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December 30, 2004
Alone in the Dark Trailer The Alone in the Dark trailer, starring Christian Slater, is online. You'll find it on the official site here.
The Fog & Halloween Rumors Ain't It Cool News has a couple of horror flick rumors. Dunno if these are the real deal though. First up, Chris Isaak may be making an appearance in the remake of John Carpenter's The Fog. Apparently, he mentioned it to a fan during a recent signing.
Next up in our rumor roulette is a teeny bit about the next Halloween sequel (which is just a pitiful mess of a franchise these days but we digress). Michelle Williams may be returning to Michael Myers land. We'll keep you posted.
December 28, 2004
Wes Craven's Cursed Soundtrack Moviehole reports Collective Soul has been confirmed as the band behind the theme song to the new Wes Craven pic Cursed, opening in February.
The group's Better Now will be on CD, which should be in shops two weeks before the movie opens. Soul also did the theme track to Craven's Scream 2 a few years back.
The track listing for the soundtrack also includes titles by Days Grace, Dashboard Confessional, The Crystal Method, Bowling For Soup, and composer Marco Beltrami.
"I'm a huge Wes Craven fan, all the way back to the first Nightmare On Elm Street," says Treadstone Records President Jonathan Platt. "The lineup of artists we were able to bring to the project is fantastic. And, of course, the soundtracks to the Scream movies were very successful, and we’ve got a shot at duplicating that."
"The Cursed soundtrack captures the young, fresh, hip spirit that made the Scream soundtracks such all-around winners," says Randy Spendlove, President Of Motion Picture Music for Miramax.
Tom Savini's Chill Factor Premiere Set Fangoria reports Sonic Pictures will give Tom Savini's half-hour pilot Chill Factor its big-screen premiere Jan. 17 at the Loews Cineplex in the Waterfront in Homestead, PA. The screening will begin at 7 p.m., followed by a Q&A with director Savini and his Chill Factor collaborators Marty Schiff and Jeff Monahan; a second showing, if necessary, will begin at 8:30 p.m. There will be an after-party following the first screening that will include DVD sales and the opportunity to get autographs from the filmmakers.
Action Figures for Bram Stoker's Dracula McFarlane Toys has acquired the action figure licensing rights to the 1992 Oscar award-winning horror film Bram Stoker's Dracula. This is the first action figure license granted by Sony Consumer Products for Francis Ford Coppola's film.
Directed by Coppola and based on Bram Stoker's classic Dracula novel, the film has an all-star cast including Gary Oldman, Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder and Anthony Hopkins. No lineup had been announced yet. The new figures are scheduled to be released in late 2005.
Open Water Web Site In support of the Open Water DVD release, they've launched a site with a bunch of interactive stuff. You can check it out here.
Ray Harryhausen Appearances & Signings The American Cinematheque presents an evening with visual effects wizard Ray Harryhausen. On Saturday, Jan. 15 Ray Harryhausen will appear in person with a double feature of The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958, Columbia, 88 min) and The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960, Columbia (Sony), 100 min.), in addition to signing copies of his book Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life (Watson-Guptill). Scheduled to appear in person with Ray Harryhausen is actress Sherri Alberoni (The 3 Worlds of Gulliver). Screenings are at the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the historic 1922 Egyptian (6712 Hollywood Boulevard between Highland and Las Palmas) in Hollywood.
On Sunday, Jan. 16 Ray Harryhausen will appear in person with a double feature of The Mysterious Island (1961, Columbia, 101 min.) and Jason and the Argonauts (1963, Columbia, 104 min.) at the Aero Theatre, in addition to signing copies of his book Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life (Watson-Guptill) at the Every Picture Tells A Story bookstore (1311 Montana Ave in Santa Monica). Schedule to appear in person with Ray Harryhausen is actor Michael Callan (The Mysterious Island). Screenings are at the Aero Theatre at 1328 Montana Avenue in Santa Monica.
December 23, 2004
Check Out the Sin City Trailer Tim B., our main man on the movie trailer scene, has run across another great trailer out there. Click here for the Sin City trailer. Thanks Tim!
