Universal Pictures, home of the most famous monsters of filmland is developing a new feature based on author Bram Stoker's 'vampire hunter' "Dr. Van Helsing", to be produced by James Wan ("Aquaman") and directed by Julius Avery ("Overlord"):
"...'Professor Abraham Van Helsing', debuting in the 1897 gothic horror novel 'Dracula', is a Dutch doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, including being the archenemy of 'Count Dracula'.
"As author Stoker, described him: He is a seemingly arbitrary man, because he knows what he is talking about better than anyone else. He is a philosopher and a metaphysician, and one of the most advanced scientists of his day, and he has, I believe, an absolutely open mind. This, with an iron nerve, a temper of the ice-brook, and indomitable resolution, self-command, and toleration exalted from virtues to blessings, and the kindliest and truest heart that beats,...
"...'Professor Abraham Van Helsing', debuting in the 1897 gothic horror novel 'Dracula', is a Dutch doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, including being the archenemy of 'Count Dracula'.
"As author Stoker, described him: He is a seemingly arbitrary man, because he knows what he is talking about better than anyone else. He is a philosopher and a metaphysician, and one of the most advanced scientists of his day, and he has, I believe, an absolutely open mind. This, with an iron nerve, a temper of the ice-brook, and indomitable resolution, self-command, and toleration exalted from virtues to blessings, and the kindliest and truest heart that beats,...
- 10/31/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Universal Pictures, home of the most famous monsters of filmland is developing a new feature based on author Bram Stoker's 'vampire hunter' "Dr. Van Helsing", to be produced by James Wan ("Aquaman") and directed by Julius Avery ("Overlord"):
"...'Professor Abraham Van Helsing', debuting in the 1897 gothic horror novel 'Dracula', is a Dutch doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, including being the archenemy of 'Count Dracula'.
"As author Stoker, described him: He is a seemingly arbitrary man, because he knows what he is talking about better than anyone else. He is a philosopher and a metaphysician, and one of the most advanced scientists of his day, and he has, I believe, an absolutely open mind. This, with an iron nerve, a temper of the ice-brook, and indomitable resolution, self-command, and toleration exalted from virtues to blessings, and the kindliest and truest heart that beats,...
"...'Professor Abraham Van Helsing', debuting in the 1897 gothic horror novel 'Dracula', is a Dutch doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, including being the archenemy of 'Count Dracula'.
"As author Stoker, described him: He is a seemingly arbitrary man, because he knows what he is talking about better than anyone else. He is a philosopher and a metaphysician, and one of the most advanced scientists of his day, and he has, I believe, an absolutely open mind. This, with an iron nerve, a temper of the ice-brook, and indomitable resolution, self-command, and toleration exalted from virtues to blessings, and the kindliest and truest heart that beats,...
- 8/23/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Anthony Perkins in Edge Of Sanity (1989) will be available on Special Edition Blu-ray June 21st from Arrow Video
Anthony Perkins builds upon his legendary status as cinema’s seminal psycho in Edge of Sanity, a delirious conflation of Robert Louis Stephenson’s classic horror novella ‘Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ and Jack the Ripper’s real-life reign of terror over Victorian London.
When his experiments into a powerful new anaesthetic go hideously awry, respected physician Dr Jekyll (Perkins) takes off into the night, casting aside the shackles of upper-class propriety as he disappears into the shadowy decadent demimonde of Whitechapel in pursuit of sensual pleasures under the guise of ‘Mr Hyde’. As his wife Elisabeth (Glynis Barber) passes her time in charitable work, rehabilitating the district’s fallen women, Hyde is drawn into an escalating cycle of lust and murder that seems to know no bounds.
Produced...
Anthony Perkins builds upon his legendary status as cinema’s seminal psycho in Edge of Sanity, a delirious conflation of Robert Louis Stephenson’s classic horror novella ‘Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ and Jack the Ripper’s real-life reign of terror over Victorian London.
When his experiments into a powerful new anaesthetic go hideously awry, respected physician Dr Jekyll (Perkins) takes off into the night, casting aside the shackles of upper-class propriety as he disappears into the shadowy decadent demimonde of Whitechapel in pursuit of sensual pleasures under the guise of ‘Mr Hyde’. As his wife Elisabeth (Glynis Barber) passes her time in charitable work, rehabilitating the district’s fallen women, Hyde is drawn into an escalating cycle of lust and murder that seems to know no bounds.
Produced...
- 5/18/2022
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Universal Pictures continues developing a new live-action feature based on author Bram Stoker's 'vampire hunter' "Dr. Van Helsing", directed by Julius Avery ("Overlord") and produced by James Wan ("Aquaman"):
"...'Professor Abraham Van Helsing', debuting in the 1897 gothic horror novel 'Dracula', is a Dutch doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, including being the archenemy of 'Count Dracula'.
"As author Stoker, described him: He is a seemingly arbitrary man, because he knows what he is talking about better than anyone else. He is a philosopher and a metaphysician, and one of the most advanced scientists of his day, and he has, I believe, an absolutely open mind. This, with an iron nerve, a temper of the ice-brook, and indomitable resolution, self-command, and toleration exalted from virtues to blessings, and the kindliest and truest heart that beats, these form his equipment for the noble...
"...'Professor Abraham Van Helsing', debuting in the 1897 gothic horror novel 'Dracula', is a Dutch doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, including being the archenemy of 'Count Dracula'.
"As author Stoker, described him: He is a seemingly arbitrary man, because he knows what he is talking about better than anyone else. He is a philosopher and a metaphysician, and one of the most advanced scientists of his day, and he has, I believe, an absolutely open mind. This, with an iron nerve, a temper of the ice-brook, and indomitable resolution, self-command, and toleration exalted from virtues to blessings, and the kindliest and truest heart that beats, these form his equipment for the noble...
- 1/20/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
On the eve of his 77th birthday, Udo Kier was on the phone at his home in Palm Springs, wearing a black T-shirt emblazoned with orange lettering that reads, “Don’t act.”
He received the shirt as a gift, and it bears a maxim he gleaned from Lars von Trier, with whom he began a three-plus-decade partnership on “Medea” in 1988.
“He means don’t act so people can feel and see that you’re acting. That’s the difference,” said the Cologne-born actor, the star of more than 200 movies from directors including Von Trier, Fassbinder, and Werner Herzog.
Over the years, Kier’s steely cobalt eyes and sinisterly soothing German accent have enabled him to play low lives, decadents, and villains. But he takes a break from all that in Todd Stephens’ “Swan Song,” released this past summer. In a perfect world, it would catapult the iconic performer into the awards conversation.
He received the shirt as a gift, and it bears a maxim he gleaned from Lars von Trier, with whom he began a three-plus-decade partnership on “Medea” in 1988.
“He means don’t act so people can feel and see that you’re acting. That’s the difference,” said the Cologne-born actor, the star of more than 200 movies from directors including Von Trier, Fassbinder, and Werner Herzog.
Over the years, Kier’s steely cobalt eyes and sinisterly soothing German accent have enabled him to play low lives, decadents, and villains. But he takes a break from all that in Todd Stephens’ “Swan Song,” released this past summer. In a perfect world, it would catapult the iconic performer into the awards conversation.
- 10/20/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
There isn’t a single moment of wit or fun in this mediocre Munsters knockoff
Threequels can be a dodgy proposition at the best of times, and that is all too horribly true of this utterly soulless and pointless film. The animation is depressingly mediocre and so is the script. The whole thing, with its joyless and incessant parade of sub-Tex Avery quirks, looks as if it has been generated by some sort of automated software: a non-entertainment bot.
