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Finals Week: 'Gender Roles in Scary Movies'

14 December 2009 2:31 PM, PST | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »

Welcome to Finals Week, inspired by real life college finals! We'll have a new academic paper on horror films every day this week!

Gender Roles within Scary Movies by Alex Boles

“What’s your favorite scary movie, Sidney?”

These words haunted American society for at least five years when Scream, Scream 2 and Scream 3 were released in 1996, 1997 and 2000 respectively. At least, the words haunted middle-aged women home alone in their big houses in the middle of nowhere scared to answer the phone at night. The fear and portrayal of women also allowed stereotypes and other characters to form for the future of women roles in scary movies. Sidney, played by Neve Campbell, says at the beginning of the first Scream film after receiving a phone call from one of the killers, that there is no point in watching scary movies because they all display the same representation of women. »

- AlexBoles

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Cold Prey 2 (Film Review)

9 December 2009 7:36 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

I gave Cold Prey 2 (aka Fritt Vilt II) a quiet nod in my 10 Examples Of a Pulse In The Modern Slasher article after fully acknowledging it's predecessor in my primary list. But last night I opted to give Cold Prey 2 another go-round. So last night, Heineken free and of sound mind I popped CP2  in the DVD player and prepped for a nice refresher.

Well, nice refresher isn't even a sufficient description. It's more like a slap in the face followed by a guttural voice echoing  throughout my living room 'where were you the first time you watched this flick? No stranger to Heineken that night eh?!'

The picture is absolutely brilliant! Jannicke (Ingrid Bolse Berdal) is found freezing - pick axe in hand - in the Norwegian mountains. She's taken to a local hospital where she tells authorities of the horrific incidents that occurred (in Cold Prey), and »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Matt Molgaard)

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First Look at Shrek Forever After + New Synopsis

25 November 2009 9:05 AM, PST | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »

USA Today revealed a first look at DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek Forever After, will hit theaters and IMAX in 3D on May 21st. We are told as well that the first trailer for the film will be seen in front of Avatar this holiday season.  We have also gotten a new synopsis of the film

“Shrek is feeling over-domesticated in the fourth installment. He has lost his roar. It used to send villagers running away in terror. Now they run to him and ask him to sign their pitchforks and torches.To regain his ogre mojo, he strikes a deal with Rumpelstiltskin, the wee troublemaker who popped up briefly in Shrek 2 and 3.”

It was rumored that Paul McCartney would voice Stilskin, but it is actually non-Beatle Walt Dohrn, the film’s head of story, who does the honors.Returning of course is Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz »

- Kevin Coll

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Hatchet 2 is a Go! Adam Green Returns!

24 November 2009 11:53 AM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

The news plenty of horror fans have been looking forward to finally broke this morning ... Adam Green will be returning to the ground that put him on the map to write and direct Hatchet 2. Of course, we dug a little deeper and got you guys some more info beyond the surface stuff.

"It was never a matter of money, just timing," Green tells us. "We wanted to make sure that everyone involved with the first film could come back before any of us committed. By the time the first one came out, we were all just exhausted. It took two years. Being that the film was successful, everybody wanted us to do a sequel immediately, but again -- we were all Hatcheted out! We didn't want to make a Hatchet movie just to make a Hatchet movie. Now that all parties concerned have had a chance to rest, and »

- Uncle Creepy

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More Wolfman Crew Shuffling as New Editors Are Brought In

17 November 2009 6:21 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

And Universal's The Wolfman continues down a bumpy road toward its February 12, 2010, release date. On the editing front Dennis (The Chronicles of Riddick, The Fog-2005 version) Virkler is apparently out, and Mark Goldblatt and Walter Murch are in.

Goldblatt started out strong with The Howling, Halloween II, The Terminator (1 and 2), and he most recently worked on X-Men: The Last Stand and G-Force. Murch did editing and sound work on such diverse fare as Apocalypse Now, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Godfather: Part III, and Jarhead.

The news was somewhat buried in a Variety article, but /Film did a good job fleshing it out. At this point we can only wonder about director Joe Johnston’s day-to-day involvement with the picture after all the myriad changes it's undergone, and as more details are made available, we'll pass them on.

