----- June 27, 2008 -----
** The complete schedule for this year Fantasia Film Festival is now online!
There is many must see films this year and I will bring for a tenth consecutive year, I will bring you daily news, updates and reviews directly from the best film festival in the world!
** Dimension Extreme and Genius Products announced DVD plans for a few of their most-awaited fall fright titles. Dario Argento’s MOTHER OF TEARS will hit disc September 23, while FEAST 2: SLOPPY SECONDS makes its debut October 21. But the biggest news is that the 21st also sees the release of a Three-Disc Collector’s Edition of Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN, which will contain Zombie’s all-new four-and-a-half-hour documentary about the making of the film! (thansk to Fangoria.com)
** LADY BLOOD: Jean-Marc Vincent's sequel to BABY BLOOD looks pretty brutal and violent! The film takes place "Several years after a terrifying and traumatic experience, Yanka has to face her old demons again. She has become a mom, a wife and a police inspector. Meanwhile some mobsters have arrived in town, many ravaged bodies are found. Is there a link ? But the serial killer seems to be a cannibal and the bodies have evil marks. Yanka has a strange feeling… Definitely, something has come back, something is approaching, something is looking for her… This time she is not alone, but will her family or her police team be able to save her?" Check out the gory trailer! (thanks to DreadCentral.com)
** CLOVERFIELD sequel: While on the red carpet for the Saturn Awards, website Collider chatted a bit with director Matt Reeves who talked a bit about the possibilities of a sequel, which J.J. Abrams recently implied he might not even want to make. Reeves does confirm that the sequel to the smash-hit giant monster movie is on hold and that resurrecting the beast ultimately it depends on if they find a good idea to make it worthwhile. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** FINAL DESTINATION 4: New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures have slated the upcoming 3-D sequel for release on August 14, 2009. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** GOSA BLOODY MID TERMS: The poster and trailer are now online for this upcoming South Korean horror film. (thanks to TwitchFilm.net)
** THE THAW: Steph Song, Anne Marie DeLuise (BLACK CHRISTMAS remake), Sebastian Gacki and John Callander all have joined Martha MacIssac, Val Kilmer and Aaron Ashmore in Mark A. Lewis' film. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** QUARANTINE: Here's a better version of the poster for the upcoming remake of REC. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
----- June 26, 2008 -----
** THE HOST II part 2: Korean movie house Chungeorahm films, producer of Bong Joon-ho's hit horror THE HOST have announced a Chinese version of the sequel will be made. Completely seperate to the Korean THE HOST 2,' the film will feature Chinese actors and be in Chinese. Director Ning Hao's Stoneman Films will front the project, with a release date due sometime late in 2009. WHAT?! (thanks to 24framespersecond.net)
** PINK EYE: Halo-8 Entertainment has picked up worldwide rights to the indie horror flick PINK EYE says The Hollywood Reporter. The story follows a masked lunatic who escapes a small-town insane asylum where patients are subjected to bizarre drug experiments. James Tucker (SKINNED ALIVE) directed the film which Joshua Nelson penned and Melissa Bacelar stars in. A limited theatrical release is planned this summer followed by a DVD release on September 30th. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** Ehren Kruger is back adapting novels for the big screen according to Variety. The trade reports that Rogue Pictures has just nabbed Kruger’s adaptation of THE KEEP which is about two cousins who come together after years separating them so one can help the other renovate a castle in Germany. Their past is very eager to catch up with them, and something having to do with a local prisoner is involved as well. (thanks to DreadCentral.com)
** The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films handed out its 34th annual Saturn Awards, and the big winner in the fright genre was Tim Burton’s SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, which took Best Horror Film as well as Best Costumes (Colleen Atwood). Other fear fare to land prizes included CLOVERFIELD (Best Science Fiction Film), I AM LEGEND (Best Actor for Will Smith), THE MIST (Marcia Gay Harden for Best Supporting Actress), DEXTER (Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series), the updated CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (Best DVD Release), THE MONSTER SQUAD (Best DVD Classic Film Release), the Mario Bava Box Sets (Best DVD Collection) and TWIN PEAKS (Best Retro Television Series Release on DVD for the Gold Box Edition). The George Pal Memorial Award went to Guillermo del Toro, while CLOVERFIELD director Matt Reeves took the Filmmakers Showcase Award. (thanks to Fangoria.com)
** DEXTER: Here's two very cool Spanish promotion for the release of the second season of this amazing show. (thanks to Andromedahigh.com)
** Takashi Miike's SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO: The US website for Takashi Miike's sushi western is finally up online. The site does confirm that the film will indeed be making a theatrical run in August. (thanks to KFCCinema.com)
----- June 25, 2008 -----
** HOLLYWOOD CHAINSAW HOOKERS: On August 5th, Infinity Entertainment Group will release the Fred Olen Ray film as a 20th Anniversary Edition with director's commentary, a video featurette, trailers and Nite Owl Theater episodes. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** You can now vote for the DVD cover of the upcoming Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Icons of Horror collection of Hammer Films. The set includes: THE TWO FACES OF DR.JEKYLL, THE CURSE OF THE MUMMY'S TOMB, THE GORGON and SCREAM (TASTE) OF FEAR.
