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January 23, 2013
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Longtime horror distributor Lionsgate, which currently has Texas Chainsaw 3D playing in theaters, already has its January 2014 genre offering lined up: Ghosts, which will open on January 10. As the title (formerly Jessabelle) implies, it’s a haunted house flick with a fairly standard storyline: a young woman staying in her father’s old Southern mansion after the death of her fiancé encounters a ghostly presence. Kevin Greutert (Saw VI, Saw 3D) directs a largely unknown cast, with the hardest working horror producer in showbiz Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, Insidious, Sinister) on production duty. The most unexpected participant is writer Robert Ben Garant, who heretofore has been known exclusively for his comedy work — as an actor on Reno 911!, as the director of Balls of Fury and as the writer of Night at the Museum, The Pacifier, Taxi, Let’s Go to Prison and Herbie Fully Loaded. (Hey, they can’t all be winners.)
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January 22, 2013
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Featuring an otherworldly drug that allows users to see into other dimensions, John Dies at the End delivers a much-appreciated jolt of originality (and humor…and general weirdness) to the horror genre. Read about it in my review of John Dies at the End, available now on demand and in select theaters starting Friday, January 25.
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January 21, 2013
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In a busy week of horror/suspense releases, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters gets a wide theatrical release, while John Dies at the End and Resolution have limited runs, and on home video, Hold Your Breath…
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January 21, 2013
Emma Stone in Zombieland.
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Riding high on the success of his production Mama and gearing up for the release of his summer blockbuster Pacific Rim, Guillermo del Toro is wasting little time preparing for his next directorial effort, the previously announced haunted house film Crimson Peak. He’s well on his way to casting what would presumably be the two leads — with Emma Stone and Charlie Hunnam reportedly in talks to appear. It would be Stone’s first stab at horror since 2009’s Zombieland, while Hunnam, best known for the TV series Sons of Anarachy, is set to star in Pacific Rim in July. Filming on Crimson Peak is aiming for February 2014, so it’s possible we may get to see it in theaters that Halloween.
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January 17, 2013
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Last week, we were subjected to what will no doubt be one of the worst horror(-ish) movies of the year in A Haunted House, and this week, thankfully, we have one of the best: the Guillermo del Toro-produced Mama. Read about it in my review of Mama.
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January 17, 2013
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Last week, we were subjected to what will no doubt be one of the worst horror(-ish) movies of the year in A Haunted House, and this week, thankfully, we have one of the best: the Guillermo del Toro-produced Mama. Read about it in my review of Mama.
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January 17, 2013
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Last week, we were subjected to what will no doubt be one of the worst horror(-ish) movies of the year in A Haunted House, and this week, thankfully, we have one of the best: the Guillermo del Toro-produced Mama. Read about it in my review of Mama.
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January 17, 2013
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January 15, 2013
<div style="font-size: 0.75em; float: right; margin: 3px 0px 3px 6px; text-align: center;"><p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/d/horror/1/0/k/N/1/-/The-Following-02.jpg" alt="The Following" height="170" /><br />
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<p>Although network TV ratings still exceed cable, they have lost ground over the years, and networks generally haven’t generated the buzz — media coverage, awards, targeted demographic ratings — of cable shows of late. But with its "<em>24</em> meets <em>Silence of the Lambs</em>" setup, <em><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://horror.about.com/od/horrortvshows/a/The-Following-TV-Show.htm">The Following</a></em> has a chance to be that breakout water cooler hit — at least of the midseason TV schedule. <!–more–></p>…<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://horror.about.com/b/2013/01/16/the-following-savior-of-network-tv.htm">Read Full Post</a></p>
