tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50179921088329241752024-03-18T02:47:47.410-07:00FANGORIA Magazine NewsblogNews and reviews from the people behind FANGORIA magazine. For more horrific highlights, go to www.fangoria.com.FANGORIA Magazine Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05193692491404874598noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017992108832924175.post-44081527887977377742010-02-22T08:05:00.001-08:002010-02-22T08:05:21.603-08:0028 WEEKS LATER director to helm INTRUDERS<!--StartFragment-->
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by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, the Spanish director who first won notice with the
2001 thriller INTACTO and then helmed 2007’s superior sequel 28 WEEKS LATER.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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source tells us that INTRUDERS is a genre piece whose story revolves around an
11-year-old girl, and will be written and directed by Fresnadillo. Production
is scheduled to begin in mid-May. No other details are forthcoming, but we’ll
keep you posted. Fresnadillo is also attached to the film version of the hit
video game BIOSHOCK for Universal, and a remake of X: THE MAN WITH X-RAY EYES
for MGM.</span><!--EndFragment-->FANGORIA Magazine Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05193692491404874598noreply@blogger.com273tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017992108832924175.post-37833837131848468512010-02-22T08:04:00.000-08:002010-02-22T08:04:40.065-08:00First photo from del Toro-produced JULIA’S EYES<!--StartFragment-->
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">An early photo from JULIA’S EYES (LOS OJOS DE JULIA), the
latest chiller to have Guillermo del Toro on board as a producer, has appeared
on-line with news that the movie has started selling to assorted international
territories. Check out the pic after the jump.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rodar has sold to Optimum Releasing in the UK, CinemaMondo in Scandinavia, Kino
Swiat in Poland and Rosebud in Greece, with more deals expected to be signed
this week. Belén Rueda (pictured) from the del Toro-produced THE ORPHANAGE
stars in JULIA’S EYES as a woman who, while dealing with the loss of her sight,
investigates the mysterious death of her twin sister. Directed by Guillem
Morales from a script he wrote with Oriol Paulo, the film also stars Lluís
Homar, Daniel Grao, Héctor Claramunt, Julia Gutiérrez Caba and Francesc Orella,
with cinematography by ORPHANAGE’s Óscar Faura and FX by DDT.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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has announced the nominees for its 36th Annual Saturn Awards (though strangely
enough, as of this posting, they haven’t posted them at the org’s <a href="http://www.saturnawards.org/">official website</a> yet). Sam Raimi’s DRAG ME TO HELL turned
out to be the most honored fright feature, scoring five nominations including
Best Horror Film.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(Alison Lohman), Best Supporting Actress (Lorna Raver), Best Music (Christopher
Young) and Best Makeup (Gregory Nicotero and Howard Berger). Also in the
running for Best Horror Film are THE BOX (plus Best Supporting Actor for Frank
Langella), FROZEN, THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON
(??—plus Best Younger Actor for Taylor Lautner) and ZOMBIELAND (plus Best
Supporting Actor for Woody Harrelson). Other fear films in the running are THE
ROAD for Best Actor (Viggo Mortensen) and Best Younger Actor (Kodi
Smit-McPhee), and THIRST for Best International Film. Sadly, not a single
horror feature is up for either Best Director or Best Writing.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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the television category, the Best Syndicated/Cable Series nominees include
Showtime’s DEXTER (plus Best Actor for Michael C. Hall, Best Supporting Actress
for Julie Benz and Jennifer Carpenter and Best Guest Star for John Lithgow) and
HBO’s TRUE BLOOD (plus Best Actor for Stephen Moyer, Best Actress for Anna
Paquin, Best Supporting Actor for Alexander Skarsgard and Best Guest Star for
Michelle Forbes). In addition, Fox’s FRINGE is up for Best Actress (Anna Torv),
Best Supporting Actor (John Noble) and Best Guest Star (Leonard Nimoy). For
Best DVD Release, Dark Sky/Magnet’s THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, Anchor Bay’s LAID
TO REST, MPI’s PONTYPOOL and Magnolia’s SURVEILLANCE are all in the running,
while MGM’s THE HANNIBAL LECTER ANTHOLOGY, Anchor Bay’s HELLRAISER BOXED SET
and Sony’s THE WILLIAM CASTLE COLLECTION are among those vying for Best
Collection. The Saturns will be awarded June 24 in Burbank, CA.</span><!--EndFragment-->FANGORIA Magazine Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05193692491404874598noreply@blogger.com61tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017992108832924175.post-56894715411057824582010-02-19T06:48:00.000-08:002010-02-19T06:48:03.798-08:00SOMETHING scary and funny coming from Universal<!--StartFragment-->
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a mid-six-figure deal to buy up a horror/comedy pitch called THE SOMETHING from
Rodney Rothman, who will script. The writer, whose credits include producing
gigs on FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL and the upcoming GET HIM TO THE GREEK, will
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details haven’t been revealed, but the setting is outer space and the tone is
said to be similar to that of ZOMBIELAND. In addition to his big-screen
credits, Rothman was also the youngest head writer in the history of LATE NIGHT
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creator of the amazing documentary NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY
OF OZPLOITATION!, while he was in NYC grabbing interviews for his follow-up,
MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED. This project is in a similar vein, covering the
history of genre filmmaking in the Philippines—though not so much homegrown
product, he points out.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Americans who went over there to shoot films,” Hartley (pictured below) tells
Fango, “so it’s kind of a fish-out-of-water story. It covers Roger Corman’s
productions, Cirio Santiago’s movies, the BLOOD ISLAND series and Eddie
Romero’s other pictures and Bobby Suarez, who literally just died two days ago.
