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February 26: The Halfway House on TV!
The
Halfway House will make it's television debut
(the R-Rated version) on cables Showtime
Extreme network. The first of five airings is
on Wednesday, March 1, at 11:50 PM EST.
Dread
Central recently caught up with writer/director
Kenneth Hall to discuss The
Halfway House, his past films and his upcoming
productions. You can read the interview here...
(Thanks
to Kenneth J. Hall and Dread
Central)
February
26: New Dark Waters DVD
NoShame
Films will release Mariano Baino's Dark Waters
on DVD sometime this summer. According to nunsploitation.net,
the transfer is complete and they are working on
the extras, including an interview with Baino (who
supervised the transfer and is involved in the production
of the extra features).
(Thanks
to http://www.nunsploitation.net/)
February 26: Ash vs. The Classic
Monsters
Dynamite
Comics continue their comic book adventures with
Ash (Evil Dead) in the latest issue of Army
of Darkness. The series (which has been ongoing
since 2004) will pit Ash against the Classic Monsters
starting with issue #8...
(Thanks
to Dread
Central)
February
26: Witch-House DVD review
Click
here
to read fangoria.com's review of the forthcoming
Dreams in the Witch-House DVD...
(Thanks
to http://www.fangoria.com/)
February
26: Evil Dead II, only smaller...
Anchor
Bay recently released Evil Dead II for
the PSP (UMD Video), and Dread Central has the first
review for it...
Check
out the review here.
(Thanks
to Dread
Central)
February
22: In Search of Lovecraft finished!
Director
David Hohl sends word that his film, In Search
of Lovecraft, has finished principal photography
and has wrapped! Post Production is now underway...
The
official
site has been updated with new stills (like
the one you see above), and David promises that
more will be available soon!
(Thanks
to David Hohl)
February
22: Seepage site lives!
The
official website for Richard Griffin's Seepage
is now online! The film may see a DVD release later
this year through E.I.
Independent Cinema.
Check
out the official site here...
(Thanks
to http://www.fangoria.com/)
February
22: Mortuary DVD date revealed...
The
street date for Tobe Hooper's Mortuary DVD
is April 11th, 2006 through Echo
Bridge Home Entertainment...
(Thanks
to Dread
Central)
February
22: Lovecraft in Rue Morgue
The
latest issue of Rue
Morgue magazine (Issue #54) contains an article
on an rather unusual subject, H.P. Lovecraft jewelry...
(Thanks
to Dread
Central)
February
19: Animation From Beyond!
A new stop-motion animated
version of From Beyond is in the works courtesy
of Red Hatchet Films. Written and directed by Michael
Granberry (and based on one of his favorite Lovecraft
stories), the tentative release date is set for
July 2006.
Other films Michael
has worked on include the Valley of the Gwombi
series, as well as the animated shorts Short
Ends and A Winter's Tale. Check
out the official
website for Red Hatchet Films for more...
(Thanks
to Michael Granberry)
February 19: New Cthulhu article...
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer recently ran an article
on Grant Cogswell and Dan Gildark's Cthulhu.
An adaptation of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth",
the film takes place in the fictional town of Rivermouth,
where a gay Seattle professor reluctantly returns
to his small hometown for his mother's funeral.
He soon discovers that his estranged father leads
a strange, mysterious cult whose apocalyptic followers
become fish people and return to the sea to worship
their ancient god, Cthulhu...
According to the article, the final budget for the
film could reach $700,000. Filmed in and around
Astoria, Oregon, (filming also took place in the
Seattle area) the film stars Jason Cottle (The
Wedding Singer), Cara Buono (Third Watch)
and Tori Spelling (who was paid just over $270 a
day). Shooting (mostly in Seattle) resumes in early
March for about three weeks including scenes in
the Seattle Underground.
Click
here
for more...
(Thanks
to Steve Walker)
February 16: Read Me a Story part of Cinema
Wasteland!
