There's still an entire week left of this year's Toronto International Film Festival, and while there are dozens of reviews to be written, we've got an early start. First, we've finally posted our official review of Franck Vestiel's sci-fi horror film Eden Log, which will be released here in the States next year by Magnet Releasing. In addition to our review for Pascal Laugier's French horror pic Martyrs, the boys over at Twitch Film have posted another raving review for the film that's guaranteed to be the talk of Midnight Madness. Also added over at Twitch Film is a mixed/negative review of Fabrice Du Welz's Vinyan (review here) and a positive review of AJ Annila‘s Finnish "J-horror" pic Sauna (review here), which was earlier blasted over at AICN. Click the links above for all of the reviews and watch for tons more over the next week.
In addition to all of these stills, we've been provided with an exclusive bloody and disgusting pic from Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel's (interview) Deadgirl, which can be found by reading beyond the break. Playing at this year's Midnight Madness portion of the Toronto International Film Festival, the film is a horror/thriller about two teenagers who make a shocking discovery that not only threatens their friendship but also their lives. In a forgotten room of an abandoned asylum, they find a beautiful woman tied to a bed, and soon come to realize she is anything but dead. Also, check here for all TIFF news or here for details on all films playing. ...Read More
This afternoon we were provided with an exclusive first look at Lance Henriksen in Michael Roesch and Peter Sheerer's Alone in the Dark II, which displays Henriksen as the former witch hunter Abner Lundberg, who is forced to come back to fight his old nemesis, a century-old dangerous witch. Read on for a look! The film tells the story of Edward Carnby, who joins forces with a team of witch hunters to track down the dangerous witch Elisabeth Dexter. ...Read More
Ever since Lionsgate announced that their remake of My Bloody Valentine would be in 3-D I have been nothing but skeptical. But since then, I have heard loads of buzz from people who have seen dailies and 3-D tests who have all said that it looks tremendous. In fact, the new 3-D adds depth instead of just popping out at the audience, which I'm quite interested in seeing. Today a new interview with star Jamie King was posted where she talks about how Lionsgate will bring us INTO the remake, which was helmed by Patrick Lussier. ...Read More
Arriving just in time for Halloween is Freestyle Releasing's The Haunting of Molly Hartley, and to further the hype that kick-started a few weeks ago, we've been provided with ten brand new stills that can all be found beyond the break. In this tale of spell binding suspense, something evil lurks just beneath the lush surfaces of teenaged girl's private school world - and it holds the rights to her very soul. Now, on the eve of her 18th birthday, Molly Hartley is about to discover the truth of just who, or rather what, it is she is destined to become. ...Read More
We learned this evening that the new Malechai has finally been cast in the remake of Children of the Corn, which is being directed by original producer Donald P. Borchers from his own screenplay. The actor taking on the creepy role for the Sci Fi Channel movie is Daniel Newman (pictured inside; Cirque du Freak), who is in Iowa on the set now. He joins David Anders and Kandyse McClure. After its premiere on Sci Fi the film will be released on DVD by Starz and Anchor Bay Entertainment. Click the title above for the synopsis. ...Read More
The first of Magnet Releasing's "Six-Shooter Series" is Tomas Alfredson's Let the Right One In (review), which will be arriving in New York and Los Angeles theaters on October 24th. Today we were provided with the official poster for the film, which can be found inside. In the pic, a fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates but never strikes back. The lonely boy’s wish for a friend seems to comes true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves in next door to him. But Eli’s arrival coincides with a series of gruesome deaths and attacks. Though Oskar realizes that she's a vampire, his friendship with her is stronger than his fear... Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson weaves friendship, rejection and loyalty into a disturbing, darkly atmospheric, yet unexpectedly tender tableau of adolescence.
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In a lengthy article about the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival, THR writes that Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group acquired domestic (US) and Australian rights to Vinyan, a film we have been covering pretty heavily here on Bloody-Disgusting. Fabrice Du Welz's (Calvaire) film stars Rufus Sewell and Emmanuelle Beart as a couple searching for their missing son in a jungle filled with feral children. Click here for links to all sorts of VINYAN goodies. Also, check here for all TIFF news or here for details on all films playing.
