Saturday, April 9, 2011

"John Dies At The End" First Image Revealed

Filming has wrapped and is currently in post-production with a tentative 2012 release date.
It’s a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users can drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a silent, otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity?
No. No, they can’t.

JD@TE

Behind the Scenes "Renfield: The Undead"

Synopsis:
R. N. Renfield, the mad slave of the evil vampire Count Dracula, is now himself an insane vampire stalking a modern day metropolis (Bayou City). Known as "The Bayou City Butcher", a serial killer, Renfield is relentlessly pursued by Paul Cranston (Paul Damon), a driven British detective who always gets his man. Renfield is also sought by Mina Harker (Roxy Cook), now a vampire, and her half vampire son Quincy (Tyler Tackett). It is a thrilling game of cat and mouse in which Renfield reveals his ancient history with the vampire lord Dracula and battles not only the mortals of Bayou City but the forces of darkness as well.
With great creature effects by Phil Nichols' Facades Fx Make-up Lab; loads of action, scares, and laughs; and a gripping story of madness and monsters, Renfield: The Un-Dead is a bloody good time!

The official Renfield: The Un-Dead website, and also befriend the film on Facebook.


Renfield: The Undead - Trailer by dreadcentral

"Cross" Direct-to-DVD Trailer

When beautiful, young women start disappearing from the streets of L.A., it’s time for good-guy Callan (a.k.a. Cross) and his crew of weapons experts to kick into high gear and take out the trash. Granted incredible power by his ancient Celtic cross, Callan must fight to stop an immortal Viking from destroying mankind with his doomsday device. Starring: Brian Austin Green, Tom Sizemore, Jake Busey and Lori Heuring. Intl When beautiful, young women start disappearing from the streets of LA, it’s time for good-guy Callan (a.k.a. Cross) and his crew of weapons experts to kick into high gear and uncover the mystery. Granted incredible power by his ancient Celtic cross, Callan must fight to stop an immortal Viking from destroying mankind.

Landing on DVD May 31, 2011.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Cool Cenobites Infograph

Yell! Magazine has done a great job of featuring all of the cenobites from all of the Hellraiser films in one nice infograph.

New Eden Is On The Air! "StakeLand" finds home @ IFC

NEW EDEN
IFC Midnight is partnering with MPI Media Group and its subsidiary Dark Sky Films to release Mickle’s vampire epidemic thriller that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last autumn.

Synopsis
America is a lost nation. When an epidemic of vampirism strikes, humans find themselves on the run from vicious, feral beasts. Cities are tombs and survivors cling together in rural pockets, fearful of nightfall. When his family is slaughtered, young Martin (Gossip Girl’s Connor Paolo) is taken under the wing of a grizzled, wayward hunter (In the Cut’s Nick Damici) whose new prey are the undead.
Simply known as Mister, the vampire stalker takes Martin on a journey through the locked-down towns of America’s heartland, searching for a better place while taking down any bloodsuckers that cross their path. Along the way they recruit fellow travellers, including a nun (Kelly McGillis) who is caught in a crisis of faith when her followers turn into ravenous beasts. This ragtag family unit cautiously moves north, avoiding major thoroughfares that have been seized by The Brethren, a fundamentalist militia headed by Jebedia Loven (Tony award-winning actor Michael Cerveris) that sees the plague as the Lord’s work.
Stake Land group on Facebook.

Latest "Scream 4" Clip


Scream 4 in theatres on April 15th, 2011
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Synopsis:
"Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey (David Arquette) and Gale (Courteney Cox), who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill (Emma Roberts) and her Aunt Kate (Mary McDonnell). Unfortunately Sidney's appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger."

Teaser Trailer for Indie Movie "Highway 91"


Synopsis:
Highway 91 follows a small group of survivors in a world where the dead have come back to life. They’ve been through it all and seen it all, but after they hear of an outpost that is supposedly zombie free, they decide to give it a chance. All they have to do is get there alive, but on the way they have to face serial killers, religious fanatics, and each other!

2 more images from "Fright Night" Remake

Entertainment Weekly laid out two more images of the Remake  "Fright Night" which will be in 3D...
Plot Summary: Senior Charlie Brewster finally has it all going on: he's running with the popular crowd and dating the most coveted girl in his high school. In fact, he's so cool he's even dissing his best friend. But trouble arrives when Jerry moves in next door. He seems like a great guy at first, but there's something not quite right—but everyone, including Charlie's mom (Toni Collette), doesn’t notice. After observing some very strange activity, Charlie comes to an unmistakable conclusion: Jerry is a vampire preying on the neighborhood. Unable to convince anyone, Charlie has to find a way to get rid of the monster himself in this Craig Gillespie-helmed revamp of the comedy-horror classic.

