Takashi Miike

#ScreamFactoryOverYourDeadBody #FilmFetish New trailer revealed for Takashi Miike horror film Over Your Dead Body

On January 5, 2016, Scream Factory invites horror enthusiasts and loyal fans to another wild cinematic detour from prolific horror auteur Takashi Miike (Audition) when supernatural horror feature Over Your Dead Body debuts for the first time on home video and available across all major On-Demand entertainment platforms. Directed by Takashi Miike, Over Your Dead ….

Magnet grabs U.S. rights to Takashi Miike’s samurai action film 13 Assassins and releases two bloody photos to prove it

Mark Cuban’s Magnet Releasing announced today that it has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Takashi Miike’s epic samurai masterpiece, 13 Assassins. The historical action epic, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, recently had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, has just been named as the Closing Night film at this ….

Takashi Miike and other Asian cult cinema coming to Sundance Asia Extreme

Sundance Channel is serving up steady helpings of gore, violence and supernatural mayhem as it launches a new season of destination Asia Extreme in August, showcasing the sharpest cutting-edge Asian genre fare every Saturday night at midnight. The season includes the U.S. television premiers of five films from South Korea including The Restless, Shadows in ….

Audition (Odishon) 2-Disc Collector’s Edition Blu-ray review

When Audition was released in 1999, it unwittingly became the standard-bearer for the modern horror torture genre. I say that because much of the film centers on the simmering uneasiness of it’s main characters, with only flashes of the depraved cruelty to come towards the end. But in preparing the audience for his artistic debauchery, ….

Win one of five copies of the 2-Disc Collector’s DVD Edition of Takashi Miike’s cult thriller Audition

If you know anything about the Shout! Factory classic DVD re-issues, you know they are thorough, handled with care, and come filled with everything a cinema fan could ever want in a Special Edition release. Now they’re taking on Takashi Miike and his spine-tingling classic suspense thriller Audition. The Shout! Factory will be releasing a ….

A guide to the best film and TV events happening at New York Comic-Con

New York Comic Con fever has hit the city once again, and this weekend we’ll see thousands of enthusiasts, semi-enthusiasts and those who just want to do something cool, make the journey to comic-east’s hallowed halls – the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center – on the big island. It’s worth mentioning that the state of ….

More Yatterman events at New York Comic-Con premiere and Takashi Miike appearance

New York Comic Con organizers revealed earlier this month that maverick Japanese director Takashi Miike and superstar actor and pop star Sho Sakurai will attend New York Comic Con and present the World Premiere of Yatterman. The news of Yatterman’s premiere and Miike and Sakurai’s appearances quickly spread and additional information about Yatterman-related events have ….

Cast of Fox show Fringe to appear at New York Comic-Con

New York Comic Con announced that FOX TV’s Fringe will come to its 2009 event, lead by executive producer Jeff Pinkner and cast members Anna Torv (who plays Olivia Dunham), John Noble (who plays Dr. Walter Bishop), Lance Reddick (Phillip Broyles), Kirk Acevedo (who plays Charlie Francis), Blair Brown (who plays Nina Sharp) and Jasika ….

Takashi Miike’s Yatterman world premiere at NY Comic-Con

Organizers of New York Comic Con revealed that maverick Japanese director Takashi Miike will appear at its 2009 event as a Guest of Honor, along with superstar actor and pop star Sho Sakurai. Miike and Sakurai will be speaking about their upcoming feature film Yatterman—and then present the world premiere of the highly-anticipated movie, produced ….

Costumes from Takashi Miike’s “kid’s film” Yatterman revealed

Variety Asia and Japan Today posted some pics from Takashi Miike’s next film Yattaman, or Yatterman, based on an animation which first aired in Japan in the late 1970s. Miike, who has directed some of the most violent crime thrillers and bloody horrors in recent memory, is trying the teen genre. But this won’t his ….

Horton Hears director helming bloody Jonah Hex film?

First horror master Takashi Miike directs a “kid’s film” filled with sexy leather-clad girls – and now Warner Bros. chooses a director whose last film’s main character was an elephant, to direct Jonah Hex? That’s right, director Jimmy Hayward, who helmed the animated Horton Hears a Who!, will make his live-action debut with the adaptation ….