Bobby made CLEOPATRA WONG, THE ONE ARMED EXECUTIONER, BIONIC BOY II and things
like that. They were films that tried to take on Hollywood and be mainstream,
but were kind of beyond mainstream in trying to do it.”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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of B-movie stalwarts, including several Fango faves. “We’ve spoken to lots and
lots of cast and crew,” Hartley says. “We talked to Joe Viola, who went over
there with Jonathan Demme and made THE HOT BOX. We’re interviewing Eddie Romero
in the Philippines and a bunch of cast from the Corman and Santiago films who
have never really spoken about this stuff before, so it has been really, really
interesting. Sid Haig and Joe Dante, Allan Arkush and Jon Davison, who were all
working in the trailer and promotion department at New World when these films
were getting made; Jane Schaffer, who produced Jack Hill’s films, and Hill
himself. It will be pretty definitive, and this is an era that has never been
documented much, so it’s in the same vein as NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD—another untold
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his New York stint, Hartley next heads to London, Manila and Singapore, aiming
to have MACHETE MAIDENS ready in time to play the major festivals this summer
and fall. Director of photography Karl von Moller and co-editors Sara Edwards
and Jamie Blanks (the latter doing the score this time) are returning from NOT
QUITE HOLLYWOOD, and Hartley, who says the new docu will be in the same spirit,
is still enormously gratified by the response to that movie. “I was absolutely
amazed by the goodwill toward NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD; the feedback from people and
the reviews were beyond my wildest dreams. The fact that it has inspired many
people to go and seek out the films [it covered] is truly rewarding for me, and
for all the filmmakers who told their tales. Those movies have been dismissed
for so long, and suddenly the only places you can see them is at festivals!”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was Richard Franklin’s PATRICK, and Hartley reveals that he’s bringing a fresh
take on that tale of telekinetic terror to the screen. “After we finished NOT
QUITE HOLLYWOOD, I had discussed this with PATRICK’s producer, Tony Ginnane,
and we decided we’d take a crack at reinventing it. So Justin King and I wrote
a treatment and Justin’s working on the script at the moment, and hopefully, as
soon as MACHETE MAIDENS is finished, we’ll get right into it.”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hitchcock-influenced story of the titular young man, who goes into a coma after
electrocuting his mother and winds up in a hospital being tended to by Dr.
Roget and nurse Kathy Jacquard, who discover that despite his inert physical
state, he now possesses deadly psychic abilities. For the update, “We’re sort
of giving it a creepier, Gothic flavor, very much in a similar style to THE
ORPHANAGE,” reveals Hartley, who will direct. “There’s much more of a backstory
for Dr. Roget, and Patrick has dream sequences and flashbacks where he’s out of
the bed. We don’t want to turn Patrick into Freddy Kreuger; we like to think of
it as a love story with a body count. The great thing about the original was
the fact that here’s a guy with unlimited powers, but all he wants to do is use
them to manipulate the events in that nurse’s life to make her fall in love
with him. So we’ve kept that central premise and really upped the ante.”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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as much as it’s a really interesting film, is very much of its time. It’s
predominantly set in one hospital room, and we’re trying to open it up. To be
honest—and I’ve said this to Tony—it’s not that scary when you watch it now,
and we’re all about giving it those jolts. Obviously, I’m a fan of PATRICK, and
I want people who’ve seen the original to appreciate the remake, so we’re
certainly putting nods to the first one throughout the film, but we’re not
doing a Gus Van Sant PSYCHO. I believe Jamie’s remake of LONG WEEKEND [released
in the U.S. as NATURE’S GRAVE] suffers because they used the original script,
and when people love these films and know them so well, there’s no way that
they can embrace a film that’s so similar. We learned a lesson there, and we’ll
try to tailor our PATRICK for modern audiences.”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pre-sales for PATRICK, and Hartley is hoping to start shooting before the end
of this year on a budget around $4 million. Clearly, he’s got a lot on his
plate this year—and couldn’t be happier about it. “I’d been trying to get a
feature going for a long time, and then NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD, which I had worked
on for 10 years, got out there,” he says. “I was just so amazed to get brought
in on MACHETE MAIDENS; I was a gun for hire on it at first, and I changed the
concept to suit the story I wanted to tell and the people I wanted to meet. So
that has really taken over my workload, but if that comes out and I jump right
into PATRICK, I’ll be very, very happy.” (Thanks to Arianne Ayers)</span><o:p></o:p></div>FANGORIA Magazine Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05193692491404874598noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017992108832924175.post-12994538885327129822010-02-18T12:39:00.000-08:002010-02-18T12:39:30.797-08:00First set report on Aussie horror NEEDLE<!--StartFragment-->
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Australia since ZOMBIE BRIGADE circa 1988. NEEDLE, shot just before Christmas
2009, is seeking to redress the situation, and goes about it with a deadly
device from the 18th century. The third feature from John V. Soto, who wrote
PREY (released Down Under to negligible returns last year) and co-directed
CRUSH (now visible via video on demand and hitting U.S. DVD April 21) with Jeff
Gerritsen, helmed NEEDLE from a script he wrote with Tony Egan.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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TV studio in a languid Perth suburb, the common NEEDLE description offered by
all is “a psychological thriller with horror elements.” Soto even says as much,
before explaining a little history of the movie (which we previously reported
on with exclusive photos <a href="http://fangorianews.blogspot.com/2010/02/exclusive-first-photos-from-aussie.html">here</a>).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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give the CRUSH screenplay a polish sparked the development of NEEDLE. (Egan, by
the way, is the writer of FLIES 3D, a project that STORM WARNING’s Jamie Blanks
is attached to direct; Blanks supplied the score for NEEDLE, as he did for
CRUSH). “Over the last three years, I’ve wanted to do a whodunit/murder
mystery-type movie, a sort of Agatha Christie,” Soto tells Fango. “She was
light years ahead of most people. A lot of her work has been turned into films,
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wanting to involve our favorite genre, horror, and include a supernatural
element. We pitched ideas to each other continuously for months until
essentially arriving at the same concept, which was a machine with supernatural
powers that kills people from afar. I can’t go into specifics, but let me just
say that I’d call CRUSH a gentle thriller, while in NEEDLE, the gloves are off
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to help us with the kills, but it took an enormous amount of work creating the
machine’s mythology. We looked at Grand Guignol, and in those days, they did
have devices that could create illusions, all these weird and wonderful things.
