by Britt Hayes
Earlier this year I caught a little film from the UK at SXSW called Monsters. Directed by Gareth Edwards and shot for next to nothing (Edwards himself isn’t even sure how much the film cost), with all of the effects done by Edwards on his own computer. During the Q&A after the film, Edwards explained that he shot “hundreds” of hours of footage before getting it down to a four and a half hour cut, which was then edited down to 90 minutes. The film had a basic …

by Marc Patterson
You’ve heard us talking about The Dead for sometime (as far back as March of 2009 in fact – see here). But in case this is the first time you’ve heard from us then let’s catch you up. From the outset we described it as a bit of 28 Days Later meets Lucio Fulci’s Zombi 2 in South Africa, and that’s essentially what we’re hoping it’s going to be. (we have a couple really cool trailers here)
The synopsis goes something like this: After crashing off …

by Marc Patterson
We just had a trailer sent to us for Jake West’s (Doghouse, Razor Blade Smile) new film Video Nasties. Not much is said about the film, but the trailer shows it to be a documentary highlighting the period of time in Britain that produced a slew of films, now popularly referred to as Video Nasties. This was, in fact, the name given to them by the British government that sought to ban these films, and to my knowledge did just that for at least a short …

by Marc Patterson
Some say that Brad Pitt being officially tied to Max Brook’s film adaptation of World War Z is the big news of the day. It certainly is big news whenever a Hollywood titan signs aboard to star in a genre film, but hey – he did Inglorious Basterds didn’t he?
I personally would vie for the creators of SAW officially calling it quits on the franchise as the big news of the day. Sure, the skeptical amongst us will make the call that this is just another …

by Marc Patterson
Well – it’s certainly “eye-popping 3-D”, as they say. No denying that. We just got a look at the new motion poster for Saw 3-D (below), and I must admit – I’m kinda impressed. It’s sad to say it but from the looks of this kind of art, soon paper one sheets will go the way of yesterday, much the same way photoshop killed the painted poster artistry of the 70′s. Instead, theaters will be filled with digital display boards to capitalize on cool …

by Marc Patterson
Once in a GREAT long time I get some cool promotional piece from a current film. Last time anything really good happened was back when I got a bloody severed finger from the Alien Raiders guys. Well this time comes a piece that I have deduced with all my cunning to be from the folks behind Let Me In. Now listen… this isn’t going to sway my opinion of the film one way or the next, but it is a cute gesture and a trinket …

by Marc Patterson
“Frozen is a cutting and harsh film, filled with moments of great tension and little relief… To say that Frozen is a stressful and intense film is an understatement.” These are just a few of the wonderful words of praise our editor Britt Hayes had to say about Adam Green’s Frozen when it premiered at the Butt Numb a Thon in Austin TX earlier this year. (full review here) Lucky for me I was also able to catch an advance screening of the film …

by Ben Bussey
Seems like this is a good time for the heroes of splatterpunk John Skipp and Craig Spector. A while back we told you about Skipp’s movie Rose getting set to shoot (see here)- but before that shows up, an adaptation of Animals, a 1992 Skipp/Spector novel, is hitting DVD, from Douglas Aarniokoski – the director of Highlander: Endgame, who was set to helm the Rodriguez/McGowan Red Sonja before that ship sank – with leading men Marc Blucas and Naveen Andrews. Yes, the question of who would in a …

by Marc Patterson
We’re unashamedly posting a lot around here for Alexandre Aja’s upcoming film Piranha 3-D.  Call me a whore.  It’s okay.  It won’t be the first time and won’t be the last.  So check it out – the folks over at IMP Awards just premiered a sweet looking “vintage” poster for Piranha 3-D.  All I wanna know?  Where the fuck can I get my hands on it?  That needs to be on my wall.  Seriously… I want to know.  I’m not kidding around.  I’ve whored myself enough over this …

by Marc Patterson
Just earlier today we got our greedy little paws on a couple of sweet hi-res images from Adam Green’s upcoming film Hatchet 2, which give us a look at two well known names in the horror genre. The first is the always lovely Danielle Harris as the new Marybeth. I guess you can’t have a good slasher flick without a shower scene, not that I’m complaining. (Thank you Mr. Hitchcock). And then of course is a man who needs no introduction. One look …