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Boiling Point: Show Me the Money

30 November 2009 12:16 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Recently, I took some time to finally give Guy Ritchie another chance.  The man had made two really awesome movies, then mucked about a bit and made some real stinkers.  Having heard good things about RocknRolla, I set settled in to give it a watch.  Ultimately the movie was okay, maybe I'd call it good.  It had some fun bits and some bad bits.  Closer to his old work most definitely, but it did have one annoying trait - the painting.  The painting that moves gangsters to tears and transfers hands like a hot commodity.  Of course, we never get to see it.  And that, of course, is bullshit. I'm most definitely annoyed by things like this.  This wasn't the first time and it won't be the last time, but come on.  It's not cute or clever or coy.  It's annoying.  It's lazy.  Perhaps the most famous example would be the briefcase in Pulp Fiction. What's »

- Robert Fure

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Cyber Monday: Amazon, Best Buy Go Low on Blu

30 November 2009 6:56 AM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Editor's Note: I will be updating this page throughout the day as more deals are uncovered, so stay tuned. Today is Cyber Monday, the unofficial holiday that is the web's response to Black Friday. By today, you're all back at work in your cubicles, still hungover from turkey and three straight days of leftovers. And since you're a savvy consumer, you didn't stay out too long on Friday. You've waited until Monday, where all the best deals seem to reside. With that in mind, I will be keeping an eye on things all day around the web. And since I'm the guy who brings you This Week in Blu-ray, you can expect to see a lot of sweet Blu-ray deals. First up, a look at two of the biggest online retailers. Best Buy The big yellow tag has a bunch of Blu-ray's under $10 today, including a few major releases from this year. They »

- Neil Miller

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Trail of Blood: An Interview with the Guerrieri Brothers

27 November 2009 10:46 PM, PST | 28 Days Later Analysis | See recent 28 Days Later Analysis news »

Joseph Guerrieri (The Jackalope) and Justin Guerrieri are the brains and the legs behind horror film Trail of Blood. A film that is character driven, horrifying, and full of surprises, Trail of Blood is currently in post-production and searching for distribution. To be shown at film festivals beginning in 2010 the Guerrieri brothers have taken the time out from moviemaking to talk to me for all of you about Trail of Blood, the process of filmmaking, life and filming in the Angeles National Forest. Have a look at the interview below and prepare to be soaked in blood once the film is available to fans in 2010.

(Michael Allen) Hi Joseph and Justin thanks for talking about your film Trail of Blood.

(Joseph Guerrieri) It is our pleasure and thanks for posting an article of the film on your horror website.

(Ma) No problem, can you tell me where your film company is based out of? »

- Michael Ross Allen

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Recreating "New Moon": What I Watched Instead

24 November 2009 11:38 AM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

So New Moon made over $140 million this past weekend. I wish I can say that I'm surprised, but really, who would be? It's Twilight. Everybody should've expected it to do gangbusters.

You might have noticed that we don't have a review for it... yet. There's a reason for that. I went to a screening of it last Wednesday, but never made it into the theater, after my stubborn self encountered a problem passing the security check. Nothing too scandalous, I didn't bite anybody—that night, anyway—but I scuttled on home skipping out on my date with the hot new reel on the block. So what did I do instead?

I could have seen the movie during the weekend, of course. But hey, it was busy breaking three different box office records: opening day (beating The Dark Knight), midnight showing (beating Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) and November opening »

- Arya Ponto

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FEARnet Prepping ‘Post Mortem’ Interview Series

12 November 2009 10:18 AM, PST | Tubefilter.tv | See recent Tubefilter News news »

Can you believe FEARnet is already onto its eighth original web series already? The Comcast-backed horror hub, which recently launched Fear Clinic, is now gearing up for Post Mortem with Mick Garris. The interview series will feature five minute episodes, in a "Charlie Rose of Horror" fashion, with various horror directors and other luminaries like Tobe Hooper, Wes Craven, Robert Englund and John Carpenter. Mick Garris might in fact be the Charlie Rose of horror, having a rolodex that reads like a who's who in the genre after creating The Fantasy Film Festival and Showtime's Masters of Horror anthology series. "There is nobody in the business who can bring to our audience what Mick can – an unprecedented knowledge of the industry from the ground up, and a network of A-List colleagues who are happy to share with him and our viewers their experiences, stories and insights about fear-inspired entertainment,” said FEARnet's President Diane Robina. »