I read somewhere about a scientist who created something like that and thought,
‘That’s not a bad idea.’ I could see how it could work. So we basically built
the mythology based on some rumors, or things we’d read or heard and the
research we’d done. And the machine, supposedly built in the late 1800s, has
plausibility. I can’t say what it does, but it has supernatural powers and is
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a couple of years earlier. Academic connections are called in, and soon discover
the worst. “It’s got amazing supernatural powers—bad powers,” Soto explains.
“It’s a machine for revenge. And there’s also a major backstory on that. His
friends get him to do a big feature story on it in the university newspaper. He
goes back to his room, back to where he has hidden it away, and it’s gone. One
night at a party, he had shown it to his friends, so all of them know about it,
about seven of them. The next day, one of them is murdered. The police can’t
solve it, and the coroner is puzzled, as it seems the victim’s body somehow
heated up on the inside. It’s quite graphic. There is no entry wound, but there
are exit wounds. It’s a real mystery. We’ve spent a lot of time mythologizing
this. When the concept is revealed, you’ll realize, ‘I should have thought of
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shocker SOMEONE’S KNOCKING AT THE DOOR for release under its Vicious Circle
banner. The company also grabbed Ferrin’s previous feature EASTER BUNNY, KILL!
KILL!, as well as the German production SLASHER.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Noah Segan (who discusses the movie in Fango #291, on sale now) as one of a
group of med students who mix drug-taking with an investigation into ’70s serial
killers John and Wilma Hopper, and are soon suffering extremely unpleasant
fates. It’ll hit disc May 25, while EASTER BUNNY, in which a monstrous
incarnation of the titular critter takes bloody revenge on behalf of a mentally
disabled boy, will follow on June 1. Frank W. Montag’s SLASHER, in which a
group of friends are terrorized and cut up during a forest vacation, hits May
4. Final cover art and specs on all these titles are coming soon.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Rob Fitz’s ode to Asian genre fare, and passed on a first look at the cover.
Dharma Lim stars as Frank Ng, a hitman assigned to take out a crime boss who
turns out to be a monstrous creature of the night. The movie will be
accompanied by an interview featurette, a gag reel and trailers, and retails
for $24.98. Check out Fango #289 for Fitz’s Notes from the Underground article
on the making of GOD OF VAMPIRES.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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label called Big Bite Entertainment, and gave Fango the scoop on the lineup and
some cover art. Bart Mastronardi’s surreal chiller VINDICATION streets April 13
(see details <a href="http://fangorianews.blogspot.com/2010/01/barker-praised-vindication-finds-dvd.html">here</a>),
while Immanuel Martin’s MIYUKI, about a Japanese exchange student with a very
dark side (which we previously reported on <a href="http://fangorianews.blogspot.com/2010/02/babysitter-wanted-and-more-horror-dvd.html">here</a>),
arrives May 11. Also coming on the 11th are TERROR OVERLOAD, a horror anthology
with segments directed by Brant Johnson, Kevin Myhre and Jason Stephenson, and
Matt A. Cade’s UNDERBELLY, in which a writer searching for his missing wife
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writer/directors Nathan Hynes and Chris Power in which they play themselves as
filmmakers following the grisly activities of a cannibalistic serial killer.
