** THE STEPFATHER: One of the most-wanted classic horror films on DVD finally makes its U.S. disc debut as Shout! Factory brings Joseph Ruben’s 1987 psychochiller THE STEPFATHER to disc this fall. Starring Terry O’Quinn in a career-launching role as a man obsessed with heading the perfect family who marries into fatherless families - only to kill them when they don’t live up to his standards, THE STEPFATHER will street October 13 to tie in to the theatrical release of the remake. The DVD will feature a new high-definition widescreen transfer and include a number of special features, including audio commentary by and interviews with producer Jay Benson and actress Jill Schoelen (who plays the villain’s suspicious stepdaughter), plus more to be announced. Retail price is $19.99. (thanks to Fangoria.com)
** NIGHT OF THE CREEPS: One of the most beloved horror film of the 1980s is finally coming to DVD and now you can vote for the cover artwork that will be used (why not simply choose the original poster?).
** THE COLLECTOR: Here's two posters for the highly anticipated new horror film. (thanks to Fangoria.com & ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET: While Platinum Dunes is winding down on their reboot of ANOES, the new Freddy Krueger, Jackie Earle Haley, told that he's signed on to return for more razor-glove teen terrorizing. "Two more," prompting us to confirm, "So, three total?" Haley smiles, displaying three fingers, "yeah." Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema will release the remake in theaters April 16, 2010. The films' premise centers on Krueger, a serial child molester murdered by angry parents, who returns with a burnt face and a razor glove to terrorize teens in their dreams.
** MOTHER'S DAY remake: Production Weekly is reporting that the remake of Troma's cult classic MOTHER'S DAY starts filming August 24th in Winnipeg, Canada and is scheduled to wrap October 9th. Darren Lynn Bousman (REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA) is getting behind the camera from a screenplay by up-and-coming writer Scott Millam. The original film revolved around three female friends who, while camping, run afoul of two brothers who engage in murder and rape to impress their deranged mother. The remake sees the villainous family return to the house where they grew up and terrorize the new owners and their guests. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** CARRIERS: Starring Piper Perabo (COYOTE UGLY), Chris Pine (STAR TREK's new Kirk), Emily VanCamp (EVERWOOD), Lou Taylor Pucci (FANBOYS), and Christopher Meloni (LAW & ORDER), CARRIERS tells the story of four friends fleeing a viral outbreak while falling victim to their own fear and paranoia. The film will open on September 4th. Check out the trailer below. (thanks to Fangoria.com)
----- July 1st, 2009 -----
** DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK: Guy Pearce is in final negotiations to join the supernatural thriller DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK for Miramax Films says The Hollywood Reporter. Based on a 1973 ABC telefilm, the new film's story deals with a young girl who moves in with her father and his girlfriend and discovers they are sharing the house with demonic creatures. Bailee Madison is set to star as the girl. Pearce will play the father, an author frustrated by his daughter's tales of monsters, not believing her even when his girlfriend (Katie Holmes) backs her. Troy Nixey helms the project which Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins penned. Shooting kicks off next month in Melbourne, Australia. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** JENNIFER'S BODY: Here's some pix of my future wife Megan Fox’s character in the upcoming, Diablo Cody penned film. (thanks to Empire Magazine)
** HARDWARE: Here's the full specs for the upcoming DVD and Blu-ray of Richard Stanley's film which will be out September 29th.
Here are the specs for the UK release:
UK exclusive commentary with the director and producer
Voices of the Moon - documentary by Richard Stanley
Two of Richard Stanley’s super 8 shorts
Never before seen deleted, extended and behind the scenes clips
Promotional featurette - Original market promo
Trailer
Set of original concept art cards
Booklet containing liner notes written by Kim Newman and Shok! Reprinted with permission of 2000AD
And here are the US specs:
NTSC All Region
Uncut Uncensored Version!
