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January 29, 2005
Living Dead Dolls Series 9 Sneak Peek Figures.com reports Mezco Toys has added a new forum to their Mezzage Board called the Boiler Room. Within this board, registered board members will find exclusive news and images - including a first look at Living Dead Dolls Series 9. Featuring a new body style, this assortment will include Elisa Day, Dawn, Purdy, Blue and Toxic Molly.
Go here to register for free and check them out. Remember, you have to register to see the messages in the Boiler Room.
Raimi & Tapert Making Grudge Sequel Now Playing reports (via Sci Fi Wire) Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert, who produced The Grudge, are already working with director Takashi Shimizu again on a sequel to the American remake based on his Japanese horror film Ju-on.
"We just came from a big story conference this whole last week," Raimi told the site. "[Shimizu] came to America, to Los Angeles, and we met with him in a little room on the Columbia Pictures lot and hammered out an outline for the first draft of part two. And he's planning, I think, on working in the same subtle, elegant way that he made the first film in."
Tapert says that The Grudge 2 will not be based on the Japanese sequel Ju-on 2, and will stand apart from the previous films in the series.
"The second one is much more of a standalone movie than [the first one] was," Tapert told the site. "In fact, there are very few elements in the second one, at least where it is right now, that are derivative of previous works. [The first one] kind of borrowed from all of the previous movies that have gone before. [And this one is going in a new direction,] and that's one of the reasons that the director is interested. He's kind of told the story so many times that he didn't want to go back and revisit what he's done, and it was only that [he and] the writer had some new ideas that they wanted to explore in terms of The Grudge [that brought them back]."
There is no word yet on whether star Sarah Michelle Gellar will return for the sequel, but like the last film, it will be filmed in Japan.
F. Paul Wilson's The Keep Getting Comic Book F. Paul Wilson, author of Sims and the Repairman Jack novels, wrote on his message board that IDW (30 Days of Nights) will be publishing a comic book adaptation of his first novel, The Keep.
"Well, the revised contract is on my agent's desk, so I guess it's safe to tell you that IDW will be publishing a five-issue series of The Keep, scripted by yours truly and illustrated by the Forum's own Matthew D. Smith.
The first script is due this March with an eye toward starting publication this summer. The five issues will then be combined into a graphic novel.
I'm reeeeally looking forward to this. At last we'll see what the movie coulda/shoulda been."
Super sweet!
McCammon's Blue World Getting Film Treatment McCammon News reports Michael Nehs of Front Sight Productions has announced that an independent theatrical film version of Robert McCammon's novella Blue World is currently in pre-production. The working title of the film is Sanctuary.
January 23, 2005
New Photos for McFarlane's Twisted Fairy Tales McFarlane Toys has posted new photos for their McFarlane's Monster Series 4: Twisted Fairy Tales figures. Featuring Hansel, Gretel, Peter Pumpkin Eater, Little Miss Muffett, Humpty Dumpty and Red Riding Hood. Click here for the pics. These are slated for a May '05 release.
David Fincher Considering Zodiac Killer Flick Empire reports David Fincher in considering the serial killer thriller Zodiac for his next project. Fincher's film will be based on the hunt for the real-life psycho, The Zodiac Killer, who terrorised the San Francisco area over a period of twelve years (1966-1978) by recording at least 37 kills.
The Warner Bros/Paramount co-production will focus on the obsessive efforts of three people to bring Zodiac to justice, and the havoc it wreaked in their private lives. Fincher is currently in talks to direct the project, so very little is known about whether the film will focus on Zodiac, as well as the cops chasing him.
Jamie Vanderbilt is currently working on the script, based on two books, Robert Graysmith’s Zodiac and its 2000 sequel, Zodiac Unmasked: The Identity of America’s Most Elusive Serial Killer Revealed.
Lost Souls Mag & The Rising News Hellnotes reports Indie Gods Publishing has signed contracts with Clive Barker to bring back Lost Souls Magazine and Brian Keene for a graphic version of his Stoker Award-winning first novel, The Rising.
