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Lovecraft Film Details Leak |
08-30-10 4:29pm, Absinthe |
 TempleofGhoul's Dejan Ognjanovic got his hands on a copy of Guillermo del Toro's script At the Mountains of Madness, an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's novella of the same name. Based on his first impressions, the film is feels like "a Hellboy movie without Hellboy, with a light dose of Carpenter's The Thing. "
He basically sums up the entire plot in a few words saying that "It is a period piece: the frame story takes place in 1939, at the very beginning of World War II, but the bulk of the film is made up of a flashback narration by the last survivor of the previous expedition to the South Pole from 1930. In this version, it is somewhat simplified into: Scientists go to Antarctica, resurrect primaeval monsters, mayhem ensues."
Let's also not forget that before James Cameron begins his work on Avatar 2, he'll be producing this film, and he seems to be pretty excited about it. Here's what he recently had to say to Wired about it:
"It's going to be an epically scaled horror film, and we haven't seen anything like that in a really long time -- I guess since Aliens." He went on to say that "The thing about Lovecraft is he left a lot to the imagination. He never told you what they looked like. He managed to create a sense of creeping horror without specifics."
Thanks to SciFi Wire
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CopperCon in Arizona |
08-30-10 4:17pm, Absinthe |
 "COPPERCON" blazes new trail for Phoenix Science Fiction Conventions. Arizona's "COPPERCON" celebrates its 30th anniversary September 3-6 with a show-stopping combination of fantastic guests, great programming, and a new venue that will knock everyone's socks off.
"CopperCon 30" is proud to feature WORLD FANTASY AWARD winning author STEPHEN R. DONALDSON (Chronicles of Thomas Covenant), BRAM STOKER AWARD winning author WESTON OCHSE (Scarecrow Gods), BRAM STOKER AWARD winning author YVONNE NAVARRO(Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and author, editor & astronomer DAVID LEE SUMMERS. Also featured are over 50 other authors, media experts, artists, musicians, scientists, and costumers, CopperCon's programming provides something for everyone interested in seeing and talking with the pros of SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HORROR, and HARD SCIENCE.
CopperCon activities will include: the World Famous Dealers room, full Hospitality Suite, Guest Panels/Presentations/Workshops, Charity Benefit Auction, Masquerade, Art/Costuming/Fighting Demonstrations, LARP/Console/Other Gaming, Author Readings, Concerts, Water Pistol War, Robotics Exhibition, Model Rockets, Dancing, Star Trek Exhibit, and more. There will also be a Buffy The Vampire Slayer panel with Yvonne Navarro.
CopperCon will take place at the Windemere Resort, 5750 East Main St. Mesa, Arizona 85205. Special low special room rates only $59/night. MEMBERSHIP rates: $35 until April 30, 2010, $45 at the door (special rates for kids). Memberships may be purchased on the website via PayPal.
CONTACT CopperCon 30, PO Box 62613, Phoenix AZ 86082 info@coppercon.org
Thanks to Chiller Chucky at Horror Happenings/Examiner.com
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GHOSTBUSTERS 3 Update |
08-30-10 4:13pm, Absinthe |
It's no secret that Columbia Pictures' Ghostbusters 3 - being penned by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky - will introduce a new team of young Ghost Busters that will have proton packs, PKE meters and the famed Ecto-1 passed on to them by Egon, Peter, Ray, and Winton (Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Ernie Hudson, respectively). Early reports indicate that the quartet have signed on, and are in fact ready to pass the torch to some young uns. Bloody disgusting got this exciting
EXCLUSIVE
Much like Steven Spielberg did with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (where Mutt Williams is Indy and Marion's love-child), Ivan Reitman is looking to kick-start a new franchise with a ghost bustin' love-child of their own.
Early word from an insider is that the (hinted at) love affair between Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) and Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) has a much bigger impact on the franchise than just an angry Vigo (Wilhelm von Homburg).
From what we're told, it will be revealed that Dana's son Oscar is in fact Peter's child as well. Furthermore, Oscar is now 21-ish and ready to take the reigns of his father's ghost busting business!
It's an important plot point as it gives a lot of weight to the actual story, and takes it from being "just another sequel" to having a real purpose (so long as they don't pull an Indiana Jones IV).
In addition to the four Ghost Busters, Rick Moranis (who will be coming out of retirement for this) and Sigourney Weaver are expected to return as well. Still no word on how close the film is to actually going into production, but word has it things are actually progressing nicely (contrary to what Murray is saying).
Source: Bloody Disgusting
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Louisiana Ideal Location for LAST EXORCISM |
08-27-10 6:07pm, Absinthe |
Actress Ashley Bell remembers the exact moment she realized that producers had found the perfect setting for the low-budget, high-intensity creepout "The Last Exorcism" (read review) -- the moment she arrived at the rural St. Bernard Parish farmhouse where the bulk of the movie was shot.
"When we first pulled up, there was a rusted machete in the fence, and I just turned to everyone and was like, 'We're home!'" Bell said with a laugh.
