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Terror Tidbits (Fango #290): What’s Scary: Part Two
21 hours ago | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
In the first part of this essay, I made a case for one 21st-century remake (Zack Snyder’s Dawn Of The Dead) as a standout, and now we come to the best horror movie of the new century, Dennis Iliadis’ brilliant revisiting of The Last House On The Left. The engine driving this movie is the most powerful the genre has to offer: fear of the Homicidal Other. There have been hundreds—perhaps even thousands—of these in the long history of the fright film, and most have the same underlying premise: You meet the Homicidal Other either as karmic retribution for doing something wrong (think of Janet Leigh in Psycho, who never would have been showering at the Bates Motel if she hadn’t embezzled a bunch of money from the Phoenix business where she worked) or—this is worse—because you just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Stephen King)
Trailer Alert – Frozen
22 December 2009 10:06 PM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
It’s a simple premise: three friends find themselves stuck on a ski lift. With nobody coming to their aid and temperatures quickly dropping, they must make a decision on how they’re going to survive, or freeze to death mid-air. See? Simple.
The new trailer for Frozen however, gave me the kind of chills normally reserved for a scary supernatural horror, and while it doesn’t give to much away about the story, it certainly leaves an impression.
Starring Shawn Ashmore, who you may remember from the X-Men series, Kevin Zegers of “Transamerica” and “Dawn of the Dead” fame and Emma Bell, the film is written and directed by Adam Green. Check out the trailer below:
A typical day on the slopes turns into a chilling nightmare for three snowboarders when they get stranded on the chairlift before their last run. As the ski patrol switches off the night lights, »
- Craig Sharp
George Romeros Survival Of The Dead Gets Distribution
21 December 2009 8:00 PM, PST | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »
The Wagner/Cuban Companies' Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, announced today that it has acquired Us rights to George A. Romero’S Survival Of The Dead, the latest in the legendary and beloved series of zombie films which bowed at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals earlier this year. Romero, one of the most influential and respected horror auteurs of all time, has created a new, terrifying vision that combines viscerally gory undead action with biting social commentary and a return to the black humor and playfulness of his seminal film, Dawn Of The Dead. Magnet will release the film as part of its Ultra VOD program this spring, debuting it on VOD platforms nationwide a month before its theatrical release.
Like its predecessors, George A. Romero’S Survival Of The Dead takes place in a desperate, nightmarish world where the dead walk the earth, relentlessly attacking the living. »
Zombies Protest Hospital Closing
21 December 2009 5:02 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
By Mike Bracken
I grew up in the Pittsburgh area and still have family there. I truthfully believe that one of the reasons I'm the horror nerd that I am is because I was raised there. I have fond memories of shopping at Monroeville Square Mall back in the Dawn of the Dead days and the city has never shied away from its ties to horror cinema (embodied primarily through guys like Romero and Tom Savini).
So, it brings great joy to my black heart when I see stories like this one in yesterday's Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
The gist of the story revolves around Upmc's plan to close a hospital in Braddock, Pennsylvania. This didn't sit well with Braddock residents, but rather than voice their displeasure through the usual (boring) channels, filmmaker Tony Buba (who worked on Romero's Night and Dawn of the Dead) gathered up a dozen or so protesters, »
- Cinematical staff
Kevin Bacon Joining Cast of ‘Super’
21 December 2009 12:15 PM, PST | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
Not many people know director James Gunn by name, but most can pick his work out of a lineup. He’s had a pretty eclectic career behind the camera. He got his start working with the people such as Lloyd Kaufman and his Troma bunch.
From there, Gunn went on to write such films as Scooby-Doo, Dawn of the Dead, and most recently, Slither starring fan favorite Nathan Fillion. Gunn has always had an outspoken love of the superhero and comic book genre, especially with his superhero spoof film The Specials starring Rob Lowe back in 2000.
It looks like Gunn is at it again, with his newest project, Super, starring Rainn Wilson (The Office), as an everyday guy who is thrust into a extraordinary situation. The film is set to star Liv Tyler and Ellen Paige alongside Wilson.