This Canadian production has won awards at several festivals; check out the
trailer below. We’ll bring you further info on these titles as they become
available, and you can read more about VINDICATION in Fango #292, on sale in
March.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Morse has joined the cast of Summit Entertainment’s 3-D action-chiller DRIVE
ANGRY. This comes hard on the heels of a <a href="http://www.moviehole.net/201023600-exclusive-bellas-dad-drives-angry">Moviehole</a> announcement that Billy Burke has also signed onto the film.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Patrick Lussier and Todd Farmer respectively, DRIVE ANGRY is about a criminal
(Nicolas Cage) who sets out on a road trip of revenge against the evil cult who
have murdered his daughter and plan to sacrifice his baby granddaughter. Also
starring William Fichtner and busy genre actress Amber Heard (from ZOMBIELAND,
THE STEPFATHER and the upcoming THE WARD, AND SOON THE DARKNESS and ALL THE
BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE) the film is set to roll in Shreveport, LA next month,
with release currently scheduled for February 11, 2011. Morse’s long career as
a character actor has included genre turns in DISTURBIA, DOUBLE VISION, THE
GOOD SON and TV’s THE LANGOLIERS as well as the non-horror Stephen King films
THE GREEN MILE and HEARTS IN ATLANTIS, while Burke, most visible recently as
Bella’s father Charlie Swan in Summit’s TWILIGHT films, has also been seen in
UNTRACEABLE, AFTER IMAGE, KOMODO and the Wes Craven-presented TV movie DON’T
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fresh off Darren Aronofsky’s supernatural drama BLACK SWAN, has been cast in
the title role of THE MONK for France’s Diaphana Films and Spain’s Morena
Films. Based on Matthew Lewis’ 18th-century Gothic novel, the film will topline
Cassel as Capucin Ambrosio, who is undone by temptation brought on by black
magic and the devil himself.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Moll, who first won notice with the 2000 psychological thriller WITH A FRIEND
LIKE HARRY…, will direct the movie, which will co-star HARRY and PAN’S
LABYRINTH’s Sergi Lopez, Geraldine Chaplin from THE ORPHANAGE and THE WOLFMAN
and Deborah Francois. Art director Antxon Gomez and composer Alberto Iglesias
are also part of the MONK team. The $15-million production starts its 12-week
shoot in mid-April; a previous 1990 screen version of THE MONK was written and
directed by Francisco Lara Polop and starred Paul McGann, BOOK OF BLOOD’s
Sophie Ward, Isla Blair and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón. Cassel’s previous genre
credits include SHEITAN (in which he was the devil), BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF
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plenty of creepy events and imagery scattered throughout its running time,
here’s a movie that truly warrants description as a “psychological thriller”—no
surprise coming from Martin Scorsese, a director who has always been just as
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remake, Scorsese changed the targets of Max Cady’s revenge from a
squeaky-clean, all-American brood to the ultimate dysfunctional family, to the
point where it eventually became difficult to feel for them. A more
consistently sympathetic protagonist is SHUTTER ISLAND’s Teddy Daniels
(Leonardo DiCaprio), a member of the U.S. Marshals who is first seen heaving
into a toilet on a boat en route to the titular locale, located in the waters
off Boston, in 1954, where he and new partner Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo) have
been assigned to investigate the disappearance of an inmate at the Ashecliffe
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island, but his psyche isn’t as stable. He’s tormented by visions of his dead
wife Dolores (Michelle Williams) and the victims he encountered when, as an
Army soldier, he helped liberate the Nazi death camp in Dachau. The latter experience
means that it’s dislike at first sight when Teddy meets the German Dr. Naehring
(Max von Sydow), one of the key staff under Dr. Cawley (Ben Kingsley), who
gives Teddy and Chuck a tour of Ashecliffe and explains the situation. The
vanished prisoner—er, patient was a mother who murdered her three children and
appears to have vanished without a trace from her locked room within the
highest-security of the facility’s three wards. The attempt to track her down
will lead Teddy into a mystery that comes to encompass more ghosts from his
past, plus the possibility of bizarre medical experiments, secret conspiracies,
Cold War paranoia and visits to dark, dripping passageways, the local cemetery
and its mausoleum, the imposing cliffs at the edge of Shutter Island and the
lighthouse beyond them—and oh yes, a good deal of the action takes place during
a cataclysmic hurricane.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lurid Gothic ride, and Scorsese certainly doesn’t hold back. He unleashes the
full bag of filmmaker’s tricks to create a modern, full-color (complete with
brighter-than-natural blood), widescreen version of a vintage picture by
admitted influence Val Lewton, with sudden, sharp camera moves and small,
apparently intentional jump cuts to keep the audience on edge. As usual,
Scorsese has marshaled sterling production values from his regular team of
craftspeople, with impeccable cinematography by Robert Richardson, production
design by Dante Ferretti and costumes by Sandy Powell, plus an eclectic and
spooky assembly of music from the divergent likes of Gustav Mahler, György
Ligeti, Krzysztof Penderecki, John Cage and Brian Eno. Thelma Schoonmaker’s
editing is, for the most part, razor-sharp from scene to scene—though the movie
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Kalogridis, adapting Dennis Lehane’s dense and twisty puzzle of a novel) goes
on, the more it becomes clear where things are ultimately headed. As he plunges
into the third act, Scorsese seems determined to plumb every nook and cranny of
Teddy’s psyche at the expense of narrative economy, and at least one major
revelation is both explained in dialogue and dramatized in flashback when
either one or the other (probably the latter) would have sufficed. Nonetheless,
DiCaprio holds the center throughout, his still-boyish looks adding to the
vulnerability of a man struggling to submerge his insecurities beneath an
authority-figure exterior. Ruffalo, as the one guy he can trust on this
assignment, offers a fine sounding board and welcome levity, Kingsley and von
Sydow evoke just the right amounts of empowerment and suspicion and Williams
allows Teddy’s deceased beloved to become fully alive in his eyes. Making
strong impressions in smaller roles are the impeccably cast likes of Emily
Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, John Carroll Lynch, Ted Levine, Elias Koteas,
actor/HOME MOVIE director Christopher Denham and Jackie Earle Haley, whose sole
but lengthy pivotal scene opposite DiCaprio promises great things from his
Freddy Krueger.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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endgame isn’t to send the audience reeling from the theater in terror, but to
leave them shaken from the personal tragedy at the story’s core. As such,
Saturday-night thrillseekers may be a bit disappointed or nonplussed, while
those who can get on the director’s wavelength will appreciate how he harks
back to the virtues of a classic style of thriller-making. One thing’s for
sure: His craft is so aggressive and unrelenting that nobody who sees SHUTTER
ISLAND is likely to be bored.</span><!--EndFragment-->FANGORIA Magazine Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05193692491404874598noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017992108832924175.post-52158118550049662842010-02-17T12:21:00.000-08:002010-02-17T12:21:23.797-08:00DVDetails for THE COLLECTOR<!--StartFragment-->
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collected for the DVD and Blu-ray releases of THE COLLECTOR, coming April 6
from <a href="http://www.vivendient.com/">Vivendi Entertainment</a>. The directorial debut of
Marcus Dunstan, who scripted with his FEAST trilogy/SAW sequels writing partner
Patrick Melton, the film follows a small-time burglar (Josh Stewart) as he
attempts to rip off a wealthy family’s mansion one night and runs into a far
deadlier home invader, who has set murderous traps for him and the house’s
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anticipated update of THE WOLFMAN was unleashed in cinemas everywhere this past
Friday, and one of its stars, the MATRIX films’ Hugo Weaving, gave Fango some
of his time to talk up the lycanthropic epic. We spoke to him while he was in
the midst of the Melbourne (Australia) Theatre Company’s production of the
acclaimed play GOD OF CARNAGE.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">HUGO WEAVING:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> I like things that are well-written. If the script
is good, then I’ll enjoy it. If the script is bad or loose or silly, then I
can’t get into it. However, I believe genre pictures such as horror films
should be allowed to have a sense of freedom in the writing. But sadly, those pictures
tend to be looked down upon or overlooked as serious pieces of art. The
Western, the musical, action films, horror films, fantasy films—I mean, they
are the founding and starting point of great American cinema, yet even though
they’re commercially successful and often critically well-received, they are
never given the proper respect they deserve just because they entertain.
