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Anchor Bay/Starz bringing "The Unholy" in September
Anchor Bay/Starz have a new horror flick on their plate called The Unholy, which hits DVD September 4. Following World War II, a classified U.S. military document recounting the results of a Nazi occult experiment was uncovered and smuggled into an underground facility in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Many years later, a mother (Adrienne Barbeau) is confronted with the grisly reality of her daughter’s suicide. Are these events linked? What seems like a random family tragedy leads to a conspiracy of bizarre crimes, occult carnage and a necromancer who may control a new arsenal of demonic warfare including paranormal powers, time travel and satanic rituals. Just how far will our government go to harness a Nazi legacy that will not die? Extras will include and audio commentary with Writer/Director/Producer Daryl Goldberg and Writer/Executive Producer Sam Freeman, a trailer, and a poster and still gallery. Audio and video specs were not included in the press release. Click here to see the cover art of the DVD. Full Cast unveiled for "The Burrowers" Sean Patrick Thomas (Halloween: Resurrection, Dracula 2000), Karl Geary (Mimic: Sentinel), Jocelin Donahue and Laura Leighton will join Doug Hutchison, Clancy Brown and William Mapother in J.T. Petty's The Burrowers, which begins lensing tomorrow for Lionsgate. The Burrowers tells the story of a band of courageous men who set out to find and recover a family of settlers that has mysteriously vanished from their home. Expecting the offenders to be a band of fierce natives, the group prepares for a routine battle. But they soon discover that the real enemy stalks them from below. FX work is done by Rob Hall's Almost Human. "American Werewolf" documentary to be released by Universal It was revealed at this weekend's HorrorHound Weekend in Indianapolis that Paul Davis' Beware The Moon - Remembering An American Werewolf In London has officially been acquired for distribution by Universal home Entertainment. The documentary retraces the making of this remarkable film, as told by those who made it, and those who continue to be inspired by it. Hosted by horror journalist Paul Davis from nine of the original locations used in the movie, this extensive documentary uncovers the production of the film from its conception in 1969 to its release in 1981. You can watch an exclusive sneak peek of the documentary here. Joe Dante introduces new "Trailers From Hell" commentary tracks "Gremlins" director Joe Dante can recount endless anecdotes about Roger Corman movies, and with his new project "Trailers From Hell," he'll be sharing a few of them with Web and cell-phone users. Dante and other Hollywood directors are recording new commentary tracks for the trailers to venerable horror and exploitation films. The project is being distributed via the Web at Trailersfromhell.com and on Sprint's "Fun Little Movies" channel. Producers are also in negotiations to bundle the series of shorts with an on-demand package including similar content. Directors with tracks already recorded include Edgar Wright ("Hot Fuzz"), who talks about his love of '60s Eurospy actioner "Danger: Diabolik," and Dante, who dishes on Corman shlockfest "The Terror." Helmers tapped for future contributions include Mick Garris ("The Shining" and "The Stand" TV miniseries) on "X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes" and Mary Lambert ("Pet Semetary") on "Village of the Damned." Indie producer Elizabeth Stanley is producing "Trailers From Hell," and Jonas Hudson will be distributing it through his company the Nickels Group. (References - dvdactive.com, variety.com, bloody-disgusting.com, hollywoodreporter.com, myspace.com, youtube.com)
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Official poster for Dimension's "Rogue" unveiled
Unlike Hollywood Pictures' Primeval, Dimension Films is pleased to share with audiences that Greg McLean's (Wolf Creek) second feature film Rogue stars a giant croc. Joining a beautiful local tour guide (Radha Mitchell) and an American writer on assignment (Michael Vartan), the rest of this thriller's food chain is composed of tourists and adventure seekers alike. Waiting in vain to be rescued on an ever-disappearing parcel of dry land, you will never guess their next move…as terror lies just beneath the surface. "Rogue" is getting released this fall. Click here for a peek at the official poster. Looks awfully familiar, doesnt it?;) "Creature From The Black Lagoon" remake starts pre-Production After a nearly two-year gap, director Bruck Eisner is now in pre-production for his remake of Creature from the Black Lagoon, which has Strike Entertainment producing with Universal Pictures distributing. The script was written by Gary Ross, which follows a scientific expedition traveling up the Amazon River which encounters a dangerous humanoid amphibious fish creature. New pics for Zombie's "Halloween", new trailer this Friday? Today Rob Zombie posted two new images from his remake of Halloween, one featuring Michael Myers and another with Laurie Strode in peril. The film hits theaters everywhere on August 31 and rumors around the web are indicating that the new trailer for the film will be attached to prints of After Dark Films' Captivity on July 13. After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, is mistakenly released from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby sister, Laurie. Anyone who crosses his path is in mortal danger. You can view the images here. (References - bloody-disgusting.com, IMDB.com, myspace.com, youtube.com, aintitcool.com, variety.com, hollywoodreporter.com, moviehole.net)
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Cloverfield sounds more and more interesting.