It has now been announced that Kevin Bacon will be joining the cast, »
- Matt Raub
‘Survival of the Dead’ Lands a Release Date
21 December 2009 6:57 AM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
As much flack as George A. Romero got for his poorly received Diary of the Dead, he’s still one of the most talented and singular voices in the business. His living dead flicks have always been his excuse to talk about current social issues that bother him, and he does so with style, which is why I can’t wait for his next: Survival of the Dead.
Luckily for us, Magnet Releasing has picked up Survival and scheduled it for a Spring release date — and a month earlier on video on demand networks.
From what I’ve heard about Survival of the Dead, Romero has grounded his latest zombie feature in a Western setting, which seems pretty nifty. Variety has a pretty good breakdown of plot description:
“Two powerful families maintain a semblance of order in the wake of the zombie holocaust. But as the inhabitants slowly die off, »
- John Cooper
Us Rights to Survival of the Dead Acquired by Magnet Releasing
18 December 2009 1:26 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Zombie fans got an early Christmas present today with the announcement that the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, the Wagner/Cuban Companies' Magnet Releasing, has acquired Us rights to George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead, the latest in the legendary director's beloved series of Dead zombie films.
Romero, one of the most influential and respected horror auteurs of all time, has created a new, terrifying vision that combines viscerally gory undead action with biting social commentary and a return to the black humor and playfulness of his seminal film, Dawn of the Dead. Magnet will release Survival of the Dead as part of its Ultra VOD program this spring, debuting it on VOD platforms nationwide a month before its theatrical release.
Yes, you read that right -- theatrical release. Hallelujah!
Like its predecessors, Romero's Survival of the Dead (reviews here and here) takes place in a desperate, nightmarish »
- The Woman In Black
Romero Thinks Outside The Box. Makes Another Zombie Movie
18 December 2009 12:49 PM, PST | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: zombie movies are lame. (Zombieland is the exception) I'm done with them. And I'm especially tired of how Hollywood keeps pumping them out faster than vampire movies.The king of the walking dead, George Romero, has another zombie film to add to the 400 zombie movies he's already made. This one is called Survival of the Dead and now has a distributor. Here's the press release:The Wagner/Cuban Companies' Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, announced today that it has acquired Us rights to George A. Romero’S Survival Of The Dead, the latest in the legendary and beloved series of zombie films which bowed at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals earlier this year. Romero, one of the most influential and respected horror auteurs of all time, has created a new, terrifying vision that combines viscerally gory undead action with »
Magnet to Release Survival Of The Dead
18 December 2009 12:42 PM, PST | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »
Great news for George Romero fans. Magnolia's subdivision Magnet Releasing has secured the rights to release Survival Of The Dead, Romero's entry in his Dead series.
Following a recent trend in the distribution of indie films, Magnet will release the film on Video on Demand a month before it debuts in theatres. As low budget filmmakers and studios struggle to find new ways to get their films to the fans, the VOD option is one viable measure they deem worth trying. Whether Magnet will release Survival to theatres wide or limited, the studio has yet to indicate. Given the poor handling of Diary Of The Dead's release, at least it seems that Magnet is giving Survival a legitimate effort.
Though Romero doesn't have nearly the cache he used to, he still makes films that are relevant and challenge an audience. He's got a huge following, and his films deserve to be seen, »
Magnet Releasing to Distribute George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead
18 December 2009 12:37 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The Wagner/Cuban Companies' Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, announced today that it has acquired Us rights to George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead, the latest in the legendary and beloved series of zombie films which bowed at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals earlier this year. Romero, one of the most influential and respected horror auteurs of all time, has created a new, terrifying vision that combines viscerally gory undead action with biting social commentary and a return to the black humor and playfulness of his seminal film, Dawn of the Dead. Magnet will release the film as part of its Ultra VOD program this spring, debuting it on VOD platforms nationwide a month before its theatrical release. Like its predecessors, George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead takes place in a desperate, nightmarish world where the dead walk the earth, relentlessly attacking the living. »
Magnet Releasing Takes Us Rights To Survival of the Dead
18 December 2009 12:23 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
New York - December 18, 2009 - The Wagner/Cuban Companies’ Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, announced today that it has acquired Us rights to George A. Romero’S Survival Of The Dead, the latest in the legendary and beloved series of zombie films which bowed at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals earlier this year. Romero, one of the most influential and respected horror auteurs of all time, has created a new, terrifying vision that combines viscerally gory undead action with biting social commentary and a return to the black humor and playfulness of his seminal film, Dawn Of The Dead. Magnet will release the film as part [...] »
- Brian Corder
Magnet Releasing Scores Us Rights to George Romero.s 'Survival of the Dead'!
