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Science+Fiction Festival Report: Christopher Lee on Modern Horror Movies
22 December 2009 12:07 AM, PST
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In late November the 2009 Science+Fiction Festival was held in Trieste, Italy. This happening is an international science fiction event dedicated to exploring the worlds of fantasy, experimental languages, and new technologies in film production, television, and visual and performing arts.
Most of the movies and lectures were concentrated on science fiction and fantasy, but there was quite a good share of horror related happenings. While the majority of attendees were psyched that cyberpunk guru Bruce Sterling was presiding over the international jury, I was mainly interested in visits by two legendary horror icons -- Roger Corman, who was just awarded with an "early" honorary Oscar, and Sir Christopher Lee, who had recently been knighted during the Queen's Birthday Honours.
These two genre heavyweights were certainly the icing on the top of a well produced and run film festival for me, but unfortunately, due to business obligations I missed Corman,
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Revenge of the shlockmeister: Roger Corman gets his due
25 November 2009 4:57 AM, PST
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Roger Corman's output through the years may not be immediately familiar, but he's been a wide conduit for emerging talent and raw creativity. That's why he's finally been given an Oscar
"Ok, so, November 14th 2009, Roger Corman receives an Oscar. People … what took you so long?" The words of Jonathan Demme in his speech before handing over the statuette to Corman on that fateful evening.
Don't worry, you've not missed the Oscar ceremony (something surprisingly easy to do since Sky swiped the TV rights). This was the inaugural Governors awards, part of the new-look Academy that will see the number of nominees greatly expanded come March, where the board issue honorary Oscars to deserving talents who they missed out or ignored over the years. It's a shame this was such a sidelined event as we were denied the opportunity to see Hollywood's brightest and best politely clapping at a
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- Phelim O'Neill
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Roger Corman, Anjelica Huston, Sally Kellerman: Governors Awards 2009
15 November 2009 5:25 PM, PST
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Honorary Award recipient Roger Corman, the producer-director of cult classics such as House of Usher, Pit and the Pendulum, Tower of London, The Terror, The Raven, The Masque of the Red Death, The Tomb of Ligeia, The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, and Bloody Mama, arrives at the 2009 Governors Awards ceremony held at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Saturday, November 14.
Academy Award-nominated actress Sally Kellerman (in the supporting category, for M*A*S*H, in 1970) and Academy Award winner Anjelica Huston (also as best supporting actress, for Prizzi’s Honor in 1985)
Five-time Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, among whose credits are The Black Stallion, The Right Stuff, The Natural, and The Passion of the Christ
Photos: Michael Yada / ©A.M.P.A.S.
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- Joan Lister
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Warren Beatty, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg: Governors Awards 2009
15 November 2009 3:59 PM, PST
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Past Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipients Dino de Laurentiis, Warren Beatty, Saul Zaentz, George Lucas, Norman Jewison, Walter Mirisch, Steven Spielberg presenting this year’s Thalberg Award to John Calley, who was unable to attend the 2009 Governors Awards ceremony in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Saturday, November 14.
Honorary Award recipient Roger Corman, the producer-director of numerous low-budget films including Attack of the Crab Monsters, Carnival Rock, Bloody Mama, and House of Usher
Honorary Award recipient Gordon Willis, the cinematographer of classics such as The Godfather, Annie Hall, and Manhattan, with Jeff Bridges, one of the stars of Bad Company, a 1972 Western shot by Willis
Richard Harbaugh (Willis/Bridges, group photo), Matt Petit (Corman) / ©A.M.P.A.S.
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- Anna Robinson
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Roger Corman: Scorsese, Stallone, Sayles, and other A-listers talk about the B-movie king
13 November 2009 12:48 PM, PST
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He gave life to teenage cavemen and candy-stripe nurses. Crab monsters and humanoids from the deep. T-bird gangs and towns that dreaded sundown. His name is Roger Corman. And on Nov. 14, he will receive an honor that no one would have predicted: an honorary Academy Award. The 83-year-old B-movie titan has made nearly 400 films as a director and producer. From the start, Corman was a magnet for hungry young actors, writers, and directors who would work for slave wages for the chance to make their first film. They called it the "University of Corman," and the alumni include Francis Ford Coppola,
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- Chris Nashawaty
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Fort Lauderdale Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Kicks Off November 11th
9 November 2009 10:46 PM, PST
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The Fort Lauderdale Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Flglff) is back for another five days of gay-friendly films, showcasing over two dozen movies from November 11th to the 15th.
Among the titles, all having their South Florida premieres, are holiday comedy "Make the Yuletide Gay," the Edgar Allen Poe-based thriller "House of Usher," and the sequel to hit gay franchise "Eating Out," "Eating Out 3: All You Can Eat."
On Friday the 13th, Gateway Cinema premieres "House of Usher," the latest Poe-adaptation from director David Decoteau, who also helmed the "Brotherhood" films. Also premiering the 13th at the Las Olas Riverfront Cinema is "Misconceptions," a comedy drama starring "Mad TV" album Orlando Jones.
Rebekah Kochan and Mink Stole return for thirds of "Eating Out" with the latest sequel, "Eating Out 3: All You Can Eat," which premieres Saturday, November 14th at Gateway Cinema.
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Quote the Rambo, Nevermore
2 October 2009 2:26 AM, PDT
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Movies based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe are nothing new. Movies about the short life of the macabre writer are in shorter supply. One of Edgar Allan Poe's biggest fans is pushing to get a biopic about the famed writer into production. Because when you think Edgar Allan Poe you think... Sylvester Stallone?
