All Things HORROR



Posted a link to this on sequels thread...but here is an embed. Looks like silly fun. Worth it just for Christopher Lloyd.
 
BD Horror News - Horror Veteran Bill Paxton Fights Feral Creatures In 'The Colony'

The Terminator, Aliens, Near Dark, Frailty and Twister star Bill Paxton has been cast in The Colony directed by Jeff Renfroe, as reported by Deadline. Renfroe co-wrote The Colony with Patrick Tarr and Pascal Trottier.

Paxton stars alongside previously announced Laurence Fishburne and Kevin Zegers in the feature "about a small group of survivors living in the aftermath of a future ice age who live underground fighting for their lives in a society that disintegrates into cannibalism and violence."

Production is now underway in Toronto.
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Paxton rules...see Aliens/Frailty/Near Dark.

That being said, sounds a bit like Xavier Gens 'The Divide'.
 
Paramount to Deliver Fun Size in Time for Halloween | Horror Movie, DVD, & Book Reviews, News, Interviews at Dread Central

Paramount has dominated the last three Octobers with its Paranormal Activity films, and now it looks like the studio will also be taking out a Fun Size insurance policy to guarantee your Halloween dollars.

Look for the flick in theatres on October 26, 2012, to be playing opposite Paranormal Activity 4. Talk about having all your bases covered.

Fun Size stars Thomas Middleditch ("Funny or Die Presents..."), Riki Lindhome (Last House on the Left), Thomas McDonell (Dark Shadows, Prom), Osric Chau (2012), Jackson Nicoll (The Fighter), Johnny Knoxville (Jackass), Ana Gasteyer, Josh Pence, Holmes Osborne, James Pumphrey, Willam Belli, Peter Navy Tuiasosopo, Victoria Justice, Thomas Mann, and Jane Levy and is described as a cross between Superbad and Adventures in Babysitting on Halloween night.

The comedic script, by "Colbert Report" scribe Max Werner, centers on a sarcastic teenage girl (Justice) who is forced to take her little brother trick-or-treating on Halloween, then loses him and must find him before their mother finds out.
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Good luck with that...ahhhhh why can't Trick'r'Treat be a yearly experience????
 
ATM (2012) | Horror Movie, DVD, & Book Reviews, News, Interviews at Dread Central

On one hand, ATM isn’t a boring film. Clocking in at 81 minutes, it’s well-paced and entertaining – even if it’s provoking unwanted laughter most of the time. Then again, it’s a wasted opportunity that never successfully exploits or explores any number of creepy scenarios that could spring from a late night stop. The most surprising thing here is what IFC saw in this film that made them think it’d be worthy of a release. Save it for a rainy afternoon, if at all.
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Had a bad feeling about this one when I saw the simultaneous VOD release. VOD is starting to become the equivalent of the old 'no screening for critics+really wide release=cash grab before word of mouth starts getting around.'
 
Ratline (DVD) | Horror Movie, DVD, & Book Reviews, News, Interviews at Dread Central

Movies like Ratline are what makes the independent horror scene so great. Whereas a studio might shy away from an oddball story that blends Nazi occultism and a lesbian love story alongside a crime thriller, writer/director Eric Stanze dives right into all these themes with reckless abandon and delivers a rather solid flick that should manage to keep even the hardened horror fans out there on their toes from start to finish.

Ratline is definitely something beyond your average low-budget exploitation flick. It's a shocking and engaging movie that has Stanze taking some calculated risks as a director and thereby proving that you don't need millions of dollars to tell unique and ambitious stories these days. Sure, there are some hokey performances (with co-stars Haack and Christ being the exception-; both deliver knockout performances in Ratline) and there are a couple of logic flaws in the story, but overall Ratline is the kind of movie that gets me excited for the world of independent horror all over again. The story sneaks up on you and wallops you out of nowhere with a few gut punches, all the while embracing its exploitation roots without using them as an excuse to make a crappy flick (which is a trap a lot of filmmakers fall into).

After seeing Ratline, I would absolutely love to see what kind of madness Stanze - as well as his frequent partners in crime Haack and Christ - can come up with next time around.
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Horror Film Alphabet, Poster That Quizzes Your Horror Movie Knowledge

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BD Horror News - 'The Devil's Carnival' Hits The Road April 5, Get Your Tickets Now!

Director Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II-IV, Repo!, The Barrens, Mother's Day) and writer/actor Terrance Zdunich invite you to join them on an exclusive nationwide road tour featuring burlesque, special personality meet and greets, Q&A forums, sing-alongs, costume contests, and a whole lot of devilish behavior. Audiences will get to enjoy never-before-seen Repo! The Genetic Opera behind-the-scenes footage and bonus features, and, most notably, an exclusive viewing of the 55-minute episode The Devil's Carnival!

