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Paranormal Activity Sequel Gets Writer, Saw Director

Hoping to recapture some of the magic of Oren Peli’s micro-budgeted “Paranormal Activity” (the $15,000 film went on to gross over $151 million worldwide), Paramount has tapped TV writer Michael R. Perry to script a sequel to the faux horror documentary and Kevin Greutert to direct....
January 19th, 2010 | Read More

MTV? At the Golden Globes? Dodgy Scream 4 Rumors Abound.

Everyone loves cinematic gossip, be it good, bad, or otherwise. It gives you something to read when you should be working, it gives me something to write about when I should be out enjoying this snazzy January sunshine — it’s a win-win situation, people. And thanks to the dedicated journalists...
January 18th, 2010 | Read More

Two Frosty Clips from Adam Green’s Frozen

Adam Green’s upcoming snow-covered thriller “Frozen” seems like a risky venture. Take a group of friends (portrayed by several relatively unknown actors), stick them on a malfunctioning chairlift with little hope of survival, and watch as they attempt to overcome their precarious situation....
January 18th, 2010 | Read More

Three New Clips From Tucker And Dale Vs Evil

“Tucker And Dale Vs. Evil” is a story about a couple of kind hearted good ol boys, minding their business  in the woods when a group of left leaning, noses in the air college kids from Harvard or Dartmouth or someplace snotty, take to the woods and mistake our heroes Tucker and Dale for...
January 17th, 2010 | Read More

Piranha 3D Due in August, Plus Gory Set Pics

Alexandre Aja’s “Piranha 3D” movie has been delayed until August 27, 2010, which is four months later than the original April release date. Set in Lake Havasu, Arizona, the Dimensions Films creature feature has a tremor causing the lake’s floor to open, setting free scores of...
January 15th, 2010 | Read More

Pontypool (2008) Movie Review

The oddly named “Pontypool” from director Bruce MacDonald (“Hard Core Logo”) is that rare thing – an intelligent and original horror film which works within the confines of the genre while offering something both thought provoking and thrilling. Featuring a script from writer Tony Burgess adapted...
January 13th, 2010 | Read More

The Last Seven (2010) Movie Preview, Images, and Videos

Starring: Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan, Sebastian Street, Ronan Vibert, Daisy Head, James Helder, Simon Phillips, David Frost, Rita Ramnani Directed by: Imran Naqvi Release Date: 2010 (UK) Rate This Movie: (3 votes) London is dead: silent and dead. Into this dead silence walk seven disparate souls thrown...
January 13th, 2010 | Read More

A Quickie but Effective Trailer for The Crazies Remake

From Overture Films, here’s another, shorter trailer for Breck Eisner’s upcoming remake of “The Crazies”. It’s a quickie, but a goodie. Imagine living in a small town where everything is safe and happy…until suddenly it isn’t. Imagine your friends and neighbors going...
January 13th, 2010 | Read More

Because You Need It: Dahmer vs. Gacy

Unless someone slipped several shrooms into my green tea this morning, the poster for the upcoming horror showdown “Dahmer vs. Gacy” has appeared online for all to see, and let me be the first to say how pathetically tasteless and impossibly AWESOME it is. Sure, pitting one real-life murderer...
January 13th, 2010 | Read More

The Thing Prequel Casting Call Reveals Plot Details, American Leads

So wait, I thought “The Thing” prequel was going to pick up the story from the point of view of the Norwegian scientists seen briefly in John Carpenter’s “The Thing”? You know, the people who originally came in contact with the space alien creature, only to be killed off?...
January 13th, 2010 | Read More

French Zombies Attack in The Horde Clip

When foreigners take a stab at an American film genre like zombies, my curiosity is always piqued. The Japanese tend to go a little nuts with their zombies, and the Europeans usually go for the laughs. The latest zombie epic from France, “The Horde” is straight up horror. Check out a two...
January 12th, 2010 | Read More

A Helping of Angel Badassness via 7 Legion Clips

Scott Stewart’s “Legion” doesn’t open until later this month (January 22, to be exact), but don’t let that stop you from enjoying these very nice clips from the movie that Screen Gems has released. If you like action, Paul Bettany, and Paul Bettany doing action, then “Legion”...
January 12th, 2010 | Read More

Blade’s Stephen Norrington Locates The Lost Patrol

And hopefully has forgotten all about remaking Alex Proyas’ magnificently and nearly perfect “The Crow”. One can only hope. According to THR, Norrington has come onboard to write and direct “The Lost Patrol” for Legendary Pictures. The film is described as “a supernatural...
January 12th, 2010 | Read More

Adrianne Palicki on Red Dawn Remake, Scott Stewart Talks Legion Trilogy

Okay, not really all that much “news” in this posting, but it has an interview with Adrianne Palicki, who was recently at the Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention in San Diego over the weekend, where she talked about her two upcoming movies, “Legion” and “Red...
January 12th, 2010 | Read More

Thirst (2009) Movie Review

Park Chan Wook, Korean director of two of the biggest cult hits in recent Asian cinema with “Sympathy for Mr Vengeance” and “Old Boy”, caused a great deal of excitement on announcing that his next project was to be a fresh take on the time honoured vampire tale – not least as it seemed to promise...
January 12th, 2010 | Read More

The Crazies Remake Character Posters are to Die For

Overture Films has sent over three new character posters for director Breck Eisner’s remake of George Romero’s “The Crazies”. Check them out below, check them outers. Imagine living in a small town where everything is safe and happy…until suddenly it isn’t. Imagine your friends...
January 12th, 2010 | Read More

Red Band Legion Video Demonstrates Why Nice Guys Finish Last

Tyrese Gibson fights alongside Paul Bettany as the archangel Michael in the Jan 22nd release of “Legion”, a confusing tale of the one good angel, freed from his allegiance to God, who returns to Earth to save a human baby that is Mankind’s last  hope for something ethically relevant...
January 11th, 2010 | Read More

Resident Evil: Afterlife Release Date Moved Again

Except this time it’s been moved ahead, meaning it’ll be opening in theaters everywhere (possibly in 3D) September 10 instead of September 24 as originally expected. This doesn’t mean a whole lot to most of you out there, but it does mean I get to write a post about it. Really, who...
January 11th, 2010 | Read More

Crispin Glover is the Only Reason to Watch The Donner Party Trailer

Let’s make one thing perfectly clear, shall we? The trailer for T.J. Martin’s 2009 historical thriller “The Donner Party” isn’t particularly interesting, and, truthfully, I’m not sure if I’m willing to hand over 90 minutes of my life to something as questionable...
January 11th, 2010 | Read More

Long Weekend (2008) Movie Review

“The Long Weekend” is a remake of Colin Eggleston’s 1978 eco-chiller, somewhat of a cult favourite in certain circles. Although the thought of yet another needless retread may cause many to sigh, the original was at least a reasonable choice, given its relative obscurity for modern audiences, and...
January 10th, 2010 | Read More