I’m so hyped up for AMC’s The Walking Dead that I can’t even think straight. Frank Darabont bringing Robert Kirkman’s fantastic zombie comic book to television? Yes please.
We’ve had an earlier clip of behind the scenes footage, but today at Comic-con we got our first real look at the show. It looks amazing. It looks better than most zombie movies, and if you love the comic, then I think you’re going to be really pleased with the show when it debuts in October. My only complaints with this clip are A. it’s not the best quality, B. someone will probably pull it down any minute now, and C. it shows a little more of the show than I’d like — and I really just want to watch the whole thing right this minute.
Enough blathering from me, though — scroll down and behold the awesomeness for yourself. And yes, you really did just get two posts in one day. I’m on fire…it’s like last year or something.
Holy Christ has it been forever since I posted here. I’ve got no good excuse, except that Horror Squad keeps me busy.
If you’ve been eagerly awaiting the day when Jigsaw’s series of Saw films would finally draw to a close, this could be your lucky day. The new trailer for Saw 3D is now online (thanks IGN!) and it’s promising to be the end of the line. I’m happy about this because I’m pretty fucking sick of covering these movies every year. Contrary to popular opinion, they’re not the worst thing out there — but clearly, this is an idea that’s been run into the ground. It’s time to move on.
Of course, like any old school horror fan, I’m wary of this. Once upon a time Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter was supposed to be the end of Jason and we all see how that worked out…
I could see Saw 3D making a truckload of money and Lionsgate demanding another film — so hold off on those “Jigsaw is dead!” parties for now.
In other news, the film has shifted from its October 22nd release date to the 29th instead — clearly to avoid opening against Paranormal Activity 2, a film that kicked Jigsaw’s ass all over the box office last year.
Scroll down a bit further and check out the new trailer for yourself. Remember — the Traps Are Alive!!!
While perusing the ol’ Interweb for stories this morning, I stumbled across this cool trailer for director Bradley Scott Sullivan’s I Didn’t Come Here to Die (thanks Twitch!). This is the first I’d heard of the film, which was shot entirely on a Panasonic Lumix GH1 DSLR camera. Filmed in an around the movie hotbed of Austin, Texas, this one looks pretty cool. It’s got a slasher vibe as a group of kids head out to do some volunteer work, only to learn that no good deed goes unpunished. Looks like it has some good gore, and as Twitch points out there’s one dude in the cast who looks a lot like a young Christian Bale.
There’s no official release date for I Didn’t Come Here to Die yet (the trailer just says “2010″), but you can keep up to date by checking out the film’s website.
Peep the trailer below and let me know what you think in the comment section.
One thing I absolutely love are military horror films. Outpost, R-Point, and Dog Soldiers are just a few examples of great movies that take a group of soldiers and face them to confront supernatural enemies they were never trained to encounter. If this new trailer for El Paramo is any indication, we could be adding a new title to the must see list in this subgenre.
Twitch shared the official trailer (complete with English subs) for the Colombian film and you can check it out below the plot breakdown. I think it looks great — so definitely have a gander at it.
A special high mountain command composed of nine experienced soldiers is sent to a military base in a desolate high-plains moor of Colombia with wich contact was lost several days ago and was believed to be the target of a guerrilla attack.
Upon arrival, the only person found inside the base is a peasant woman who is heavily chained. Gradually, the isolation, the inability to communicate with the outside world and the impossibility to escape, undermine the integrity and sanity of the soldiers, causing them to lose the certainties about the identity of the enemy and creating them doubts about the true nature of that strange andsilent woman.
Prisoners of fear, paranoia and a dark secret that they carry, they will challenge each other becoming animals willing to kill one another in order to survive.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few days, you’ve undoubtedly heard about JJ Abrams’ new project, Super 8. The film was at first rumored to be a Cloverfield prequel, but that was quickly dispelled. Instead, the film is a brand new tale, is reportedly about a group of kids shooting a movie in the ’70s or ’80s. When they take a look at their footage, they discover an alien creature in the background of a shot.
Like all of Abrams’ work, Super 8 is shrouded in mystery. All we know at this point is that he’s writing and directing and Spielberg will produce. That’s enough for me at this point, but if you need more convincing, check out the teaser trailer below. I suspect this is the first of many viral videos and teaser clips we’ll be seeing, but that’s half the fun with Abrams’ movies.