Calling On All You Really Scaryite Genuises Because we're needy, we're looking for your expertise yet again -- Anthony's looking for a pic that goes something like this:
"I am looking for a movie that was out in the early 1980s this movie from what I remember started with a family in a car and the car was about to set fire or blow up. They all got out but a little girl in the back seat she was stuck in her seatbelt. The car blew up and she dies in the car and the family was horrified. Then that little girl came back to haunt the family. She had brown hair and braids. The sister who she comes back to haunt had blonde hair. The family thinks the girl is crazy and sends her to a mental institute where she is still haunted by the sister."
If you know the name of the flick Anthony's looking for, lay it on us here.
Trailer for The Cave Here's the trailer for Sony Pictures' The Cave. It's set to open in theaters April 8.
Trailer for Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Empire reports that as well as working on Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Tim Burton has been busy with Corpse Bride, a gothic-styled animation whose hero will be voiced by Depp.
With a supporting voice cast that includes Helena Bonham-Carter, Albert Finney and Christopher Lee, it sounds about as close to liquid Burton as you could get. And the new trailer -- featuring ravens, a moonlit forest, a skeleton dog and a scary cemetery -- seems to confirm its must-see status. It's set to release Oct. 10. Click here for the trailer.
In other Corpse Bride news, McFarlane Toys announced they have purchased the exclusive license for all figures and toys based on Burton's Corpse Bride.
Creep Movie Posters Banned from UK Underground The UK's Evening Standard reports tube (aka subway) chiefs have been forced into an embarrassing U-turn after banning posters for Creep, a horror movie about murder on the underground. The adverts were not allowed on grounds of "taste and decency" because they showed a bloody hand scraping down a train carriage window.
The ban was imposed despite the fact that London Underground had actually helped the film-makers shoot the British movie on location in disused stations.
The ban was lifted but the producers of Creep say that the decision was "too little, too late" because they have already paid for replacement posters in mainline stations. The film's publicists cannot get new posters up in time for its launch next week.
Funded by the UK Film Council, Creep was directed by scriptwriter Christopher Smith and stars German actress Franka Potente. Critics have called it the best horror film set in the capital since American Werewolf In London.
Producer Julie Bain said the poster ban was "highly amusing" because the movie had been filmed with Tube bosses' permission. "It's a bit ludicrous," she added. "This is fiction, not documentary. It's not based on real events - if it is, we are all in trouble."
Ring 2 Promo Pic  Here's a promotional photo DreamWorks Pictures provided the AP showing actress Naomi Watts as investigative reporter Rachel Keller in a scene from the horror thriller The Ring 2.
Interview Clips from Forgotten DVD The Forgotten just hit DVD last week and Sony kindly passed along a couple of exclusive interviews from the DVD. Below are clips with stars Julianne Moore and Gary Sinise, and another clip which includes an interview with director Joseph Ruben and writer Gerald Di Pego.
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Trailer & Posters for The Jacket Warner Independent Pictures' has a new psychological thriller called The Jacket set for theaters March 4. The movie is about a Gulf War vet who returns to his native Vermont suffering from bouts of amnesia. When he is accused of murder and lands in an asylum, a well-meaning doctor puts him on a heavy course of experimental drugs, restrains him in a jacket-like device, and locks him away in a body drawer of the basement morgue. The process sends him on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death.
It's directed by John Maybury and stars Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kelly Lynch, Daniel Craig and Brad Renfro.
Here's a look at the trailers and key art:
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January 18, 2005
Argento & Cohen Join Masters of Horror Project Several more helmers have joined the likes of Roger Corman, George Romero and Tobe Hooper to direct segments of the upcoming Anchor Bay "Masters of Horror" film anthology. Added to those names now are Larry Cohen and Dario Argento.
Bloodshot Eyeball Reviews & Bloody Bookstacks Be sure to catch our latest reviews - this time around in the Bloodshot Eyeball Movie Reviews, legendary horror author Ray Garton catches The Manchurian Candidate. And over in the Bloody Bookstacks, horror author Scott Nicholson reviews Wes Craven: The Art of Horror.
NYC Horror Film Festival Call for Entries The call for entries is open for the 2005 New York City Horror Film Festival. This premiere horror film fest will be held at the prestigious Tribeca Film Center in lower Manhattan and takes place Oct. 18 - 23.
