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January
27: Altar Prop from "The Halfway House"
for Sale!
For
Immediate Release:
North
Hollywood, CA, January 25, 2006 The actual altar
prop from Kenneth J. Hall's cult hit The Halfway
House has been put up for sale on ebay. Based
on a design used in Roger Corman's Lovecraftian
thriller, The Dunwich Horror, the piece was
hand-crafted out of a lightweight dense foam, plastic-coated,
and painted to look like aged bronze. It is one
of several large props created by Hall's company
Total Fabrication currently being auctioned but
the only item used in the film.
"I
hate to get rid of it considering the number of
beautiful women who have appeared topless on it,"
says Hall. "It just got too big to store.
Hopefully, someone else will give it a good home.
I will look great up on someone's wall!"
The
10-day auction will conclude Friday, February 3.
The starting bid is $250 For further details, click
here.
Released
on DVD earlier last year year, The
Halfway House continues to receive rave
reviews from critics and fans alike. Starring cult
queen Mary Woronov (Rock N' Roll High
School, Eating Raoul) as an evil nun,
it satirizes drive-in cinema, from women-in-prison
films to slasher flicks.
(Thanks
to Kenneth J. Hall)
January
27: ED4 news...
According
to the Hollywood
Inciter, Evil Dead 4 will follow the
plotline of the Evil Dead: Resurrection
video game. I've not seen this news anywhere else,
so this could be mostly rumor...
(Thanks
to Frank Hummel)
January
27: The Fog unrated
Click
here
to read Dread Central's review of The Fog:
Unrated Version (DVD)...
(Thanks
to Dread
Central)
January
27: Prince of Darkness, on location
Dread
Central's latest Horror’s Hallowed Grounds
goes on location with John Carpenter's Prince
of Darkness. Check it out here...
(Thanks
to Dread
Central)
January
25: Rare Dunwich Horror screening
Daniel
Haller's The Dunwich Horror will be part
of Brooklyn, NY's BAMcinématek (at the BAM
Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Avenue) "Some
Kind of Horror Show", running March 6-30.
The screening takes place Thursday, March 9th at
6:50 and 9:15 p.m.
Click
here
for more...
(Thanks
to http://www.fangoria.com/)
January
24: More Evil Dead DVDs?
According
to the Ladies
of the Evil Dead website, their Evil
Dead documentary will be featured on a 2006
"Cabin Set" version of Evil
Dead. No word yet from Anchor Bay on whether
they plan to release yet another Evil Dead
DVD...
(Thanks
to Dread
Central)
January
24: Dead Birds up for awards
Dead
Birds is up for three Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
including Best Makeup/Creature and Best Limited-Release/Direct-to-video
Film.
Click
here
for more...
(Thanks
to http://www.fangoria.com/)
January
24: The Fog released...
The
remake of The Fog was released on DVD today...
(Thanks
to Dread
Central)
January
23: Cthulhu's Grant Cogswell interviewed
Click here
to read Dread Central's interview with Cthulhu
screenwriter Grant Cogswell...
(Thanks
to Dread
Central)
January 21: Lovecraft director interviewed
Dread
Central caught up with writer/director David Hohl
to talk about his upcoming project, In Search
of Lovecraft. You can check out the interview
by clicking here...
(Thanks
to Dread
Central)
January
18: Gordon and Paoli adapt Poe!
Fangoria.com
spoke with Masters of Horror creator Mick
Garris who announced that Stuart Gordon would return
for season two. According to the report, Stuart
Gordon and frequent collaborator Dennis Paoli will
adapt Edger Allen Poe's The Black Cat! Gordon
tells fango, "We are doing The Black Cat,
ideally with Jeffrey Combs playing Poe! We are excited
to be back, as Masters of Horror is a groundbreaking
show."
(Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/)
January 18: Marebito
DVD announced
The street date for Takashi Shimizu's Marebito
(Region 1 DVD) is March 14th. Released by Tartan
Asia Extreme, the DVD contains the original Japanese
audio, with English and Spanish subtitles, anamorphic
widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and
DTS Surround Sound 5.1. Special features include
an interview with the director and actor Shinya
Tsukamoto, a director's discussion of Ju-On,
The Grudge and Marebito, the original
theatrical trailer and trailers of Tartan Asia Extreme's
upcoming releases...
(Thanks
to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/)
January
17: Heading Home poster!
Jane
Rose (whose first film, The Statement of Randolph
Carter, will be part of the LovecraCked!
The Movie anthology) sends word that her
follow-up film is nearing completion! The effects
are complete and the picture is locked on Heading
Home, based on the original story by Ramsey
Campbell. The film, made possible by the Reel Sweet
Betty film group, is currently in post-production
with work being done on the sound effects and music.
Heading Home is a tale of mad science and revenge,
as seen from an unusual perspective…
(Thanks
to Jane Rose)
January 15: Hive and Madness news!
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While
looking through the Elder Signs Press forum,
I ran across an old post from Hive author
Tim Curran that contained news on both the Hive
movie production and Guillermo del Toro's adaptation
of At the Mountains of Madness! According
to Tim, Hive was under consideration
by several production companies as well as a
couple of producers who've worked for the SciFi
Channel. One such company (Vertigo, producers
of The Ring and The Grudge) backed
off because of a conflict of interest with Guillermo
del Toro's At the Mountains of Madness
project. He went on to say that Dreamworks isn't
interested in doing a period (1930's) version
of Madness because of the expense, and
would rather do a modern retelling (del Toro
has said that he would not be involved in a
modernized version of the story). Accordingly,
Hive could end of being a possible alternative
to using Lovecraft's original novella...
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hope to have an update from the author soon! |
(Thanks
to http://www.eldersignspress.com/
and Tim Curran)
...updated
the Lovecraft
Filmography...
January 14: Impending Darkness...
In
what sounds like a reworking of Lovecraft's "The
Lurking Fear", filmmaker G. William (Threading
Over Dark) Stechman recently updated fangoria.com
on his next feature, Deep in the Darkness.
Based on a novel by Michael Laimo, Darkness
is the story of "a doctor and his family
who run afoul of subterranean creatures that live
in the forest near their new home." Stechman
told Fangoria.com, "I’m incredibly
excited to be directing an adaptation of one of
my favorite novels. Michael Laimo’s atmosphere-drenched
book is a little bit of every one of my favorite
horror films, and is like an H.P. Lovecraft bedtime
story. It will be amazing to bring the novel to
life." Shooting is scheduled for early
2007...
(Thanks
to http://www.fangoria.com/)
January
14: Mortuary review
Click
here
to read fangoria.com's review of Tobe Hooper's Mortuary...
(Thanks
to http://www.fangoria.com/)
January
13: More best of picks...
Both
Marebito and The Call of Cthulhu made
Best of 2005 lists over at horrorchannel.com...
(Thanks
to http://www.horrorchannel.com/)
January
12: Witch House DVD cover!
Dread
Central scored a first look at the upcoming DVD
cover for Stuart Gordon's Dreams in the Witch
House! Pictured is the US release (the UK release
is nearly identical)...
(Thanks
to Dread
Central)
January 12: Witch House
on the big screen
The Vancouver International Film Centre will host
a Masters of Horror marathon starting on
Friday, January 13th. Dreams in the Witch House
screens Saturday, January 14th.
Click
here
for more...
(Thanks to Dread
Central)
January 12: House of Usher
preserved
Click here
to read fangoria.com's fascinating interview with
filmmaker Roger Corman. His film, House of Usher,
was recently added
to the National Film Registry by
the Library of Congress...
(Thanks
to http://www.fangoria.com/)
January 11: Cool Air
is now Cooler!
