Published on: 19th March, 2010
Platinum Dunes are a perfect example of everything that is wrong about modern Hollywood. Instead of attempting to produce something intelligent, emotional or thought-provoking, they have spent the last seven years remaking one horror classic after another, reducing them to MTV-style trash. This is hardly surprising, as many of the directors involved – such as [...]
Published on: 18th March, 2010
There always seems to be one movie people just can’t keep quiet about and the flavour of the month is Predators, Nimród Antal’s contribution to the long-running franchise.
Ignoring the existence of the Alien vs. Predators spin-offs, the movie – which was produced by cult filmmaker Robert Rodriguez – has been a regular fixture of movie [...]
Published on: 18th March, 2010
Following on from the trailer that recently did the rounds, some great news for Troll 2 fans who live in Britain as they can finally see the highly anticipated documentary Best Worst Movie later this month. Co-star George Hardy has just sent us word that the feature is set to make its UK debut at [...]
Published on: 17th March, 2010
Bianca Barnett has steadily been building up a cult following over recent years, with her work on Bianca’s Boudoir, a successful modeling career and starring roles in the likes of Albino Farm boosting her profile.
No stranger to the horror genre (read our interview here), Barnett has become a regular fixture of the genre and has [...]
Published on: 17th March, 2010
Following on from the success of their annual 8 Films To Die For event that took place earlier this year, After Dark Films have now joined forces with Lionsgate and Syfy for After Dark Originals. Having slowly gained a cult following for their Horrorfest, the company now plan a series of eight films of various [...]
Published on: 16th March, 2010
No one has ever tried to argue about the artistic merits of Troll 2, Claudio Fragasso’s camp and ridiculous cult classic that has often been referred to as one of the worst movies ever made. It certainly sits well amongst his other less-than-impressive output – After Death (Oltre la morte) being one of the biggest [...]
Published on: 16th March, 2010
Even at sixty-seven, Martin Scorsese refuses to slow down and keeps jumping from one project to another. Following on from the gangster epic The Departed, the live concert Shine a Light and the horror/thriller Shutter Island, he is set to take a new direction for his next feature, The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Based on [...]
Published on: 15th March, 2010
Next year will mark the thirtieth anniversary of Joe Dante’s The Howling and now the franchise is preparing for a reboot. Unlike many classics that are getting the Hollywood remake treatment, the werewolf saga is set to produce its seventh sequel with Joe Nimziki’s The Howling Reborn. Following a fifteen-year break since 1995’s straight-to-video Howling: [...]
Published on: 15th March, 2010
Whilst the movie adaptation of Hack/Slash has been trapped in Development Hell for several years (with original director Todd Lincoln having walked from the project), the comic series on which it is based is still going strong. Having been responsible for countless tales, franchise crossovers and even a Suicide Girls shoot, original creator Tim Seeley’s [...]
Published on: 14th March, 2010
For those who did not catch our news story last week, Arrow Video are planning on unleashing three classic Dario Argento thrillers later this month. Having previously given a decent release for his 2001 giallo Non ho Sonno/Sleepless, they have now turned their attention to other underrated gems from his back catalogue. Whilst the American [...]