Month: October 2011

MGM Limited Edition Collection September 2011 title reviews

Sugar Hill (1974) The Paul Maslansky-directed Sugar Hill stars Marki Bey, Robert Quarry, Don Pedro Colley, Betty Anne Rees, Richard Lawson and Zara Cully. The film is a must-watch for fans of black horror films of the 1970s, “borrowing” elements from every film from Night of the Living Dead to Sheba, Baby. In Sugar Hill, ….

Universal lensing new supernatural Werewolf thriller

Universal’s new supernatural Untitled Werewolf Thriller has begun shooting in and around Bucharest, Romania, according to Universal 1440 Entertainment’s Glenn Ross. Universal celebrates its storied history of creatures and horror with an original adventure that embraces the popular cultural resurgence of the age-old werewolf myth. Action and suspense collide as an army of bounty hunters ….

Graphic novel crime noir Coward getting big screen adaptation

Variety reports that comic respected book writer Ed Brubaker is adapting his graphic novel Coward for Jamie Patricof’s Hunting Lane Films, which has nabbed the rights to the modern crime noir and attached Twilight: Eclipse director David Slade to helm. Brubaker and illustrator Sean Phillips’ Criminal series, of which Coward is the first story arc, ….

John Cusack and Malin Akerman join action thriller Numbers Station

Content has confirmed John Cusack will take the lead in the Kasper Barfoed-directed action thriller The Numbers Station. Malin Akerman will also star in the film, with principal photography set to commence in mid-November. Kasper Barfoed previously helmed The Candidate. The Numbers Station – which is said to combine suspense, twists and turns, along with ….

Dead Road shoots zombie fest!

While attending the Asbury Park Zombie Walk last weekend, I happened upon a shoot for a web-based zombie series called Dead Road. It was great fun seeing indie filmmakers doing their thing – especially indie filmmakers making a zombie horror series! The web series Dead Road takes place 2 years after a zombie outbreak, and ….