December 17, 2004
Checker's Producing X-Files TPB Collections Checker Book Publishing Group (the folks that brought us the amazing Hellraiser collections) has signed a deal with 20th Century to produce two volumes of the X-Files Comics (originally from Topps).
The first trade paperback is set for a March 2005 publication. The collection picks up where Topps comics left off in collecting this popular comic book series. This book collects issues 13-19 (five original stories), as well as the highly sought-after issue 0 (the pilot episode adaptation), and the episode adaptation of Squeeze.
The X-Files: Volume 2 will collect issues 20-26, and will also include issue 1/2 and the X-Files Comics Digest issue 1. Publication for volume two is planned for Summer 2005.
New Trailer for Batman Begins One of our most favoritest Really Scaryites Tim dropped us a line to pass along that a new trailer for Batman Begins is out. This one features Liam Neeson and Christian Bale, along with a flurry of some pretty cool action shots. Thanks Tim!
More Casting for DePalma's Black Dahlia Variety reports (via Moviehole) Hilary Swank has joined the cast of Brian DePalma's next pic The Black Dahlia. Swank will join already cast Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson.
Based on the novel by James Ellroy, the story is set in 1940s Los Angeles and is loosely based on an actual murder case during the '40s in LA. Ellroy's version centers on two lawmen, Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) and his partner, Lee Blanchard, who are investigating the death of Elizabeth Short. Bucky soon realizes that Kay (Scarlett Johansson), a woman he and Lee are romantically interested in, had ties to the deceased, and soon after that, he begins uncovering corruption and conspiracy within the police department.
Swank's been cast as the film's femme fatale. The $30 million dollar project starts lensing in Bulgaria just prior to next Easter.
Hellraiser the TV Series? Variety reports (via Moviehole) that Panacea Entertainment, Park Avenue Entertainment and Blueprint Entertainment are developing a TV series based on the Hellraiser series created by Clive Barker.
Larry Kuppin, whose New World Entertainment did the first two Hellraiser films, will executive produce the hour-long series with Eric Gardner.
In the show, a journalist stumbles upon a plot between Pinhead and a zillionaire software magnate that could spell doom for us all. There's no writer attached to the project's pilot yet.
Reviews: Ghosts of Edendale & Tale of Two Sisters Don't miss the latest Really Scary reviews as Mark Sieber takes a look at the latest offering from the folks behind The Last Broadcast. Their new film is called Ghosts of Edendale.
And Valarie Thorpe heads into one of her favorite movie stomping grounds - creepy Asian horror with A Tale of Two Sisters.
FX Dust Caused Fire on Desperation Movie Set KVOA, a Tuscon TV news station, reports fire investigators say that special effects dust being used on the set of the Stephen King miniseries Desperation was ignited by halogen lights, causing the 3-alarm blaze inside the Tucson Convention Center last Friday.
Investigators are calling this an accident because the special effects dust was not supposed to be flammable. As for the cost of the accident, it's much higher than initially reported, now it's an estimated two million dollars.
Although smoke is still caked on the walls and ceilings inside the TCC, other damage is invisible and won't be repaired for weeks. The electrical system that operates the escalators was completely burned out and will have to be replaced. The entire plumbing network that feeds into the sprinklers was destroyed by the fire as well.
December 15, 2004
Murder-Set-Pieces Premiering Christmas Eve Black Watch Cinema announced that Murder-Set-Pieces will open at The Vine Theatre at 6321 Hollywood Blvd on Christmas Eve, followed by a Jan. 7 opening at NYC's Cinema Village East.
Directed by Nick Palumbo (Nutbag), the film premiered internationally at the Sitges International Film Festival in Barcelona in December. The movie reportedly holds the distinction of being the only film rejected for processing by the trifecta of Tinseltown labs: Technicolor, DuArt and Deluxe.