The first two Hotel Transylvania films, in 2012 and 2015, were pretty average – Addams Family/Munster knockoffs for the tweenie Halloween market, the idea being that Count Dracula is running a hotel for vacationing monsters, and discovers his teen daughter wants to date a non-monster civilian. Well, evidently they proved sufficiently profitable to justify a third film coming off the dreary production line. This time, Dracula goes on a cruise with his family,...
Threequels can be a dodgy proposition at the best of times, and that is all too horribly true of this utterly soulless and pointless film. The animation is depressingly mediocre and so is the script. The whole thing, with its joyless and incessant parade of sub-Tex Avery quirks, looks as if it has been generated by some sort of automated software: a non-entertainment bot.
The first two Hotel Transylvania films, in 2012 and 2015, were pretty average – Addams Family/Munster knockoffs for the tweenie Halloween market, the idea being that Count Dracula is running a hotel for vacationing monsters, and discovers his teen daughter wants to date a non-monster civilian. Well, evidently they proved sufficiently profitable to justify a third film coming off the dreary production line. This time, Dracula goes on a cruise with his family,...
- 7/26/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Few filmmakers — past or present, alive or dead — can boast a filmography as vast and as varied as that of Werner Herzog. Acclaimed as a filmmaker, famed as an eccentric personality and veted as one of cinema’s true artists, Herzog is truly a singular voice in film.
This past Saturday, the Egyptian Theatre was the fortunate host to guest Werner Herzog, as he presented a double feature of two of his more popular films, 1979’s Nosferatu, The Vampyre (known as Nosferatu, Phantom Der Nacht, or Nosferatu, Phantom of the Night in its native Germany) along with 1987’s Cobra Verde.
Readers of FM likely need no introduction to either Nosferatu or its titular character. Herzog’s film is of course a remake of the 1922 silent classic directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as cinema’s first classic vampire. An unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s immortal Dracula (published...
This past Saturday, the Egyptian Theatre was the fortunate host to guest Werner Herzog, as he presented a double feature of two of his more popular films, 1979’s Nosferatu, The Vampyre (known as Nosferatu, Phantom Der Nacht, or Nosferatu, Phantom of the Night in its native Germany) along with 1987’s Cobra Verde.
Readers of FM likely need no introduction to either Nosferatu or its titular character. Herzog’s film is of course a remake of the 1922 silent classic directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as cinema’s first classic vampire. An unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s immortal Dracula (published...
- 3/22/2010
- by Jesse
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Phil Nichols, who portrays Renfield in the currently filming Vampire Diaries Renfield, dropped us a line with an update on the shoot and provided us with a batch of new photos to share with Dread Central readers.
Here's what Phil told us, "We're winding down Week 5 and are 3/4 through shooting the script. We are working to make the deadline to premiere the film at the Bram Stoker Film Festival in Whitby, England this October.
Last night we wrapped the 1895 flashbacks with Renfield. We're keeping Count Dracula's make-up a secret and won't release pics of his face until the movie premieres, but here's a look at the Brides of Dracula (Denise Williamson, Reem Al-Hellou, and Michelle James)."
Along with Nichols (who also wrote the screenplay) and the aforementioned Brides, the stars include Julin, John Stevens (as Dracula), Cory Hart, Shelley Boozer, Mel House, Paul Damon, Joe Grisaffi, Tyler Tackett, and Keli Wolfe.
Here's what Phil told us, "We're winding down Week 5 and are 3/4 through shooting the script. We are working to make the deadline to premiere the film at the Bram Stoker Film Festival in Whitby, England this October.
Last night we wrapped the 1895 flashbacks with Renfield. We're keeping Count Dracula's make-up a secret and won't release pics of his face until the movie premieres, but here's a look at the Brides of Dracula (Denise Williamson, Reem Al-Hellou, and Michelle James)."
Along with Nichols (who also wrote the screenplay) and the aforementioned Brides, the stars include Julin, John Stevens (as Dracula), Cory Hart, Shelley Boozer, Mel House, Paul Damon, Joe Grisaffi, Tyler Tackett, and Keli Wolfe.
- 3/20/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Not to be confused with “Monster Squad” from Mike Mitchell, this “Monster Squad” has “The” in front of it, and is a remake of the 1987 movie from Fred Dekker and “Lethal Weapon” scribe Shane Black. The remake will be coming to you courtesy of Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes, the same blokes behind the recent rash of horror movie franchise reboots, including “A Nightmare on Elm Street”, “Friday the 13th”, and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”. So what’s it all about? No idea, because I never saw the original, but here’s some helpful fella on IMDb.com: Young kids form a club that is devoted to monsters, but soon get more than they bargained for when Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein’s Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them power to rule the world.
- 3/19/2010
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Coming as no shock to anyone in the office today we learned Paramount Pictures is remaking the 1987 horror film The Monster Squad. Rob Cohen, who produced the original, hopes to direct the remake. Cohen will produce with Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, and they’re meeting with writers...
Platinum Dunes loves the remake game as they've produced The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street remakes.
Plot Synopsis: Young kids form a club that is devoted to monsters, but soon get more than they bargained for when Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein’s Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them power to rule the world. Our heroes – the Monster Squad are the only ones daring to stand in their way.
What say Bidites?...
Platinum Dunes loves the remake game as they've produced The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street remakes.
Plot Synopsis: Young kids form a club that is devoted to monsters, but soon get more than they bargained for when Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein’s Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them power to rule the world. Our heroes – the Monster Squad are the only ones daring to stand in their way.
What say Bidites?...
- 3/19/2010
- by admin
- Horrorbid
What a lovely way to end the working week, eh? News has emerged from Deadline Hollywood that cult classic – The Monster Squad – is being remade by Paramount and Platinum Dunes. Yep, Michael Bay continues on his quest to take genuine classic horror films and ruin them with needless remakes. I’m sure we can all handle watching a film from 1987, Mr. Bay, it isn’t that old.
The big disappointment is original screenwriter Shane Black is too busy to deliver an updated script (which would have been ace!). Rob Cohen (one of the original producers) is attached to direct. For those who don’t remember, The Monster Squad was a bit like the Goonies but with classic literary monsters such as the Wolfman, Count Dracula, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Mummy and Frankenstein. A group of kids who worship horror movies end up doing battle with real life...
The big disappointment is original screenwriter Shane Black is too busy to deliver an updated script (which would have been ace!). Rob Cohen (one of the original producers) is attached to direct. For those who don’t remember, The Monster Squad was a bit like the Goonies but with classic literary monsters such as the Wolfman, Count Dracula, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Mummy and Frankenstein. A group of kids who worship horror movies end up doing battle with real life...
- 3/19/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Deadline is reporting that Paramount Pictures is set to remake the 1987 film "Monster Squad," with Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious, xXx) in talks to direct the new film. Cohen, who produced the original movie, is teaming up with Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form to find a writer. Plot: Young kids form a club that is devoted to monsters, but soon get more than they bargained for when Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The creatures are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them power to rule the world. Our heroes - the Monster Squad are the only ones daring to stand in their way. Check out "The Monster Squad" DVD trailer below. Trailer:...
- 3/19/2010
- WorstPreviews.com
A brief piece of news as Bloody Disgusting has learned that Platinum Dunes (Amityville Horror, The Unborn, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th) is producing the remake of Monster Squad for Paramount Pictures. In Fred Dekker's 1987 original Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them power to rule the world. Our heroes - the Monster Squad are the only ones daring to stand in their way. Platinum Dunes' A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot arriving in theaters April 30th.
