The sketch performer talks about going intense and dark in this Internet-themed horror flick from director Michael J. Gallagher.
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EXCLUSIVE: YouTube Star Shane Dawson Is A Slasher Fanatic In 'Smiley' (Video)
Posted 1/25/13 4:50 pm EST by Charles Webb in Horror, Movies
WWE To Launch New, Darker 'Leprechaun' Film
Posted 1/24/13 2:15 pm EST by Eddie Wright in Horror, Movies
In a chat with Crave Oneline, WWE president Michael Luisi said the wrestling organization's genre movie production wing WWE Films, in conjunction with Lionsgate, is planning to relaunch the "Leprechaun" franchise, anchored by WWE's resident lucky charm Dylan "Hornswoggle" Postl. And, according to Luisi, the film will break free from both "Da Hood" and "Da Space", taking on the darker, more actually horrific tone of the Jennifer Aniston-starring original, saying:
Interview: Don Coscarelli On 'John Dies At The End'
Posted 1/24/13 11:30 am EST by Charles Webb in Horror, Interviews, Movies
"John Dies At the End" stars Rob Mayes (John), Chase Williamson (Dave), and Allison Weissman (Amy)
Writer-director and jack-of-all-trades indie filmmaker has been making some variation of "John Dies At the End" for 30-odd years now. Or, that's to say, the works of Coscarelli are imprinted in the DNA of David Wong's cult novel turned film. The man who created Phantasm, flying silver murder orbs, killer robed dwarves, and the seemingly immortal Tall Man was an obvious match for the material when the question of who would bring Wong's book to the screen.
Interview: Paul Giamatti Talks Classic Monsters, 'John Dies At The End'
Posted 1/23/13 4:00 pm EST by Charles Webb in Horror, Interviews, Movies
This Friday sees the long-in-coming national release of "John Dies At the End," the horror-comedy feature from Don Coscarelli. And one of the performers joining Coscarelli in his latest foray in indie horror is the award winning actor Paul Giamatti who also serves as executive producer on the film.
We've talked up "JDATE" quite a bit here at MTV Geek, but this was our chance to talk to the man who effortless occupied the Revolutionary era shoes of John Adams about hanging out in a grubby Chinese place as a reporter and hearing a story about meat monsters, killer botflies, and of course, Soy Sauce.
Jason, Freddy, Leatherface, And Other Horror Icons Get The Cartoon Treatment
Posted 1/18/13 10:09 am EST by Eddie Wright in Horror, Movies
Brazil-based Deviant Artist thurZ, aka Arthur Mask, created these brilliant, cartoony renditions of our favorite horror icons. These pieces capture the ugliness and terror that each character inspires, yet they bring out the inherent charm that makes these gents the heartwarming monsters that they are to horror hounds. It's work like this that makes us realize why we love these guys in the first place.
Watch The Short That Became Sam Raimi's 'The Evil Dead'
Posted 1/17/13 2:08 pm EST by Eddie Wright in Horror, Movies
In 1978 Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell produced a 30 minute horror film called "Within the Woods," which has served as the pre-cursor to the duo's legendary "Evil Dead." Initially, the film was meant to be a trailer that was to be used to coax investors - mostly local Michigan dentists and wealthy types - to cough up enough dough so the hungry filmmakers could produce a full-length terror extravaganza. They eventually netted $1600 and produced "Within the Woods" using many of the creative shortcuts and abusive (to Bruce Campbell) techniques that folks have come to expect from Sam Raimi's ultra creative output.
Blu-ray Review: Jennifer Lawrence Has Nothing To Be Scared Of In 'The House At The End of the Street'
Posted 1/15/13 11:29 am EST by Charles Webb in DVD and Blu-ray, Horror, Movies, Reviews
You can get a healthy argument started among film geeks about "Psycho's" denouement, that curious scene where a psychiatrist breaks down Norman's psychoses for the audience and the mild-mannered hotel clerk/serial killer stares into the camera. Some argue it's a case of Hitchcock telling too much after showing so well in the nearly perfect thriller. Now, extrapolate that to a feature film, a movie where every character is not only hypothesizing about the motives and feelings of a would-be killer, but the villain himself gives away the plot through tortured speeches and jittery, speed-ramped flashbacks.
That's "The House At the End of the Street" in a nutshell, a thriller that believes its audience is as brainless as it is, shot with a mix of excessive style and pore-revealing closeups, with a central mystery whose tension is more or less undone within the first half hour, and worse, wasting Jennifer Lawrence and Elisabeth Shue in an embarrassing mess.
Blu-ray Review: Wes Craven, The Sinister Sect, The Bathtub Snake, And Sharon Stone In 'Deadly Blessing' (1981)
Posted 1/14/13 1:08 pm EST by Charles Webb in DVD and Blu-ray, Horror, Movies, Reviews
Listening to director Wes Craven talk about "Deadly Blessing" is infinitely more interesting than watching the tonally scattered, sloppy 1981 slasher/supernatural thriller. In fact, the director's commentary is so enlightening, I'd advise you to pick up this terrible movie with a very good disc from Scream Factory for the sole benefit of listening to a veteran filmmaker reflect on the challenges of getting a low-budget horror movie made with intrusive producers and a constantly morphing script.
Plus, it stars the late, great Ernest Borgnine as a stern, abusive religious sect leader which you almost never see (you know, excepting the "The Devil's Rain").
A&E Checks In With Three More 'Bates Motel' Teasers
Posted 1/11/13 5:00 pm EST by Charles Webb in Horror, News, TV
"Breath"
The network ramps up the sex and violence with three new promos for the March reimagining of "Psycho."
Murder And Monsters In This Trailer For Eli Roth's Netflix Series 'Hemlock Grove'
Posted 1/10/13 2:02 pm EST by Charles Webb in Horror, News, TV
A small-town killing draws out the strange in this Netflix original series from the "Cabin Fever" and "Hostel" director.
SyFy's 'Being Human' Season Three Teased In A Pair Of New Trailers
Posted 1/8/13 11:43 am EST by Charles Webb in Horror, News, TV
Scream Factory Details 'Lifeforce' And 'The Vampire Lovers' Blood-sucking Blu-ray Details
Posted 1/7/13 12:59 pm EST by Charles Webb in DVD and Blu-ray, Horror, Movies, News
A pair of very different vampire movies are on the way from Scream Factory in April, and we've got the Blu-ray details.
The Only Cabin In The Woods That Matters Is The One In The New 'Evil Dead' Trailer
Posted 1/4/13 11:49 am EST by Charles Webb in Horror, Movies, News
I don't know if the "Evil Dead" remake will be any good, but suddenly it's April release date feels too far away.
See The First Four Minutes Of 'Warm Bodies'
Posted 1/2/13 4:36 pm EST by Charles Webb in Horror, Movies
See poor dead Nicholas Hoult ("X-Men: First Class") get a start to his living dead days in this zombie romantic comedy.
EXCLUSIVE: Feeding Tips From 'The Thompsons' Vampire Clan
Posted 1/1/13 1:03 pm EST by Charles Webb in Horror, Movies
The writing-directing duo of The Butcher Brothers ("April Fools Day," "The Violent Kind") are back with with a sequel to 2006's fugitive vampire clan movie, "The Hamiltons," "The Thompsons."
See what it takes to survive when you're young, endlessly pretty, and addicted to human blood in this exclusive clip.
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