For a West Coast girl on her first visit to bayou country, it was a stark reminder that she wasn't in California anymore.
That would be a good thing, she said.
"If it had been done on location in L.A. or in a studio, I don't think it would have had the same quality or the same creepiness, " she said.
By time the 24-day shoot was completed, "The Last Exorcism" -- an Eli Roth-produced, "Blair Witch"-style faux documentary that has been generating buzz since premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in January -- would, indeed, boast an abundance of creepiness. Today, horror fans will get a chance to see for themselves as the film opens in theaters nationwide.
It tells the story of a Baton Rouge minister named Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) who has decided to reveal to the world how his particular brand of charlatanism works. So he invites a documentary crew along on his latest exorcism, down in bayou country south of New Orleans.
It's there he meets Bell's character, a sweet, blushing 15-year-old girl named Nell whose fundamentalist father insists she's possessed by a demon. It doesn't take long for the good reverend to realize he's gotten much, much more than he bargained for.
Audiences will probably be struck most by Bell's performance as Nell, a swing-for-the-fences role that has the former ballet dancer contorting her body into unnatural positions and inhabiting what feels like two distinct characters. But every bit as crucial, filmmakers say, is the setting.
This isn't some slasher movie that depends on gore and buckets of blood. (There are dashes of both, but not so much to keep the film from getting a PG-13 rating.) Rather, for its chills, "Last Exorcism" relies on mood, suspense and a disturbing sense of place. That's where Louisiana comes in.
Like most films that set up shop here to take advantage of the state-provided filmmaking tax incentives, "The Last Exorcism" originally was set elsewhere. Then producers visited New Orleans.
"They said, 'It's got to be Louisiana, '" German-born director Daniel Stamm said. "'It's exactly the vibe we need for the whole thing.' I had never been to New Orleans or to Louisiana, so I just kind of took it at face value. ... And then when I went down there to location scout, I understood that you would lose so much if you had shot it anywhere else."
It wasn't the local clichés that most interested Stamm. Aside from a highway sign near the I-10/I-610 split, there aren't many shots in his movie that will be immediately recognizable to locals. What he wanted was the general texture of the region, with its nighttime eeriness, sense of history and spiritual complexity.
"To me it was like time travel, " Stamm said. "You went down there, and you had the feeling you were suddenly 100 years in the past. It has a really, really rich atmosphere.
"The plantation that we shot at was a plantation that had been flooded by Katrina. .... You could still see the water line on the wall, 6 feet high, and it had been deserted since then. It had the smell, and it had the heat, because we didn't have air conditioning in there, and it had insects and it had the creaking floorboards."
Another thing it had: critters. The crew discovered that one morning after showing up for a scene at a meadow near the house, only to find a six-foot alligator sunning itself there. An alligator wrangler relocated the gator, but not before Stamm got a shot of it and inserted it into the movie as a mood-setter.
Ashley Bell in 'The Last Exorcism.'
"Something down there doesn't change, and thank God it doesn't, " Stamm said. "Wherever you point the camera, you have something beautiful and rich and atmospheric. It's production-designed for you when you arrive."
Given that much of the film was shot at night amid all that atmosphere, Fabian said it wasn't at all hard to look freaked out for the film's final climax.
"All the bugs and everything come out to life at that point, and it was creepy, " the actor said. "We're running around with those cameras, and as you see (in the movie) it's only the natural light coming from the camera and/or lamps, so you're constantly in a state of mood, you're constantly in a state of spookiness and shadow.
"And as the evening wears on ... we're running around chasing the girl in the bloody dress and we're scared out of our wits. There's really not a whole lot of acting."
That, he said, is something you just can't get on a studio backlot -- or anywhere else, for that matter.
"If we would have shot this in Burbank, " Fabian said, "totally different film."
As reported at NOLA.com
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Halloween Horror Nights Tickets On Sale |
08-27-10 6:01pm, Absinthe |
ORLANDO, Fla -- Universal Orlando announced its theme for this year's Halloween Horror Nights XX -- A New Age Of Darkness.
In a news release issued Thursday, Universal said guests may see some familiar elements, but the familiar will quickly give way to the new.
"Halloween Horror Nights XX is about Fear himself. He is the Master of everything Halloween Horror Nights has ever been and will become. His weapons: Chaos, Death, Sacrifice, Mythos, Vengeance. His pawns: a clown, a storyteller, a caretaker, a director, an usher…and you," the release said.
This year's Halloween Horror Nights will be held on select nights beginning Sept. 24 and ending on Oct. 31.
“Everything we have done for the past 19 years, everything we have learned, leads to this moment,” said Jim Timon, senior vice president of entertainment for Universal Orlando Resort. “This year’s Halloween Horror Nights is not about the past. It is about the future.”
Halloween Horror Nights runs September 24-25, September 30-October 1-3, 7-10, 14-17, 20-24 and 27-31. Tickets are now on sale for $74.99 plus tax. Florida residents can save up to $35 with advance online purchase. For tickets and event information, visit HalloweenHorrorNights.com. Due to the event’s popularity, tickets for weekend nights are expected to sell out and should be purchased well in advance.
