This week in HORROR
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Satan's Playground Review
We've been trying our best to catch up on all the new DVD releases. Luckily for us we were able to write up a review for one that just came out. We posted up our mixed review for Dante Tomaselli's SATAN'S PLAYGROUND. It's a supernatural shocker chronicling a family's spine-tingling odyssey in New Jersey's legendary Pine Barrens region. En route to a wilderness camping retreat, their car inexplicably breaks down. As darkness falls, panic sets in. Then the marooned family stumbles upon an ancient and seemingly abandoned house. And it is here that they meet the bizarre Mrs. Leeds who lives there with her equally unhinged children. Offering no assistance, she warns of a violent, unseen force lurking in the forbidding countryside. Soon, the family will encounter a supernatural evil older than the woods themselves. SATAN'S PLAYGROUND...a place where deadly myth becomes gruesome reality. You may click here to read our review.
The Wicker Man remake hits theatres tomorrow
It's official, Niel LaBute's remake of the UK horror classic THE WICKER MAN hits theatres tomorrow. We've kept you all updated on the movie from day one, and soon our coverage will come to a close until we announce the DVD. Last week we recommended the original film (and still do) so if you haven't seen it yet then we suggest that you do so. This weekend we'll be working on a review for both the original and remake of the WICKER MAN, and if you haven't guessed we're going to post them both on the same day. We don't know if this remake will be any good but we're giving it a chance. We're not one to judge movies before we see them so we'll just have to wait and see.
In THE WICKER MAN (2006) a sheriff investigates the disappearance of a young girl from a small island. He discovers that there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community. Directed by Neil LaBute, THE WICKER MAN (2006) stars Nicolas Cage, Kate Beahan, Leelee Sobieski and Ellen Burstyn. Once again the movie opens in theatres tomorrow.
Joseph Stefano dies at age 84
We read about this yesterday and we were completely heart broken. According to Yahoo! Movies, Joseph Stefano, who wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" and was co-creator of television's science fiction anthology series "The Outer Limits," has died. He was 84. Stefano died Aug. 25 at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center, funeral director Elaine Munoz said. The cause of death wasn't disclosed.
Stefano graduated in 1940 from South Philadelphia High School and he went to New York as an aspiring entertainer. He played piano, sang, danced and wrote music and lyrics. He toured with a modern dance troupe and worked temporary jobs as a typist. He met his future bride, Marilyn Epstein, in a bar in Manhattan in 1953.
"I was trying to make a choice on the jukebox and this great-looking man in black jacket, jeans and boots said, `Play that one, I wrote it,' " she told The Philadelphia Inquirer. They soon married. Stefano's big TV break came in the 1950s when he was hired as a writer for the "Ted Mack Family Hour." He also wrote a number of scripts, including "The Black Orchid" which was made into a 1958 movie starring Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn. Stefano then became a scriptwriter for 20th Century Fox in 1960, and he moved to Hollywood. Hitchcock soon had him adapt a Robert Bloch pulp novel for the screen. The movie became "Psycho."
"Bloch's novel started with Marion Crane arriving at the motel and immediately being killed. My feeling was that, since I did not know anything about this girl, I wasn't going to care about her when she was killed. So we backed the story up a bit and learned something about her so that when she was killed, it would have more impact," Stefano once told the Los Angeles Times.
Stefano had her stealing $40,000 from her boss and stopping at the Bates Motel while on the run. Though she has a change of conscience about the money, Crane is knifed to death in a memorable shower sequence. He wrote several other screenplays, including "The Naked Edge" with Gary Cooper, but Stefanoand screenwriter Leslie Stevens turned to TV to produce and write "The Outer Limits," which ran from 1963 to '65.
Stefano later wrote the 1969 thriller "Eye of the Cat" and co-wrote the comedy "Futz!" that same year with Rochelle Owens. In the 1970s and 1980s, he wrote TV movies, including "Home for the Holidays" in 1972 and "Snowbeast " in 1977. Besides his wife, Stefano is survived by his son Dominic. The funeral was private
Harold Perrineau joins 28 Weeks Later
It appears that one of our favorite actors is going to be in the 28 DAYS LATER sequel. We just found out that Harold Perrineau Jr is the latest actor to join 28 WEEKS LATER. A lot of you may recognize Harold from such shows as OZ and THE LOST, or even as Link in the MATRIX sequels. Now he'll be confronting evil in this new sequel. In 28 WEEKS LATER Britain has been emptied. There's nobody there. It's completely dead. And six months later the Americans arrive to reboot it back up again. But, of course, something goes wrong.
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Yahoo! Movies host Covenant clips
If you head over to Yahoo! Movies you can check out some clips from the upcoming supernatural thriller THE COVENANT. Directed by Renny Harlin, the movie stars Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey, Taylor Kitsch, Toby Hemingway, Jessica Lucas and Chace Crawford. THE COVENANT is about four young students at the elite Spencer Academy who are bound by their sacred ancestry. As descendants of settler families, the boys have all been born with special powers. When the body of a dead student is discovered after a party, secrets begin to unravel which threaten to break the covenant of silence that has protected their families for hundreds of years.
For more information on THE COVENANT you may visit the official website and Myspace page. THE COVENENT hits theatres on September 8th (next friday).
(Click here for the full coverage)
Another look at the Ladybugs trailer
Today we decided to take a look back at the trailer for Greg Stechman's LADYBUGS. This is a more adult trailer for the movie, if you're curious just head over to the official LADYBUGS myspace page. To all you Myspace locals, if you like what you see then add the profile to your friends list. You wont regret it! We hope you all enjoy the trailer.Written and directed by Greg William Stechman, the film stars Matthew Donaldson, Karyn Dahl, Rick Mischke, Lauren Penner, Marcus D. Shelby and Lacie Oakley.
After a pregnancy celebration turns into a drunk driving accident for a married couple, they end up causing the death of a reclusive loner's beloved dog. Little do they know that this introverted stranger has been watching them, and has plans for them that make the death of his canine seem like a fairy tale.
(Click here for the full coverage)
Reminder: Grace plays at Dragon Con tomorrow
Once again as a friendly reminder, GRACE will screen at Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia at 10 PM Friday September 1st. The flick will be kicking off the short film block. Then Sunday the 3rd, GRACE will be playing the late night shorts block from 3am to 4am. This was the short that blew us away at the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors convention. Now were encouraging you bastards to check it out as well. The story follows Madeline Matheson, an eight months pregnant woman who is determined to deliver her unborn child, Grace, naturally. When an accident leaves Grace dead inside her, Madeline insists on carrying the baby to term. Weeks later, when Madeline delivers naturally, the child miraculously returns to life.
Word on the street now is that Paul Solet's GRACE will be making some more appearances at upcoming film festivals and conventions. The short that made audiences gasp at the Burbank Weekend of Horrors will kick off Friday September 1st at Dragon Con in Atlanta at about 10 PM. After that GRACE will be at Shriekfest, it will be screening at 1:45 PM on Saturday Sept 30th at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. Here's what the critics had to say about GRACE:
"Paul Solet is a horror talent to watch. GRACE is disturbing and original." Tony Timpone, Editor in Chief, FANGORIA MAGAZINE
"GRACE is the new breed of horror. Don't let Solet out of your sights." - Bob Clark, DEAD OF NIGHT, PORKY'S, BLACK CHRISTMAS
"Paul Solet's GRACE is brutal. Every woman's worst fear and every person's worst nightmare." Elaine Lampkin, BLOODY-DISGUSTING.com
"Superbly bizarre." FANGORIA MAGAZINE
(Click here for the full coverage)
Sarah Michelle Gellar is Addicted
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Sarah Michelle Gellar has signed to star in the Hitchcockian thriller ADDICTED (hoping to continue her winning streak in the genre business). Yari Film Group will finance the film, to be produced by Yari, Vertigo's Doug Davison and Roy Lee and Spitfire Pictures' Guy East and Nigel Sinclair. Swedish filmmakers Joel Bergvall and Simon Sandquist will direct the film, set for an October production start. The duo is signed to direct the Warner Bros. Pictures big-screen adaptation of DC Comics' "Books of Magic." "Addicted" centers on a woman whose husband and brother-in-law both end up in a coma after an accident. When the brother awakes, claiming to be her husband, she must try to understand the reality, suspecting something more sinister is at work.
Yahoo! Movies host Wicker Man clips
If you head over to Yahoo! Movies you can view some clips from the upcoming WICKER MAN remake. Most of those clips are the same ones on youtube, so it's really nothing new. If you haven't seen any clips from the movie then we recommend you check out the yahoo ones. THE WICKER MAN remake will hit theaters September 1st, 2006. In the movie a sheriff investigates the disappearance of a young girl from a small island. He discovers that there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.
Directed by Neil LaBute, THE WICKER MAN (2006) stars Nicolas Cage, Kate Beahan, Leelee Sobieski and Ellen Burstyn. For those of you who haven't seen the original cult classic, then you're in luck. Anchor Bay has released a new DVD edition for Robin Hardy's THE WICKER MAN not too long ago. If you haven't seen the movie yet then we highly recommend that you do so. THE WICKER MAN is about a detective who travels to Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. He discovers that the locals are weird and unhelpful, and becomes determined to get to the bottom of the disappearance.