There’s a weird resentment toward escapism in intellectual circles, which
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WOLFMAN, Scotland Yard’s Inspector Aberline?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">WEAVING:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Well, he’s a no-nonsense detective who comes into
the lives of the Talbots by investigating the strange murders that are somehow
happening around the family. He was not in the original film from the ’40s,
although after watching that film with Lon Chaney, I kind of liken him to the
Claude Rains character. I even tried to do a Rains-style voice in preshoot
rehearsals, but it didn’t work [<i>laughs</i>].</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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troupe—Lon Chaney Jr., Rains, Evelyn Ankers, Maria Ouspenskaya and Ralph
Bellamy—feed the performances of your fellow cast members?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of their character to this film. It’s a far grittier movie than the 1941 film,
as you could imagine. The original is loaded with that glamour of the Universal
horror pictures of the golden age. In this film, everything is on show, and
that includes the blood, sweat, and tears, and that most definitely alters the
mood and style and totally feeds the performances of the actors. Geraldine
Chaplin, who is the legendary Charlie Chaplin’s daughter, was a hoot to work
with and brought so much of herself to the role created by that great character
actress Maria Ouspenskaya. But listening to her, it’s as if she had channeled
Maria. There was something truly haunting about her performance. But I believe
Benicio Del Toro [playing Lawrence Talbot] did the most studying of Lon Chaney
Jr. There are points in the film where he looks remarkably like him.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hammer classic CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF. Do you have a favorite werewolf movie?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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who excelled at his craft. It is dumbfounding what that man could do with
materials that have been with the industry forever. His work on the werewolf
sequences was astounding. And yes, I did get to have some work done, but I
won’t tell you too much. Let’s just say that this film has a healthy amount of
blood and guts, so the makeups go beyond fur and fangs.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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design but still pay homage to the Lon Chaney Wolf Man. He came out looking amazing,
truly amazing. Rick Baker is possibly one of the most modest yet talented
people I’ve met. He is his craft. It’s phenomenal. He is definitely the master
of werewolf makeup artistry, and it was cool to work with the man who
originally did the FX for AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON. We shared a few
stories and I was kind of like a teenager again, asking him how he did what he
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good experience; I just wish the studios and distributors and press and
everything that has nothing whatsoever to do with us actors had gotten their
shit together and brought this movie to the eager public sooner rather than
later. Films lose momentum, and this one has been whetting the appetites of
moviegoers, especially horror fans, for too long now. I also want to make note
that the fans of horror are possibly the most hardcore and fanatical and
lovely. Ever since doing this film, I’ve had more conversations than ever. So
yep, for sure, I would love to do more horror films, just as long as they’re
the right projects.</span><!--EndFragment-->FANGORIA Magazine Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05193692491404874598noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017992108832924175.post-86320143535128048972010-02-17T08:37:00.000-08:002010-02-17T08:37:51.627-08:00Writer/actress talks THE GHOST OF SLAUGHTERFORD<!--StartFragment-->
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We reported the other day on an upcoming supernatural
feature called THE GHOST OF SLAUGHTERFORD, but the news break omitted one very
important name: screenwriter Axelle Carolyn, who will also star in the movie. A
former Fango scribe who has since appeared in a number of features and short
films (including DOOMSDAY and CENTURION for GHOST executive producer Neil
Marshall, as well as THE DESCENT: PART 2), Carolyn dropped us a line to give us
a bit of background about the project.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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stories and British horror,” she tells us. “It was inspired by movies like THE
HAUNTING and THE INNOCENTS, with a touch of THE WICKER MAN and Hammer films. It
was also born out of frustration, in a way: frustration as an actress with the
lack of strong female roles to play, and as a writer, with the fact that movies
have, in the past few years, too often gone for gore and jump-scares instead of
atmosphere and emotion.”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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the loss of her husband when she travels to the remote town of Slaughterford to
seek inspiration for her latest book. When she moves into the abandoned Rolph
Manor, she encounters the ghost of Victor Rolph, who committed suicide in the
old place. Instead of threatening Audrey, however, Victor’s spirit becomes her
ally when it turns out that Slaughterford’s residents have satanic secrets.
