It is not often you are confronted in real life by what is virtually symbolic imagery. I’m sure I’m not alone in having witnessed death on a variety of scales. In my own case, I’ve seen the devastation of an entire city during the 1995 Hanshin Earthquake, where 6,500 people lost their lives and hundreds of thousands were left injured and homeless from the devastation. I’ve also, courtesy of living in Japan, seen a man leap to his death on a train platform, which I must admit is far more creepy than anything else I can imagine seeing. And of course like others I’m sure that I’ve seen my fair share of odd videos online of people dying in horrific ways and whatnot, from people leaping to their deaths from the burning Twin Towers to Saddam Hussein being hung. I’m someone who is rarely affected for very long, and I am sure many other horror fans are equally hardened by the sheer quantity of fake blood and gore that we witness on screen so often, that somewhere along the way we’ve lost a bit of that true ‘respect’ for the acts of violence and what they mean. Obviously it varies to different degrees, some are still reasonably squeamish whilst others are not. But there is still, I am almost morbidly delighted to say, a part of me that still knows that whilst graphic violence need not affect me, a sense of tragedy does. And I was confronted by this very real tragedy the other day in the most unusual way. Continue reading this post…
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Krug and Co get special edition
Shock Til You Drop has final details on the upcoming special edition for Wes Craven’s 1972 film ‘Last House on the Left’. MGM has set the release for February 24th, 2009, with a retail price of $19.99.
Features will include:
Audio Commentary with actors David Hess, Marc Sheffler, and Fred Lincoln.
A Wes Craven featurette
Celluloid Crime of the Century featurette
Scoring Last House Featurette
Tales that Will Tear Your Heart Out featurette
Deleted Scene: Mari Dying At the Lake
Never-before-seen outtakes
Wes Craven’s annotated shooting scripts
Photo Gallery
“Rumored” Halloween 2 Remake without Zombie!
According to beyondhollywood.com, the rumored Halloween 2 Remake will not be directed by Halloween 1 Remake director “Rob Zombie”. The Rumored Directors will be Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo who have sat down with Dimension and Bob Weinstein to discuss continuing what Rob Zombie has started. The two directors also had this to say. Continue reading this post…
Review: Baby Blues
DIRECTOR: Lars E. Jacobson and Amardeep Kaleka
STARRING: Colleen Porch, Ridge Canipe, Kali Majors
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0972359/
“Baby Blues” directed by Lars E. Jacobson and Amardeep Kaleka is an intense tale of a mother suffering a psychotic episode caused by postpartum depression. The film starts off innocently enough with a beautiful family on a farm living a seemingly normal life. As the movie progresses we see that the mother is unstable, alcoholic, and obviously about to lose it. Continue reading this post…
Usual Suspects scribe writes Monster
Variety is reporting that Christopher McQuarrie (’The Usual Suspects’, ‘Valkyrie’) is set to write and produce ‘The Monster of Florence’ for United Artists. Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, who optioned the property in September, will also produce.
‘Monster’ chronicles a true series of events from author Douglas Preston’s like. Shortly after moving his family to Italy in 200, Preston learned that an olive grove on their property had been the scene of a brutal murder. Teaming with Italian journalist Mario Spezi, Preston began investigatng the crime, which was part of a series of eight double homicides between 1968-85.
Lake Mungo remake from Paramount
Hollywood Reporter has learned that Paramount Vantage is set to remake the Australian horror film ‘Lake Mungo’, which has only just premiered at AFM over the past weekend.
‘Lake Mungo tells the story of a teenager whose apparent death sets off a series of paranormal events. Frightened by what appears to be otherwordly activity, her family discovers secrets about their daughter as well as what lurks beneath Lake Mungo. The original film was shot in a sort of faux-documentary style but the new version will be a narrative adaptation.
Re-animator the TV Series?
Bloody Disgusting has reported that Herbert West may come back, in a new tv series. Transition Entertainment is shooting a pilot presentation, next April, for the possible series titled ‘Herbert West: Re-Animator The Series’. The pilot episode was written by Meredith Red and Wiliam Butler, while the director has yet to be named.
Repo! The Genetic Opera Review
Starring: Alexa Vega, Anthony Head, Paul Sorvino, Bill Moseley, Paris Hilton, Sarah Brightman, Nivek Ogre, Terrance Zdunich
Directed By: Darren Lynn Bousman
Written By: Terrence Zdunich, Darren Smith
Limited Release: November 7, 2008
Grade: A
Darren Lynn Bousman has built his career through the sequels of the Saw franchise. Now he steps away from what is safe though and presents us with something very different, not just from his Saw films, but something genuinely unique from anything else that’s out there right now. Especially in contemporary American horror we see so many of the same ideas and films being done over and over again. Repo! The Genetic Opera is bursting with passion and creativity from beginning to end. There have been gothic rock operas before, but Repo is more than the genres it deals with. There is no question that this film isn’t for everyone. It has a very specific audience, but for those who like horror, rock music, and a compelling story and characters this it the film for you. Continue reading this post…
See trailer for The Lodger
Apple.com has posted a trailer for the remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 film ‘The Lodger’. The upcoming movie is directed by David Ondaatje and stars Alfred Molina, Simon Baker, Shane West, Donal Logue, Phillip Baker Hall, and Hope Davis.