- 3/18/2010
- bloody-disgusting.com
This Salma Hayek-starring TV movie about the Dominican Republic resistance figure Minerva Mirabal is pretty good on the history, but she was even more daring than the film suggests
Director: Mariano Barroso
Entertainment grade: C
History grade: B–
The Mirabal sisters were famous figures in the resistance to Rafael Trujillo, dictator of the Dominican Republic between 1930 and 1961.
Power
The film begins with pictures of Trujillo's real-life victims (nasty, but accurate) and a few title cards. "His secret alliances with the church, aristocrats, intellectuals and the press were the foundation of his dictatorship," it tells us. Hang on. Church, yes. Aristocrats, to some extent, yes. Intellectuals and the press, hell no. Trujillo didn't ally with those groups: he harassed, repressed and censored them, and had individuals connected to them thrown to the sharks. Literally. Anyway, since when has anyone become an all-powerful dictator by allying with intellectuals? The historian loves...
Director: Mariano Barroso
Entertainment grade: C
History grade: B–
The Mirabal sisters were famous figures in the resistance to Rafael Trujillo, dictator of the Dominican Republic between 1930 and 1961.
Power
The film begins with pictures of Trujillo's real-life victims (nasty, but accurate) and a few title cards. "His secret alliances with the church, aristocrats, intellectuals and the press were the foundation of his dictatorship," it tells us. Hang on. Church, yes. Aristocrats, to some extent, yes. Intellectuals and the press, hell no. Trujillo didn't ally with those groups: he harassed, repressed and censored them, and had individuals connected to them thrown to the sharks. Literally. Anyway, since when has anyone become an all-powerful dictator by allying with intellectuals? The historian loves...
- 3/18/2010
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
After the Academy’s attempt at honoring genre during the live show, we saw a real tribute to horror by someone who is truly one of our own. Bob Murawski thanked Sam Raimi for giving him his “first cutting job” in Army of Darkness. His Best Editing award for Hurt Locker was shared by his partner Chris Innis, whom he met on the Raimi produced TV show “American Gothic.”
I gotta say, never since Peter Jackson’s (who was nominated this year for District 9) thank you to the crew of Meet the Feebles has there been such an excellent genre shout out.
On top of working with Raimi for over a decade, Murawski also runs Grindhouse Releasing, which distributes and restores cult and horror films with a focus on extreme Italian cinema. Pieces, The Beyond, Cannibal Holocaust, and I Drink Your Blood are just a few names you’ll find in Grindhouse Releasing's catalogue.
I gotta say, never since Peter Jackson’s (who was nominated this year for District 9) thank you to the crew of Meet the Feebles has there been such an excellent genre shout out.
On top of working with Raimi for over a decade, Murawski also runs Grindhouse Releasing, which distributes and restores cult and horror films with a focus on extreme Italian cinema. Pieces, The Beyond, Cannibal Holocaust, and I Drink Your Blood are just a few names you’ll find in Grindhouse Releasing's catalogue.
- 3/11/2010
- by Heather Buckley
- DreadCentral.com
"Extra" brings you AFI's 100 Best Movie Quotes of all time! From "The Wizard of Oz" to "Taxi Driver," see if your favorites made the list!
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie QuotesGone with the Wind (1939)
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." --Said by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler to Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara.
The Godfather (1972)
"I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse." --Marlon Brando as Don Corleone.
On the Waterfront (1954)
"You don't understand!
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie QuotesGone with the Wind (1939)
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." --Said by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler to Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara.
The Godfather (1972)
"I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse." --Marlon Brando as Don Corleone.
On the Waterfront (1954)
"You don't understand!
- 3/6/2010
- Extra
Remember "Bram Stoker's Dracula"? Director Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 re-telling of the literary classic that was responsible for introducing blood-sucker patient zero to the world. In the first half of the movie, we see Count Dracula move from his home in Transylvania to London, England. The circumstances of his sea voyage are seen only in brief glimpses. The takeaway however is that the titular vampire feasted on the crew, which led to a shipwreck. Neither Dracula nor his coffin were found in the wreckage, but whatever transpired on that boat must have been terrifying.
Writer Bragi Schut was so taken with the particulars of Dracula's sea voyage that he wrote a movie about it, "The Last Voyage of the Demeter," a decade ago. The story he cooked up has drawn comparisons with "Alien" since it involves a single malevolent being killing off a ship's crew, one at a time.
Writer Bragi Schut was so taken with the particulars of Dracula's sea voyage that he wrote a movie about it, "The Last Voyage of the Demeter," a decade ago. The story he cooked up has drawn comparisons with "Alien" since it involves a single malevolent being killing off a ship's crew, one at a time.
- 3/3/2010
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Movies Blog
The vampire craze continues with news, via Bloody Disgusting, that Oscar-winning director Stefan Ruzowitzky (The Counterfeiters, Anatomy, All The Queen’s Men) is bringing The Last Voyage of the Demeter, to the screen. The film, written by Bragi Schut (Season of the Witch), details the journey of the Demeter ship which carried a cofffin and Count Dracula on board…only one person survived. Well, two people if you “count” Dracula.
For those not au fait with the Dracula novel, the Demeter carries the undead aristocrat from the sea port of Varna and turns up on Whitby’s shores on a stormy night, a ghost ship. The captain’s log reveals the strange journey and how the crew knew something terrible was going down. This could be an atmospheric horror and gory horror movie. And for those who love a bit of irony, Demeter was also the goddess of fertility and harvests…...
For those not au fait with the Dracula novel, the Demeter carries the undead aristocrat from the sea port of Varna and turns up on Whitby’s shores on a stormy night, a ghost ship. The captain’s log reveals the strange journey and how the crew knew something terrible was going down. This could be an atmospheric horror and gory horror movie. And for those who love a bit of irony, Demeter was also the goddess of fertility and harvests…...
- 3/3/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Once a year in a place called Hollywood, tons of celebs starve themselves, get botox in their armpits and fake tan all for an evening of glitz, glamour and a statue we all like to call an Oscar. Well this year won’t be any different except for the possibility of more drama, and who doesn’t love that? Until the 2010 Oscars are here lets take the time to review the 11 (not 10) worst outfits, both on stage and on the red carpet, that some of the best actors and actresses have been caught wearing and hopefully won’t repeat this year.
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So I know I’m starting out with an Oscar night that most of us are even too young to remember, but I still have to know from Cher: what the hell were you thinking? There is One great thing about this photo though, her face isn’t filled...
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So I know I’m starting out with an Oscar night that most of us are even too young to remember, but I still have to know from Cher: what the hell were you thinking? There is One great thing about this photo though, her face isn’t filled...
- 2/13/2010
- by Porsche Simpson
- ReelLoop.com
Welcome back to Junkfood Cinema; because you couldn't find anything better to do. Junkfood Cinema is the only bad movie column to have been letter-bombed by a radical faction of supermodels. Every week I shamelessly plaster my love for bad films all over the internet; examining each entry for its problems and affirm my warped sense of its worth. As if that weren't unhealthy enough, I also pair each film with a sinfully delicious snack food item guaranteed to embiggen your belly. Throughout February, as it is Black History Month, I will be diving into one of my favorite film genres of all time: blaxploiation. Last week we dodged bullets with Truck Turner, but this week we venture into the dark abyss of Blacula. Blacula is the story of an African prince named Mamuwalde who, along with his wife, travel to Transylvania to campaign for their country's inclusion into the Community of Nations; no idea what that...
- 2/12/2010
- by Brian Salisbury
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
When, and in what dark place, was the horror film born? And why do we love being terrified? David Thomson explains how one Hollywood studio defined a genre
The studio system has gone, even if some of the old names remain in use. No one would dream of a sophisticated romance coming out of Paramount any more, or a musical from MGM. Yet one ghost lives. At Universal, there is still the memory that this is the studio that created Lon Chaney and the working models of Dracula and Frankenstein. Now the beast stirs again, with Universal reviving one of its original horror properties with The Wolfman.
It seems obvious now that one of the inherent functions or opportunities that always faced the movies was scaring the living daylights out of us. When the train came into the station in the Lumiere brothers' early film programme, some in the audience...
The studio system has gone, even if some of the old names remain in use. No one would dream of a sophisticated romance coming out of Paramount any more, or a musical from MGM. Yet one ghost lives. At Universal, there is still the memory that this is the studio that created Lon Chaney and the working models of Dracula and Frankenstein. Now the beast stirs again, with Universal reviving one of its original horror properties with The Wolfman.
It seems obvious now that one of the inherent functions or opportunities that always faced the movies was scaring the living daylights out of us. When the train came into the station in the Lumiere brothers' early film programme, some in the audience...
- 2/4/2010
- by David Thomson
- The Guardian - Film News
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- 2/3/2010
- Extra
"Dracula's Daughter" is the 1936 Universal vampire sequel to Bela Lugosi's classic 1931 feature "Dracula".
Directed by Lambert Hillyer from a screenplay by Garrett Fort, "Daughter" stars Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, Marguerite Churchill and Edward Van Sloan.
Based on author Bram Stoker's story "Dracula's Guest", the film begins where "Dracula" ends, with the 'Count' destroyed by 'Professor Von Helsing' (Van Sloan).
Von Helsing is immediately arrested by the police and escorted to Scotland Yard, where he confesses to destroying Count Dracula, but because the vampire had already been dead for over 500 years, it could not be considered murder.
Van Helsing enlists the aid of psychiatrist 'Dr. Jeffrey Garth' (Otto Kruger), once one of his star students, while Dracula's daughter, 'Countess Marya Zaleska' (Gloria Holden), with the aid of her manservant,' Sandor' (Irving Pichel), steals Dracula’s body from Scotland Yard and ritualistically burns the fiend's body, hoping to break...
Directed by Lambert Hillyer from a screenplay by Garrett Fort, "Daughter" stars Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, Marguerite Churchill and Edward Van Sloan.
Based on author Bram Stoker's story "Dracula's Guest", the film begins where "Dracula" ends, with the 'Count' destroyed by 'Professor Von Helsing' (Van Sloan).
Von Helsing is immediately arrested by the police and escorted to Scotland Yard, where he confesses to destroying Count Dracula, but because the vampire had already been dead for over 500 years, it could not be considered murder.
Van Helsing enlists the aid of psychiatrist 'Dr. Jeffrey Garth' (Otto Kruger), once one of his star students, while Dracula's daughter, 'Countess Marya Zaleska' (Gloria Holden), with the aid of her manservant,' Sandor' (Irving Pichel), steals Dracula’s body from Scotland Yard and ritualistically burns the fiend's body, hoping to break...
- 1/25/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
By Scott Essman
In the history of the modern American cinema, there are but few legacies of makeup artists. While the legendary Burman and Dawn names each include three generations of makeup artists, there is but one lasting family that features four working generations: the Westmores of Hollywood. With ties to virtually every studio in the annals cinema, the Westmores have created classic makeups in top contemporary film and TV shows back to the earliest years of silent film.
George Westmore, the patriarch of the Westmore clan at the turn of the century, worked as a wigmaker in his native England — where he was born in 1879 — and gave birth to sons Mont (born in 1902), twins Perc and Ern (born in 1904), Wally (born in 1906), and a daughter, Dorothy (born in 1907). The young family traveled to the U.S. to seek better opportunities and maintained a wig-making and beauty salon business which floated amongst various cities,...
In the history of the modern American cinema, there are but few legacies of makeup artists. While the legendary Burman and Dawn names each include three generations of makeup artists, there is but one lasting family that features four working generations: the Westmores of Hollywood. With ties to virtually every studio in the annals cinema, the Westmores have created classic makeups in top contemporary film and TV shows back to the earliest years of silent film.
George Westmore, the patriarch of the Westmore clan at the turn of the century, worked as a wigmaker in his native England — where he was born in 1879 — and gave birth to sons Mont (born in 1902), twins Perc and Ern (born in 1904), Wally (born in 1906), and a daughter, Dorothy (born in 1907). The young family traveled to the U.S. to seek better opportunities and maintained a wig-making and beauty salon business which floated amongst various cities,...
- 1/12/2010
- by Jesse
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
With a movie by the same name in the works Sideshow always one step ahead of the game has issued us it's latest premium format figured titled Vlad the Impaler. As part of its "Live by the Sword" line, this birth of the real Dracula and vampire lore figure is sculpted in stunning 1:4 scale, comes in both standard and exclusive versions with an estimated ship date of 3rd Quarter 2010....
In typical Sideshow fashion, Vlad comes with his own backstory: Vlad Dracula's terrible reign in Wallachia began in 1456, when the Romanian nobleman escaped years of captivity with the Turks to reclaim his father's throne. He gained a sinister reputation for his harsh punishments, treating the offenses of beggars and common trespassers the same as armed military enemies. Soon, he had earned the nickname Vlad the Impaler for his favorite means of execution: suspending victims on sharpened stakes set into the ground,...
In typical Sideshow fashion, Vlad comes with his own backstory: Vlad Dracula's terrible reign in Wallachia began in 1456, when the Romanian nobleman escaped years of captivity with the Turks to reclaim his father's throne. He gained a sinister reputation for his harsh punishments, treating the offenses of beggars and common trespassers the same as armed military enemies. Soon, he had earned the nickname Vlad the Impaler for his favorite means of execution: suspending victims on sharpened stakes set into the ground,...
- 12/28/2009
- by admin
- Horrorbid
Everyone has their favourite Sherlock Holmes impersonator, as well as their favourite Holmes story, novel and film. For me the best Holmes is the one played on stage in 1974 by John Wood. But I admire Jeremy Brett's on TV and retain immense affection for Basil Rathbone, the first Sherlock I saw, partly because he looks like the Sidney Paget illustrations, and partly because he has the right combination of intelligence, wit, poise and world-weariness. I later came to wish that Rathbone had a better companion than Nigel Bruce's dithering, dim-witted Dr Watson. My favourite story is a toss-up between "The Red-Headed League" (which Woody Allen drew on for Small Time Crooks) and "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" (I once had the privilege of showing its Hampstead setting to blind Conan Doyle fan Jorge Luis Borges), and my favourite novel is The Sign of Four. My favourite adapted...
- 12/27/2009
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
The first decade of the new millennium has come to an end, and that means it is now time for film sites all over the web to begin posting their various retrospectives and lists recalling the decade that was. I generally as a rule dislike such lists because they are always so subjective. Then I said screw it and took it upon myself to do one of my own naming the ten worst horror movies of the past decade. Besides, people love bitching on the Internet about lists like this, and who am I to deny readers yet another excuse to get into pointless flame wars over personal opinions.
