Pics, Trailer for Frozen

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Adam Green is a name to remember for horror fans, having written and directed Hatchet and the solid thriller Spiral, not to mention producing Grace. His latest offering, Frozen, has been chosen to premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in January and looks like it could find a following similar to the surprise 2004 hit Open Water, which likewise screened at Sundance. Check out the Frozen trailer, plus some photos, before it receives a limited theatrical release on February 5.

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The Worst Horror Movies of 2009: Behold, the Scabbies!

For the third year in a row, I present a series of awards honoring the worst horror and suspense movies of the year, and 2009 has certainly had its fair share. Read all about them in the 3rd annual Scabbies!

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The Worst Horror Movies of 2009: Behold, the Scabbies! originally appeared on About.com Horror & Suspense on Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 at 01:56:30.

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New This Week: Ghost Machine, Flowers in the Attic

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Another light week for horror/suspense releases — headed by Ghost Machine and a re-release of Flowers in the Attic — before things start to pick up next week, leading into a new year of fright flicks.

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New This Week: Ghost Machine, Flowers in the Attic originally appeared on About.com Horror & Suspense on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 at 03:48:15.

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‘Tis the Season to be Scary: Silent Night, Deadly Night Franchise

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You might have heard of Silent Night, Deadly Night, but you might not realize that it spawned not one, but FOUR sequels — each seemingly odder than the last, featuring murderous Santas, lesbian witches, killer toys, giant worms, brains under glass, spontaneous combustion, robot children, Mickey Rooney and awful, awful acting. Check out the zaniness in this summary of the Silent Night, Deadly Night franchise.

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‘Tis the Season to be Scary: Silent Night, Deadly Night Franchise originally appeared on About.com Horror & Suspense on Monday, December 21st, 2009 at 01:20:22.

Romero’s Survival of the Dead Lands at Magnet Releasing

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After some worries about the fate of George Romero‘s latest zombie endeavor, Survival of the Dead, the film has found a home at Magnet Releasing, the genre branch of Magnolia Pictures that has released the likes of The House of the Devil, Surveillance, Mutant Chronicles and Splinter. It looks like Magnet will distribute Survival of the Dead similarly to how it handled The House of the Dead: offering it on-demand for a month — in the spring of 2010 — before a limited theatrical release and then a DVD release a couple of months later. This means that the DVD should hit shelves in the US in the late summer (the UK date, according to Amazon.co.uk, remains March 15).

Romero’s Survival of the Dead Lands at Magnet Releasing

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After some worries about the fate of George Romero‘s latest zombie endeavor, Survival of the Dead, the film has found a home at Magnet Releasing, the genre branch of Magnolia Pictures that has released the likes of The House of the Devil, Surveillance, Mutant Chronicles and Splinter. It looks like Magnet will distribute Survival of the Dead similarly to how it handled The House of the Dead: offering it on-demand for a month — in the spring of 2010 — before a limited theatrical release and then a DVD release a couple of months later. This means that the DVD should hit shelves in the US in the late summer (the UK date, according to Amazon.co.uk, remains March 15).

Two More Remakes on the Way: The Brood and Don’t Look in the Basement

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The more horror remakes continue to pile up, the less mainstream the material available to remake is. The latest examples are the Z-grade 1973 cult film Don’t Look in the Basement — about a nurse who arrives to work at an insane asylum where the patients run amok — and The Brood — the more well-known 1979 killer kid flick from David Cronenberg that’s still hardly a household name and hardly a mainstream movie, with its focus on psychoanalysis and surreal “body horror” imagery. The latter remake is certainly the bigger of the two — and probably the only one that will hit theaters — with director Breck Eisner (The Crazies) reportedly attached.

Alfre Woodard, Others Join True Blood for Season 3

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At this rate, you’ve going to need a pamphlet to keep up with all of the new characters on Season 3 of True Blood. Fresh on the heels of adding five regular and recurring roles for the upcoming season, the makers of the HBO vampire series have announced four more significant additions:

• Alfre Woodard (pictured) will play Lafayette’s mother.
• Joe Manganiello will play Alcide, a sexy alpha male werewolf.
• Cooper Huckabee will play Sam’s dad, Joe Lee Mickens.
• J. Smith-Cameron will play Sam’s mother, Melinda Mickens.

Best Horror Movies of 2009: Limited Release/Direct-to-Video

It takes a little more effort, but combing the art house theaters and the video store shelves can provide many more great horror films each year than merely waiting for the major releases in your local multiplex. Here are my choices for the 20 best limited release/direct-to-video horror/suspense movies released in 2009.

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Best Horror Movies of 2009: Limited Release/Direct-to-Video originally appeared on About.com Horror & Suspense on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 at 02:52:15.

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