Posted by Scara on Wednesday Aug 25, 2010 Under Monsters
Were you scared you wouldn’t see swamp monster Victor Crowley on the big screen again? Never fear, or, rather, be very afraid. He’s headed to AMC theaters October 1st. Director Adam Green talked a bit about this at Comic-Con and Dark Sky Films confirmed it today in this announcement:
“In anticipation of the upcoming Halloween horror movie season, Adam Green’s HATCHET II will be distributed in theaters across the country beginning Oct 1. The film will be released without an MPAA rating, marking the widest release of an unrated genre film in more than 25 years.”
No rating and Victor Crowley’s triumphant return? That is worth braving any number of bed bug-ridden seats.
Dimension Films just announced that “Piranha 3D – THE SEQUEL” is in the works.
Straight from the press release:
“‘PIRANHA 3D’ producer Mark Canton stated, ‘We are thrilled that audiences are not just loving ‘PIRANHA 3D’, but cheering for it. And it’s fantastic that so many critics are really getting the movie and recommending it. We can’t wait to get to work on the sequel.’”
No word on who, where or when, but when EW chatted with Aja he had this to say about a possible second installment: “We had many ideas, like the full moon party in Thailand — a huge event with like 200,00 young people from all around the world taking mushrooms and partying on the beach.”
Eh … not so sure about psychedelic piranhas, but very sure about piranha-vision. And bring back Shue!
Posted by Scara on Monday Aug 23, 2010 Under Monsters
Ah, summer. Tanned legs, sand in swimsuits, Budweiser and orange juice Shandies.
But for some, like me, summer has a more sinister undertone.
Ever since fifth grade, I’ve equated warm temperatures with just one thing: the return of the “vampires of the insect world.”
Some people hate spiders, others see snakes and run, I am paralyzed with fear by ticks. Their parasitic pinchers. Their beady eyes. They waited, watching in the tall grass, until this unsuspecting 10-year-old walked by. Soon they were everywhere, even crawling out of my hair. I clawed at my clothing but to no avail.
Since then, with Krueger-like tenacity, they have visited me in my nightmares. The nightmares look something like this (I’m the one in the red half-shirt) minus the butt-cut sporting Seth Green and my b-movie boyfriend Clint Howard. This is why I never go camping. Watch and be warned!
This almost, almost, tops the Ramones tribute “I Wanna Be Felated.”
“The Human Centipede” has created a fair amount of confusion among horror and non-horror fans alike. Yesterday it spawned a bit of a debate among my co-workers. Is it unintentionally funny or straight camp? For that matter, do Germans even have a sense of humor? Is it shock for shock’s sake? Is it a send-up of horror clichés? Why is the only character who can speak Japanese? Why, oh why are we forced to face the ultimate torture of subtitles?????
I would like to know your thoughts on “Centipede.” How did you view it: B-movie schlock, camp-tastic crap storm, serious artistic endeavor? (Notice I put that option last.)
Posted by Scara on Tuesday Aug 3, 2010 Under Monsters, Remakes
Anyone who has seen the original TV movie “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” knows that while it’s not a total scream-fest it has all the key ingredients of a really frightening film. It preys on our most basic childhood (and for some, ahem, adult) fears of the shadows behind the nightstand, creepy crawlies under the bed, and monsters in the closet. It proves that scary things come in teeny-tiny packages.
There’s also poor Sally Farnham. As is so often the case with horror heroines, everyone believed her stories to be the product of an over-stressed mind and the voices only in her head. No one would listen until it was too late.
The trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s update of the 1973 movie is out today and the movie is getting an R-Rating due to “pervasive scariness.” I would say that’s underselling it. Watch the trailer below and don’t forget to check between the sheets tonight.
Were you scared you wouldn’t see swamp monster Victor Crowley on the big screen again? Never fear, or, rather, be very afraid. He’s headed to AMC theaters October 1st. Director Adam Green talked a bit about this at Comic-Con and Dark Sky Films confirmed it today in this announcement:
