Posted by eric ringer in Trailers on January 31st, 2008

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Each April Fool’s Day, fabulously wealthy young Desiree Cartier (Taylor Cole) hosts the most killer coming-out parties at her to-die-for southern mansion. And this social event is never complete without one of her patented pranks. But when this year’s joke turns deadly, Desiree, her brother Blaine (Josh Henderson) and five of their friends all become the targets of a twisted killer who begins hunting them down one by one in this chilling tale of seduction, betrayal and revenge.

Posted by eric ringer in News on January 31st, 2008

The other day Rob Zombie updated fans that this past Monday he began work once again on his animated feature film project, Haunted World of El Superbeasto. Fans have been whining that he keeps saying that he’s back, but no progress has been spotted - until today. This morning Zombie unloaded a stack of stills from the movie. Go to http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=74636814&albumId=1615086 for more pics.

Posted by eric ringer in News on January 31st, 2008

Mitropoulos Films will help Myraid Pictures distribute Dario Argento’s The Mother of Tears, which will arrive in theaters June 6 in its full NC-17 form. The film centers on a young American art student, Sarah, who “unwittingly opens an ancient urn that unleashes the demonic power of the world’s most powerful witch. As a scourge of suicides plague the city and witches from all over the world converge on Rome to pay homage, Sarah must use all her own psychic powers to stop the ‘Mother of Tears’ before her evil conquers the world.

Posted by eric ringer in News on January 31st, 2008

Paranormal Activity, a micro-budget flick that caused quite a stir at the Slamdance Film Festival recently. Directed by first-timer Oren Peli, it’s a haunted house flick which was shot on hi-def cameras in about a week, with the film’s cast – actors Micah Sloat and Katie Featherstone – often manning the cameras.

Now, obviously, given that the film has already been completed and screened, there’s no way that this version of Paranormal Activity can be accused of being a Cloverfield clone. We can’t say the same, though, about the forthcoming remake. Yes, that’s right – remake, for DreamWorks today picked up domestic and remake rights for the movie.

The original will probably go straight to DVD, or might even be buried altogether. But expect DreamWorks to shell out a bit of cash on a lavish redo, with name actors, artfully amateurish camerawork and a shedload of effects. Peli’s involvement in any new version of Paranormal Activity is not yet known.

Posted by George Kaskanlian Jr in Trailers on January 31st, 2008

Posted by George Kaskanlian Jr in News on January 31st, 2008

Freddy’s back. Again.New Line is in talks with horror production company Platinum Dunes to re-launch the “Nightmare on Elm Street” movie series, the franchise that helped establish the studio.The first “Nightmare” movie was made by Wes Craven and released in 1984. The runaway success of the film spawned a slew of sequels and created one of the most popular villains in screen history, Freddy Krueger, played by Robert Englund.
The film centered on Krueger, a serial child killer murdered by angry parents, who returns with a burned face and a razor glove to terrorize teens in their dreams. A screenwriter will be hired once the Writers Guild of America strike ends. The producers — Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form — are hoping to focus part of the new movie on Krueger’s backstory.Platinum Dunes is prepping another re-launch, “Friday the 13th,” which will be directed by Marcus Nispel for New Line, for whom it remade “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and its sequel.The company is remaking “Near Dark” for Rogue and “The Birds” for Universal. It is also prepping a non-remake project, an untitled David Goyer thriller.

Posted by eric ringer in News on January 30th, 2008

The Weinstein Company and MySpace, the world’s most popular social network, today announced the official Diary of the Dead Video Contest exclusively on MySpace.

Beginning today through February 29th, the MySpace Film community will have the opportunity to see their own original horror short included on the DVD release of legendary director George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead. To enter, all filmmakers must submit their original short horror films via the Diary of the Dead MySpace profile at http://myspace.com/diaryofthedead.

Throughout the duration of the contest visitors of the DIARY OF THE DEAD MySpace profile can vote on their favorite short films and the top ten will be judged by George A. Romero himself. Romero will choose the five best horror shorts to be included on the DVD release of the film, due out in theaters on February 15th 2008, and his favorite film submission will receive prominent placement.

For more information visit http://myspace.com/diaryofthedead.

Posted by eric ringer in News, Photos on January 30th, 2008

FOX’s SHUTTER is of course a remake of the bone chilling 2004 Thai film  of the same name and it tells the tale of a young couple finding ghostly figures on their photographs. The flick stars Joshua Jackson and cutie Rachael Taylor and it will spook the screens on March 21s 2008. If it’s half as scary as the original; we’ll be okay.