Thursday, June 30, 2011

06/30 Bloody Disgusting Selects Acquires 'MACABRE':


Bloody Disgusting Selects has acquired U.S. rights to the Kimo Stamboel and Timo Tjahjanto's ("The Mo Brothers") Indonesian splatterfest 'MACABRE'..





Starring Ario Bayu, Julie Estelle, Imelda Therinne, Shareefa Daanish, Arifin Putra, "Two newlyweds, along with 4 of their best friends, interrupt their travels to pick up a troubled girl on an abandoned stretch of roadway. When they return her to her ancestral home, the night turns into a crimson-hell for the 6 friends, who find themselves trapped and hunted down by Dara and her cult-like family of deadly protégés, born and raised to systematically eliminate unsuspecting passerby for one nefarious reason."


Macabre, also known as "Darah", is off-the-wall violent and has been called the "Indonesian Inside".

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06/30 Promo Poster For The Upcoming Slasher Flick 'Blood Widow':


Promo poster for the upcoming slasher flick 'Blood Widow' has popped up.. The film has just wrapped shooting and is currently in post-production.

Synopsis: Laurie and Hugh, a successful young couple who have just closed on a weekend home away from the city. Unbeknownst to them, the neighboring property contains the crumbling remains of boarding school that was shuttered in the wake of an unspeakable massacre. The sole survivor of that massacre still resides in the ruins of the school, hiding from the world and wanting only to be left alone. When Laurie and Hugh’s friends explore the property, they have no idea that they disturbed an emotionally-broken killing machine: The Blood Widow.

In the press release, co-writer and producer Chad Coup says this: “I can say with complete confidence that we made this movie for horror fans that want an old-school ride. We don’t want our audience to be bored for one second, and we’re going to make sure this delivers what horror fans want.”

(Source: KillerFilm.com)

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06/30 'TERROR TRAP' Comes To DVD:


Phase 4 Films is set to release filmmaker Dan Garcia's 'Terror Trap' onto DVD shelves September 27th. The only extra will be the film’s trailer.

Synopsis: Driving to a weekend getaway, a car breakdown strands young couple Don and Nancy (David James Elliot and Heather Marsden) while passing through a small, rural Louisiana town. Finding the couple on the roadside, the towns inhospitable Sheriff Taylor (Jeff Fahey) tells them therell be no one to repair their car before morning. He directs them to a nearby motel for the night run by Carter (Michael Madsen). Checking into the seedy, rundown establishment, Don and Nancy have no way of knowing how this place deals with outsiders. Badge aside, the Sherriff answers to Carter, as do a gang of twisted, masked kidnappers, torturers, and killers. By the time Don and Nancy realize whats happening, its too late to flee. They must fight to survive the night, or be the next victims of the Terror Trap...



If the plot to Terror Trap sounds familiar to you, it might be because the upcoming Jeff Fahey/Michael Madsen/David James Elliot horror/thriller is clearly a copycat of [Vacancy] so much so - the folks over at 'Asylum Films' would be proud!

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06/30 Director Miguel Angel Vivas 'WELCOME TO HARMONY' Update:


Variety reports that Jaume Collet-Serra the filmmaker behind the fantastic 'ORPHAN, UNKOWN' has signed on to help usher a new horror film from Director Miguel Angel Vivas (KIDNAPPED) entitled 'WELCOME TO HARMONY'.


Ombra Films is producing the english language flick, Welcome To Harmony sees three survivors in a post-apocalyptic environment, ravaged by an plague that turns its victims into "BEASTS.

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06/30 Haley Joel Osment Returning To Big Screen For 'Wake the Dead':


Former child star Haley Joel Osment is taking on a role in an upcoming film inspired by "Frankenstein."

Osment, who shot to fame in "The Sixth Sense" has taken a hiatus from the big screen while attending college, but he's stepping back into the spotlight to play Victor Franklin, a student who tries to reverse death, in "Wake the Dead."

Producer Rob Eric says the 23-year-old has been perfectly cast, telling Variety, "This role allows him to break out of his shell, and he will have no problem handling it."

The film, based on graphic novels by Steve Niles, will be co-produced by former Guns N' Roses guitarist through his new Slasher Films company.

(Source: MSN.com)

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06/30 Trailer/First Pic Debut - MTV's New Horror Show 'DEADTH VALLEY':


MTV has just debuted the trailer for it's new horror show 'DEADTH VALLEY', which premieres on August 29 at 10:30 and focuses on a branch of the LAPD called the “Undead Task Force” (UTF) and their battles with various supernatural elements, zombies, werewolves, and vampires.




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New One-Sheet Debut For Indie Horror Flick 'ABSENTIA':



New One-Sheet Debut For Indie Horror Flick 'ABSENTIA':

Synopsis: Tricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister, Callie, comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dead in absentia.' Tricia is reluctant, always holding out hope, but Callie is practical and wants her to move on. As Tricia sifts through the wreckage and tries to move on with her life, Callie finds herself drawn to an ominous tunnel near the house. As she begins to link it to other mysterious disappearances, it becomes clear that his presumed death might be anything but 'natural.' It seems that the ancient force at work in the tunnel might have set its sights on Callie and Tricia ... and Tricia's husband might be suffering a fate far worse than death in its grasp.


Directed by Mike Flanagan - Stars Katie Parker, Courtney Bell, David Levine, Morgan Brown, Justin Gordon, James Flanagan, and genre favorite Doug Jones.. Absentia premieres On Demand this Friday, July 1st..

