Girl Next Door Trailer
The movie based on Jack Ketchum’s excellent and very disturbing novel “The Girl Next Door” trailer has finally arrived on the official website here.
Zombie Picture
Found this cool picture back at zombiefriends. Love it. I enjoy this kind of stuff on a regular basis, I scour deviantart and a couple of other site. Awesome shit, that’s all I can say.
This is not the best one, but it caught my attention.
The Quick and the Undead (2006)
And what better place to start than the lead character? Here, writer-director Gerald Nott mines every single influence he could possibly have and puts them on transparent and less than subtle display. Here we have a a badass puttering around after the apocalypse, (MAD MAX) missing a finger on his left hand, (like Roland from Stephen King’s DARK TOWER series) in a cowboy hat smoking those tiny little cigars (The Man with No Name) and all the while he carries a guitar case filled with guns (EL MARIACHI)…
28 Weeks Later ?Critic Exchange? by Fatally Yours
This “28 Weeks Later” review was part of our Critic Exchange with original news
Bug Trailer
"Bug" is the latest William Friedkin (Exorcist) movie and the reviews are great. Bug stars Golden Globe nominee Ashley Judd, Harry Connick, Jr., Lynn Collins, Brian O’Byrne and Michael Shannon.
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