Synopsis
Noriko Shimabara is an ordinary 17 year old girl. Her family consists of her younger sister Yuka, father Tetsuzo, and mother Taeko. Noriko couldn’t help but feel unsatisfied with her ordinary suburban town life. One day, she discovers an interesting website on the internet where teenage girls from all over Japan gather. There, Noriko for […]

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Guessing by the modest success of Marvel’s The Gunslinger Born, based off of Stephen Kings work in his Dark Tower world, Marvel is amping up a new King adaption, a full graphic version of The Stand, first issue expected to hit comic book stores this September. The adaption will be written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Sensational […]

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Starring: Joshua Close, Michelle Morgan, Chris Violette, Phillip Riccio
Written & Directed By: George A. Romero
Released: 2008
Grade: C-
George A. Romero, father of the zombie sub-genre of horror, gives us another tale of the living dead. Rather than continuing the dead series story, he chose to start over from the beginning, already having the sequel to Diary […]

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Special FX guru and make-up artist, Stan Winston has passed away yesterday, June 15 2008 in Los Angeles California, Shocktillyoudrop.com reports. No details are available at the time of the report, but the man has left one heck of a legacy creating icons in film for many many years.

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Fangoria recently got the scoop on some cool casting news for the upcoming indie horror film by Mel House titled ‘Walking Distance’. Adrienne King (’Friday the 13th’) has signed onto the film, joining an already packed cast which includes Debbie Rochon, Reggie Bannister, and Kathy Stanton.

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I was recently hit with paraskavedekatriaphobia. Well, technically it was more likely to be paraskavedekatriamotum, because I was not struck by fear, so much as bitchslapped my lady fortune herself. Macchiavelli once wrote “fortune is a woman, and if you wish to keep her under it is necessary to beat and ill-use her” but he […]

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Things have been quiet in regard to Staunton Hill, Cameron Romero’s sophomore film, since the project was first announced months ago. Things are going well for the upcoming movie, as indicated by the big update to the film’s official site.
There you’ll find trailers, production stills, and a collection of posters. Staunton Hil, which is scheduled […]

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Starring: Bostin Christopher, Ashley Johnson, Illeana Douglas, Daniel Stern, Jared Kusnitz, Jere Burns, Kevin Pollack
Directed By: Tony Krantz
Written By: Erik Jendresen, Thomas Schnauz
Released: 2008
Grade: A-
Otis is a satire on the recent “torture porn” films. However, it is more than just a comedic take on the subject. The laughs and outrageousness of the characters that we […]

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Starring: Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet, Devon Gearhart
Written & Directed By: Michael Haneke
Released: 2007
Grade: B
Funny Games is a shot-by-shot remake of the Austrian film of the same name from 1997. Normally the case with remakes, but especially when the films are so close to each other, with nothing aside from different actors […]

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Well, here is Jason’s mask for the upcoming remake.  Why they kept it under such tight security blows my mind, as it looks like a dirty version of the mask used throughout the Paramount years, less the famous axe slice from part 3.
Mask image is from MTV.

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