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'SCREAM' Trilogy Returns To Blu-Ray This September:





Miramax has announced it is releasing the 'SCREAM' trilogy Blu-Ray box set on September 6th. Bonus content has not been revealed, but giving the poor reception the last blu-ray release received back in March.. You can almost count on a much better effort this time around.. Hopefluly we will get the uncut version of Scream with this one!

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The Latest One-Sheet For Final Destination 5 Is Here:



The latest one-sheet for Final Destination 5 is here.. The latest entry to the popular franchise opens August 12!

"A group of co-workers on a corporate retreat escape the collapse of a suspension bridge because of a fellow worker’s premonition of the disaster,and then are hunted by an invisible force that seems to be Death itself, coming to collect its due."

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“TEXAS CHAINSAW” Has A Release Date:


Shock Till You Drop reports that Lionsgate is releasing THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 3D on October 5, 2012! Starring genre favorite Bill Moseley, John Luessenhop will be directing the latest Leatherface offering that will be a direct sequel to Tobe Hooper's classic 1974 film. It's said to follow the lead character, Heather, who along with her friends, travel to Texas in order to collect an inheritance. Heather discovers that Leatherface is her cousin.

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Thomas Jane A Bit Long In The Tooth:




Thomas Jane is one of the most versatile actors working within the industry today. For years he's been fighting sharks, punishing the guilty, and even battling Stephen King's otherworldly monsters in The Mist.


In an interview with Collider, Jane had the following to say about his upcoming trip to the land of the shape-shifter ... "I’m doing a werewolf movie called, 'THE LYCAN', which is a gothic werewolf romance set in the late 1700s. It’s fuckin’ cool. It’s basically Alien, set in a castle, with werewolves."

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Alice Cooper "Cameo" in Dark Shadows?



Johnny Depp and Alice Cooper jammed together on stage in England, playing cooper's hits "I'm Eighteen" and "School's Out" together, reports the [official site for Cooper].

"Johnny is in London working on the new Tim Burton movie Dark Shadows, and Alice is rumored to have a cameo part in the film as well..." Says Cooper's site:

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'RED STATE' Will Land On VOD September 5th:


Kevin Smith has updated 'RED STATE' website with the announcement! That Lionsgate will release his political horror flick on VOD this coming Labor Day (Monday, September 5).


"If you didn’t join us during our first theatrical run, you can catch 'Red State' on VOD this Labor Day; and less than a month later, in October, you can see 'Red State' in a movie theater, immediately followed by a rollicking, no-holds-barred live-streamed, interactive Q&A! And when the Q&A is done, we wrap this unique theatrical experience with a performance of HOLLYWOOD BABBLE-ON, featuring me and Red State co-star Ralph Garman! Three big shows for one insanely low price: under $20."


Red State, which stars Kyle Gallner, Melissa Leo, Dermot Mulroney, Michael Angarano, Steven Root, Michael Parks and John Goodman, "unfolds in a small town dominated by a fundamentalist preacher, Abin Cooper. It tells the story of three high school boys who, on their way to an internet arranged meeting with a woman, end up crossing paths with Cooper. The encounter sets into motion a series of events that causes all hell to break loose."

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Behind-the-Scenes Images: 'Silent Hill Revelation 3D'






Silent Hill fans are in for a real treat this afternoon as loads of new behind-the-scenes imagery has made its way onto the official Silent Hill Revelation Facebook page.

(Source:DreadCentral.com)

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First Teaser Posters For 'Silent Hill Revelation 3D':




Synopsis: Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn't fully understand, Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by horrific nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Heather discovers she's not who she thinks she is. The revelation leads her deeper into a demonic world that threatens to trap her forever.

Michael J. Bassett directs the sequel that stars Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell, Deborah Kara Unger, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Malcolm McDowell.

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Monday, June 27, 2011

Pre-Production Start For 'OLD 37':



Big Picture Media has announced that pre-production has begun on a "psychological slasher" called 'Old 37'. The official press release describes the film as follows.

"['Old 37'] is about two brothers posing as paramedics, who intercept 911 calls in a retired old ambulance. Fast paced and blood soaked, 'Old 37' taps into the most basic human fear: vulnerability. The words 'don't worry, I'm a paramedic' will make you think twice before dialing 9-1-1."

The legendary Kane Hodder is set to headline, performing as both one of the killers and as the production's stunt coordinator. Brandy Cyrus, Max Erich and Dalal Bruchmann are also attached to star with Darius Holbert on board as the composer.

Production is slated to begin this fall in Long Island, New York with Christian Winters both directing and editing with a script from newcomer Paul Travers.

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Horror Returns To VHS In 'The Basement':

Camp Motion Pictures is set to unleash a collectors box-set which consists of the horror anthology The Basement.


“The Ultimate Gift to Fans of 1980’s DIY Horror Cinema! VHS / DVD 5-Film Collection in an Exclusive VHS Collector’s Package that Includes Classic Early 1980’s Home Video VHS “Big Box” Packaging! Also Includes the Never-Before-Released 8mm feature,The Basement, on DVD…and VHS!


Available for the first time on VHS and DVD, The Basement is the lost 1989 Super 8 anthology feature film directed by Timothy O’Rawe (Ghoul School). Restored by director of photography Michael Raso in 2010, The Basement is a shining example of 80’s DIY cinema inspired by Amicus Films’ Tales from the Crypt and featuring elaborate special make-up and creature effects by Scott Hart.


