Olyphant Headlines ‘The Crazies’
Breck Eisner's remake of George Romero's "The Crazies" has scored actor Timothy Olyphant as its lead actor. Olyphant, seen in the movie "Hitman," will play a sherriff in a town infected with "the crazies." The script was pennned by Scott Korsar ("The Machinist") and Ray Wright ("Plulse," ugh). George Romero is executive producing. Look for the film Sept. 25, 2009.. .PG-13 Horror Dominates
Actually to call it a horror movie is a bit of a stretch. But the teen/romance/vampire film beat out James Bond at the box office! As reported in today's New York Times: 'Twilight' took a giant bite out of the North American box office over the weekend, selling an estimated $70.6 million in tickets and proving that a wholesome love story can still turn out a huge young-adult audience. So it looks like the most successful vampire movie of all time is going to be a teen romance.. . . .‘Midnight Meat Train’ Art, Specs
Lionsgate has unveiled artwork and specs for "Midnight Meat Train" due to hit DVD and Blu-Ray February 17. Extras to the under-released film will be an "Anatomy of a Murder- the Making of The Midnight Meat Train" featurette, a "World of Clive Barker" featurette, and a "Mahogany's Bag" feature, whatever that means. . . . . .Cover Art, Details on Uncut ‘My Bloody Valentine’ DVD
It's been the stuff of legend. The pretty bad 1980s slasher "My Bloody Valentine" was badly truncated for its theatrical release, with a lot of the gore scenes that turned up in magazines like Fangoria totally cut out of the released film. An uncut version never saw the light of day. Click here for our brief review of the original. This January, at long last, the uncut version of "My Bloody Valentine" looks set to be unleashed to the world. It should be fun to see, although the movie was simply so weak that it's hard to imagine that the addition of some gore is really going to improve things all that much. January 13 is the date the moldie oldie hits the streets courtesy of Lionsgate, in time for the January 16 release of Patrick Lussier's "My Bloody Valentine 3-D" in theaters. .Upcoming Sci-Fi-Horror Film ‘Plaguers’
There's not enough sci-fi horror being produced these days. So it's good to see one title is around the corner: "Plaguers." Here's some official poster art for this fear film about a band of "sexy space pirates." Here's official synopsis: When a band of sexy space pirates hijack a fuel-transport vessel bound for Earth, an alien virus known only as "Thanatos" is accidentally released. The contagion mutates its victims, transforming them one after another into ravenous, demonic creatures. Pirates and crew must join together to destroy the undead PLAGUERS as the ship nears Earth, threatening to infect the entire planet. "Plaguers" was directed by Brad Sykes, who has been helming direct-to-video horror movies since the late 1990s, beginning with "Camp Blood." . .‘Deep Red’ Gets Ultimate Edition Treatment
For enthusiasts of Dario Argento, this is great news. The arguably superior shortened, English-language cut of "Profondo Rosso" (aka "Deep Red") is finally being released on DVD in Anamorphic widescreen -- but it's in Denmark! Oh well. Nothing a little EBay can't fix. Actually, this upcoming DVD release of the film from Another World Entertainment is an 'ultimate edition', featuring both the extended Italian version and the shorter (some might argue tighter) English language version. Disc 1 will feature the 126-minute Italian director's cut. In a slight bummer, commentary won't be from Argento himself but by a Danish Argento expert: Thomas Rostock. Disc 2 will feature the short 105 minute "international version" of the film.‘Alphabet Killer’ Spells ‘Limited Theatrical Release’
Anchor Bay Entertainment has announced that "The Alphabet Killer" will have an exclusive New York theatrical engagement starting Friday, December 12th at the Cinema Village, 22 East 12th Street in NYC. In addition, a Red Carpet, invitation-only premiere will take place at the Cinema Village on Thursday, December 11th with special guest appearances TBA. Directed by Rob Schmidt (Wrong Turn, "Masters of Horror: Right To Die") and featuring an all-star cast including Eliza Dushku (Bring It On, Wrong Turn), Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride, Saw), and Oscar-winner Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People, Sunshine State), "The Alphabet Killer" is a psychological thriller loosely based on the serial murders that shocked the citizens of Rochester, New York in the early 1970s. Anchor Bay Entertainment will release "The Alphabet Killer" theatrically in exclusive engagements in Rochester, Buffalo, Los Angeles and New York. . . . .Bruce Campbell in Chicago
One Week Only!
Starts Friday, November 28 at Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema - Chicago, IL
Bruce Campbell In Person Fri, Sat & Sun, Nov 28, 29 & 30 at 7:30 & 10:15pm!
When the small mining town of Gold Lick, Oregon needs to rid itself of a vengeful monster, they kidnap actor Bruce Campbell—star of the Evil Dead trilogy, Bubba Ho-tep and countless B-movie horror films—and recruit him to be their local savior. Mortified at first, Bruce eventually goes along with the plan, convinced…
Midnight Meat Train on DVD
Ryuhei Kitamura’s debut American horror film Midnight Meat Train gave rise to some friction between horror fans and Lionsgate earlier this year when the latter dumped the film into a limited amount of theaters. This adaptation of the Clive Barker story has since had a healthy run on VOD and FearNet, but if you haven’t seen it there then February 17th is the day for you. That’s when Lionsgate Home Entertainment releases the film on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Special features include:
•…
Sci-Fi Remakes Coming
Hollywood, Back to the Future: Top filmmakers have already dipped into the sci-fi vault for 21st century remakes of “The War of the Worlds,” “The Planet of the Apes” and the upcoming “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” so what’s next on the revival list? Plenty. Here’s a list of a dozen remakes and revival projects now at various stages in the studio pipeline.
