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Two TV Spots for The Final Destination
10 July 2009
To kick off your weekend in the sun, here's a pair of television spots for The Final Destination to keep you mindful of your surroundings, whether you're heading out to the races, the beach or the mall. New Line opens this entry, in 3-D, on August 28. The film was added to this year's Comic-Con schedule, so if you're attending, check out our preview guide here !
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Canadian Halloween 2 Poster the Real Deal?
10 July 2009
Update @ 5:17pm Pacific: Yep, it's fan-made. And hey, go to the official site for some bizarro wallpapers for your computer. As reputable as the Imp Awards site is, I can believe this is the Canadian one-sheet for Halloween 2 they say it is. What you've got here is a hi-res publicity still slapped with a credits block. And that tagline? "Welcome to Haddonfield General." I could understand using a grabber like that if the entire film was set in a hospital, but this one is not. I'm callin' bullshit. Then again, the credits block does reflect an Alliance Films - the Canadian distributor - logo. If it's legit? F**k it, this poster is still unimaginative.
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The Horrors of Comic-Con 2009: Friday
10 July 2009
For the horror lot seeking info in the film and comic book mediums Friday is fairly balanced. Notably, Platinum Dunes is trekking back to San Diego, this year bringing guests from A Nightmare on Elm Street and perhaps your very first look at actor Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger. No, Haley won't appear in make-up but hopefully they'll have photos to debut. Also, cool: Sony is previewing Legion , which has been in the works for over a year now, and Peter Jackson is in attendance for District 9 ! What puzzles me is the capper to the schedule: Danny DeVito is going to show off a new fright flick called The Blood Factory . Have to look further into this one. We'll be updating live from this year's event, so stay tuned! 10:00-12:30 Warner Bros. - Join WB for...
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The Hotties of Halloween 2
10 July 2009
"Here's is a shot of Brea (Mya Rockwell), Scout (Laurie Strode) and Angela (Harley David) hanging at Uncle Meat's Java Hole, the coolest hangout in Haddonfield," writes writer-director Rob Zombie in his latest MySpace blog entry. He's, of course, talking about the stars of Halloween 2 and he's posted the below photo. You'll see all three gals on the big screen when the film opens August 28th. Click below for all of our feature coverage to date regarding the film: Rob Zombie Exclusive Interview Set Report: Malek Akkad Set Report: Wayne Toth Set Report: Scout Taylor-Compton
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Grab Yourself a Pandorum Widget
10 July 2009
Deep space. Dark hallways. A bug-eyed Dennis Quaid. Dangerous humanoid...things. The trailers for Overture Films' Pandorum have got me revved up. They exercise restraint and tantalize with just enough cool shots to poke my curiosity. Is it more than just The Descent in space? We'll see on September 18 when the Christian Alvart-directed sci-fi/horror hybrid hits theaters. Overture is pressing harder now on the advertising campaign and today the distributor has premiered a widget you can post on the social networking site of your choice. They're also preparing a presentation at the San Diego Comic-Con, more details on that in our preview .
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Visit Harper's Island on DVD
10 July 2009
It didn't quite catch on as its creators intended, now Harper's Island is coming to DVD on September 8 via Paramount Home Entertainment. The CBS series premiered in April then got bumped to a new time slot when ratings were not up to snuff. All 13 episodes will be collected in the Paramount package and it's rumored there will be audio commentaries from cast and crew, deleted scenes and featurettes.
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Piranha 3D Photos to Make You Gag
10 July 2009
A quartet of downright brutal new behind-the-scenes spy photos from the set of Alexandre Aja's Piranha 3D have floated online. Click on the annihilated corpse - victim of a feeding frenzy - for more stills. ShockTillYouDrop.com visited the set last month. You can read our full interview with Aja, and a set report, right here . Or, check out a chat with the man behind the make-up, Greg Nicotero, here !
