You know their faces but not their names. They’re the character actors who populate your favorite horror movies — rarely the lead, but always willing to take an axe to the skull for our entertainment. Here are two dozen notable horror character actors you might recognize.
Could a Jennifer’s Body trailer be anything but red band? (i.e., it’s got some bad language.) ShockTillYouDrop.com has the first peek at the Megan Fox film, which combines horror elements (Fox plays a man-eating demon) with writer Diablo Cody’s trademark teenage snarkiness. All in all, it looks pretty fun — like a satanic Juno. Check out the trailer now before the movie opens on September 18.
Sometimes it seems like direct-to-video horror is a better option than the stuff hitting theaters. Case in point: the supernatural thriller Night Train, featuring a distinctly A-list (well, B-plus) cast of Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski and Steve Zahn. Read about it in my DVD review of Night Train.
Ready for more Resident Evil? ShockTillYouDrop.com is reporting that a fourth edition of the video-game based zombie franchise, tentatively titled Resident Evil: Afterlife, is being planned for release on September 17, 2010. No cast or director has been chosen, and although a script has not likely been written, chances are it might take place in Tokyo — since the North American branch of the evil Umbrella Corporation was destroyed in Resident Evil: Extinction. Or it could take place in Alaska, where the caravan in that film was headed in search of a zombie-less haven. Personally, I think the latter would be a cool change of scenery, but as long as Resident Evil: Apocalypse‘s director, Alexander Witt, doesn’t return, I’ll be happy.
Despite rumors that The Descent‘s Neil Marshall (and earlier, Robert Rodriguez) would direct the next Predator movie, Predators, AICN is now saying that it’s confirmed that the director will in fact be Nimrod Antal. Who, you say? You may know him as the director of the snuff film film Vacancy, whose shortcomings didn’t really have much to do with direction, so I suppose he’s a decent choice (as opposed to a Descent choice, which would’ve been better). Look for the film to hit theaters in July 2010.
Despite rumors that The Descent‘s Neil Marshall (and earlier, Robert Rodriguez) would direct the next Predator movie, Predators, AICN is now saying that it’s confirmed that the director will in fact be Nimrod Antal. Who, you say? You may know him as the director of the snuff film film Vacancy, whose shortcomings didn’t really have much to do with direction, so I suppose he’s a decent choice (as opposed to a Descent choice, which would’ve been better). Look for the film to hit theaters in July 2010.
As the Stepfather remake inches closer (October 16), we get our first look at the trailer, which seems decent enough. Since the original wasn’t really a slasher, this PG-13 treatment from the Prom Night folks doesn’t seem quite as discouraging as that toothless remake (furiously knocking on wood with fingers crossed).
Let’s face it: Hollywood movie posters have become largely a cookie-cutter affair, as predictable as, well, most Hollywood movies themselves. As this gallery shows, though, when movies hit foreign soil, the local flavor often comes through, reminding us that movie posters can indeed be an art form…for better (Poland’s The Shining, right) or worse (Japan, I’m looking in your direction).
This week bevy of DVD releases has a distinctly international flavor, featuring films from England, Japan, Australia, Korea and Italy, including efforts from Ringu director Hideo Nakata, Italian icon Lucio Fulci and American cult author Edward Lee — not to mention something called I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer.