world premiere for The Orphanage

The Guillermo del Toro produced THE ORPHANAGE, helmed by Juan Antonio Bayona, is scheduled to have its world premičre at the 46th International Critics' Week in Cannes, which runs from May 17 to 25. Distribution rights for the movie are to be offered for sale by Wild Bunch and U.S. distribution rights for the film have been acquired by Picturehouse Inc.. A downloadable teaser trailer for is to be found here and the film's official site is located here. Below is a synopsis for THE ORPHANAGE.

"Laura spent the happiest years of her childhood growing up in an orphanage by the seaside, cared for by the staff and fellow orphans whom she loved as brothers and sisters. Now, thirty years later, she returns with her husband Carlos and Simon, their 7-year-old son, with a dream of restoring and reopening the long-abandoned orphanage as a home for disabled children. The new home and mysterious surroundings awaken Simon's imagination, and the boy starts to spin a web of fantastic tales and not-so-innocent games... a troubling web that begins to disturb Laura, drawing her into the child's strange universe which resonates with echoes of long-forgotten, deeply unsettling memories of her own childhood. As the opening day draws near, tension builds within the family. Carlos remains sceptical, believing that Simon is making everything up in a desperate bid for attention. But Laura slowly becomes convinced that something long-hidden and terrible is lurking in the old house, something waiting to emerge and inflict appalling damage on her family."

Source: Twitch

Posted on Apr 30 2007 by

malevolent aliens creates driller killer

Twitch reports that the Jason Kartalian helmed film DRILLER had its world premičre at Studio/Stage in Los Angeles on October 11 last year and is now scheduled to be screened at Another Hole in the Head in San Francisco. The festival runs from June 1 to 14 and distribution rights for the film are being offered for sale by Cinema Arts Entertainment. You can download the 1st trailer for DRILLER here and the 2nd one here. Also don't forget to check out the film's official site here and its MySpace Page . Below the photo is a synopsis for DRILLER.



"An ordinary man is abducted by malevolent aliens and turned into a drilling and killing machine. The aliens now are his master, forcing him to drill and kill his way through sex-charged teens, a rock band, and pretty much anyone in his way, but his puppet masters have a bigger plan for him - his mission is to end the human race! Driller was inspired by Italian splatter films, 1980s slasher films, and 1950s science-fiction freakouts."

Posted on Apr 30 2007 by

Beetlejuice 2 making its way to DVD?

Moviehole reports that the follow-up to BEETLEJUICE is on its way and will come in the form of a straight-to-video flick. There's not much more as for now but the trade reports a few other follow-ups and the reason for all these straight-to-video flicks coming out. If interested, check out the whole article here.

Posted on Apr 30 2007 by

Dig This!

The Hollywood Reporter says that Madonna's production company Maverick Red and Angel Baby Entertainment are producing a horror movie called DIGGER. The flick follows Joshua Bauer, a man forced to dig graves by hand as a youth who seeks revenge through a brutal killing spree. The producers hope to launch Bauer as a new horror icon. DIGGER is being helmed by John Gallagher and was penned by Stephen Lancellotti. More when it happens.

Posted on Apr 30 2007 by

New Myers photo

A new photo of Michael Myers popped up over at Rob Zombieď¿½â‚¬â„¢s Official HALLOWEEN and that's all there's to it. Check out the masked killer holding his favorite weapon below.

Posted on Apr 30 2007 by

Kramer dresses up for prom night

Jana Kramer reports through her that she has joined the remake of PROM NIGHT, a remake with a PG-13 rating that yours truly is so not looking forward to. Anyways she joins the cast of Brittany Snow, Dana Davis, Jessica Stroup, Scott Porter, Collins Pinnie, Kelly Blatz, Idris Elba and Johnathon Schaech. No release date has been set as of yet and the film is currently shooting in the Los Angeles area. Below is a synopsis for the remake.

"Donna's senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, one of magic, beauty, and love. Surrounded by her best friends, she should be safe from the horrors of her past. But when the night turns from magic to murder there is only one man who could be responsible; the man she thought was gone forever. Now, Donna and her friends must find a way to escape the sadistic rampage of an obsessed killer, and survive their Prom Night."

Posted on Apr 30 2007 by

One Missed Call writer making new horror

24framespersecond.net reports that Yasushi Akimoto, the dude who wrote the Chakushin Ari novel, or maybe better known on this side of the world as ONE MISSED CALL is working on a new horror film called Densen Uta which translates to "The Deadly Song" but that will go under the English title of GLOOMY SUNDAY.

So in accordance to the direct translation of the title, the film will tell the story of a song that is said to cause death whenever it is sung. "Members the pop group AKB48 will star as high school students who discover the song by chance, while Ryuhei Matsuda will play the character of a hack reporter trying to find the truth behind the song." Apparently the very story of the film is based on an urban legend surrounding the Hungarian song "Gloomy Sunday," which was alleged to have caused multiple suicides.

GLOOMY SUNDAY will open in Japan in August and its official site is to be found here, but as for now there's really nothing on it so if interested, bookmark it and check back later.

Posted on Apr 30 2007 by

Hallows Point tarot card winners - week 8

The eight week of the HALLOWS POINT contest is over and the ten people below have won themselves 3 signed tarot cards each! Only two more weeks to go with ten winners each week (winners will be announced every Monday) so head on over to the contest and win yourself some signed cards too!

