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August 31, 2011
Relativity's Shark Night 3D swims into theaters September 2 and Bloody Disgusting has an incredible prize pack for one lucky reader to win. Read on to see how to enter.
The David R. Ellis-directed horror pic that stars Sinqua Walls, Chris Carmack, Alyssa Diaz, Joel David Moore, Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan and Katharine McPhee is being described as "Jaws for the 3D generation."
"The story revolves around seven male and female college friends who spend a weekend at a lake house in Louisianas Gulf area. When their vacation quickly becomes a nightmare of hellish shark attacks, unheard of in freshwater lakes, they soon discover that the sharks are part of a sick, greedy plan on the part of several locals."
A Horrible Way to Die is getting set to make its home video debut on both Blu-ray and DVD, and to get you primed for all of the sickness that it offers, we have your chance to win a copy!
Winning as always is simple as pie! To enter, just send us an E-MAIL HERE including your FULL NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS and whether you want the DVD or the Blu-ray, and we’ll take care of the rest.
Synopsis Forget everything you’ve ever seen in a serial killer movie and get ready for the chiller that stunned festival audiences around the world: Notorious murderer Garrick Turrell (AJ Bowen) has escaped from police custody and resumed his killing spree. His former girlfriend, Sarah (Amy Seimetz), is a recovering alcoholic trying to put her life back together in a new town with a new man (Joe Swanberg). Her past continues to haunt her. And now her ex-boyfriend is leaving a trail of slaughter in his hunt to find her.
Yet another After Dark Original is getting set to make its home video debut, and to celebrate its arrival, we have the official DVD trailer for you. Clinch up your butt cheeks. The probes they are a'coming!
Lionsgate Home Entertainment will be releasing the chilling After Dark Originals: Area 51 to DVD, Digital Download and On Demand on September 20th.
The latest in the line of titles from the popular After Dark series, the sci-fi thriller stars Bruce Boxleitner (Tron: Legacy), Jason London (Dazed and Confused), and Rachel Miner and is directed by Jason Connery (Pandemic).
The DVD comes complete with a behind-the-scenes featurette.
Area 51 chronicles what happens after political pressure from the American public forces the Air Force to provide a few well-known reporters with limited access to the most secretive base on the planet: Area 51. When one of the base's hidden "long term visitors" exploits this unprecedented visit as a chance to liberate himself and his fellow alien captives, Area 51 turns from a secure government base to a horrifying destination of terror. The movie is a production of After Dark Films.
Although I don't have the exact numbers right in front of me, I would be willing to lay a considerable wager that Stephen King has had more horror stories adapted to film than any other author. That seems like a safe bet. And now, through King's "Dollar Baby" program, director Pablo Macho Maysonet IV has added the September 11th thriller The Things They Left Behind to the list of King tales to make the big screen.
Through "Dollar Baby," selected filmmakers are granted the right to create a film from a Stephen King story for $1, allowing up-and-comers an opportunity to work with the legendary author's material.
The Things They Left Behind tells the chilling tale of a September 11th survivor who is being haunted by those from his past lost to the disaster. It is a powerful reminder of the day, especially as we reflect on the date during the 10th anniversary.
Currently only accessible at select film festivals, you can get a look at the trailer for The Things They Left Behind below. Read on for more info.
From the Press Release In 2008 great American author Stephen King released Just After Sunset, a novel featuring a collection of short stories. One story, "The Things They Left Behind", is King's approach to the tragedy that struck NYC on 9/11. Almost a year after 9/11, strange things start happening to the main character, Scott Staley, who, at the time of the attacks, is employed at 'Light and Bell Insurance' on the 110th floor of the World Trade Center. Not only is Scott unable to get rid of his survivor's guilt, but things belonging to his late colleagues start to appear in his apartment.
