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January 6, 2013
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Texas Chainsaw 3D revved up its motor and buzzed to the top of the box office this past weekend, earning an estimated $23 million. That’s less than the 2003 Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, which opened with $28 million, but given the new film opened in fewer theaters, it’s pretty much on par with that movie. It’s also on par with recent 3-D horror fare like Resident Evil: Retribution, which opened with $21 million, Saw 3D ($22.5 million) and My Bloody Valentine 3D ($21.2 million), while far ahead of duds like Shark Night 3D ($8.4 million) and Silent Hill: Revelation ($8 million).
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January 5, 2013
“Hold on while I fix my face.”
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I went into Texas Chainsaw 3D — which wasn’t screened for critics — with low expectations, and it pretty much lived up to those expectations. Read about it in my review of Texas Chainsaw 3D.
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January 5, 2013
“Hold on while I fix my face.”
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I went into Texas Chainsaw 3D — which wasn’t screened for critics — with low expectations, and it pretty much lived up to those expectations. Read about it in my review of Texas Chainsaw 3D.
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January 3, 2013
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Even if you haven’t already seen the Australian movie Crawlspace, it might feel very familiar. In fact, you can probably pick a half dozen films that seem to have influenced it — for better or worse. Read about it in my review of Crawlspace, which opens today in select theaters and on IFC Midnight Cable VOD and digital outlets (SundanceNOW, iTunes, Amazon Streaming, XBOX Zune, Playstation Unlimited).
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January 2, 2013
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Well, the first poster for The Last Exorcism Part II is here, and it should look familiar to fans of the original Last Exorcism, who no doubt remember that film’s back-breaking movie poster…
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January 1, 2013
Keri Russell in Dark Skies.
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As a new year dawns, new scares await on the horizon at the movie theater, and here’s a handy primer for what major horror movies to expect in 2013. Mark your calendars!
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December 31, 2012
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Opening this week is the first big horror movie release of 2013, Texas Chainsaw 3D, while elsewhere, Crawlspace gets a limited run and The Thompsons hits home video.
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December 30, 2012
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The sequel to the 2006 After Dark Horrorfest entry The Hamiltons, The Thompsons finds the antiheroic family on the run in Europe under an assumed name but with the same appetite for destruction. Read about it in my review of The Thompsons, which hits home video on January 1 (or today, since tomorrow is a holiday).
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December 27, 2012
Photo by: Gavin Bond/NBC
The troubled history of Munsters reboot Mockingbird Lane finally ended this week when NBC officially declined to pick it up as a series. After giving the pilot episode a test run around Halloween, the network passed on the high-profile show, despite the fact it earned the highest key demographic ratings for NBC in that time slot in two years. The ratings, however, were apparently not enough to offset the cost of the pricey, effects-heavy series — or maybe NBC just didn’t like the show. Whatever the reasoning, it’s a shame Mockingbird Lane didn’t get more of a shot; it would’ve made a perfect companion for Grimm on Friday nights. The pilot wasn’t great, but it had its moments, and it was certainly intriguing enough to stir interest in the continuing storyline.
