Horror

Weinstein Company and Miramax looking to partner on sequels to Bad Santa, Swingers, Rounders, Copland and more

Recently THR reported that the Weinstein Company and Miramax Films’ new owners had inked a deal to exploit Miramax’s vast library of cult classics for sequel and TV projects. One of the announced projects is Bad Santa 2, a sequel to the new cult classic “holiday” film, which starred Billy Bob Thornton and Tony Cox ….

TromaDance returns to Asbury Park with free film screenings and after party

The 12th Annual TromaDance Film Festival is returning to Asbury Park New Jersey, on April 22 – 23, 2011 at the Showroom Theater, located at 708 Cookman Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ 07712. Following the TromaDance Film Festival is the now legendary closing party at the legendary Asbury Lanes, located at 209 4th Avenue, also in ….

Vampire thriller featuring DMX, Vinnie Jones, Michael Madsen, tattoo queen Kat Von D and more coming from Anchor Bay

Anchor Bay Entertainment will release the vampire thriller The Bleeding on DVD March 1, 2011. Described as a blend of Blade, The Lost Boys and From Dusk Till Dawn, The Bleeding is an action tale of fangs, guns, tattoos and frontier justice on the mean streets, and features an all-star cast including Vinnie Jones (X-Men: ….

Images from Cuba Gooding Jr. crime thriller Ticking Clock

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has released images from Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding, Jr.’s latest project Ticking Clock, which comes to DVD and Blu-ray on January 4, 2011. In Ticking Clock, Gooding stars as Lewis Hicks, a crime journalist specializing in brutal murders who discovers the mutilated body of his new girlfriend and comes into ….

The Toxic Avenger remake goes green and gets a director

Troma Films recently announced that writer, director and producer Steve Pink (Hot Tub Time Machine, High Fidelity) has signed on to direct the upcoming remake of The Toxic Avenger, and will co-write the script with Daniel C. Mitchell. Akiva Goldsman of Weed Road Pictures, and Richard Saperstein & Charlie Corwin of Original Media are producing. ….

AMC bringing back The Walking Dead for full 13-episode season

It was posted on The Walking Dead fan page at MyFantasyArt.com today that AMC has renewed the instant hit series, with a 13-episode season. CLICK HERE or read the entire story below. AMC announced today the renewal of The Walking Dead for a 13-episode second season. Since debuting Sunday, October 31, The Walking Dead has ….

John Carpenter to direct adaptation of comic Darkchylde

Darkchylde Entertainment and Weta Workshop (@wetaworkshop) announced today that a project Weta has worked on for some time has found a director. And it’s none other than ‘cult cinema icon’ John Carpenter. John Carpenter is onboard to direct Darkchylde, based on the comic by Randy Queen about a good hearted southern teen cursed to become ….

Resident Evil producers already in pre-production on Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

Producers Samuel Hadida and Don Carmody, fresh off their box office hit Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D, have re-teamed to create Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, which is currently in pre-production. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D will also reunite Davis Films producer Hadida with Michael J. Bassett (Deathwatch, Solomon Kane), who will direct the 3D film on location ….

Horror legend John Carpenter hops into producer’s chair for The Hell Within

Benito Mueller and Wolfgang Mueller of Barry Films today announced that cult cinema icon John Carpenter will serve as executive producer for the film project The Hell Within. Carpenter is teaming up with award-winning Brazilian director Dennison Ramalho – who directed the shorts Ninjas, Nocturnu and Love from Mother Only – and scribe Jeff Buhler ….

Enter the first annual FilmFetish Costume Fest and win DVDs and other movie swag!

I’m posting this early because I know some of you will be doing your Halloween partying this weekend. We’re having our first-ever FilmFetish Costume Fest, which is really an excuse to celebrate the best holiday of the year, and have a little fun at the same time. To spice things up a bit, we’ll be ….

Photos from around the world of this week’s global zombie invasion celebrating Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead

It’s a shame people can only come together in death. That said, this past Tuesday’s Global Zombie Invasion, done to celebrate this Halloween weekend’s premiere of The Walking Dead, goes down as one the largest – if not the largest – zombie walk in history. And judging from the photos, one “hell” of a good ….