"Melancholia" Nibiru's Glorious Return?


 A beautiful movie about the end of the world!

Trailer for Lars von Trier’s Armageddon Movie, Melancholia


Melancholia from Zentropa on Vimeo.

"The Rift" Trailer

 
Watch RIFT starting APRIL 29th IN THEATERS in Los Angeles, Ca. The most horrifying movie of 2011. Based on True Events

 

3 new "Fright Night" Stills Released!

I am giddy with excitement.....

Colin Farrell, in one stage of his vampire form, Imogen Poots and Anton Yelchin. The remake opens on August 19.




"Twixt Now and Sunrise" News

I guess! Honestly the only thing I see him needing to do these days is Biggest Loser: Celebrity Smack Down! I made that up, there is no such show!
A gothic nightmare story about what? Val Kilmer told Interview Magazine this:
“It’s a Halloween extravaganza. There's dogs and vampires. I play a writer who’s something like [author] Mario Puzo, or at least how Francis describes Puzo’s experience where he wrote The Godfather while he was waiting for inspiration for his masterpiece. My character is a guy who tossed off this book about witches, and it became a big deal, and now he’s known as doing these silly witch books and he’s on hard times now looking for inspiration.”

 

Thursday, April 7, 2011

"The Crow" Will Be Made For Relativity.


From the Press Release
Relativity Media’s President of Worldwide Production Tucker Tooley and Edward R. Pressman, the prolific producer behind The Crow franchise, announced today they have closed a deal for Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) to direct a re-invention of The Crow, the 1994 smash hit film based on the comic book series and comic strip by James O’Barr. Relativity and Pressman will be teaming with Spain-based Apaches Entertainment on the production which is targeted to start in fall 2011.
Fresnadillo is best known for directing 28 Weeks Later, the post-apocalyptic horror sequel to 28 Days Later, which he co-wrote and produced with long-time producing partner, Apaches Entertainment’s Enrique López Lavigne. Fresnadillo also directed the critically-acclaimed Spanish-language film Intacto and is currently in post-production on Intruders starring Clive Owen, also being produced by Apaches Entertainment.
Fresnadillo will collaboratively develop the script once a writer is attached to adapt the screenplay. Casting has not yet been announced.
The film is being produced by Edward R. Pressman, Jeff Most, Relativity’s CEO Ryan Kavanaugh, and Apaches’ Enrique López Lavigne and Belén Atienza. Relativity’s Tooley (The Fighter) will serve as executive producer. José Ibáñez, Pressman Film Corporation’s Jon Katz, and Apaches’ Jesús de la Vega will serve as co-producers.
The Crow adaptation will be a reboot of the iconic cult character Eric Draven, who’s resurrected as The Crow to avenge his wife’s murder so he can reunite with her in the hereafter, as first envisioned by graphic novelist James O’Barr.
“Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is an incredibly talented and imaginative filmmaker,” said Tooley. “We are thrilled to have him at the helm and are excited to work with both Pressman and Apaches on what we all believe will be a compelling and innovative reimagining of The Crow.”
Producer Edward R. Pressman remarks, "The original Crow was groundbreaking cinema; its Gothic visual and musical ideas influenced a generation and cinema itself. With Juan Carlos, we have every confidence that his new Crow will have a similar impact on the contemporary audience."
 I personally don't think this one will do well. The original rocked but the one's that followed just flat out sucked. I still see only Brandon Lee giving this character legitimacy, and anyone else doing it just seems somewhat generic. Hopefully Carlos Fresnadillo will prove me wrong, and if he does then I will happily "eat crow"!

"Apartment 1303 3D" Poster

A modern ghost story which turns a love/hate relationship between mother and daughter into a tale of horror. Some rentals are too good to be true.

A 3D remake by Daniel Fridell based on the Japanese horror flick of same name...
here is the Japanese poster from 2007 just for fun...


A bit more from Demon In The Mist...

 From my work in progress Demon In The Mist...
   ...   She felt her body forcibly pushed down against the dead leaves and branches. She was in the hills now, still covered by this dark grey creature that swirled like smoke and she felt the life slowly drain from her body. Just before the darkness set in for good Margie Stamper saw the thick black almond eyes form from somewhere deep within the mist and stare down at her. The cold fear set in and suddenly she saw the steel shimmer of teeth, like daggers, they came from the mist just as the eyes had and moved down toward her. Margie felt the harsh pain as those teeth sank into her flesh and began to drink from her. Lifeless against the fall debris lay the corpse of Margie Stamper, only feet from the very porch that she tried so desperately to get to only moments earlier.


