Archive for November, 2011
Posted by The Woman In Black on
November 30, 2011
The last time we did a story about HBO's amazing "Game of Thrones" series joining forces with Dark Horse for a new product line that's set to debut in the spring of 2012, all you guys seemed to care about was when you can get your hands on the Blu-ray box set. Well, the answer has come!
Thanks to EW.com we now know that "Game of Thrones" arrives in stores on March 6, 2012. You can check out the Blu-ray artwork below, but first how about a list of all the extras?
Both the DVD and Blu-ray versions include the first season’s 10 episodes plus the following (descriptions are the official text):
Complete Guide to Westeros - “An interactive compendium of the noble houses and lands featured in Season One.”
Making "Game of Thrones" - “An exclusive 30-minute feature including never-before-seen footage from the set and interviews from the cast and crew.”
Character Profiles - “Profiles of 15 major characters as described by the actors portraying them.”
Creating the Show Open - “An inside look at the creation of the Emmy-winning opening title sequence for 'Game of Thrones'.”
From the Book to the Screen - “Executive producers David Benioff & D.B. Weiss and author George R.R. Martin talk about the challenges of bringing Martin’s epic fantasy novel to life on HBO.”
The Night’s Watch - “An in-depth look at the unique order of men who patrol and protect the Wall, a 700-foot ice structure that separates the Seven Kingdoms from the darkness beyond.”
Creating the Dothraki Language - “An insightful glance into the comprehensive language created for the Dothraki people in 'Game of Thrones'.”
Audio Commentaries - “Seven audio commentaries with Cast and Crew including David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, George R.R. Martin, Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, and more.”
The Blu-ray set contains all of the above plus the following:
Blu-ray Complete Guide to Westeros - “An interactive compendium of the noble houses and lands featured in Season One PLUS 24 exclusive histories of the Seven Kingdoms as told by the characters themselves.”
In-Episode Guide - “In-feature resource that provides background information about on-screen characters, locations, and relevant histories while each episode plays.
Anatomy of an Episode - “An in-episode experience that explores the creative minds and colossal efforts behind Episode Six, ‘A Golden Crown.’”
Hidden Dragon Eggs - “Find the hidden dragon eggs to uncover even more never-before-seen content.”
"What?" you ask. "No deleted scenes?" According to EW the producers used almost everything they shot. For more, including screeshots and a first-look video clip from one of the documentaries, be sure to hit up the link at the bottom of the page.
Synopsis:
Based on the best-selling fantasy book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, "Game of Thrones" debuted on HBO in March 2011. In a land where summers span decades and winters can last a lifetime, trouble is brewing. From the scheming south and the savage eastern lands, to the frozen north and the ancient Wall that protects the realm from the darkness beyond, two powerful families are engaged in a deadly cat-and-mouse game for control of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. As betrayal, lust, intrigue, and supernatural forces shake the four corners of the Kingdoms, their bloody struggle for the Iron Throne will have unforeseen and far-reaching consequences.
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Posted by Uncle Creepy on
November 30, 2011
Predators came incredibly close to being the movie we were all hoping that it would be. Unfortunately, it just missed the mark. We've all been waiting patiently for an update on a possible sequel, and thankfully it's finally come.
The Playlist caught up with Robert Rodriguez recently, who dropped the following on hopeful fans ...
"I haven't talked to them [Fox] in a while. I know they liked the idea of doing another one. I should probably call and check in. I've just been busy doing these other things."
Maybe if these things sparkled in sunlight, the sequel would have a better chance of getting greenlit. Someone get on that!
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Posted by Uncle Creepy on
November 30, 2011
Sometimes you guys end up missing valuable tidbits of info contained in other stories (such as interviews) that you didn't read all the way through. Totally fine and understandable; there's a lot of content here. That's why sometimes we'll pull select items and bring them to your attention. This is one of those times.
In our recent set of Chillerama interviews Adam Green spoke with our own Sean Decker about a couple of upcoming projects--namely, Hatchet III and the FEARnet television series "Holliston".