** Save MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN: During the recent East Coast Fangoria Weekend of Horrors, Clive Barker sent a letter to be read to convention attendees, with the goal of mobilizing the troops to reverse Lionsgate Films’ decision to truncate the theatrical release of his new film THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN. Currently, the plans are for a limited opening (as few as 100 screens) for MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN on August 1 (up against the new MUMMY movie). Barker wants the studio to go back to the once-promised 1,500 screens and feels that his fans can make a difference. Below is a complete text of Barker’s rallying call:
Hello my friends,
Clive Barker here. I wish I could be with you in the flesh to talk with you, but I’ve got a battle on my hands here in Los Angeles. So Tony’s kindly agreed to share this letter to you.
To be perfectly honest, I need your help: As you may know, last year I was the executive producer of a movie from one of my BOOKS OF BLOOD stories, called THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN. Ryuhei Kitamura directed it and he did a superb job. The film is scary, stylish and very violent, which is just fine by me. I’m very proud of it.
But there have been signs for a long while that Lionsgate, the company releasing the movie, was going to screw around with it. Release dates were changed and changed again. And my phone calls to the people at Lionsgate, asking for answers, were not returned.
I was finally told that Lionsgate only planned to open the movie in a tiny number of theaters—somewhere between 100 and 300—run it for a week, then put it on DVD.
In other words, they were going to dump our movie.
This has nothing to do with the quality of our picture. In fact, it is happening to a number of other movies in Lionsgate’s hands, many of which were guided into production by a great friend of horror movies, Peter Block, who left the company several months ago.
It was his exit that caused our present situation. A new man, Joe Drake, replaced Peter Block and—as happens so often in Hollywood—I believe he decided to trash all the projects Peter Block had supported.
It seems not to matter that a lot of very talented men and women sweated to create this picture—knowing that all the horror fans who see it, will love it. It’s being dumped because of company politics. Simple as that.
So…
I’m fighting back.
And I’m asking you now to fight with me.
If you want to see THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN on the big screen the way it should be seen, please contact Joe Drake at Lionsgate and tell him your feelings.
Here’s how to do it:
You can contact Joe Drake directly at jdrake@lionsgate.com or call the main switchboard at Lionsgate, which is (310) 449-9200, and ask for Joe Drake’s office. You can also get the information from my official website, which is www.clivebarker.info.
Please be polite in your protest. We don’t want to worsen the situation by making our attacks personal.
Thank you all so much for listening and thank you for supporting my books and films over the years. I promise to try to keep bringing you the best work I can do.
Finally, let me thank you in advance for helping us to get THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN running to our fans across America.
