Cabin in the Woods Scares Up Third Place at the Box Office

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The Cabin in the Woods didn’t exactly take the world by storm during its opening weekend like that OTHER Lionsgate film, but it made a solid $14.9 million — good enough for third place at the box office — which was on par with expectations. Considering the movie has essentially been sitting on a shelf for  a couple of years, it’s actually quite impressive.

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TV Movie Highlight of the Week: Scream 4

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This week, the slasher sequel Scream 4 debuts on TV, premiering on Friday, April 20, at 9:00 PM ET/PT on Showtime.

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Ti West to Adapt the Novel Bedbugs

Ti West
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Acclaimed indie director Ti West (The House of the Devil, The Innkeepers) may have found his next slow-burning horror story…in bed. Deadline is reporting that West has been hired to write a big-screen adaptation of the 2011 novel Bedbugs by Ben H. Winters, best known for his hit “mashup” book Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters.

Ti West to Adapt the Novel Bedbugs

Ti West
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Acclaimed indie director Ti West (The House of the Devil, The Innkeepers) may have found his next slow-burning horror story…in bed. Deadline is reporting that West has been hired to write a big-screen adaptation of the 2011 novel Bedbugs by Ben H. Winters, best known for his hit “mashup” book Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters.

Suspiria Remake to Shoot This Fall

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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.

Spring Scares: Moth Diaries, Apartment 143, The Road, Meeting Evil, Penumbra and More!

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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.

New This Week: Cabin in the Woods, Detention, The Darkest Hour

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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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Paranormal Activity Spawns a Latino Offshoot

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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.

Silent Night, Deadly Night Remake to Release This Christmas?

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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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