by Britt Hayes In last week’s post I talked about the original horror films you should be excited for this year. In this second entry I’ve chosen a few conventional (read: unoriginal) horror films to highlight. With the amount of remakes and sequels being pushed out year after year, only a few ever truly stand [...]

by Ben Bussey Attendees of this weekend’s Abertoir Fest in Aberystwyth, Wales have a treat in store: a 12 minute preview of Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Tree, the somewhat tardy follow-up to the director’s seminal 70s classic The Wicker Man. Adapted by Hardy from his 2006 novel Cowboys For Christ, this promises to be another [...]

Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) Directed by: Tod Williams Starring: Sprague Grayden, Katie Featherston, Brian Boland, Molly Ephraim, Micah Sloat Review by: Britt Hayes When Paranormal Activity hit theaters last October it caused quite a commotion. Horror fans have been inundated with blood and gore, and they seemed to welcome a film that had a bit [...]

DVD Review: Mirrors 2 DVD Release Date: October 19, 2010 Directed by: Victor Garcia Starring: Nick Stahl, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Stephanie Honore, Jon Michael Davis Review by: Kayley Viteo I’m sure everyone has had that moment where they walked past a mirror in the darkness and caught a glimpse of their reflection out of the corner [...]

by Ben Bussey Well, we reported every time anyone so much as breathed the words Piranha 3-D last year, so why should we be any different as regards the sequel…? Deadline reports that the director and writers have been hired for Piranha 2 – and it’s none of the guys behind the original. Replacing director Alexandre Aja [...]

DVD Review: Lost Boys: The Thirst Directed by: Dario Piana Starring: Corey Feldman, Tanit Phoenix, Jamison Newlander, Casey B. Dolan Review by: Richard Romero There is a scene in the latest Lost Boys franchise film Lost Boys: The Thirst, that basically sums up the DVD as a whole. In the shot, famed vamp hunter Edgar [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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” [...]

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). [...]

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 [...]

by Britt Hayes According to Mania, a new Crow script has been turned in to Relativity Media and they’re ready to start casting. Blade director Stephen Norrington penned the script. This new version of The Crow will not be a straight remake, but more of a “reboot” (still, it’s a “re” something). Norrington has previously [...]