My love to you,
And best wishes,
As always,
Clive
----- June 24, 2008 -----
** CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST II: Last weekend CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST director Ruggero Deodato updated the progress of his companion piece, CANNIBALS, which he is slated to direct in the near future (hopefully). The Icons of Fright web site reports,"He told the audience that the script was complete and that shooting was scheduled to begin in September of this year. However, he confessed to us that the producer wanted him to change one thing from the script, and Deodato doesn't want to compromise. So, shooting won't begin until he can resolve this one discrepancy with the producer of CANNIBALS." The screenplay is by Christine Conradt. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Rob Zombie's TYRANNOSAURUS REX: The director updated his MySpace page a teaser image which was done by artist Alex Horley. Steve Niles has come forward with a statement regarding the parallels the online community is drawing between THE NAIL, a comic book he collaborated on with Rob Zombie, and the latter's forthcoming film TYRANNOSAURUS REX. Since the project's announcement, rumors have circulated that T-Rex is an adaptation of the Dark Horse-published Nail. Buzz grew louder when Zombie presented a T-Rex promo piece. Feathers were ruffled when astute fans noticed the main character carried a certain resemblance to The Nail's main protagonist - an aging wrestler.
"People seem to be under the impression that Rob is doing 'The Nail' and cutting me out. This is not true," says Niles. "Not only is 'T-Rex' a different story, but also Rob is 100% owner of 'The Nail' and is welcome to cherry pick anything he wants. It's his concept. I was just along for the ride. There are NO issues between Rob and I." The Nail, published in 2004, launched Niles and Zombie's Creep Entertainment International banner. Niles adds, "Creep might be dormant at the moment, but we are not ruling out more team-ups down the road. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** QUARANTINE: Here's the teaser poster for the John Downdle’s remake of REC. Sony has plans to release the film on October 17th, and over the weekend the first poster art for it showed up at Cinema Expo in Amsterdam. (thanks to Film1.nl & DreadCentral.com)
** AUTOPSY: Here's the poster for Adam Gierasch’s directorial debut. The film is about a group of friends who get into a car accident one night. Emily and her boyfriend are whisked away to a creepy, seemingly disused hospital run by Dr. Benway, who they soon learn is doing all sorts of nasty stuff with the human body ... and it makes no difference to him if you’re alive or dead. (thanks to DreadCentral.com)
** Hammer Film Prods. is getting in on the act in the wake of the banner's revival last year by Dutch producer John De Mol by unveiling a slate of pics far removed from the bodice rippers of the 1960s and 1970s with which it made its name. The iconic studio is prepping three features that are a far cry from the theatrical dueling of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Hammer is set to start production later this year on THE WAKE WOOD, directed by David Keating, THE RESIDENT, a chiller directed by Antti Jokinen that is described as being in the tradition of THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE and THE QUIET ONES, based on the supposedly true story of a group of Canadian hippie scientists in the 1970s who attempt to create a ghost. "Those earlier Hammer films were very much of their time, and there is a lot of affection for them, but we have to keep up with audiences' expectations today," says Hammer chief exec Simon Oakes. "I like to think of ourselves now as dealing more in the Hitchcockian areas of terror and suspense." (thanks to Variety.com)
** Genius Products and Dimension Extreme has announced the DVD release of THE WIZARD OF GORE, which stars Crispin Glover as magician Montag the Magnificent. The DVD Active web site reports that the disc will be available to own on August 19th, and should retail at around $19.97. The film itself will be presented in anamorphic widescreen, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. According to Fangoria, extras will include an audio commentary, 3 featurettes (Making of Wizard of Gore, Behind the Curtain: A Look at the Magic of Wizard of Gore, From Volunteer to Victim: The Suicide Girls in Wizard of Gore), deleted scenes, storyboards, design sketches and personal photography. Read on for the cover art. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com & DVDActive.com)
