All Things HORROR

PHANTASM 5 Trailer. PHANTASM V Trailer. PHANTASM: RAVAGER Trailer | Collider

Coscarelli is stepping away from the director’s chair for the first time in the series, he had this to say:

“I felt it was time to let someone else play with my train set. David and I go back to my film Bubba Ho-Tep. He did terrific visual effects on that, and more recently created a wild animated sequence and some amazing visual effects in my most recent film, John Dies at the End. Our aesthetics are in sync and he’s quite an experienced director in his own right.”

And Hartman’s response:

“Having worked with Don before, and being a huge fan of the entire Phantasm franchise, it was a great honor to do Ravager with him,” said Hartman. “This film is a real turning point in the series. There’s real closure for the core characters that I hope fans will respond to.”


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'Martyrs' Remake Script Was "Spellbinding," Says Stamm -

After the success of The Last Exorcism, director Daniel Stamm was tapped to remake Pascal Laugier’s deeply religious French horror Martyrs for Dimension Films.

Years later, it never came into fruition. Instead, Stamm got behind the camera for another remake, 13 Sins, which is now on all VOD platforms. In speaking with Movies, he says the Martyrs remake script was “spellbinding,” a “beautiful character study of how far you’ll go for an insane friend,” and “one of the best scripts I’ve read, probably ever.” So what happened?

“..the French had done these 30 pages of just mind-numbing, repetitive violence, which is genius because it makes you feel the actual horror of that stuff, but there is no entertainment value,” says Stamm of the original film. “And so the Americans come in and go, ‘We have to spice this up and make it more entertaining,’ so suddenly it’s 30 pages of Saw that just didn’t work.

“The American remake keeps both girls alive, whereas the French version kills one of the girls very early. If you keep both of them alive this gives you a really great chance to have this psychological play between them and the torturers. Everything was going great creatively, and then the call comes in. ‘The option ran out a week ago and the French producers now want so much money that we can’t make the movie.’

“I think they’re now back to making the movie for like $1 million, really low budget, which I think you could almost do, it’s just there’s this philosophy in Hollywood that you can never go back budget-wise. As a filmmaker you are judged by that. And then there’s also this concept I was unaware of called plateauing, where if you’re a filmmaker who makes two movies in the same budget bracket, that becomes your thing. You are the guy for the $3 million movie, and then that’s all you do. And so my agents wouldn’t let me do the $1 million movie, because then that’s it for you, you’ll supposedly never get that bigger budget.”

So, while the rights have switched hands (thankfully), it sounds as if the remake is still a go, just at a lower budget. Do you guys want to see this? I’m curious to see if the dark finale remains intact…

The 2009 film, which had shades of Rosemary’s Baby, followed Lucie, now 25 years old, who sets out to get revenge on the people who attacked and permanently scarred her when she was only 10 years old.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. By virtue of Being American, there is NO WAY a remake could provoke the same soulcrushing true HORROR of this movie. Even if it doesn't suck outright, it will be forgettable, which the original IS NOT.
 
Indie Spotlight: CHILD EATER | Collider

I love spreading the word about horror films great and small, but I especially enjoy getting in on the ground level of some truly independent productions. Today’s Indie Spotlight is the best of both worlds. Child Eater, a horror short from writer-director Erlingur Thoroddsen, has been making the rounds in the festival circuit from SXSW to the New York Horror Film Festival and more. Now, Thoroddsen and his production crew need your help in turning their successful short into a full-length feature which will further expand on their unique (and deliciously creepy) mythology about an infamous serial killer who consumes the eyes of children to keep from going blind. Hit the jump to check it out.


child-eaterBelow, you can watch the charming video from Thoroddsen and producer Perri Nemiroff which explains their Kickstarter campaign. Then, watch the Child Eater short that started it all. If you like what you see and want to donate to their project, head on over to their Kickstarter page, and be sure to bookmark their movie page, like them on Facebook, and follow them on Twitter.

THE STORY

CHILD EATER takes place over the course of one very long night. Helen isn’t thrilled about babysitting little Lucas and it certainly doesn’t make it any easier that he’s convinced he hears breathing coming from his closet. But it’s just his imagination, right?
When Helen goes upstairs to check on Lucas late at night, she’s shocked to find an empty bed. Lucas is missing … and his closet door is wide open. Now she’s got no choice but to follow his trail deep into the woods, the same woods where, decades earlier, an infamous serial killer preyed on children and ate their eyes in order to keep himself from going blind.

Needless to say, Helen is in for quite a ride
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I like the idea of movie screening having beer. That way, I don't have to show up to said screenings already drunk. mhihi: :manybeers:
 
jerseydevil said:
FRIDAY THE 13TH TV Show in the Works
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Many moons ago, I happened to catch one of the few Friday the 13th episodes I ever saw. What caught my attention was that the director of the episode was David Cronenberg. This thing aired somewhere around midnight on a Saturday night, but I couldn't resist calling a moviephile friend. The first words I hear from the other end of the line,"David Cronenberg." This was one of those times when you know you've found good friends.
 
LetTigerIn said:
Many moons ago, I happened to catch one of the few Friday the 13th episodes I ever saw. What caught my attention was that the director of the episode was David Cronenberg. This thing aired somewhere around midnight on a Saturday night, but I couldn't resist calling a moviephile friend. The first words I hear from the other end of the line,"David Cronenberg." This was one of those times when you know you've found good friends.
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my boy SmytheKing has been itching for a release on that original show, maybe this will spur that...probably not because the franchise rights are all over the place.
 
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