After collaborating on 2008's cult hit Repo! The Genetic Opera, Bousman and Zdunich had no where to go but down. ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HELL! Come experience their new musical series, The Devil's Carnival, about a carnival run by the Devil, starring Emilie Autumn, Dayton Callie, The Blessed Contessa, M. Shawn "clown" Crahan, Briana Evigan, Sean Patrick Flanery, Maggie "Captain Maggot" Lally, J. LaRose, Jessica Lowndes, Mighty Mike, Hannah Minx, Ivan Moody, Bill Moseley, Ogre, Marc Senter, Paul Sorvino, Alexa Vega, and Terrance Zdunich.

Get your tickets right here, right now!

STEP RIGHT UP AND GET YOUR TICKETS… After the triumphant collaboration on 2008’s REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA, a film hailed by The Hollywood Reporter as “the next Rocky Horror Picture Show”, director Darren Lynn Bousman and writer/actor Terrance Zdunich had no where to go but down—ALL THE WAY DOWN… TO HELL. These showbiz black sheep invite you dive into the ashes with them on their newest groundbreaking film fusion event , THE DEVIL’S CARNIVAL, an exclusive nationwide road tour featuring burlesque, special personality meet & greets, a Q&A forum, a whole lot of bad behavior, sing-a-longs, costume contests and more. On screen crowds will get to enjoy never-before-seen REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA behind the scenes footage and bonus features, and most notably, an exclusive viewing of THE DEVIL’S CARNIVAL. Keep in mind, THE DEVIL’S CARNIVAL can only be seen on this exclusive tour, so you must attend a showing to witness the madness!

The past four years have proven that REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA is more than a film—it’s a cinematic experience, one that has grown an army of rabid fans. The REPO! Army has continuously nurtured the film, giving REPO! its righteous place in cult cinema history and finding homes for shadow-casts and late night showings in art house theatres world-wide. These events, along with Bousman and Zdunich’s undying need to reach back into the macabre, have spawned their new horror-rock hybrid THE DEVIL’S CARNIVAL. With their signature flare for merging the worlds of horror and rock music, Bousman and Zdunich join forces again to fire up an underworld unlike any other in this genre-bending, groundbreaking new cinema road tour.

THE DEVIL’S CARNIVAL features twelve original songs, written by Zdunich and Saar Hendelman, directed by Bousman, produced by Sean E Demott and Joseph Bishara (Insidious), and stars Victoriandustrial rocker Emilie Autumn, Dayton Callie (Sons Of Anarchy, Deadwood), M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan (of the Grammy award winning, cult metal giants Slipknot), Briana Evigan (Step Up 2), Sean Patrick Flanery (The Boondock Saints), Maggie “Captain Maggot” Lally and The Blessed Contessa (of The Bloody Crumpets), J. LaRose (Insidious), Jessica Lowndes (90210), Mighty Mike (of Mini Kiss), internet star Hannah Minx, Ivan Moody (of the chart-topping heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch), Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects), Ogre (of the legendary industrial band Skinny Puppy), Marc Senter (The Lost), Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas), Alexa Vega (Spy Kids), and Terrance Zdunich.

In THE DEVIL’S CARNIVAL, sinners are invited to a theme park where they endure the repetition of their transgressions. What chances do a conniving kleptomaniac, a gullible teenager, and an obsessed father stand when facing their own moral failings? Lucifer and his colorful cast of singing carnies invite you to grab a ticket to THE DEVIL’S CARNIVAL to find out!

TICKET PRICE OPTIONS:
1. SINNERS - $20.00 (gets you a ticket to the show)
2. CARNIES - $30.00 (ticket to the show, and a pre-signed poster)
3. RINGMASTERS - $40.00 (VIP Experience: ticket to the show, pre-signed poster, and a meet & greet)

BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE: The Devil's Carnival on Eventbrite

For more information and to view the official trailer, visit The Devils Carnival.

CONFIRMED cities and theaters showing THE DEVIL’S CARNIVAL:
4/5 Hollywood CA – Laemmle’s Royal Theater
4/6 Anaheim CA - The Ultraluxe UltraStar
4/7 San Diego CA – Gaslamp Theater
4/8 Scottsdale AZ – Ultrastar cinemas
4/9 Tucson AZ – The Loft
4/11 El Paso TX – Starplex
4/12 Austin TX – Alamo Draft House
4/13 Houston TX – Alamo Draft House
4/14 Dallas TX – Lakewood Theater
4/17 Nashville TN – Limelight Theater
4/18 Atlanta GA – The Plaza Theater
4/21 Charlotte NC – The Neighborhood Theater
4/24 Pittsburgh PA – The Hollywood Theater
4/29 Boston MA – Foxboro Theater
5/1 Toronto ON - Toronto Underground Theater
5/2 Toledo OH – Collingwood Arts Center
5/3 Chicago IL - The Music Box Theater
5/5 Kansas City – Leawood Cinema Theater
5/6 Denver CO – The Oriental Theater
5/7 Salt Lake City UT – The Tower Theater
5/9 Seattle WA – The Admiral Theater
5/10 Portland OR – The Clinton St. Theater
5/11 Sacramento CA – The Colonial Theater
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Etan Cohen Will Direct BOY SCOUTS VS. ZOMBIES

In the past few years, popular culture has pitted zombies against increasingly ludicrous foes such as Jane Austen heroine Elizabeth Bennet and Jesse Eisenberg. Next in line for some tongue-in-cheek dueling with the undead: the Boy Scouts of America. And today, Heat Vision brings news that Boy Scouts vs. Zombies will mark the directorial debut of Etan Cohen, long-time King of The Hill scribe and writer of big-screen fare like Tropic Thunder and the forthcoming Men in Black 3. Described as a horror-comedy, the Paramount project will center on a group of boy scouts saving a group of girl scouts from…well, you know. Suggested tagline: “They weren’t prepared for this.” Hit the jump for more.