“We’re hoping to close the financing soon,” adds the writer/actress, who also
penned the genre study IT LIVES AGAIN! HORROR FILMS IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM, “and
shoot this spring in the UK.” Ian D. Fleming, who has numerous TV, feature and
short-film and 2nd-unit directing credits, will helm THE GHOST OF
SLAUGHTERFORD, which is co-produced with London’s Intandem Films, which also
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Marshall in a statement, “THE GHOST OF SLAUGHTERFORD reminds me of a kind of
film that Britain doesn’t make any more, a creeping menace full of great
characters, heart-stopping terror, intrigue, suspense and even romance. I want
to make this movie mainly because I want to see this movie.” We do too, and
we’ll keep you informed as SLAUGHTERFORD moves toward production.</span><!--EndFragment-->FANGORIA Magazine Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05193692491404874598noreply@blogger.com113tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017992108832924175.post-16258923635902980722010-02-17T08:35:00.000-08:002010-02-17T08:35:31.512-08:00Details on scary/sexy DEMONIC II/FOREST OF THE DAMNED II<!--StartFragment-->
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(a.k.a. FOREST OF THE DAMNED II), got in touch to talk up the sequel, for which
an official website has opened. The movie is a follow-up to the 2005 feature
known as FOREST OF THE DAMNED overseas and retitled DEMONIC for its 2006 U.S.
DVD release; the original’s director/co-writer, Johannes Roberts, is an
associate producer on the new film.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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serving as a producer on the first film as well as Roberts’ upcoming youth-gone-crazy
thriller F and other features; he also scripted and produced with Evans. “As in
the first film, we follow a group of people into the woods for a weekend
break,” Evans tells us, “but this time it’s couples hoping to enjoy a naughty
weekend of swinging in a rented holiday home on a remote island. They soon
realize that the place isn’t quite right, and when the party gets into full
swing, things turn horribly wrong as they’re preyed upon by murderous fallen
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addition, Evans notes, “Marysia Kay and Eleanor James [also seen together in
next week’s DVD release COLOUR FROM THE DARK] return to continue their roles as
the seductive, bloodthirsty monsters.” The official website, featuring a bunch
of grisly pics as well as some non-work-safe topless-demon shots, can be found
<a href="http://www.lonelycrow.co.uk/">here</a>.</span></div>
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“It starts with a very nasty scene where a young women has to chose between
cutting off her trapped leg with a rusty ax or taking her chances with the
pursuing angels. The tension and violence increase throughout the film,
climaxing in a final fight between the main character and the main angel.
That’s very intense—I’ve probably seen it over 100 times and it still makes me
uncomfortable. There are also gouged eyes, exposed intestines, severed limbs,
brutal stabbings and a basement full of bodies.”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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first hooked up with Roberts when he lensed a documentary about the making of
the latter’s feature DARKHUNTERS. When Roberts was too busy scripting F to
tackle the DEMONIC sequel, Riera, who had just finished directing the 2nd unit
on Roberts’ WHEN EVIL CALLS, was tapped to take it on. “Ernest hadn’t had much
experience writing horror, and he approached me to co-write the script,” Evans
recalls. “At our first meeting, we realized we could work very well together
and that the project was going to be a lot of fun. However, after our third
session, we found out that the financiers had decided to put the money into a
Formula One car instead! At that stage, we were so involved in the movie that
we decided to finish the script, and I would raise the money myself.” He also
put together a creative team that includes cinematographers John Raggett and
Rainer Antesberger (both encoring from DEMONIC and other Roberts flicks;
Antesberger edited the film as well), production designer Ryan Haysom, Luke
McNally and his makeup FX team, CGI creator Eren Ozkural and soundtrack/sound
FX artists Bernie Riener and Robert Pawliczek.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tense scenes between strong characters and a horrible fight for survival. Our
aim was not to allow the audience to relax. The awkward sexual tension between
the couples and the terrible ways in which they die will really keep you
watching.” We’ll keep you posted on the film’s release status.</span><!--EndFragment-->FANGORIA Magazine Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05193692491404874598noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017992108832924175.post-4020709041683719862010-02-17T07:46:00.001-08:002010-02-17T07:46:45.877-08:00Werewolves are only HUMAN in SAUNA director’s latest<!--StartFragment-->
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well-received chiller SAUNA with a werewolf movie called HUMAN. As the title
suggests, this is a reverse-transformation tale—about a wolf that becomes a
man.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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HUMAN I expect to do a totally different kind of werewolf film, so don’t expect
anything familiar to this subgenre,” Annila tells the trade. The script is
being co-written by Doug Taylor, whose credits include THEY WAIT and Vincenzo
Natali’s upcoming SPLICE. Dean English and Karen Powell of Canada’s Perfect
Circle Productions are co-producing with Finland’s Blind Spot Pictures, whose
Tero Kaukomaa comments, “It’s really exciting to get all this international
talent to work alongside AJ and our Finnish team. Their participation will
definitely broaden the international appeal of the film.” A start date has yet
to be announced.</span><!--EndFragment-->FANGORIA Magazine Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05193692491404874598noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017992108832924175.post-70089455791700715232010-02-17T07:45:00.000-08:002010-02-17T07:45:01.340-08:00Get viral with THE CRAZIES’ Operation Scarlet Omega<!--StartFragment-->
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release of Overture Films and director Breck Eisner’s THE CRAZIES, and today
had an update on Operation Scarlet Omega. That’s a government/military program
dealing with security breaches at chemical facilities—like the one that causes
