Cult Cinema

An American Werewolf in London remake in the works

Dimension is eyeing a remake of John Landis’ 1981 cult classic horror An American Werewolf in London, according to BloodDisgusting. Why Why Why Why Why? Dimension nabbed the rights from Landis himself, who wrote and directed the original comedy/horror, which starred David Naughton and Griffin Dunne as two American backpackers hiking in the Yorkshire moors, ….

House of Flying Daggers director to remake the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple?

Back in February, Shockya reported that Spider-Man director Sam Raimi was attached to produce a remake of the martial arts film House of Flying Daggers. Now comes a report from Empire, that Zhang Yimou – director of that seminal kung fu epic as well as Jet Li’s Hero, and choreographer of the amazing display at ….

Magnet to release acclaimed indie horror House of the Devil

Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, announced today that it has acquired U.S. release rights to Ti West’s critically acclaimed horror film The House of the Devil. A homage to 1980s horror masterpieces, the film premiered at Tribeca earlier this year and is expected to be an instant classic among genre fans, building ….

The Transformers: The Complete First Season 25th Anniversary Edition DVD review

More than meets the eye The Transformers are celebrating their 25th Anniversary in the pop culture lexicon, now having reached full multimedia status and they continue to increase their global popularity. The franchise created a new type of superhero for kids – literally larger-than-life, non-human, fully made of metal and constantly at war. The origin ….

Torchwood, Being Human and Doctor Who stars to appear at San Diego Comic-Con

To celebrate BBC AMERICA’s U.S. premiere of four Doctor Who Specials, the Doctor himself, David Tennant, will appear alongside writer and producer Russell T. Davies at San Diego Comic-Con. They will take part in a Doctor Who panel along with executive producer Julie Gardner and director Euros Lyn, on Sunday July 26, 10:00-11:00am. David will ….

Danny Trejo not in Expendables, but is filming Machete in just a few weeks

According to GATW, by way of Empire News, Danny Trejo confirmed in an interview at CineVegas that he is not appearing in Sylvester Stallone’s upcoming action opus The Expendables as previously thought. He went on to say that his name was associated with the film for some unknown reason and that he was never contacted ….

Red band trailer for Not Quite Hollywood – the untold story of Australian exploitation cinema

Not Quite Hollywood is the wild, wonderful, untold story of “Ozploitation” films. It irreverently documents an era when Australian cinema got its gear off and showed the world a full-frontal explosion of sex, violence, horror and foot-to-the-floor action. Free-wheeling sex romps! Blood-soaked terror tales! High-octane action extravaganzas! They’re the main ingredients of Not Quite Hollywood, ….

Liam Neeson and Bradley Cooper are two members of Joe Carnahan-directed The A-Team

Now is the perfect time to confirm the rumor that Bradley Cooper will indeed play Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck, the role originally played by Dirk Benedict in the big-screen adaptation of The A-Team. After all, he’s become a certified star, with the comedy hit The Hangover tearing up Las Vegas and the box office. According to ….

Win one of three copies of the hit U.K. thriller Wire In The Blood: The Complete Sixth Season

On July 14, all four mysteries of the final season of the hit U.K. televised thriller Wire In The Blood, come to DVD in Wire In The Blood: The Complete Sixth Season. To celebrate the release of the box set, FilmFetish is giving away three copies of entire 4 disc pack to three lucky readers. ….