Archive for April, 2009
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April 30, 2009
© Anchor Bay
Poor Kim Basinger. I had high hopes for While She Was Out, but they flatlined at about the 30-minute mark and steadily nosedived from that point on. Read…
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April 29, 2009
Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin in True Blood.
© HBO
Six weeks and counting to the June 14 premiere of Season 2 of True Blood, so why not bide your time by…
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April 28, 2009
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Time to strap on your learnin’ hats and explore the trippy — and just a tad disturbing — world of German horror movies. From Nosferatu to…
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April 28, 2009
EurNews reports Ving Rhames returns to the big screen in Dimension Films’ upcoming Piranha 3D, a remake of the 1978 film that followed the accidental release of a genetically-altered species of piranha into lakes, rivers and even swimming pools.
Rhames joins Richard Dreyfuss, Elisabeth Shue and Adam Scott in the film. Director Alexandre Aja starts shooting next month in Arizona for release next March.
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April 28, 2009
Students at two Chicago suburban high schools will have the chance be in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, according to the Daily Herald.
New Line Cinema wants to use Elk Grove High School and Hersey High School in Arlington Heights for an upcoming remake of the classic horror movie, said Elk Grove High Principal Nancy Holman.
“They contacted, I think, schools all over the nation,” she said, adding that New Line was looking for a site that had a pool. In addition to the pool, the film will show the exterior of the building, she said. Filming will include students swimming in the pool, with students auditioning for the chance.
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April 28, 2009
Universal Pictures will remake the 1983 David Cronenberg-directed Videodrome, with Ehren Kruger set to write the script and produce with partner Daniel Bobker.
According to Variety, the producers tracked down the rights to Canadian distribution vet Rene Malo, who will be exec producer. Universal distributed the original and had first refusal on a remake, and the studio snapped up the opportunity.
The original starred James Woods as the head of Civic TV Channel 83, who makes his station relevant by programming “Videodrome,” a series that depicts torture and murder that transfixes viewers.
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April 28, 2009
Variety reports David R. Ellis has been tapped to direct Humpty Dumpty, a 3-D sci-fi horror pic is about a half-human, half-alien creature who embarks on a murderous rampage after his alien mother is abused by two rednecks in the Deep South.
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April 28, 2009
Variety reports Dimension Films has bought feature rights to Sarah Langan’s yet-to-be published horror novel “Audrey’s Door” in a preemptive purchase.
Story centers on a young architect who, after breaking off her engagement, finds the perfect Manhattan apartment. She begins to lose her grip on reality and finds herself battling the building’s ghosts as well as the cultish tenants, forcing her to build a door that will connect to a nightmarish netherworld. HarperCollins will publish “Audrey’s Door” in September.
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April 28, 2009
A handful of horror flicks look to be making debuts at the upcoming Cannes film festival. Variety reports an almost certain midnight attraction will be Sam Raimi’s horror-thriller “Drag Me to Hell,” starring Justin Long and Alison Lohman. This was reportedly very well received in incomplete form at the recent SXSW Film Festival.
Cannes regular Lars von Trier’s “Antichrist” will also hit screens. Antichrist stars Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg as a couple who retreat to a secluded forest cabin after the death of their son.