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Malcolm McDowell Joins Cast of VAMPS |
08-27-10 5:59pm, Absinthe |
Marilu Henner, Zak Orth and Malcolm McDowell have joined the cast of writer/director Amy Heckerling's new film "Vamps," now shooting in Detroit.
The announcement was made Wednesday by producers Red Hour Films, Lauren Versel, Molly Hassell, Maria Teresa Arida and Lucky Monkey Pictures.
The movie is a modern-day tale of two young beautiful female vampires -- played by Alicia Silverstone and Krysten Ritter -- living the good nightlife in New York until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardize her immortality, the producers said in a news release.
The film also co-stars Sigourney Weaver, Richard Lewis, Wallace Shawn, Justin Kirk, Dan Stevens, Todd Barry and Kristen Johnston.
Henner will portray Angela, a deathly ill woman who gets "awakened" to her former hot self. Orth will portray Renfield, a young nerdy friend of Stacy (played by Ritter) and Goody (played by Silverstone,) who tries to be much tougher than he actually is. McDowell will portray vampire Vlad Tepish, otherwise known as the infamous Vlad the Impaler, who enjoys wearing velvet jogging suits and knitting.
Source
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FINAL DESTINATION 5 Casting News |
08-27-10 3:41pm, Absinthe |
Bloody Disgusting has got the inside scoop on some new casting for New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures' Final Destination 5, the latest 3-D sequel to be directed by James Cameron alum Steven Quale. We've confirmed that Nicholas D'Agosto ("Supernatural, Heroes"), Ellen Roe and Meghan Ory have all been cast with an offer out to David Koechner. They'll be joining the previously announced Miles Fisher and Arlen Escarpeta in the horror that opens with a suspension bridge disaster. Eric Heisserer (The Thing, A Nightmare on Elm Street) penned the screenplay.
Death returns to theaters on August 26, 2011.
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Toronto AFTER DARK Film Festival Update |
08-27-10 2:18pm, Absinthe |
1. TORONTO AFTER DARK 2010 WRAPS WITH RECORD ATTENDANCE!
2. FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED! ELI ROTH'S LAST EXORCISM WINS BIG!
3. GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK, YOU COULD WIN 1 OF 5 AWESOME DVD PRIZE PACKS!
4. EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & VIDEOS FROM THE FESTIVAL NOW ONLINE!
5. PHANTOM CITY CELEBRATES 5 YEARS OF TORONTO AFTER DARK WITH STUNNING COMMEMORATIVE POSTERS!
6. OPENING THIS WEEKEND: THE FESTIVAL OF FEAR! THE LAST EXORCISM! THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE! BATMAN WITH ADAM WEST!
7. A BIG THANK YOU!
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1. TORONTO AFTER DARK 2010 WRAPS WITH RECORD ATTENDANCE!
Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2010wrapped up eight thrilling nights of new horror, sci-fi, action and cult cinema last week, blazing new cinematic trails and setting new records! A big thank you to everyone that came out and supported our very special 5th Annual Edition. A new high of over 9,300 enthusiastic fans attended Toronto After Dark 2010 which ran Aug 13-20 at the legendary Bloor Cinema, over double the size of our event of just four years ago! If you came to the fest, we'd love your feedback in our audience survey, which is online here now:
http://bit.ly/tad10-aud-survey
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2. FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED! ELI ROTH'S LAST EXORCISM WINS BIG!
Highlights of the 5th Annual Edition included our first-ever red carpet premiere, for THE LAST EXORCISM with acclaimed horror filmmaker ELI ROTH in attendance, a freaky Closing Gala experience in the form of THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE, and a shocking but well-received remake of the notorious I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE, which won Gold, Silver and Bronze respectively in our Audience Choice Awards. The festival also premiered in Toronto HEARTLESS, a stylish and riveting demonic thriller from cult British filmmaker Philip Ridley which was awarded Gold by the fest in the Best Independent Feature Film category. Silver and Bronze honours went to crowd-pleasing creature feature THE LAST LOVECRAFT and the dark horror comedy ALL ABOUT EVIL respectively. Visit our Festival Awards Page for the complete lowdown on all the awards given out by fans and the festival this year including winners in our Short Film categories and new this year, the Fans' Choice Awards featuring such fun categories as BEST KILL and BEST FIGHT:
http://bit.ly/tad10-awards
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3. GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK, YOU COULD WIN 1 OF 5 AWESOME DVD PRIZE PACKS!
If you attended our 2010 festival, we'd love to get YOUR FEEDBACK on how we did this year and what we could do to improve our event for next year. Our Audience Survey runs from now until next Friday, Sept 3, 5pm, it'll take just a few minutes of your time and you could you win one of 5 DVD prize packs from Anchor Bay Entertainment. To begin the survey CLICK HERE:
http://bit.ly/tad10-aud-survey
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4. EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & VIDEOS FROM THE FESTIVAL NOW ONLINE!
