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The Cryptkeeper Returns! And He's Hosting FEARnet's New Year's Shockin' Eve! | Shock Till You Drop

The team at FEARnet exhumed the Cryptkeeper and roped in actor John Kassir for the Cryptkeeper's return to television. This is big news for fans of Tales from the Crypt and his animated series Saturday morning cartoon spin-off. Read on for the official announcement...

This December, make a resolution to join the Cryptkeeper for FEARnet’s first-ever New Year’s Shockin’ Eve “Tales from the Crypt” Marathon from 6 p.m.-6 a.m. ET/3 p.m.-3 a.m. PT on Monday, December 31.

The marathon is hosted by the Cryptkeeper, himself, in exclusive all-new interstitial content for the first time in 15 years. See the cool ghoul take a blast through the past, decomposing the best of the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s and ‘00s, on his way to welcoming in 2013. Who needs Ryan Seacrest when you can watch the old year die a slow, painful death on the Cryptkeeper’s very own countdown clock? And all night long viewers can take part in an interactive “Would You Rather?” poll, available on FEARnet.com, where they can answer questions based on the episodes they are watching in special segments dubbed “Cryptkeeper’s Conundrums.”

The holiday spooktacular highlights 24 terrifying “Tales” such as “And All Through the House” (6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT) the fan-favorite story of a murderous woman terrorized by a maniacal Santa Claus; “Dead Wait” (8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT) directed by genre master Tobe Hooper and starring Whoopi Goldberg as a backstabbing voodoo priestess; “None But the Lonely Heart” (3 a.m. ET/12 a.m. PT) Tom Hanks’ directorial debut about a nefarious gold digger who may have finally been found out; and the Emmy-nominated “Yellow” (2:30 a.m. ET/11:30 a.m. PT), directed by Robert Zemeckis and boasting a star-studded cast helmed by Kirk Douglas, Dan Aykroyd and Lance Henriksen, about a demanding father who tries to give his cowardly son one last shot at honor in WWI.
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ALERT ALERT!!!!!!!

A movie whose cause I have been championing since I saw it at ScreamfestLA 5 years ago...THE REVENANT...is now playing on Cinemax. You can catch it on demand, or find an upcoming showing. After watching it again I realize it's a little more raw than I remembered, but it has some nice ideas and a unique slant on things. Check it out.
 
LetTigerIn said:
What were everyone's favorite horror films of 2012?
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Ok. I'll bite.

Revenant:saw it at ScreamfestLa in 2009(?) but it finally got the release this year. Dvd only, heavy rotation currently on CINEMAX. Faulty(first time film maker) yet full of genius ideas and really something raw and special
The Possession: Jewish take on the Exorcist, lots of tropes...yet excels in character development and great acting. Man crush on Jeffrey Dean Morgan aside, this is solid across the board.
Cabin in the Woods: Needed more Mermen, but just one of the best horror flicks I have seen...ever.
The Woman in Black: Lovely re-introduction to the HAMMER FILMS brand. Old school atmosphere with a great performance by 'arry Potter. Deserved a better fate but it is far too old fashioned to connect with the young crowd who went to see Radcliffe. I wish him well in shaking the Potter mantle. I think he is a very solid young actor.
Detention: As divisive as it is fun. Breakfast Club meets Donnie Darko with ADD. You will know if you liked it or not if you can endure it. Not for everyone.
The Hole:HAVE NOT SEEN IT YET...but the simple fact that Joseph Dante is making movies again is enough to warrant a mention.
The Devil Inside: yeah...I liked it. Despite the 'is a reel missing' ending it worked for this lapsed Catholic boy.
The Collection: Nice follow up to the dirty dirty Collector. Different type of movie, so it was satisfying...and they did not over explain the mythology behind a nice creation. Solid performances, decent grue...and a nice story.
The Theater Bizarre: Really good anthology...as always, some better than others...but solid throughout. Some real creepy moments and good ideas.