** THE STRANGERS dropped to the 10th place at the box office with $1.9 million for a total of $49.6m.
----- June 23, 2008 -----
** CHILD'S PLAY: With the upcoming 20th anniversary, MGM is finally preparing a special edition DVD for September 9th. So far, here's the known specs:
• Audio Commentary with TBD
• Select Scene Chucky Commentary
• Evil Comes in Small Packages ("The Birth of Chucky," "Creating the Horror," "Unleashed Chucky: Building a Nightmare
A Monster Convention")
• Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play featurette
• It's Hard Being Evil featurette
• Theatrical Trailer
• Photo Gallery
(thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** HOSTEL PART III: Eli Roth will NOT write or direct. Before Lionsgate and Sony Screen Gems' HOSTEL PART II arrived in theaters, there was talk of a third film being made, but after the sequel was released everything went silent. Now production is gearing up for this upcoming sequel. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Uwe Boll's HOUSE OF THE DEAD funny edition: Yeah you've read that right! Lionsgate Home Entertainment will release this on DVD September 9th. Uwe Boll has signed off on this director's cut that features new dialogue, pop up commentary and animation from the original video game. Says Lionsgate: Original cast includes Jurgen Prochnow and Clint Howard with a special appearance by famed breast augmentation specialist Siegfried Wienermeister. Even the most hardcore fans of the original cult classic will never discover that human flesh tastes like chicken until they watch this hysterically tasteless funny version! Right... (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** Showtime's DEXTER, which makes its return this fall. will have actress Valerie Cruz (NIP/TUCK) joining the third season of the show, she will play the wife of Assistant District Attorney Miguel Prado. In the show Michael C. Hall plays a like-able Miami police forensics expert that moonlights as a serial killer of criminals who he believes have escaped justice. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** THE MUMMY TOMB OF THE DRAGON: The full trailer is now online for the upcoming sequel.
** THE FLY Opera: Yeah I'm NOT kidding... David Cronenberg's vision is now an opera. Check out the official web site.
** DONKEY PUNCH: Here's the quad poster for the upcoming July 18th UK release of the horror film from Ollie Blackburn. (thanks to TheHollywoodNews.com)
** THE BIRDS meets Barbie: Celebrating Alfred Hitchcock's classic film, this incredible collector's doll features our heroine being attacked by a trio of fine feathered foes, just like in the movie. Will these plastic birds damage her delightful handbag or her carefully styled hair? We certainly hope not! Be sure to let Barbie into your home and pray that the birds don't come in with her! (thanks to Defamer.com)
----- June 20, 2008 -----
** FACES OF DEATH: The newly relaunched Gorgon Video sent over the specs for its 30th-anniversary DVD and Blu-ray release of the notorious FACES OF DEATH, streeting October 7. The collection of grisly demises, some real and some…probably not so real, will be presented in a new HD transfer from original vault materials, with 5.1 and 2.0 audio tracks. Extra features include:
• Feature-length documentary with director Conan Le Cilaire, publicly discussing FACES for the first time
• Choice Cuts with Editor Glenn Gurner featurette
• The Death Makers featurette with makeup FX creators Allan A. Apone and Douglas J. White
• Deleted scenes
• Outtakes
• Trailers
Retail price is $24.98 for the DVD, $29.98 for the Blu-ray edition. (thanks to Fangoria.com)
** THE DESCENT 2: A very cool behind-the-scenes clip is now available online! (thanks to DreadCentral.com)
** HELLBOUND HELLRAISER II: Here's what producer Michael Felsher recently had to say about this upcoming Anchor Bay DVD release. "I’m doing interviews with the Cenobites," Felsher said ”the other Cenobites, cause Doug has his own piece, and we’re hoping to get an interview with one actress who has never been interviewed about the film to date. I won’t say whom, but our fingers are crossed..." Of course a brand-new transfer of the film is in the cards as well as other features yet to be named. No release date is in place yet, but Anchor Bay has plans to put it out later this year ... maybe ... "They may wait to see what’s going on with the Hellraiser remake first".