DD 5.1 Audio
Anamorphic Widescreen
2 DVD SE
Audio Commentary with Richard Stanley
Sea of Perdition - Short Film
Making of Documentary
Early Super 8 Version of Hardware
(thanks to TwitchFilm.net)
** Paramount Home Entertainment has announced the 3rd and final season of FRIDAY THE 13TH The Series which stars John Lemay, Louise Robey, Chris Wiggins, and Steve Monarque. The DVD Active web site reports that the set will be available to own on September 22, and should retail at around $49.99. Each of the episodes will be presented in full screen, along with English Mono tracks. We have no word on any extra material for this one at this time. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** SEASON OF THE WITCH: The Nicolas Cage-starring period tale has locked a March 19, 2010 release date. Lionsgate is handling distribution of the film, directed by Dominic Sena, and obviously feels confident enough to put it up against Dimension Films' PIRANHA 3D. Co-starring Ron Perlman and Stephen Campbell Moore,. The film finds Cage playing a knight who must transport a suspected witch, accused of starting the Black Plauge, to trial. Along the way they face a mystical and treacherous landscape. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** THE TWILIGHT SAGA ECLIPSE: Production Weekly is reporting that Summit Entertainment is already prepping to begin shooting THE TWILIGHT SAGA ECLIPSE on August 17th and film thru October 31st at Vancouver Film Studios. NEW MOON will be arriving in theaters this November. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob - knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which? The adaptation is slated for release on June 30, 2010. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
----- June 30, 2009 -----
** FRIGHT NIGHT remake: Dreamworks is supposedly thinking of remaking the film in 3D. Gaeta/Rosenzweig Films and producer Michael De Luca are nurturing the FRIGHT NIGHT remake rights and are currently looking for a writer and director. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON remake: Here's what John Landis had to say about it in a recent interview. "Yes, Dimension is now in negotiation for the 'An American Werewolf in London' remake rights. Perhaps someone will make a brilliant movie out of it," he continues talking about the incredible Blu-ray transfer for the original film, "regardless, my film comes out on Blu-ray this summer and looks amazing. I was afraid the digital cleaning of the negative would result in too clear a picture and hurt Rick Baker's make-up, when in fact the incredibly crisp detail actually makes Rick stuff look even better!" (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** LET THE RIGHT ONE IN remake: CLOVERFIELD director Matt Reeves talked to the Los Angeles Times about his upcoming English remake of the award-winning Swedish horror film LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, which was based on John Ajvide Lindqvist's original novel. "I was just hooked," Reeves told the newspaper. "I was so taken with the story and I had a very personal reaction. It reminded me a lot of my childhood, with the metaphor that the hard times of your pre-adolescent, early adolescent moment, that painful experience is a horror."
Reeves has finished a second draft of the script, now titled LET ME IN. The film will be set in Reagan-era Colorado. He is scouting locations, looking to maintain the original story's chilly, snow-swept environs. The production is also looking for the two leads, which Reeves vows will not be aged-up to make the film more of a smoldering TWILIGHT-style romance. The story centers around Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy who finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire. (thanks to ShockTillYouDrop.com)
** FOOTPRINTS: Here's a first look at Shameless Screen Entertainment reversible cover for their upcoming DVD release which will include English and Italian audio along with English subtitles (thanks to DVDSleuth.blogspot.com)
** THE COLLECTOR: The brutal, ultra-hard horror film, which was formerly known as THE MIDNIGHT MAN, is going to be one of the key horror titles of 2009. The film tells the story of an ex-con who plans to steal a rare jewel from a house while the family is away. The only problem is that a masked marauder entered the house earlier in the night and turned it into a gigantic man-trap. Director Marcus Dunstan,who also produced FEAST and wrote SAW IV-VI, made the THE COLLECTOR with hardcore horror fans in mind. The film is set-up like a thriller, but it slyly switches gears after the first act, and turns into an amped-up, non-stop bloodbath.