The early deadline is Sept. 1, 2005 with the final deadline set for Sept. 15, 2005. Expect special screenings, parties, celebrity guests and the year's prestigious lifetime achievement award.
For a festival news, submission details and wrap-up of past festivals; visit www.NYCHorrorfest.com
Garland Not Writer for Saw Sequel We've gotten word that Alex Garland is not the writer for Saw 2. The producer hopes to announce the writer in the next week. We'll keep you posted.
January 12, 2005
McGee & McG Team Up for Stay Alive Monsters & Critics reports Wonderland Sound & Vision, part of McG, and James Stern's Endgame Entertainment will produce the horror movie Stay Alive.
Video game producer American McGee will design all the game effects for the movie and consult on its production. Base 2 Studios will handle visual effects for the project.
Stay Alive follows a group of New Orleans teens who play an online horror video game; as their characters die in the game, the players also die. The film was written by Brent Bell and Matthew Peterman; Bell will also direct. Variety reports the movie is expected to start shooting in March in New Orleans.
X-Files Movie Planned as Stand-Alone USA Today reports David Duchovny said he spoke to X-Files creator Chris Carter about their long-awaited X-Files follow-up, which they expect to shoot late this year or early in 2006.
"It'll be a stand-alone horror movie," Duchovny said. "Mulder and Scully investigate one particular case that has nothing to do with alien life. It has to do with supernatural stuff."
ABC Heads for an Invasion Variety reports (via Sci Fi) that ABC has added three more dramas to its pilot mix, including an alien-themed project from producer Shaun Cassidy and another hour from Alias creator J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot production company.
Titled Invasion, Cassidy's Warner Brothers TV-produced hour looks at what happens in a small Florida town after a hurricane. Details are being kept under wraps, but, per the show's title, an alien invasion could be involved, the trade paper reported. Cassidy (American Gothic) wrote the pilot and will executive produce.
January 10, 2005
American Psycho Figure Photo Released Figures.com reports NECA will be introducing a new line of 7" action figures in 2005 entitled Cult Classics. Set to debut in February with four figures, the figures so far include Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th 7: The New Blood and The Crow.
While originally slated as part of the first assortment, NECA released that Leatherface from the original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has been pushed back to Series 2 for release in September '05. On their site, NECA says, "We want to take more time with this figure to make it the best Leatherface possible. We know that fans have been waiting a long time for a classic Leatherface that is movie accurate in the 7" scale and we want to deliver the definitive version of him."
Taking Leatherfaces seat in Series 1 will be the much anticipated Mohawk Gremlin from Gremlins 2: The New Batch.
NECA also announced their mystery figure: Patrick Bateman from American Psychom based on Bret Easton Ellis' novel of the same name. NECA also reports that an 18" Patrick Bateman is in the works to feature the "longest sound chip ever." Click here for images.
January 08, 2005
DVD Format War Officially Underway The folks over at The Digital Bits have big DVD news out of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It looks like the DVD format war is for real.
Electronic Arts, Vivendi Universal Games, Sun Microsystems and Texas Instruments pledged their allegiance to Blu-ray Disc format. Then at a later HD-DVD presentation, Toshiba, NEC and Sanyo Electric all said that HD-DVD players will be available to U.S. consumers starting as early as September. And Warner, Universal and Paramount together announced some 89 titles that will be available on HD-DVD in time for the format's 4th quarter launch. Warner and its affiliates (New Line, HBO) alone will release some 50 titles. Here's some of the titles announced for HD-DVD:
Paramount HD-DVD
New Titles - The Manchurian Candidate, Spongebob Squarepants, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Catalog Titles - Braveheart, Ghost, Sleepy Hollow, Vanilla Sky, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Star Trek: First Contact
Universal HD-DVD
New Titles - The Bourne Supremacy, The Chronicles of Riddick, Van Helsing
Catalog Titles - Apollo 13, U-571, 12 Monkeys, Dune, The Thing, End of Days, Backdraft, Waterworld, The Bone Collector, Spy Game, Pitch Black, Conan the Barbarian
Warner Bros/HBO/New Line HD-DVD
New & Catalog Titles - Batman Begins, Blade (New Line), Constantine, Charley and the Chocolate Factory, Dark City (New Line), Final Destination (New Line), Gothika, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, House of Wax (2005), The Mask (New Line), The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, North by Northwest, The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Se7en (New Line)
Digital Bits expects this should go a very long way toward convincing consumers just how serious the HD-DVD camp is about supporting their format. One thing we don't know however, is whether any of these discs will feature significant bonus material, or if they'll just be movie-only releases with special editions to follow later.