Felsher also chatted up the upcoming SE of PUMPKINHEAD, which is still without a release date. "The PUMPKINHEAD DVD is going to be great," he enthused. "We have a widescreen transfer, we’re doing a commentary with some of the effects guys and the screenwriter, and we have a lot of featurettes that go into the making of the film." (thanks to DreadCentral.com)
** Wes Craven's 25/8: Here's what actor Max Thieriot had to say about Craven's upcoming horror film; "It's a little bit like Freddy Krueger-ish, but it's more like a thriller than horror. I feel NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET is cool because it's very smart. It's not just killing. It has a whole back story and this craziness going on, and I think 25/8 has that, too. It's basically about this kid and his life, and when he's born, his dad was a serial killer who had multiple personalities, and basically, as people start dying in the movie, I start getting multiple personalities, too, because I inherited it from my dad. It's kind of like this crazy plot, but the whole time people are just switching in and out of personalities. You're not really sure who's killing who and it's very cool" (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** Kong Su-Chang’s GUARD POST 506: The latest war horror film from the director of R-POINT will be coming out on DVD in South Korea on July 5th. (thanks to TwitchFilm.net)
** Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is at work on a new Icons of Horror collection, this one focusing on a quartet of Hammer Films. The DVD Drive-In web site got the jump on the titles being included in this set. They are: THE TWO FACES OF DR.JEKYLL, THE CURSE OF THE MUMMY'S TOMB, THE GORGON and SCREAM (TASTE) OF FEAR. Sony has not formally announced this package via its press site yet, however, Drive-In states all four films will be remastered and come equipped with various special features. Look for it in stores on October 14th. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** Alexandre Aja's MIRRORS: Here's the rather cool poster for the upcoming remake. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
----- June 19, 2008 -----
** THE BROKEN IMAGO: Metaluna Productions released the first peek at photos from the teaser trailer that CUTTING MOMENTS Douglas Buck recently shot for his chiller project THE BROKEN IMAGO. The movie is about a nature-born sickness that causes horrible deformities and the strange transformation of children on a remote island. Metaluna producers Fabrice Lambot and Jean-Pierre Putters are currently seeking co-financiers and distributors for BROKEN IMAGO. (thanks to Fangoria.com)
** FRIDAY THE 13TH: Here's the DVD cover of the upcoming Paramount re-release of the classic slasher set for September 9th. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** REST STOP: DON’T LOOK BACK: The DVD Active web site got the first look at cover art for REST STOP: DON’T LOOK BACK, Warner Home Video’s sequel to its popular Raw Feed title, coming October 7:
• Audio commentary by director Shawn Papazian and writer/producer John Shiban
• The Doomed to Repeat: The Mythology of REST STOP featurette
• Deleted scenes (Buddy, Meet the Family, Dinner with the Family)
• Alternate ending
• Additional scene (The Owner’s Demise)
(thanks to Fangoria.com)
----- June 18, 2008 -----
** Stuart Gordon is finally moving forward with H.P. Lovecraft's THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP as his next project . The story is set at Miskatonic University and deals with body-swapping and people coming back from the dead. Gordon and Dennis Paoli adapted the story for the screen. Attached a year ago to the production, it seems things are finally getting underway with shooting scheduled to begin this Fall. (thanks to Fangoria.com)
** JEEPERS CREEPERS III: Expected to arrive in 2009 from MGM, actor Ray Wise said in an interview with Fangoria; “We had a table reading last week,” he says of the sequel, in which he reprises his Jack Taggart Sr. role from the previous movie. “The script of JEEPERS CREEPERS III takes the better aspects of the first two and puts them together. It’s gonna be incredible". (thanks to Fangoria.com)
** THE COFFIN: The official web site and trailer are now online for this upcoming Thai horror flick. (thanks to 24framespersecond.net)
** Veteran producer Nick Wechsler (REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, THE FOUNTAIN) has optioned screen rights to horror author Stephen King and his son Joe Hill's novella THROTTLE says Variety. The story follows a father & son who are members of a motorcycle gang that's chased through the desert by an 18-wheel tanker truck. The story will be published in the anthology book "He is Legend" dedicated to I AM LEGEND author Richard Matheson. (thanks to Fangoria.com)
** Lionsgate DVD update: Here's the covers of the upcoming August 5th release of BELPHEGOR and DRACULA'S GUEST along with the August 26th release of SKINNED ALIVE and ARTIFACTS. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
----- June 17, 2008 -----
** R.I.P Stan Winston: The legendary Stan Winston passed away at his home on Sunday night, following a seven-year battle with multiple myeloma. "Stan died peacefully at home surrounded by family," said a spokeswoman for his company, Stan Winston Studio, in a statement released to the Los Angeles Times. Stan created some of the most memorable and cool horror creatures ever. He will be missed...