Why remake an ageless film like Creature and destroy its legacy? Hollywood producers have lost it big time.
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Alexa Vega, Bill Moseley in "Saw" creator's next "musical"
Alexa Vega (Spy Kids) has been cast as Shiloh in Darren Lynn Bousman's (Saw II, II, IV) horror rock opera Repo! The Genetic Opera. She will begin shooting her scenes on August 27. In addition, this past weekend at the HorrorHound Weekend in Indianapolis it was revealed that horror fav Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, House of 1000 Corpses, Devil's Rejects, Halloween) is in final talks to join the cast of Repo! The Genetic Opera.He will be joining the beautiful Alexa Vega. Director Darren Lynn Bousman made his return to the States recently to talk to journalists about SAW IV, which wrapped last week in Toronto, Canada. While chatting about Jigsaw’s latest installment, Bousman also found sometime to plug his next feature film, REPO!, a horror rock opera/musical which is a move in a completely new direction, “I don't know how different I can get than doing a rock opera – it’s like a side step out of the horror genre.” He tells that he likes his SAW crew and will continue to work with them as much as possible, “The same crew (as SAW III and Saw IV) doing REPO!... [at least] 95 percent the same crew.” He also talks about what type of film REPO! will be and how it will be more violent than SAW, “[The film is] a rock opera, a musical… it will be more violent than SAW in every aspect,” he explains, “It’s ROCKY HORROR [PICTURE SHOW] on acid.” What’s shocking is how many original songs will be written for the adaptation of the stage play, “There are 77 songs in REPO - RENT only had 19. [There will be] singing from beginning to end,” he explains, “One song might be 20 seconds, another 14 seconds and then one 5 minutes.” Think big, as he compares REPO! to JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR and TOMMY – only with buckets of blood. Watch for the film in 2008. The film is slated to begin filming at the end of August in Canada. Horror In Your House for this week is More Disappointing It has been a painful few weeks of Horror In Your House as there really hasn't been anything worth trekking to your local retailers for. Sure there has been a few thing you might want to check out, but man, today is terrible. Here's a list of what hits stores today, maybe there's something you'll find interesting.
Fox announces "28 Weeks Later" DVD details Fox Home Entertainment has announced 28 Weeks Later on DVD, which will be available to own on October 9th and should retail at around $29.98. The film itself will be presented in anamorphic widescreen, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. DVD Extras will include an audio commentary by director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and Co-Writer Enrique Lopez Lavigne, a Code Red: Making Of 28 Weeks Later Behind-The-Scenes featurette, an Infected Make-Up Effects featurette, a Getting Into The Action featurette, and a 28 Days Later: The Aftermath Flash-Animated Graphic Novel. Completing the package will be deleted scenes with optional commentary, and the theatrical trailers. You can view the DVD cover art here. Leslie Vernon returns in "Behind The Mask 2"? One of the best films we saw back in 2006 was Anchor Bay/Starz Entertainment's Behind the Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon, which just hit DVD a week ago after premiering at SXSW in 2006. Directed by Scott Glosserman, the film starred Nathan Baesel, Robert Englund, Matt Bolt, Jenafer Brown, Krissy Carlson, Scott Wilson, Zelda Rubenstein, Angela Goethals and Kane Hodder. BEHIND THE MASK screenwriter David J Stieve recently talked about what would happen to Leslie Vernon should a BEHIND THE MASK 2 ever come to fruition. And it’s something the filmmakers have kept in mind this whole time. “I can tell you that there is a definite idea for what’s going to happen to Leslie Vernon next, that’s been the goal all along.” “Obviously the focus of that or the metaphor involved there, as it happened with Nathan as an actor or Scott as a director, or me as a writer, it’s how do you handle that “freshman phenom/rookie of the year” type thing! That’s the symbolism at play; how does Leslie handle his success? And of course you have the whole genre-specific constructions and conventions of a horror sequel. There’s specific conventions involved with every killer that comes back. How the town reacts, who the people are that survive, and who fills what role coming around again…so there are all these very specific genre expectations for a sequel that are ripe for the picking but there’s obviously the metaphor of how does Leslie as the ‘artist’ handle his fame, does he handle it well, does he burn out too quick, keep himself in check, does he