- Marc Hustvedt

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Correction: Garris Hosting FearNet Series Post Mortem

11 November 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

Correction: Garris wrote in to us to clarify that the show's episodes will run a half hour on FearNet's cable incarnation, while the webisodes will run five minutes. Filmmaker Mick Garris is returning to his roots: Interviewing fellow genre professionals. Before directing several Stephen King adaptions such as The Stand , The Shining and Desperation or creating the Showtime hit series Masters Of Horror , Garris hosted the local L.A. movie series The Fantasy Film Festival , which boasted a bevy of in-depth chats with directors such as David Cronenberg, John Landis and William Friedkin. Variety reports that Garris will now host Post Mortem With Mick Garris for FearNet, the site that most recently premiered the original web-series Fear Clinic in October. Already... »

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Update: Mick Garris to Perform Post Mortems for FEARnet

11 November 2009 2:04 AM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

FEARnet is once again doing its very best to provide viewers and fans some really cool stuff to check out beyond its vast library of flicks and webisodic content.

Variety reports that the broadband channel is set to run "Post Mortem With Mick Garris", which will feature the creator behind the anthology "Masters of Horror" as he sits down with some of the genre's top writers, producers, and stars including Tobe Hooper, Wes Craven, and more.

Update: Each episode of "Post Mortem" will run about a half-hour in length and be sort of a "Charlie Rose of Horror" type show with five-minute webisodes being utilized as an adjunct to that.

The show and the webisodes will debut in December on the network, which is distributed via on demand, online, and mobile platforms. Look for more soon!

- Uncle Creepy

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FEARnet Launches 'Post Mortem with Mick Garris'

10 November 2009 8:43 PM, PST | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »

Horror filmmaker and raconteur Mick Garris is at it again, folks. And this time the Masters of Horror creator is teaming up with your favorite website (FEARnet, natch) -- for Post Mortem with Mick Garris, an all-new online series, debuting in December, in which Garris will interview some of the biggest names in horror cinema, among them John Carpenter, Robert Englund and Wes Craven. Hit the jump for the offical press release. Fearnet, the multi-platform entertainment service with the #1 Internet site for horror and thriller entertainment and news, announced today that it has begun production on its newest original web series: Post Mortem With Mick Garris.  In the new series, Garris – one of... »

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Karen Lam's Psychological Horror 'Stained' goes into production

10 November 2009 12:22 PM, PST | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »

Canadian filmmaker Karen Lam, with Angel Entertainment and Goonworks Films, has begun production on her feature psychological horror film Stained. It features Tinsel Korey (Twilight: New Moon, Rabbit Fall), Sonja Bennett (Battlestar Galactica, Masters of Horror), Tim Fellingham (Truly Blessed, Life on Top), and Stephen Huszar (Corner Gas, Paradise Falls).

Stained is an intense thriller about a lonely bookseller’s obsessive love affair and her protective best friend, who alone knows the horrible truth about her obsession. Karen’s first short horror film, The Cabinet, was selected for the National Canadian Screen Institute – Drama Prize in 2006.

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- Superheidi

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Bsb: In Praise of Fright Night

8 November 2009 10:40 PM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

When you scrape away the death obsessed subtext and technicalities of the process, watching and loving horror films should be just plain fun, exhilarating fun, a complete escape into another parallel world that echoes our own. If it's not, if you find yourself labouring to find that simple joyous eye of the proverbial needle, well then, perhaps you should just give up the pursuit of terror geekdome altogether.

