The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision Blog has news that Anthony Hopkins is set to star in the next feature from ‘1408′ director Mikael Hafstrom, titled ‘The Rite’, from a script by Michael Petroni.

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MTV has announced new horror-themed programming with the Saturday Horror Block. Every Saturday night at 10pm, the network will show a new blockbuster horror flick. Below is a trailer that teases the showings of ‘Land of the Dead (2/27), ‘The Hills Have Eyes’ remake (3/6), ‘Slither’ (3/13), ‘Deep Blue Sea’ (3/20), and ‘The House of […]

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Variety has reported that Hyde Park Entertainment and Parkes/MacDonald Productions have teamed up to develop and produce ‘Killer’. based on a spec script by Kenny Golde (’The Glass House’, ‘The Smokers’).

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Bloody Disgusting has reported that Cinematographer/Director Justin Thomas Ostensen is set to helm the upcoming ‘Below Zero 3D’, penned by Signe Olynyk.

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Screen Daily is reporting that a new film, titled ‘Hidden’, is in the works with principal photography set to begin later this month in Canada. ‘Hidden’ (not to be confused with the After Dark Films title from this years Horrorfest) marks the first Italian-made 3D feature.

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Shock Til You Drop has learned that Mind Blur Productions has a new “fact-based” thriller, titled ‘Powder Burns’, in the works.

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Shock Til You Drop is reporting that Indie directors Tone Purzycki and Frank G. Lawrence have signed to Mikrotone Concepts’ ‘The Disappearing Act’. Production is slated to begin in June in Royal Oaks, Michigan.

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We’ve come across news that Neil Marshall (’The Descent’, ‘Dog Soldiers’) will serve as executive producer for an upcoming film titled ‘Ghost of Slaughterford’ with Ian D. Fleming (who has done second unit for Neil Marshall’s ‘Centurion’) helming this film for Intandem.

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There are many movies out there that either have disturbing scenes or bloody massacres, but are hard-pressed to be called horror. What are some of these movies of which I speak of? Here’s a few for thought:
1. Ichi the Killer (2001): While not horror, it has disturbing scenes and such, and I’ve heard people say […]

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‘Screen Daily has reported that a sequel to the Jack Ketchum adaptation ‘Offspring’, from director Andrew Van Den Houten, is in the works.

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