Entries from November 2007 ↓
Joe Lynch Talks ‘Wrong Turn 3′ Possibilities
November 30th, 2007 — From The Feeds
Fox Home Video's October release of Wrong Turn 2: Dead End was such a smashing hit that a third film is already in talks. Today a new interview online revealed that Joe Lynch could possibly return to direct the next entry... only if they run with his idea. He did such a smash-up job with the second that Fox would be insane not to let him run with the decapitated head once again. Read on for the skinny.
Footage of ‘Dexter’s Red Fountains’, Season Finale Coming!
November 30th, 2007 — From The Feeds
One day in September, to celebrate Showtime's critically acclaimed original series, Dexter, 14 cities across the U.S. participated in an artistic water exhibit. It was called "Dexter's Red Fountains." It made quite a splash. You can watch footage from the event by heading over to BDTV and then watch the season finale to one of my favorite shows on TV Sunday December, 16th at 10pm et/pt, only on Showtime.
Sundance 08: First Batch of Stills From ‘Otto’
November 30th, 2007 — From The Feeds
Sure most press are flocking to get behind Hell Ride at January's Sundance Film Festival (too obvious, yawn), but having Quentin Tarantino's name as a presenter doesn't get me excited anymore. What I like are cool stills and an interesting presence by the director, which is why I was pumped for We Are the Strange last year. This year the movie of choice for me would be Bruce La Bruce's Otto; or, Up With Dead People, which is a unique looking zombie movie that blends political themes and gore on a small budget. Will it be good? We'll let you know in January, but until then let us all indulge in some exclusive stills here on Bloody-Disgusting. Read on and dig in!
Sean Connery’s Son Unleashes Ancient Evil in Untitled Project
November 30th, 2007 — From The Feeds
Are you ready for one of the most bizarre announcements of the year? When I read this I thought it was a joke, but it's in this morning's Hollywood Reporter so it's as real as the smell of fish guts. Sean Connery's son, Jason Connery, is directing an untitled action-thriller with supernatural elements with the insane cast of Cuba Gooding Jr., Taryn Manning, Ron Perlman, Henry Rollins, Valerie Cruz, Ray Winstone, Bill Moseley. Read on for more details.
John Cusack Gets Revenge in ‘The Factory’
November 30th, 2007 — From The Feeds
Dark Castle isn't finished this evening as John Cusack (1408) has signed on to star in The Factory, a psychological thriller for Dark Castle to be distributed by Warner Bros. Morgan O'Neill, a winner of the Australian "Project Greenlight," co-wrote the script and is directing the feature. Cusack will play an obsessed cop who, with his partner, is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, N.Y. When his teenage daughter disappears, the cop drops any professional restraint and goes all out to get the killer. O'Neill wrote "Factory" with Paul Leyden, an Australian actor who starred in "As the World Turns" and "LAX." The movie is slated to go before cameras in January.
First Official Casting For Dimension’s ‘Scary Movie 5′
November 30th, 2007 — From The Feeds
Sophie Monk will star opposite Anna Faris in Dimension Films' Scary Movie 5, according to the Herald Sun via Moviehole.net. Monk (Sex and Death 101) will play Cindy Campbells (Anna Faris) evil twin sister in the movie. Producers of the fifth film are said to be also in talks with Hulk Hogan about playing a part. No word on story details yet, but either way Dimension Films is expecting yet another big box office victory. Watch for more news as it comes in.
United Artists Acquiring ‘The Tale of the Body Thief’?
November 30th, 2007 — From The Feeds
I received what could be one of the best (unconfirmed) scoops ever from a B-D reader who'd like to be called 'King of Kong', "I work at --- and have it on good authority that United Artists is in talks to nab the rights to Anne Rice's The Tale of the Body Thief. There's speculation on my behalf, but UA = Tom Cruise, right? Might we be seeing Tom Cruise back as the Vampire Lestat? That would be pretty good stuff." I think his speculation fits my immediate thoughts, how cool would this be? What do you guys think, are we ready for another Lestat movie?
The Trailer Park: First Look at ‘The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond’
November 30th, 2007 — From The Feeds
If you head on over to the official MySpace for Gabriel Bologna's The Black Waters of Echo's Pond you can check out the first trailer, which made it's world premiere at this months HorrorHound Weekend in Indianapolis. Written by Sean Clark, nine friends take a holiday at a Victorian home on a private island and uncover a game that when played brings out the worst in each of them. Jealously, greed, hatred, lust, all of the things they keep buried deep inside themselves rise to the surface and come to a boil. The Black Waters of Echos Pond shows those who look into it what they want to see
but what you want to see isnt always the truth.