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That's a Wrap on Nightmare on Elm Street
10 July 2009
Producer Brad Fuller of Platinum Dunes announced via his Twitter account that principal photography has officially wrapped on A Nightmare on Elm Street . "Just wrapped - sad. This was a fun movie to make," he laments. Now Fuller's been posting some behind-the-scenes stills, some of which are mostly of crew members (and non-news worthy), but overnight he ran one image of stars Rooney Mara and Kyle Gallner enjoying cupcakes - in a severe form of sleep deprivation. Take a look at those eyes below... Director Samuel Bayer now enters post-production on this reboot of the Nightmare franchise. The film is on track for an April 16, 2010 release. Expect some sort of preview this month at the San Diego Comic-Con .
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The Horrors of Comic-Con 2009: Thursday
10 July 2009
Updated: Friday, 12:15pm As we have done in the last couple of years, we're stripping out the horror-related events occurring at the annual San Diego Comic-Con (goin' down July 23-26) and cobbling them together in daily preview pieces. When the madness really begins, all coverage will be gathered in this spot (which is where you can find last year's headlines/features and beyond). There are lots of surprises on tap for 2009. Thursday is an interesting day. Sorta light, but I'm curious about what Joe Dante is bringing to the show and more Pandorum footage is always welcome. Come say 'hi' at the Masters of the Web panel - which should be amusing, to say the least. And, of course, you do not want to miss Trick 'r Treat later in the evening. 11:00-12:00...
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Want to See the Jennifer's Body Poster?
9 July 2009
Megan Fox was recently back in the studio for a photo shoot for the official Jennifer's Body poster. Here's the final product. Click below to see it in hi-res. In the film, a gorgeous cheerleader is possessed by a demon and starts feeding off the boys in a small Minnesota farming town. Her "plain Jane" best friend must kill her, then escape from a correctional facility to go after the Satan-worshipping rock band responsible for the horrible transformation. Jennifer's Body opens on September 18.
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Reaper Awards Cut into the DVD Market
9 July 2009
Award shows dedicated strictly to horror are far and few between. Spike TV's Scream Awards is a good time, but it stretches across various genres. Fangoria's Chainsaw Awards still thrives in the magazine only (an actual televised ceremony took place in '06). And the Saturn Awards, again, focus on non-scare fare, too. Now there's the Reaper Awards, comin' at you this October. ShockTillYouDrop.com is involved and yours truly is a participating judge with a few colleagues. Here's a press release to fill you in on the goods! Home entertainment industry leader Home Media Magazine and the horror insiders at DreadCentral.com have partnered to present Reaper Awards 2009 . the first awards campaign dedicated entirely to horror on home video. On October 13, 2009, at the hauntingly...
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Eli Roth Not Involved with Hostel III
8 July 2009
ShockTillYouDrop.com's brother site ComingSoon.net spent some time earlier today talking to director Eli Roth about his dramatic acting role in Quentin Tarantino's WWII movie Inglourious Basterds . Anyone worried acting opposite Brad Pitt might convince Roth to switch careers shouldn't fret, because he has a lots of projects he's been developing both to direct himself as well as producing others. That said, you won't be seeing him making any more "Hostel" movies, and he's no way involved with the plans to make a direct-to-dvd 3-quel to his best-known film. "That's another one like 'Cabin Fever 2,'" he told us. "The studio had made a lot of money with it so they want to keep going, and the fans, there's demand for it, and great. If I started something and...
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Jaime Winstone to Star in 3-D Horror Flick
8 July 2009
Jaime Winstone ( Donkey Punch ) will star in Elfie Hopkins And The Gammons . Ryan Andrews is directing for producers Michael Wiggs and Steve Matthews of Size 9. Vertigo Films is in line to co-produce when cameras roll this winter. Andrews tells the site that his film will be "a quirky horror and an eclectic mix of comic book characters, British pop culture and fantasy setting in an unusual and twisted world." The film is notable in that it's the first UK horror production to be shot in 3-D. According to Screen Daily, Winstone "will play a teenage misfit and 'wannabe detective' Elfie Hopkins, whose investigations are limited to annoying small-minded residents of the rural village where she lives, until the charismatic but suspicious Gammons family arrive."
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Behind-the-Scenes of Rec 2
8 July 2009
We're going to be hearing a lot about Rec 2 in the coming months. The sequel - once again directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza - is playing to Sitges International Film Fest audiences and it opens wide in Spain this fall. How soon after will our eyes get to witness it? Who knows? We'll just have to sit back and continue salivating over the trailers and clips we've been receiving. Today, some behind-the-scenes footage went live, courtesy of distributor Filmax. It's not translated, sadly...
