Horror's Not Dead

Last Week in Horror News: April 12 to the 19th

Theatrical Trailers and Clips

• HALLOWEEN 2 – Clip from Entertainment Tonight.
• CREEK – Lionsgate has yet to pin a release date for Joel Schumacher’s Nazi experiments flick once titled TOWN CREEK.

Studio News and Attachments

• Fox Atomic Dies – Fox Atomic is, in all likelihood, getting folded back in to 20th Century Fox.  How this alters plans for JENNIFER’S BODY or the hypothetical 28 MONTHS LATER is unclear.
• OFFSPRING – Ghost House Pictures picks up Jack Ketchum’s OFFSPRING, joins already acquired THE CHILDREN and SEVENTH MOON.
• DRAG ME TO HELL – Looks like Ghost House opted to release the PG-13 variant.  Don’t blame ‘em.
• ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE – Has a US theatrical date of July 17th, which is 361 days after the film’s release on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK; oh, and those discs are only $8 and $15, respectively.  Despite having a region listing on the back, my Blu of MANDY LANE plays just fine in a PS3.  This wait is ridiculous.
• THANKSGIVING – Eli Roth is currently pitching a deal to direct a more accessible disaster(ish) film for $80mil if the studio involved will also pay $5mil for a feature length do-up of the hit trailer.

Remakes

• MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D – Lionsgate has no plans for a sequel, but has 30 minutes of deleted scenes and an alternate ending ready for the disc due in May.
• FRIDAY THE 13TH – Out on DVD and BRD June 16th.
• EYES OF LAURA MARS – Chris Fischer, writer of S. DARKO tells fans at Weekend of Horrors that he has writing duties on the John Carpenter remake.

Indie, Foreign and Random News

• HATCHET 2 – Adam Green says the sequel is happening likely next winter, but is unsure the extent of his involvement.
• I, FRANKENSTEIN – Classic monsters in a neo-noir mystery produced by Ryan Rotten of Shock and Robert Sanchez of IESB.net.

Non-Theatrical Trailers and Clips

• TRICK ‘R TREAT – New trailer.  DVD and BRD due in October.
• ALBINO FARM – Official Site and Trailer.
• HOUSE OF THE DEVIL – Trailer for Ti West’s film having its public debut at Tribeca next week.
• SAMURAI PRINCESS – Oh, Japan!

Horror News Catch Up: November 5th to the 23rd

Theatrical Trailers and Clips

Really?  I was gone for two weeks and not a single new theatrical trailer came out?  I must have missed something…

Studio News and Attachments

• A Bigger Boat’s first production will be Adam Green’s FROZEN, which is superficially described as OPEN WATER in a ski lift.  Except probably without sharks.
• Warner Brothers picks up a Sci-Fi spec script called THE DAY BEFORE about, and I quote, “aliens invading Earth by traveling backwards through time and wiping out humanity — yesterday by yesterday — while one man stays a yesterday ahead of them”.  Sold!
• Josh Brolin’s new found Hollywood clout booted Nevaldine and Taylor off of JONAH HEX?
• After Dark’s PERKIN’S 14 attempting to hide its shot on HD vibe with a retro poster.
• Speaking of, After Dark picks its non-English language flick: Korea’s SOMEONE BEHIND YOU, which they’ve retitled to VOICES.  Because that is a lot scarier…
• Warner Brothers delays THE BOX about 8 months to November ’09.
• Kate Beckinsale-less UNDERWORLD:RISE OF THE LYCANS grabs an R rating.
• Mark Forster will direct WORLD WAR Z.
• Danny Boyle admits wanting to return to the director’s chair for 28 MONTHS LATER.

Remakes

• Timothy Olyphant to head up THE CRAZIES remake for Breck Eisner to direct.
• Fangoria is positing that Universal will delay THE WOLFMAN from the spring to the fall.
• Gore Verbinski will produce THE HOST remake for commercial director Frederick Bond to direct.

Indie, Foreign and Random News

• The original ending of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS for your viewing pleasure.
• Brian Yuzna to direct not one, not two, but three three dimensional horror spectacles.
• Sony now owns the video rights to ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE, still no concrete release plans announced.

Non-Theatrical Trailers and Clips

• INFECTED – Trailer
• OUTLANDER – Clips
• GROWTH – Trailer
• BOOK OF BLOOD – Trailer
• DEEP IN THE JUNGLE – Trailer
• SODIUM BABIES – French vampires
• GIALLO – Trailer

Last Week in Horror, September 28th to October 5th

Last Week in Horror we finally started to see some marketing material for studio backed films and I couldn’t be more saddened?  Why?  Well, of the four studio clips, three are for remakes and the other is a PG-13 teen shocker that I’m going to guess will most heavily be advertised on MTV and MySpace.

Oh well, some cool news.  FearNET will be showing MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN for free on its service all through October.  That said, it has yet to show up on my local FearNET OnDemand menu, but then again Comcast is a fucking abysmal corporation and my OnDemand (and internet) is rarely functioning.