Horror's Not Dead

October 2009 Horror DVD and Blu-ray Guide

Yes, I know I’m two weeks late on this, but better two weeks than never.

Last Week in Horror News: July 12th to the 19th.

Theatrical Trailers and Clips

• JENNIFER’S BODY – The Green Band trailer.

Studio News and Attachments

• SAW VII – Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton are, of course, writing a seventh SAW movie.  A seventh SAW movie!!
• WORLD WAR Z – J. Michael Straczynski’s screenplay for WORLD WAR Z is getting a rewrite from THE KINGDOM scribe Matthew Michael Carnahan, which I’m not so sure is a good sign since I recall Moriarty’s script review praising how Oscar worthy Straczynski’s was…
• SCREAM 4 – Moves along with two Cox’ but no Campbell.
• GRACE – Anchor Bay has picked up the much loved GRACE for a theatrical and DVD release!
• RESIDENT EVIL 4 – Gets a bit more official with a start date and confirmation of Milla Jovovich’s return.
• HACK/SLASH – Gets a new director, Fredik Bond, but still has Justin Marks writing the comic adaptation.
• THE FLOCK – Prehistoric killer birds?  Game on!
• CELL – Eli Roth is officially off of the project as it gets reborn in the form of a four hour miniseries.

Remakes

• LET ME IN – International sales posters confirm the new, shorter title of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN.

Indie, Foreign and Random News

• SENSE AND SENSIBILTY AND SEA MONSTERS – Someone needs to drive a stake into the heart of this whole “tack on monsters to classic novels whose copyright has lapsed” genre.  It’s lazy writing.
• HARPER’S ISLAND – The ‘slasher as a TV show’ experiment won’t be having a second season, which is a pity since it had some decent word of mouth.
• DARK COUNTRY – I actually had a dream about this movie last night, I suppose because I went to sleep after watching Tom Jane in HUNG.  Weird.
• THE WICKER TREE – Robin Hardy’s sequel to his THE WICKER MAN is already filming.
• TERATOMA – Ryuhei Kitamara moves on to body horror after MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN.
• THE SHORTCUT – I laugh at this awful idea of what horror movies should be.

Non-Theatrical Trailers and Clips

• 12 BELLS – In which CUBE gets ripped off…
• TRIANGLE – I’m hoping Christopher Smith’s latest film ends up getting a theatrical run in the states, but it isn’t confirmed at this point.
• FRAYED – In which a homicidal son escapes an insane asylum…
• STRIGOI – In which villagers comedically don’t know how to deal with a new vampire.