 

The Basement (1989) -- Directed by Tim O’Rawe. Four strangers are summoned to the basement of an abandoned house by a mysterious entity known only as The Sentinel. One after another, they are forced to witness heinous deeds they have yet to commit – and which will damn them for all eternity.

Swimming Pool -- An unfaithful woman disposes of the evidence with a little help from a demonic water spirit.

Trick or Treat -- Classic monsters exact revenge on a bitter man who refuses to honor Halloween.

Zombie Movie -- Cocaine, hookers and reanimated corpses wreak havoc on the set of an independent film.

Home Sweet Home -- A young man questions his sanity after purchasing a house where torture and mass murder were committed 6 years before.”

(Source:Horror-Movies.ca)

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New Debuts Trailer For Polish Zombie Flick 'Wataha':



Synopsis: “In the near future the world as we know it is on the decline, dominated by the so-called “transformed”. Four survivors of an army squadron under the leadership of the “Colonel” (Jacek Dewódzki) cross Europe from West to East in search of a place safe from the plague. In the middle of a big forest that stretches for miles, their transport breaks down. Deciding to wait it out the night, they take refuge in an old abandoned hotel where a family is hiding. Unbeknownst to the Colonel, his men have a plan, which they intend to implement that very night.






Wataha is directed by Victor Kiełczykowskiego and stars Jacek Dewódzki, Robert Wrzosek, Piotr Mocarski, Anna Jażdżyk, Marta Łącka, Robert Oleszczuk, and Agata Nizińska.

(Source:DreadCentral.com)

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New Trailer For Dimension’s Upcoming Sci-fi/Horror “APOLLO 18” :

Here’s a new look at Dimension’s upcoming sci-fi/horror “found footage” film that exposes a secret mission to the moon that took place a year after Apollo 17’s flight.


Launching into theaters September 2, 2011, the Timur Bekmambetov-produced APOLLO 18 focuses on the last, ill-fated landing on the moon.



(Source:Fangoria.com)

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BIGFOOT Trilogy Coming From The Co-Director Of 'The Blair Witch Project':



Eduardo Sanchez the co-director of 'The Blair Witch Project' - is jumping into Bigfoot lore with a planned film trilogy. The director will helm 'EXISTS'.. A project he penned with his 'Seventh Moon' scribe Jamie Nash.

WETA and Spectral Motion are teaming up to create Bigfoot and shooting is expected to begin this fall just outside of Austin, Texas. Sanchez says Exists will be the first film in a trilogy that explores and re-invents the Bigfoot myth and, as he says, make Bigfoot "scary again."

Creature performer Brian Steele (Predators, Hellboy) will play the legendary monster.


(Source:ShockTillYouDrop.com)

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New Poster Debuts for 'Inside the Whore':

Synopsis:
During the shooting of the sequel to Reinert Kiil's feature film Hora, aka The Whore, a lot of mysterious things happened on the set.This is the story that SHOULD have been told…
While shooting the sequel to The Whore, director Reinert Kiil and his director of photography join forces in an effort to make the ugliest and most grotesque film ever made. During production outside Kvam in Bergen, the crew and actors notice that there is something weird and strange going on when friends and colleagues begin to die in brutal ways. The question is whether it is the Whore who has come to life looking for revenge or whether it's actually the director who gets his dream come true about making the most horrible movie ever

Inside the Whore, Reinert Kiil's follow-up to his successful rape-revenge horror thriller Hora (English title, The Whore), is not for the faint of heart as the film's tagline describes it as "A meta-film with meta-violence within a meta-production". The director promises a film that beats Hora by milestones when it comes to cruelty.

Inside the Whore was filmed in the small town of Kvamm, Norway in the summer of 2010. Kiil plays the lead as...himself, the director of the film...while surrounded by a very competent cast such as Jørgen Langhelle (The Thing remake, Arn: The Knight Templar), Dagrun Anholt (Umeå4ever), Viktoria Winge (Cold Prey, Cold Prey 2), Kim Sønderholm (Bleed with Me, Craig), porn star Isabel Vibe (the original Hora), Norwegian "Big Brother" star Anette Young, and a huge list of new beautiful female faces including Linn Cathrine Sonflå, Lisa Barsten, Aurora Huseth Bjørnhaug, Heidi Ødegaard Mikkelsen, Susanne Estelle, I.C. Hillanes, and many more.

(Source:DreadCentral.com)

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Tommy Brunswick upcoming slasher flick, 'Exit 33' will land on DVD on August 2nd:



Synopsis: “A few miles off Exit 33 lies Ike’s Last Chance Gas, an old, forgotten hideaway where the reclusive Ike pumps gas and practices his taxidermy skills. Though he might come across as a simple soul, Ike has a dark secret: he’s obsessed with women who have enchanting eyes — eyes he wants to keep for himself. Now, as four friends make their way to their 5-year high school reunion, they all make the mistake of taking Exit 33, and they won’t be making it back to the highway any time soon.


Starring the legendary Kane Hodder (Jason Vorhees of the Friday the 13th series), Exit 33 is a no holds barred gore-fest that dares viewers to look away. With its unrelenting suspense and biting humor, it’s a bloody throwback to slasher classics that will satisfy any horror fan’s bloodlust.”






Exit 33 stars Kane Hodder, Christian Koza, April Canning, Virginia Negron Bryant, Jerry Reid, Antoinette Nikprelaj, Paul Elia and Maria E. Hildreth.