But it wasn't just about the movies! Over 15 attending short and feature filmmakers came on stage to introduce their works or host LIVELY Q&As with fans, including Eli Roth. Festivalgoers were also treated to a 'Gore Couture' Costume Contest, a bizarre interview with a Killer Tire, a Human Centipede reenactment on stage, and a series of warped FESTIVAL BUMPERS playing in front of the features, all depicting the number 5 in unusual ways to celebrate the our special 5th edition! Toronto After Dark also played host to a number of packed nightly social events, and of course treated the city's undead to a cheap night out with our ever-popular ZOMBIE APPRECIATION NIGHT! Lots of fun event pictures and video clips were recorded during the 8 nights, and we've uploaded a selection of photos and vids to Facebook and YouTube for fans to enjoy, including behind the scenes filmmaker interviews, and our popular 2010 festival bumpers. Links to all the albums and videos are conveniently listed on one page now at our festival site here:
http://bit.ly/tad10-pics-n-vids
Feel free to share with your friends and leave comments!
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5. PHANTOM CITY CELEBRATES 5 YEARS OF TORONTO AFTER DARK WITH STUNNING COMMEMORATIVE POSTERS!
The awesome fans of Toronto After Dark Film Festival over at Phantom City Creative, which include Rue Morgue Magazine's super-talented graphic designer Justin Erickson, have created a series of limited edition illustrated posters to commemorate the 5th year of our festival! The posters celebrate five different award-winning, fan-favourite movies that have premiered at Toronto After Dark since we launched: BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON, MULBERRY STREET, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA and DEAD SNOW! Check out the stunning artwork and order your very own commemorative poster here:
http://bit.ly/tad10-poster-set
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6. OPENING THIS WEEKEND: THE FESTIVAL OF FEAR! THE LAST EXORCISM! THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE!
Our 2011 dates will be announced later on this year, but a year is a long time to wait for another dose of horror, sci-fi, action and cult insanity at Toronto After Dark Film Festival! Fortunately for fans in the city, there's plenty more cinematic thrills coming their way, starting with this amazing weekend! Be sure to check out these other TAD-approved horror and cult screenings and events happening in the city:
RUE MORGUE FESTIVAL OF FEAR STARTS TONIGHT!
The biggest and best horror and cult film convention in the city kicks off today, Friday, at Toronto's downtown Metro Convention Centre, and runs through Sunday, Aug 29. Special Guest of Honour: Canada's very own Master of Horror, DAVID CRONENBERG! For more info, including the complete lineup of awesome special guests and special events this weekend, click here:
http://bit.ly/FOF2010
THE LAST EXORCISM OPENS THIS WEEKEND!
Fans won't have to wait long to see Toronto After Dark's Audience Choice Award Winner, Eli Roth's scary THE LAST EXORCISM, on the Big Screen. The film opens wide at theatres this weekend! For a recap of why we think this film is so awesome and to see trailers and posters, visit THE LAST EXORCISM page on our festival website here:
http://bit.ly/tad-exorc
For theatres and movie times of screenings of the Last Exorcism, click here:
http://bit.ly/last-ex-times
THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE LIMITED RUN BEGINS SAT, AUG 28!
If you missed the sold out show at Toronto After Dark, or just want a another taste of twisted cinema at its ickiest, be sure to catch the limited and exclusive run of THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE at the Toronto Underground Cinema (TUC) Aug 28-Sep 3. Take advantage of "The Centipede Deal!" where you buy two tickets and get a THIRD for FREE! (Regular ticket price $8). You can read our take on this one-of-a-kind horrific film and watch the trailer at our festival website here:
http://bit.ly/tad-centip
For screening times and ticket info visit the TUC site. And if you're a BATMAN fan be sure to also check out their special screening of the original 1960s flick tonight (Aug 27), with star ADAM WEST live in person for a Q&A. Complete details here:
http://www.torontoundergroundcinema.com/
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7. A BIG THANK YOU!
We would like to say a big thank you to ALL the filmmakers, fans, volunteers, supporters and sponsors of Toronto After Dark 2010, and most especially to Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada, SPACE, Rue Morgue and our main venue The Bloor Cinema, for helping make our 5th year such a successful and record-breaking event! Until next time, from all of us at the festival,
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Ghost Hunters Investigated London Dungeon on Friday 13th |
08-24-10 7:41pm, Absinthe |
This past Friday the 13th, the London Paranormal Society, whom some regard as the UK’s premier public ghost-busters, investigated the London Dungeon haunted attraction
The group, led by medium Ian Shillito, spent six hours in the reportedly-haunted location looking for some of its supernatural inhabitants. According to Shillito, “Beyond the mutilated exhibits, torture equipment and dark corridors, we find multiple reports of ghostly children, silent figure’s appearing in the mortuary or gliding around the Great Fire exhibit. General poltergeist activity is encountered when doors rattle, open and close whilst knocks and raps are heard, especially in the Jack the Ripper area. Previous investigations have uncovered much auditory phenomena, and many of the investigators were spooked in the world’s largest mirror maze as strange mists, dragging footsteps and clanking of chains have been experienced. Sightings are regularly witnessed fueling the stories further."