Writer/Director Adapting Gaiman's Coraline Henry Selick told Sci Fi Wire that he'll write and direct a big-screen adaptation of Coraline, based on the children's fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman. Selick, an animator and director who specializes in stop-motion animation, is best known for The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach and Monkeybone.
"Neil Gaiman approached me to ask if I'd like to get on board the project before it was published," Selick said in an interview while promoting his latest film, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. "That was three and a half years ago."
Selick added, "I saw the galleys and took it to Bill Mechanic, the producer, and convinced them both to give me a crack at writing it. It took a year and a half for me to actually get a draft that worked."
Selick described Coraline as an Alice in Wonderland-esque story. "A little girl discovers a passageway in her house where [there's] kind of a mirror of her own life where her other mother and other father live. And it's a fantastic world that's been created for her. You think it's about making a choice between her normal boring life or this other world where this other version of her mother, this much better version, [lives]. Everything is set up to please her, but really it's more of a spider's-web trap for children. It's very scary and dark and fun."
December 11, 2004
Less Than Three Hours Left in Hellbaby Contest! Less than three hours to get in on the Hellbaby Statue contest (16" faux bronze statue from Sideshow Collectibles) - click here and don't miss this one!
Fire Breaks Out on Set of Desperation AP reports fire broke out at the Tucson Convention Center during shooting of Desperation, the television movie based on the Stephen King novel. Five people were reported injured and the fire forcing the evacuation of thousands arriving for a concert in another part of the building.
"They were in the middle of a scene involving a mine shaft collapse," said Deputy Fire Chief Randy Ogden.
Three people were taken to hospitals for treatment of burns and injuries caused by falling debris, and one remained hospitalized Saturday, Ogden said. Two others were treated for smoke inhalation, according to fire officials.
It damaged the set, which was made to look like a mine shaft, but not the convention center.
"Most of the damage is to just the movie stuff - the tunnel itself, film, movie equipment," Ogden said.
Firefighters were trying to find film and audio footage to help determine how the blaze began, Ogden said. He said he thought at least three cameras had been rolling, but he did not know whether the footage was intact. Preliminary damage estimates ranged from $750,000 to $1 million, he said.
A Really Scary Boatload of Trailers Here's a quick run down on some of the latest trailers we've run across. War of the Worlds, from Steven Spielberg starring Tom Cruise. This one's a teaser but a bit longer than a standard teaser. Scheduled to open summer '05. And here's a slew of others: Darkness opening Christmas, The Devil's Rejects from Rob Zombie, Phantom of the Opera, Elektra with Jennifer Garner, The Ring Two, Boogeyman, the French flick High Tension (Haute Tension), Jennifer Connelly in Dark Water (this one comes from the author of The Ring and opens in August '05) and Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's retelling of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Hellbaby Statue Contest: Final Day! It's the last day to sign up for our Hellbaby Statue contest! Sideshow Collectibles graciously gave us one of their very limited 16" faux bronze Hellbaby statues to giveaway to one of you! This baby is a stunner. We'll be drawing a winner tomorrow so click here to get a look at it and sign up.
IDW Launching Little Books of Horror IDW, the comics company that brough you Steve Niles (30 Days of Nights), has a big slate of stuff headed our way in the coming months. One of the coolest sounding items, slated to kick off in March, is a series of hardcover horror classics called Little Books of Horror -- the first one is a retelling of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by Steve Niles and Scott Morse.
Here's more:
January brings Blood-Stained Sword, a tale of samurai revenge set in the near future, illustrated by 30 Days of Night's Ben Templesmith; Containment, a tale of isolation, and zombies, in outer space, by screenwriter Eric Red (Near Dark), and Hyde's Nick Stakal; The first part of an adaptation of Clive Barker's The Thief of Always; and the relaunch of Tim Truman's and John Ostrander's classic '80s merc, GrimJack.
In February, you'll see Bigfoot by co-writers Steve Niles and Rob Zombie, with art by horror legend Richard Corben; Silent Hill: Paint It Black, a new one-shot by Scott Ciencin and Shaun Thomas; Ash Wood's new art magazine, Swallow; and the collection of Sword of Dracula by Jason Henderson (with a wraparound cover by Tony Harris).