Of course, this list is just my personal opinion which is not legally binding ... unless Proposition 304 passes. And we all pray that it will.
I set two rules when putting this list together: Only horror movies that received fairly wide theatrical...
Of course, this list is just my personal opinion which is not legally binding ... unless Proposition 304 passes. And we all pray that it will.
I set two rules when putting this list together: Only horror movies that received fairly wide theatrical...
- 12/24/2009
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
As part of its "Live by the Sword" line, Sideshow Collectibles has a new Premium Format Figure to tempt you to whip out your charge cards: Vlad the Impaler! Vlad, who is sculpted in stunning 1:4 scale, comes in both standard and exclusive versions with an estimated ship date of 3rd Quarter 2010.
In typical Sideshow fashion, Vlad comes with his own backstory: Vlad Dracula's terrible reign in Wallachia began in 1456, when the Romanian nobleman escaped years of captivity with the Turks to reclaim his father's throne. He gained a sinister reputation for his harsh punishments, treating the offenses of beggars and common trespassers the same as armed military enemies. Soon, he had earned the nickname Vlad the Impaler for his favorite means of execution: suspending victims on sharpened stakes set into the ground, leaving them to die painfully and slowly. His name becoming synonymous with blood and terror, Vlad...
In typical Sideshow fashion, Vlad comes with his own backstory: Vlad Dracula's terrible reign in Wallachia began in 1456, when the Romanian nobleman escaped years of captivity with the Turks to reclaim his father's throne. He gained a sinister reputation for his harsh punishments, treating the offenses of beggars and common trespassers the same as armed military enemies. Soon, he had earned the nickname Vlad the Impaler for his favorite means of execution: suspending victims on sharpened stakes set into the ground, leaving them to die painfully and slowly. His name becoming synonymous with blood and terror, Vlad...
- 12/23/2009
- by Nomad
- DreadCentral.com
The legendary musician disappeared for a few days in September 1969, the apparent victim of a hoax kidnapping allegedly staged by his manager
Jimi Hendrix's legendary "lost weekend" is set to form the basis of a new film.
Slide will reportedly reconstruct an incident in September 1969 in which the musician became the victim of a hoax kidnapping, reputedly orchestrated by his manager.
The film's writer and director, Rh Greene, told TwentyFourBit.com there was "strong circumstantial evidence" that the kidnapping occurred.
"The main thing I hope people will understand is that although they may not have heard about this incident, it has been written of and spoken about for many, many years, including by Jimi himself if some of his closest associates can be believed," he said.
"While we have to be speculative because no definitive version of the event exists, this takes it out of the realm of fiction for me.
Jimi Hendrix's legendary "lost weekend" is set to form the basis of a new film.
Slide will reportedly reconstruct an incident in September 1969 in which the musician became the victim of a hoax kidnapping, reputedly orchestrated by his manager.
The film's writer and director, Rh Greene, told TwentyFourBit.com there was "strong circumstantial evidence" that the kidnapping occurred.
"The main thing I hope people will understand is that although they may not have heard about this incident, it has been written of and spoken about for many, many years, including by Jimi himself if some of his closest associates can be believed," he said.
"While we have to be speculative because no definitive version of the event exists, this takes it out of the realm of fiction for me.
- 12/23/2009
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
We’re dreadfully behind in citing the overabundance of our contributors’ latest releases. There are already enough to fill three bookcases, but here are even more!
Michael Mallory mostly contributed to Comics Scene. He has Two recent books of great note: Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy Of Horror (Universe Publishing, hc, $40). This is a sumptuous coffee table book chronicling those iconic Universal Studios versions of the various monsters: Count Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Wolf Man, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, the Phantom of the Opera, the Creature from the Black Lagoon and others. Chapters on each (and coverage of such Universal actors as Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr. & Sr.) offer mostly familiar stories (and rather too much plot synopsis) for those already enamored of the subject. Newcomers to the Universal arena, however, will be entranced by the text. The best part of the book is the visuals...
Michael Mallory mostly contributed to Comics Scene. He has Two recent books of great note: Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy Of Horror (Universe Publishing, hc, $40). This is a sumptuous coffee table book chronicling those iconic Universal Studios versions of the various monsters: Count Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Wolf Man, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, the Phantom of the Opera, the Creature from the Black Lagoon and others. Chapters on each (and coverage of such Universal actors as Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr. & Sr.) offer mostly familiar stories (and rather too much plot synopsis) for those already enamored of the subject. Newcomers to the Universal arena, however, will be entranced by the text. The best part of the book is the visuals...
- 12/18/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (David McDonnell)
- Starlog
I've had it. I've had it with the weak-ass vampires of 'Twilight', True Blood, and Interview with a Vampire.
I remember when vampires used to be freaking scary. Lugosi, Lee. Back then, they'd just as soon rip your throat open and chew on your arteries as…um, turn into a bat and sh*t on your head. Nowadays, cinematic vampires all look like pasty-faced Harlequin Romance rejects trying to look fashionably anemic. This new breed of vampire-lite is all but keeping me from wanting to yank their ginch over their heads and smack them silly with a whiffle bat (in my book, a far more effective way of dispatching the undead than the ol' crosses and stakes routine).
Back in early November, CinemaSpy published a story that catalogued the 20 sexiest male vampires of all time. I damn near retched.
Look, I'm a guy, and let me say once and for...
I remember when vampires used to be freaking scary. Lugosi, Lee. Back then, they'd just as soon rip your throat open and chew on your arteries as…um, turn into a bat and sh*t on your head. Nowadays, cinematic vampires all look like pasty-faced Harlequin Romance rejects trying to look fashionably anemic. This new breed of vampire-lite is all but keeping me from wanting to yank their ginch over their heads and smack them silly with a whiffle bat (in my book, a far more effective way of dispatching the undead than the ol' crosses and stakes routine).
Back in early November, CinemaSpy published a story that catalogued the 20 sexiest male vampires of all time. I damn near retched.
Look, I'm a guy, and let me say once and for...
- 12/14/2009
- CinemaSpy
Brad Pitt is sinking his teeth into the current vampire craze - he's teamed up with the makers of Twilight to revisit the undead in a new bloodsucker movie.
The Hollywood actor, who famously starred in 1994's Interview with the Vampire, is set to produce a new picture called Vlad, which tells the story of the young Count Dracula.
The movie will reportedly focus on Dracula as a young prince and incorporate the true tale of Vlad the Impaler, the Romanian ruler said to have inspired Bram Stoker's legendary vampire.
Pitt's Plan B production company has joined forces with Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the massively popular Twilight franchise, for the venture.
Famed music video director Anthony Mandler, who has worked with Rihanna, The Killers and Eminem, is said to be in negotiations to helm the picture, according to MovieHole.net. It is not yet know whether Pitt will take a starring role in the film.
The Hollywood actor, who famously starred in 1994's Interview with the Vampire, is set to produce a new picture called Vlad, which tells the story of the young Count Dracula.
The movie will reportedly focus on Dracula as a young prince and incorporate the true tale of Vlad the Impaler, the Romanian ruler said to have inspired Bram Stoker's legendary vampire.
Pitt's Plan B production company has joined forces with Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the massively popular Twilight franchise, for the venture.
Famed music video director Anthony Mandler, who has worked with Rihanna, The Killers and Eminem, is said to be in negotiations to helm the picture, according to MovieHole.net. It is not yet know whether Pitt will take a starring role in the film.
