Entries from September 2008 ↓

Paramount has announced a late-December bow for the Blu-ray release of Paul W.S Anderson's sci-fi/horror cult favorite Event Horizons, which starred the awesome Sam Neill, according to Highdefdigest. Marking its first appearance in high-def, Paramount will debut the Paul W.S. Anderson-directed thriller on December 30 (the studio previously released a special edition DVD version in 2006). There are no tech specs or supplemental details as of yet, but we expect a package comparable to the DVD. In the film from 1997, a rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned...with someone or something new on-board.

One of the most underrated films of all time has to be the 1987 supernatural thriller Angel Heart, which starred Mickey Rourke, Lisa Bonet and Robert De Niro in a surprising twist of a role. Today it was announced that the great Michael De Luca has partnered with Alison Rosenzweig and Michael Gaeta to develop a bigscreen remake of the film. All of the details can be found by reading on.

If you click on over to BDTV you can check out the red band trailer for Sony Home Entertainment's The Devil's Chair, which streets on October 7th. With a pocketful of drugs, Nick West (Andrew Howard) takes out his girlfriend Sammy (Polly Brown), for a shag and a good time. When they explore an abandoned asylum, the discovery of a bizarre device - a cross between an electric chair and sadistic fetish machine - transforms drugged-out bliss into agony and despair. The film was directed by Adam Mason.

A new Korean thriller entitled THE CELL PHONE just began production this week and will wrap around mid-December, Variety reports. The $3.5 million pic being directed by Kim Han-min is about an entertainment exec, played by Uhm Tae-woong ("Sunny"), who is intimidated by an anonymous stalker (Park Yong-woo) after losing his cell phone. SK Telecom will distribute the film in the first half of 2009.

In order to make this list the directors have to have made at least 2 or more brilliant horror movies. In other words, they can't just be

1. The Shining - great adaptation of King's book. Jack Nicholson takes a decent into madness that will live on for all times. 2. Carrie - this story

I remember this movie remotely from when I was six. My family had HBO at that time and my Dad continually taped shows off of it. I remember one

I can't remember the title of a movie that I'm looking for but I do remember some details I saw this movie back in the late 80s, early 90s where this

I need to find this movie. I think it's a horror movie or maybe a thriller... anyway. It's a movie about a peaceful village, and one night there's a

There's no sexier holiday than Halloween. Your granny knows that. She probably busted out the fishnets and bustiere last October herself. But thankfully UGO isn't focusing on the grannies as they've launched their "Foxy Fans Sexy Halloween Costumes" special! Inside you can check out videos of the first two sexy ladies dressed as Alice in Wonderland and a beautiful nurse. Watch this spot for new sexy Halloween costumes each week, along with the lovely ladies inside of 'em!

Now available at retailers everywhere is Fox Home Video's Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead, the sequel to the hit film from "Lost" and CLOVERFIELD producer J.J. Abrams. To celebrate the release, Fox has provided Bloody-Disgusting with three copies of the DVD for some lucky reader to win. Read on to see how to enter. The film is also available on Blu-ray everywhere.

One of the coolest indie films I have seen this decade is 13 TZAMETI, which follows a young construction worker whose family is having hard times. He overhears a conversation through a hole is a rooftop and undergoes an impulsive journey that he hopes will lead to a fortune. However, to his horror, he finds himself in a high-stakes contest-to-the-death, with little hope of victory or escape. It was announced back in October of 2006 that French director Géla Babluani would be writing and directing a remake of his own film (now titled 13), which has since then gone silent. We learned exclusively that casting is now underway for a November shoot in New York and that Sam Riley (Control) is the first to have been cast. He will play Vince Ferro, the lead in the remake. Read on for the trailer of the original.

It was announced last week that CLOVERFIELD director Matt Reeves would be getting behind the camera for a remake of Let the Right One In for Hammer and Overture Films. Tomas Alfredson, the director of the original film hitting theaters October 24th from Magnet Releasing, talked a bit to MovieZine.se about his thoughts on remaking the film, which don't sound all that optimistic.