And in March, Steve Niles and Kelley Jones bring Cal McDonald back to IDW in the first part of the 6-issue Supernatural Freak Machine: A Cal McDonald Mystery; they'll also launch a comic based on Konami's Castlevania by Marc Andreyko and EJ Su.
December 08, 2004
Amityville Horror Remake Sneak Peek 
MGM has sent us a first look at The Amityville Horror with these sneak preview shots. They've also launched the movie's teaser website at www.amityvillehorrormovie.com and MTV has the teaser trailer.
The Amityville Horror is schedule to hit theaters April 15.
McFarlane Unveils Conan 2 Figure Series McFarlane Toys just unveiled its Conan 2: Hour of the Dragon figure line-up. Inspired by the Hyborian legends as originally written by Conan's creator, Robert E. Howard, this second line of Conan action figures represents several characters from the popular Hour of the Dragon novel.
The line features the following five figures plus a deluxe boxed set:
* CONAN THE WARRIOR
* MAN-EATING HAUNTER OF THE PITS
* XALTOTUN THE UNDEAD
* PALLANTIDES OF THE BLACK DRAGONS
* ZENOBIA
* KING CONAN OF AQUILONIA, deluxe boxed set
These are slated to hit retail shelves in March 2005. Click here for preview shots of all of the figures.
Anchor Bay Picks Up Distro for Freak Out Anchor Bay Entertainment UK and Anchor Bay Entertainment USA have picked up the indie horror-comedy flick Freak Out for a Spring 2005 DVD release.
The film is no stranger to horror conventions goers as it has played at genre festivals such as Montreal's FanTasia Festival, Manchester's Festival Of Fantastic Films and The Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival.
It's been almost four years since the camera started rolling on Freak Out. The film was shot in Southern England on 16mm film and is the brainchild of Beyond Therapy Entertainment (Christian James, Dan Palmer and Yazz Fetto). Written by James and Palmer and directed by James, it also stars both Palmer and Fetto. For more information, check out www.freakoutmovie.com.
December 07, 2004
Sideshow Toys & Really Scary Hellbaby Giveaway! There's only four days left until we draw one of yous guys as the winner of the Sideshow Toys 16" Hellbaby Faux Bronze statue! All you gotta do is sign up for the Sideshow Toys newsletter and you're in the drawing. And although it's tacky, we'll say it anyway - this baby's worth $150! Sign up here!
Renny Harlin Developing Full Moon Fever Dark Horizons' reports Director Renny Harlin is developing a feature based on the upcoming graphic novel Full Moon Fever for producers Adrian Askarieh and Daniel Alter. Writer Joe Casey is scripting his own adaptation closely with the trio.
The story is set in the not too distant future and revolves around a group of blue-collar workers who shuttle to the moon to repair the first lunar base, only to find it deserted. They soon discover that they're not alone as they become prey to a pack of ravenous werewolves.
Askarieh and Alter are also spear-heading efforts to ensure the development of a video-game to coincide with with the eventual film's release. The pair are producing the video-game adaptation of "Spy-Hunter" for the Summer 2006 release of The Rock movie.
Exorcist: The Beginning DVD Minus Schrader Version DVD Answers reports (via Sci Fi) that Warner Home Video's DVD release of Exorcist: The Beginning, which streets March 1, will not include the Paul Schrader version, as had previously been rumored. Specs are that it's 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, includes commentary by director Renny Harlin, a making-of featurette and the theatrical trailer. Rumor us this: later 'special' release to get more money out of us poor horror lovin' schmos?
December 02, 2004
Saw DVD Release Date Set Saw, the low-budget psychological thriller that generated much buzz at movie theaters recently, is slated to hit video retail shelves Feb. 15, amid the post-holiday sales season.
The film, which cost less then $2 million to make, has generated about $53.2 million at the box office. It stars Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter and Leigh Whannel. Rookie director James Wan collaborated with actor-screenwriter Whannel of The Matrix Reloaded fame, to create a story about a sociopathic killer who tortures his victims by pitting them against one another in a horrific mental and physical battle for survival.