I’ve been following Jorge Michael Grau’s We Are What We Are ever since Todd Brown over at Twitch started raving about it after seeing a screening in Guadalajara. It’s Mexican film about a family of modern day cannibals, which is pretty much dead center in the Mike Bracken Cinema Wheelhouse.
Brown and the Twitch gang now have brought us the first trailer for the film, which you can check out below. I’m impressed, although I’ll admit that I was expecting something a little different. This doesn’t look like your typical cannibal flick — it looks very serious and almost somber. I’m still interested in checking it out, of course, maybe even moreso given my new understanding of what to expect. Read the plot synopsis then have a gander at the trailer. No idea when we might see this here in America (it is playing Cannes, though), but when the news breaks I’ll bring it to you right here.
A middle-aged man dies in the street, leaving his widow and three children destitute. The devastated family is confronted not only with his loss but with a terrible challenge – how to survive. For they are cannibals. They have always existed on a diet of human flesh consumed in bloody ritual ceremonies… and the victims have always been provided by the father. Now that he is gone, who will hunt? Who will lead them? How will they slake their horrific hunger? The task falls to the eldest son, Alfredo, a teenage misfit who seems far from ready to accept the challenge… But without human meat the family will die.
I try not to get swept up in movie hype–it’s one of those things all good film critics do, because that way we can view the film objectively when the full version hits theaters. However, part of becoming a movie reviewer involves being a fan of movies in the first place–and not just a casual fan, but a hardcore lover of films. I mean, imagine doing this gig if you didn’t really give a shit about films…
Predator is one of those franchises that I tend to nerd out over. I have fond memories of seeing the first film in the theater when I was like 14 (yes, I’m that old…) and I’ve been a fan ever since. I wasn’t particularly interested in Robert Rodriguez and Nimrod Antal’s attempt to reboot the franchise, Predators, until I started seeing some of the finished footage. I read an early version of the Predators script over the summer and I wasn’t really impressed–however, the clips and trailers we’ve seen in the past month or so have completely changed my tune.
Here’s the latest, an interview with Rodriguez and Antal that comes courtesy of Fox Germany. In it, the duo discusses the decision to cast Adrien Brody, why Antal got the gig, and some other goodies. If that’s not enticing enough, there’s also some new footage from the film that should give you extra incentive to make with the clicking.
Few people are more excited than I about the return of venerable British film studio Hammer. The iconic company has been gone far too long, but that’s about to change with their new plans to release several films in the months ahead.
The first project, a thriller starring Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Christopher Lee, is entitled The Resident. Swank plays a woman who moves into a new apartment and becomes convinced that her landlord (Lee) is spying on her. A leaked copy of the official trailer has turned up online (it came as a preview on the UK DVD release of Paranormal Activity). All in all, it looks pretty good–although I’ll say it needs more of Christopher Lee and less of the dowdy Hilary Swank.
The Resident is still in search of a US distributor, but I’m guessing one will turn up sooner or later. There has to be someone (like Magnet Releasing or IFC maybe) who’d want to be involved with helping resurrect one of the greatest film studios in horror history. I’ll bring you more details as they become available, but until then, enjoy the low quality trailer.
I’m not the biggest fan of the Resident Evil films–I liked the first two well enough, but I’d never put them on a list of my favorite films (regardless of genre distinctions). That doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate them as campy and braindead fun, though. I hate when people say “turn off your brain”, but that’s kinda the best ways to watch the RE films.
The trailer for the latest is now online. Resident Evil: Afterlife looks like your typical entry in the series–stylish and filled with elaborate action set-pieces–but this time it comes with an added bonus: 3D. Milla Jovovich is once again back to take on the nefarious Umbrella Corporation, presumably in the equally retardedly named Raccoon City. Check out the new clip and see what you think
Resident Evil: Afterlife is due out later this year.
I’m genuinely excited to check out Vincenzo Natali’s “man tries to play God” flick, Splice. The title generated positive festival buzz earlier this year at Sundance and it has been picked up by Dark Castle for a mainstream theatrical release this June. To get everyone in the mood, the official trailer debuted today.
Sarah Polley and Adrien Brodey star in the film, playing scientists who engineer an entirely new life-form. If you guess this will be done with disastrous results, give yourself a screenwriter’s credit. I got nothing else on this one–check out the trailer below.
