In a fairly uneventful week, there aren’t any theatrical horror/suspense releases and no major home video releases, as a host of foreign and cult direct-to-video fare hits the video shelves, headed by the Korean film Sector 7, Troma’s Father’s Day, Parasitic and some British and Italian re-releases.
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It’s been rumored to be in the works several times in the 11 years since Jurassic Park III hit theaters, but now it appears that Jurassic Park IV is finally on track to becoming a reality. That’s because the studio has tapped husband-and-wife writing team Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, fresh off the success of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, to pen the script.
This week, Final Destination 5 -- possibly the best of the series since the original -- makes its TV debut, airing on Saturday, June 30, at 8:00 PM ET/PT on HBO.
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After years of relative stagnancy (Trick ‘r Treat aside), the horror anthology format is returning with a vengeance. Three notable entries could be hitting screens this year, starting with V/H/S on October 5 (on demand August 31), then The ABCs of Death on October 19 (both in theaters and on demand) and finally Paris I’ll Kill You (date TBA). The trio features a who’s who of horror directors, from veterans like Joe Dante (The Howling, Gremlins) and David R. Ellis (The Final Destination, Shark Night) to up-and-comers like Ti West (The House of the Devil), Xavier Gens (Frontier(s), The Divide), Vincenzo Natali (Splice), Paco Plaza (REC), Christian Alvart (Pandorum, Case 39), Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein (Underworld Awakening), Ryuhei Kitamura (Midnight Meat Train), Christopher Smith (Triangle, Black Death), Ben Wheatley (Kill List) and many, many more.
2012 hasn't been an eventful year for zombie movies -- and with the postponement of World War Z, there doesn't appear to be much on the horizon beyond Resident Evil: Retribution -- but the latest entry in the Bloody Disgusting Selects series (which has apparently abandoned the pretense of playing in theaters), the horror-western Exit Humanity, presents a glimmer of hope, taking an early lead in the admittedly not very competitive battle for best zombie flick of the year. Read about it in my review of Exit Humanity.
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