all the madness in the movie’s setting of Ogden Marsh, Iowa.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a name='more'></a>There are all kinds of places you can explore THE CRAZIES’
frightening scenario; Ogden Marsh has its own <a href="http://www.ogdenmarsh.com/">official website</a>, while the activities of an activist trying to save
the town from toxic peril are chronicled <a href="http://saveogdenmarsh.blogspot.com/">here</a>. The outfit responsible for the threat is the <a href="http://www.dpchemicals.com/">Dakon/Pendrill Chemical Corporation</a> (log in as jbmartin with the password
p@ssword for some unsettling details), and you can also read The Truth About
Trixie, detailing the particular biohazard, <a href="http://www.TheTruthAboutTrixie.com/">here</a>. Dread got ahold of an exclusive video detailing Trixie’s effects on one poor
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website can be seen <a href="http://www.thecrazies-movie.com/">here</a>. You can read our
exclusive two-part set visit in Fango #291, which may still be on sale in some
places, and #292, just out this week.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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showroom of JAKKS Pacific, where we got an up-close-and-personal look at this
Halloween’s sweetest costumes. From JAKKS subsidiary Disguise comes Clive
Barker’s Dark Bazaar, a costume lineup based on the original artwork of the
author/artist/filmmaker and horror legend. See some pics after the jump!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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display, but to see it replicated with such close resemblance in costume form
was quite amazing. The line will include an assortment of both full costumes
and masks starting at $49.99. Definitely look for them at your local Party City
and other costume retailers this Halloween.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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PART 2, coming from <a href="http://www.lionsgateshop.com/">Lionsgate Home Entertainment</a> April 27. The sequel to Neil Marshall’s subterranean scare film, directed by Jon
Harris from a script by James McCarthy, J. Blakeson and James Watkins, sends
the first film’s heroine Sarah (returning star Shauna McDonald) back into the
monster-infested caves with a rescue party in an attempt to save any of her
friends who may have survived the creatures’ attack.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Digital 5.1 sound, and is currently slated to be accompanied by the following
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first report <a href="http://fangorianews.blogspot.com/2010/02/horrific-news-flashes-from-toy-fair.html">here</a>),
checking out the licensed products and original terrors coming to frighten you
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Mez-its from FRIDAY THE 13TH, the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake, BEETLEJUICE,
SAW and THE WOLFMAN topped the bill. Speaking of WOLFMAN, look for both 12-inch
and 7-inch figures (already available in stores), along with a 9-inch stylized
version of Benicio Del Toro’s canis lupus sapien. For you Living Dead Doll
fans, Mezco debuted both their “In Wonderland” series based on ALICE IN
WONDERLAND book characters (including the Red Queen seen below) and Series 19:
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upcoming NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET products. In addition to some great action
figures, they also revealed a replica Freddy glove we got to try on, instantly
falling in love with the piece. It’s the best mockup of the dream stalker’s
signature weapon we’ve seen, with actual metal blades (dulled down, of course).
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of the NIGHTMARE sequels—THE DREAM WARRIORS. The Freddy puppet scene in this
movie has always been a highlight, and we were ecstatic today when NECA
unveiled its soon-to-be-released old-school Freddy marionette. This puppet was
actually cast from the same molds as the one used for the film prop, and is a
necessary piece for any ELM STREET fan. Hopefully, this puppet won’t rip out
your veins—but this gorgeous collectible will be worth the risk. Check out
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certainly some of the most creative and endearing: 4KIDS Entertainment
premiered a line of monsters designed by Jim Henson Studios, the company known
for amazing critter work in movies like LABYRINTH, THE DARK CRYSTAL and the
more recently disturbing mind-trip MIRRORMASK. These new creations are also great
representations of the creativity and purity involved in taking the scary and
obscure and bringing it to life. Some of the monsters from this line made prior
appearances as small toys sold in “blind assortment” boxes at Kid Robot stores
and comic-book shops nationwide; this tester line has now been expanded to
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a new independent horror feature called MEADOWOODS, which was being virally
promoted via a couple of disturbing on-line videos. Now we have more info about
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know, who helmed GIMME SKELTER among others) from a script by Anna Siri,
MEADOWOODS is about a trio of college students who decide to murder a random
victim. Travis (Connor Thorp), Stephanie (Michele Roe) and Ryan (Michael
Downey) are bored or otherwise dissatisfied with life and decide to capture the
planning and execution of their crime on video, with the movie playing out as
their taped footage. The disc streets May 11 from <a href="http://www.montereymedia.com/">Monterey Media</a>, and will carry a retail price of $26.95. You can join the “MEADOWOODS Army”
on-line, interact with the characters and receive exclusive clips at the
<a href="http://www.meadowoodsarmy.com/">official website</a>. The movie also has a Facebook
page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Meadowoods/284118985255">here</a>.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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a little while back, and have spent the time since trying to dig up more
details. None were forthcoming, and since then the mag and its on-line
incarnation have gone defunct, so the original posted item has been lost in
cyberspace. But trust us: it was announced that THE EVIL DEAD will be making
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gruefest in several DVD editions over the past decade, confirmed to the trade that the movie
is on their Blu-ray slate for 2010. We haven’t been able to confirm which extras
