Typically Sideshow Collectibles has a wide range of new product to unveil at the San Diego Comic Con, this year most of it we have already seen. Either way, inside you can check out all of the images of the horror products arriving later this year from the high quality toy company. ...Read More
One of the coolest things I came across at the San Diego Comic Con was a giant prototype of NECA's Regan figure from THE EXORCIST. Now, this isn't an image of the infamous "spider walk" scene, this is a classic moment where Reagan is in bed and completely possessed. Read on for a look! Click here for other ongoing Comic Con coverage. ...Read More
At the Dimension Extreme/Genius Products booth we stumbled across the first art and an awesome prop for John Gulager's Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds, which arrives on DVD October 7th. It is the morning after, and we pick up with the survivors of "Feast's terrifying night before. There are more monsters and they are even angrier/hungrier. The monsters have made it into the small neighboring town in the middle of nowhere and the surviving locals have to band together to figure out how to survive. Like that is even a real possibility. Will Honey Pie pay for her desertion? Will Tuffy make it to Heroine's kid in time? Is that Harley Mom's twin sister? So many questions, it will take another sequel to answer them all. But for now, we can only sit back and be terrorized. Click here for other ongoing Comic Con coverage. ...Read More
Some props were on display at this week's San Diego Comic Con for Lakeshore and Sony Screen Gems' Underworld 3: The Rise of the Lycans, which was directed by Patrick Tatopoulos.The prequel is set in the Dark Ages and traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires and their one-time werewolf slaves, the Lycans. Read on for a look. ...Read More
It was announced in March that Showtime Networks Inc. has announced that it has awarded a licensing contract for their critically acclaimed original drama, DEXTER, to manufacturer Bif Bang Pow! The show is already gearing up for its third season as it's also hit prime time in repeats. While walking the San Diego Comic Con we came across prototype figures and a bunch of props from DEXTER, all of which can be found inside. Click here for other ongoing Comic Con coverage. ...Read More
If you head on over to AICN you can check out your first look at Marvel's upcoming comic adaptation of Stephen King’s classic novel THE STAND, illustrated by Mike Perkins and written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. After the world is decimated by a man-made plague, a battle of literally Biblical proportions ensues between the survivors. Watch for more hopefully from the floor of the San Diego Comic Con.
A bunch of horror happenings will get underway at this weeks San Diego Comic Con at the IDW Publishing booth as Comic-Con Guest of Honor Joe Hill (son of Stephen King) will be signing copies of his popular LOCKE & KEY, which is this month's top comic in Wizard Entertainment Magazine. Book artists Gabriel Rodriguez will also be signing. Ashley Wood (World War Robot) and Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night) will also be signing. IDW's panel will be held Saturday, July 26 from 11:00 – 12:00pm in ROOM 3.
This week Comic Book Resources posted a special preview of Devil's Due Publishing's HACK/SLASH and RE-ANIMATOR issue of HACK/SLASH, which we'll see more of at this weekend's San Diego in Comic Con. Click here and scroll down for the pics. ...Read More
Genius Products and The Weinstein Company bring cast members from many of their upcoming DVD releases to the San Diego Comic-Con this week, highlighting an assortment of highly-anticipated and fan-favorite titles. Read on for the full line-up... ...Read More
Halo-8 Entertainment is heading to the sold-out San Diego Comic Con on Saturday July 26th with starlets Tiffany Shepis ("NIGHTMARE MAN"), Melissa Bacelar ("PINK EYE," Lionsgate's upcoming "SKINNED ALIVE"), Katie Nisa ("THREAT"), and Joanna Angel (TLC's "L.A. INK," "SICK & TWISTED HORROR") to preview the studio's most ambitious production yet: an interactive horror-comedy called "SLUMBER PARTY SLAUGHTERHOUSE: THE GAME," created by award-winning filmmaker Matt Pizzolo ("THREAT," upcoming graphic novel "GODKILLER"). Halo-8 has slated the film for a Halloween 2008 release. Read on for more info. ...Read More
At this week's San Diego Comic Con, Summit Entertainment will screen Trailer Park of Terror for FREE on Thursday night at midnight at the Gaslamp District Theater. Tickets will be available at the Imperium Comics' booth (#2005) beginning tonight. Based on the popular Imperium Comics series, Trailer Park of Terror. Six troubled high school students and their chaperon, an optimistic youth ministries Pastor, return from an outdoor character building retreat in the mountains. During a raging storm, their bus crashes, hopelessly stranding them in the middle of the Trucker's Triangle, a forgotten locus of consummate evil in the middle of nowhere. The hapless group seeks shelter for the night in a seemingly abandoned trailer park they find down the road. However, when the sun sets, it's not refuge they find. Instead, terror finds them in the form of Norma, a damned redneck reaper with a killer body who dispenses vengeance and death aided by her cursed companions, a bloodthirsty brood of Undead trailer trash.