- 12/7/2009
- WENN
Vampire are so popular popular now, it seems they’re bigger than The Beatles – and Jesus. Their box office clout and appeal has been rather staggering of late. So much so Brad Pitt’s production outfit is teaming up with Summit Entertainment to go back to the original number one. No, not Count Dracula, but Vlad Tepes: the infamous inspiration for Bram Stoker’s novel and countless films.
The script by actor Charlie Hunnam is being directed by music video director Anthony Mandler, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Details remain sketchy at present. Summit Entertainment purchased the script a while ago, and obviously buoyed by the phenomenon called Twilight and its sequels, wish to go ahead with it.
The creative team describe their wish to produce: “a visually edgy and radical period movie.” Whether they manage it is anybody’s guess. The story of Vlad Tepes is more than lurid...
The script by actor Charlie Hunnam is being directed by music video director Anthony Mandler, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Details remain sketchy at present. Summit Entertainment purchased the script a while ago, and obviously buoyed by the phenomenon called Twilight and its sequels, wish to go ahead with it.
The creative team describe their wish to produce: “a visually edgy and radical period movie.” Whether they manage it is anybody’s guess. The story of Vlad Tepes is more than lurid...
- 12/7/2009
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Don Murphy's Angryfilms and Bellport Pictures' Carol Lewis are banding together to produce the fictional indie drama Slide. The story features Jimi Hendrix and will be written and directed by R.H. Greene.
The story involves the legendary Hendrix and his infamous "lost weekend" in the late 1960s. When two gangsters are desperately trying to escape from the boss they double-crossed, they manage to inadvertently kidnap Hendrix, whose career and drug ingestion are peaking. In the end, the gangsters will learn a bit about honesty from Hendrix, who learns lessons from them in cleaning up his act.
Greene recently authored Incarnadine: The True Memoirs of Count Dracula, which came out in September, and directed a documentary about exploitation and sexploitation in filmmaking called Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies.
Now the producers are looking for actors and their aim is to begin principal photography sometime next year.
>> Real...
The story involves the legendary Hendrix and his infamous "lost weekend" in the late 1960s. When two gangsters are desperately trying to escape from the boss they double-crossed, they manage to inadvertently kidnap Hendrix, whose career and drug ingestion are peaking. In the end, the gangsters will learn a bit about honesty from Hendrix, who learns lessons from them in cleaning up his act.
Greene recently authored Incarnadine: The True Memoirs of Count Dracula, which came out in September, and directed a documentary about exploitation and sexploitation in filmmaking called Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies.
Now the producers are looking for actors and their aim is to begin principal photography sometime next year.
>> Real...
- 12/4/2009
- Screenrush
A few months ago, Legendary Pictures announced that they would produce a movie devoted to iconic guitarist Jimi Hendrix. Today, The Hollywood Reporter writes that Angryfilms and Bellport announced another Hendrix-themed project.
Slide will be a fictional dramatization of the infamous "lost weekend" in 1969. The urban legend is that Hendrix was kidnapped as part of a stunt orchestrated by his manager. The story for Silde, however, will see two mobsters mistakenly apprehend Hendrix while they're on the run from their duped boss.
The writer-director for the project is Ray "R.H." Greene, who wrote Incarnadine: The True Memoirs of Count Dracula and directed Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies. Hendrix's music won't play much of a part in the movie; instead, Hendrix will fraternize with the mobsters and correct his drug problems in the process, according to THR.
Past screen adaptations of the left-handed virtuoso's life include Hendrix, a 2000 made-for-tv movie,...
Slide will be a fictional dramatization of the infamous "lost weekend" in 1969. The urban legend is that Hendrix was kidnapped as part of a stunt orchestrated by his manager. The story for Silde, however, will see two mobsters mistakenly apprehend Hendrix while they're on the run from their duped boss.
The writer-director for the project is Ray "R.H." Greene, who wrote Incarnadine: The True Memoirs of Count Dracula and directed Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies. Hendrix's music won't play much of a part in the movie; instead, Hendrix will fraternize with the mobsters and correct his drug problems in the process, according to THR.
Past screen adaptations of the left-handed virtuoso's life include Hendrix, a 2000 made-for-tv movie,...
- 12/4/2009
- by Rich Z Zwelling
- Reelzchannel.com
Don Murphy's Angryfilms is teaming with Bellport Pictures' Carol Lewis to make "Slide," a fictional indie drama featuring Jimi Hendrix being written by R.H. Greene, who also will direct.
"Slide" tells the quirky story involving a legendary Hendrix "lost weekend" in the late 1960s. The story revolves around two gangsters, desperately trying to get away from a mob boss they double-crossed, who inadvertently kidnap Hendrix, then at the height of his career and drug addiction. Along the way, Hendrix ends up teaching one of the gangsters about honesty, and Hendrix learns to clean up his act.
For Lewis, a longtime casting director whose credits range from "Kalifornia" to "Nacho Libre," the approach is similar to the one taken in "Cat's Meow," the Peter Bogdanovich-directed movie she produced that fictionally looked at the death of Thomas Ince and the events of yacht excursion with real-life personalities William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies.
"Slide" tells the quirky story involving a legendary Hendrix "lost weekend" in the late 1960s. The story revolves around two gangsters, desperately trying to get away from a mob boss they double-crossed, who inadvertently kidnap Hendrix, then at the height of his career and drug addiction. Along the way, Hendrix ends up teaching one of the gangsters about honesty, and Hendrix learns to clean up his act.
For Lewis, a longtime casting director whose credits range from "Kalifornia" to "Nacho Libre," the approach is similar to the one taken in "Cat's Meow," the Peter Bogdanovich-directed movie she produced that fictionally looked at the death of Thomas Ince and the events of yacht excursion with real-life personalities William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies.
- 12/3/2009
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Spanish actor Paul Naschy was a leading star in horror films for forty years from the late 1960s. He was best known for his role as the tragic werewolf, Waldemar Daninsky, which he originated in the 1968 film La Marca del Hombre Lobo (Mark of the Wolfman) from his own script. Though the film pitted Daninsky against a pair of vampires, the movie was oddly retitled Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror when it was released in the United States. He went on to play the werewolf in nearly a dozen subsequent films, many that he also co-scripted under his real name, Jacinto Molina.
Naschy was born Jacinto Alvarez Molina in Madrid on September 6, 1934. He began working in films as an extra in the 1961 biblical feature King of Kings. He appeared in small roles in a handful of films in the 1960s before creating the role of the werewolf Daninsky.
Daninsky returned in...
Naschy was born Jacinto Alvarez Molina in Madrid on September 6, 1934. He began working in films as an extra in the 1961 biblical feature King of Kings. He appeared in small roles in a handful of films in the 1960s before creating the role of the werewolf Daninsky.
Daninsky returned in...
- 12/1/2009
- by Sean
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
In this incarnation of our Videolog column (which began in 1982 with VHS and Betamax and later laserdisc), Starlog posts information weekly regarding selected genre titles being released (or re-released) now on DVD and Blu-ray. Prices listed are Msrp.
DVD Releases for November 24, 2009
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Four (Universal, $39.98): Legendary, award-winning and suspenseful, Alfred Hitchcock Presents set the gold standard for all TV mystery series to come and has remained a part of popular culture. And now, the complete fourth season—all 36 episodes—is available on DVD for fans to enjoy.