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Rodriguez Explains How Predators Will Invade Texas
8 July 2009
The last few months have been a-buzzin' with announcements regarding Predators , the latest entry in the 20th Century Fox franchise that's being overseen by Robert Rodriguez ( Planet Terror ) and directed by Nimrod Antal ( Vacancy ). On a collision course for the summer of 2010, Rodriguez explains how Texas is playing a tremendous part in the production. No , not the plot. This entry is set on the Predator home world. As reported earlier, Predators will lens at Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios and the surrounding area. "It'll be a mix," he tells the Times. "A lot of location sets and some green scene. There's a lot of different places in Texas I have in mind, and we have a great rebate thing there now, only 60% has to be shot in Texas. We're scouting for...
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Toronto After Dark Announces First Films
8 July 2009
Toronto After Dark Film Festival has just announced its first batch of genre pics that will be premiering at the festival's fourth annual event this August 14 - 21. The initial lineup includes a number of critically acclaimed films from around the world including Trick 'r Treat (pictured), co-starring True Blood 's Anna Paquin, and Paul Solet's Grace . Fans who prefer genre films of a more fantastic nature have a special treat in store with the North American Premiere of the new British thriller Franklyn that merges present day London with a futuristic steampunk world, and stars Ryan Phillippe and Eva Green ( Casino Royale ). Also on tap, the French heist film Black , the Japanese romantic horror comedy Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl , Embodiment of Evil , The...
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Hillbilly Hell for Students in Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
8 July 2009
What is considered one of the industry's best "unproduced screenplays" is finally getting some love. Director Eli Craig has begun production on Tucker and Dale vs. Evil starring Tyler Labin ( Reaper , pictured) and Alan Tudyk ( Dollhouse ) as Dale and Tucker, respectively. The pair play hillbillies mistaken for psycho killers by a group of camping college students. You see, Tyler and Dale acquired their "summer home" - a dilapidated cabin - on the same lake as the vacationers. Fun ensues from there in this horror-comedy which is shooting up in Calgary. Katrina Bowen ( 30 Rock ) also stars. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil was penned by Craig and Morgan Jurgenson. Eden Rock Media, Kintop/Reliance L.P. , Urban Island and Looby Lou are producing.
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Megan Fox Bares Her Chompers in Body Photo
8 July 2009
Getting a sense of the building heat around Fox's upcoming Jennifer's Body , Fangoria has posted an "exclusive" photo from the Karyn Kusama-directed horror-comedy. That's Megan Fox you see sporting a mean set of demonic chompers (provided by Knb Efx); she co-stars in the film with Amanda Seyfried and Adam Brody. Fox has the film slated for a September 18th debut. If you missed it, check out the red band trailer we exclusively premiered here !
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Red Band Trailer for Clive Barker's Book of Blood
8 July 2009
Director Jon Harrison and co-writer Darin Silverman have extracted from Clive Barker's mammoth horror collection "Books of Blood" two tales - "The Book of Blood" and "On Jerusalem Street" - for Book of Blood . Lightning Media picked up the rights to this adaptation - starring Jonas Armstrong, Sophie Ward, Doug Bradley, Simon Bamford and Paul Blair - and is releasing it on DVD and Blu-Ray September 22. Here's the red band trailer... The DVD streets with a making-of featurette.
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Fire Sign Films to Produce Alluvial
8 July 2009
Pre-production has begun on Alluvial , a film that falls into the survival horror category. Geza Decsy is directing for Fire Sign Films. He'll co-produce alongside Paul Hough and screenwriters Jack Ulrich and Sean Decker. Shooting is expected to begin this October with Ken Lally ( Heroes ) and R.A. Mihailoff ( Leatherface ) the first two actors locked in to star. Sota FX is handling make-up and practical effects on this tale of seven friends who contract a mysterious illness while camping the badlands of the Panamint Valley. The virus they contract causes them to turn on one another in a display of skewed emotions and primal rage. "It's a fucked up little script," explains Decker. "Jack and I certainly didn't set out to write the Citizen Kane of horror...
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