Theatrical Trailers and Clips

CASE 39 – Two new clips for the long-shelved Renee Zellweger, Bradley Cooper and Ian McShane thriller.
DAYBREAKERS – A new teaser spot for the damned fine flick out in January.  Review here.

Studio News and Attachments

ZOMBIELAND 2 – Is official and will be shot in 3D.  Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg are assumed [...]

Who: Series created by BATTLESTAR GALACTICA resurrector (and one time THE THING remake writer) Ron D. Moore.  Pilot directed by FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS producer-cum-blockbuster helmer Peter Berg.  Starring Sienna Guillory, Clea DuVall, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Jimmi “Liam McPoyle” Simpson.
What: Two hour pilot for a proposed science fiction series about the pangalactic travels of a spaceship [...]

It was true last season when I said it.  After the Season 2 premiere, the declaration still rings true: TRUE BLOOD is the best show on television.  I’m not here to gush over the recent return to television, as engaging as it was, rather to address a comment Herc at AICN made, a comment that [...]

May 5th
There are only two standard definition titles of the week that I recognize.  MUM & DAD is a British import that got some modest appreciation on the fest circuit.  The other is a flick called THE 8TH PLAGUE, which has found its way in this DVD guide well over a year ago.   I’ve seen [...]

Theatrical Trailers and Clips

DISTRICT 9 – Trailer for Neil Blomkamp’s alien invasion.

Studio News and Attachments

THE DARK TOWER – J.J. Abrams tells MTV that as soon as “LOST” finishes they’ll muscle up for the film series.  Considering STAR TREK is posed to be a huge success, I have a feeling Abrams will muster quite the budget [...]

Just a heads up that Sci-Fi is airing Eric Red’s return to the field, the Famke Janssen starring ghosty 100 FEET (review) tonight (4/26/09) at 9 Eastern.  I’ve no idea what their for TV edits consist of, but the movie boasts a few standout sequences that make it worth a watch.
Weather out on the east [...]

I was out of town last weekend when I saw the press release for IFC’s upcoming slate of ‘Midnight’ movies’ and got excited to the point that I was sad I’d have to wait a few more days to spread the word in this here post.  I’ll get to why in a minute.
Firstly, if you’re [...]

The State of California Just Shit in Your Mouth.
I’m not letting the burbclave of Hollywood get off with the blame on this one.  The onus is on each and every one of you citizens of the great blue state that is California to climb the nearest clock tower and put an end to this remake, [...]

“13: FEAR IS REAL”, a reality show on The CW produced by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert, is an insipid crime against the senses.  A more obnoxious show the Son of Perdition himself could not design.
Thirteen volunteered social amoebas are slapped in front of the cameras to run through the same formula of all reality [...]

Heads up; FEARnet online and OnDemand is now host to the NBC spinoff of “MASTERS OF HORROR”, “FEAR ITSELF”.  Not that the show was amazing, but I am always in support of televised, non-serialized horror.  The schedule is posted below and looks to include only the episodes that already aired over the summer.  I could [...]

Title speaks it all.  Not that the Golden Globes are by any means a stamp of superior judgment, but gotta love that they know what’s what as far as the genre goes.  Not only is “TRUE BLOOD” a contender, but so is “DEXTER”.
Good on ya’, Foreign Press.  Now let’s not talk about your film nominations…

Created by Charlie Brooker, 2008
“DEAD SET” may be one of my favorite horror productions of 2008 if only because it would never exist in the United States.  Shot, cast and set largely in and around the “BIG BROTHER” house in England, “DEAD SET” is a five part miniseries chronicling a zombie apocalypse whose eve coincides [...]

… “THE SIMPSONS” Tree House of Horrors episodes were good?  Because this year’s was lame.  I know “THE SIMPSONS” hasn’t been close to even B- game in a while, but one could at least count on the Halloween episode to provide a nice Springfield filter on classic genre tales.
Year 19 though?  Ouch.  Flaccid TRANSFORMERS riff?  [...]

I’m not sure a title can be more concise than that.  Perhaps an equal sign could have saved me two words.
The first episode of “TRUE BLOOD”, Alan Ball’s vampire mystery series on HBO, did not guarantee me on the series.  Network indulgent sex scenes and orotund characters in every role save the key vampire were [...]