** THE DESCENT 2: Here's the very first pix from the upcoming sequel. (thanks to Fangoria.com)
** According to The Hollywood Reporter, Louis Leterrier, the veteran of the TRANSPORTER films who directed the new INCREDIBLE HULK, is in talks to direct STRAYS for Summit Entertainment. The project is described as “an eco-action thriller” about young consultants who travel to Russia on business and wake up to find the city irradiated, and battle to survive against “deadly obstacles” - but we feel safe in assuming those obstacles are mutated humans or horrific creatures of some other sort. STRAYS was scripted by TURISTAS’ Michael Arlen Ross, whom the trade reveals was the latest writer to take a crack at the NEAR DARK remake being developed by Rogue Pictures and Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes company. (thanks to Fangoria.com)
** According to The Hollywood Reporter, the lovely Martha MacIsaac, the SUPERBAD girl who plays one of the young victims in the upcoming LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT remake, has joined the cast of THE THAW. (thanks to Fangoria.com)
** THE STRANGERS dropped to the eight place at the box office with $4.1 million for a total of $45.4m.
----- June 16, 2008 -----
** FRIDAY THE 13TH remake: MTV posted a short clip which behind-the-scenes footage from the upcoming remake along with a look at the mask! (thanks to MTV.com & Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Severin Films will unleash Sergio Bergonzelli’s 1970 IN THE FOLDS OF THE FLESH and Franco Prosperi’s 1978 LAST HOUSE ON THE BEACH August 26. FLESH is a surreal giallo-style tale of murder, Nazism and other unsavory stuff, presented in 1.85:1 widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround sound, with trailers. HOUSE stars Florinda Bolkan (FLAVIA, PRIESTESS OF VIOLENCE), Sherry Buchanan (DR. BUTCHER M.D.) and Ray Lovelock (LIVING DEAD AT MANCHESTER MORGUE) and is set at a beach house where a trio of bank robbers torment and abuse five schoolgirls and a nun, in 2.35:1 widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround sound with the Holy Beauty vs. the Evil Beasts Lovelock interview featurette. Retail price is $19.99 each. (thanks to Fangoria.com)
** MARTYRS: Two teaser trailers are now online (1 and 2) for this much anticipated French horror film. (thanks to TwitchFilm.net)
** DEATH RACE remake: The trailer is now online. (thanks to Movies.Yahoo.com)
** Alexandre Aja's MIRRORS remake: An International trailer is now online. (thanks to Fox.Film.se)
** MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN: Lionsgate has pretty much dumped the Clive Barker adaptation. Studio insiders confirm the studio is planning a short and limited 100 screen release on August 1st with a quick DVD release (likely in October) soon to follow. In fact the only reason for the theatrical release apparently is to fulfill Lionsgate's contractual obligation with Lakeshore Entertainment to give it some sort of theatrical run. The Ryuhei Kitamura-directed film stars Bradley Cooper as an acclaimed photographer trying to capture the darker side of New York City's underground, only to cross paths with a serial killer named Mahogany (Vinnie Jones). (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** CHILDREN OF THE CORN remake will be produced by Anchor Bay Entertainment for a Sci-Fi Channel premiere. Donald P. Borchers - producer of the original 1984 film - is directing the latest incarnation if CHILDREN OF THE CORN from his own screenplay! The film is currently casting with the following synopsis making the rounds: Former Vietnam vet Burt's marriage to former prom queen Vicky is on the rocks, but Burt hopes to rekindle their old flame with a second honeymoon driving trip. Unfortunately, their journey takes them into the heart of darkness - a seemingly deserted rural community that conceals a grim secret among its rows of tall corn... It was also revealed that this will be a period piece set in the 1970s. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced a pair of titles for release September 2. One is THE MORGUE, directed by Halder Gomes and Gerson Sanginitto, about six strangers trapped in the title locale, which serves as a purgatory between our world and the afterlife. Heather Donahue (BLAIR WITCH PROJECT), Lisa Crilley, Chris Devlin and Bill Cobbs sta. The other is SON OF SAM, Ulli Lommel’s latest exploitation of a real-life serial-killer case, starring Yogi Joshi as the murderous David Berkowitz. Both will include widescreen transfers, and the latter will come with commentary by Lommel and a still gallery; final specs and SAM cover art are coming soon. Retail price for each is $26.98. (thanks to Fangoria.com)
** PROM NIGHT remake: Here's the cover for the upcoming Screen Gems DVD edition. This version clocks in at 89 minutes - a whopping two minutes longer than the theatrical cut. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** THE FURY: Directed by Ian Colmer, the film stars the lovely Erica Leerhsen, Patrick Nuo, Holly Brisley, August Lacore, Sam Lawson. There is no trailer as yet, but there are some great looking stills to be seen on the film's official site. (thanks to 24framespersecond.net)
** Tartan Video U.S.A., the domestic division of U.K.-based arthouse distributor Tartan Films, shuttered operations on June 1 and auctioned its approximately 100-film library. Film print and advertising financing company Palisades Media Corp. bought the U.S. rights to the catalog, according to Video Business.
Palisades created Palisades Tartan Film Acquisitions to house its new library. The unit intends to redistribute titles into the North American marketplace shortly, and is considering former Tartan U.S.A. employees to staff its operations. No hires have been made yet, but the unit expects to have a team in place by July 1, executives said.
Tartan Films owner Hamish McAlpine decided to close the U.S. unit because of financial struggles within the company, according to sources. Spokesman Paul Smith confirmed the U.S. division’s closure, but he declined to specify underlying reasons.
About 10 Tartan U.S.A. employees lost their jobs as the division was dismantled.
Tartan films are distributed through Genius Products, which juggles many distributed DVD lines, most notably The Weinstein Company’s theatrical films.
“We want to get Tartan back to where it was a few years ago,” said Burns. Titles "have not being properly marketed or presented for a significant amount of time.”
Tartan U.S.A. has not launched new products in 2008. Its last 2007 titles were the Nov. 6 releases of OLDBOY on Blu-ray Disc and Johnnie To-directed ELECTION on standard DVD. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
Gorezone.net is 10 years old!
Thank you!
Ten years ago, due to the lack of horror coverage on the Internet, I started my own web site dedicated to the genre I love. Back then there was only a few horror sites; Dr.Casey, Horror Movies and House of Horror. All three were great sites, especially for their time, but none of them covered the genre with daily news like so many sci-fi and fantasy sites did. Inspired by those, Dark Horizons and Cinescape, I decided to create GOREZONE... the name was chosen as an homage to the late great Starlog mag.
Since I'm French Canadian, I decided to have the whole site in both English and French. The very first news update talked about HALLOWEEN H20, a rumored FREDDY VS. JASON and the 1998 edition of the Fantasia Film Festival. The slasher resurrection was in full force "thanks" to SCREAM... horror was hot and mainstream again, something that hadn't happened since 1985!
The site was first hosted on Xoom.com, Geocities and later Horror Net, which offered me to host the site on their servers since they were fans of GOREZONE. Unfortunately, the site was sold and GOREZONE was without a home. That was 2001, and the time when I finally got the .NET domain!
Things got bigger and better, we moved to a more reliable server, cooler forum, a short lived fanzine was born and DVD CRYPT became the first DVD horror web site on the net. The very first GOREZONE forum was hosted on Inside The Web. Those who've been coming here for a long time must remember these wild and crazy threads over that forum. We sure all learned a lot from it!
I'd love to thank all the readers and everyone who helped the site through all these years! Thank you for believing in GOREZONE and making it the #1 source for bloody daily horror news!