After a run of bi-monthly short films on their YouTube channel, independent filmmaker Pablo Macho Maysonet IV and his Shattered Dreams Productions (SDP) sought out to obtain permission to produce a non-profit short film based on a story written by Stephen King through King's "Dollar Baby" program (in which King will allow a filmmaker to adapt his story for $1). This program was originally started when Frank Darabont, director of King's feature adaptations of The Shawshank Redemption, The Mist and The Green Mile, produced the short film adaptation to The Women in the Room in 1983. This would pave the way for other qualifying up-and-coming filmmakers to produce short film adaptations of King's work.
In late 2010, after signing a non-profit agreement with Stephen King, Maysonet was allowed to produce the emotionally charged adaptation of "The Things They Left Behind".
Production began in December of 2010 on a budget of $10,000 and included shooting in Times Square as well as various locations mentioned in the book. After completion, the film was immediately sent out to over 30 film festivals around the world including Sundance 2012. The Things They Left Behind is quickly stirring up attention around the world with festival screenings in Spain, Argentina and the Netherlands.
At the moment this short film can only be seen at select film festivals, but to view the behind-the-scenes making-of The Things They Left Behind, go to SDP's YouTube channel, and to follow up-to-date information regarding the film, check out the Facebook page.
Halloween is quickly approaching, and with it all our favorite amusement parks are pulling out all the stops to be as creepy and frightening as possible. Now Universal Orlando has thrown their hat into the ring with the return of their Halloween Horror Nights 21, and I've got to tell you, Lady Luck has never looked so…bad. Just downright nasty.
Check out the promotional video for Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights 21 and tell me if I'm wrong. (Actually I have spent a couple of nights in Vegas when I remember Lady Luck looking just like that by the end of the evening. Ouch).
Halloween Horror Nights 21 begin on September 23 and runs on select dates through October 31.
All the details and that damn impressive video are all right here so gather up the info and plan accordingly. Just remember: Your fate is in Lady Luck's hands, and she can be a real bitch when she wants to be. You've been warned.
From the Press Release You seek her…hoping she’ll be on your side. She appears…an enchanting seductress…and you decide to take a chance.
But the more chances you take, the more she craves…you. Her eyes grow cold. Her face contorts into...something that is not human. Her charming laugh turns to rabid growl. Your luck has run out. You have made your last choice.
For 25 nights beginning on September 23, Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights returns as the nation’s best and most intense Halloween event. Guests will confront extreme Halloween entertainment that cannot be experienced anywhere else. This year, they will scream as they become prey to fiendish creatures, panic as they come face-to-face with a horrifying “thing,” feel chills as they are haunted by deceased souls – and watch in paralyzing fear as Lady Luck transforms from a tempting seductress to a bloodthirsty beast.
Lady Luck is the force behind this year’s event, and she awaits those brave enough to challenge her and take a chance. Her main weapon is choice, and her desire is for you to make yours. But no matter what you decide, you can’t escape the terror she has in store at Halloween Horror Nights 21.
Halloween Horror Nights runs September 23-24, September 29-30, October 1-2, 6-9, 13-16, 19-23 and 26-31. Tickets and vacation packages are on sale now and can be purchased here. Due to the event’s popularity, tickets for weekend nights are expected to sell out and should be purchased well in advance.
Guests can get updates and exclusive details on Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights on the event’s official Facebook page and on Twitter @UORHHN.
AN OVERVIEW OF HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS 21
Eight Haunted Houses:
Nevermore: The Madness of Poe
The madness of Edgar Allan Poe’s greatest works has come to life. Step into the mind of the iconic writer, where every turn of the page takes you closer to the brink of insanity.
The Forsaken
Four ships began Columbus’s fateful voyage, only three became legend. Condemned to a watery grave, the mutinous and cursed crew of that fourth ship has returned with a vengeance. For within the walls of a Spanish fort, a maelstrom has brought from the depths....death itself.