Ronnie Slavin, San Antonio, TX
Charles Petruzzi, Delray Beach, FL
Tawni Ledo, Blossburg, PA
Amanda Contreras, Apple Valley, CA
Sean Lynch, Lafayette, CO
Anthony C. Francis, Silver Spring, MD
Jeanne E. Walsh, Easton, PA
Deserie Sanders, Brooklyn, NY
Teri Woodward, Atlantic Beach, FL
Yvonne Whiteplume, Ethete, WY

Posted on Apr 30 2007 by

Dowdle talks The Poughkeepsie Tapes

Director John Erick Dowdle who's chiller THE POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES had its world premiere this weekend at New York City’s Tribeca Film Festival sent Fango a couple of stills, as seen below, from his film. The movie presents the horrific exploits of a serial killer through videotaped images he has captured himself. “The thing that most attracted Drew—the producing half of The Brothers Dowdle—and me to this project was the chance to submerge ourselves into a truly subjective film,” says Dowdle and continues, "With HALLOWEEN, John Carpenter revolutionized the horror genre by shooting scenes exclusively from the killer’s point of view. When the young Michael Myers butchers his older sister, we watch her die through the eyeholes of his Halloween mask. It’s one of the most memorable—and creepy—horror scenes of all time."



“Our movie takes the terror of subjectivity a step further, because the Poughkeepsie Tapes killer actually shot the footage himself with a video camera. Whether he is stalking a victim or dismembering a body, we see what he sees. Anyone captured by this killer’s camera is in immediate danger,” says Dowdle. Wanna know more? Then check out THE POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES official site here and its MySpace Page , and last but not least, you can watch a trailer for the film over at YouTube .

Posted on Apr 29 2007 by

Kirsten Dunst bringin’ on the horror

Sci Fi Wire reports that Spider-Man 1-3 star Kirsten Dunst will get behind the camera to shoot a ghost flick. The film will be Dunst's directorial debut and will come in the form of a supernatural short that'll be part of Glamour magazine's "Reel Moments" that is a series of short films by women, based on stories submitted in letters by the magazine's readers. The movie, which is as yet untitled, will star Dunst and her real-life friend Michelle Williams in a ghost story inspired by classic scary films.

"I've always [been a fan of] Roman Polanski and, you know, Repulsion with Catherine Deneuve and, like, Rosemary's Baby," Dunst said. "I mean, those are my favorite movies. Don't Look Now. ... The Night Porter is one of my favorite movies. ... We just don't make movies like that any more."

Posted on Apr 29 2007 by

A film with a Bad Reputation

Maverick Entertainment has picked up BAD REPUTATION which is an award-winning horror-revenge thriller that the company will release on DVD in August on the Maverick Platinum label. BAD REPUTATION stars Angelique Hennessy as Michelle, a good girl who gets date-raped at a party and subsequently suffers the title stigma at her high school. Rather than deny it, she embraces her new rep and begins seducing the guys who wronged her—before meting out bloody revenge upon them. If you're in NY you can see the movie on the big screen on Monday, May 14 at 7 p.m. at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater. And if you're not just wait for the DVD and in the meantime, check out the film's official site here and its MySpace Page .



Source: Fango

Posted on Apr 29 2007 by

No Barbarella for Beckinsale

Last week we got to hear that we might see the lovely Kate Beckinsale in the role of Barbarella in the new upcoming remake of the old sci-fi flick but IGN now reports that Beckinsale has confirmed that no one has even approached her about the film to begin with.

"I just found out myself today," the actress said last week from the set of the currently shooting WHITEOUT. "It's thrilling! I've never heard anything about it before today. One of the [Whiteout] crewmembers told me."

The remake is being scripted by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade who scripted CASINO ROYALE and there has been talk about both Lindsay Lohan and Drew Barrymore being up for the role but an unnamed insider told the British tabloid Daily Express last week that "the feeling is that Kate has just the right combination of beauty, humor, and acting talent for the part."

Beckinsale joked with IGN that if she did take the role, it would require a name change. "Beckinsale-arella!" she laughed. "It's gotta happen!"

Posted on Apr 29 2007 by

New 28 Weeks Later clips

If you head on over to you can check out a couple of new clips called "Direct Contact" and "Running from the Infected" from 28 WEEKS LATER. Not the first clips that has appeared online but it looks to be a really cool film and if you already think so you should definitely check them out. There's also a storyboard to be found if you follow the link above. 28 WEEKS LATER opens on May 11.

Posted on Apr 29 2007 by

Trailer for Virus Undead

The folks over at Blairwitch.de has a trailer up for Wolf Wolff's VIRUS UNDEAD that is about a deadly virus carried by birds that turns people into zombie-like monsters. This all takes place one night in a little village in Germany. The official site for the film can be found here, problem though is that it is in German only. So while that may not be a hoot, do check out the trailer here.

Posted on Apr 28 2007 by

world premiere for The Orphanage

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malevolent aliens creates driller killer

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Beetlejuice 2 making its way to DVD?

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Dig This!

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New Myers photo

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Kramer dresses up for prom night

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One Missed Call writer making new horror

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Hallows Point tarot card winners - week 8

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Dowdle talks The Poughkeepsie Tapes

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Kirsten Dunst bringin’ on the horror

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A film with a Bad Reputation

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No Barbarella for Beckinsale

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New 28 Weeks Later clips

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Trailer for Virus Undead

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From Spanish to English

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Koda Madison’s Hell Ride

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Darkman Trilogy on DVD

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Bum fights.. well sorta

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First still from The Strangers

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Cabin Fever 2 - Gruesome photos on display

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Glover is I Scream Man

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Finnish Horror in the mist

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Anchor Bay become Starz

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Rest Stop sequel in the works

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New Meat Aboard the Train

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He Knows You’re Alone to be remade

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