In regard to the status of the third film in the Hatchet franchise (which will star the returning Kane Hodder as hillbilly slasher Victor Crowley and Danielle Harris as the flick’s final girl), “It’s supposed to start shooting in April,” revealed Green. “I’ve been working with the director, BJ McDonnell, and developing the script, and he’s been shooting (as camera operator) Tom Cruise’s new movie One Shot, which doesn’t wrap until Christmas Eve. I’ve been so busy with Chillerama and "Holliston" and Killer Pizza (the latter is a property Green’s been developing with Greg Taylor that has been acquired by MGM, which revolves around a 14-year-old kid who takes a summer pizzeria job only to find that it’s secretly a front for a monster-hunting organization) that I haven’t really had a chance to work on Hatchet III. But once he gets back into town, we are going to sit down and really start ironing it out.”
“We have all of the ideas,” Green continued of Hatchet III, “and I’ve had the story since I made the second film, but I really want to give BJ a chance to have his influence on it as a director, which has been fun because normally with most of the stuff it’s like I run the show, but now answering to someone else where I’m like, ‘What about this?’ and he’s like,’ Well, that’s cool, but what about this?’ and they are great ideas and then I’m back to the drawing board is exciting. I’m excited he’s putting his imprint on it. One of the important things was - without giving away what’s going to happen at the end - is that I want him to feel like he came up with what happens at the end of the film because he’s directing the movie, and I don’t want it to be just him exercising my ideas. I want his input, and he’s really embraced that and has been working hard, which is another reason why I feel like I made the right choice. BJ’s out for blood with Hatchet III, and he’s dying to do this, and he’s plotting and scheming. It’ll also be exciting to kind of kick back and watch them make the movie and to be there to help and to advise, but it’s like sending your kid off to college.”
As for the series "Holliston," which posits Green and Lynch as two aspiring filmmakers who host a late-night cable access program titled "The Movie Crypt" (FEARnet is describing the series as "Wayne’s World meets Saw") Green said, “We just wrapped production, and last night in Austin, Texas, Joe [Lynch] and I did a charity event for disabled veterans where we showed some of Chillerama and then we showed the first ever footage from "Holliston", and I was very nervous because it’s a real sitcom and not one that makes fun of or is an homage to sitcoms, so I didn’t know what to expect of their reaction. You could tell during the first two minutes that the crowd was like, ‘Holy shit, this is so weird,’ and then they were so into it by the end. When we finished with the last clip, it was like an uproarious cheering applause, which was a great start to it. I hope the horror community gets behind it because it’s a risky thing for FEARnet to produce. It’s going to be their first show, and we aren’t doing what anyone expects. We are making a sitcom for our audience and our friends if they talked about the kind of stuff that we are into and if they randomly stabbed each other sometimes. Random acts of violence and the fact that [GWAR’s] Oderus Urungus is my character’s imaginary friend on the show? No other network would allow us to do that.”
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Posted by Doctor Gash on
November 30, 2011
For those fans in the New York area who are planning on attending this weekend's Hudson Horror Show IV: A December to Dismember on December 3rd, the film schedule has been finalized; and it is packed with classic, old school horror! Check it out.
Festival organizers Chris Alo and Ted Ledger are thrilled with the ticket sales thus far and expect the largest crowd yet for the young festival. With six films on the schedule, the likes of which include The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Silent Night, Deadly Night, attendees are guaranteed all the horror they can handle in one day.
For directions, ticket sales and any other info you may need, check out HudsonHorror.com.
Hudson Horror Show IV Film Schedule
12:45 PM
Introduction/Rules
12:55 PM to 1:00 PM
Trailers
1 PM to 2:20PM
Werewolf vs. Vampire Woman (80 minutes)
2:20 to 2:35 PM
Break
2:35 to 2:45 PM
Trailers
2:45 to 4:15 PM
Mystery Movie (90 minutes)
4:15 to 4:30PM
Break
4:40 to 6:10PM
The Beyond (87 minutes)
6:10 to 6:25 PM
Break
6:25 to 6:40 PM
Trailers
6:40 to 8:15 PM
Rolling Thunder (95 minutes)
8:15 to 8:30 PM
Break
8:30 to 8:45 PM
Trailers
8:45 to 10:10 PM
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (83 minutes)
10:10 to 10:25 PM
Break – Last Call for the Snack Bar
10:25 PM to 10:40 PM
Trailers
10:40 PM to 12:00 AM
Silent Night, Deadly Night (79 minutes)
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Posted by Doctor Gash on
November 30, 2011
Fresh off producing the intriguing film Thanatomorphose, Stephan Parent (the filmmaker, not the Manson Family victim, that was Steven Parent) now has a trailer for an upcoming film he's directing entitled H5N1: Pandemonium.