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Thursday, June 23, 2011

ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2 Gets It's MPAA Rating, and it's not good. Or Is It?




Recently Rob Hall's upcoming ultra-violent sequel ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2 went before MPAA ratings board and was immediately slapped the movie with the dreaded NC-17. When reached for comment about the rating, director Hall made the following statement.

"I think it's great the MPAA had a problem with almost every kill in the film", says Hall. "If they didn't, we wouldn't have done our jobs correctly. They have a job to do, and so do I ... and luckily Image has been super supportive and has committed to releasing the film UNRATED and on Blu-ray, which makes me happy. Just to clarify, there will be a rated R cut as well, but I think most outlets will prefer the hardcore unrated cut ... I know I do."

Official Synopsis: ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2 picks up three months after we last left ChromeSkull (Principe) at the end of the original Laid to Rest. Tommy (Dekker), who’s struggling to come to terms with his encounter with the masked killer, has now gone missing courtesy of the maniacal Preston (Green), a mysterious player in the sequel with a sinister connection to ChromeSkull. Meanwhile, our killer has set his sights on a new girl, Jess (Michaels), and after the young girl disappears, Detective King (Yeoman) must race against the clock to find her and Tommy before it’s too late and try to put an end to ChromeSkull’s deadly legacy.

ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2 stars Brian Austin Green ("90210", "The Sarah Connor Chronicles"), Owain Yeoman (Troy, "The Mentalist"), Thomas Dekker (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010, "The Sarah Connor Chronicles"), Mimi Michaels ("Savage County", Boogeyman 3), Nick Principe (Hatchet 2, Madison County), Danielle Harris (Rob Zombie’s Halloween, Hatchet 2), Gail O’Grady ("NYPD Blue"), Chris Nelson (Kill Bill), Brett Wagner (The Crazies), and Aimee Lynn Chadwick (Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis).

Look for it on DVD/Blu-ray September 20th, 2011.

-DreadCentral.com

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David Ellis' SHARK NIGHT 3D Gets It's Rating:



Arriving in theaters September 2nd, David Ellis' SHARK NIGHT 3D has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for violence and terror, disturbing images, sexual references, partial nudity, language and thematic material.

Synopsis: "Arriving by boat at her family’s Louisiana lake island cabin, Sara (Sara Paxton) and her friends quickly strip down to their swimsuits for a weekend of fun in the sun. But when star football player Malik (Sinqua Walls) stumbles from the salt-water lake with his arm torn off, the party mood quickly evaporates. Assuming the injury was caused by a freak wake-boarding accident, the group realizes they have to get Malik to a hospital on the other side of the lake, and fast.

But as they set out in a tiny speedboat, the college friends discover the lake has been stocked with hundreds of massive, flesh-eating sharks! As they face one grisly death after another, Sara and the others struggle desperately to fend off the sharks, get help and stay alive long enough to reach the safety of dry land."

Relativity Media’s Shark Night 3D is directed by David Ellis (Snakes on a Plane, Final Destination 2, The Final Destination) The flick stars Sara Paxton (Superhero Movie, Last House on the Left), Dustin Milligan (“90210,” Slither), Chris Carmack (“The O.C.”) and Joel David Moore (Avatar, Hatchet).


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Update On Director's Oren Peli's (Paranormal Activity) Untitled Post-Apocalyptic Thriller:


Film Nation Entertainment will fully finance its first film, Director's Oren Peli's (Paranormal Activity, Area 51 and producer of Insidious) untitled Film Nation Entertainment will fully finance its first film, Director's Oren Peli's (Paranormal Activity, Area 51 and producer of Insidious) untitled post-apocalyptic thriller.

Based on Peli's own story: "A group of friends become stranded in an eerie and desolate city. Years before in the aftermath of a nuclear disaster, nature has begun to reclaim everything. As the sun sets on this radioactive ghost town, inhuman cries cut through the night air. It seems they are not alone."

Peli's is currently producing Rob Zombies The Lords of Salem, he will be teaming up with Mother's Day, Friday the 13th, Dark City and Final Destination producer Brian Witten. They're calling the project "a new and entirely compelling vision of terror.

Based on Peli's own story: "A group of friends become stranded in an eerie and desolate city. Years before in the aftermath of a nuclear disaster, nature has begun to reclaim everything. As the sun sets on this radioactive ghost town, inhuman cries cut through the night air. It seems they are not alone."

Peli's is currently producing Rob Zombies The Lords of Salem, he will be teaming up with Mother's Day, Friday the 13th, Dark City and Final Destination producer Brian Witten. They're calling the project "a new and entirely compelling vision of terror.


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James Wan 'INSIDIOUS’ Is In Final Negotiations to Direct New Line’s 'THE CONJURING' :



James Wan 'INSIDIOUS’ is in final negotiat...ions to direct New Line’s 'THE CONJURING' Variety reports. Carey and Chad Hayes wrote the pitch, which was inspired by the supernatural events that happened in the Rhode Island home of the Perron family.

The Hayes’ previously penned the HOUSE OF WAX remake, THE REAPING and WHITEOUT. Wan coming off the surprise hit “Insidious” (made for a meager $1.5 million, the film has grossed $53 million domestically and just south of $76 million worldwide). No production start date has been set yet.


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'The Shrine' Update:


New One-Sheet for Jon Knautz's 'THE SHRINE'. The guys behind 'Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer' are back with a new horror film with a supernatural twist that recently won the award for Best Canadian Feature at the Fantasia Film Festival.

