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Why Hollywood’s horror remakes can be hazardous

Posted by Horror Movies News on May 17, 2015

Why Hollywood's horror remakes can be hazardous 'Poltergeist' is the latest redo in a genre that usually doesn't get it right a second time. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1bY1B30 Everything old is new again, which is why another little girl is getting way too close to another creepy television set in another Poltergeist movie.

Local musical combines sci-fi, love & comedy

Posted by Horror Movies News on May 17, 2015

When: 8 p.m. May 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30; 3 p.m. May 17, 24, 31 The Flowertown Players invite the community to engage May 15-31 in one of the group's 11 performances of “Little Shop of Horrors,” one of the longest-running off-Broadway shows in theater history, according to the group's show advertisement. The story is based on the film by Roger Corman with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken.

David Lynch agrees to direct new series of ‘Twin Peaks’ – again

Posted by Horror Movies News on May 17, 2015

"You know, this is, excuse me, a damn fine cup of coffee," Special Agent Dale Cooper famously says to a waitress in cult TV series Twin Peaks. "I've had I can't tell you how many cups of coffee in my life and this, this is one of the best."

On Movies: Movies by Steven Rea: Back to the future

Posted by Horror Movies News on May 17, 2015

If legendary snoozer Rip Van Winkle went to sleep in the spring of 1982 and woke up today, his beard might have stretched a hundred nasty, matted yards, but he'd probably think he had taken only a power nap: Mad Max is going post-apocalyptic in movie theaters. Poltergeist is poised to scare up business at the box office.

Hitchcock’s ‘forgotten’ classic Jamaica Inn is brought back to restored life

Posted by Horror Movies News on May 17, 2015

We can only say thank you to Cohen Media Group for bringing a rediscovered classic by the Master of Suspense to Blu-ray and DVD. Alfred Hitchcock's 1939 period adventure Jamaica Inn , featuring a towering performance by Charles Laughton and the first major role for Maureen O'Hara, has been fully restored for its 75th anniversary.

Crow attacks worry locals

Posted by Horror Movies News on May 17, 2015

After facing an onslaught of recent crow attacks, residents of Cloverdale, B.C., may feel as though they're characters in Alfred Hitchcock's famous 1963 thriller "The Birds." Tricia Lawrence, who is employed at a nearby pub, said she has fallen victim to attacks from the cunning animals on the way to work.

New promo for Jurassic World shows a pseudo corporate video for the genetics company InGen

Posted by Horror Movies News on May 17, 2015

The creators of Jurassic World have released a new clip from their forthcoming feature - and it isn't what one would expect. Paving the path of innovation, the masterminds behind the sci-fi action flick unveiled a corporate video for the fictional genetics company, InGen.

‘Mad Men’: Megan Draper will not die, at least, not this season

Posted by Horror Movies News on May 16, 2015

Ever since up-and-coming actress Megan Draper donned the same T-shirt that Sharon Tate wore in a 1967 photo shoot, "Mad Men" conspiracy theorists have been writing the character's obituary, believing she'll meet a tragic end along the same lines as the fate that befell the '60s sex symbol. The logic is that the show hasn't skimped on showing the social upheaval prevalent in 1968 New York, what with all the wailing police sirens, the riots and Peggy stabbing her then boyfriend Abe with a makeshift bayonet .

NOLA-shot horror film ‘Abattoir’ to get a sequel, Variety reports

Posted by Horror Movies News on May 16, 2015

Director Darren Lynn Bousman, left, and Shawnee Smith discuss a scene on the set of the 2005 horror-thriller 'Saw II.' "Saw" filmmaker Darren Lynn Bousman's New Orleans-shot horror film " Abattoir " is still months from landing in theaters, but it's already got the green light for a sequel, with the hope of turning it into a full-on horror franchise, according to Variety .


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