We don't have much information on the film, and the trailer doesn't do much more than tease, but that's kind of fun too, no?
Anyway, check out the trailer below and the sites for H5N1: Pandemonium and Thanatomorphose.
Synopsis
Gangsters vs. zombies. Two former gangster brothers kidnap a bar owner because of money he owes them and in the process end up holding all the bar's patrons hostage, but a surprise awaits them ... the H5N1 virus, which turns its victims into zombies hellbent on violence and carnage.
H5N1: Pandemonium from Stephan Parent on Vimeo.
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Posted by SeanD. on
November 30, 2011
Last night we hit the Dark Delicacies signing for the November 29th release of anthology film Chillerama and while there chatted with Adam Green (Hatchet, Frozen) and Joe Lynch (Knights of Badassdom, Wrong Turn 2), two of the flick’s four directors (Adam Rifkin and Tim Sullivan round out the directorial posse), as well as actress Kristina Klebe to get the skinny on the debut as well as their upcoming projects.
In addition to the principals listed above (the flick recently wrapped its "Roadshow" tour of the U.S. and is now available on Blu-ray, DVD, VOD and Netflix Streaming), cast members Kane Hodder, Lin Shaye, and Anton Troy and composer Bear McCreary were on hand to lend their Hancocks at the packed signing, where fans and horror luminaries alike (Mick Garris, Dave Parker, Mike Mendez, Neil Marshall, Axelle Carolyn and more were also in attendance) had gathered to celebrate the cinematic love letter that is Chillerama.
Said Green of the enthusiastic response to Chillerama while happily signing away, “It has been way beyond what we had hoped. I mean, it was such a weird movie and we were making it for such a niche group of people that would appreciate something like this, but it spread out so far beyond that.”
Green, who with Lynch is currently writing, producing and starring in the multi-camera sitcom series "Holliston" for FEARnet and who has in the past written and directed the genre features Frozen and Hatchet and its sequel expounded, “What’s been most gratifying to me is that so much of my fan base, at least from the Hatchet stuff, is a younger fan base, like when you go to a convention and you’ll ask them what movies they like, and they’ll say, ‘Well, I didn’t really like John Carpenter’s Halloween,’ and you have to understand that they are from a newer generation, even though you want to punch them in the face for saying something like that. But they were able to appreciate Chillerama when most of them have never been to a drive-in and didn’t really see the movies that we are sort of paying homage to in it, but they were still able to have fun with it, and that was really special because hopefully they are going to start finding these movies and start looking into this type of stuff, which would really be great.”
As for the series "Holliston," which posits Green and Lynch as two aspiring filmmakers who host a late-night cable access program titled "The Movie Crypt" (FEARnet is describing the series as "Wayne’s World meets Saw") Green said, “We just wrapped production, and last night in Austin, Texas, Joe [Lynch] and I did a charity event for disabled veterans where we showed some of Chillerama and then we showed the first ever footage from "Holliston", and I was very nervous because it’s a real sitcom and not one that makes fun of or is an homage to sitcoms, so I didn’t know what to expect of their reaction. You could tell during the first two minutes that the crowd was like, ‘Holy shit, this is so weird,’ and then they were so into it by the end. When we finished with the last clip, it was like an uproarious cheering applause, which was a great start to it. I hope the horror community gets behind it because it’s a risky thing for FEARnet to produce. It’s going to be their first show, and we aren’t doing what anyone expects. We are making a sitcom for our audience and our friends if they talked about the kind of stuff that we are into and if they randomly stabbed each other sometimes. Random acts of violence and the fact that [GWAR’s] Oderus Urungus is my character’s imaginary friend on the show? No other network would allow us to do that.”