“When Worlds Collide”
Steven Spielberg is one of the producers and Stephen Sommers (“The Mummy,” “Van Helsing”), infamous…
Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors Returns
( Los Angeles, California; Nov. 25, 2008) “Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors”, the world’s number one convention for fans of dark entertainment, announces its 2009 tour to include CHICAGO on March 6th-8th 2009 (Wyndham Chicago O’Hare), LOS ANGELES on April 17th -19th, 2009 (The LA Convention Center) and NEW YORK CITY on June 5-7, 2009 (The Jacob Javits Center).
Over half a million horror fans have attended “Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors” events since its founding 23 years ago. Virtually every major horror…
REVIEW: P2 (2007)
P2 (2007): Reviewed by BRYAN SCHUESSLER
P2 was directed by Franck Khalfoun and this was his directorial debut. You may have noticed him in Alexandre (Andre) Aja’s Haute Tension (High Tension-USA) as an actor. He is also directing the upcoming Silent Night, Deadly Night remake. Oh boy, everyone knows how much I LOVE remakes! BLAH! Anyways, if Aja is working with him on that project, it should be good, if not awesome. I love Aja’s work!
Speaking of Alexandre Aja, he is also the writer and producer…
REVIEW: I Know Who Killed Me (2007)
This film was directed by Chris Sivertson, who is the writer for the upcoming Wicked Lake (2008) and co-director of Toolbox Murders:As It Was (2003). I Know Who Killed Me stars Lindsey Lohan (Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004) and Freaky Friday (2003)), Julie Ormand ( David Lynch’s Inland Empire (2006)), and Neal McDonough who has been in tons of tv shows, The Hitcher (2007), Walking Tall (2004), and Minority Report (2002), to name just a few.
The plot of the film revolves around…
The Angry Sea
So, lets put the creepy and scary back into horror huh!
Check out this trailer for The Angry Sea. Its a dark and rather creepy tale of some people on a ship in the 1800’s. Further more this is an indie flick, but from the looks of the trailer, the production value is top notch. Even with a limited budget, and limited resources, Keith Wong and his crew have put together a supernatural flick that is believable.
Check out the film synopsis,…
Go Green With Dr. Gangrene
New Valiant Nominated For An Emmy
Cameron McCasland Gets A Nod For Writing
Nashville, TN (11.21.08) New Valiant Productions “Trash Day Of The Dead” from the “Go Green With Dr. Gangrene” campaign has been nominated for an Emmy by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, at the 23rd Annual Midsouth Emmy Awards.
“Trash Day Of The Dead” Writer & Director Cameron McCasland was nominated for writing in the “Advanced Media Writing” category announced earlier this evening at The BMI headquarters on…
Sweet Sister
ARCHSTONE PICTURES, with offices in Los Angeles, California, and Austin, Texas, in association with Austin, Texas-based DREAMSTREAM ENTERTAINMENT, announce the start of pre-production on the SAG low-budget feature film, "Sweet Sister".
Austin, TX (PRWEB) November 24, 2008 — ARCHSTONE PICTURES, with offices in Los Angeles, California, and Austin, Texas, in association with Austin, Texas-based DREAMSTREAM ENTERTAINMENT, announce the start of pre-production on the SAG low-budget feature film, "Sweet Sister".
Principle photography is scheduled to begin mid winter. The psychological thriller will be…
Supernatural Thiller Details
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - French filmmaker Pascal Laugier, who freaked out audiences at the Cannes and Toronto festivals this year, is assembling a Hollywood career with scary efficiency.
Laugier will write and direct "Details," a supernatural thriller about a daughter who disappears after stirring up dark forces and the father obsessed with finding her. The Paramount Vantage project is based on a short story by British fantasy writer China Mieville.
He gained infamy with "Martyrs," which polarized festival audiences with its…
Two Front Teeth - Out November 25th!
“I’m dreaming of a crimson Christmas, just like the one I used to know…”
Every year we have the tradition of watching my favorite Christmas movie ever- Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer! Shut up, stop laughing its just magical to me. After watching Two Front Teeth from Jamie Nash and David Thomas Sckrabulis I decided it had to be put on my Christmas eve movie list. Now don’t get me wrong this isn’t a beautiful Christmas story wrapped in a big…
Traumatized - Author Alexander S. Brown
ISBN: Hard Cover- 978-1-4363-7409-5, Soft Cover- 978-1-4363-7408-8
Xlibris Publishing
http://www.Xlibris.com
Alexander S. Brown sent me a copy of his book Traumatized and it kept me on my couch the whole weekend with my nose buried in his 15 fabulous tales. This is a smorgasboard of stories to tempt your sensory taste buds with. I say this because there is a story about every topic there is- from witches, demons, and hell, to a nasty bout with sushi! But here is the thing, even though they are topics we’ve…
Last Night - A Richard Reiter Film
Sometime’s you sit down and watch a movie and end up saying to yourself “What the hell
was that just about?” This to me was one of those movies. Last Night from Richard Reiter
was sort of confusing for me. Am I stupid? Quite possibly so hang tight and try and
understand to the best of your ability.
You will witness a few handicap kids in the woods being frightened out of their minds and
trying to escape. Later a sort of scarecrow comes to kick…
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