I held off after the premiere airing of J.J. Abrams’ new Fox Sci-Fi show in the hope that episode two would remedy faults in the pilot.  Last night said second episode did hit the airwaves and not only was a remedy out of sight, but I do believe I could see characters carrying around shovels, [...]

Created by Alan Ball, 2008
Pilot episode STRANGE LOVE Written and Directed by Alan Ball
HBO doesn’t make bad shows.  Mind you the bar may not always lock up a notch, but a bad show they’ve never put to series.  After the pilot episode, my personal jury is still out on whether they’ve raised the bar or [...]

Created by Tim Haines, Adrian Hodges, 2007
No, this is not a series version of the passable giant crocodile film of the same name.  “PRIMEVAL” is a British Sci-Fi series from 2007 already in its second season across the pond.  Here in the colonies, however, BBC America is just now airing the first season.  Taking place [...]

This has nothing to do with horror, but it cracks me up enough to post.  I had forgotten about it, which is why I have a bookmarked folder where I drag rantable things should they be forgotten.  “MY OWN WORST ENEMY” is a new NBC show premiering this fall about Christian Slater, a working stiff [...]

Directed by John Landis, 2008
Written by Victor Salva
Is it fair to say that John Landis has fallen from grace?  Judging from his episode of “FEAR ITSELF”, yes.  Yes. Far, far from grace.  Eons from grace.  Fallen through time, through space, to some twilit zone where Landis is a sleep walking, brain dead, unoriginal, talentless know [...]

Directed by Ronny Yu, 2008
Written by Daniel Knauf
Now here we go.  The early reviews of “FEAR ITSELF” all indicated that the show failed to kick off until episode three.  The early reviews were right.  FAMILY MAN, written by “CARNIVALE” creator and scribe Daniel Knauf, has an excellent script tailored specifically for the rise and fall [...]

Directed by Brad Anderson, 2008
Written by Matt Venne
Brad Anderson is a name that bodes much hook with me.  He is a director whose television stints on “THE WIRE” and “SURFACE” are work I’ll go out of my way to detour for, so I feel fortunate when his job falls in line with my (non)job.  Thus [...]

Directed by Breck Eisner, 2008
Written by Mick Garris from a Del Howison short story
I am all about serialized, non-contiguous horror. I dig standalone storytelling and the familiar face bit casting, so I feel the ageless form always has a place on television. If we are judging from a first episode basis, however, that [...]

Just when you thought the Sci-Fi channel could not get any dumber, they go and do something like this…. and totally redeem themselves! The this being GOBLIN SHARK ATTACK. Fangoria has an article up on the film and I must say, I don’t think I’ve ever been more excited for a movie about [...]

An official press release has hit the webs with a list of directors, actors, writers and plot descriptions for NBCs forthcoming "MASTERS OF HORROR" redux, "FEAR ITSELF":  The lineup is pretty much what has been known for weeks, but most curiously is the absence of John Carpenter.  Carpenter would have been teaming up with AICN’ers [...]

"Reaper", the pilot of which aired earlier this week, was directed by Kevin Smith, of all people.  If you haven’t seen it yet, you really, really should.  The most apt comparison would be to call it a TV show channeling the spirit of Idle Hands.
It doesn’t have any of the gore or killer hand-ness of [...]

Directed by Dario Argento, 2006Written by Matt Venne, F. Paul Wilson

If you talk Italian horror you talk first and foremost of Argento and Fulici.  I confess that of the twenty odd films and television episodes that Dario Argento has directed, I’ve seen exactly 3 – and two of those are "Masters of Horror" episodes.  For [...]

Directed by Brad Anderson (2006)Written by Brad Anderson based off Mike O’Driscoll’s short story

Brad Anderson – the guiding hand behind Session 9 and The Machinist – has seemingly developed a crush on showing middle aged men in increasing states of mental disrepair.  If it weren’t for his television work on shows with continuity linked episodes [...]

Directed by John LandisWritten by Brent Hanley

John Landis’ sophomore "Masters" entry is, thus far, the best of the series.  I’d even go so far as to say that Family is the best thing the director has been involved with in excess of two decades.
The elegant opening shot planted a wicked smile on my face [...]