Brand New Trailer for Ring 2 The full trailer for Ring 2 has been posted - looks really good.
Check it out here.
January 05, 2005
Trailer Posted for Hidden Fear The trailer's live for Hidden Fear starring Joe Estevez, Robert Z'Dar, and Linnea Quigley. Directed by Marc (Short Cut Road) Selz, you can see the trailer here (look for Hidden Fear under Current Titles) www.americanworldpictures.com.
Sam Raimi's Boogeyman Photos and Poster Here's a look at the one-sheet poster and two photos from Producer Sam Raimi's Boogeyman. The website is live here sony.com/Boogeyman.
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First Photo for War of the Worlds Here's the first official photo released by Paramount for Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds starring Tom Cruise. For more, check out http://www.WarOfTheWorlds.com.
(Center, left to right) Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning
USA Buys Exclusive Rights to Riding the Bullet Variety reports (via Sci Fi Wire) USA Network locked up a six-year exclusive deal for Stephen King's Riding the Bullet flick, which debuted last year on only 100 screens before being pulled for lack of box office.
For a license fee of about $1 million, USA has blown out any pay TV window so that it can start playing Bullet in a double run Jan. 23, followed by three more plays within the next 10 days, the trade paper reported.
Bullet, based on King's e-book of the same name, stars Jonathan Jackson as a man who's obsessed by the prospect of his own death and that of his mother (Barbara Hershey). It opened in mid-October in a few test markets, averaged only $1,010 a screen and was pulled.
A USA spokesman told Variety that the network does not regard the movie's failure in the theaters as a gauge of its eventual cable TV performance.
Comics Legend Will Eisner Dead at 87 Comics legend Will Eisner passed away Jan. 3, 2005 at the age of 87 following quadruple bypass heart surgery.
Check Out Updated Really Scary Poster Store Through an affiliate with AllPosters, be sure to check out our updated poster store -- there's some great stuff in there including Shaun of the Dead, Saw, Bad Taste, a very cool classic Phantom of the Opera painting, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (not kidding) and Attack of the Crab Monsters (which takes on whole other meanings placed in a frat house).
Don't miss the subtle 'next' link at the bottom of each page - this poster store is honkin' huge!
January 04, 2005
Dimension Picks Up Wolf Creek Variety reports (via Sci Fi) Dimension Films paid $3.5 million to buy Greg McLean's horror film Wolf Creek a month before its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The deal closed Christmas Eve.
With a plot reportedly based on true events, Wolf Creek is the story of three backpackers who head into the Australian outback and experience a terrifying journey after meeting a seemingly friendly stranger.
The film will premiere Jan. 24 in Sundance's world dramatic competition. Arclight/Darclight Films and Mushroom Pictures distribute Wolf Creek in Australia. The Australian Film Finance Corp. financed the film.
January 03, 2005
IDW Picks Up Angel Comic Series Silver Bullet Comics reports (via Moviehole) that a new Angel comic series is on the way and looks to resolve some of the cliffhangers from the TV series finale. When we all left the gang - Angel, Spike, Gunn, and Illyria - they were about to go head to head with the biggest baddest addition to the buffyverse. Then, just as they're about to attack, the screen goes black.
The mini-series will be published by IDW (30 Days of Nights), who recently snagged the rights to Angel from Dark Horse. Joss Whedon will be onboard as a creative advisor.
Reportedly, none of the characters from Buffy can turn up in this new comic series, because Dark Horse still own all the rights to that series. The first Angel comic should hit newstands in Summer 2005. They report that a Faith mini-series is rumored to follow soon after. Although, it will be interesting to see how the two companies handle characters that have crossed over onto both series.
