By: MrDisgusting

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A few hours ago Variety posted an article on UK horror films and discovered a few details about Hammer Films' upcoming titles. They already announced that they'll be remaking the Swedish vampire film LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, and have launched their online horror series via MySpace entitled BEYOND THE RAVE, now they've got three new feature films in the works that you can read about inside.

From Variety:

"Hammer Film Prods. is getting in on the act in the wake of the banner's revival last year by Dutch producer John De Mol by unveiling a slate of pics far removed from the bodice rippers of the 1960s and 1970s with which it made its name. The iconic studio is prepping three features that are a far cry from the theatrical dueling of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.

Hammer is set to start production later this year on The Wake Wood, directed by David Keating, The Resident, a chiller directed by Antti Jokinen that is described as being in the tradition of "The Exorcism of Emily Rose," and The Quiet Ones, based on the supposedly true story of a group of Canadian hippie scientists in the 1970s who attempt to create a ghost.

"Those earlier Hammer films were very much of their time, and there is a lot of affection for them, but we have to keep up with audiences' expectations today," says Hammer chief exec Simon Oakes. "I like to think of ourselves now as dealing more in the Hitchcockian areas of terror and suspense."

Read the full article here.

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korollocke 10:16pm, June 20, 2008 The Quite Ones sounds like it would be worth checking out.

Chad 6:19pm, June 21, 2008 Enough with the "keeping in touch with the 'modern' audience" crap. You're releasing dumbed down teenage dreck through MySpace(!?) ...doesn't get any lower than that. At least have the decency to rename the company. Peter Cushing is spinning in his grave.

Biohazard 8:46pm, June 21, 2008 Well, I knew they'd "get current"...but they better produce some Gothic Horrors! What? "Bram Stoker's Dracula"..."Mary Shelly's Franenstein"...."Interview with the Vampire"...."Sleepy Hollow" weren't big enough hits to impress them?!

americangods 6:45am, June 23, 2008 Will any of these even make it to American theaters? From what I've read, the original "Let The Right One In" hasn't even been released yet in Sweden [where it was filmed], so they're remaking a movie before anyone even has a chance to watch the original. They also haven't mentioned any casting, so I'm assuming these'll be low- to no-budget horror movies with no-name actors and actresses. And don't get me started on the whole "in the tradition of" tagline to horror films, that only translates into "derivative crap" as far as I'm concerned.

hippo 7:46pm, June 23, 2008 Good to see Hammer is returning to horror. Have yet to see if these films will be up to the high standards of the early Hammer films. The later ones were rip-offs on the earlier, better efforts.

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