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Hitting theaters in limited release this week, The Innkeepers attempts to follow in the footsteps of fellow haunted hotel movies The Shining and 1408 — without all the Stephen King-ness. How does it stack up? Read about it in my review The Innkeepers.
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This week, The Woman in Black gets a wide theatrical release, while The Innkeepers and Kill List get a limited run and Dream House, The Thing, Spiderhole and Dead Hooker in a Trunk hit home video.
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“I’m starting to rethink the whole straw mask
and torch combo…”
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The British horror movie Kill List is what the ill-fated 2006 remake of The Wicker Man should’ve been (i.e., good). It’s also one of the most divisive genre films in recent memory, in part because so much of it is left up to interpretation. Read about it in my review of Kill List.
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Rose Byrne and Patrick Wilson in Insidious.
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Director James Wan and actor Patrick Wilson, who teamed for last year’s surprise hit Insidious, are joining forces for another ghostly flick. The Conjuring, according to The Hollywood Reporter, follows “a husband and wife team of demonologists and psychic investigators who enter the most horrifying case of their career, spirits in a Rhode Island farmhouse.” Vera Farmiga (Orphan) will play the wife in the equation. The story is based on real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren and their investigation of the legend of Bethesda Sherman, a witch who supposedly cursed anyone who took over her land after she died.
Rose Byrne and Patrick Wilson in Insidious.
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Director James Wan and actor Patrick Wilson, who teamed for last year’s surprise hit Insidious, are joining forces for another ghostly flick. The Conjuring, according to The Hollywood Reporter, follows “a husband and wife team of demonologists and psychic investigators who enter the most horrifying case of their career, spirits in a Rhode Island farmhouse.” Vera Farmiga (Orphan) will play the wife in the equation. The story is based on real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren and their investigation of the legend of Bethesda Sherman, a witch who supposedly cursed anyone who took over her land after she died.
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Well, so much for that. Less than three weeks after she was reported to have been tapped to star in the upcoming remake of the 1982 cult classic The Evil Dead, Lily Collins has dropped out due to “scheduling issues.” Aspiring scream queens, send your résumés to Sam Raimi!
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It seems the remake of The Crow has more lives than the undead titular character. It’s gone through several iterations, with Stephen Norrington (Blade) and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) each attached to direct at one time or another and Bradley Cooper and Mark Wahlberg each tapped to star. On top of all the personnel shuffling, The Weinstein Company last year filed a lawsuit to to halt Relativity Media’s plans for the “reinvention.”
“Bite me.”
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If you expect The Grey to be like Taken with wolves, you might be a bit disappointed to find few scenes of Liam Neeson engaging in hand-to-paw combat. However, you might also be pleasantly surprised that the heartfelt emotion and dramatic resonance of the film equals its popcorn thrills. Read about it in my review of The Grey.
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This week, The Grey gets a wide theatrical release, and The Wicker Tree gets a limited run. Meanwhile, home video releases are headed by Paranormal Activity 3 and The Woman, along with re-releases of Godzilla, The House on Sorority Row and a host of Jean Rollin films.
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