I wish I could say I’ve been a die hard fan of Pittsburgh based web series "Something to be Desired" since its inception, but honestly I hadn’t heard of it until I received an email from Erik Schark pointing me towards their Halloween episode.
Clocking it at 13 minutes, the special finds the cast of fictitious [...]

Directed by Tobe Hooper, 2006Written by Richard Christian Matheson

The previous team up of R.C. Matheson and Tobe Hooper resulted in Dance of the Dead, what many (present company included) considered the worst episode of Masters’ first season.  I fell asleep during it.
It is with a clear conscious that I feel obligated to inform you that [...]

While the director lineup etc has been known for a while now, Showtime has finally, officially confirmed the airing order and dates for the second season of Masters of Horror.  Well, for the most part:
Masters Of Horror: The Damned Thing (Tobe Hooper) 10/27/2006 Masters Of [...]

I’ve already laid out why you should be watching Dexter, so if you’re not already I’m guessing it has only to do with a lack of access to the proper ‘channels’.  Well, you’re in luck because Showtime has put up the second episode as streaming video on its website.  It is content edited to a [...]

I was going to write out a play-by-play of the pilot episode of "Dexter", Showtime’s new hour long about a serial killer who daylights as a forensics officer with a love for blood splatter analysis.  But since there are sites specifically for episodic recaps, I’ll take the easier route and pluck just a sampling of [...]

This is one of those times where I pull the Sci-Fi card out.  You may have heard about Heroes, an hour long series NBC picked up for their Fall slate, about people who start to realize they have super powers.  If you’re like me, when you heard about it you laughed it off as being [...]

I like Rob Zombie.  I like his music, and for the most part, I like his two films.  But what I love about the man is his passion for and knowledge of the genre.  If you’ve ever seen him on other clip shows talking about horror, he’s just the kind of guy you want to [...]

Below is the official press release from Anchor Bay/IDT that details each episode, it’s director, writer, cast etc.  Some of ‘em sound pretty good, like Joe Dante’s, John Carpenter’s, Dario Argento’s, and Brad Anderson’s.  Then again, some of ‘em are pretty bland: Ernest Dickerson’s, Mick Garris’, Stuart Gordon’s (despite the Poe origins).
Anyways, give it a [...]

Damn did Anchor Bay really pack these Masters of Horror DVDs with some very worth while features.  Counting the running time of the commentary tracks, of which there are two, there are over 3 hours of special features here:

Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Commentary by Writer/Director Don Coscarelli [...]

They call me piggy because I’m so bank.
This morning, only 16 days after I announced it, Dread Central got wind that the one and only Ron Perlman is the lead in John Carpenter’s Masters of Horror episode, Pro-Life, which is actually filming right now.
Now if only there were some news on the Del Toro side [...]

Sticking with the 13 episode, hour long format, this is my fantasy team of Masters directors. The only qualifiers were that they had to be alive and still be at least slightly active:

I keep meaning to write reviews for all of the episodes of season one, but until then, here’s the heads up on Season 2. Seven directors are returning, three new vets are signed on (including Brad Anderson, a favorite of this site), with three spots left to fill out the 13 episode series.
All around [...]

The always fruitful Twitch introduced me to a review of Imprint up at Kaiju Shakedown, and it’s a review of such concision that I already feel bad for not having been a regular reader of Grady Hendrix’ writing. I’ve now learned the error of my ways.
It is a damned good read and is so [...]

Directed by Takashii Miike, 2005

The wait is over. The UK branch of Bravo had the balls Showtime didn’t and aired Takashi Miike’s ‘banned-because-it-was-too-graphic’ episode of Masters of Horror, titled Imprint. So the main question is, “Did it deserve the controversy?”
Yes and no. I can understand why Showtime would want to preempt any [...]

If you remember back to one of my earliest posts on the site, I mentioned that Takashi Miike’s episode of Masters of Horror, titled Imprint, would not be aired by Showtime because they felt it was too offensive. You could practically hear the hearts of thousands of genre geeks every where simultaneously break when [...]

Wanna see something REALLY scary? I present to you a series of screen caps from “Life in the Undergrowth” that I took of a giant centipede the size of a man’s arm.

And to set up the situation, the centipede is climbing the wall of a cave in Africa. It then hangs down, [...]