Tom Cruise and United Artists have acquired rights to serial-killer thriller The Monster of Florence, with Cruise attached to produce and possibly to star, according to Douglas Preston, author of the bestseller that had previously inspired the Thomas Harris sequel "Hannibal." Read on for more details. ...Read More
B-D reader 'GoliathSlasher' just tipped us off to Rob Zombie's official MySpace page for Tyrannosaurus Rex, which he will write and direct, where a new piece of art was posted for the film. Like previous imagery, the new pic features art by Alex Horley and displays what looks like T-Rex as a badass wrestler (in addition to being a badass boxer and biker). Read on for a look at watch for casting news soon, especially if they're going to meet their August 28, 2009 release date. ...Read More
This morning we got our hands on the official UK quad for Lionsgate's Saw V, which hits the US and UK on October 24th. In the fifth installment of the popular SAW franchise, Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, Hoffman must go on the hunt to eliminate all loose ends. ...Read More
Get ready for a slew of new release dates that just went out this afternoon. First, New Line Cinema has moved Final Destination 4 3D back a week to an August 21, 2009 release. Good news for you Richard Kelly fans out there as Warner Bros. Pictures has moved The Box - an adaptation of the short story "Button, Button" - from a September 11, 2009 release all the way up to March, 20, 2009 (finally one in our favor!). On to the bad news as MGM has removed the Dowdle brothers' The Poughkeepsie Tapes from their slate and will release on an undetermined 2009 date. Lastly, in an odd move, Eli Roth's Trailer Trash has been placed under N/A... has this project been cancelled? We'll find out more. Click any title above for more info on each film.
Who you gonna call? Columbia Pictures has apparently heard the fans call for a third film in the horror-comedy franchise GHOSTBUSTERS as they have finally, finally set the long-gestured sequel in motion. Even though a script is being written with the intent of bringing back all four original busters, the article reports that reaching an agreement is still going to be a factor. Read on for the story and watch for updates as soon as a draft of the screenplay is delivered. ...Read More
Mark Pellington (The Mothman Prophecies, Arlington Road)has signed to direct Solace, a mystery thriller for New Line that once had Shekhar Kapur attached to helm. The story revolves around a former doctor with psychic abilities who is drawn into a serial killer case only to find that the killer also is a psychic, leading to a showdown between the two who can detect each other's every move. Sean Bailey and Ted Griffin wrote the initial script, which was revised by Jamie Vanderbilt ("Zodiac"). Bruce Willis was once attached to star in the film.
One franchise that appears to have been drilled in the ground is CHILD'S PLAY, which last saw Chucky on the big screen back in 2004 with the release of SEED OF CHUCKY. Nearly four years later, creator Don Mancini is hard at work penning the remake for the film (that he'll also direct), which kicked off back in 1988 with a killer who transfers his soul into the body of a Good Guy doll. We've broke a whole bunch of stories here on B-D, and today we had the chance to have a few more questions answered... like what will change in the remake, including Chucky's design. Read on for the skinny. ...Read More
Let the Toronto International Film Festival begin! With all of the hype leading up to the event, Bloody-Disgusting is here in Toronto ready to check out all of the horror films and fill you in on which are worthy of your attention. One film we're crazy excited for is Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel's (interview) coming-of-age horror film, Deadgirl, which will have its World Premiere this Saturday. The other day we posted an exclusive video interview with writer Trent Haaga over at BDTV, today Twitch Films posted a behind-the-scenes piece with star Candice Accola, which can be viewed inside. Click the title for more info on the film, along with a punch of stills. Also, check here for all TIFF news or here for details on all films playing. ...Read More
The long gestured GHOSTBUSTERS 3 is quickly becoming one of the most aggravating projects to follow on the Hollywood block. With franchises seemingly being the only real force in Tinseltown, it's shocking to me that the third film isn't already in production, or at least in heated talks. Rumors hit the web this summer at Comic Con - and then were squashed - that Apatow and Rogen would be joining the project, and there have still been rumblings about this HELLBENT CGI direct-to-disc release, but nothing has ever been officially announced. Today a blurb from "real" Ghostbuster Dan Ackroyd hit the web that carries a small glimpse of hope. Read on, watch, then speculate with the best of us... ...Read More
This afternoon we were supplied with an exclusive poster for Jack Messitt's MIDNIGHT MOVIE, which will arrive this January from Peace Arch Entertainment. In the film a midnight showing of an early 1970's horror movie turns to chaos when the Killer from the movie comes out of the film to attack those in the theater. Read on for the poster and check out the official website for more. ...Read More
A new interview was discovered today where Writer-Director John Harrison talks about his upcoming adaptation of Clive Barker's Book of Blood, which has 10-minutes teased to a lucky Frightfest UK audience last month. Inside you can find word from Harrison, who says that the film won't be the blood-soaked horror film we all expected. ...Read More
Today we scored a look at the official festival poster for Bruce McDonald's Pontypool, which follows a small-town radio station discovers that recent madness in the local population may be caused by a virus transmitted through speech. The film will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend. Read on for the one sheet or click the title for more info. Also check here for all TIFF news or here for details on all films playing. ...Read More
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