do it right? There’s a very rich soil to till from a storytelling standpoint.” What would it take to make it happen? “There are a lot of what-ifs, and things to have to happen right in this business for that to ever come to fruition, but certainly if there’s going to be another horror movie coming from me, my biggest impulse, of course, is to relate what happens to Leslie next. Depending on how the DVD does, etc. that’s the impetus.” You can read the entire interview with Stieve here. Official poster for "Mandy Lane" revealed Today the official poster was released for Dimension Films' All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, which hits theaters July 20. In the film a group of high schoolers invite Mandy Lane (Amber Heard), a good girl who became quite hot over the summer, to a weekend party on a secluded ranch. While the festivities rage on, the number of revelers begins to drop quite mysteriously. You can see this poster here. (References - bloody-disgusting.com, moviehole.net, aintitcool.com, dvdactive.com, impawards.com, iconsoffright.com, youtube.com, myspace.com)
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Newest take on Dracula legend has Proyas at the helm
The amazing Alex Proyas (Dark City, The Crow, I, Robot) will direct Dracula Year Zero, Universal's origins tale about Vlad the Impaler. The script chronicles the epic origin of Dracula, weaving vampire mythology with the true history of Prince Vlad the Impaler. It depicts Dracula as a flawed hero in a tragic love story set in a dark age of magic and war, repositioning him more as a vengeful hero than the monster seen in Bram Stoker's classic novel. The project, being produced by Michael De Luca, is one of several in the works about the Romanian royal who inspired Bram Stoker's vampire tale. Proyas was attracted to the script by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, enthusing over their "fresh take on the legend." He said the project manages to play off the horror and the sympathy you have for a character that "sells his soul to the Devil to save his kingdom and family." The scribes, who set up the project a year ago, said the goal was to show Vlad when he was still vital and to explore the fact that he's considered a hero in Romania for fending off the Turks. "Usually when you see him, he's past his prime and 100 years old," Sazama said. "In our movie, he's at the height of his powers," Sharpless added. "Dracula Year Zero" reunites Proyas with De Luca, who shepherded "Dark City" when he was a New Line exec. It's also one of several monster movies in the works at the studio, which is prepping a third installment in its "Mummy" franchise and a "Wolf Man" redo starring Benicio Del Toro. "One of the cool things about this is that we're doing it at Universal," Sharpless said. "This is the home of monster movies." The script was the first spec sale for the writing partners, who are busy on a couple of other Universal projects, including Zack Snyder's "Cobalt 60." Dueling Dracula projects set up around town include "The Historian," a contempo book about the search for Vlad the Impaler's grave that Brad Caleb Kane is adapting for Sony's Red Wagon shingle, and "Castlevania," an adaptation of a popular video-game for which Rogue recently signed up director Sylvain White ("Stomp the Yard"). Omen's director bringing "The Book of Lost Things" Director John Moore (The Omen) has optioned feature rights to dark fantasy "The Book of Lost Things" by bestselling Irish author John Connolly. Published last year, book centers on a 12-year-old English boy whose mother died and father remarried. When a portal to another world opens, the boy enters a land of beasts and monsters, where he must undertake a quest to earn his way back out. Cover Art and Full Details revealed for "The Tripper" DVD Fox Home Entertainment has announced horror satire The Tripper on DVD, which stars Thomas Jane, Jason Mewes, Lukas Haas and Jamie King. This David Arquette directed film will be available to own from the 30th October, and should retail at around $27.98. The film itself will be presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, along with an English Dolby Surround track. Extras will include an audio commentary by director David Arquette and actors Thomas Jane, Paul Reubens and Richmond Arquette, deleted scenes, a blooper reel, a behind the spleens featurette, Presidential Campaign Tour footage, and trailers. You can view the cover art here. "Trick 'r Treat" not releasing on Halloween One of the best horror films this year is Warner Bros. Trick 'r Treat, which has now moved to an undisclosed 2008 date from it's original October 5 plan. The movie has four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband. First Official Images from "Doomsday" Today Rogue Pictures supplied the first official look at Doomsday, which is slated for release next year. "Doomsday," written by Neil Marshall (The Descent), is set three decades after a lethal virus tore through a major country, leading to the country's walling off. When the virus, known as the Reaper, resurfaces in another country, an elite group is dispatched to the infected country to find a cure. There, they end up shut off from the rest of the world and must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare. You can view the images here. New Trailer:- Final Official Trailer for All The Boys Love Mandy Lane(Releasing on July 20). (References - bloody-disgusting.com, variety.com, dvdactive.com, ign.com, hollywoodreporter.com)
