Mirrors (2008)
August 16, 2008
Ben Carson (Kiefer Sutherland) hasn’t quite been the same since he left the police department. After killing another policeman during an undercover operation, Ben finds himself drowning away his guilt in alcohol. To support his family, he takes up a position as a security guard at a New York City department store that had been shut down five years ago due to a terrible fire that had killed and injured many individuals.
What he doesn’t realize is that the mirrors within this abandoned building are looking for vengeance and can reach out through the many mirrors left within the building to get it. Even worse, these spirits attach themselves to Ben, allowing him to bring them home and endager the people he loves. Will his sister Angie (Amy Smart), estranged wife Amy (Paula Patton), and their two kids Micahel (Cameron Boyce) and Daisy (Erica Gluck) survive the horrors that Ben has brought home for them to face?
The Box (2009)
August 16, 2008
If someone told you that all you had to do was simply press a button and you would receive $1 million, would you even think twice about pressing it? But what if there was a catch? For Norma Lewis (Cameron Diaz), Arthur Lewis (James Marsden), and their young child, their was a catch. A very deadly one.
Based on the short story written by Richard Matheson, The Box, follows the story of a mysterious box left to the Lewis’s by an unknown stranger (Frank Langella). While that box does offer the reward of $1 million to whoever presses the button, the consequence is that another human being somewhere in the world that they don’t know will die at the exact same moment that they press it. With only 24 hours to have the box within their possession, the Lewis’s are facing off against the moral dilemma of a life time.
Twilight (2008)
August 15, 2008
The story follows Bella Swan, a girl who has always been a little bit different than everyone else and couldn’t care less as to whether she fit in or not. Going to high school in Phoenix, Arizona made her stand out quite a bit as she didn’t exactly pull off the fake and trendy life style that her classmates had. Bella’s life to a drastic turn after her mother remarried and sent her to live with her father in the humdrum town of Forks, Washington. It was there that she met the mysterious and beautiful Edward Cullen.
Besides having the ability to see almost directly into her soul and sweep her off her feet, Edward isn’t exactly like other boys. That’s because he’s been around old enough to have been the grandfather to most of the kids he goes to school with. As an immortal vampire, Edward has made an unorthodox decision to get involved with a human. But is she his soul mate?
Cthulhu (2008)
August 13, 2008
It’s unfortunate that so few horror fans know of the great H.P. Lovecraft. Well before what we consider to be horror movies graced the screen, writer H.P. Lovecraft was weaving tales so wicked that you may even find yourself more uncomfortable at night after reading The Rats In The Walls than if you had watched SAW in bed. With such a twisted and deep world that Lovecraft has created, nothing has been more revered and more referenced then the unspeakable evil known only as Cthulhu.
The upcoming film Cthulhu is based heavily off of the literary work of Lovecraft, and follows the journey of a lowly Seattle history professor on his journey to the coast of Oregon. The professors has been feeling drawn back to his estranged family due to his need to execute his late mother’s estate. While the positive part of his trip has been catching up with his old childhood friend in a long awaited tryst, the professor unfortunately discovers that his father is involved in a New Age cult planning some very sinister and apocalyptic events in the not so distant future.
The Killing Gene (2008)
August 12, 2008
A missing pregnant woman’s body surfaces, but something is not right. Carved into her stomach are the symbols “W Delta Z”. The two cops in charge of this specific case pass the entire thing off as gang violence and nothing more under the assumption that carving a message into a dead body indicates that the victim isn’t the person who should be reading it. Further investigation leads them to discover that the women in question was actually knocked out by a rare compound. But as they bring this evidence up with their small towns only scientist in possession of that compound, they spot “W Delta Z” scrawled out on his office chalkboard. After evading capture for some time, the truth comes out: “W Delta Z” represents the selfish gene concept and those with it want to protect the people they love who share their DNA in some way, no matter the cost. Someone is using this to their advantage, pulling the strings of those with this gene and forcing them to commit some of the most gruesome torture porn style murders you could imagine.