Angels & Demons (Sony, $28.96 DVD; two-disc Extended Edition $36.95; $39.95 Blu-ray): In Ron Howard’s follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, expert symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) follows ancient clues on a hunt through Rome to find the four Cardinals kidnapped by the deadly secret society, the Illuminati. With the Cardinals’ lives on the line, and the Camerlengo (Star Wars’ Ewan McGregor) desperate for help,...
DVD Releases for November 24, 2009
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Four (Universal, $39.98): Legendary, award-winning and suspenseful, Alfred Hitchcock Presents set the gold standard for all TV mystery series to come and has remained a part of popular culture. And now, the complete fourth season—all 36 episodes—is available on DVD for fans to enjoy.
Angels & Demons (Sony, $28.96 DVD; two-disc Extended Edition $36.95; $39.95 Blu-ray): In Ron Howard’s follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, expert symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) follows ancient clues on a hunt through Rome to find the four Cardinals kidnapped by the deadly secret society, the Illuminati. With the Cardinals’ lives on the line, and the Camerlengo (Star Wars’ Ewan McGregor) desperate for help,...
- 11/24/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (Allan Dart)
- Starlog
Incarnadine: The True Memoirs Of Count Dracula. Author R.H. Greene’s first foray into the world of the novel is a pretty ambitious undertaking. Incarnadine is just the first volume of a larger work called The True Memoirs of Count Dracula. Along with its companion volume, the still-to-be-released The Charnel House, the book reexamines and re-imagines the mythos of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, in the form of a first-person narrative written as the memoirs of the title character.
Greene goes to great lengths to give the proceedings a feeling of authenticity. The cover, for example, doesn’t advertise the book as being “by R.H. Greene.” Rather, it says, “A newly discovered Victorian artifact, edited and with an introduction by R.H. Greene.” It’s a pretty elaborate statement to put on a dust jacket, but it certainly informs the reader right away how this book was written, and...
Greene goes to great lengths to give the proceedings a feeling of authenticity. The cover, for example, doesn’t advertise the book as being “by R.H. Greene.” Rather, it says, “A newly discovered Victorian artifact, edited and with an introduction by R.H. Greene.” It’s a pretty elaborate statement to put on a dust jacket, but it certainly informs the reader right away how this book was written, and...
- 11/16/2009
- by Sean
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
The vampire has been a key figure in folklore, literature, television and cinema. Its popularity, at present, has never been so high. It is easy to see the appeal: immortality and sex. Since death is the fate that awaits us all, a creature that we invent and imbue with an indeterminate lifespan, captivates the collective imagination like no other. Due to sexual liberalism and relaxed censorship of the 1960s, the erotic sensibilities inherent in the mythology were allowed to fruition in cinema. What once was implied, could now be shown in all its sexy glory (see the films of Jean Rollin). Gothic horror and romanticism may be the classic home of the vampire, but in cinema, they have found a new place to spread wider-reaching nightmares.
In recent times, the everlasting monster has been tamed. Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Saga saw them turn into something akin to vegetarians and teen heart-throbs,...
In recent times, the everlasting monster has been tamed. Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Saga saw them turn into something akin to vegetarians and teen heart-throbs,...
- 11/11/2009
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
If you want to talk about badass crap, you really can’t do a hell of a lot worse than the horror genre. Whether it’s crazy Eastern Europeans with slicked-back hair and overly developed canine teeth chomping down on the necks of scantily clad maidens or demented, murderous psychopaths running around in body armor made from human skin and carving X’s into the chest cavities of wayward coeds with gasoline-powered gardening implements, horror never seems to disappoint when it comes to violent homicide or paint-bombing dungeon walls with a thick coat of crimson substances. Therefore, in an effort to promote my new book Badass: A Relentless Onslaught Of The Toughest Warlords, Vikings, Samurai, Pirates, Gunslingers, And Military Commanders To Ever Live (in which I talk about such real-life badasses as the notorious Vlad the Impaler; see the trailer here), I will attempt to discuss some of the toughest...
- 11/6/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Ben Thompson)
- Fangoria
From MTV.Com: Tim Burton digs supernatural stories: the goth-comic ghost tale of "Beetlejuice," the headless killer from the great beyond in "Sleepy Hollow," the undead love story of "Corpse Bride." In a way, Burton knows vampires too, resurrecting Bela Lugosi — the definitive cinematic Count Dracula — in the Oscar-winning biopic "Ed Wood."
All of this has made "New Moon" vampire Jamie Campbell Bower think that Burton should direct "Breaking Dawn," the expected film adaptation of the final book in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series.
Jamie Campbell Bower Wants Tim Burton To Direct 'Breaking Dawn'...
All of this has made "New Moon" vampire Jamie Campbell Bower think that Burton should direct "Breaking Dawn," the expected film adaptation of the final book in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series.
Jamie Campbell Bower Wants Tim Burton To Direct 'Breaking Dawn'...
- 11/5/2009
- by Eric Ditzian
- MTV Movies Blog
'I don't know if the fans would like it, but I'd sure like it,' the 'New Moon' vampire tells MTV News.
By Eric Ditzian
Jamie Campbell Bower
Photo: MTV News
Tim Burton digs supernatural stories: the goth-comic ghost tale of "Beetlejuice," the headless killer from the great beyond in "Sleepy Hollow," the undead love story of "Corpse Bride." In a way, Burton knows vampires too, resurrecting Bela Lugosi — the definitive cinematic Count Dracula — in the Oscar-winning biopic "Ed Wood."
All of this has made "New Moon" vampire Jamie Campbell Bower think that Burton should direct "Breaking Dawn," the expected film adaptation of the final book in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series.
"It'd be cool if Burton came and did 'Breaking Dawn,' " Campbell Bower told MTV News of his "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" director. "I think he'd just change it up. I think...
By Eric Ditzian
Jamie Campbell Bower
Photo: MTV News
Tim Burton digs supernatural stories: the goth-comic ghost tale of "Beetlejuice," the headless killer from the great beyond in "Sleepy Hollow," the undead love story of "Corpse Bride." In a way, Burton knows vampires too, resurrecting Bela Lugosi — the definitive cinematic Count Dracula — in the Oscar-winning biopic "Ed Wood."
All of this has made "New Moon" vampire Jamie Campbell Bower think that Burton should direct "Breaking Dawn," the expected film adaptation of the final book in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series.
"It'd be cool if Burton came and did 'Breaking Dawn,' " Campbell Bower told MTV News of his "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" director. "I think he'd just change it up. I think...
- 11/5/2009
- MTV Movie News
"Extra" brings you AFI's 100 Best Movie Quotes of all time! From "The Wizard of Oz" to "Taxi Driver," see if your favorites made the list!
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie QuotesGone with the Wind (1939)
“Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.” —Said by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler to Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara.
The Godfather (1972)
“I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” —Marlon Brando as Don Corleone.
On the Waterfront (1954)
“You don’t understand!
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie QuotesGone with the Wind (1939)
“Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.” —Said by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler to Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara.
The Godfather (1972)
“I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” —Marlon Brando as Don Corleone.
On the Waterfront (1954)
“You don’t understand!
- 11/4/2009
- Extra
"True Blood" stars Rutina Wesley and Sam Trammel hosted Veuve Clicquot's Yelloween party at Lavo at the Palazzo in Las Vegas, while "Twilight" vampires Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene threw their own spooky Yelloween Halloween bash at Tao at the Venetian.
Wesley, dressed as a pirate, and Trammel, wearing a wizard costume, dined on Italian dishes at Lavo before heading to their VIP table at Lavo nightclub.
See photos of celebrities dressing up for Halloween
Lutz,...
