“The Last Days On Mars”

Academy Award nominated Ruairi Robinson (Fifty Percent Grey, Blinky) is set to direct his first feature film, the highly anticipated thriller The Last Days On Mars based on a script by acclaimed screenwriter Clive Dawson, with design talents including the extraordinary team at WETA (District 9, X-Men First Class and Avatar) behind the special effects. Qwerty Films’Michael Kuhn (The Duchess, Being John Malkovich) and Andrea Cornwell (The Scouting Book for Boys) will produce the film, with Focus Features International handling international sales and distribution. FFI will commence sales at the American Film Market in November.
The Last Days On Mars is currently in pre-production and is expected to start shooting early 2012 on location in Jordan and at Shepperton Studios in the UK.
As their last day on Mars draws to a close, the astronaut crew is on the verge of a major breakthrough - collected rock specimens reveal microscopic evidence of life.  Meanwhile, communication is underway with AURORA, the approaching spacecraft that will relieve the crew of their operations. In their last hours on the planet, two astronauts go back to SITE 9, a cavernous valley on the surface of Mars, to collect further evidence of their discovery. But a routine excavation turns deadly when one of them falls to his death and his body taken host and re-animated by the very life form they sought to discover.
Michael Kuhn said, “I have loved making sci-fi films since I made Pitch Black and for The Last Days On Mars we have assembled a great team to do justice to a wonderful and commercial script”.
Focus Features International Co-President Alison Thompson commented, “We are looking forward to working with exciting new filmmaker Ruairi Robinson who has already showcased his talent with a number of short films, and we are also thrilled to be involved in a project together with renowned producer Michael Kuhn who will help guide Ruairi’s vision for the film”.

5 Bad But Gory Christmas Flicks You Normally Would Not Enjoy!

There are a lot of bad movies out there and I have enjoyed many of them despite there shotty story with choppy plots, bad acting, or cheap dime store effects. I have enjoyed several by switching my viewing of these films around certain times of the year. When I set out to add more Christmas themed horror to my holiday tradition it was obvious that in order to do so I was going to have to tolerate a lower level of cinema “spectacularity”.  So here are 5 badly made horror films that have Christmas themes that may help get a little more red in your holiday season.

A young boy sees his father killed by a toy that was anonymously delivered to his house. After that, he is too traumatized to speak, and his mother must deal with both him and the loss of her husband. Meanwhile, a toy maker named Joe Peto builds some suspicious-looking toys, and a mysterious man creeps around both the toy store and the boy's house...but who is responsible for the killer toys?

Aliens invade Earth over the Christmas holidays, and it's up to Santa Claus and his elves to save the world.

It all began so innocently for two children growing up in the deepest countryside, their imaginations set ablaze by a book on local myths and legends. Berenice convinces her younger brother Brian that she is the reincarnation of a witch with the powers to put everything right. As they grow up Brian becomes emotionally dependent on his sister, so that when she returns to the family home for Christmas with her new boyfriend he feels totally betrayed. At the same time a man strongly resembling the mythical Jake the Mid-Folker is closing in. An overwhelming sense of impending horror surrounds the house, but is the enemy outside - or is the enemy within?

"One Hell of a Christmas" is a dark and action packed comedy that takes place in a modern city as well as in a fearful underworld. When Carlitos is released after doing 2 years of "hard time", he attempts to redeem himself and sets an example for his 5 year-old son. However, when a friend confronts him with a very dark and horrifying scam for some quick dough and good times, he declines, but never the less he soon finds himself entangled in a web of sex, drugs and Christmas carols.

A murderer is running loose through the streets of London, hunting down men dressed as Santa and killing them all in different, and extremely violent, fashions. Inspector Harris has decided to take on the unenviable task of tracking down the psychopath, but he's going to have his work cut out for him. Only the suspicious reporter, Giles, seems to offer the Inspector any promising leads.

“Akuma” Trailer

Picked up by Screen Media Films for worldwide distribution with a U.S. theatrical release expected next fall.

Synopsis: “Akira Tanaka, a young & attractive but emotionally damaged Japanese woman moves to the United States to escape a past marked by tragedy. She moves in with her sister Hana and her new husband Adam, hoping to leave her demons behind and start a new life. But as Akira’s behavior grows increasingly erratic and strange disturbances mark the night, Akira is forced to reveal her real reason for coming: to flee the malevolent spirit that has been tormenting her since childhood… and which appears to have followed her here.”

“Dorm Of The Dead” Trailer

On DVD Feb. 7th 2012!

Will, a lackluster college student, returns to his dorm after spring break to find his younger brother, Cory, visiting him for the week. After ditching classes and his brother, Will returns to the dorm to find it over run... with zombies! While escaping from the zombie infested dorm with his younger brother dragging behind him, Will becomes the unsuspecting leader of a group of quirky survivors: an emo chick, geek know-it-all, poli-sci chain smoker, over-achieving tomboy, and manipulative journalist.
On their journey to the student television station in an attempt to broadcast for help, the group of misfits encounters all the elements of the college experience. Complete with zombie keggers and bookworms to football games and lecture halls, Will must learn to lead his new friends to safety in the midst of tragedy and loss while reconciling his relationship with Cory.

“Nazis At The Center Of The Earth”

Due out April 2012 on VOD and DVD from Asylum… “Nazis at the Center of the Earth” marks the directorial debut of longtime Asylum FX supervisor Joe Lawson and was scripted by another Asylum stalwart, Paul Bales.

Researchers in Antarctica are abducted by a team of masked stormtroopers. They are dragged deep underground to a hidden continent in the center of the earth. Here Nazi survivors, their bodies a horrifying patchwork of decaying and regenerated flesh, are planning for the revival of the Third Reich.
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Don’t Look To This Super Guy To Save You…

This is a kinda kids gone bad, coming of age, my so called life, juvenile delinquent with super powers type film. It is fresh and should be a good film …Starring Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly, Dane DeHaan, Ashley Hinshaw, Alex Russell, Anna Wood, Joe Vaz, Matthew Dylan Roberts, and Luke Tyler. Chroniclin’ February 3, 2012.

Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.

Another Modern Spin On An Old Tale… “Saint Dracula 3D”

Longing for vengeance, he waited in hunger and thirst for his long lost admirer. The night hid him in the dark, the earth and the woods were his haven. He is a fallen angel, a catastrophic lover, the trodden Prince of Wallachia, but a vampire in revenge. His partisans await his reprise with a celebration. He turns lucky in love, if not for ever. Beautiful nights of love and lust entangle him with his lost love-Clara, a passionate young nun but still a mortal. The peaches and perfection takes a turn the day Clara gets spellbound by the Catholic Church. The Vatican plots the trap but will the plan thrive? Or will it be love?

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