"Mask Maker" Clip

Synopsis
A young couple purchases a 19th century plantation home and invites friends up for the weekend to celebrate. As they dig up the mystery surrounding the death of the former residents, it becomes apparent that the plantation home’s former owners have not left, and the unlucky youths suddenly find themselves running for their lives!


A total tribute to all things great and classic that should be in a slasher flick.The Scary killer , un-adulterated sex, and creative blood splattering kill scenes...My faith is the genre is renewed! First Crowley, Chromeskull and now Mask Maker!

"The Bay" Promo Collage Artwork Thingy!

I came across this story on Dread Central and immediately scrolled down to the image...
so first thought that came to mind was DAMN! That was some fucking cast party!...but it is the teaser image for "The Bay". It seems to be one awesomely grotesque masterpiece!...so me can't wait for the horror to come from this gem!..kudos Dread!
The film will star Will Rogers (Happy New Year) as "Alex," Steven Kunken (All Good Things, "Law & Order") as "Dr. Abrams," Kether Donohue as "Donna," Frank Deal ("Fringe," Antibody) as "Mayor John Stockman," Christopher Denham (Shutter Island) as "Sam," and lastly, Kristin Connelly (Bicentennial Man) as "Stephanie".

Synopsis
The quaint seaside town of Chesapeake Bay thrives on water; it is the lifeblood of the community. When two biological researchers from France find a staggering level of toxicity in the water, they attempt to alert the mayor, but he refuses to create a panic in the docile town. As a result, a deadly plague is unleashed, turning the people of Chesapeake Bay into hosts for a mutant breed of parasites that take control of their minds and eventually their bodies. A brutal and harrowing creature feature for the 21st century, THE BAY chronicles the descent of a small town into absolute terror.

 

"Dark Worlds: The Movie"

Darkrider Studios has just announced a movie project based on the Dark Worlds Trilogy book series first released March 11, 2009.
Like them on Facebook....Dark Worlds: The Movie

Darkrider Studios (Lethal Obsession, Mother’s Blood) is breathing life into Zack Daggy’s Dark Worlds. Adapted for screen by Daggy and Astral Audio’s Allen Sale, Dark Worlds is an anthology of interconnecting short tales in the vein of Trick r Treat, Creepshow and Twilight Zone: The Movie.

Released March 11th, 2009, the first book in the Dark Worlds Trilogy, Dark Worlds: Project 31 immediately shot up Amazon’s charts, claiming the #6 spot in hot new releases in horror.

“...(It’s) fast paced and nightmarish...playing with themes of humanity, the human soul and conscience,” Morbid Romantic

“One freaky page-turner,” Tif Talks Books

The first short in the series begins filming on location in Bloomington, IN summer 2011, with casting currently underway. Stay tuned for more info.

Darkrider Studios Facebook Page (Like them too!)

Images of "Fright Night" Remake

yeah ..I just creamed alittle!..I have been anticipating the coming of info and images and trailers for this movie more than christians weep for the coming of christ!...and yea ...thanks to Dread Central I got to enjoy a hint of a little death...(not literally-metaphorically)

Look for Fright Night in theatres on August 19th, 2011.


Synopsis
"Senior Charlie Brewster (Anton Yelchin) finally has it all going on: he’s running with the popular crowd and dating the most coveted girl in his high school. In fact, he’s so cool he’s even dissing his best friend. But trouble arrives when Jerry (Colin Farrell) moves in next door. He seems like a great guy at first, but there’s something not quite right—but everyone, including Charlie’s mom (Toni Collette), doesn’t notice. After observing some very strange activity, Charlie comes to an unmistakable conclusion: Jerry is a vampire preying on the neighborhood. Unable to convince anyone, Charlie has to find a way to get rid of the monster himself in this Craig Gillespie-helmed revamp of the comedy-horror classic."

Excerpt from Demon In The Mist...

here is another excerpt from my work in progress...