H.R. Bloodengutz Presents: Holidays of Horror
Join creature feature host, H.R. Bloodengutz, in his final televised broadcast as he presents a SCARE-athon of holiday-based horror that is guaranteed to cleave you screaming for more.
The Thing
Paranoia spreads like an epidemic among a group of researchers in an isolated Antarctic outpost as they are infected, one by one, by a horrifying creature from another planet. In a place where there is nothing, they found something.
Saws N’ Steam: Into the Machine
Spinning blades and massive, crushing pistons await you around every corner as you are forced deeper into the bowels of a mechanical nightmare. Give yourself to “The Machine.”
The In-Between
An ominous portal reveals a 3rd dimension where all is not what it seems: a realm where our world and another collide. Surrounded by fiendish creatures, your eyes will deceive you with every step through this phantasm of terror.
Winter’s Night: The Haunting of Hawthorn Cemetery
As snow falls on this normally serene gothic cemetery, the deceased souls that occupy its confines have their sights set upon you, insuring that the chill you feel up your spine is more than just the cold of night.
Nightingales: Blood Prey
Within every war, the Nightingales have appeared. Able to transform themselves to fit any setting, these savage banshees feed on the weak and the helpless. Patrolling WWI era trenches, you discover that you are more than just at war…you’re being hunted.
Six Scarezones:
Acid Assault
For decades now the city has been degrading from the effects of Acid Rain that still falls today, caused by factories which sprung up on the city’s edges during the 20th century. Those that have lived and survived the blistering decay are all alone in the city. Survivors have stripped the city of all life to sustain their own…dare to enter the ACID ASSAULT.
Canyon of Dark Souls
Upon entering into the Canyon of Dark Souls, you will feel like a small spec of humanity as the overwhelming sense of death surrounds you. Creatures that dwell within the Canyon are not welcoming so walk slowly as to not disturb them.
Grown Evil
Enter, if you dare, into our garden where Evil grows. Nature has taken this once well manicured sanctuary back from the humans who once kept it. Now the creatures that inhabit the garden are making any human that enters their prey.
NightMaze
Journey through the ever changing maze of darkness. This all black maze will morph and change as you walk through it. You will not be scared the same way twice.
7
As daylight shines upon our Temptresses, their appearance, though evil, allows you the spectacle of beauty. As night falls, these 7 temptresses will show their true colors and take on their true Fatal Evil forms. Beware of your own temptations.
Your Luck Has Run Out
Enter if you dare into the lair of the LUCKY! Your choices will determine if you make it out alive. Witness lucks deadly wrath, will she choose you to be her next victim?
Two Live Shows:
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure
Party on as those two most excellent dudes return to skewer the biggest names in entertainment and pop culture.
Death Drums
A seductive, hard-hitting and raw extreme drumming experience.
Be careful what you wish for because your fate is in the hands of Lady Luck!
Since the remake of Fright Night slipped into theatres, the question on every fan's mind has been the same ... "Where the hell is the Blu-ray of the original?" Sit tight, kids! It sounds as if an announcement is on the horizon.
The initial word on this comes from the Blu-ray.com forums (so take that for what it's worth), where the moderator there has posted the following:
"The November 8th Blu-ray debut of director Cy Endfield's and special effects master Ray Harryhausen's 1961 science fiction/fantasy classic, Mysterious Island, will be followed by a new release on the first Tuesday of each month. Scheduled follow-up on December 13th is the original Fright Night (1985), the horror/comedy cult favorite written and directed by Tom Holland and starring Chris Sarandon and Roddy McDowall."
Yes, that's not very much to go on, but we have heard enough insider rumblings to lend the statement some credibility. We'll let you know what we hear officially soon!
You just never know what we'll find in our inbox. Take this latest story for example ... The director of The Human Sexipede, Lee Roy Meyer, is back dabbling within the horror genre, and this time he's parodying one of the genre's most beloved characters. That's right, pervos! Freddy is temporarily trading in his razor glove for one made of vibrators in A Wet Dream on Elm Street. Yes. You read that correctly.