Just
received word that Read
Me a Story will screen as part of the Cinema
Wasteland Movie and Memorabilia Expo in Strongsville,
Ohio! The expo takes place March 31st, April 1st
and 2nd, 2006. The screening is scheduled for the
Friday night film block.
Click here
for more...
(Thanks to Ken)
February 15: Grindhouse presents: The Beyond
Lucio
Fulci’s Lovecraft inspired film, The Beyond,
screens this weekend (along with Cannibal Holocaust)
courtesy of Grindhouse Releasing. The screenings
takes place this Friday and Saturday at the New
Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles (located at 7165 West
Beverly Blvd.). Call 323-938-4038 for further information...
(Thanks
to Dread
Central)
February
15: Re-Animator on the big screen!
For Immediate Release:
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Source:
http://www.laweekly.com/
The
Steve Allen Theater (at the Center for Inquiry–West)
presents director Stuart Gordon's classic, Re-Animator,
on the big screen!
Classic cars get priority parking in the parking
lot–turned–drive-in theater. The film
can also be seen inside the theater. A Q&A
session with Gordon and star Jeffrey Combs follows.
The Steve Allen Theater at the Center for Inquiry–West,
4773 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood; Sat., Feb.
18, 8 p.m.; $10. (323) 960-7785; |
(Thanks to Steve Walker)
February 15: Director says no to the Evil Dead...
Bloody-disgusting.com
reports that Korean director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy,
Lady Vengeance) did indeed turn down the
opportunity to direct the Evil Dead remake
(as reported on March
5, 2005)...
According
to Chan-wook, "I don’t know how that
information [that he was going to direct]
was leaked to the IMDb but it wasn’t me. And
I must keep everything in the strictest confidence.
But I did turn down the opportunity to remake "Evil
Dead" as I think the original is so good."
(Thanks
to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/)
February
12: Read Me a Story on the IMDb
My
first attempt at Lovecraft inspired filmmaking (and
my first film period!) is now on the IMDb...
Cast
and crew information is still missing, but the rest
can be found here.
(Thanks
to http://www.imdb.com/)
February
12: HPLFF, first news!
The
next H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival will take place
the weekend of October 6-8, 2006...
Film
and Artwork submission info has also been added
to the official site. Submitting a film? Check out
the deadlines here...
(Thanks
to http://www.hplfilmfestival.com)
February
12: First Seepage! review...
Click
here
to read the first review of Richard Griffin's Seepage!
(Thanks
to http://www.horrorwatch.com/)
February
10: Gordon and Paoli join Weekend of Horrors!
Frequent Lovecraft film collaborators,
Stuart Gordon and Dennis Paoli, have joined the
lineup of the next Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
convention (presented by Anchor Bay Entertainment)
to be held in Chicago, IL, March 4-5, 2006.
They will join Masters of Horror creator
Mick Garris for a discussion on the series and their
contribution, Dreams in the Witch-House.
Their previous collaborations include Re-Animator,
From Beyond, The Pit and the Pendulum,
Castle Freak and Dagon.
Veteran director Gary Sherman will also be on hand
to discuss his film Dead & Buried
(inspired by several Lovecraft tales) among others...
Click here
for more.
(Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/)
February 6: There's life in the Mountains...
Creature-corner.com reports
that producer Don Murphy is still hoping to get
At the Mountains of Madness underway with
Guillermo del Toro at the helm...
Murphy told The
Hollywood Reporter that he's hoping the new
DreamWorks/Paramount will produce Madness
with del Toro in the director's chair. The projected
budget is $70 million...
He went on to say that, "Steven [Spielberg]
Xeroxed Guillermo's notebook full of drawings,"
and that "Guillermo's done some amazing
spectral motion maquettes."
More as it becomes available!
(Thanks to http://www.creature-corner.com/)
February 1: Beware of the Dark Tree
Bob Brinkman passed along
news of a new Mythos inspired film that is currently
in pre-production: The Dark Tree
Evil
grows in the woods. It corrupts the innocent and
feeds on death. When Nancy and David fell under
it's spell, David had finally found a way to bring
his dad back. All it would take was some blood for
the ancient tree. Well, David has many enemies but
his best friend Nancy didn't realize she was one
of them.