"After a young American backpacker goes missing in Europe, a group of journalists link his disappearance to a remote village in Poland. They travel there hoping to get the story, but as they unravel the secrets behind this mysterious village, they are suddenly pursued by hostile locals. Unable to escape, they soon become the next victims of ritualistic human sacrifice. Forced into the gruesome reality of true survival horror, the journalists will discover that this village hides a much darker secret than they could ever imagine."

Trevor Matthews stars along with Meghan Heffern, Aaron Ashmore, and Cindy Sampson. The Shrine debuts on demand from IFC Midnight, via Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, Time Warner, and Bright House starting July 15..


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Frank Drarabont Talks Season 2 The Walking Dead:




Deadline caught up with 'The Walking Dead' Series creator Frank Drarabont, (The MIST, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile) director talked up some of the biggest changes he made to the undead series and the tensions that will continue to rise as we move into the next season.

"It’s fair to say that the first six episodes were teeing up a lot of conflicts that will be more fully explored in our second season. We find a growing conflict with our two main guys, Rick [Andrew Lincoln] and Shane [Jon Bernthal]. We’re really excited about putting all of the characters on a chessboard and seeing how wonderfully and effectively we can toss conflict into the game."

Darabont also addressed the hullaballoo that followed when the first season's writers were axed from the Serise.

"Let me just begin by stating the obvious: that it was all pretty overblown. It left the impression that I walked in one day and murdered 12 people. Would you like to know how many writers we were talking about? Two. My thought had been that they’d under-delivered, and a change was necessary. I had to do too much of it by myself last year, and that was only six episodes. This season, it’s 13 and we’ve hired a fantastic writing staff. We hired Glen Mazzara as our Number Two in the room. We consider him our head writer and he’s just a fantastic asset. We’ve also got three other staff writers in Scott Gimple, Evan Reilly from RESCUE ME, and Angela Kang. Plus Executive Producer Robert Kirkman, who wrote the original comic book, is also writing for us."

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Thai Horror Film 'The Coffin' Coming Stateside This August:




Synopsis: Su and Chris are two strangers whose lives have been struck by tragedy — Su has been diagnosed with lung cancer just days before her wedding and Chris’ longtime girlfriend has fallen into a mysterious coma. When they both learn of a bizarre Thai ritual in which a living person lies in a coffin to reverse bad Karma, they both decide to partake in a mass funeral for the living. Soon, their lives have turned around — Su’s cancer vanishes and Chris’ girlfriend awakes from her coma — but the good fortune is short-lived. A series of terrifying paranormal events suggests that Su and Chris may have upset the Karmic balance of the universe by cleansing themselves of bad luck, and the people closest to them may ultimately pay the price. The coffin is based on a real-life ritual and shot partially on ancient Thai spiritual grounds..

Breaking Glass Pictures will release the Thai horror film on DVD August 30 under the Vicious Circle Films label.

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Liv Tyler Talks 'The Strangers 2':


For the past couple years there's been talk of a sequel to Bryan Bertino's 2008 horror hit The Strangers, which was delayed for years and then released.. Now Liv Tyler speaks out about the long talked about sequel and why she probably won't be returning..

"It's strange. I've read the script. It's been around the whole time, but I don't know how real it is," she said. "Bryan isn't directing it, I don't know what's happened with it. I didn't love the idea personally, but Bryan's such a good writer. He had another project that I was obsessed with and fell I love with and kept trying to convince them to not do 'The Strangers 2' but 'Let's go straight into this thing and it can be 'From the Makers of...' 'cause it was such a great, also simple story but absolutely terrifying. Someone else has that now and they've actually changed it quite a bit. Who knows? Hollywood is so confusing."

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Trailer For Tiffany Shepis’s 'Frankenstein Syndrome' Is Here:





Ok this looks really really cool - The film is a modern re-imagining of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, wherein a beautiful young stem-cell researcher, Elizabeth Barnes (Shepis) joins a secret research group attempting to develop a stem-cell based universal healing serum. Despite opposition from the project leaders Marcus Grone (Mandylor) and Dr. Victoria Travelle (Tindall), she quickly develops a serum that can bring the dead back to life -- but with horrific results.


Distraught, Elizabeth tries to leave the project, but the project’s financier (Lauter) orders Marcus to hold the research team captive until their research is complete. When one of the project’s security guards (Leet) is murdered and then re-animated, the team must contend with a man who at first is like a child, but quickly becomes something much, much more…

-Horror-Movies.ca

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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Halloween 3D Get's A Released Date:


According to Box Office Mojo, Halloween 3D has been set to be released on October 26, 2012, which is great instead of having it in the Summer. But with absolutely nothing set in stone for Halloween 3D and with Patrick Lussier and Todd Farmer deep in hell with the upcoming Hellraiser remake, who knows if this will actually make that date, but if Hellraiser is well under way then we could have Halloween 3D, next Halloween or at least a close as possible.


-Horror-Movies.ca

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Friday, June 17, 2011

EVIL THINGS:


Five college friends plan a road trip to celebrate Miriam’s 21st birthday during a snowy weekend out of the city at a beautiful, remotely located country home. In the mood to party, Cassy, Mark, Tanya and Leo bring the beer, as well as aspiring filmmaker Leo’s new video camera.

But excitement soon turns to panic and 48 hours later, they’ve all vanished, leaving investigators without a single clue … until now. What Leo captured on video is no tranquil getaway
 but a sinister and nightmarish descent into terror.