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Satan's Playground Review
We've been trying our best to catch up on all the new DVD releases. Luckily for us we were able to write up a review for one that just came out. We posted up our mixed review for Dante Tomaselli's SATAN'S PLAYGROUND. It's a supernatural shocker chronicling a family's spine-tingling odyssey in New Jersey's legendary Pine Barrens region. En route to a wilderness camping retreat, their car inexplicably breaks down. As darkness falls, panic sets in. Then the marooned family stumbles upon an ancient and seemingly abandoned house. And it is here that they meet the bizarre Mrs. Leeds who lives there with her equally unhinged children. Offering no assistance, she warns of a violent, unseen force lurking in the forbidding countryside. Soon, the family will encounter a supernatural evil older than the woods themselves. SATAN'S PLAYGROUND...a place where deadly myth becomes gruesome reality. You may click here to read our review.
The Wicker Man remake hits theatres tomorrow
It's official, Niel LaBute's remake of the UK horror classic THE WICKER MAN hits theatres tomorrow. We've kept you all updated on the movie from day one, and soon our coverage will come to a close until we announce the DVD. Last week we recommended the original film (and still do) so if you haven't seen it yet then we suggest that you do so. This weekend we'll be working on a review for both the original and remake of the WICKER MAN, and if you haven't guessed we're going to post them both on the same day. We don't know if this remake will be any good but we're giving it a chance. We're not one to judge movies before we see them so we'll just have to wait and see.
In THE WICKER MAN (2006) a sheriff investigates the disappearance of a young girl from a small island. He discovers that there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community. Directed by Neil LaBute, THE WICKER MAN (2006) stars Nicolas Cage, Kate Beahan, Leelee Sobieski and Ellen Burstyn. Once again the movie opens in theatres tomorrow.
Joseph Stefano dies at age 84
We read about this yesterday and we were completely heart broken. According to Yahoo! Movies, Joseph Stefano, who wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" and was co-creator of television's science fiction anthology series "The Outer Limits," has died. He was 84. Stefano died Aug. 25 at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center, funeral director Elaine Munoz said. The cause of death wasn't disclosed.
Stefano graduated in 1940 from South Philadelphia High School and he went to New York as an aspiring entertainer. He played piano, sang, danced and wrote music and lyrics. He toured with a modern dance troupe and worked temporary jobs as a typist. He met his future bride, Marilyn Epstein, in a bar in Manhattan in 1953.
"I was trying to make a choice on the jukebox and this great-looking man in black jacket, jeans and boots said, `Play that one, I wrote it,' " she told The Philadelphia Inquirer. They soon married. Stefano's big TV break came in the 1950s when he was hired as a writer for the "Ted Mack Family Hour." He also wrote a number of scripts, including "The Black Orchid" which was made into a 1958 movie starring Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn. Stefano then became a scriptwriter for 20th Century Fox in 1960, and he moved to Hollywood. Hitchcock soon had him adapt a Robert Bloch pulp novel for the screen. The movie became "Psycho."
"Bloch's novel started with Marion Crane arriving at the motel and immediately being killed. My feeling was that, since I did not know anything about this girl, I wasn't going to care about her when she was killed. So we backed the story up a bit and learned something about her so that when she was killed, it would have more impact," Stefano once told the Los Angeles Times.
Stefano had her stealing $40,000 from her boss and stopping at the Bates Motel while on the run. Though she has a change of conscience about the money, Crane is knifed to death in a memorable shower sequence. He wrote several other screenplays, including "The Naked Edge" with Gary Cooper, but Stefanoand screenwriter Leslie Stevens turned to TV to produce and write "The Outer Limits," which ran from 1963 to '65.
Stefano later wrote the 1969 thriller "Eye of the Cat" and co-wrote the comedy "Futz!" that same year with Rochelle Owens. In the 1970s and 1980s, he wrote TV movies, including "Home for the Holidays" in 1972 and "Snowbeast " in 1977. Besides his wife, Stefano is survived by his son Dominic. The funeral was private
Harold Perrineau joins 28 Weeks Later
It appears that one of our favorite actors is going to be in the 28 DAYS LATER sequel. We just found out that Harold Perrineau Jr is the latest actor to join 28 WEEKS LATER. A lot of you may recognize Harold from such shows as OZ and THE LOST, or even as Link in the MATRIX sequels. Now he'll be confronting evil in this new sequel. In 28 WEEKS LATER Britain has been emptied. There's nobody there. It's completely dead. And six months later the Americans arrive to reboot it back up again. But, of course, something goes wrong.