In 1212, a hospital dedicated to Thomas Becket stood on the site of the dungeons. The Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr was run by Augustinian monks and nuns who provided treatment for the poor, sick and homeless. By the 17th century the area had become a popular place for alternative entertainment such as dog, bear and cock fighting, and local taverns. Tooley Street (originally called St. Olaves Street) gained a reputation for being an infamous red light district. In 1838, London Bridge station was built therefore creating a series of arches. During the WWII, the arches were used as air raid shelters by many of the residents of the nearby tenements. On February 17 1941, the arches received a direct hit by a bombing raid killing 68 local people who were spending the night It is believed that many of the bodies were never recovered and still remain entombed to this very day.
No word yet on the results of the investigation, but the GHOSTour to England will continue to visit the London Dungeon when its "Tour of Terror" returns to London again in 2012.
Interesting story from Chiller Chucky at Examiner.com
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SAW II FLESH AND BLOOD Video Game Screenshots |
08-24-10 7:36pm, Absinthe |
Saw II: Flesh & Blood will be available at retail stores nationwide on October 19 for Xbox 360® and PlayStation®3, just in time for the release of “Saw VII 3D”, the seventh installment of the popular horror franchise from Lionsgate® and Twisted Pictures.
KONAMI has given HorrorMovies.ca their first look at the world of SAW Flesh & Blood. The images reveal newly created deadly traps that challenge the player to think fast under pressure. Zombie Studios Producer, John Williamson, shares the vision for the game, “Just the silhouette of the character in the trap had to make the viewer uncomfortable. You had to know instantly that something bad was going to happen to this person if you didn’t get them out.” A look at the intense and detailed environments were also revealed to show the mysterious, detailed levels one can expect in this year’s release.
SAW II: Flesh & Blood threatens sanity with new stomach-twisting traps and puzzles, more visceral combat, and an all-new storyline that takes place between the first and second movies. Gamers take on the role of Detective Tapp’s estranged son Michael, who is trying to understand his father’s death. As players navigate their way through Jigsaw’s terrifying world, they will face mind-bending puzzles and must defend themselves against the minions Jigsaw has placed in their path. In order to survive Jigsaw’s games, players must use their intelligence and desire to live in order to survive.
Go here to check them out!
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Big Sale This Weekend at Amityville House |
08-24-10 7:30pm, Absinthe |
AMITYVILLE, N.Y. — The owner of the New York house made famous in the 1979 film "The Amityville Horror" is holding a moving sale.
The five-bedroom Dutch Colonial on Long Island has been on the market since May for $1.15 million and is under contract. Owner Brian Wilson is holding a moving sale Saturday. Items include furniture and exercise equipment, not loot from the house's infamous past.
The Oscar-nominated film is based on the story of the Lutz family's brief stay in the house in 1975 after six members of the DeFeo family were shot and killed as they slept. Oldest son Ronald DeFeo Jr. was convicted.
The crime spawned a book and a series of movies that chronicled various supernatural horrors, including visions of walls oozing slime and moving furniture.
Source: MSNBC
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Roth Talks LAST EXORCISM |
08-21-10 11:38am, Absinthe |
In producing The Last Exorcism, horror master Eli Roth began with the premise that no one can top The Exorcist.
Roth, who began his directing career with Cabin Fever in 2002 and went on to make Hostel, told CBC's Q cultural affairs show thatThe Exorcist remains one of his favourite movies.
"You don't top the Exorcist — you respect that as the scariest thing ever," Roth said in an interview Thursday from Toronto. "But you do something completely different that's unique in the canon of exorcism films and make the scariest film you can."
The canon of exorcism films is a minor one, because although vampires come and go with varied degrees of success, no film featuring exorcism has made much of a splash since the 1973 smash hit.
Roth admits that point, but says he was lured to The Last Exorcism by a smart script, created by Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland.
"It's about a preacher going through an exorcism that goes completely wrong. It's a bit of a moralistic story as well in that he says he's been doing exorcisms his whole life ... but he's having this crisis of conscience," Roth said.
Eli Roth, shown in March, is producer of The Last Exorcism, set for release in Canada on Aug. 27. (Associated Press)The twist is that the preacher has hired a documentary crew to follow him through the exorcism of a young girl as a way to expose exorcism as the scam he believes it is.
"He takes you through how he cheats the [family] and then the girl shows up in his motel room," he said. Then the father turns up, armed with a shotgun, and insists the exorcism go ahead.
"I love the idea that both the reverend and the father want to help this girl, and they're both going about it for the wrong reasons," he said.
"It's the reverend going, 'Your daughter is crazy,' and it's the father saying, 'You said we had to save her soul.'"