Bob Brinkman came through
with the following info on Cooler, the Cool
Air adaptation from yesterdays update:
Cooler Productions is seeking crew and casting Cooler,
a horror film based on H.P. Lovecrafts' Cool
Air. Tom Duncan, prod. Shoot starts Feb. 3.
Seeking-Sam: male, Caucasian, 25-35, contemplative
clerk; Maria: Latina, 20-30, attractive, shoe store
owner; Mrs. Herraro: Latina, 45-60, store clerk;
Tina: 20-30, attractive, call girl; Trey: African-American,
25, tough, pimp; Boom; Grips; Special FX Makeup
Artist; Camera AC.
Send pix & résumés to Cooler Productions,
19021 Braemore Rd., Porter Ranch, CA 91326. No pay,
but copy, credit, and meals provided. Nonunion.
(Thanks
to Bob Brinkman)
January 11: Experimental serum anyone?
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While
I doubt there are any intentional Lovecraft
references in the new Brad (Death Factory)
Sykes movie, Mutation, I just had to
post this pic! The film is about a long-dead
mass murderer who is revived by an experimental
serum. He quickly gets back to his violent ways,
and the detective who tracked him down years
before has to confront him once again...
According to Sykes, the film contains martial
arts, mad scientist sci-fi and full-tilt splatter.
Razor
Digital Entertainment will release the film
in 2006.
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(Thanks
to http://www.fangoria.com/)
January 11: Late Bloomer screening!
For Immediate Release:
Craig Macneill's Late Bloomer
(written by Clay McLeod Chapman) will screen Thursday,
January 12th at the Happy Ending Lounge in New York
City. The screening, hosted by Todd Zuniga, is at
8:00 p.m. and admission is free. The Happy
Ending Lounge is at 302 Broome St. @ Forsyth. Directions
are as follows; B,D to Grand Street or F, J, M,
Z to Delancey or call (212) 334-9676 for more information.
Also in attendance will be Hannah Tinti (Animal
Crackers), Amanda Stern (The Long Haul)
and Tony Antoniadis. Everyone leaves with an Opium
button for the lapel of their choice...
(Thanks to Clay McLeod Chapman)
January 11: Read Me a Story gets Blog'D!
Read Me a Story has
been awarded the Blog'D
award for Best Lovecraftian Short Movie!
(Thanks
to Derek M. Koch)
January 10: Cool Air in LA!
Bob
Brinkman sends word that a new production of Cool
Air is currently casting in LA with a February
start date in mind. The story was most recently
adapted by Albert Pyun with the best version being
helmed by Bryan Moore. Shusuke Kaneko (The Cold
from H.P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon),
Jeannot Szwarc (Cool Air from Rod Serling's
Night Gallery) and Mike Neun (Kuhle Luft)
have also tackled the story...
Watch
this space for more!
(Thanks
to Bob Brinkman)
January
10: New Cthulhu review
You
can check out a new Call of Cthulhu review,
courtesy of DVD Talk, by clicking here...
(Thanks
to Rtavi)
January
9: In Search of Lovecaft
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According
to IMDb.com, a new feature length film called
In Search of Lovecraft in currently lensing
in the San Francisco area. The film stars Denise
Amrikhas, Tytus Bergstrom, Saqib Mausoof and
Renee Sweet as Rebecca Marsh. Written and directed
by David J. Hohl, the story involves a reporter
(Rebecca Marsh) shooting a Halloween news story
on horror writer H.P. Lovecraft who discovers
that the "fiction" Lovecraft wrote
is actually true and the creatures and cults
described in his writings really exist. In an
interview with houseofhorrors.com,
director David Hohl had this to say about the
films storyline; "Well it is an original
story and very general to the mythos. It does
take as the primary "deity" Nyarlethotep,
the Haunter of the Dark. And the Trapezehedron
also has a place. But it is not an adaptation
of any Lovecraft story. Like Lovecraft himself
requested of his friends, the mythos elements
are being used while keeping original characters
and story." |
The official website (containing cast and crew
info, news and a gallery) can be found here.
