Penny Dreadful Party

Posted by Horror Grinder on March 20, 2007

Four months after seeing “Penny Dreadful,” I have decided to theme my next Halloween party around this movie. All I need to do is get an old BMW, wedge it inbetween two trees in my back yard, and let my friends take turns crawling inside to be the Penny character, with perhaps the rest of the party guests skulking around outside to terrorize the victim within. Just add beer, maybe some skewers with some raw meat, and that’s a hell of a party.

“Penny Dreadful” was shown in limited release in theaters last November…

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Universal Picks Up New Thriller Pitch

Posted by Horror Grinder on March 9, 2007

Variety reports Universal has made a preemptive buy on a thriller pitch by scribe Daniel Noah. Daniel Bobker and Ehren Kruger will produce the high-concept crime drama for the U-based shingle, which is currently prepping ghost thriller Dream House for lensing later this year.

Noah received low six figures to pen the script. Producers are keeping mum on the details about the story, which the scribe would only describe as a blend of genre movie elements with a character-driven drama.

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