Directed by Meyer and starring adult film stars Charlie Chase, Sophie Dee, Giselle Leon, and Anthony Rosano as Freddy, check out your first exclusive behind-the-scenes look below.
This is normally the area in which we'd provide you with a synopsis, but we're pretty sure you know where they're going with this one. Look for A Wet Dream on Elm Street to be released on September 29th, 2011 - just in time to have a very horny Halloween!
Well, that didn't take very long now, did it? The time for speculation is at an end. Sienna Guillory is officially back as Jill Valentine in Resident Evil: Retribution!
Milla Jovovich confirmed the news via her Twitter account - "I can't reply right now, but wanted 2 let u all know that Sienna Guillory @guillorybe closed her deal on the new RE movie! we r so excited!!"
There ya go, kids. Breaking news reported in 140 characters. Wow, how times have changed.
Paul W.S. Anderson is directing Resident Evil: Retribution in Russia, Canada and Japan, with Milla Jovovich reprising her role as Alice. Screen Gems will release the flick on September 14th, 2012.
Posted by Bloody-Disgusting Horror News on
August 31, 2011
Didn't like Dead Silence? Well, you're not alone. Leigh Whannell doesn't like it all that much either and he wrote the damn thing!
A recent post on his blog bears the title "Dud Silence: The Hellish Experience Of Making A Bad Horror Film" and almost reads as the horror appendix to Lennon and Garant's book "Writing Movies for Fun and Profit: How We Made a Billion Dollars at The Box Office and You Can Too".
Except this time out there's no real glory (and probably not as much money). Per Whannell, "The shooting of the film was just as nightmarish for James Wan, the director, but Ill let him tell you that story in his blog one day. Ill finish by saying that when the film was released, Universal did zero promotion and dumped the film into theaters like toxic waste into a river. Insult, meet injury."
Another choice quote? "Only in a place as fucking stupid as Hollywood would someone use the word rules when talking about shape-shifting cat demons. The only logical response to Chad and Debbies question is THERE ARE NO RULES, ITS A SUPERNATURAL CAT YOU DICKHEAD.
It's definitely worth a read. Check it out.
Mama mia! You wanta new stills? You gotta new stills! However ... if you have a phobic aversion to confined and tight spaces, you may want to pass up the opportunity to dig on this latest imagery!
Enrico Clerico Nasino's Y/N You Lie You Die (aka True Love) stars John Brotherton, Ellen Hollman (Asylum), Gabriel Myers, and Jay Harrington ("Desperate Housewives").
No details on a release date either here or abroad, but we'll keep our eyes open.
Synopsis On the surface Kate and Jack, in their late 20s, are happy. But like everyone, they carry secrets that neither is prepared to reveal.
After their wedding they awake from a deep, dark sleep, each alone in a sealed room with no doors or windows - only images projected on the walls and a monitor with two buttons: one for "yes", one for "no". As the horror of their situation unfolds, surveillance films showing their life together appear on the wall as the monitor asks questions, each more strange and terrifying than the last.
It soon becomes apparent that a bizarre test of their relationship is under way, and the secrets revealed lead them deeper and deeper into what could not just destroy their love, but threaten their very lives...
Halloween is quickly approaching, and with it all our favorite amusement parks are pulling out all the stops to be as creepy and frightening as possible. Now Universal Orlando has thrown their hat into the ring with the return of their Halloween Horror Nights 21, and I've got to tell you, Lady Luck has never looked so…bad. Just downright nasty.
Since the remake of Fright Night slipped into theatres, the question on every fan's mind has been the same ... "Where the hell is the Blu-ray of the original?" Sit tight, kids! It sounds as if an announcement is on the horizon.
Well, that didn't take very long now, did it? The time for speculation is at an end. Sienna Guillory is officially back as Jill Valentine in Resident Evil: Retribution!