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New images for Lindsay Lohan's "I Know Who Killed Me"
Yesterday Columbia Pictures released a batch of new stills from Chris Sivertson's I Know Who Killed Me, which hits theaters on July 27. In the film an idyllic small town is rocked when Aubrey Fleming (Lindsay Lohan), a bright and promising young woman, is abducted and tortured by a sadistic serial killer. When she manages to escape, the traumatized girl who regains consciousness in the hospital insists that she is not who they think she is and that the real Aubrey Fleming is still in mortal danger. You can view the set of stills here. "Reeker" coming to DVD in September You can finally check out Dave Payne's Reeker on Showtime with a DVD release slated for September 25 from Paramount, nearly a year after it was originaly planned for release. No word yet on extras. In the film uoung strangers trapped at an eerie travel oasis in the desert must unravel the mystery behind their visions of dying people while they are preyed upon by a decaying creature. Despite the decent gore quotient (there are missing body parts aplenty by the end) and plot twists, there’s also a good deal of well-placed and genuinely funny comedy – which is almost unheard of in a genre bursting with cheap lowbrow humor and ill-executed gags. First Official Poster revealed for James Wan's "Death Sentence" Yesterday the first official poster was released from director James Wan's (Saw, Dead Silence) latest effort, Death Sentence, starring Kevin Bacon, which hits theaters on August 31. The story centers on a father out for revenge after his family is attacked in a senseless and heinous gang-initiation crime. The father enacts a death sentence on each perpetrator involved with the crime. You can view the poster here. Behind The Mask director's new foray Paramount Vantage has pre-emptively picked up Playing House, a horror project that Scott Glosserman (Behind the Mask) will direct and co-write with Macy Raymond, who penned the original short story that the film will be based on. Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson's Contrafilm are producing along with Glosserman. The plot revolves around a down-on-their-luck young couple who are preyed upon when they inhabit a seemingly deserted island mansion. Glosserman most recently co-wrote and directed the horror comedy "Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon," which had its premiere at last year's South by Southwest Film Festival. Anchor Bay recently released the movie theatrically. William Friedkin's "Bug" coming on DVD September 25 You missed it and you should regret it, although it's NOT a horror movie. William Friedkin's Bug carries some of the most powerful performances of the year, and has drawn comparisons to David Cronenberg's and Roman Polanski's works. Today details on the DVD release were declared, which slated it for a September 25 release from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.  The DVD will carry an audio commentary by Friedkin along with two featurettes: "BUG: An Introduction" and "A Discussion with William Friedkin". You can pre-order your copies from here. Newest trailer:- I Know Who Killed Me (Releasing on July 27). (References - hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com, aintitcool.com, movies.yahoo.com, movies.aol.com, bloody-disgusting.com, moviehole.net, amazon.com)
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Official 'Drink' of "Cloverfield" viral marketing campaign underway