Empire Online caught up with Sylvester Stallone to talk to him about his all-star action flick The Expendables opening next year, as well as the possible Death Wish remake he's considering starring in. One unexpected topic that came up was Stallone's passion to make a movie on the life and times on the writer of such classic horror tales and poems as "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Pit & the Pendulum", and "The Raven", just to name a few.
Stallone himself has no intention of saying "Yo, Poe!" Him starring
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- Foywonder
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Scary Movies 3 and other NYC fright-film fests
23 September 2009 2:30 PM, PDT
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Fango got the scoop that Manhattan’s Film Society of Lincoln Center will present a third Scary Movies festival next month at the Walter Reade Theater (165 West 65th Street, upper level). It’s one of a trio of genre-centric showcases hitting New York-area revival houses in time for Halloween.
Scary Movies 3 hasn’t had exact dates confirmed yet, but we hear that among the movies to be presented on the Walter Reade’s big screen are Peter Jackson’s Dead Alive, Colin Eggleston’s original Aussie chiller Long Weekend and Jerzy Skolimowski’s odd and obscure 1978 film The Shout. Also part of the lineup will be a cult-classic 1980s film that, we’re told, was remade in the last few years (that really narrows it down!). Keep an eye on the Film Society website for more details to appear soon.
Over at Brooklyn’s BAMcinématek at the Bam Rose Cinemas
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
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Edgar Allan Poe's Usher to the Big Screen
21 May 2009 6:42 AM, PDT
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Green Knight Ventures will produce a contemporary adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's classic story "The Fall Of The House Of Usher"," says The Hollywood Reporter.
Claire Forlani, Dougray Scott and Rufus Sewell will star in the film, which will be titled "The Ushers" and be shot in 3-D. Stephen Kay is attached to direct.
Originally published in 1839, "Usher" tells of the mysterious goings-on in the house of Roderick Usher, who has recently buried a sister whose presence still haunts the house.
"Ushers" will look at a grown brother and sister who have lived in the same Martha's Vineyard house for a long time but begin to feel trapped there, and who then bring in a real-estate broker to help them resolve their crisis.
Gian Marco Masoni wrote the screenplay.
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Dougray Scott Enters The House Of Usher
19 May 2009 4:21 AM, PDT
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Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale The Fall Of The House Of Usher is getting the update treatment as The Ushers, courtesy of indie banner Green Knight Ventures. The cast has a very British look with Claire Forlani, Dougray Scott and Rufus Sewell are attached to appear in a modern-day updating of the classic Gothic short story.Poe's 1839 tale is set in the cobweb-shrouded ancestral home of the Roderick Usher, who is haunted by the lingering presence of his recently-buried sister. The Ushers will see the setting shift to modern-day Martha's Vineyard, where the Ushers are grown-up siblings who feel trapped by their long-time home and bring in a real-estate broker to help them resolve their situation.Stephen Kay, who directed Stallone's less-than-brilliant Get Carter remake, will helm from a script by Gian Marco Masoni.Poe's classic short story has already been treated to an almost-as-classic 1960 Roger Corman
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Poe's House Of Usher going 3D
18 May 2009 11:57 AM, PDT
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Some news out of the Cannes Film Festival this afternoon, as The Hollywood Reporter says indie production company Green Knight Ventures will soon begin lensing an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall Of The House Of Usher... in 3D.
Claire Forlani (Mallrats, Meet Joe Black), Dougray Scott (Dark Water, Hitman) and Rufus Sewell (Vinyan, Dark City) will star in the film titled The Ushers. Stephen Kay (Boogeyman) is attached to direct.
THR says:
"Ushers" will look at a grown brother and sister who have lived in the same Martha's Vineyard house for a long time but begin to feel trapped there, and who then bring in a real-estate broker to help them resolve their crisis.
Look for more on this as it develops.
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The Many Lives of Mark Damon: Part II
1 February 2009 1:10 PM, PST
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Before you bury your talons in this week's Blood Spattered Blog, be sure to read the first installment of my interview with cinema legend Mark Damon…
For those of you who were left hanging on a cliff anticipating my Italian terror tinged follow-up, here it is.
The Many Lives of Mark Damon, Part Two:
In The Devils Wedding Night, you worked with an Italian actress who pretty much helped define femininity for me as a kid…I'm talking about Rosalba Neri, or as she's known in anglicized prints, Sarah Bay. Tell me about her…
Ah yes, Rosalba. When I did my first picture with her - I think it was Johnny Yuma - I'd flirt with her like mad and laugh so much and we really became great, great friends. She was a bit like Barbara (Steele) really, she had that same vivacious energy. I put her in The Devils
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Exclusive Interview: The Many Lives of Mark Damon (Part One)
12 January 2009 12:53 AM, PST
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Some time ago, while perusing the special features on my DVD re-issue of Mario Bava's Black Sabbath (contained in Anchor Bay's magnificent Bava Box Set Vol. 1) I was pleasantly surprised by the addition of an interview with an actor by the name of Mark Damon. See, I was a rather huge fan of , not only the Bava masterpiece (Damon starred as the young hero in the chilling Boris Karloff episode in Black Sabbath called The Wurdulak) but also of the legendary and groundbreaking 1960 Roger Corman / Poe/ Vincent Price creeper House Of Usher and perhaps even more relevantly, the 1973 soft core Eurotrash shocker The Devils Wedding Night.
When I was 11, I caught The Devils Wedding Night on late night pre-teen masturbation staple Elvira's syndicated Movie Macabre TV show and was really shaken by it. Director Luigi Batzella's kinky vampire yarn cast a very shaggy and pork chop side
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