by Ben Bussey
The old slasher supervillians just can’t get a break at the moment, it seems. First Patrick Lussier’s Halloween 3-D fails to get beyond the drawing board, and now it’s come to light that the sequel to Platinum Dunes’ Friday the 13th reboot has also been shelved. And, as is rapidly becoming the norm, the scoop came from Twitter – one @Mayroth_Tucker3 asked Brad Fuller of Platinum Dunes what was happening, to which Fuller’s reply was “it is dead – not happening.” Bloody Disgusting got further confirmation of this: …

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 Resident Evil: Afterlife. Hmm, you’d almost think I selected that quote to make him look silly…
I don’t think I’m alone in saying I’m no big fan of Anderson. It’s not that he’s the most completely inept …

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 Green’s Frozen, George A. Romero’s latest zombie installment Survival of the Dead, and 2001 Maniacs – the sequel to the cult hit.
If you haven’t already picked up your day or weekend passes, get to it before prices …

by Britt Hayes
The prequel to John Carpenter’s The Thing is set to start lensing in March. Director Matthijs Van Heijningen will direct from a script by Eric Heisserer (A Nightmare on Elm Street remake), for Universal Pictures and Strike Entertainment. The plot of this script, according to Bloody-Disgusting:
An alien spaceship is discovered far beneath the ice near a remote Antarctica outpost. We’re told that a group of scientists decide to thaw out a creature from inside that kicks off the mayhem at the camp.
From everything we’ve gathered, this seems to …

by Britt Hayes
For years there has been discussion of a possible prequel or sequel to John Carpenter’s The Thing. The Thing was itself a remake of the 1951 film, The Thing From Another World, which was in turn based on a novella by John W. Campbell Jr., titled Who Goes There? For a while it seemed no one knew which direction the new film would take. It was said that a sequel would follow MacReady’s brother, coming to the the remote Antarctic station to find out what happened to his …

by Britt Hayes
Welcome to the final part of our first annual holiday gift guide. I’m going to run things down a little differently in this edition. In the DVD and Blu-ray sections, I’ll start with bargains, move to regular priced items, and then to boxed sets and pricey editions (if any). For books, it’ll just be a veritable mix of comic books, novels, and the like, priced lowest to highest. Let’s get started, shall we?
DVD

In this Vincent Price three-pack, you get the original House on Haunted Hill, The Bat, and …

by Britt Hayes
Big news day for Adam Green, writer/director of the 2006 slasher film, Hatchet. In an exclusive with Shock Til You Drop, Green says he’ll be back to write and direct Hatchet 2:
“It’s finally happening,” Green enthused. “It’s going to have double the body count, and Anchor Bay is being cool enough to allow me to make the sequel I want to make.”
The first Hatchet film starred Joel Moore (Dodgeball, Grandma’s Boy, the upcoming Avatar) as a guy whose friends drag him to New Orleans on Mardi Gras to …

by Britt Hayes
Rob Zombie recently took to his Twitter to share with the public, in 140 characters or less, what he’s up to:
“Just finished doing the director’s commentary for the DVD of Halloween 2. Love the new cut. This is the real film.”
He also previously mentioned that this version is “very different” from the theatrical cut. God, I hope so. It’s no secret that I was very disappointed with H2. After being one of very few people who enjoyed Zombie’s Halloween as a whole, even though I thought it …

by Britt Hayes
Ghost House pictures has officially announced the 30 Days of Night: Dark Days cast and synopsis. As we reported earlier this week, the cast includes Kiele Sanchez (Lost, A Perfect Getaway), Diora Baird (Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning), Mia Kirshner (The Black Dahlia, Party Monster), Harold Perrineau (Lost), and Rhys Coiro (Entourage).
Now Ghost House has also released a full synopsis:
“It’s been a year since the Alaskan town of Barrow’s population was decimated by vampires during its annual month long sunset. Riddled with grief over the death of her …

by Britt Hayes
Over at Bloody-Disgusting they have info on the cast for the 30 Days of Night sequel, titled 30 Days of Night: Dark Days. Mia Kirshner (The L Word, The Black Dahlia), Rhys Coiro (Entourage), Harold Perrineau (Lost), Diora Baird (Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning), and Monique Ganderton have all signed for the film.
Not much about their roles has been leaked, but Kirshner will play a vampire known as Lilith (Bordello of Blood, much?), while Coiro will play a lead role. No information has been given on the return …