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13 articles from 2009

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Incredible Film4 Frightfest lineup announced!

3 July 2009 2:49 PM, PDT | From QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news

Not only will our very own London correspondent Ben Austwick be there to cover the fest but it's one of the best lineups ever!

How about the world premier for Pa giant insect comedy Infestation? Check.

Sneak preview of La Horde? Check.

UK premier of Cannes premier Hierro? Check.

The surprisingly good Giallo, the latest from Dario Argento? Check.

The world premier of The Descent part 2? Check!

Full schedule after the break. (Yes we copied Dread Central's post. Thanks UncleCreepy!)

Main Programme - Empire 1

# Thursday 27 August

18.30 Triangle (World Premiere)

The Boat That Shocked! Film4 FrightFest is delighted to open this year’s festival with the first ever showing of British director Christopher Smith’s latest spellbinding horror fantasy. When Jess (Melissa George) hits a seagull driving to her local harbour little does she know it signals a harrowing omen for her yachting trip with friends. From epic ocean vistas to poignantly shocking finale,

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Film 4 FrightFest Releases Schedule

3 July 2009 12:22 PM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

The UK's most amazing horror film festival Film 4 FrightFest has released what could very well be one of the best horror line-ups we've seen ever for its latest show taking place August 27th - August 31st, brimming with films we've been salivating over Stateside!

If you need any more reasons to fly across the pond check out the schedule below!

Main Programme - Empire 1

Thursday 27 August 18.30 Triangle (World Premiere)

The Boat That Shocked! Film4 FrightFest is delighted to open this year’s festival with the first ever showing of British director Christopher Smith’s latest spellbinding horror fantasy. When Jess (Melissa George) hits a seagull driving to her local harbour little does she know it signals a harrowing omen for her yachting trip with friends. From epic ocean vistas to poignantly shocking finale, Triangle is Smith’s best, polished and most mature work.

95 minutes Director: Christopher Smith UK/Australia 2009

Melissa George

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Uncle Creepy

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"An American Werewolf in London" the Remake!

1 July 2009 7:26 AM, PDT | From Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news

The 1981 John Landis horror classic "An American Werewolf in London" is being remade by Dimension Films.

Dimension has been in the horror-remake mood lately. The company is releasing "Halloween II" at the end of August, and is developing the reboot of "Hellraiser."

No writer or director has been set for "Werewolf" yet. The original, written and directed by Landis, was a creepily-funny flick that starred David Naughton and Griffin Dunne as two American tourists hiking in the Yorkshire moors attacked by a werewolf.

Take a look at the original trailer, and let's hope that the Dimension remake at least match the creativity of the cult classic:

Manny

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'Werewolf' to be remade

30 June 2009 5:53 PM, PDT | From Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news

Dimension Films is developing a remake of "An American Werewolf in London," setting up the project with producers Sean and Bryan Furst.The original 1981 film was written and directed by John Landis and starred David Naughton, Griffin Dunne and Jenny Agutter. .Werewolf., which won an Oscar for makeup, centers on a college student going on a rampage after surviving an attack by a werewolf on a Yorkshire moor.The Furst brothers produced "Daybreakers," a film set in a world conquered by vampires and to be released in January.According to Variety, Dimension has not yet attached a writer or director to the "Werewolf" remake.

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AfterElton Briefs: A gay book wins the Stoker, Dolly remembers Michael and what does tennis smell like?

30 June 2009 5:07 PM, PDT | From AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news

One smells like emergency room...

the other looks like cat pee with an old tootsie roll on top

Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear after the jump. Yes, we're serious.

What does tennis smell like? Apparently Lacoste thinks it smells like Hayden Christensen who will be the face of their new cologne "Challenge." Meanwhile, Patrick Dempsey is so multi-dimensional he needs a second cologne to capture all of him. Meet Patrick Dempsey 2 which according to Dempsey "Is about the intimacy of two people and the strength you get in a relationship." Gay faves Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are showing off their twins. Ft. Worth, Texas council members want a probe of this weekend's raid on a gay bar.   The New York Observer observes that Hollywoods new definition of male beauty doesn't have much variation.

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michael

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‘An American Werewolf’ Goes To The Weinstein Company

30 June 2009 11:28 AM, PDT | From FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news

It's not new news that John Landis' classic An American Werewolf In London is on track for a remake.  We've known for a while that some foolish production company would be bank-rolling it even though common wisdom says it's going to suck.  (Or bite.)  But who in Hollywood would be stupid and/or egotistical enough to believe a remake could improve upon (or even replicate) the original's perfect hybrid of horror and humor?  Who?!? BloodyDisgusting reported over the weekend that Landis has sold the remake rights to The Weinstein Company's Dimension Films.  Cue groans from film-lovers around the world. I'm not against remakes in general... if a film can be improved in some way then I say go for it.  If it fails, the original is still available.  But what can be made better here?  As I said above the movie is a near-perfect mix of humor and horror.  The

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Rob Hunter

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An American Werewolf…Again

29 June 2009 11:52 PM, PDT | From Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news

Here to rip out even more favorite eighties movies is Dimension Films who are ready to snatch up the rights to the John Landis film, An American Werewolf In London. Originally a cult classic that spawned in 1981, the original centered around two American backpackers (played by David Naughton and Griffin Dunne) hiking in the Yorkshire moors attacked by a mysterious animal who turns out to be a werewolf. Naughton ends up terrorizing London while Dunne is a reanimated corpse suggesting ways for Naughton to kill himself and stop the curse (THR).