The film's North American distributor, Lions Gate Entertainment, said it plans to execute its largest marketing campaign to date -- committing about $10 million to the Saw home video effort.
"The response we've received from retailers for the 'Saw' DVD has been broad and dramatic," said Lions Gate president Steve Beeks. "Not only have the major DVD retailers committed to very aggressive orders for 'Saw' but the rental-retailers are committing to big numbers as well."
The DVD will include a commentary by Wan and the screenwriters; an "On the Set" featurette, Fear Factory's "Bite the Hand That Bleeds" music video, the making of "Bite the Hand That Bleeds," trailers and TV spots. [Source: THR]
'I Was a Middle-Aged Zombie' USA Today reporter Susan Wloszczyna spent some time as a zombie extra on the set of George Romero's Land of the Dead. You can check out her piece 'I was a middle-aged zombie' here.
Wainwright Named Director for The Fog Redux According to The Hollywood Reporter, British director Rupert Wainwright has signed on to direct the remake of John Carpenter's classic horror thriller The Fog.
Wainwright, whose credits include Stigmata, had been due to direct MGM's Blood and Chocolate but is now expected to leave that project.
Fog is set in a northern Californian town about 100 years ago where a ship sank under mysterious circumstances in a thick, eerie fog. The ghosts of the deceased mariners return from their watery graves to seek their revenge. Carpenter shot the original in 1980. The remake is set up at Sony-based Revolution Studios.
December 01, 2004
Preview Pics from The Ring 2 Below are a couple of preview shots from the shooting of The Ring Two. First shows Naomi Watts with director Hideo Nakata. And the second shows Watts in a well...they assure us this is from the sequel and not the first film.
Here's the synopsis: Naomi Watts reprises the role of investigative reporter Rachel Keller in The Ring Two. Hideo Nakata, the director of the original Japanese blockbuster Ringu upon which The Ring was based, directed The Ring Two, which marks his American film debut.
The story picks up six months after the horrifying events that terrorized Rachel Keller and her son Aidan (David Dorfman) in Seattle. To escape her haunting memories, Rachel takes Aidan and moves to the small coastal community of Astoria, Oregon, to start fresh. However, Rachel's resolve quickly turns to dread when evidence at a local crime scene -- including an unmarked videotape -- seems eerily familiar. Rachel realizes that the vengeful Samara is back and more determined than ever to continue her relentless cycle of terror and death.
It's slated to hit theaters March 18, 2005.
Screenwriter Talks About Adapting Ketchum's Red Dread Central reports that although May director Lucky McKee's next film The Woods isn't hitting theaters until late 2005, fans can take heart that he's already thinking about one of his future projects, Red, an adaptation of the Jack Ketchum novel of the same name.
Dread Central spoke with Stephen Susco, screenwriter of this year's translation of Takashi Shimizu's The Grudge and the cinematic adaptation of Red.
Although they attended USC around the same time, the working partnership between Susco and McKee didn't begin until they discovered a mutual respect for Ketchum's source material. "It was basically a situation where Lucky and I sort've had the same vision for what Red could be and chased down the guy who owned the rights," Susco explains. "We knew that this wasn't the kind of thing that you could get someone to buy. I just really believed in it enough and said I'd write the script and we'd go from there."
Susco is also at work on a remake of Prom Night for Neal H. Moritz as well as the Grudge sequel for Sam Raimi.
For the rest of the chat, click here.
The Crow: Wicked Prayer Direct to DVD Bloody Disgusting reports that in a special DVD holiday issue of Variety, Dimension announced the next 'Crow' film, Dimension Films' The Crow: Wicked Prayer, as one of their direct-to-video DVDs for 2005, alongside Hellrasier: Hellworld/Deader and The Prophecy sequels. The film stars Edward Furlong, Tara Reid, David Boreanaz, Dennis Hopper and Macy Gray.
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