Inception Media Group is bringing the found footage horror flick to DVD on August 9.

SUPER HYBRID


Synopsis: Late one night a mysterious car is brought into the Chicago police impound garage after a deadly traffic accident. The garage's female mechanic, Tilda, and her young, hip fellow mechanics soon discover the car has a mind of its own: It morphs into different cars to confuse them, and instead of needing an engine to run, it breathes. It's a killing machine that is capable of outrunning and outwitting humans. In a high-octane fight to the death, it's our group of determined humans versus the car in this supernatural action-adventure in the vein of Stephen King's 'Christine' and 'Transformers'.

Look for the Neal Marshall Stevens' horror film directed by Eric Valette (One Missed Call) to be arriving on Blu-ray and DVD on August 23rd from Anchor Bay Entertainment.

-DreadCentral.com

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ZOMBIE DIARIES 2: WORLD OF THE DEAD


Three months have passed since a viral outbreak wiped out 99.9% of the world's population, turning its victims into flesh-eating living dead. In the UK a surviving band of soldiers and civilians have taken refuge at a rural military barracks. Life in this new world is tough and brutal, but hope appears when a high-level communication is received from a military base on the coast, telling of sanctuary elsewhere in Europe... But just as salvation appears to be in reach, the base suffers an overwhelming defeat at the hands of the living dead! The surviving handful of troops and civilians must now make their way to the coast to uncover the truth behind the message. Their perilous journey takes them across a now treacherous, death-ravaged landscape, where the living dead are vast in number and wandering bandits impose their own malicious sense of law and order. What follows is a journey into hell and a desperate battle against all odds for the very survival of the human race.

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Dimenson Extreme Returns With ZOMBIE DIARIES 2, HELLRAISER: REVELATIONS And CHILDREN OF THE CORN: GENESIS:

Arc Entertainment revealed that both HELLRAISER: REVELATIONS and CHILDREN OF THE CORN: GENESIS and ZOMBIE DIARIES 2: WORLD OF THE DEAD, the sequel to the UK's undead indie feature that's garnered a lot of love. Will be coming soon from Dimension Extreme.



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Gary Busey Booted From Mansion of Blood:

It was announced back in May that Busey had joined the cast of Mansion of Blood..

Synopsis: “Mansion of Blood is a gruelling horror set in an abandoned haunted mansion built in 1912 which is renovated in 2012 by millionaire Mason Murphy. To celebrate his new home he hosts a lunar eclipse viewing party at the mansion, inviting everyone in the small town of River Ridge.


A witch casts a spell under the eclipse to visit with the spirit of her dead boyfriend, but the magic runs out of control due to the magically charged items in the house. Thrown outside of normal space and time, the guests are trapped at the mansion until the curse can be broken.”

But now TMZ reports Gary Busey has been fired from the movie due to several complaints from production.. According to the Site Busey had become to difficult to work with as a woman on set complained about inappropriate comments Busey made and so he was ejected from the film.

Gary Busey’s rep said “The situation was plagued by contractual issues and misunderstandings from the outset. Gary considers this episode concluded and has no further comment on the matter.”

Mansion of Blood stars Oscar nominated actress Terry Moore (Mighty Joe Young, Beneath the 12 mile Reef), Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff (Baywatch, The Young and the Restless), Said Faraj (The Green Zone, Sinbad the Fifth Voyage), Sarah Alami (VH1’s Scream Queens 2), Sam Stone ( Disney’s Big Time Rush, Halloween Night) and the niece of Universal Pictures founder Carla Laemmle (Dracula, The Phantom of the Opera).

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

388 Arletta Avenue:


Synopsis: “Shot from the point of view of hidden cameras, the film follows a thirty-something couple, James and Amy Deakin, as they are secretly videotaped 24/7 by a mysterious stalker in their home, on the streets, and at their workplace. The stalker uses information gleaned from the footage to subtly manipulate the unsuspecting couple, and cracks in their relationship surface. When Amy suddenly vanishes, James is not sure whether she has been abducted or has simply left him. As the acts of the tormentor become more twisted and violent, James desperately tries to figure out who is behind the terror in order to save his wife. But it seems the stalker is always one move ahead…”

The film star’s Nick Stahl (Sin City, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Mirrors 2), Mia Kirshner (The Black Dahlia), and Devon Sawa (Final Destination, Idle Hands).

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Update - ROSEWOOD LANE:

Victor Salva's (JEEPERS CREEPERS) ROSEWOOD LANE:  is in post-production on a new thriller starring Rose McGowan, Ray Wise, Lin Shaye, Ashton Moio and Lesley-Anne Down.

Synopsis: Radio talk show therapist, Sonny Blake, moves back to her childhood home after her alcoholic father dies. Upon her return to the old neighborhood, Sonny discovers her neighbors are terrified of the local paperboy. She thinks this is ridiculous, until she encounters the boy herself, and learns the hard way that he is a cunnin...g and dangerous sociopath. One who may have killed her father, and several others.
When the boy starts to call Sonny’s radio show, reciting eerie nursery rhymes, an unnerving game of cat-and-mouse begins, which makes Sonny doubt her own sanity. As the game escalates, she suddenly finds herself in a terrifying, all-out war that forces her to redefine her ideas of good and evil, and has her fighting to stay alive.