In regard to the status of the third film in the Hatchet franchise (which will star the returning Kane Hodder as hillbilly slasher Victor Crowley and Danielle Harris as the flick’s final girl), “It’s supposed to start shooting in April,” revealed Green. “I’ve been working with the director, BJ McDonnell, and developing the script, and he’s been shooting (as camera operator) Tom Cruise’s new movie One Shot, which doesn’t wrap until Christmas Eve. I’ve been so busy with Chillerama and "Holliston" and Killer Pizza (the latter is a property Green’s been developing with Greg Taylor that has been acquired by MGM, which revolves around a 14-year-old kid who takes a summer pizzeria job only to find that it’s secretly a front for a monster-hunting organization) that I haven’t really had a chance to work on Hatchet III. But once he gets back into town, we are going to sit down and really start ironing it out.”
“We have all of the ideas,” Green continued of Hatchet III, “and I’ve had the story since I made the second film, but I really want to give BJ a chance to have his influence on it as a director, which has been fun because normally with most of the stuff it’s like I run the show, but now answering to someone else where I’m like, ‘What about this?’ and he’s like,’ Well, that’s cool, but what about this?’ and they are great ideas and then I’m back to the drawing board is exciting. I’m excited he’s putting his imprint on it. One of the important things was - without giving away what’s going to happen at the end - is that I want him to feel like he came up with what happens at the end of the film because he’s directing the movie, and I don’t want it to be just him exercising my ideas. I want his input, and he’s really embraced that and has been working hard, which is another reason why I feel like I made the right choice. BJ’s out for blood with Hatchet III, and he’s dying to do this, and he’s plotting and scheming. It’ll also be exciting to kind of kick back and watch them make the movie and to be there to help and to advise, but it’s like sending your kid off to college.”
Lynch then riffed for us on the beginnings of Chillerama and its gonzo future, “Even when we first conceived the idea, Tim [Sullivan] and Adam [Rifkin] had kind of come to us, sort of like Roger Corman would do, where it’s like, ‘We have a poster, and now we want to go make a movie for this poster.’ What’s great about that is that they actually had posters so we really felt like the ‘Corman machine’ was back at it again. So what we originally wanted to do was to come up with weird titles and then hand them off to other directors and say, ‘Here you go. Here’s no money and no time, and here’s a camera.’ The idea [for a sequel] is to come up with three or four new guys to exploit... I mean collaborate with,” Lynch laughed, “and to make Chillerama Volume 2. We want to have a whole library so [to the fans] please don’t download it. Buy it so that we can make the sequel.”
As for what we may see in the follow-up, Lynch stated sarcastically, “If it happens, there’s a very good chance that one of the installments will be Deathication Part 2. It will be a ‘found footage’ film where [the character of] Fernando Phagabeefy basically puts cameras in bathrooms and watches people poop. It’ll be directed by Kristina Klebe. She’s going to love it!”
Speaking with actress Klebe (one of the stars of Green's "Diary of Anne Frankenstein" segment), who commenced shooting the noir feature The Advocate this week, she told us of her interest in shooting that psychological thriller as well as of her enjoyment in genre acting (in addition to Chillerama, she previously appeared in the gritty Rob Zombie Halloweeen redux), “I grew up with movies like The Shining so I really like that suspenseful, Hitchcock thriller style of movie, although I must say that I realized that the most fun you can have as an actor in coming from a theater background is in a horror film. Normally roles are very serious and you are stuck in a confined situation and you just have to say your lines, but in a horror movie you get to run around and scream and kind of act ridiculously but in a believable way so it is actually more fun!”
About Chillerama
Produced by ArieScope Pictures and in the spirit of classic “omnibus” films like Dead of Night, Tales From the Crypt, Creepshow and Twilight Zone: The Movie, with four vignettes that not only celebrate the golden age of B horror schlock but also nearly the entire history of horror cinema itself, Chillerama offers something for every bad taste. With titles like Wadzilla, I Was A Teenage Werebear, The Diary of Anne Frankenstein and Zom-B-Movie, Chillerama features appearances by Joel David Moore (Avatar, Hatchet), Lin Shaye (Insidious), Ray Wise (X-Men: First Class), Kane Hodder (Hatchet and Hatchet II), Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight, Sharktopus) and more cameos than one can (body)count. For more info, check out the official Chillerama website.