"Another remake!? It hurtsssss."

Since this news is so ridiculously fresh right now, and barely is starting to get into development, there is nobody attached to write or direct the horror film. With the huge intake of horror remakes that have already been released (Friday the 13th) to ones that are still being made at the moment (Hellraiser) this

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Melissa Molina

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An American remake of a London werewolf

29 June 2009 11:28 AM, PDT | From Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news

In 1981 director John Landis' An American Werewolf in London opened in theaters and amazed horror and comedy fans alike. Here was the guy that had just brought the world Animal House a couple of years before, one of the all-time top comedies, and his latest movie perfectly combined two seemingly widespread genres into a fusion of scares and laughs. To this day Rick Baker's Oscar-winning special effects showing us a complete werewolf transformation still rank among some of the best practical FX ever created for a film.

It's coming up to 30 years since the release of American Werewolf. Is the time ripe for a remake?

The horror news website Bloody Disgusting tells us that John Landis thinks it's time. The website has confirmed that Landis is in negotiations with Dimension Films to remake the classic horror film. "Perhaps someone will make a brilliant movie out of it," Landis told the site.

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Patrick Sauriol

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Landis’ Werewolf Getting Remake Treatment?

29 June 2009 11:26 AM, PDT | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news

While many feel Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes is destroying the horror world with its endless remakes, The Weinstein Company has been doing its fare share too. They’ve remade John Carpenter’s Halloween (with a sequel set to open in August), are developing a Hellraiser update and according to Bloody Disgusting may next be turning to werewolves. The site has received a tip saying the Weinstein’s have acquired the rights to the 1981 John Landis horror-comedy An American Werewolf in London, which is considered by many to be one of the best Werewolf films ever made. In the original, two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists. It starred David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter and John Woodvine. Rick Baker earned an Oscar for his groundbreaking makeup effects. The film spawned a pseudo-sequel in 1997, An American Werewolf in Paris.

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James Cook

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Dimension Films To Remake An American Werewolf In London?

29 June 2009 6:12 AM, PDT | From /Film | See recent /Film news

According to Bloody Disgusting, the Weinstein Brothers have purchased the rights to remake An American Werewolf in London from original writer/director John Landis. Dimension Films already has a Hellraiser remake in the works (which can't seem to keep a director on board) and has the second new Halloween film hitting theatres soon. The news that a cash-strapped Landis has sold rights to the Weinsteins (who have been reported to be equally cash-strapped, ironically) will probably cue the question that has cropped up a lot lately: is nothing sacred? The perpetual answer is: not in Hollywood, no. And that's Ok, because we'll always have the original. There's little argument against An American Werewolf in London being one of the best werewolf films ever made; I don't think I could argue that there is a better werewolf picture. The film stars David Naughton and Griffin Dunne as American backpackers who are

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Russ Fischer

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Dimension Goes Hairy For An American Werewolf

29 June 2009 3:49 AM, PDT | From HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news

With world attention newly focused on Michael Jackson's Quincy Jones-produced Thriller recordings and the accompanying John Landis-directed Thriller video, remake rights to Lycanthrope Productions' An American Werewolf in London have reportedly been sold to Dimension films, the 'genre' arm of Miramax. Both Landis Thriller video and An American Werewolf In London feature used Rick Baker's Oscar winning make-up effects team. The new Werewolf is being developed by producers Sean and Bryan Furst of the upcoming vampire feature Daybreakers, set for a January 2010 release. The 1981 Us/UK comedy horror feature An American Werewolf In London, starred actors David Naughton, Griffin Dunne and Jenny Agutter, winning an Academy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup. Landis came up with the story while working in Yugoslavia as a Pa on the Clint Eastwood war comedy Kelly's Heroes, driving in a car on location when he came across a group of

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'An American Werewolf in London' to Get Remake

28 June 2009 9:05 PM, PDT | From CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news

While rumors of An American Werewolf in London remake have been floating for a while, it seems as though things may actually be moving forward.

According to Bloody-Disgusting, writer/director John Landis sold the American Werewolf remake rights to Dimension Films, the studio behind such other remakes as Black Christmas, Halloween and The Amityville Horror.

The original 1981 film, starring David Naughton, Griffin Dunne and Jenny Agutter, is a classic of the genre, that deftly blended horror with humor. The film told the story of two American tourists who accidentally wander onto the English moors one night and are attacked by a werewolf that the locals refuse to acknowledge to outsiders.

The film boasted some remarkable and groundbreaking prosthetic effects, and Rick Baker won an Oscar for Best Makeup in 1981. He was the very first recipient of this award, as it was the first year that the category was introduced.

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Before the Oscars, They Belonged to Us, Part 1

24 February 2009 3:04 AM, PST | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Disclaimer: This article may contain sarcasm, irony and “LOLs”; proceed with caution.

It’s time once again for horror at the Oscars. Sunday’s festivities were filled with folks who have worked in the genre and per usual, I feel if it’s a win for Danny Boyle, it is a win for rage-zombie fans everywhere. Seems like a lot of folks this year are veterans of Exorcist: The Beginning, Amityville: A New Generation and Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Of course, the most important genre win would be Greg Cannom, a staple of 80’s horror effects; he worked on such films as Fright Night Part 2, The Lost Boys and The Howling.

Now some movies on this list might be “kinda horror.” These thrillers or genre-friendly frameworks are on the ghoulish cusp and are marked with an asterisk. Some flicks on the list are there because, what the fuck,

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Heather Buckley

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2009 | 2008

13 articles from 2009

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