18 December 2009 11:19 AM, PST | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »
The Wagner/Cuban Companies' Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, announced today that it has acquired Us rights to George A. Romeros Survival Of The Dead, the latest in the legendary and beloved series of zombie films which bowed at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals earlier this year. Romero, one of the most influential and respected horror auteurs of all time, has created a new, terrifying vision that combines viscerally gory undead action with biting social commentary and a return to the black humor and playfulness of his seminal film, Dawn Of The Dead. Magnet will release the film as part of its Ultra VOD program this spring, debuting it on VOD platforms nationwide a month before its theatrical release. »
Remembering the late, great Dan O'Bannon
18 December 2009 8:28 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
This unassuming, multitalented film-maker, who has died aged 63, was best known as the brain behind Alien. But he was so much more
Yesterday, following a short battle with an undisclosed illness, Dan O'Bannon sadly passed away aged 63. While his name should be vaguely familiar to cinemagoers as the writer and creator of Alien, to fans of genre films it should be tattooed somewhere on their person. O'Bannon was part of the fabric of genre films, a fixture. Though his star never rose above a certain elevation, in his own unassuming fashion he was a game-changer in more ways than Avatar will ever manage.
I've always had as much an interest in the nuts-and-bolts technical and artistic side of the movie-making process as in the finished films themselves. In the 1980s I wasn't alone: there were plenty of magazines, such as Cinefantastique, Fantastic Films and Starburst that were full of interviews with behind-the-camera workers. »
- Phelim O'Neill
Poster, details for Adam Green's Frozen
17 December 2009 2:37 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
A poster for Hatchet director Adam Green's Frozen has been making the rounds, and now Fango has a look at the unmarked image. The filmmakers sent over the artwork last night fresh off of their debut at the recent Butt-Numb-a-Thon in Austin. For those just getting in on the action, Cody Blue Snider posted three exclusive blogs from the set of the film (read 'em here: One, Two, Three) and you can get some of Kane Hodder's thoughts on the film right here.
See the poster and details below. Frozen opens February 5, 2010 from Anchor Bay.
A typical day on the slopes turns into a chilling nightmare for three snowboarders when they get stranded on the chairlift before their last run. As the ski patrol switches off the night lights, they realize with growing panic that they’ve been left behind dangling high off the ground with no way down. »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
Anchor Bay’s Frozen Gets a Poster
16 December 2009 9:38 PM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
Anchor Bay Films has sent over the official poster for their new survival thriller “Frozen”. Check it out below. A typical day on the slopes turns into a chilling nightmare for three snowboarders when they get stranded on the chairlift before their last run. As the ski patrol switches off the night lights, they realize with growing panic that they’ve been left behind dangling high off the ground with no way down. With the resort closed until the following weekend and frostbite and hypothermia already setting in, the trio is forced to take desperate measures to escape off the mountain before they freeze to death. Once they make their move, they discover with horror that they have much more to fear than just the frigid cold. As they combat unexpected obstacles, they start to question if their will to survive is strong enough to overcome the worst ways to die? »
- Nix
Sundance '10: Chilling Super Hi-Res One Sheet for 'Frozen'
16 December 2009 2:01 PM, PST | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »
Let the hype begin for Adam Green's Frozen! Kevin Zegers (Transamerica, Dawn of the Dead), Shawn Ashmore (X-Men, The Ruins) and Emma Bell (Dollhouse, Supernatural) star in this intense suspense thriller that follows three skiers who are mistakenly stranded on a chairlift, forced to make life-or-death choices that prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death. Beyond the break you'll find a hi-res look at the official one sheet from writer/director Adam Green (Hatchet) and Producer Peter Block (Saw I-vi, Crank, Rambo), along with the full synopsis for the film arriving in theaters February 5 from Anchor Bay. It will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival next month. »
The Notable Films of 2010: Part Two
16 December 2009 3:18 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Opens: January 1st 2010
Cast: Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane, Bradley Cooper, Kerry O'Malley
Director: Christian Alvart
Summary: A family services social worker thinks she has seen it all until she meets her newest, most mysterious case - a troubled 10-year old girl whose parents try to kill her. The social worker decides to take her in herself until the right foster family comes along.