McKean & Gaiman's MirrorMask at Sundance Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman's MirrorMask will mark its debut at the Sundance Film Festival. Here's the details from the Sundance site:
MIRRORMASK
http://www.mirrormask.com
United Kingdom, 2004, 101 Minutes, color
Director: Dave McKean
Screenwriter: Neil Gaiman, based on a story by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
Trevor Groth wrote this about the film: MirrorMask is a groundbreaking effort from graphic novelists and directors Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman. Teaming up with the Jim Henson company, they combine live action with digital animation in a spectacular concoction that will dazzle children and adults alike.
MirrorMask is set in a magical world with opposing kingdoms, one in perpetual light and the other in constant darkness. These lands exist in total balance until the Light Queen is put under a spell and falls into a magical sleep. Without the queen, the Light Kingdom has no protection from the minions of the dark. The fate of the world soon rests on the shoulders of Helena, a 15-year-old who finds herself on a fantastic journey to find the MirrorMask and realign the balance of power. Along the way, she encounters giant sloths, monkeybirds, dangerous sphinxes, and otherworldly creatures that defy description.
What is also impossible to describe are the incredible imagery, atmosphere, and universe that the film creates. This is one of the most visually stunning independent films I have ever seen. McKean and Gaiman understand the power of cinema not just to relate stories but to transport you into ethereal and poetic worlds. MirrorMask is storytelling that represents what independence is all about.
Screening Times
Jan. 25 6:45 p.m. Broadway Centre Cinemas V
Jan. 25 9:45 p.m. Broadway Centre Cinemas V
Jan. 28 6 p.m. Eccles Theatre
Jan. 29 5:30 p.m. Library Center T
January 01, 2005
Shaun of the Dead Actors Dropping By NYC Stores To kick off the Shaun of the Dead DVD release, Simon Pegg (Shaun) and Nick Frost (Ed) will be dropping by a couple of stores in NYC. The release says fans are encouraged to come dressed in their most gruesome zombie costumes and one lucky costume winner will be selected at each location to receive an autographed original Shaun of the Dead script.
They'll be at the Barnes & Noble in Chelsea (675 6th Ave @ 22nd Street) on Jan. 3 at 12:30 p.m. and then at Borders at Columbus Circle (10 Columbus Circle) on Jan. 4 at 7 p.m.
Colonial Marine Hicks Collector Edition The McFarlane Collector's Club announced that the exclusive version of Colonial Marine Hicks is set to be released in their Club Store at spawn.com Jan. 10.
Though it shares a sculpt with the Hicks that was released in Movie Maniacs Series 7 in Fall 2004, they say the Club version is radically different. This Hicks has a helmeted head and includes a motion tracker that hangs around the figure's torso. Instead of a pulse rifle, Club Hicks has a shotgun with a holster on his back. The package features a new base with egg pod and a dead facehugger accessory. Finally, this version features the McFarlane Toys Collector's Club designation on the clamshell packaging. They will sell for $10.
Christopher Lee Talks Wicker Man Follow-Up Moviehole reports Christopher Lee spoke to The Herald about his next pic May Day, a follow-up (not sequel) to his cult classic The Wicker Man.
Lee tells the paper he has no qualms about returning to The Wicker Man, which was made more than 30 years ago. "It was the best film I ever made," he says. "But it's not the most successful. When you're talking about The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, you're talking astronomical figures. The Wicker Man has now become a cult film."
Lee says this with evident pride. "It was unlike anything anybody had ever seen, which is why it played very badly during its day, of course."
Nevertheless, Lee is excited about the film, in which Vanessa Redgrave will appear as well. "Same producer, same director," he says, "but it's not The Wicker Man. How can we make a sequel? It was a very definitive ending, wasn't it?" he says with a deep laugh. "There are elements that you find in The Wicker Man: certain beliefs, the fact that we all sing, that it's funny, quite erotic and very alarming. And that it's a strange story set in Scotland."
"Do you know what's Really Scary? You want to forget something. Totally wipe it off your mind. But you never can. It can't go away, you see. And... and it follows you around like a ghost."
--Eun-ju, A Tale of Two Sisters
'Well, we need to nip this thing in the
bud. I mean, otherwise, things are going to get Really Scary.'
--Cordelia Chase, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
'From here on, it gets Really Scary.'
--Geoffrey Rush, House on Haunted Hill
'Wanna see something Really Scary?'
--Dan Aykroyd, Twilight Zone The Movie
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