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Have you seen Robert Englund, Tony Todd, or Kane Hodder in a movie lately?  Perhaps a better question would be, have you seen a direct to DVD movie recently without them?
We are now a few years into the Media Age, and in this era, we have produced celebrities at an unprecedented rate.  For the first […]

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A poster over at Dead Lantern discovered these pictures from Sky TV’s promotion of the film.  These might someday be the horror/sci-fi fan version of Dogs Playing Poker.  Two more can be seen after the jump.

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I have noticed that defenders of remakes always tend to bring up two films:  ‘The Fly’ and ‘The Thing’.  Can we all agree that those films are in no way similar to the current remake trend?  When Cronenberg and Carpenter remade those flicks, the thought process was clearly not the same as the thought process […]

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In politics and marketing, there is a term known as “Astroturfing”.  It is the process of artificially creating a grassroots campaign.  The idea is that the business makes it appear that a groundswell among the people is spontaneously happening.  They want the public to believe that their peers are really making an effort to support […]

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One of the most highly anticipated movies for horror fans was the Friday the 13th remake/reimagining/whatever bullshit word they make up for it.  Even before the movie was announced, speculation was rampant.  Since the film began production, fans were bombarded with jaded set reports, studio-approved images, and bootleg trailers.  The hype machine was in effect, […]

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The big story early in the week was the tremendous financial success of the Friday the 13th remake.  The story not being told is how poorly the film is sustaining that early success.  If the early week trends hold through the weekend, the 2009 version of Friday the 13th will have one of the larger […]

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Adrienne King (Friday the 13th), Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Dee Wallace (The Hills Have Eyes, Cujo), and Danielle Harris (Halloween) are all going to be directing segments for an upcoming “Creepshow-esque” anthology film being produced by the folks behind “His Name Was Jason”.  Danielle Harris has already shot her segment.
The film does […]

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Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider is set to revisit his role as Captain Howdy in horror flick ‘Strangeland’, having written the sequel which will go into production this year. ‘Strangeland: Disciple’ comes 11 years after the original, and continues the story of a schizophrenic sexual sadist who lures victims via the Internet.  Robert Englund is reportedly […]

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Four different ending were shot and tested for the upcoming Friday the 13th remake, according to Willa Ford during her appearance on ‘Chelsea Lately’.  Back in December, reshoots of the ending were reported, but this is the first confirmation that there were this many variations shot.  This movie has been heavily influenced by testing (see […]

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