Archive for July, 2009
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July 31, 2009
Photo: Brad Barket
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It looks like 20th Century Fox has gotten its way by convincing original Alien director Ridley Scott to return to helm the upcoming prequel, despite his reported insistence that commercial director Carl Erik Rinsch direct the film. Great news? Sure, but who will fanboys blame if the movie doesn’t turn out as good as Alien? Maybe screenwriter Jon Spaihts, who has several projects in the works but has yet to write a finished product.
Source: Variety
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July 30, 2009
Photo: Kevin Winter
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Earlier this week, it was announced that Rachelle Lefevre, who’s played villain Victoria in Twilight and the upcoming sequel New Moon, was being replaced by Bryce Howard (The Village) for the remaining films in the series. Scheduling conflicts were cited by the studio, but that apparently was news to Lefevre, who issued a statement stating that while she had indeed accepted a role in another film, it was a small role that fit within the Twilight shooting schedule and was within her contractual rights.
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July 30, 2009
Photo: Samuel Bayer
© New Line
Well, the folks at Warner Brothers have given us our first official look at the new Freddy Krueger, as played by Jackie Earle Haley, and it’s really…dark. Like, so dark you can’t even make him out. Talk about a tease. Oh well, only NINE MONTHS until the Nightmare on Elm Street remake opens on April 30, 2010. Sigh.
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July 28, 2009
Blood Harvest, starring Tiny Tim
© Retro Media
Here are 15 people you’d never think to put in your horror movie, and yet, they’ve been there, done that. Surprise!
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July 27, 2009
© Freestyle Releasing
This week witnesses two limited theatrical releases, the vampire flick Thirst and the serial killer pic The Collector, plus a load of DVDs, headed by Acolytes and the Criterion release of Roman Polanski’s Repulsion.
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July 26, 2009
© Sony
Tons of new photos to help you postpone productivity: Jennifer’s Body, Zombieland (pictured), Survival of the Dead and Grace.
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July 25, 2009
© After Dark
The announcements for the 2010 After Dark Horrorfest are coming fast and furious. Earlier this week, there was The Graves, and now there’s Dread, a Clive Barker-produced adaptation of one of the stories from his Books of Blood series (which also produced Midnight Meat Train, Lord of Illusions, Candyman, the upcoming Book of Blood and more). The Dread follows three college students who set out to produce a documentary about fear, only to find themselves — wait for it — the subjects of an experiment in fear! Look for all the Horrorfest films in theaters in January 2010.
Posted by About Horror & Suspense on
July 25, 2009
© After Dark
The announcements for the 2010 After Dark Horrorfest are coming fast and furious. Earlier this week, there was The Graves, and now there’s Dread, a Clive Barker-produced adaptation of one of the stories from his Books of Blood series (which also produced Midnight Meat Train, Lord of Illusions, Candyman, the upcoming Book of Blood and more). The Dread follows three college students who set out to produce a documentary about fear, only to find themselves — wait for it — the subjects of an experiment in fear! Look for all the Horrorfest films in theaters in January 2010.
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July 23, 2009
Isabelle Fuhrman and Aryana Engineer
in
Orphan.
© Warner Bros.
The parents in the movie Orphan are named John and Kate, but their life makes the couple on the reality TV show Jon & Kate Plus 8 look like a cake walk by comparison. Read about their troubles in my review of Orphan.