Wesley, dressed as a pirate, and Trammel, wearing a wizard costume, dined on Italian dishes at Lavo before heading to their VIP table at Lavo nightclub.
See photos of celebrities dressing up for Halloween
Lutz,...
- 11/1/2009
- Extra
Holy cow, tomorrow is Halloween! Time to dress up as something you aren’t now but maybe could be, to go out into the night in search of free candy or party fun, to get scared by movie monsters and whatever lurks there in the darkness. Good times.
Halloween has become America’s fastest growing holiday (Christmas better watch its back, as Jack Skellington knows), thanks to ever-increasing candy, costume and paraphernalia revenues. Halloween means discount sales for horror books and DVDs, local haunted houses and hayrides, special radio (“Monster Mash”) and TV programming (The Simpsons’ Treehouse Of Horror). It’s your complete genre holiday.
Now, twice this week, I’ve addressed the all-dressed-up aspect of All Hallow’s Eve—from my past as a kid trick or treating while disguised as Count Dracula and the Jolly Green Giant and from the present as a consumer touring the seasonal Halloween...
Halloween has become America’s fastest growing holiday (Christmas better watch its back, as Jack Skellington knows), thanks to ever-increasing candy, costume and paraphernalia revenues. Halloween means discount sales for horror books and DVDs, local haunted houses and hayrides, special radio (“Monster Mash”) and TV programming (The Simpsons’ Treehouse Of Horror). It’s your complete genre holiday.
Now, twice this week, I’ve addressed the all-dressed-up aspect of All Hallow’s Eve—from my past as a kid trick or treating while disguised as Count Dracula and the Jolly Green Giant and from the present as a consumer touring the seasonal Halloween...
- 10/30/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (David McDonnell)
- Starlog
Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson - soon to be seen in next month's follow-up New Moon - has been voted the top vampire in the film world.
He sank his teeth into 38 per cent of votes to become favourite bloodsucker in a survey of more than 3,000 cinema-goers by advertising company Pearl and Dean.
In second place was Christopher Lee for his portrayal of Count Dracula, while Wesley Snipes was third with Blade, followed by Tom Cruise for his role in Interview With A Vampire.
Gary Oldman came fifth with Bram Stoker's Dracula and the rest of the top 10 were: Kate Beckinsale as Selene in Underworld, Kiefer Sutherland for his role in The Lost Boys, Salma Hayek in From Dusk Till Dawn, Max Shrek as Count Orlok in Nosferatu and, in 10th place, Bela Lugosi's portrayal of Dracula.
Who is Your favourite film vampire?...
He sank his teeth into 38 per cent of votes to become favourite bloodsucker in a survey of more than 3,000 cinema-goers by advertising company Pearl and Dean.
In second place was Christopher Lee for his portrayal of Count Dracula, while Wesley Snipes was third with Blade, followed by Tom Cruise for his role in Interview With A Vampire.
Gary Oldman came fifth with Bram Stoker's Dracula and the rest of the top 10 were: Kate Beckinsale as Selene in Underworld, Kiefer Sutherland for his role in The Lost Boys, Salma Hayek in From Dusk Till Dawn, Max Shrek as Count Orlok in Nosferatu and, in 10th place, Bela Lugosi's portrayal of Dracula.
Who is Your favourite film vampire?...
- 10/27/2009
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Enter for your chance to win tickets to see House Of Frankenstein, and House Of Dracula at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood!
Famous Monsters is giving away tickets, courtesy of American Cinematheque and the Egyptian Theatre, to Five Lucky winners!!!
Event Details: Friday, October 30 – 7:30 Pm
Double Feature: House Of Frankenstein, 1944, Universal, 71 min. Dir. Erle C. Kenton. Mad scientist Boris Karloff is at the center of this horror classic, which gathers the most popular Universal icons — the Wolf Man, Frankenstein’s Monster, Dracula — in one highly enjoyable film.
House Of Dracula, 1945, Universal, 67 min. Dir. Erle C. Kenton. Once again, Lon Chaney Jr. reprises his role as Lawrence Talbot, the Wolf Man. Both Talbot and Count Dracula (John Carradine) seek a cure for their afflictions, so they secure the help of renowned scientist Dr. Edelman (Onslow Stevens) and his hunchbacked nurse (Jane Adams).
To enter to win tickets: 1. Find the image of...
Famous Monsters is giving away tickets, courtesy of American Cinematheque and the Egyptian Theatre, to Five Lucky winners!!!
Event Details: Friday, October 30 – 7:30 Pm
Double Feature: House Of Frankenstein, 1944, Universal, 71 min. Dir. Erle C. Kenton. Mad scientist Boris Karloff is at the center of this horror classic, which gathers the most popular Universal icons — the Wolf Man, Frankenstein’s Monster, Dracula — in one highly enjoyable film.
House Of Dracula, 1945, Universal, 67 min. Dir. Erle C. Kenton. Once again, Lon Chaney Jr. reprises his role as Lawrence Talbot, the Wolf Man. Both Talbot and Count Dracula (John Carradine) seek a cure for their afflictions, so they secure the help of renowned scientist Dr. Edelman (Onslow Stevens) and his hunchbacked nurse (Jane Adams).
To enter to win tickets: 1. Find the image of...
- 10/23/2009
- by kristen
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Horror fans love this time of the year. For those of us not living in La, there's the chill in the air, the colorful leaves, pumpkins everywhere, dead cornfields to explore … if you dare. So, in honor of Our official holiday, I have come up with a list of books and some movies every horror fan should at least take a look at, if not outright add to your book or DVD library.
Without further ado (and in no particular order):
Creepy Places to Visit:
Creepy Crawls: A Horror Fiend’s Travel Guide by Leon Marcelo, Santa Monica Press, 380 pages
I Love this book!! Leon Marcelo travels the world, literally, to find places of horror both real and fictional. Rome to visit the Dario Argento Profondo Rosso Shop then to George Romero’s Pennsylvania and H.P. Lovecraft’s New England. Marcelo also covers Stephen King country, Poe’s Baltimore,...
Without further ado (and in no particular order):
Creepy Places to Visit:
Creepy Crawls: A Horror Fiend’s Travel Guide by Leon Marcelo, Santa Monica Press, 380 pages
I Love this book!! Leon Marcelo travels the world, literally, to find places of horror both real and fictional. Rome to visit the Dario Argento Profondo Rosso Shop then to George Romero’s Pennsylvania and H.P. Lovecraft’s New England. Marcelo also covers Stephen King country, Poe’s Baltimore,...
- 10/18/2009
- by thebellefromhell
- DreadCentral.com
Shut the blinds, carve the pumpkins and grab the popcorn -- "Extra" has compiled a list of the best horror, thriller and campy flicks to celebrate Halloween!
Top Flicks for HalloweenAmerican Psycho
The 1991 satirical thriller centers around businessman — and serial killer — Patrick Bateman, played by Christian Bale.
The Amityville Horror
1979 thriller about the paranormal experiences of the Lutz family. The film is said to be based on true events.
Arachnophobia
This 1990 campy-horror flick about deadly...
Top Flicks for HalloweenAmerican Psycho
The 1991 satirical thriller centers around businessman — and serial killer — Patrick Bateman, played by Christian Bale.
The Amityville Horror
1979 thriller about the paranormal experiences of the Lutz family. The film is said to be based on true events.
Arachnophobia
This 1990 campy-horror flick about deadly...
- 10/11/2009
- Extra
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