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Posted by The Woman In Black on
November 30, 2011
We don't know about you guys, but we really appreciate it when a film's marketing campaign is a bit outside the box. Case in point: these four "warning signs" for The Darkest Hour created to evoke the new realities the characters face in a post-invasion world, populated by an invisible enemy bent on exterminating all life. Dig 'em!
Look for The Darkest Hour in theatres on Christmas, Sunday, December 25th, 2011.
Synopsis:
The Darkest Hour, starring Emile Hirsch, Rachael Taylor, Olivia Thirlby, Max Minghella, and Joel Kinnamana, is a new film about five young people who find themselves stranded in Moscow, fighting to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack. The 3D action-thriller highlights the classic beauty of Moscow alongside mind-blowing special effects from the minds of visionary filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Night Watch) and director Chris Gorak.
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Posted by The Woman In Black on
November 30, 2011
While flipping through the channels the other night, we saw what we thought was the tail end of the first TV spot for Paramount's upcoming The Devil Inside, and lo and behold we were right. So right that we now have the whole thing here for you to watch and enjoy!
Bonnie Morgan, Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Preston James Hillier, Evan Helmuth, Suzan Crowley, D.T. Carney, and Ionut Grama star. Look for the film in theatres on January 6th, 2012.
For more visit the official The Devil Inside website, "like" The Devil Inside on Facebook, and follow The Devil Inside on Twitter.
Synopsis
In 1989, emergency responders received a 9-1-1 call from Maria Rossi (Suzan Crowley) confessing that she had brutally killed three people. 20 years later, her daughter Isabella (Fernanda Andrade) seeks to understand the truth about what happened that night. She travels to the Centrino Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Italy where her mother has been locked away to determine if her mother is mentally ill or demonically possessed. When she recruits two young exorcists (Simon Quarterman and Evan Helmuth) to cure her mom using unconventional methods combining both science and religion, they come face-to-face with pure evil in the form of four powerful demons possessing Maria. Many have been possessed by one; only one has been possessed by many.
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Posted by Bloody-Disgusting Horror News on
November 30, 2011
Paramount Insurge has released the first TV Spot from Brent Bell's
The Devil Inside, their exorcism flick opening in theaters January 6, 2012. The spot, now airing across the Nation, features a lick of new eerie footage and a whole lotta white eyes.
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In 1989, emergency responders received a 9-1-1 call from Maria Rossi (Suzan Crowley) confessing that she had brutally killed three people. 20 years later, her daughter Isabella (Fernanda Andrade) seeks to understand the truth about what happened that night. She travels to the Centrino Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Italy where her mother has been locked away to determine if her mother is mentally ill or demonically possessed. When she recruits two young exorcists (Simon Quarterman and Evan Helmuth) to cure her mom using unconventional methods combining both science and religion, they come face-to-face with pure evil in the form of four powerful demons possessing Maria. Many have been possessed by one; only one has been possessed by many."
Posted by The Woman In Black on
November 30, 2011
We recently had the chance to check out Julian Gilbey's A Lonely Place to Die On Demand thanks to IFC Films, and let us tell you right now that it's one of the best, most suspenseful horror thrillers of the year. Don't believe us? Check out this new clip from the film.
A Lonely Place to Die (review here) stars Melissa George, Ed Speelers, Eamon Walker, Karel Roden, Sean Harris, Kate Magowan, Stephen McCole, and Alec Newman. After watching the clip from the film, which was written by Julian Gilbey and William Gilbey and directed by Julian Gilbey, be sure to head over to the IFC Films website to see if it's available in your area.
Synopsis:
A group of climbers have made a grim discovery high up in the mountains. They have found an eight-year-old girl buried amongst the peaks: buried alive. Terrified, dehydrated, and unable to speak a word of English, she is the victim of an elaborate kidnapping plot. Alison (George), the group leader, puts it to her party to rescue her. But more dangerous than the terrain, more dangerous than the kidnappers is the father of the girl himself, a ruthless Serbian war criminal who has hired mercenaries to guarantee her safe return: brutal professional killers who will destroy anything that gets in their way. Alison and her party are in for the fight of their lives to do the right thing and bring the girl down off the mountains to safety...
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