For me, speaking as someone who was literally born into a world where the people that done made me loved dark movies and weird entertainments and fully endorsed my obsessions with my growing "id", horror films will forever be tied to the sweetest moments of my youth. From those secret late night, school night, TV movie binges to sneaking into R rated films after buying PG tickets, horror was my first rebellion against the mainstream so embraced by my peers and the »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Chris Alexander)

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Exclusive: Robert Englund - Checking into Fear Clinic Part II

3 November 2009 12:51 AM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

For someone like Robert Englund, whose character of Freddy Krueger became legendary in the pop culture lexicon, you'd think he'd relish the opportunity to step out from behind the mask (or make-up) in the FEARnet web series "Fear Clinic."

However, despite his long career, the actor still gets apprehensive about using his own visage on film.

Englund said, "What's really funny for me is that most people think that the makeup is restrictive for me (or even Kane), but it really isn't. In fact, I almost prefer being creative in makeup as opposed to just being myself on screen."

"I can do so much more with a character like Freddy than I can with a normal-looking guy in a suit. It's like the makeup brings out the character inside you and just pushes you beyond what you normally do when you're performing. I can change my voice and move differently. »

- thehorrorchick

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The Vampire Diaries 1.07 "Haunted" Recap

30 October 2009 12:03 PM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

After an intolerable and stress-inducing bi-week hiatus, The Vampire Diaries came back to us like a vamp to a love slave and my wrist was stretched out for more. The magazines and websites claimed that last night’s episode, “Haunted”, was going to change the game of the show, but despite the goodies and shocks we got last night, I felt like I had tasted a little bit of bad blood. But I don’t care. I really don’t. Why? Well for starters, the performances last night were phenomenal across the board. If nobody felt moved at all by any of the emotional scenes last night, then you might want to check your pulse. Secondly, the episode was co-written by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, the executive producers of the show, as well as Andrew Kreisberg who wrote the story. Thirdly, the episode was directed by Ernest Dickenson; an »

- Mark O. Estes

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50 Influential Scream Queens: Part 1

27 October 2009 5:54 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Given man's unwavering fascination with woman, it's no surprise that the female star acts as the anchor to a dominant portion of horror pictures. I mean really, who wants to see a bare chested man tearin ass through the woods screaming at the top of his lungs while a bladed assailant nips at his heels? I don't - I know that much, although I'm certain there are plenty of men who would disagree (and that's okay with me, to each his own!). The simple fact remains however, women bring a unique appeal and certain sensual atmosphere to film that no man ever could. And it's not all about gratuitous T&A.

There's a comforting quality in the hands of the heroine; a fascinating maternal strength that, as a man I cannot genuinely relate to. I can however admire, and in many cases it's nearly impossible to not admire the lone »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Matt Molgaard)

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Fright Exclusive Interview: Tony Todd Talks Splatter

26 October 2009 6:44 PM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

Tony Todd Talks Splatter

Conducted by Phil Fasso and Mike Cucinotta on October 26, 2009

So we're sitting here in The Frightquarters waiting for Tony Todd to report in. We interviewing him via telephone so no need to repeat his name five times. We tried it, it didn't work. (Ok, ok... we only got to 4 and turned the lights on.)

A funny thing pops up on our telescreen: An old doc on 'Bride of Frankestein', hosted by Joe Dante, starring Clive Barker and featuring Bill Condon, all of whom have worked with Todd. Barker and Condon having been involved in 'Candyman' and 'Candyman: Farewell To The Flesh', and Dante having recently directed him in 'Splatter', a new 3 episode web series, produced by Roger Corman and debuting exclusively for free on Netflix on October 29th.

Tony Todd chatting with us about this upcoming free web series, as well a few new and upcoming projects, »

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Exclusive: Richard C. Matheson on 'Splatter'

26 October 2009 3:30 PM, PDT | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »

Richard Christian Matheson may come from genre royalty (his dad Richard Matheson's long list of credits include the novel I Am Legend, many classic episodes of The Twilight Zone and much, much more), but he's a very accomplished horror writer in his own right, having penned numerous acclaimed books and stories, as well as episodes of Tales from the Crypt, Amazing Stories, Masters of Horror, and Knight Rider. Richard's most recent project, arriving just in time for Halloween, is a web series for Netflix called Splatter, about a rock star back from the dead to torment his so-called friends. Splatter brings together an insane amount of horror talent.  Matheson wrote the script, directed by Joe Dante, produced by... »

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Rotten Thoughts: Should Hooper Return to the Chainsaw Franchise?