Directed by German-born, American-educated director Daniel Stamm, the film has little of Roth's trademark gore.
Roth, known for making low-budget movies into blockbusters, was brought in to secure the money end.
He says he has seen independent filmmaking get more difficult since he sold Cabin Fever at the Toronto International Film Festival eight years ago.
"The industry has contracted so much and financing is much more difficult …the main difference is the DVD market is gone," Roth said.
The market has been lost to piracy — which has meant producers are less likely to take risks because they can't fall back on DVD sales, he said.
"With Hostel, nobody knew what it was, so nobody looked for it. Hostel 2, there was a copy of it moved on the internet a week before it was released and there was two million copies of it [made]. That's people who go to the cinema, that's teenagers," he said, reflecting on how his sequel film lost out at the box office and in DVD sales.
Watch the Trailer here!
Read more: here!
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Apex Releases First Digital Only Title |
08-21-10 11:33am, Absinthe |
 APEXOLOGY:Horror
1. The study of literature-based artifacts left by the authors and editors of Apex Publications, particularly dark or horrific stories.
2. An anthology of horror containing disturbing, dark imagery and twisted fiction.
Contained within are twenty-one stories to showcase the unique talents that Apex has published and employed in the past five years. Apexology: Horror contains work from two Campbell Award winners, a Hollywood screenwriter, a NYT Bestselling Author, Nebula and Hugo nominees, Stoker Award winners, and Mari Adkins!
Get a taste of some of the best Apex has to offer. Study Apexology: Horror.
This is a digital only release!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: Five Years and Counting by Jason Sizemore
“It Tasted Like the Sea” by Paul Jessup
“Summon, Bind, Banish” by Nick Mamatas
“To Every Thing There is a Season” by Dru Pagliassotti
“Life’s a Beach” by Alethea Kontis and Ariell Branson
“Kusatenda Uroyi” by Gill Ainsworth
“Lottery” by Gene O’Neill
“Cerbo en Vitra ujo” by Mary Robinette Kowal
“The Spider in the Hairdo” by Michael A. Burstein
“The Dark Side” by Guy Hasson
“With the Beating of their Wings” by Martel Sardina
“Enough to Make a Devil” by R. Thomas Riley
“Flash of Light” by Jason Sizemore
“Transylvania Mission” by Lavie Tidhar
“Inside Looking Out (or: Falling Through the Worlds)” by Mari Adkins
“Powered” by Deb Taber
“Disturbing Things” by B.J. Burrow
“Eulogy for Muffin” by Jennifer Brozek
“Hands of Heritage” by Elizabeth Engstrom
“The Junkyard God” by M. Zak Anwar and O.M.R. Anwar
“Bessie Green’s Thumb” by Fran Friel
“Big Sister/Little Sister” by Jennifer Pelland
About the Editor:
Jason Sizemore is the owner and operator of Apex Publications. He also writes and edits, earning a Bram Stoker Award nomination for his first book, Aegri Somnia. He’s seen over thirty short stories published and four anthologies. He maintains a website at www.jason-sizemore.com.
There are a lot of fans to John Carpenter’s original who are hoping that this film is half as good as his version.
The prequel shows us what happened at the Norwegian camp – the survivors of which we see at the beginning of Carpenter’s film.
“That’s the story we tell in this film,” says Marc Abraham, who is producing the movie with his Strike Entertainment partner Eric Newman. “We go back to that original Norwegian camp and try to figure out what happened. It’s like a crime scene, with an ax in the door, and the audience gets to be the detective, trying to piece together what horrible things have occurred.”
It has a budget of $38 Million the biggest names are Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim, Death Proog)) and Joel Edgerton (Animal Kingdom). The cast is populated with actors from Australia, England, Canada and Norway. In fact, a majority of the Norwegian scientists in the film are played by Norwegian actors – Dennis Storhøi (The 13th Warrior), Trond Espen Seim (The Frost), Jørgen Langhelle (Svik), Stig Henrik Hoff, Jan Gunnar Røise, Kristofer Hivju (Manhunt) and Jo Adrian Haavind – who will play their scenes in Norwegian, with English subtitles.
Matthijs Van Heijningen is directing the latest movie, which was written by Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica) and Eric Heisserer.
This info is from LiveForFilms
http://bit.ly/bNB1mb
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Freddy Krueger Slashes His Way Back to HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS |
08-20-10 9:25pm, Absinthe |
FREDDY KRUEGER SLASHES HIS WAY BACK
TO HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS AS
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD PRESENTS
“A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET: NEVER SLEEP AGAIN!”
AN ALL-NEW HORROR EXPERIENCE FOR 2010
Universal City, California— Freddy Krueger, the iconic undead dream stalker whose burned, disfigured face, tattered green and red sweater and four-bladed glove has been the searing central figure of nine movies, a television series, video games and comics, will provide a cutting edge for Universal Studios Hollywood’s SM “A Nightmare On Elm Street: Never Sleep Again,” an all-new horror maze experience for the 2010 Halloween Horror Nights®” event, where the legends of Hollywood horror will come to life, beginning September 24.