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- Uncle Creepy

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This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: November 17, 2009

17 November 2009 2:12 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

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I don't know if any of you took my advice on the 50% off Criterion sale at Barnes and Noble I mentioned two weeks ago, but you have one more week and I have already taken advantage of it by getting Battle of Algiers, the Fanny and Alexander box set and upgraded my single-disc version of Seven Samurai with the three-disc edition. I basically paid about $70 for the whole thing with my Barnes and Noble Membership card and it's about $160 worth of DVDs so that's a good deal in my book. Take advantage of it and use this coupon to save an extra $5.

Now, for this week's DVDs.

Gone With the Wind (70th Anniversary Ultimate Collection) I just reviewed the Blu-ray edition of this and was incredibly impressed. What's even more impressive is Amazon is charging only $45.49 for both the »

- Brad Brevet

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More DVD Details for Zombie's Halloween II

16 November 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

More information has come to light about that January 12 DVD and Blu-Ray release of Halloween II we told you about recently. Sony Home Entertainment tells us the rated and unrated cuts arrive with deleted and alternate scenes, audition footage, Uncle Seymour Coffins' Stand-Up Routines, a Michael: Interior featurette, Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures Music Videos, and a blooper reel. Curious as to what that featurette entails. We're trying to track down some cover art for you, so stay tuned! »

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The Little Movie That Could: 'Paranormal Activity' Hits $100 Million

15 November 2009 4:03 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Oren Peli is having the greatest Friday the 13th of his life. We all love the shifting Holiday, but none of us can be as happy to greet today as the director of Paranormal Activity, whose film will be hurtling over the $100 million threshold at some point today, which, like his film, is simultaneously believable and unbelievable. I can clearly see why it has dominated at the box office, but I don't think anyone involved with the film (either before or after it was bought) prophesied how monumentally successful it would become.

But I'm not here to tell you once again that you should go see Paranormal Activity, you've already heard that a thousand times over. I would, however, like to use this time to give Oren Peli a standing ovation by putting things a little further into perspective. Within another week, Pa will have grossed more money than the cumulative totals of Halloween II, »

- Peter Hall

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ABC Not Ordering Additional Eastwick Episodes

9 November 2009 11:00 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

Instead of flat-out just saying they're canceling the series "Eastwick", ABC is beating about the bush with reports that they've "decided not to order additional episodes" beyond its initial 13. Seven of them have aired with the remaining six scheduled to be shown after a two-week break for some special programming on the network.

As the La Times put it: "Eastwick" has often [been] averaging less than 5 million viewers. The show, which stars Rebecca Romijn and Lindsey Price, is based on the John Updike book. While it spawned a moderately successful movie, this is the third time an attempt to make a TV series based on the book has fallen short.

Does anyone remember the other two? If not, it's no surprise since neither made it past the pilot stage. We did a little digging for old time's sake. The first was in 1992 and kept the full "The Witches of Eastwick" title. »

- The Woman In Black

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Halloween Special Part 2: Michael Myers vs Me

1 November 2009 10:16 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

To bring us out of Halloween I thought I would do a daring deed and take on Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger in a no holds bared face off (literally) where I have watched the entire back catalogue of their films to determine once and for all who is champion slasher, Part 1 was on Jason, Part 2 is Michael Myers.

The three killers have haunted us through our childhoods with each horror legend bringing us movies which have completely terrified and equally bemused us with poor sequels and terrible plots

Beware pictures of blood and gore to follow.

Michael Myers is very similar to Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger in that nothing seems to kill him, but the big difference is that Michael Myers is the only non-supernatural monster out of the three, he is a killing machine that has been shot numerous times, blown up in fire, stabbed »

- Gary Phillips

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Rob Zombie calls Hollywood a "scared town"

31 October 2009 3:03 PM, PDT | Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news »

As a horror film director heavy metal rocker Rob Zombie has four films notched in his belt: House of 1,000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, the 2007 remake of Halloween and this summer's sequel, Halloween II. He's also developing a remake of the 1950s monster movie The Blob. When Zombie's Blob remake was announced there was some criticism heard, especially from the quarter that prefer John Carpenter's Halloween to the newer one, that Zombie was obsessing with remakes. Now Rob's said something surprising to CNN about the state of the film business in Hollywood: that they don't want original ideas, they want remakes.