23 October 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

Within the last year, original Texas Chainsaw Massacre director Tobe Hooper switched representation and found a home at Evolution Management, a robust firm that reps many folks working in the genre today. Great news, I thought, for Hooper who hasn't done a feature since Mortuary and, since then, directed two episodes of Masters of Horror . He's still attached to From a Buick 8 , the Stephen King adaptation, but that seems to be running low on gas. Being housed at Evolution is the best thing for him right now. He'll have some guidance. And maybe the fellas there will set him on the right track. Distance himself from the stigma of his '90s output and make "A Tobe Hooper film" mean something. Now, it's no secret Evolution shares the same offices as Twisted... »

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Director William Malone Talks Next Project -- Phoenix Dust

22 October 2009 12:46 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

Recently we caught up with William Malone at the La Screamfest to get the early word on his next project. Best known for directing The House on Haunted Hill, Parasomnia, and "The Fair-Haired Child" episode of Masters of Horror, we're looking forward to what Bill has cooking next. Which is ...

"I've got this project," Malone tells Dread. "It's a big budget sci-fi film called Phoenix Dust, so I'm working right now on a promotional film for that, and that's been taking up a lot of my time. Lots of green screen in it, but it's got everything people could want ... monsters, robots, half-naked chicks ... what more could you want?"

Ummm ... Catholic schoolgirls riding mechanical bulls? Did I just type that? Never mind. Anyway ... look for more on Phoenix Dust soon.

- Uncle Creepy

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HorrorFest 2009: 'The Hills Run Red'

18 October 2009 7:00 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

Welcome to HorrorFest 2009. When my first "Masters Of Horror" episode aired, reviews were generally pretty good, but there was a vocal percentage of the audience that immediately accused my partner and I of being "rip-off artists."  The particular sources I saw cited most often were Roman Polanski's "The Ninth Gate" and the Theodore Roszak novel Flicker.  Thing is, I hadn't read Flicker.  I'll cop to having read and admired Throat Sprockets, a great Tim Lucas novel, but even that is something I just admire in terms of taking film seriously as a source of horror, and not as any direct inspiration. ... »

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Derek Mears Officially Joins the Cast of Predators

17 October 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

Actor Derek Mears officially confirmed rumors this weekend at a horror con that he has been cast in Robert Rodriguez's Predators . One can only presume that he'll be playing one of the many Predator warriors the sequel, shooting in Texas, has to offer. We saw Mears earlier this year in Friday the 13th as Jason Voorhees. He's also appeared in The Hills Have Eyes 2 and Masters of Horror . Predators finds stars Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Danny Trejo, Walton Goggins and Alice Braga being kidnapped and whisked away to the Predator home planet where they are hunted. Nimrod Antal directs. »

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An American Werewolf In London, Army Of Darknes and Van Helsing Blu-ray Reviews

10 October 2009 10:01 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Halloween brings out the ghosts, ghouls and reissues of Haloween favorites and “favorites.” Universal, one of the great studios for catalog Blu-ray releases has put out two cult-classics, and one film that might strain to be some day. My reviews of An America Werewolf in London, Army of Darkness and Van Helsing after the jump.

John Landis has a great and awkward career, one that started with promise and mutated into saggy but somewhat enjoyable enterprises. It’s hard to say if the joy is gone because his first episode of Masters of Horror suggested that the man still has some game. An American Werewolf in London may not be his best movie (it’s hard to argue between it, Animal House and Trading Places), but it’s one of the great modern horror films.

David Naughton stars as David Kessler, who’s out backpacking with his best friend Jack Goodman »

- Andre Dellamorte

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