THE COLLECTOR is set for U.S. theatrical release on July 31, 2009. The MPAA’s “R” rating should be prefaced by the word “hard.” For those who cannot wait, Fantastic Fest has teamed up with Scott Weinberg’s new Horror Squad site for a special screening at the Alamo Drafthouse on July 22nd, 2009. (thanks to TwitchFilm.net)
** GRACE: Anchor Bay Entertainment released the contents for its disc releases of Paul Solet’s much-awaited chiller GRACE. Starring Jordan Ladd as a mother-to-be whose unborn child is killed in an accident, but is brought to term nonetheless - and returns to life with a hunger for blood - the movie arrives on DVD and Blu-ray September 15.
Both versions will include anamorphic 2.35:1 transfers, with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound on the DVD and Dolby TrueHD 5.1 sound on the Blu-ray. Special features on both include:
Audio commentary by writer/director Solet, producer Adam Green and director of photography Zoran Popovic
GRACE: Conception featurette on the film’s origins
GRACE: Family featurette on the characters
Her Mother’s Eyes: The Look of GRACE featurette on the movie’s unique visuals
GRACE: Delivered featurette on how challenges were overcome during principal photography
Lullaby: Scoring GRACE featurette on the score and sound FX
GRACE at Sundance featurette on how the film became a festival sensation
Theatrical trailer
The Blu-ray will additionally include an exclusive audio commentary by Solet and Ladd. Cover art is coming soon; retail price is $26.97 for the DVD and $34.97 for the Blu-ray. (thanks to Fangoria.com)
----- June 29, 2009 -----
** AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON remake: John Landis has sold the remake rights to Dimension Films. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
** The 2009 Fantasia Film Festival: On Friday, July 3, the folks at Montreal’s Fantasia film festival will announce the schedule for the 13th edition of their international event, which takes place July 9-29 at Concordia’s Hall and J.A. de Séve theaters. The fest will screen nearly 200 new genre feature films and shorts, a number of which we can share with you now.
The impressive lineup includes ORPHAN, the new effort by HOUSE OF WAX helmer Jaume Collet-Serra; Michael Dougherty’s eagerly awaited anthology TRICK ’R TREAT; the Clive Barker adaptations DREAD (world premiere) and BOOK OF BLOOD; England’s LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS and THE CHILDREN; Park Chan-wook’s New Age vampire movie THIRST; the disturbing pregnancy chiller GRACE; the twisted zombie thriller DEADGIRL; Glenn McQuaid’s period body-snatcher romp I SELL THE DEAD; Coffin Joe’s comeback vehicle EMBODIMENT OF EVIL (hosted by the Brazilian horror star, who will receive a Fantasia Lifetime Achievement Award); the subtle Irish ghost story THE ECLIPSE, a hit at the recent Tribeca Film Festival; Norway’s zombie opus DEAD SNOW; the David Hess-starrer SMASH CUT; Adam Mason’s new shocker BLOOD RIVER; and tons of Asian actioners (too many to mention), anime (ditto!) and Japanese flicks like NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE 2, OROCHI: BLOOD, VAMPIRE GIRL VS. FRANKENSTEIN GIRL, SUICIDE CLUB director Sion Sono’s LOVE EXPOSURE and Takashi Miike’s YATTERMAN. Plus, there will be many surprise guests, events and visiting filmmakers. (thanks to Fangoria.com)
** GRINDHOUSE: Genius Products and The Weinstein Company are set to release Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse films on Blu-ray on August 11, reports Blu-ray.com. No edition details are available, other than this would be a two-disc set, but it may well be the theatrical Grindhouse double feature. 'Grindhouse' was conceived, edited and shown theatrically (in the US) as a typical exploitation double-feature as one could attend at cheap theaters in the 1970s: it consisted of two features (PLANET TERROR by Robert Rodriguez, and DEATH PROOF by Quentin Tarantino), interspersed with fake trailers and bumpers. (thanks to Bloody-Disgusting.com)
