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April 11, 2012
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Much to many horror fans’ dismay, writer-director David Gordon Green announced in 2008 that he was trying to put together a remake of the original ballet-centric horror film (take that, Black Swan), Dario Argento’s classic Suspiria. That dismay could soon turn to abject terror with news that the project is finally coming to fruition. According to The Hollywood Reporter, filming on the remake is scheduled to begin in September with Green, who wrote the script, behind the camera. I think I speak for every genre fan when I express the hope that he decides to channel his acclaimed early indie dramas (George Washington, All the Real Girls, Snow Angels) more so than his recent stoner comedies (Pineapple Express, Your Highness, The Sitter). Although no casting for the Suspiria remake has been announced, it seems like a safe bet that at least it won’t star James Franco in a wig a tutu.
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April 10, 2012
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The major theatrical releases this spring are pretty light as far as horror/suspense movies go, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t quite a few intriguing limited releases coming out in the next couple of months. On the heels of this week’s Detention comes the following busy slate.
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April 9, 2012
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This week, The Cabin in the Woods and Detention hit theaters, while home video releases are led by The Darkest Hour, The Terror Experiment and classic TV shows Dark Shadows and Night Gallery.
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April 8, 2012
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Tired of sequels, remakes, reboots and spinoffs? Well, you’re in luck, because we’ve got a new entry in the semantics game: “cousin”! That’s what producers are calling a planned offshoot of the Paranormal Activity franchise featuring a Latino cast and “Catholic-based paranormal mythology.” Paranormal Activity producers Oren Peli and Jason Blum will produce the as-yet-untitled PA “cousin,” while Christopher Landon, who wrote the second and third entries in the franchise, will both write and direct the film.
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April 6, 2012
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The infamous 1984 “killer Santa” slasher movie Silent Night, Deadly Night is better know for the controversy surrounding its Christmas-themed content than about it actually being an entertaining film (which it is). Ironically, it’s no doubt due in part to the well-meaning but overly reactionary protests of parents’ groups at the time of its release that Silent Night, Deadly Night earned a cult following that spawned four inferior sequels — the latter two of which abandoned the Santa motif altogether. Now, 28 years and numerous killer Santa films later — see also Saint Nick and Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale — the jolly ol’ elf and his axe are returning in what is called a “loose remake” of the original movie. Read the rest of this entry »
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April 6, 2012
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The infamous 1984 “killer Santa” slasher movie Silent Night, Deadly Night is better know for the controversy surrounding its Christmas-themed content than about it actually being an entertaining film (which it is). Ironically, it’s no doubt due in part to the well-meaning but overly reactionary protests of parents’ groups at the time of its release that Silent Night, Deadly Night earned a cult following that spawned four inferior sequels — the latter two of which abandoned the Santa motif altogether. Now, 28 years and numerous killer Santa films later — see also Saint Nick and Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale — the jolly ol’ elf and his axe are returning in what is called a “loose remake” of the original movie.
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April 6, 2012
© TriStar
The infamous 1984 “killer Santa” slasher movie Silent Night, Deadly Night is better know for the controversy surrounding its Christmas-themed content than about it actually being an entertaining film (which it is). Ironically, it’s no doubt due in part to the well-meaning but overly reactionary protests of parents’ groups at the time of its release that Silent Night, Deadly Night earned a cult following that spawned four inferior sequels — the latter two of which abandoned the Santa motif altogether. Now, 28 years and numerous killer Santa films later — see also Saint Nick and Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale — the jolly ol’ elf and his axe are returning in what is called a “loose remake” of the original movie.
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April 5, 2012
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Once upon a time, The Mummy was a horror movie, one of a string of iconic monster flicks from Universal Studios released in the ’30s and ’40s — including Dracula, Frankenstein and The Wolf Man. Then, in 1999, Universal reinvented The Mummy as an Indiana Jones-styled adventure and scored a big hit, spawning two sequels and a spinoff franchise centered around the character of the Scorpion King.
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April 4, 2012
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In the near future, if you don’t find your TV remote control, there’ll be hell to pay — literally. That’s because Pinhead and (presumably) his hellish Cenobite cronies from the Hellraiser movie franchise are heading to the small screen. The announcement of this most recent adaptation of the Clive Barker novella The Hellbound Heart comes about six months after Hellraiser: Revelations, the ninth entry in the film series, hit home video (after a nominal theatrical release) and just a week after it landed on Netflix streaming.