"I have lots of original ideas that maybe will get made," Zombie told the news outlet. "But everyone ... even if you bring them the most obscure movie that nobody's ever heard of -- they want to remake that."

Zombie has another original concept in development about a boxer named »

- Patrick Sauriol

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'Paranormal Activity' Director Oren Peli Is All About Investment And Payoff As A Filmmaker

30 October 2009 2:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

As director Oren Peli's "Paranormal Activity" continues its seemingly unstoppable march into the Halloween weekend, it's a good idea for us all to take a step back and consider exactly why it is so successful. The horror genre isn't exactly imperiled, but there are those in the fan community -- myself included -- who contend that so much attention has been brought to bear on delivering lifelike special effects and moment-to-moment thrills that the all-important element of suspense has been cast aside.

There's plenty of evidence to support the theory. Whatever your interest level in recent efforts such as "Halloween II" and "Saw VI" may be, they are clearly not subtle. "Paranormal," on the other hand, is highlighted by a slow-building terror. There's nary a drop of blood nor exposed innard to be found, and yet it's hard to sit and watch without squirming uncomfortably as the demon's tortures grow more overt. »

- Adam Rosenberg

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MattFini's Halloween Top 10 Lists: Overlooked Slashers

30 October 2009 9:27 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

It’s hard to surprise people when putting together a list of the best slasher movies and, in the interest of doing so, I thought I’d exclude all the genre mainstays from the list. This list doesn’t necessarily represent the “ten best”, but rather some of the slasher subgenre’s more ‘overlooked’ offerings.

10. The Mutilator (1985)

It can be argued that this film’s greatest asset is its amazing tag line (By Pick, By Sword, By Axe, Bye Bye!), but that’s doing a bit of disservice to director Buddy Cooper’s only attempt to run with the slasher big dogs.

First we’ve got one of the most preposterous killer motivations in the subgenre: a child, cleaning his father’s gun in an attempt to gleam his daddy’s affections, accidentally shoots his mother dead. Dad comes home, flips his lid and viola! Instant slasher!

If you track down the uncut version, »

- Masked Slasher

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Halloween II Director’s Cut: Is It Worth Another Look?

28 October 2009 8:46 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

According to Shock Til You Drop, director Rob Zombie has been saying for some time now that Halloween II – the second chapter in his reboot of the Halloween franchise first started by John Carpenter back in 1978 – has a whole different version that never made it to theaters. Of course, as with all these cases, Halloween II “The Alterno Version” was promised as a “director’s cut” to be released on DVD.

Well, with Halloween II passing quietly through theaters back in August, and the DVD release not far off, the subject of the director’s cut has once again come up, with Zombie dropping a few details about what we would get from this cut-never-seen.

So is it worth your time to take another stab at Halloween II? You be the judge:

 

Said Zombie:

“There is another version of the movie that’s very, very different..Laurie Strode’s character is the main difference… »

- Kofi Outlaw

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50 Influential Scream Queens: Part 2

27 October 2009 10:57 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Before I launch into the conclusion of my 50 Influential Scream Queens (read part 1 here), please let me remind you that this list is based upon my personal taste, and my personal taste alone. I didn't poll 100 Fango readers, the Fango staff or any other form of 'industry professionals'. It's all opinion, so if you feel I've wronged a certain actress by excluding them from the list, don't leap to brand the entire Fango crew 'vile'.  I probably just don't personally find their work to be that influential. Either that or I'm just ignorant to their accomplishments!

25. Mia Farrow: Mia's genre work may be a bit limited, but that doesn't change the fact that Rosemary's Baby will forever be regarded as one of the creepiest films in history. Farrow's portrayal of Rosemary Woodhouse is harrowing to say the least, and will always remain (in my mind) one of the best performances the genre has seen. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Matt Molgaard)

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Have You Had a Horror-ble Weekend? Or Had Enough?

25 October 2009 5:03 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

October certainly brings spooks and scares to movie theaters nationwide. The month began with a bang, as Zombieland proved an unexpected hit, even as Paranormal Activity began making waves that are still cresting. The Stepfather was more a pallid thriller than any kind of horror flick. This weekend, Saw VI joined the fray at the hardcore edge of the horror spectrum, while Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant appealed to the softer, fantasy-loving set. Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D also claimed a limited number of eyeballs, as did Lars von Trier's Antichrist, described as horror. The Final Destination, Halloween II, and Sorority Row are still hanging on in theaters.