Sadly my list of WORST movies far outweighs the highlights. I won't go into them here...(V/H/S)...but I hope this helps. I did not see a few...Excision, Yam Laranas The Road, Rec 3 and others that may be worth viewing, so...apologies.

BTW...where is Sinister you ask? well, yeah...it had some great 'I could use a shower' moments...the 8mm films and especially the lawn mower(if you saw it...you know). But the WriterWithAHistoryDescendingIntoMadness gig has been done to death(see Secret Window/The Dark Half/countless others). Extra points for the dark ending...but something just wasn't right. Now that I reflect on it, I wonder if maybe I need to rewatch...for a mass appeal flick it WAS pretty dark. Hurm. Ok...so I guess it merits a watch just so you can judge for yourself. I initially thought it was a little cliche' but upon reflection I wonder if I was just being harsh.
 
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I've been telling people not to watch V/H/S, but no one listens to me. :P

Maybe, we'll get a better sequel named, BETA M/A/X? mhihi:
 
orpheus said:
I've been telling people not to watch V/H/S, but no one listens to me. :P

Maybe, we'll get a better sequel named, BETA M/A/X? mhihi:
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There is going to be a sequel. Different directors. I will have an open mind...but man, V/H/S(I watched yesterday) was worst movie of 2012 AND 2013.
 
YAWN...

Texas Chainsaw 3D (2012) | Horror Movie, DVD, & Book Reviews, News, Interviews at Dread Central

TC3D is full of this kind of horror movie stupidity, where the characters are required by law to be as brain-dead as humanly possible in order to stay in danger. I realize the victims in Hooper’s classic weren’t exactly deep characters, but there was a rawness to them that made you fear for their lives. Here everything is chock-full of superficial Hollywood bull**** with chiseled WB teens and a bad hip-hop soundtrack in one of those mindless studio attempts to make Chainsaw appeal to the younger (i.e., dumbed down) generation.

The film is miscast from top to bottom, especially with regard to its antagonist, Leatherface (Yeager), now a balding, average-statured redneck who isn’t physically imposing in the slightest. While it's not the case, it feels as if the filmmakers went down to the local dive bar, grabbed whatever random guy they could find and slapped a bad mask on him. Despite having KNB on makeup F/X duties, there’s nothing about his appearance or persona that distinguishes this version of Leatherface from the low-level imitations seen at your local haunted attraction every Halloween.
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The Human Centipede 3 to Start Shooting This May | Shock Till You Drop

The Human Centipede 3. What? You haven't forgotten about this one yet, have you? That's right, Tom Six is returning to the gross-out series to deliver one (final?) chapter. And he's doing it with Dieter Laser after all.

You might recall, the two had a legal dispute over the sequel last March. But EW assures the series' fans that all is right between Six and Laser now and shooting is expected to begin this May. Laser, however, is not reprising his role from the first film.

The site reports Laser and Laurence Harvey, of The Human Centipede 2, are playing all-new villains in a "storyline no one will expect."

The centipede this time will contain 500 people and the film itself will feature a "big American celebrity."
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Worth seeing just for the remarkable Dieter Laser...I guarantee it.
 
Anyone here seen You're Next? It finally gets a wide release later this year, and I hear good things. Also hear good things about The Conjuring.
 
The Trailer for Girls Against Boys Hits - ComingSoon.net

Anchor Bay Films has released the trailer for Austin Chick's Girls Against Boys, opening in theaters on February 1 and starring Danielle Panabaker, Nicole LaLiberte, Andrew Howard, Michael Stahl-David and Liam Aiken.

In the film, na?ve college student Shae (Panabaker) is tormented by several men in a matter of days and reaches her breaking point. She is drawn into coworker Lu’s (Nicole LaLiberte) twisted plan for revenge and together, the two embark on a gruesome killing spree, terrorizing and brutally murdering not just their attackers, but any man who gets in their way. However, after a wild weekend of retaliation, the friendship between the girls shifts into a dangerous obsession, and their perverse game becomes a desperate struggle for Shae to maintain control against Lu’s deadly and seductive influence
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