"The death of Mr. Salvador Gilbreath"

      .... Sheriff Arlan Mitchell was not aware of the severity of the situation about to transpire outside this humble little neighborhood with only six residential dwellings. Soon he would know all too well just how close to danger and death he and the young men had come. No more than twenty yards from where they were at Mr. Salvador Gilbreath lay at the edge of the woods behind his own home being devoured. As Mitchell disparaged the young men of their actions the thing that dwelt within the darkness and traveled through the mist came down from the dark hillside and dug its malformed and fractual claws into Salvador’s breast and dragged him into the darkness. It dug deep into the flesh of the old man’s chest striking the bones along the rib cage. It formed crude and shimmering teeth and sank them into shoulder and neck of the wimpering man as he lay there in the shadows of the mountains and began to feel himself die into the cold dark nether of mortality. The creature that had no name and no cause to exist drank completely and savagely until there was no more of the warm thick metallic fluid left in the old man. As Arlan Mitchell now directed one young Mr. McCreary to call his folks and tell them the situation, outside in the dark damp misty night, the demon of Black Bear Peak drew down and brought death just twenty yards away...
       

Tribeca Film Festival To Host "Sint" as "Saint"



The Tribeca Film Festival will host the premiere of Dick Maas' Christmas horror story, Sint (Saint).
 
 
The 2011 Festival has "Sint" scheduled for: 

Thu, Apr 21, 9:00PM
AMC Loews Village 7 - 1

Sat, Apr 23, 11:59PM
Clearview Cinemas Chelsea 7

Sun, Apr 24, 12:00PM
AMC Loews Village 7 - 1

Wed, Apr 27, 11:30PM
AMC Loews Village 7 -3         

"The Innkeepers" more "Scooby-Doo" than "BOO"!

SXSW Blog 'The Playlist' has given a great break down of the little ghost-adventure film's synopsis:
"The boyish, limber Claire (Sara Paxton) is in the middle of what her sarcastic coworker Luke (Pat Healy) describes as a “quarterlife crisis,” and, having dropped out of college, sees no future beyond the closing of the hotel. Because the inn has experienced such low traffic, the frequently-irritable Luke has set up a website documenting the history of a ghost that haunts the rooms. Enlisting Claire to help him explore the hotel by tracking EVP, Luke speaks of a single ghost encounter, which has fueled her still-skeptical interest. Because the ghost seems to be the only company around, wasting hours tracking the possibly nonexistent cracks and creaks of the underworld seems to pass the time. Luke owns a laptop to explore his internet porn interests, but Claire can only retreat to the coffee shop, where the chatty barista (“Tiny Furniture” star Lena Dunham, in a spirited cameo) takes every opportunity to overshare."-Gabe Toro
I am like a big kid and happened to love "Scooby-Doo" and "The Haunted Mansion" as much as I like my gory gruesome horror genre so this doesn't dis way me from seeing the film, however it will be when the dvd comes out my way instead of paying the moola to sit at the cina-plex, unless someone knows of a rent-a-kid company with 8 yr olds dying to be spooked. Actually got a couple that fit the descript in my family so who knows I may go see it after all. This is if either one can be pulled from their 360 Live long enough to be bothered with film.

anyway before I go on rambling about nothing important at all let me tell ya to go check out the review or at iW...

Official "The Lords of Salem" Image

Dr. Satan himself recently posted the first official image from "Lords of Salem", his new and most promising work to date (outside his rocking music). So far "Devil's Rejects", Halloween 1&2, and 'The Haunted World of El Superbeasto' have given me some great cinematic joy. I have the same expectations for "Lords of Salem". Based on the small tidbits thus far the film will be gruesome, horrific, and gloriously darkly delicious !

RZ BLOG!
Synopsis: “The Lords of Salem follows a local DJ who mistakenly unleashes a hellish curse on the town. 300 years earlier on the very streets of Salem that the townspeople walk on today, innocent folks were rounded up from their homes, convicted of being witches and sentenced to death. The Lords of Salem ran the town with an iron fist, but four witches who were tortured and killed in secrecy vowed that one day they would be back for revenge.”

Zombie Prom Chicago!

Get ur Dead dates and Dead moves ready for one heart stopping time. It's a Dead man's party courtesy of Zombie Army Productions.

Artwork Poster For Upcoming Horror Anthology

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The independent anthology feature PSYCHO STREET is getting closer to completion, with the last segment, LEWIS, now close to finishing postproduction.

Fangoria interview and Lewis Trailer:

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

More "JINN" Location Shots



In the Beginning, Three were Created...

Man made of Clay.

Angels made of Light.

And a Third...made of Fire.

From the beginning, stories of angels and men have captured our imaginations and have been etched into our history crossing all boundaries of culture, religion, and time. These two races have dominated the landscape of modern mythology for countless centuries, almost washing away the evidence that a third ever existed. This third race, born of smokeless fire, was called the jinn. Similar to humans in many ways, the jinn lived invisibly among us and only under dire or unusual circumstances were our paths ever meant to cross.