Yesterday, Erik Davis asked which big horror release you're watching this weekend. (You still have time to vote in that poll.) But I'm wondering, with all the horror-related releases available to watch in theaters -- not to »

- Peter Martin

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John Kassir + More join the Trinity Of Terrors!

21 October 2009 6:21 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

The guest list for the inaugural Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors (to be held October 30 through November 1 at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas) just keeps getting bigger!

John Kassir, best-known as the voice of The Crypt Keeper from HBO's Tales From The Crypt has joined the Trinity, and will be appearing all weekend!

Tickets for our massive Halloween Weekend are now available online through http://www.trinityofterrors.com and through Vegas.com. You may also order tickets from Vegas.com by phone - 1-888-las-vegas (527-8342) 24 hours a day.

Other recent additions to the Trinity's massive guest list include:

Charles Cyphers - Sheriff Leigh Brackett in John Carpenter's original Halloween and it's 1981 sequel Halloween II; along with The Fog, Escape From New York, and more! Ed Neal - The Hitchhiker from Tobe Hooper's 1974 splatterfest The Texas Chain Saw Massacre! Teri McMinn - Pam from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre! »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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The Amazing Spider-One! (PM5K Part III)

6 October 2009 5:43 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

With their latest album, Somewhere On The Other Side Of Nowhere (listen here) released today, our coverage of the recent Powerman 5000 music video shoot concludes with an interview with Spider One...

On the set of Powerman 5000's video 'Supervillain', Spider One looks like a life-size action figure from a Japanese superhero cartoon. With his spiky hair, gauntlets and shirt, he stands out in a crowd.

"Spider is one of a kind," smiles wardrobe girl Autumn Steed. "Spider does his own thing, he's already styled!" Spider One laughs and gestures toward his chest emblem. "This shirt was a hand-sewn gift from a fan."

Pat Jankiewicz/Fango: You and Nicolas Cage both named yourselves after the Marvel Comic Luke Cage: Powerman...

Spider One: I know--i actually met Nicolas Cage. I said, 'Hey, Nicolas Cage--like Luke Cage! My band's Powerman 5000!' He was just like, 'Yeah'--like 'Okay, kid, run along. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Pat Jankiewicz)

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Terror Tidbits (Fango #288): Celebrating Halloween II

6 October 2009 1:31 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

With Rob Zombie’s Halloween II recently in theaters, featuring the new Michael Myers overturning cars wearing a Buckethead hoodie, it’s important to remember the first sequel in the 31-year franchise. After Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) saved Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) by gunning down bogeyman Michael Myers in the final minutes of John Carpenter’s 1978 landmark, audiences were horrified to find that the Shape had just gotten up and walked away. Where did he go?

After Halloween became a sleeper smash and Universal Pictures acquired the sequel rights, audiences got the answer: He went right into Halloween II. The movie, which opened on its namesake weekend in 1981, begins the same night, as Laurie is taken to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital and Michael follows her there to finish the job. In the process, it’s revealed that Michael is Laurie’s big brother (which means the first film’s scene »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Pat Jankiewicz)

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Sitges '09: My Sitges Story - Part 3

6 October 2009 12:33 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Monday, October 5

I begin my first full week at the Sitges film festival (see last entry here) with a leisurely stroll into town. Several vendors hawking horror T-shirts and posters have set up shop outside the fest’s Brigadoon theater (where non-competition and video screenings are free for the locals), serving as a sort of mini-convention.

Two movies are on the agenda today. First up at the plush Auditori Melia is the Belgian/Canadian/French/German co-production Mr. Nobody, an excellent fantasy/quasi-sci-fi film that pretty much defies easy classification and synopsis. Urban Legend’s Jared Leto (never better) stars as a 117-year-old man (in totally convincing old age makeup), who, we are told, is the last mortal man alive on the Earth of 2092, where people now live forever. Gradually, the complexities of his back story are revealed as we experience multiple storylines of at least three different histories the character may have lived. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Tony Timpone)

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