The original script, from Carrie Evans and Emi Mochizuki, made the 2010 Hollywood Blacklist, which tracks the industry’s best unproduced screenplays. Drop Dead Gorgeous writer Lona Williams has been tapped to do a second draft.

Presumably, in the new version, the leader of the scouts (let’s call him Dick) will spend the first hour and a half of the film agonizing about the morality of risking everyone’s lives to save the girls (who may or may not be infected with zombie germs and cooties), while his best friend Dwayne, who’s just hit puberty, angrily rubs his head a lot and accuses Dick of not having what it takes to protect the troupe; in a shocking twist, Dwayne will then kill kindly but weak fellow scout Clotis to save himself when a mission to retrieve the snacks cooler from their old campsite goes bad. It’s just how zombie stories are told these days.
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If you don't think this sounds fun...I fart in your general direction.
 
BD Horror News - 'V/H/S' Gets a US Release Date!

Sundance hit V/H/S was picked up during the fest by Magnolia Pictures genre label, Magnet Releasing. And they've now set the US release dates for the film. Magnolia's normal VOD-before-theaters model will be in play in V/H/S hits VOD on August 31st 2012 a few weeks before debuting in theaters on October 5th. In the film, "a group of misfits hired to burglarise a house to find a rare VHS tape, only to find more found footage than they wanted to see."

The directors are Adam Wingard (You're Next, A Horrible Way to Die, Pop Skull), Simon Barrett (You're Next, Dead Birds, Read Sands), Ti West (The House of the Devil, The Roost, The Innkeepers), David Bruckner (The Signal), Joe Swanberg (Silver Bullets), Glenn McQuaid (I Sell the Dead), along with Radio Silence, the YouTube sensations formerly known as Chad, Matt and Rob (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Chad Villella).
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WANNASEETHISWANNSEETHIS!!!!!!
 
Been a while since there was any news on this one...

BD Horror News - Autonomy Pictures Comes Out Playing 'The Bunny Game'

When we last heard any news about Adam Rehmeier's The Bunny Game, it had been rejected for home video release by the BBFC who stated, "It is the Board's carefully considered view that to issue a certificate to this work, even if confined to adults, would be inconsistent with the Board’s Guidelines, would risk potential harm within the terms of the Video Recordings Act, and would accordingly be unacceptable to the public."

Rehmeier responded to Bloody Disgusting at the time stating: "I think 'The Bunny Game' is way less disturbing than 'Pretty Woman'. Somehow it's more socially acceptable to glamorize prostitution under the guise of a rags-to-riches fairy tale where Richard Gere falls in love with the whore by the end of the film." He continues, "Rodleen and I didn't make 'The Bunny Game' to glamorize prostitution. It is far from an erotic film. It is a modern cautionary tale grounded in reality."

The film was eventually released in the UK and will hit the US in July from new distributor Autonomy, who will make the film their first release. Per Screen Daily, "Derek Curl, David Gregory and Lewis Tice’s new distributor aims to release “uncompromising cinema on a worldwide scale” and will handle four films this year, starting with Adam Rehmeier’s torture porn. "'The Bunny Game' is the last word on the torture-porn sub-genre,” Autonomy president Curl said. “I was shocked by its audacity and the raw honesty that it depicted, making me question our collective enjoyment of extreme violence in cinema. At Autonomy Pictures we are not afraid to release such a film, which will undoubtedly inspire heated reaction, because it will allow audiences to make up their own minds."

Bunny Games follows a female prostitute (Rodleen Getsic) who hitches a lift with a truck driver. The truck driver (Jeff Renfro) kidnaps the woman, restrains and forcibly strips her, and proceeds to physically and sexually abuse and humiliate her.

Julian Richards negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers, "“It’s great to see the launch of the new genre label Autonomy Pictures. And I think that the acquisition of Adam Rehmeier’s uber-controversial The Bunny Game is a bold statement of intent."
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BD Horror News - [SXSW '12] UPDATE: Prom Night Goes To Sh*t On 'The Loved Ones' Poster, Gets Distribution Via TUGG!

Hooray. Seriously, this movie is like 5 or 6 years old. I saw a region 2 copy of it a while back and it's good, not great. Prom Night meets TCM basically. Like another great film I saw years ago now 'The Revenant' I cannot understand what these creators are holding out for. So...you think you made a great movie, what good is that if nobody sees it. Get a deal, get it out there. Let people start talking about it. If you are looking for a million dollar payday on your first film...it ain't gonna happen.
 
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