Writer/director
Keith Woodruff says that the film is not based on
any specific Lovecraft story, but is an extension
of the Mythos itself. He is aiming for a Halloween
2006 completion date, with filming set to begin
in June. Casting is ongoing with two supporting
roles currently being sought (an Asian female 25-35
and an elderly, grandmotherly-type woman).
This
is not the first Mythos inspired project that Keith
has undertaken, having already written two other
screenplays related in some way to Lovecraft's work
including a feature length script based on August
Derleth's "The Return of Hastur"
(although the necronomicon was replaced by L. Ron
Hubbard's book, Dianetics). A three-minute
short was filmed from that script…
The
trailer for The Dark Tree has been completed
(in and around a suburban forest preserve in Chicago,
Illinois), and can be seen on the official
website…
(Thanks
to Bob Brinkman)
February
1: The Sounds of Lovecraft
Cinescape.com
ran a fairly comprehensive article on Lovecraft
film soundtracks recently that include such films
as The Call of Cthulhu (music by Ben Holbrook,
Troy Sterling Nies and Nicholas Pavkovic), The
Shuttered Room (Basil Kirchin) and Dream-Quest
of Unknown Kadath (Cyoakha Grace O'Manion).
The obvious films are included (Re-Animator,
From Beyond), but several other lesser know
films are covered as well (including Dark Heritage
and The Shunned House). The article does
contain several errors that could easily have been
corrected with a little research, but it is well
worth reading if your interest lies in the music
side of cinema...
Check
it out here.
(Thanks
to Dan Ross)
February
1: Gordon talks Lovecraft and Poe!
Dread Central caught up with
Stuart Gordon to talk upcoming projects, and among
them were House of Re-Animator and
The Black Cat! Next up for Gordon is a new
film for Amicus Films called Stuck that will
be scripted by The Music of Erich Zann writer/director
John Strysik. Then it's on to the Masters of
Horror (season 2) episode based on Edgar Allen
Poe's The Black Cat. According to Gordon,
"our hope is that Jeffrey Combs will play
Poe, as he's expressed interest in playing Poe for
a long time."
In
regards to House of Re-Animator, Stuart
says, "We're still working on House; hopefully
we'll get that made this year."
The
full interview can be found here...
(Thanks
to Dread
Central)
February
1: Seepage is coming!
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Actor
Donald Foley sends news that one of the three
Lovecraft inspired films he's appeared in could
see a DVD release later this year from E.I.
Independent Cinema. The film, Seepage,
was directed by Richard Griffin and produced
by Ted Marr for Scorpio Films. Richard also
wrote the film along with Lee Smith and Andrew
Vellenoweth. It was lensed for under $20,000...
Griffin tells fangoria.com that, "[Seepage
is] a loving return to the drive-in fare
of yesterday. It's got action, gore, humanoid
fish monsters, chicks with guns and rednecks.
Actually, I feel confident in saying that Seepage
is the best redneck horror film ever made..."
"It's got what you want in a horror
film: nudity, laughs, gore and one of the coolest
man-in-a-rubber-suit creatures you'll ever see.
And best of all, no damn CGI! We used visual
tricks that are so old in this movie; they look
completely fresh and cool. Ben Chester,
one of our effects artists, is an incredibly
talented sculptor and painter. I wasn't really
sure what to expect, but when I first saw the
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headpiece
sculpture that eventually became the model for
the suit, I was stunned speechless."
Click here
for more...
Donald
Foley has also appeared in the Lovecraft
inspired films The
Miskatonic Acid Test and A Side Order
of Chaos Pie... |
(Thanks
to Donald C. Foley)
February 1: Mortuary
premiers on Sci Fi!
Tobe Hooper's Mortuary
premiers on Sci
Fi channel March 25th. The DVD release should
follow later in the year...
(Thanks to Dread
Central)
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headlines...
January 27: Altar Prop from
"The Halfway House" for Sale!
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27: ED4 news...
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