----- February 1st, 2012 -----

** Trancas International Films has announced HALLOWEEN: The Complete Authorized History, by Justin Beahm, is now in production. The book will analyze the iconic franchise from screen to page in what will be an exhaustive exploration of all ten films, as well as HALLOWEEN 3D, now in pre-production. Timed for release in October of 2013 in celebration of the series' 35th Anniversary, the book will tell the story of each picture via dozens of interviews with the people who made it happen, from directors to producers, composers to fx artists, writers to stunt personnel.

HALLOWEEN: The Complete Authorized History will be heavily illustrated, containing hundreds of rare images, documents, props, artifacts, and promotional materials, culled from the Trancas archives and personal collections of those involved. In addition, the book will feature historical genre magazine articles relating to each film's release, as well as new original artwork from some of today's most notable talents. Justin Beahm is a contributing editor at Fangoria magazine, a senior writer at Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, and is now Editor-In-Chief of HalloweenMovies.com. In addition, Justin is Creative Director of Hip Bonz merchandise company, and Vice President of the sCare Foundation, a non-profit group of horror genre personalities dedicated to combating teenage homelessness and poverty (more at scareoundation.org). (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)

** THE VATICAN: Shortly after the release of THE DEVIL INSIDE, director William Brent Bell lined up two new projects. One called THE VATICAN at Warner Bros. Another at Sierra/Affinity. The latter yielded the most mystery because - while it was revealed it was going to utilize the found footage technique - the title and plot were being kept under wraps. All that we knew was that it was going to apply found footage to a "classic" horror staple. Not long after the announcement, it was revealed the story would be dealing with werewolves. Today, Screen Daily reports the film will be entitled WER. Presumably, short for "werewolf." Bell co-penned the script with his Devil cohort Matthew Peterman and shooting begins in Romania this April. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)

** Kevin Bacon has landed a lead role in a television series cooked up by SCREAM and THE VAMPIRE DIARIES' Kevin Williamson. Bacon is going to play an FBI profiler who finds himself in the middle of an investigation involving a cult of serial killers. The series doesn't have a name yet and, so far, only the pilot is going into production. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)

** VHS: The latest genre film to debut at Sundance this month and be rewarded with distribution is VHS. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news overnight that Magnolia Pictures will distribute the film. VHS first played to Sundance audiences over the weekend. Reports from one screening said the film drove one viewer to faint.

Magnolia will roll the flick out on VOD first and follow that 30 days later with a significant theatrical run, akin to the company's past releases like THE INNKEEPERS. Directed by Adam Wingard, Ti West, David Bruckner, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg and Radio Silence, VHS concerns a group of misfits who are hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape; there, they discover more found footage than they bargained for. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)

----- January 30, 2012 -----

** RESIDENT EVIL RETRIBUTION opens September 14th.

** THE STRANGERS director Bryan Bertino is in pre-production on a found footage thriller for Universal currently being called MOCKINBIRD. The story follows a couple who receive a video camera with a document of strict instructions. If they don't follow the rules then someone will die. Shooting will kick off at the end of February with Jason Blum producing. Bertino penned a script for a 'Strangers' sequel but said film remains stuck in development hell. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)

** HORROR HOTEL remake: Pillay-Evans Productions and producer Adam Stephe Kelly are pairing up to remake the 1960s British horror film, THE CITY OF THE DEAD, or, as it was known in the U.S., HORROR HOTEL. S.J. Evans is on board to write and direct. "The remake of THE CITY OF THE DEAD will stay true to the original and concentrate on atmosphere and good old fashioned storytelling, instead of relying on gore or CGI to move the plot along," says Evans. "I grew up watching the classic Universal horrors and was inspired by how the likes of James Whale created this sense of dread and unease with just a look. I want to bring that style of filmmaking back to the big screen instead of another music video, quick-cut horror film. We are all very excited by the prospect of bringing one of the greatest witchcraft films ever made to a new audience and know that fans of the original will be satisfied with the effort we are making to honour this classic." (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)

** DEAD SHADOWS: Here's a teaser trailer for the anticipated upcoming film.

Dead Shadows - Teaser from ADDICT FILMS on Vimeo.

** THE RAVEN: Here's a new poster.

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