Sixth Transmission & New Still From ‘The Signal’
November 30th, 2007 — From The Feeds
Continuing today - and every other week - we'll have a new exclusive for you from the good folks over at Magnolia Pictures to help promote their upcoming horror film, The Signal (review, Sundance interview, trailer), which hits theaters February 22. Today we've posted an exclusive Podcast for the film, which features Director Dan Bush, along with a new still that can be found inside. In the film a mysterious signal is being transmitted from all media devices in the city of Terminus, provoking murder and madness within the psyches of its inhabitants.
Scarred – Douglas McKeown
November 29th, 2007 — From The Feeds
Douglas McKeown directed the cult classic creature feature The Deadly Spawn which Stephen Thrower devoted an entire chapter to in his excellent tome devoted to American independent horror, Nightmare USA. I highly recommend both the film and the book. Mr. McKeown was reluctant to plug his most recent work, but his modesty which [...]
The Original Zombies Game.
November 29th, 2007 — From The Feeds
Normally at this point in the week I’d be prepping the latest Roundtable, putting the finishing touches on another installment of Scarred and taking the weekend off, but there’s something I have to share before I leave.
David Z. has posted everything you need to play the Dawn of the Dead board game.
And it is awesome.
God Laughs When You Die: a Horror Reader exclusive review
November 29th, 2007 — From The Feeds
Apparently, Michael Boatman is a familiar name for television
watchers. I cannot speak to the
veracity of such a comment -- my television watching is limited, to say to
least. However, I have seen his name in a few small press markets, typically attached to interesting short fiction. Here
now, we have the first, full collection of his work.
Nine short stories fill the pages of this slender volume from Dybbuk Press. Topically, they span some interesting literary territory. In "Folds," a talk show producer (think Maury Povitch/Jerry Springer) discovers an eerie plan for societal degeneration centering around one of the fattest five year olds in the nation. In "The Tarantula Memoirs," a former superhero is asked to come out of retirement to cope with insanity and slaughter. In "The Drop," a fishing trip turns violent when a pair of men wrestle with their passions for the same woman and then with a not quite mythical mermaid. In "Katchina," a woman discovers her husband's secret passion for murder and how even the grave cannot hold vengeance for long. "Bloodbath at Landsdale Towers" tells a story of bad guys and bad guys, wherein a drug lord's private party gets interrupted by a cowboy and his kung-fu fighting sidekick. But wait, that's just the first half of the book...
The subtitle for the volume is "Tough Tales from the Wrong Side of the Tracks," and this reviewer will not try to evoke a better summation. The stories tackle their topics with aggressive prose. There is no gentleness to be found in this book. In this way, Boatman's collection attempts to stride in a similar fashion to David J. Schow's Seeing Red and Joe R. Lansdale's By Bizarre Hands. While not completely successful -- I found the fantasy brawling mini epic "The Ugly Truth" to be leaden alas -- this collection has plenty of strychnine laced treats to offer. And tricks as well, since this fiction often defies both expectations and conventions. (Those readers suspecting that the superhero story ends with a comic book style, triumphant throw down between hero and villain will be quite shocked by the actual conclusion to the tale.) For the most part, these stories do not bother to confine themselves to simple visual executions of well-known plots, they are not merely "cinematic" entertainments.
The book itself is a nice looking volume, the cover features a lovely, gruesome image from Hieronymous Bosch, "The Cure of Folly." Perhaps the least enjoyable aspect of the presentation is the inclusion of illustrations from such artists as John Perry, Amanda Rehagen, Vanesa Littlecrow Wojtanowicz and Ciro for the stories. At best, the images did not intrude on the prose, but oftentimes I found them to be unnecessarily distracting.
To summarize, the stories in God Laughs When You Die are from the wrong side of the tracks, all right, but together they form a fine collection of rogues that will steal your lunch money while entertaining the hell out of you.
God Laughs When You Die by Michael Boatman
148 pages
Dybbuk Press
Released October 2007
AfterDark Aftermath.
November 29th, 2007 — From The Feeds
Horror-Movies.ca takes a look at the estimated box office for this year’s AfterDark Horrorfest and asks why it didn’t get the support from the community it deserved. I can think of a few good reasons, and none of them have to do with a lack of interest.
One solution should be obvious to [...]
And He Says Horror Doesn?t Interest Him.
November 29th, 2007 — From The Feeds
Movies
L.X.A vs. T.H.O.R.C.U.Z.F.E.
My New Plaid Pants is cursed.
Twitch has three clips from Inside.
Japanese Alien vs. Predator trailer. Via.
Next Friday the 13th may not be remake.
Horror movies and the Unrated Conspiracy.
Searches for ‘Cthulhu’ up 63% because of Cloverfield.
It took a Joan Jett cameo to get me interested in Repo!
Dark Sky Films to release movies on [...]
Lame Week: Day 4
November 29th, 2007 — From The Feeds