by Ben Bussey The plot thickens on Craig Gillespie’s Fright Night remake. Not so long ago we learned that Anton Yelchin will be taking the pivotal role of Charley Brewster, the potentially paranoid adolescent who believes his new next door neighbour to be the undead. This was inspiring news. Even more inspiring is today’s news on who will be filling the [...]

by Britt Hayes The Human Centipede crawled into theaters last weekend, and with the exposure to a wider audience, I’ve heard opinions left and right on the film. Unfortunately, these aren’t necessarily critiques of the film; instead, what I’m hearing a lot of is, “It was okay, but it wasn’t as fucked up as (insert [...]

by Britt Hayes In addition to some official Inception stills, Warner Bros. has also released official images for Vincenzo Natali’s Splice! This is probably my most anticipated horror film of the year. Hell, I’ve been anticipating this film for three years now. I realize some of these images have been making the rounds on the [...]

by Ben Bussey Know the name John Skipp? If you don’t I’m not going to chastise you, because honestly I hadn’t myself until about two years ago. But if you’re not familiar with him, you’re missing out big time. One of the original splatterpunk writers, he collaborated with Craig Spector on a number of awe-inspiring [...]

Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) Directed by: Samuel Bayer Studio: Platinum Dunes Starring: Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, Katie Cassidy, Thomas Dekker Review by: Dustin Hall Like so many readers, I’m sure, who come to this site, Freddy Krueger is, for me, an icon. As Superman has become an icon of heroism and Americana, [...]

Taxidermia (2006) Directed by: Gyorgy Palfi Written by: Lajos Parti Nagy (short stories), Gyorgy Palfi, Zsofia Ruttkay Starring: Csaba Czene, Gergely Trocsanyi, Marc Bischoff, Gabor Mate Review by: Britt Hayes Imagine Jean-Pierre Jeunet if he were Hungarian and making a sick and twisted film about sexual depravity inspired by early Cronenberg. That’s Taxidermia. An anthology [...]

by Ben Bussey “It’ll still be Resident Evil. It’ll have all the really cool Resident Evil things in it, the characters from the game, the dogs that you’ve seen, but the dogs on a new level. These dogs are a massive improvement on the dogs before.” So says Paul W S Anderson regarding the upcoming [...]

After.Life (2009) Directed by: Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo Starring: Christina Ricci, Liam Neeson, Justin Long Studio: Anchor Bay Films Review by: Britt Hayes Anna Taylor (Ricci) is experiencing something strange. She feels emotionally disconnected, especially in her relationship with Paul (Long), she gets a nosebleed in the shower, and as she’s leaving the elementary school where she [...]

by Britt Hayes I received a press release today for Texas Frightmare Weekend 2010. In addition to celebrities, prop auctions, and a myriad of other horror goodies, there will be a film festival (you can buy passes here for all films, or individual selections) at Studio Movie Grill in Lewisville. The festival will host Adam [...]

by Ben Bussey After a couple of years struggling to find financial backing, Kevin Smith announced via Twitter that Red State is at long last ready to roll: “I talk about lots of stuff I wanna do that either happens years later or never happens at all. Happy to report RED STATE is not the [...]

Suck (2009) SXSW 2010 Directed by: Rob Stefaniuk Starring: Jessica Pare, Rob Stefaniuk, Mike Lobel, Paul Anthony, Malcolm McDowell, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Dave Foley, and Chris Ratz. Review by: Britt Hayes The Winners are a rock band made up of friends Joey, Sam, Tyler, and Jennifer, and managed by douche bag Jeff (Dave Foley). [...]

SXSW 2010 Directed by: Sean Byrne Starring: Xavier Samuel, Richard Wilson, Jessica McNamee, Robin McLeavy, John Brumpton, Victoria Thaine Review by: Britt Hayes Brent Mitchell is having a bad year. He accidentally drove his car into a tree, killing his father. He’s been flirting with death (and bringing his dog along for the ride! What [...]

Red White & Blue (2010) SXSW 2010 Directed by: Simon Rumley Starring: Amanda Fuller, Noah Taylor, Marc Senter Review by: Britt Hayes Erica has some issues. Every night she heads out into the city of Austin and finds a different man to have sex with, often unprotected. She rents a room in a house and [...]

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2009) SXSW 2010 Directed by: Eli Craig Starring: Alan Tudyk, Tyler Labine, Katrina Bowden, Jesse Moss Review by: Britt Hayes Tucker and Dale are two redneck friends with a dream to own their very own vacation house in the woods by the lake. They sink their life savings into a [...]

by Britt Hayes Wake (2010) Paramount Theater March 13, 2010

by Britt Hayes SXSW is hectic, to say the least, so I won’t get around to full reviews right off the bat. Instead, I’ll be throwing you some short initial thoughts, and posting the reviews when I get the chance. Look for reviews sometime this week or next week, and until then, enjoy my Shorthand [...]

by Britt Hayes I regret to inform you that I missed the Predators footage Friday night. Robert Rodriguez presented two trailers and one scene from the upcoming film, directed by Nimrod Antal and produced by Rodriguez. Below are two concept images from the film from our friends at FEARnet, and you can now visit http://www.predators-movie.com/ [...]