Analysis: Despite the presence of promising German director Christian Alvart ("Pandorum"), 'Case' has sat on a shelf since late 2006 and is finally being quietly shuffled out this year for one very good reason - it stinks. Having opened in Australia a few months back, reviewers utterly savaged the film as both incredibly dumb and utterly ludicrous. Lead star Renee Zellweger also scored personal criticism to a level rarely seen in film reviews outside of comments about Nicole Kidman's 'more alien than the »
- Garth Franklin
Eisner Now Brooding
15 December 2009 5:29 PM, PST | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »
On the heels of my earlier comments about some commercial dude directing The Creature From The Black Lagoon remake instead of Breck Eisner, I can report that, according to the L.A. Times, Eisner will be directing another remake: David Cronenberg's The Brood.
Eisner's remake of The Crazies has been getting lots of love on other horror sites of late, but I'll reserve my comments on the film until I see it (and if it lacks the social commentary of George Romero's original, those who criticized Zach Snyder's Dawn Of The Dead remake for eschewing Romero's commentary on consumerism should be equally upset with Eisner).
The one comment I will make is about a new type of director that's emerging in horror of late: the sequel king. Guys like Eisner and Marcus Nispel threaten to throw themselves into a horror ghetto where all they will be known for »
Bind Casting, Synopsis, and Start Date
13 December 2009 4:56 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything regarding filmmaker Dan Walton’s planned feature directorial debut Bind, but today that’s all changed. Walton (who served as co-executive producer on 2008’s lurid Gutterballs) informed us that the film (which now features the tag-line "Hell Just Froze Over") is set to go before cameras in March of 2010 in Vancouver, Canada, and also provided us with a synopsis of the 80’s horror homage and an updated cast list.
According to Walton, who will direct from his own script, Bind tells the story of “a weekend getaway to a scenic winter wonderland that takes a deadly turn when a group of friends find themselves pitted against the elements and a dark presence with a bloody agenda.”
FX man Brian Sipe, whose previous credits include Van Helsing and Pirates of the Caribbean, will be on hand to provide what is expected »
- SeanD.
The 2009 Terror Film Festival 'Claw' Awards - Winners Announced
13 December 2009 1:23 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
On October 24th, The Terror Film Festival Claw Awards took place at the Ethical Society Building on the famous Rittenhouse Square of Philadelphia.
The 4th season brought in the most astounding talent from all over the USA, as well as, the world. The assemblage of fans, filmmakers, screenwriters, and industry professionals, waited in anticipation, and all bets were on, as the illustrious Claw and the beautiful Princess Horror stood onstage, envelopes in hand, to present the coveted awards.
And the winners are...
Evil Angel - A steamy and heart-pounding story based on the ancient myth of Lilith, the first wife of Adam, who has roamed the Earth for centuries as a sexy and seductive villainous, and proudly holds the title of the world’s first serial killer. Written and directed by the iconoclastic Richard Dutcher of Utah, the film garnered several awards, such as, Best Feature Film, Best Original Music »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Source: TERROR FILM FESTIVAL)
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