After the success of Nine Inch Nails' campaign for Year Zero, Paramount Pictures and JJ Abrams have stepped in with the same idea for their untitled horror film, which is going under various names "Cloverfield", "1-18-08" and now... "Slusho"? Alright, you know how Cloverfield/1-18-08 is going viral? Paramount releases the trailer attached to Transformers, there’s camcorder versions of it uploaded to video sharing sites, officially no one is talking about the project… And then IGN reports that Cloverfield/1-18-08 may be using the alias of “Slusho” for the filming of a Paramount movie happening right now in L.A. The set calls for “200 extras. Military vehicles. Destruction aftermath. Weapons brandished. Emergency vehicles with flashing lights. Exterior dialogue on fire escape on 8th floor.” And then J.J. Abrams drops this bomb: “For what it’s worth, the only site of ours that people have even FOUND is the 1-18-08.com site. The others (like the Ethan Haas sites) have nothing to do with us.” Then explain this J.J. ‘cuz it’s smoking gun proof that a weird beverage website marketing a drink called Slusho belongs to your new movie. There's a screengrab from the 1-18-08 trailer, right before the action moves to the rooftop. See that dude’s shirt? Slusho. And the logo looks exactly like the drink found on the Slusho website. It gets weirder: read the history page on the Slusho website (http://www.slusho.jp/index.html). It talks about a woman named Noriko that wanted to discover a new beverage flavor. Noriko set out across the ocean and was never heard from again. Her son, Ganu, grew up and continued his mother’s research...exploring the ocean for possible flavors. Did you get that? The ocean. And then one day Ganu “discovered a deep sea ingredient unique to anything else.” He had a mysterious dream and realized that he had found the secret beverage flavor...and thus Slusho was born. Slusho. From the bottom of the sea floor. Nice way of marketing, wouldn't you agree?:D "Dead Like Me" coming direct-to-video One of the more popular shows of the past few years was Showtime's Dead Like Me, which was cancelled prematurely by the cable station. The show was extremely popular and almost made it's return to your living room weekly and although you won't see a new series, the direct-to-video movie is progressing nicely as casting has officially begun! The film is to be directed by Steven Herek off a screenplay by John Masius, who worked on the original series as writer and producer. Right now the cast includes Ellen Muth, Callum Blue, Britt McKillit, Jasmine Guy and Cynthia Stevenson with the hopes of bringing in some extra "names" to the cast. Daisy will be recast. When Calvin Kane, a slick businessman who couldn't care less about helping the newly dead, takes over Rube's Head Reaper duties, all hell breaks loose, bringing out the worst in Daisy, Roxy, and Mason. George, however, is determined to set her latest, botched reap right, especially because the boy who was supposed to die, Hudson Hart, is her little sister Reggie's secret boyfriend. In the process, George and Reggie re-connect for real, for the first time. Filming is now underway in Montreal, Canada. "Infestation" Official website up, casting widened It was announced via the newly launched official website (http://www.infestationthemovie.com/) that Bru Muller, Brooke Nevin (I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer) and Ray Wise (Jeepers Creepers 2) will be joining Chris Marquette in Kyle Rankin's horror-comedy Infestation. Infestation follows a slacker (Marquette) who awakes to find himself weak, wrapped in webbing and cocooned to the wall of his office. After realizing that the world has been taken over by giant alien insects, he wakes a ragtag group of strangers and together they fight for survival. Robert Kurtzman speaks about "The Rage" Do you love guts, gore and madness? Then I'm quite sure you're going to dig The Rage, a new film from KNB co-founder Robert Kurtzman. The film follows a crazed scientist experimenting with a rage virus on innocent victims in a laboratory in the woods. When his monstrous subjects escape and vultures devour their remains, they became mutations seeking to feed on humans. With the virus spreading across the countryside, a group of young ladies unwittingly stumble upon the scientist’s secret lab and a night of unimaginable horror ensues when his family of flesh-eating freaks arises for dinner. Kurtzman says, "I am a huge fan of drive in films and the whole audience participation experience. We wanted to make our drive-in film… A gorilla style rocket ride that embraced all the B-movie qualities of low budget movies we’d grown up on. We had a very small budget and we had to raise the funding ourselves. We shot the film in 25 days and we decided the most important thing for us to do was to entertain and have fun. So the entire film is an over the top yell at the screen kind of experience." New Trailer:- James Wan's Death Sentence. (Releasing on August 31) (References - movies.yahoo.com, variety.com, aintitcool.com, bloody-disgusting.com, upcominghorrormovies.com, infestationthemovie.com, slusho.jp. aol.com, moviehole.net)
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Just so you know, the Slusho site was discovered AFTER that Abrams interview was posted on AICN. People might have found it before, but it wasn't as widely known as the Ethan Haas stuff...it wasnt public knowledge until after the interview.
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