“A Nightmare on Elm Street: Never Sleep Again,” will bring guests back on a nightmare journey to the town of Springwood, the scene of Freddy Krueger’s unspeakable crimes. They’ll wind through the ominously twisting corridors of the Barham Day Care Center, glimpse ghastly scenes of carnage among the young people of Springwood and face the ultimate showdown with Freddy in his infamous boiler room lair.
The new maze is based upon the 2010 motion picture, “A Nightmare on Elm Street” which opened to number one at the box office earlier this year. The Blu-Ray and DVD is set to release on October 5.
The 2010 “Halloween Horror Nights” event at Universal Studios Hollywood will offer spine-chilling new mazes based upon the horror genre’s most compelling characters. Rob Zombie and other top artists are collaborating with Universal Studios Hollywood in the creation of new mazes, “scare zones” and backlot experiences.
The theme park’s favorite thrill-ride attractions will also remain open for “Halloween Horror Nights” as well, many with menacing twists. Favorites include “The Simpsons Ride®,” “Revenge of the MummySM – The Ride” and “Jurassic Park® In the Dark.”
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Trailer Debut for Rogue and Craven's MY SOUL TO TAKE |
08-20-10 9:23pm, Absinthe |
Rogue Pictures is excited to announce that the trailer for the upcoming 3D suspense thriller MY SOUL TO TAKE, written and directed by Wes Craven, has just debuted on Yahoo!
In the sleepy town of Riverton, legend tells of a serial killer who swore he would return to murder the seven children born the night he died. Now, 16 years later, people are disappearing again. Has the psychopath been reincarnated as one of the seven teens, or did he survive the night he was left for dead? Only one of the kids knows the answer…
MUST-SEE Trailer Debut:
MY SOUL TO TAKE is in theaters October 8, 2010. Watch the trailer now, exclusively on Yahoo!:
http://movies.yahoo.com/trailers/
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810022027/video/21450179
Synopsis:
Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Hills Have Eyes, Scream series) brings audiences his latest suspense thriller with My Soul to Take. In the sleepy town of Riverton, legend tells of a serial killer who swore he would return to murder the seven children born the night he died. Now, 16 years later, people are disappearing again. Has the psychopath been reincarnated as one of the seven teens, or did he survive the night he was left for dead? Only one of the kids knows the answer.
Adam “Bug” Heller (Max Thieriot) was supposed to die on the bloody night his father went insane. Unaware of his dad’s terrifying crimes, he has been plagued by nightmares since he was a baby. But if Bug hopes to save his friends from the monster that’s returned, he must face an evil that won’t rest…until it finishes the job it began the day he was born.
Release Date: October 8, 2010
Genre: 3-D Suspense thriller
Cast: Max Thieriot, John Magaro, Emily Meade, Nick Lashaway, Denzel Whitaker, Shareeka Epps, Paulina Olszyinski, Raúl Esparza
Written and Directed by: Wes Craven
Produced by: Wes Craven, Iya Labunka, Anthony Katagas
Website: www.iamrogue.com/mysoultotake
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mysoultotake
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Kindle Giveaway Blog Tour |
08-19-10 9:35pm, Absinthe |
Author Scott Nicholson and Amazon are giving away two Kindles as part of his fall book blog tour from September through November. A Kindle DX will be given away through the participating blogs, and a Kindle 3 will be given away through the tour newsletter. A Pandora's Box of free ebooks will be given away through Nicholson's "hauntedcomputer" Twitter account.
"The digital era coincides with Act II of my career," Nicholson said. "The Kindle has broadened many people's horizons and given readers more power than ever, and this is an opportunity to celebrate them and the book bloggers who spread the word. "
Nicholson is author 12 novels and three story collections, as well as four comics series and six screenplays. His paranormal thrillers "The Red Church," "Drummer Boy" and "Speed Dating with the Dead" have all hit #1 in the Kindle "Ghosts" category.
As a bonus, if Nicholson hits the Top 100 in the U.S. or U.K. Kindle Store during the tour between Sept. 1 and Nov. 30, he will give away an extra Kindle 3 through the blogs. Sign up for the newsletter at scottsinnercircle-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to get daily links to the participating blogs. Winners will be selected at the Watauga County (NC) Public Library in December. No purchase necessary, and the contest is international. Co-sponsored by Kindle Nation Daily and Dellaster Design. Details at www.hauntedcomputer.com.