-GoreZone.net

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Grant Cramer Talks 'Killer Klowns from Outer Space' Sequel:




Fansite Freddy in Space caught up with Grant Cramer, who played 'Mike Tobacco' in the original film, to chat about the long-rumored sequel.


"We have a script and a commitment for all our funding but the money can't be spent until we have a distribution deal in place so that's where we are – talking to distributors. As soon as that final piece comes into place we should be pretty much good to go," he told the site.

Cramer explains he's penned the script for The Return of The Killer Klowns from Outer Space in 3-D and will be producing alongside the Chiodo brothers. Stephen Chiodo will direct once again. But what will the film be about, other than alien clowns?

"Well, I don’t want to say too much about the story at this early juncture but I will say that it is connected to the first movie and my character will be the mentor to the two new young leads that have to try save the world from the Klowns when they return," Cramer reveals. "They're also trying to save themselves because the bad stuff the Klowns do at first gets blamed on them."

-Bloody-Disgusting.com

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Dario Argento talks Dracula 3D:




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David Lindsay-Abaire to Write Poltergeist Remake?


According to New York Magazine’s Vulture MGM are once again looking to reboot the franchise and playwright David Lindsay-Abaire has confirmed that MGM has offered him the job but emphasized that no deal has been reached and his not sure at this time that he even wants the job.


This is understandable as big studios such as MGM will want things done their way or if they don’t like something they will alter it. This time however according to insiders, MGM has no creative parameters for the Poltergeist remake and if Abaire should want the job it would be his to shape in any fashion that he wanted.


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Maya Entertainment Ready to Start Playing House:



Synopsis: In order to afford their dream house, newlyweds Jen and Mitch McKenzie (Sarah Prikryl and Craig Welzbacher) ask their best friend Danny (Matt Lusk) to move in with them. The plan works beautifully until Danny brings home Blair (Mayra Leal), a stunning temptress who decides she likes what the young couple has and never wants to leave. The seductive stranger turns the friends against each other and exploits unspoken desires to achieve her own unique version of the American Dream.




The is film directed by Tom Vaughan and starring Mayra Leal (Machete), Sarah Prikryl (11 Minutes Ago), and Craig Welbacher ("Hawthorne") Look for it on DVD June 21st.

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Dark Sky Films Breaks Out into a Cold Sweat:



From the Press Release
MPI Media Group today announced it has acquired all North American rights to COLD SWEAT, a new horror film featuring a pair of villains who raise the bar in cinematic evil. A sensation at the South By Southwest film festival, the film, directed by Adrián García Bogliano, will receive a theatrical release in fall 2011, to be followed by DVD and Video on Demand availability.


COLD SWEAT (Sudor Frio) is a co-production of Pampa Films, a leading studio in Argentina, and indie house Paura Flics. Pampa’s previous productions include the local box-office hits The Signal and The Legend. The COLD SWEAT distribution deal was negotiated by Greg Newman, executive vice president of MPI Media Group, and Antonio Riopredre of Pampa.


Of García Bogliano’s latest stylistic triumph, MPI’s Greg Newman said: “Adrian has been making innovative films for over a decade, and with COLD SWEAT he has delivered a highly original and unforgettable entry in the horror genre. This film is a pure crowd pleaser.”


When Roman’s girlfriend disappears he expects to find her in the arms of another man. And find her he does but there is no lover on the scene, only a pair of crazy old men keeping her locked away in the basement of their crumbling mansion. Armed with wild-eyed political ideals and case after case of decades-old and highly unstable dynamite. The villainous duo are conducting illicit experiments on a string of young women lured to their home via the internet and if Roman cannot free his young love she is likely to end up in pieces, thanks in part to a generous slathering of nitro-glycerine.


A delirious old school horror picture with the most memorable villains in years at its core, Adrian Garcia Bogliano’s COLD SWEAT was a huge hit at SXSW thanks to its creators wild imagination and sense of showmanship. Loaded with memorable characters and stylish action, COLD SWEAT is a shocker that never fails to entertain.
The García Bogliano brothers’ other films include Room for Tourists, Watch ’em Die, The Accursed and Penumbra.


Also starring in COLD SWEAT are Camila Velasco, Omar Musa, Noelia Vergini and Daniel de la Vega. Its producers include Andrea Quiroz, Pablo Bossi, Juan Pablo Buscarini and Catalina Oliva, as well as the García Bogliano brothers and Hernán Moyano. Theatrical distribution in Argentina is by Disney’s Buena Vista International.

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First Look At Zombies from Walking Dead Season 2: Image 2



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First look: “QUARANTINE 2: TERMINAL” Poster:


Written and directed by John Pogue, QUARANTINE 2 picks up the same night as the horrors of the previous movie, as the rabies-like disease infects an airliner that has taken off from LAX. Instructed to land the plane at the nearest airport, the crew soon find themselves and their passengers trapped and falling victim to the sickness and the bloodthirsty rage it causes..

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First Look At Zombies from Walking Dead Season 2:



'Kong: King Of Skull Island' Becomes Animated Feature:

Kong: King Of Skull Island was optioned by Spirit Entertainment back in 2009 with the intent of producing a motion-capture (possibly 3-D) film. Based on a novel that came out around the same time as Peter Jackson's remake, the story focused on the backstory of Skull Island and how the giant gorilla became king there, introducing other giant gorillas and dinosaurs only hinted at in the previous films.


Now Deadline reports that Fox has recently picked up the project and plans to turn it into an animated feature that is a modern-day take on the King Kong story told from the ape's perspective..

