Archive for November, 2009
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November 30, 2009
© Lionsgate
This week finds slim pickings horror-wise, as the horror-comedy Transylmania hits theaters, while the light slate of DVDs is led by the Brittany Murphy direct-to-video offering Deadline and a box set of Silent Night, Deadly Night movies.
New This Week: Transylmania, Silent Night, Deadly Night originally appeared on About.com Horror & Suspense on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 01:57:38.
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November 29, 2009
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The latest effort from erratic director Joel Schumacher (The Lost Boys, Flatliners, The Number 23) has had an equally erratic history. Initially known as Creek and then Town Creek, Blood Creek was slated for a wide theatrical release, but along the way, creative differences, rewrites and behind-the-scenes wrangling led Lionsgate to surreptitiously dump the film into a few second-run theaters in September (a strategy eerily similar to their treatment of Midnight Meat Train) — so few, in fact, that its release was barely reported and its box office take was essentially nil. Thus, the upcoming January 19 DVD release is basically Schumacher’s first straight-to-video feature film.
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November 28, 2009
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This week is ripe with horror/suspense premieres:
- Obsessed: It’s Beyonce vs. Ali Larter in the foxy boxing match of the year this Saturday, December 5, at 9:00 PM on Starz.
- Transsiberian: This Hitchcockian thriller from director Brad Anderson (Session 9) stars Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer as American tourists intertwined in a murder mystery while on a train to Moscow. It airs on Saturday, December 5, at 9:00 PM on Showtime.
- While She Was Out: Kim Basinger fights off punk kids with her trusty toolbox. It airs on Friday, December 4, at 4:45 AM on Encore Mystery.
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November 27, 2009
Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg
and Abigail Breslin in
Zombieland.
© Columbia Pictures
It’s not official, but Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer seems to be optimistic that: A) a sequel will happen, B) the stars will return and C) it will be shot in…wait for it…3-D! Although I think the 3-D horror thing is starting to be overdone, the fun, stylish flair of Zombieland does seem to fit this format pretty well. If it happens, a 2011 date seems logical.
Source: Moviehole
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November 26, 2009
Mary-Kate Olsen and
Alex Pettyfer in
Beastly.
© CBS Films
We have our first live-action look at what could be the next vaguely horror-themed tween sensation (following something called New Moon): Beastly, a modern-day adaptation of Beauty and the Beast with no Ron Perlman in sight (that’s a joke, tweens; look it up). Here’s a teaser trailer, along with some new photos for the movie, which opens on July 30, 2010.
New Trailer and Pics from Beastly originally appeared on About.com Horror & Suspense on Thursday, November 26th, 2009 at 14:10:05.
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November 25, 2009
© MGM
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned something called Howling: Reborn, and now we have a few more (disturbing) details. Although some sites are referring to it as a remake, Variety is reporting that Reborn is more of a “re-launch” of the series (translation: a sequel that is removed from the previous films by a decade or so) and that it’s being helmed by a studio exec-turned-first-time director (Joe Nimziki) and produced by a pair of indie film vets — Joel Kastelberg (Kicking and Screaming; not the Will Ferrell one) and Etchie Stroh (Cookie’s Fortune) — who’ve never attempted a horror movie before.
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November 24, 2009
Photo: Vince Bucci/Getty Images
Horror is a popular whipping boy within the mainstream media and even amongst a certain segment of horror fans who never seem satisfied with the state of the genre. Sure, nothing is ever perfect, but there’s reason to celebrate if you’re a fan of horror movies in the 21st century. In fact, there’s at least 10 of them to consider as Thanksgiving nears.
10 Reasons to Be Thankful You’re a Horror Movie Fan originally appeared on About.com Horror & Suspense on Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 at 04:11:41.
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November 23, 2009
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The post-apocalyptic thriller The Road dominates the release schedule this week as far as horror/suspense goes, as DVDs pretty much take the week off.
New This Week: The Road originally appeared on About.com Horror & Suspense on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at 01:08:04.
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November 22, 2009
“Man, I hate shirts.”
© Scribner
New Moon beat even the most optimistic of projections this past weekend by racking up an estimated $140 million at the box office, the third-highest opening weekend in history — trailing only The Dark Knight and Spider-Man 3. That figure includes a record one-day gross of $72.7 million, which itself includes a record take of $26.3 million from opening night midnight showings — enough money to maybe boost the shirt budget for the next film. Final numbers are due late Monday.