This film is directed by Tom Shankland and stars Melissa George, Selma Blair, and Stellan Skarsgard
Midnight Meat Train (2008)
August 12, 2008
As a typical New York photographer, Leon’s (Bradley Cooper) goal has been to capture the essence of the city around him. Breaking through his lens and into the world around him, Leon helps protect a girl who he met on the subway from a group of hooligans harassing her. The mornings paper provides him with the unfortunate news that the same girl has gone missing. Delving into this mystery a little more than the average photographer would, Leon crosses paths with a quiet man in a business suit (Vinnie Jones) who has a passion for killing people on the late night train. The man enjoys stripping his victims naked and hangs them up just like a meat packing factory, proving just how cold and heartless a killer he really is. The adventure that Leon dives into in his attempt to stop the main in the suit has alienated his girlfriend (Leslie Bibb) and put distance between him and the investigating agent (Roger Bart). But it isn’t until the end of the movie that we find out exactly what the midnight meat train really is.
This film has only made it to about 100 screens total, most of them in second run theaters, so there isn’t high expectations that this movies audience will come from the theater. The possibilities will increase as we come closer to the DVD release.
Friday The 13th Remake Update
August 12, 2008
The return to Camp Crystal Lake is expected to hit theaters on February 13th, 2009, brining with it more gore, grotesque killing scenes, and of course sex. The remake of the film that first showed you the face of Jason Voorhees is being directed by Marcus Nispel, co-produced by Michael Bay and Brad Fuller, and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. The cast includes stars such as Jared Padalecki, Aaron Yoo, Derek Mears, Amanda Righetti, Danielle Panabaker, Travis Van Winkle, Willa Ford, Nick Mennell, Jonathan Sadowski, and Odette Yustman.
The film has received some confusion in the past few months as many had speculated they would be aiming for more of a PG-13 rating, but Platinum Dunes producer Brad Fuller addressed this concern, explaining that “None of our remakes have been PG-13. How do you remake a rated R horror movie and take the guts out literally and figuratively? What is F13 without sex, drugs and really, really long sharp machete? And why would we, horror fans ourselves, produce a movie devoid of the things that made the title so appealing in the first place. So let me say for the record, that the F13 that we start shooting this Thursday is a full bodied, rated R film.”
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2008)
August 12, 2008
Jack Brooks (Trevor Matthews) has had a very traumatic life and it’s just about to get worse. After Jack witnessed the brutal murder of his family, he had found himself with a blood lust and fury that he has to constantly fight to maintain his composure. If watching the death of your parents isn’t traumatic enough, now Jack has found himself as a struggling local plumber and a failing boyfriend to Eve (Rachel Skarsten).
After attempting to turn his life around and end this downward spiral, Jack takes on a job to fix the old rusty plumbing that plagues the house of Professor Crowley (Robert Englund). But as Jack’s luck would have it, he has just awoken an ancient evil. The weak willed Professor Crowley is no match for the demonic powers, quickly overtaking him through the monstrous black heart that it has taken the form of. As Professor Crowley slowly succums to the beating black heart buried deep inside his chest, his transformation into a gruesome beast is beginning to be much more visible.
Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008)
August 8, 2008
The sequel to the classic vampire movie, the Lost Boys, follows siblings Chris (Tad Hilgenbrinck) and Nicole (Autumn Reeser) Emerson. Having lost both of their parents, the two move to Luna Bay to live with their Aunt. Chris, having once been a professional surfer, crosses paths with head vampire and surfer Shane (Angus Sutherland) who invites both of them to a party. It doesn’t take long for Shane to make his move on Nicole, offering her a taste of vampire blood. As Nicole’s transformation begins, Chris receives the help of none other than Edgar Frog (Corey Feldman). Together, the two pair up to take down the vampires and save Nicole.
It is very easy to see why fans of the original Lost Boys found themselves so disappointed in this sequel. While having the film directed by anyone other than Joel Schumacher spelled out as much trust in this film as its straight to DVD plans, hopes were high that P.J. Pesce’s (From Dusk Till Dawn 3) could possibly turn this around. The result is what seems like a complete copycat of the original with a slightly more updated world that these vampires live in.
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
August 8, 2008
Over half the of the horror movies produced have been made with the hopes of becoming a cult classic. Unless the movie happens to be a big budget production, which even then we are starting to see attempts to make those movies more cult like (Grindhouse), many directors ruin their film striving for this goal. That’s not the case with Repo! The Genetic Opera. Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, this symphony of terror plays perfectly off of the worlds interest in such demonic individuals as Sweeney Todd with his obsession for fresh meat pies. This is the story of a future where one can easily purchase replacement limbs, but those who do so on layaway will find that their organs won’t be removed so kindly if they can’t manage to keep up with their payments. The film has so far received an amazing response at the Fantasia film festival, making it fairly confusing as to why it will only see theaters in limited engagements under Lions Gate Films this November.
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