(Click here for the full coverage)
Yahoo! Movies host Covenant clips
If you head over to Yahoo! Movies you can check out some clips from the upcoming supernatural thriller THE COVENANT. Directed by Renny Harlin, the movie stars Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey, Taylor Kitsch, Toby Hemingway, Jessica Lucas and Chace Crawford. THE COVENANT is about four young students at the elite Spencer Academy who are bound by their sacred ancestry. As descendants of settler families, the boys have all been born with special powers. When the body of a dead student is discovered after a party, secrets begin to unravel which threaten to break the covenant of silence that has protected their families for hundreds of years.
For more information on THE COVENANT you may visit the official website and Myspace page. THE COVENENT hits theatres on September 8th (next friday).
(Click here for the full coverage)
Another look at the Ladybugs trailer
Today we decided to take a look back at the trailer for Greg Stechman's LADYBUGS. This is a more adult trailer for the movie, if you're curious just head over to the official LADYBUGS myspace page. To all you Myspace locals, if you like what you see then add the profile to your friends list. You wont regret it! We hope you all enjoy the trailer.Written and directed by Greg William Stechman, the film stars Matthew Donaldson, Karyn Dahl, Rick Mischke, Lauren Penner, Marcus D. Shelby and Lacie Oakley.
After a pregnancy celebration turns into a drunk driving accident for a married couple, they end up causing the death of a reclusive loner's beloved dog. Little do they know that this introverted stranger has been watching them, and has plans for them that make the death of his canine seem like a fairy tale.
(Click here for the full coverage)
Reminder: Grace plays at Dragon Con tomorrow
Once again as a friendly reminder, GRACE will screen at Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia at 10 PM Friday September 1st. The flick will be kicking off the short film block. Then Sunday the 3rd, GRACE will be playing the late night shorts block from 3am to 4am. This was the short that blew us away at the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors convention. Now were encouraging you bastards to check it out as well. The story follows Madeline Matheson, an eight months pregnant woman who is determined to deliver her unborn child, Grace, naturally. When an accident leaves Grace dead inside her, Madeline insists on carrying the baby to term. Weeks later, when Madeline delivers naturally, the child miraculously returns to life.
Word on the street now is that Paul Solet's GRACE will be making some more appearances at upcoming film festivals and conventions. The short that made audiences gasp at the Burbank Weekend of Horrors will kick off Friday September 1st at Dragon Con in Atlanta at about 10 PM. After that GRACE will be at Shriekfest, it will be screening at 1:45 PM on Saturday Sept 30th at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. Here's what the critics had to say about GRACE:
"Paul Solet is a horror talent to watch. GRACE is disturbing and original." Tony Timpone, Editor in Chief, FANGORIA MAGAZINE
"GRACE is the new breed of horror. Don't let Solet out of your sights." - Bob Clark, DEAD OF NIGHT, PORKY'S, BLACK CHRISTMAS
"Paul Solet's GRACE is brutal. Every woman's worst fear and every person's worst nightmare." Elaine Lampkin, BLOODY-DISGUSTING.com
"Superbly bizarre." FANGORIA MAGAZINE
(Click here for the full coverage)
Sarah Michelle Gellar is Addicted
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Sarah Michelle Gellar has signed to star in the Hitchcockian thriller ADDICTED (hoping to continue her winning streak in the genre business). Yari Film Group will finance the film, to be produced by Yari, Vertigo's Doug Davison and Roy Lee and Spitfire Pictures' Guy East and Nigel Sinclair. Swedish filmmakers Joel Bergvall and Simon Sandquist will direct the film, set for an October production start. The duo is signed to direct the Warner Bros. Pictures big-screen adaptation of DC Comics' "Books of Magic." "Addicted" centers on a woman whose husband and brother-in-law both end up in a coma after an accident. When the brother awakes, claiming to be her husband, she must try to understand the reality, suspecting something more sinister is at work.
Yahoo! Movies host Wicker Man clips
If you head over to Yahoo! Movies you can view some clips from the upcoming WICKER MAN remake. Most of those clips are the same ones on youtube, so it's really nothing new. If you haven't seen any clips from the movie then we recommend you check out the yahoo ones. THE WICKER MAN remake will hit theaters September 1st, 2006. In the movie a sheriff investigates the disappearance of a young girl from a small island. He discovers that there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.
Directed by Neil LaBute, THE WICKER MAN (2006) stars Nicolas Cage, Kate Beahan, Leelee Sobieski and Ellen Burstyn. For those of you who haven't seen the original cult classic, then you're in luck. Anchor Bay has released a new DVD edition for Robin Hardy's THE WICKER MAN not too long ago. If you haven't seen the movie yet then we highly recommend that you do so. THE WICKER MAN is about a detective who travels to Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. He discovers that the locals are weird and unhelpful, and becomes determined to get to the bottom of the disappearance.
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