As humans became the dominant force on Earth, contact between man and jinn steadily decreased. .

Modern man has all but forgotten the jinn.

It is time for him to remember.

"Attack The Block" Picked Up By Sony Pictures


Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions picked up U.S. rights to Attack the Block

U.S. Cover Art for "Wake Wood"

Hammer Films' Wake Wood will make its U.S. DVD debut through Dark Sky on June 2.
The film tells the story of Patrick and Louise Daley (Aiden Gillen and Eva Birthistle), whose 9-year-old daughter, Alice (Ella Connolly), is killed in a horrific dog attack. To escape their grief, the devastated young parents move to the remote rural Irish community of Wake Wood (the movie was shot on location in County Donegal, Ireland). Sensing Patrick and Louise’s loss, the strange people of Wake Wood introduce the couple to a bizarre pagan ritual that will bring Alice back from the grave – for three days only. The Daleys find the idea disturbing and exciting in equal measure, but once they agree to terms with Arthur, the village’s mysterious leader, a far bigger question looms: What will they do when it’s time for Alice to leave them forever?

Aidan Gillen, Eva Birthistle and Timothy Spall star.

 

New Image From "Silent Hill 2"

A pair of new actors have joined the cast of Silent Hill: Revelation, the sequel to 2006′s video game adaptation, Silent Hill.

Imagi-Movies Festival April 8-10th 2011


Roger Corman
Mick Garris

William Malone
Mark Lester
Peter Von Sholly

Victoria PriceThe Lugosi FamilyCarla Laemmle
matt winstoneric litofftom woodruffPeter Sullivan
Jay HolbenBernd LautenslagerGregg LawrenceAndrew Leman
Aaron Vanek
Friday
Main Screen
11:45 AM – Boneyard Collection ($6.00)
1:50 PM – Wanderlost
4:00PM – Independent Film Panel (Free)
5:15 PM – Horror! ($10.00)
7:20 PM – Dollar Babies B & Dollar Babies Panel($10.00)
10:30 PM – Downstream With Intro from Cast and Crew($10.00)

Screen 1

11:45 AM – Crustacean($6.00)
1:20 PM – Serials!($6.00)
3:00 PM – The Feed With Derailed($6.00)
Screen 2
11:45 AM – Dollar Babies A($6.00)
2:00 PM – The Inheritance($6.00)
4:00 PM – My Cousin’s Keeper With Tom Woodruff Q&A(Free)
Saturday
Main Screen
11:45 AM – Monsters!($10.00)
1:35 PM – Closed For The Season($10.00)
3:45 PM – The Reel!($10.00)
6:00 PM – Masque Of The Red Death & Masque of the Red Death Panel ($15.00)
9:15 PM – Dracula 80th Anniversary Panel & Dracula ($15.00)
Screen 2
10:00 PM – Repo! With Intro from Cast and Crew($10.00)
Sunday
Main Screen
11:45 AM – Castle Freak With Richard Band Q&A($10.00)
1:40 PM – The Abominable Dr. Phibes & Vincent Price Centennial Panel($10.00)
4:50 PM – Call Of Cthulhu With AM 1200, Late Bloomer & Lovecraft Panel 1($10.00)
7:30 PM – Awards Ceremony (Free)
8:00 PM – The Last Lovecraft With Frank Dancoolo & Lovecraft Panel 2($10.00)
Horror! A phantasmagoria of gory, haunting tales
Seratonin
The Curse of Micah Rood
Peekers
Enter the Dark
The Devil’s Toy
An Evening with My Comatose Mother
The Key to Annabel Lee
Serials! Comic books and sci-superheros! 80min
Billy Baxter and The Mystery of Dr. Amazo
Street Angel
Max Neptune and the Menacing Squid
Monsters! From classic to unexpected, the creatures of cinema! 80 min
Zombiefication
Earwigs
O Solitario Ataque de Vorgon
The Sleuth Incident
A Tragic Tale of Flies and Men
Bedtime For Timmy
Broccoli Monster
April
The Urge
The Reel! Twisted and fantastic visions of life, death, and the world around us! 105 min
DemiUrge Emesis
Unearthed
Between Heaven and Hell
Deriva
Solatrium
Dollar Babies A- 100 min
Strawberry Spring
Home Delivery
Autopsy Room Four
Flowers for Norma
Umney’s Last Case
Popsey
Dollar Babies B- 100 min
Paranoid
The Road Virus Heads North
Disciples of the Crow
The Man Who Loved Flowers
Rainy Season
Night Surf
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