Horror

Michael Bay hires director for Nightmare on Elm Street remake

According to The Risky Bsns. Blog at The Hollywood Reporter, Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes and New Line Cinema have hired Samuel Bayer to direct the reimagining of the Wes Craven classic A Nightmare on Elm Street, which will mark its 25th anniversary this year. Bayer is known for his work in commercials and music videos, ….

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin launches

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, developed by Monolith and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, shipped to retail stores yesterday for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Games for Windows. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is the sequel to F.E.A.R., the critically acclaimed supernatural first-person shooter, and ushers in a new dimension of paranormal horror, cinematic combat and ….

Trailer for U.K. thriller Hush

The trailer for the U.K. thriller Hush has been popping up on a sites around the web, including QuietEarth, Movie-List and 24FPS, and it looks phenomenal. The film revolves around a tired and irritable couple, Zakes (Will Ash) and Beth (Christine Bottomley), who are driving home along the M1 motorway. When a white truck narrowly ….

Zombies of Mass Destruction moves to the big screen

Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain are now attached to adapt the Red 5 comic ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction for Benderspink films, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Originally created by actor Kevin Grevioux, who recently appeared as a human-turned-Lycan in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, the comic follows an elite team of soldiers sent on ….

Chiller Theatre Toy, Model and Film Expo spring 2009

The next Chiller Theatre takes place on April 17-19, 2009. For the next show, no tickets will be sold at the door for Saturday, and must be purchased in advance. Location: Hilton Parsippany One Hilton Court Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 (973) 267-7373 Partial guest list includes: Peter Graves Mission Impossible, Airplane Oliver Robins Poltergeist 1 & ….

Warner Bros. to preview Watchmen, Terminator Salvation and Friday the 13th this weekend at NYCC

Warner Bros. sweeps into New York Comic-Con with three of their biggest film projects of 2009. First up is Watchmen, based on one of the world’s most celebrated graphic novels, Watchmen is the film fans have been waiting for for decades, and you’ll be getting the latest scoop from Dave Gibbons, the original artist behind ….

Donnie Darko sequel details – have they ruined yet another classic?

S. Darko will be previewed this weekend at New York Comic Con, with director Chris Fisher and some of the cast from the sequel to cult classic Donnie Darko. For those of you who can’t see the preview of apparently new footage, to judge for yourselves if the rumors of it smelling like who-did-it-and-ran are ….

Friday the 13th L.A. Premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theater

The Los Angeles premiere and red carpet arrivals for the remake of Friday the 13th will be held on Monday, February 9, 2009, at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. Attendees from the film include Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Aaron Yoo, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle, Derek Mears, Willa Ford, Arlen Escarpeta, America Olivo, Jonathan ….

Win one of three copies of The Haunting of Molly Hartley on DVD

I missed The Haunting of Molly Hartley when it hit theaters, so I’m looking forward to reviewing the impending DVD release, which is part of Fox Home Entertainment’s great batch of February 2009 DVD and BD releases, which includes some top-flight stuff – but I won’t mention anything else, yet. Producers have also been kind ….