7 articles from 2009
Retro Slave: Hal Barwood's unsung plague flick Warning Sign
9 August 2009 9:43 AM, PDT
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Some of you long time Qe readers may remember I used to write the odd "retro review" which were essentially looks back at older titles that, while old news now, still deserved mention here on these pages. Well, as stuff gets crazier around here and we continue to grow it's becoming harder to crank them out as much I would like. Of course that doesn't mean that I don't watch old films, in fact the opposite is true. I'm a complete retro addict, always trying to catch up on films that have slipped through the cracks of my collection over the years. Hence these new "retro slave" posts which will pop up now and then, basically whenever I'm swayed by the awesomeness of an older title. Hal Barwood's 1985 plague flick, Warning Sign, is just one of those films.
A claustrophobic underground plague thriller about trying to contain a virus outbreak,
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Cinematheque, Joe Dante, Vampire-Con genre screenings in Hollywood
6 August 2009 1:58 PM, PDT
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Los Angeles’ American Cinematheque has announced the lineup for its 9th Annual Festival of Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction. The event runs August 13-16 at the Aero Theatre (1328 Montana Avenue in Santa Monica) and Aug. 20-30 at the Egyptian Theatre (6712 Hollywood Boulevard).
The Aero program is more fantasy-oriented, with double bills of Matthew Robbins’ Dragonslayer and Ridley Scott’s Legend (U.S. version), John Milius’ Conan The Barbarian and Richard Fleischer’s Red Sonja, etc. (see full details here). The scary stuff plays the Egyptian, and includes a 10th-anniversary showing of The Blair Witch Project on Thursday the 20th, with directors Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick, producers and cast members in attendance; a Euro Thrillers Triple Feature (Terror Creatures From The Grave, Return Of Dr. Mabuse and Werewolf In A Girls’ Dormitory) Friday the 21st; a Medieval Tortures Double Feature (Ken Russell’s The Devils and Lucio Fulci’s Beatrice Cenci
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
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Guy Pearce Admits Being ‘Afraid Of The Dark’
30 June 2009 10:18 AM, PDT
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Guy Pearce has joined Katie Holmes in the upcoming remake of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. The movie starts production next month in Australia per The Hollywood Reporter, and is being produced by Guillermo del Toro who also co-wrote the script along with Matthew Robbins (Dragonslayer, Mimic).
The original film involved a young couple who move into their dream house but soon discover it's actually a nightmare abode! Or something. Kim Darby, who played the wife, discovers strange, little creatures living in the basement, but when she tries to tell people about them everyone thinks she's just having women troubles. Everyone, including her husband, doubts her claims and she's left to deal with the demonic little bastards on her own. It doesn't end well... and it's actually pretty goddamn creepy for a TV movie.
Per THR, the remake is shaking up the story a bit by adding a child into the mix. Bailee Madison
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- Rob Hunter
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Guy Pearce and Bailee Madison are Afraid of Del Toro's Dark
30 June 2009 2:26 AM, PDT
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Two more actors have joined the cast of Guillermo del Toro's Don't Be Afraid of the Dark to be directed by his protege Troy Nixey. Guy Pearce is in final negotiations and 9-year-old actress Bailee Madison is set to star with Katie Holmes (who we announced in May). Madison will play a young girl who moves in with her father and his girlfriend (Holmes) and discovers they are sharing the house with demonic creatures. She discovers and is fascinated by the creatures - until they prove dangerous. Pearce will play the father, an author frustrated by his daughter's tales of monsters, not believing her even when his girlfriend backs her.
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is based on the 1973 ABC TV movie. Guillermo del Toro co-wrote the updated script with Matthew Robbins (Dragonslayer, Mimic). Del Toro first discovered director Troy Nixey after watching his short film titled Latchkey's Lament
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- Alex Billington
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Katie Holmes Is ‘Afraid Of The Dark’
7 May 2009 6:57 AM, PDT
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is a made-for-tv movie from the early seventies, and is notable for being one of the only two terrifying TV movies ever made. The other is The Dark Night of the Scarecrow... goddamn creepy scarecrows... Guillermo Del Toro has had his eyes on a remake of the former film for at least a year or so and now it looks to finally be heading into production.
Per Variety, Katie Holmes will star in the film for first-time director Troy Nixey with Del Toro serving as producer. The script is written by Matthew Robbins who has a fairly odd and eclectic resume under his belt... Steven Spielberg's The Sugarland Express, Dragonslayer, *batteries not included, and Del Toro's own Mimic to name a few. The film is scheduled to shoot this summer for release sometime in 2010.
The original starred Kim Darby and Jim Hutton as a young couple who move into a
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- Rob Hunter
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Katie Holmes Joins Guillermo del Toro's Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
7 May 2009 1:27 AM, PDT
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Damn, Guillermo del Toro is a frickin' workaholic! Earlier this week, he announced he was developing and presenting a feature horror project from Spain called Mama. Today he has announced (via Variety) that he will produce a film called Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. And even more importantly, Guillermo del Toro co-wrote the script with Matthew Robbins (Dragonslayer, Mimic). Katie Holmes has been cast in the lead role, and comic book artist Troy Nixey will be making his directorial debut under the mentoring of del Toro. The project will shoot this summer in Melbourne as yet another "Guillermo del Toro Presentation."
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is based on a 1973 ABC TV movie about a young girl who moves in with her father and his girlfriend and discovers they are sharing the house with devilish creatures. Del Toro first discovered director Troy Nixey after watching his short film
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- Alex Billington
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Before the Oscars, They Belonged to Us, Part 3
26 February 2009 2:51 AM, PST
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Disclaimer: This article may contain sarcasm; irony and “LOLs” proceed with caution.
The Final Chapter (read Part 2 here)! We have Howard the Duck, Freejack and Shyamalan flicks on the list; these are never good signs. Nonetheless we are bringing it all to you in full-color and in 3-D. (Ed. Note: Due to the economy, 3-D has been dropped and will be replaced by Smell-o-vision — check for your scratch and sniff cards in about 4-6 weeks.) Best Sound went to rage-zombie veterans Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke, leaving Mark Weingarten who worked on Rejuvenatrix in the dust. The Sound Editing section contains one too many references to Ron Silver, and at least two references to a Roger Corman film.
The visual effects category pulled on our heartstrings this year due to the loss of Stan Winston, who was noted en memoriam along with other heroes, Vampira, Leonard Rosenman and Charles H. Schneer
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- Heather Buckley
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