As part of their San Diego Comic Con Preview, Universal Pictures and Rogue Pictures have provided Bloody-Disgusting with some hi-res stills from three of their upcoming horror titles: David Goyer's The Unborn, produced by Platinum Dunes, Sam Raimi's return to horror in Drag Me to Hell and the remake of The Wolfman! Read on for a look. ...Read More
Thomas Beers, Original Prods., and comicbook publisher Devil's Due are moving forward with Chopper Zombie, about a motorcycle builder who refuses to sell his formula for a new superfuel to a dangerous corporation. When a team of thugs drowns him in his own toxic creation, he rises from the dead with a score to settle. Todd Livingston ("The Black Forest," "The Wicked West") will pen the graphic novel, with Scott Keating ("Death and the Man Who Could Not Die," "Elk's Run") handling the art. Devil's Due will launch the book at next week's Comic-Con in San Diego alongside a custom zombie chopper assembled by "Monster Garage's" creators. Title hits store shelves July 30. "Chopper Zombie" becomes the latest book for Devil's Due to go into development as a feature, following "Drafted," "Lost Squad," "Serpo" and "Hack/Slash." ...Read More
Head on over to Fandango now and score yourself FREE tickets to see Lionsgate's The Midnight Meat Train (review) at the San Diego Comic Con, Friday, July 25th at the stroke of midnight. The film - adapted from a Clive Barker short story - features a commuter's run-in with a New York subway serial killer and a horde of subterranean cannibals. It arrives in limited theaters August 1st.
Today NECAonline debuted images of the Aliens vs Predator: Requiem Half-Stealth Predator in complete packaging! Featuring an all-new Mid-Cloaked appearance, with matching Half-Stealth Weapons, the Half-Stealth Predator also features two highly anticipated new accessories: the Alien Chest Burster and the Alien Face Hugger! Take a look at the first official packaging images to get a glimpse of the new Predator and gruesome Alien spawn that will be a San Diego Comic Con Exclusive! ...Read More
This week all of the studios will be sending in their schedules for this year's San Diego Comic Con. One of the big pieces of news to come in this morning was that Warner Bros. Pictures will have their Friday the 13th panel on Sunday, July 27th from 1-1:30 in Room 20. Stars Jared Padalecki and the new Jason Voorhees (Derek Meaks) will be on hand with Platinum Dunes producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form. Word on the street is that we'll see the trailer debut there, B-D will be on hand to report. In addition, we were supplied with the following synopsis: Retelling of the original Friday the 13th about teenaged summer camp counselors that are systematically slaughtered by a mysterious killer.
If you head on over to BDTV you can watch our exclusive video interview with Jessica Alba, star of Lionsgate's upcoming The Eye remake, which hits theaters February 2008. The video is pretty funny as she was paired up with Dane Cook and obviously I didn't have any questions about their upcoming film Good Luck Chuck and you can tell Dane is getting restless, probably thinking "why the hell isn't he talking to me?" Good stuff.
To conclude our written pieces from this year's San Diego Comic Con we have some interesting bits from producer Sam Raimi, stars Ben Foster and Josh Hartnett and writer Steve Niles regarding Sony's upcoming 30 Days of Night, which hits theaters Octrober 19. Set in the isolated town of Barrow, Alaska, in the extreme northern hemisphere, which is plunged into complete darkness annually for an entire month. When most of the inhabitants head south for the winter, a mysterious group of strangers appear: bloodthirsty vampires, ready to take advantage of the uninterrupted darkness to feed on the town's residents. ...Read More
This past weekend SpookyDan went one-on-one with Ali Larter and Milla Jovovich, stars of Sony's Resident Evil: Extinction, who talked a bit about the transition between the three films, along with being scared of horror films. Watch for Alice's (last?) adventure in theaters September 21. ...Read More
One director that I hold a special place in my heart for is Ryuhei Kitamura, who's VERSUS is one film that really got me into Japanese horror before it became "cool". When I found out he was coming to America to helm an adaptation to Clive Barker's Midnight Meat Train I freaked out. This past weekend was another great moment in my life as I had the distinct pleasure of talking one-on-one with the director about the film, which Lionsgate will release in 2008. Read on for the story. ...Read More
While at the San Diego Comic Con this past weekend we also had the opportunity to talk one-on-one with Vinnie Jones, who plays what could be the new horror icon "Mahogany" in Lionsgate's Midnight Meat Train, which is slated for release in 2008. Read on for the story and watch for more interviews tonight. ...Read More
While at the San Diego Comic Con we had the chance to talk with Leslie Bibb, star of both Trick 'r Treat and Lionsgate's upcoming Midnight Meat Train. Inside you can read what she had to say about the film, which was helmed by Japanese Ryuhei Kitamura. The story features a commuter's run-in with a New York subway serial killer and a horde of subterranean cannibals. ...Read More
Now if you head on over to BDTV you can watch our exclusive interview with Darren Lynn Bousman who breaks the exclusive news on who will be doing some music for his upcoming Repo! The Genetic Opera, which will star Paris Hilton, along with details on Lionsgate's Saw IV. Watch this spot as the next year there will be a whole lotta Bousman on B-D!
If you head on over to BDTV you can watch our exclusive one-on-one video interview with Tobin Bell, who plays Jogsaw once agian in Lionsgate's Saw IV, which hits theaters October 26. The interview was conducted this past Thursday at the San Diego Comic Con, watch for our little chat with director Darren Lynn Bousman tomorrow.
Inside you'll find a few bits from our exclusive one-on-one interview with Chris Gorak, writer-director of the upcoming Right at Your Door (review), which hits limited theaters on August 24. Read on for the skinny. After multiple dirty bombs are detonated, spreading deadly toxic ash across Los Angeles, Brad inadvertently quarantines his wife, Lexi outside their new home by safely sealing himself inside. With the city under siege and Martial Law in affect, Brad and Lexi struggle to survive with little supply, limited time and no information - all the while separated by thin doors and thinner sheets of plastic. When "help" finally does arrive, it appears to be anything but. ...Read More