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Girls and Corpses Magazine Summer issue signing event Aug 20th at Meltdown Comics! |
08-17-10 8:42am, Absinthe |
You are Corpsally Invited (and please invite your freaky friends ) to
GIRLS and CORPSES MAGAZINE's
Summer Alien Autopsy issue Signing and Event
Friday August 20th from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at
MELTDOWN COMICS 7522 Sunset Blvd LA CA 90046
There will be HOT girls, COLD corpses, a real Alien, Celebs, Bands, Lindsay Lohand and the S.S. (Sexy Surprises)
Signing this “Out of the world” issue of Girls and Corpses Magazine will be:
ROBERT STEVEN RHINE ("Corpsy") Publisher/Deaditor-In-Chief of Girls and Corpses Magazine
CAMDEN TOY ("Buffy The Vampire Slayer" Dr. Autopsy)
BROOKE LEWIS (iMurders; Ms. Vampy/Snooki From Jersey Gore)
HEATHER TOCQUIGNY (Spank Bank/Bronco Cheerleader/Jersey Gore)
PENNY DRAKE (Zombie Strippers, Alien Autopsy
MARTA ZOLYNSKA (Entourage, Alien Autopsy)
MIKE DUSI and JEREMY LUKE (Real life Jersey Gore guidos!)
JIM SMITH Co-Creator of Ren & Stimpy
And featuring two fabulous bands featured in Girls and Corpses Magazine:
THE FABULOUS MISS WENDY
Watch her animated G&C music video here: http://girlsandcorpses.com/print11/print11_video.html
and
THE REACH AROUND RODEO CLOWNS will be premiering their new music video, from their hit single, “Bodies In My Basement.”
Featuring sizzling adult star, SCARLETT FAY, who portrays Lindsay Lohan in ‘Hustler’s Untrue Hollywood Stories: Lindsay Goes to Jail.’
So please arrive in your most fashionable prison attire!
And if that isn’t enough… and God know it should be!...
the infamously dead COUNT SMOKULA ("Trasharella" "The Count Smokula Show") will be playing famous scores from porn movies on his instrument….er… accordian.
There is a 5.00 cover for the event which goes to the Feed a Corpse Foundation
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"LA LLORONA" to Haunt Universal Studios Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights |
08-17-10 8:39am, Absinthe |
“LA LLORONA”— THE BLOODTHIRSTY SPECTRE OF MEXICAN LEGEND,
TO STALK HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS GUESTS ON THE UNIVERSAL BACKLOT AND WITHIN HER OWN “SCARE ZONE”
AS UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD UNVEILS AN ALL-NEW
HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS EXPERIENCE FOR 2010
Universal City, California— La Llorona, whose fearful story of melancholy and murder has terrified Mexican and Latin American children for generations, will cast a grim shadow upon guests at Universal Studios HollywoodSM this fall as her dreaded presence is unleashed upon guests at the 2010 Halloween Horror Nights® event, where the legends of horror come to life.
According to the legend, a beautiful Mexican woman fell in love and married the most handsome man in the village. She bore two beautiful children, but her husband soon fell in love with another woman. Blinded by jealousy, the woman ran with her children to a river, where her faithless husband was courting his new love. Enraged, she threw her children into the river, where the current carried them away. When she realized what she had done, she threw herself into the river as well.
But the woman did not leave this Earth. Late at night, in the deep woods, or by a small creek, children can hear her weeping, searching in vain for her lost children. “La Llorona,(“the crying woman”) they call her, for she frequently wails “My children, where are my children?” Her frail, drenched body is a chilling sight; any child wandering alone is sure to be snatched as her newest victim.
At the 2010 Halloween Horror Nights event, La Llorona will stalk guests as they make their way through the Universal back lot as part of the all-new “Terror Tram” experience and she’ll also terrorize her own “Scare Zone,” hiding within the shadows of a gauntlet haunted by the ghosts of her dead victims.
The 2010 “Halloween Horror Nights” event at Universal Studios Hollywood will offer spine-chilling new mazes based upon the horror genre’s most compelling characters. Rob Zombie and other top artists are collaborating with Universal Studios Hollywood in the creation of new mazes, “scare zones” and backlot experiences. Additional new content for the 2010 Halloween Horror Nights mazes and attractions will be announced shortly.
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NIGHT OF THE DEMONS Trailer |
08-17-10 8:34am, Absinthe |
E1 Entertainment recently announced an October 19, 2010 release for Adam Gierasch's Night of the Demons remake on both DVD and Blu-ray, Bloody-Disgusting got their hands on the exclusive first look at the international unrated trailer that features buckets of blood, grotesque demons, laughs, and even Diora Baird's boobies! The trailer promises one helluva good time
Starring Diora Baird, Shannon Elizabeth, Monica Keena, Bobbi Sue Luther, Jonathan Beach, Michael Copon, Tiffany Shepis, and Edward Furlong, the film "follows Angela Feld throwing the Halloween party to end all Halloween parties at the infamous Broussard Mansion in New Orleans, where dark events transpired almost a century ago. But when the packed party gets busted by the police, Angela and her friends Maddie, Lily, Suzanne, Colin, Dex and Jason are the only ones left behind. Soon Colin and Angela make a grisly discovery in the basement and inexplicable events start to take place. With the mansion gates mysteriously locked, the seven find themselves trapped for the night...and soon they're fighting ancient demons for their very souls.
Head on over to Bloody-Disgusting to watch the trailer!
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