will be ported over from those previous discs, whether new ones will be created
or if Raimi and co. are directly involved, but we’ll keep digging and bring you
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feature THE SKY HAS FALLEN is now available on DVD. The movie, which he wrote,
produced and directed, won Best Horror Feature at the Indie Gathering and Freak
Show Film Festivals and has played numerous other fests in the U.S. and
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two of the handful of survivors after the world’s populace is decimated by a
virulent plague. Strange black-clad creatures begin to carry away the bodies of
the dead for experimentation, and Lance and Rachel set out to stop them and
save humanity. “Even though it went over really well, the version that played
festivals was actually an early cut,” Roos tells Fango. “We did some additional
filming last summer with Carey MacLaren, and I did more editing as well. I
believe it’s important to take the time necessary to produce the best movie
possible. You’ve really got to put everything you’ve got into it, especially
when you don’t have a budget, no matter what kind of movie you’re working on.”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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involved a return to horror-filmmaking basics. “A tagline I’m emphasizing for
the release is, ‘No shaky cam. No green screen. No CGI.’ A lot of people prefer
to see practical effects, and I’m one of them. Sometimes you might not be able
to do that, or it might be better to use digital effects to enhance what you’ve
done on set, but with this movie, it’s all practical and in-camera. I think
that makes it easier for people to get into the movie and really believe what
they’re seeing. I miss the models, suits and effects of ’80s films like ALIENS,
John Carpenter’s THE THING and ROBOCOP. What I really wanted to do with THE SKY
HAS FALLEN, though, was tell a story that's personal to me. Something I was
really passionate about, and I’m going to do that with every single movie I
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16x9-enhanced widescreen transfer with 5.1 Surround sound, with the following
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screenplay for VLAD, a feature update of the Dracula legend for Summit
Entertainment and Brad Pitt’s Plan B company. The script was originally penned
by actor Charlie Hunnam, who currently co-stars opposite Ron Perlman on FX’s
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movie, an action-oriented project focusing on Vlad the Impaler as a young
prince. Pitt and Plan B partner Dede Gardner will produce the project, one of
two currently in development to focus on the Count’s early years; the other is
Universal’s DRACULA: YEAR ZERO, with Alex Proyas set to direct Sam Worthington
in the title role. Kosar’s previous credits include the script for Brad
Anderson’s Christian Bale-starrer THE MACHINIST, as well as a trio of
high-profile remakes: THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR and
THE CRAZIES, which Overture Films releases next Friday.</span><!--EndFragment-->FANGORIA Magazine Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05193692491404874598noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017992108832924175.post-37220478572876535042010-02-15T21:05:00.000-08:002010-02-15T21:06:38.651-08:00Koontz’s FRANKENSTEIN to hit the screen—again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Terry Botwick of 1019 Entertainment have picked up the screen rights to the
series of FRANKENSTEIN novels written by prolific horror author Dean Koontz.
The duo are planning a feature-film franchise based on the books, producing
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In Koontz’s updates of the Mary Shelley classic,
Dr. Frankenstein—now calling himself Victor Helios—and his scientifically
created humans, the most prominent of whom is known as Deucalion, live in
present-day New Orleans and are tracked by a pair of detectives. The author’s
scenario was already the basis of a 2004 TV movie directed by Marcus Nispel and
starring Thomas Kretschmann, Parker Posey, Adam Goldberg and Vincent Perez.
Three books—PRODIGAL SON (written with Kevin J. Anderson), CITY OF NIGHT and
DEAD AND ALIVE (both penned with Ed Gorman)—have been published since 2005,
with LOST SOULS due out this June and two more to follow in 2011 and 2012,
providing plenty of material for the movies. “These books have enough twists
and turns to keep the public coming back to the theaters for many years to
come,” the producers tell the trade; no talent has yet been attached.</span>FANGORIA Magazine Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05193692491404874598noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017992108832924175.post-51878938416847420172010-02-15T16:16:00.000-08:002010-02-15T16:16:44.735-08:00Dark Sky grabs THE LAST LOVECRAFT for North America<!--StartFragment-->
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that it has picked up North American rights to THE LAST LOVECRAFT: RELIC OF
CTHULHU, a comedic horror feature directed by Henry Saine from a script by
Devin McGinn, who also produced (with Oliver Garrett and Ashleigh Nichols) and
co-stars. The film has previously played at last October’s H.P. Lovecraft Film
Festival in Portland, OR as well as last month’s Slamdance Film Festival in
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life becomes a lot more interesting when an old man informs him that he’s the
last remaining descendant of the famed horror author. Jeff is given an ancient
talisman to protect, one that leads him, his friend Charlie (McGinn) and HPL
expert Paul (Barak Hardley) into confrontations with the evil Starspawn (Ethan
Wilde), who wants to use the relic to unleash the ancient god Cthulhu on Earth.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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picture that’s a perfect blend of sci-fi, buddy picture and road movie,” said
Greg Newman of Dark Sky parent company MPI Media Group. “The film’s imaginative
and unique style will appeal to wide audiences.” Edmund Lupinski, Gregg
Lawrence, SUPERBAD’s Martin Starr, HATCHET’s Richard Riehle and CABIN FEVER 2:
SPRING FEVER’s Alexi Wasser also appear in THE LAST LOVECRAFT, which boasts
creature and makeup FX by Kris Kobzina and Kimberly Graczyk. The movie will hit
theaters this fall and then DVD and VOD in October; see the trailer below and the
movie’s official website <a href="http://www.thelastlovecraft.com/">here</a> and Facebook page
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