It's cheesy, it's lame and it won't ever, ever work. Dimension Films is the latest to try and tackle the integration of web and horror as a new serial killer has found his way onto Web 2.0. Back in 1998 Dee Snider attempted to crossbreed the genre with Strangeland and just last year Twisted Pictures made an attempt with Vlog (and the forthcoming Chain Letter). In between we watched crap like Stay Alive, Cry Wolf, Feardotcom, and even the played-straight Untraceable, which failed miserably. Now Dimension will try their luck -- and will soon fail (too).
Trying to break the chain of crappy internet-based horror movies, Dimension Films is getting into the social networking game.
The Weinstein Co.'s genre banner will develop a thriller that involves a teen social networking site as a narrative device. The untitled project is based on an idea by Sara Rue and Robert Green, who will produce. T.S. Faull, who penned the Keri Russell thriller Grimm Love, is writing the script.
The teen thriller is said to resemble Ten Little Indians, as victims are knocked off one by one, only this time with a Web 2.0 twist.
"Online social networking is a widespread phenomenon that interests me greatly," Bob Weinstein said. "Combining it with a suspense thriller is a new and fresh way to explore this new trend."
Studios and filmmakers have been seeking ways to explore the popularity of social networking sites in their creative efforts. Last year, Aaron Sorkin signed on with Scott Rudin and Columbia to write a drama about the founding of Facebook.
Dimension has already failed with Halloween 8 and Hellraiser 8, so save yourself the trouble and enjoy enjoy MYSPACE.COM/MURDER below!
it wont work. it has been done, and miserably. i agree with mr. disgusting on this one. i dont have the patience to watch a season long show, id rather wait for the complete season to come out on dvd. watching 3 minute clips which try too hard to keep me entertained just doesn't work.
I hope H2 completely ruins Dimension so they stop making these godawful flicks! Funny to think that they were once THE horror studio and now the only thing horrific about them is their release schedule.
I mostly agree with you, but I think Cry_Wolf was great. Also, I didn't think Untraceable was bad, but at the same time, I wouldn't put it in the same category as the rest of these movies.
I agree that Cry_Wolf was fairly good, although I'm not a fan of the ending (in my opinion, the only film that ending worked for was the original April Fool's Day). Also, I agree that Untraceable was a rip-off of The Card Player -- and The Card Player did it much better.
mehhh Vlog was pretty cool I liked the death scenes... and it had everybody fooled for a little while. Cry wolf wasn't all that bad, stay alive was a good time killer. And strangeland wasn't all that bad either.
feardotcom SUCKED DICK.
and untracable was the biggest fuckin joke ever. I hate that movie, It actually made me really angry and wanted to beat senseless people up almost like what stealth did.
Never even heard of Vlog... I like the concept of Chain Letter because everyone HATES getting those things, so it's not weird to imagine bunches of people being killed by not passing them on.
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