May 10, 2009
Last Week in Horror News: May 3rd to May 10thLast Week in Horror News: May 3rd to May 10th
Posted by: Peter Hall
Theatrical Trailers and Clips
Studio News and Attachments
- THE APPARITION – Dark Castle films slates up another, this time the ambiguously titled haunted house’r.
- DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK – Katie Homles is headlining the Guillermo del Toro produced creature feature?
- JEKYLL – Keanu Reeves is now taking on the roles to be written by REVOLUTIONARY ROAD scriptor Justin Haythe?
Remakes
- H2 – Michael Myers is not a Necromancer. Michael Myers is not a Necromancer. Michael Myers is not a Necromancer.
- MOTHER’S DAY – Three production shingles, including Brett Ratner’s, are planning a franchise, the first of which will be directed by Darren Bousman.
- CHILDREN OF THE CORN – Is that Officer Dualla with hair growing out of her eyes?
Indie, Foreign and Random News
- DEAD LOSS – Chris Gorak, who made the admirable RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR (review), is directing DEAD LOSS which is basically “DEADLIEST CATCH” with a horror twist.
- David Slade is Diplomatic – And also a liar.
- MANDY LANE – Senator has once again shelved ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE (review)from its July 17th release date. The region free Blu-ray is down to $15.
- [REC] – A US DVD finally comes out on July 14th.
Non-Theatrical Trailers
March 22, 2009
Last Week in Horror: March 15th to the 22ndLast Week in Horror: March 15th to the 22nd
Posted by: Peter Hall
Theatrical Trailers and Clips
Studio News and Attachments
- SAW VI – Shawnee Smith is in the latest installment? Why the hell not?
- LOST BOYS 3 – Why the hell not?
- DAYBREAKERS – Lionsgate bumps the vampire flick down the line to the newly claimed horror month of January. Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe and Dr. Allen Grant still have me interested, though.
- DANTE’S INFERNO – Dan Harris has picked up the screen writing slack on an adaptation of the yet-unpublished game adaption of the titular piece of classic lit.
Remakes
Indie, Foreign and Random News
- GHOSTBUSTERS – Alyssa Milano is taking over the Weaver filled female lead in the upcoming GHOSTBUSTERS game.
- FREDDY VS JASON VS ASH – This is really the preview image for FvJvA? I coulda Photoshopped this bologna.
- Pascal Laugier – The MARYTRS director talks potential projects on his slate(s), which reach past the HELLRAISER remake and include a CUJO-esque script as well as a LOVECRAFT infused property.
- CLEAVAGEFIELD – I promise you that, unless I cancel the channel, I will bring you a review of Cinemax’ CLEAVAGEFIELD after it debuts on April 1st.
Non-theatrical Trailers and Clips
- THIRST – The teaser trailer for Chan-Wook Park’s vampire film. Looks great.
- THE LANDLORD – I actually was offered an early look at THE LANDLORD this week. Should I take it?
- GOBSTOPPER – Christopher Lloyd does Willy Wonka killing teenagers?
- THE CHILDREN – I know that this was viewed recently in Austin, but I’ve yet to see what the general consensus was.
- EVIL THINGS – Trailer.