More
as it becomes available...
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(Thanks
to http://www.imdb.com/)
January
9: Witch House DVD features confirmed ~
updated ~
The following special features have been confirmed
for the Dreams in the Witch House DVD by
Anchor Bay:
~
"Dreams, Darkness and Damnation:
An Interview with Stuart Gordon"
~ Behind The Scenes: The Making of "Dreams
in the Witch House"
~ SFX: Meet Brown Jenkin
~ Audio commentary by writer/director Stuart Gordon,
Actor Ezra Godden and DVD Producer Perry Martin
~ Trailers
~ Still Gallery
~ Storyboard Gallery
~ Stuart Gordon Bio
~ Original Screenplay (DVD-ROM)
~ "Dreams in the Witch House" by
H.P. Lovecraft (DVD-ROM)
~ Screen savers (DVD-ROM)
The
DVD streets on March 28th...
update: The disc will
also contain a tribute piece for Stuart Gordon called
"Working With a Master". It will
include interviews with actors, writers, and producers
from Stuarts past productions.
(Thanks
to Dread
Central)
January 9: The
Creature returns in print!
DH
Press (part of Dark Horse Entertainment) will
release a novel based on The Creature from the
Black Lagoon called Time's Black Lagoon
on June 7th. The novel, written by Paul Di Filippo,
takes place 60 years after the first film’s
events, when a scientist travels back in time and
learns more about the creature. It will retail for
$6.99...
(Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/)
...the Forthcoming Terrors page has been
updated and broken down into the following pages:
Forthcoming Terrors
Page 1 (Development), Forthcoming
Terrors Page 2 (Pre-production, Production,
Post-production), Forthcoming
Terrors Page 3 (Completed) and Forthcoming
Terrors Page 4 (Unknown, Film Rumor and Canceled
or Removed)...
January 7: Edgar Allan Poe Collection review!
Lurker
Films recently released the first volume of
the Edgar Allan Poe Collection on DVD, and
Dread Central is one of the first to review it.
The disc contains George Higham's Annabel Lee,
The Raven by Peter Bradley and The Tell-Tale
Heart (starring European Horror legend Paul
Nashy)...
Check it out here...
(Thanks
to Dread
Central)
January
7: Creeping dread...
Although
Stuart Gordon's Dreams in the Witch House
is the only episode of Masters of Horror
based on Lovecraft's work, director William Malone
(House on Haunted Hill, Feardotcom)
describes his episode, The Fair-haired
Child, as "more sort of creeping dread—kind
of like those old H.P. Lovecraft stories where you
just get a sense that something really creepy and
bad is going to happen." The episode debuted
Friday, January 6th.
Fangoria.com
has the story here...
(Thanks
to http://www.fangoria.com/)
January
6: Lovecraftian guests at Fango con!
Guillermo
del Toro (Hellboy), Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator,
Dreams in the Witch House) and Ken Foree
(From Beyond) are among the guests scheduled
for the next Fangoria Weekend of Horrors
(to be held June 2-4, 2006 at LA’s Burbank
Airport Hilton).
Click
here
for more...
(Thanks
to http://www.fangoria.com/)
January
6: Mortuary poster revealed
The official poster for Tobe
Hooper's Mortuary
was released recently, and as you can see, it looks
just like the upcoming German DVD release (see December
21st news). The films limited theatrical run
is set for January 13th…
(Thanks to http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/)
January 06: Fog DVD
review...
Check out fangoria.com's Fog DVD review here...
(Thanks to http://www.fangoria.com/)
recent
headlines...
December
31: Mortuary in theaters!
December 29: Witch House DVD extras announced!
December 29: Lovecraftian films make years best...
December 29: Another Creature script review
December 21: Creature script review...
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