Review by Fatally Yours

The Pang Brothers have a mixed record with horror movies. On the one hand, they crafted the spine-tingling The Eye and its enjoyable sequel. However, they also helmed the dismal The Messengers, disappointing horror fans everywhere. Still, when I heard the Pang Brothers had a new film out called Re-cycle (the film was released on the international market in 2006, but it’s only recently been released on DVD here in the United States), I couldn’t help to hope that it would be a return to their visually impressive storytelling techniques.

A popular romance novelist, Tsui Ting-Yin (Lee Sinjie), decides to try her hand at crafting a supernatural story, but soon realizes that her ghostly, long-haired character has come to life. Hoping to write more, Ting-Yin follows the specter, but ends up in another ghostly world where anyone and everything that has ever been abandoned resides. Trying to escape the frightening ghouls that inhabit this plane of existence, she meets a young girl, whom she calls Ting-Yu (Yagi Zeng), who promises to take her to “The Transport,” a far-off place that will take Ting-Yin back to her own world. On the journey to “The Transport,” they encounter monsters, ghosts, zombies and other forgotten souls, as well as avoiding a whirl-wind phenomenon that sucks up everything in its path, essentially erasing it forever. Can Ting-Yin make it back to the real world or will she be stuck in this horrifying place forever?

Re-cycle completely blew me away with its original premise and execution. The visuals in this film are just stunning and there just aren’t enough words to describe just how awe-inspiring this film really is…but I’ll try!

During the first 30 or so minutes, the Pang Brothers play with the audience and open the film like any other Asian ghost story. There is the requisite shadowy, long-haired ghost and the frightened female protagonist. We also get quite a few good scares out of the first half hour, but it’s not until Ting-Yin takes a tumble down the proverbial rabbit hole that things really take off…

When Ting-Yin ends up in the other world, the Pang Brothers stop fooling around and get down to business. The colorful, vivid and creative scenes in Re-cycle are probably the best visuals the Pang Brothers have imagined and executed…EVER. First, we get a massive, derelict city that Ting-Yin becomes lost in, then we get an amazing abandoned amusement park, complete with a rotting Ferris wheel and swinging pirate ship. Other memorable scenes include a spooky scene when ghouls creep down trees in a haunted forest, a tense scene in which our two protagonists must cross a crumbling old bridge (populated by the shambling undead) that stretches across a rocky ravine, a hair-raising scene where Ting-Yin must traverse a space full of aborted fetuses and a scene where they must cross an old graveyard inhabited by hungry spirits whose ancestors have forgotten about them. Each scene is amazing and the sets are just incredibly beautiful and frightening, all at once!

The acting here is also top-notch, with the lead of Lee Sinjie as Tsui Ting-Yin conveying many complex emotions. She is a very believable character and right away you feel sympathetic towards her. Her character is both strong and vulnerable, and Sinjie portrays this effortlessly. The little girl who plays Ting-Yu, Yagi Zeng, is also incredible as well. She gives a very leveled, believable and endearing performance as the young but brave Ting-Yu. You can thank Zeng for giving the movie a lot of heart.

The end of the film is very touching and delves into pretty emotional territory when we learn more about a tragedy in Ting-Yin’s past, but this only adds to the depth and character of this fantastic film. The visuals at the ending are extremely impressive as well, especially when time stops for Ting-Yin and freezes the ghost and the horde of ghouls who have caught up to her. The special effects here are seamless, as they are for the rest of the film).

Now, this film is not your typical horror film or even your typical Asian horror film (though it starts out that way). I would say that this film is more fantasy-flavored than horror, but don’t let that deter you from seeing Re-cycle! It truly is an amazing film and the horror elements (there are many) will have you hooked! The horror elements that are there are pretty startling and scary, so there is no reason why horror fans shouldn’t check out the superior Re-cycle.

Re-cycle is definitely one of the best and most creative films I’ve seen this year!

Watch the Re-cycle trailer:

Not only has Lionsgate launched the official MySpace page for Saw V, but they've also released another two TV Spots for the film, both of which can be found beyond the break. The TV Spots show new footage and tease "the final game", which we all know isn't true. At the MySpace you can download posters, images, screensavers, wallpapers, and other goodies. In the fifth installment of the popular SAW franchise arriving in theaters October 24, Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, Hoffman must go on the hunt to eliminate all loose ends.