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Director Tom Six Responds to BBFC Banning Of The Human Centipede Part 2: Full Sequence:

Six responded to the BBFC over at Empire:


"Thank you BBFC for putting spoilers of my movie on your website and thank you for banning my film in this exceptional way. Apparently I made an horrific horror-film, but shouldn't a good horror film be horrific? My dear people it is a f****cking MOVIE. It is all fictional. Not real. It is all make-belief. It is art. Give people their own choice to watch it or not. If people can't handle or like my movies they just don't watch them. If people like my movies they have to be able to see it any time, anywhere also in the UK."

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Saturday, June 4, 2011

Trailer Debut For The Supernatural Thriller "Playback" With Christian Slater:



The story follows a group of high school students who unleash a demon that possesses its victims through video playback. Through this, a town's dark secret comes to light.

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Chris Columbus and 1492 Pictures have acquired screen rights to the supernatural chiller THE CYPRESS HOUSE:

Deadline got the exclusive on THE CYPRESS HOUSE, which centers on Arlen Wagner, a WWI veteran who can foretell others’ deaths and, while riding by train to the Florida Keys, tells his traveling companions that they must get off the train if they want to live. Nineteen-year-old Paul Brickhill heeds his warning, and the two of them soon find themselves at The Cypress House—a solitary tavern and boarding house located on the eerie marsh land of the Gulf Coast—right in the path of a hurricane. But the storm isn’t the only approaching danger...

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'Quarantine 2: Terminal' Lands In Limited Theaters June 17:


"In 'Quarantine', an apartment building in Los Angeles was quarantined by the CDC (Center for Disease Control), trapping the frightened residents inside as a deadly mutant virus turned the residents into rabid killers. 'Terminal' picks up later that night at LAX, as passengers board a flight to Nashville. When a passenger becomes violently ill with a mysterious rabies-like virus, the plane makes an emergency landing at a large metropolitan airport. Jenny (Masohn), a heroic yet inexperienced flight attendant, takes charge of the safety of her passengers. Relieved when a swarm of heavily equipped emergency vehicles, police units and the CDC arrive, Jenny and the passengers soon discover that they have been quarantined and are now trapped. Desperate to escape, Jenny enlists the help of one of the surviving passengers, a kindergarten teacher, Henry (Cooke), to devise a plan to survive."





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Director David Arquette has added two new cast members to his upcoming film “GLUTTON”:

Variety reports that David Arquette has tapped his sister and MEDIUM star Patricia Arquette and RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE’s Kacey Barnfield to play the two female leads in his 3D picture GLUTTON. Written by Kenny Yakkel, GLUTTON stars ER’s Abraham Benrubi as Jethro, a 1,200-pound bedridden man who is forced to save his sister’s life. Patricia will play his sister and caretaker, while Barnfield will play a blind neighbor who’s Jethro’s only friend.

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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Official Poster For 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'

Fright Night 2 Already Being Planned?


According to CinemaBlend “The followup would take place in a new city where Peter Vincent not only has to deal with vampires, but potentially other unexpected problems. Evil Ed wouldn’t be the movie’s villain, they’d go another direction, but Evil Ed will be in it.”


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New Release Date For APOLLO 18:


Box Office Mojo reports that APOLLO 18 has been pushed from its August 26 date (where it would’ve gone against DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK) to September 2, where it will compete with SHARK NIGHT 3D. Produced by Timur Bekmambetov, APOLLO 18 is a “found footage” film that exposes a secret mission to the moon that took place a year after Apollo 17’s launch and was funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. There’s a reason why we’ve never gone back to the moon, and this “actual footage” will reveal that reason.


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Teaser Poster For Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings




"At an isolated hospital deep in the West Virginia wilderness, three hideously deformed mutants go on a merciless killing spree. Now, decades later, this family of blood-thirsty cannibals is stalking new prey: a group of young skiers trapped by a blizzard. The abandoned medical wards soon become killing fields as the panicked victims come face to face with a chilling choice — fight back or die. With bonus footage too graphic for theaters, 'Wrong Turn 4' takes you to the most terrifying place of all...the beginning."


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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Trailer For Troma's FATHER DAY:

Troma's FATHER DAY: A long, long time ago in a town north of Tromaville, there was a bad, bad man who raped and killed dads. Nobody could stop the fat monster until a mysterious stranger took a stand. Some say he was avenging his own father. Some say he was just crazy. The stranger could not have known the Hell that was to follow...




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Dark Shadows Not In 3D?


The guys over at "The Wrap" recently had the chance to speak to Tim Burton himself and ask the question, will Dark Shadows be in 3D?


“I have no plans for that. I loved doing “Alice” in 3D. “Freankeweenie,” gonna do that in 3D. There’s people like, “Everything’s gonna be in 3D,” or “I hate 3D!” I think people should have a choice. I don’t think it should be forced on anybody.”


Will the film have the soap opera quality?


“Yes, I don’t know. I’m early into it because it’s a funny tone, and that’s part of what the vibe of the show is, and there’s something about it that we want to get. But when you look at it, it’s pretty bad. I’m hoping that it will be — it’s early days, let’s put it — I’m very intrigued by the tone. It’s a real ethereal tone we’re trying to go for and I don’t know yet.”


Dark Shadows is set to star Johnny Depp, Jackie Earle Haley, Eva Green, Bella Heathcote, Michelle Pfeiffer, Thomas McDonell, Gulliver McGrath, Chloe Moretz and Helena Bonham Carter.

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