The Orphan Coming In ‘09

Warner Bros. has announced that they are shifting The Orphan once again, from it’s November 6, 2009 release date to earlier, July 24, 2009 release date. The film is still set to be directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, who also directed House of Wax. If House of Wax is any indication, we’re in for a real treat when The Orphan is finally released. The film follows Kate Coleman, a young mother who is devastated by the loss of her baby, which has also resulted in her inability to conceive more children. Because of this, she and her husband John decide to fill the empty space in their hearts by adopting another child. They are unaware the child they adopt would turn out to be anything other than what they wanted. The film sounds like it will contain elements from The Omen and perhaps draw a bit of inspiration from House of Wax.
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New York To Host “Best of the Best” Short Horror Film Festival

The show will begin on October 22 at 9:00pm. The Pioneer Theater will be presenting 90 minutes of eye-popping horror by celebrating the international releases at DAGGERS, The Short Festival of Short Horror. If you miss the scheduled showing on the 22nd, there will be a repeat of the entire program at the same time on the 23rd.
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New Twilight Pics and Trailer!

Twilight is perhaps the must see movie for horror fans and socialites alike, as it will be the talk of the town for several weeks after it is released. For those who enjoyed the books and are looking forward to the film, new pictures and even a trailer have been released for the Catherine Hardwicke directed flick which deals with vampire love. The trailer premiered on Entertainment Tonight, and in addition to the launch of the trailer, a widget is being released for inclusion on pages such as MySpace and Facebook.
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Quarantine

Not sure if you want to see the upcoming horror flick, Quarantine? Well, let us help you make up your mind! The basic plot for the movie seems like a cross between Cloverfield and The Blair Witch Project, but don’t let that turn you off! Here’s the plot for the horror flick which will be released this Friday.

The movie follows television reporter Angela Vidal and her cameraman. They are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes the group to a small apartment building, they find police officers who are already on the scene in response to screams coming from one of the units. The group soon learns that a woman who is living in the building has become infected with something entirely unknown. A few residents were viciously attacked and they try to escape, only to find the CDC has quarantined the building. Phones, Internet, televisions, all forms of communication are cut off to the building, and officials are no longer speaking or relaying information to those who are locked inside. Once the quarantine is lifted, the only evidence of the grisly horrors which took place inside the building is the news crew’s camera.
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Treevenge Hits Select Theaters

With plenty of time to scare before this Christmas season, Rob Cotterill and Jason Eisener are proud to bring us a wonderful tale of holiday gore lasting only 15 minutes long.

The horror/comedy Treevenge is exactly what it sounds like. After years of being cut down to sit in our homes for only a few weeks at a time, these trees are lashing out at the world around them for the pain and punishment they’ve been through. They’ve been hacked at, sawed out of their roots, and dragged away from there family only to be sold into the metal tree holders of slavery. But that ends this holiday season.

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Twilight Release Date Changed To Thanksgiving Weekend

Twilight fans rejoice! It appears that the movie originally slated for release on December 12th will actually find itself in theaters on November 21st. With the recent dissapearance of the latest installment in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, from that very weekend, co-chairman and CEO Rob Friedman of Summit felt that Twilight would easily fill the Thanksgiving weekend gap that Harry Potter had now left.

In an article by Variety, Friedman stated that “Their move created an opportunity to bring the movie to fans three weeks earlier. [...They] have continued to show their enthusiasm, from Comic-Con to the giant BREAKING DAWN book sales. We felt we had to take that opportunity.”

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Stone Village Fast Tracks LOBO For October Production

For those of you reading the title and getting excited that the Lobo in reference is the DC Comics super-villain-turned-hero, you’ll be sorely disappointed. Then again, if you’re hanging on to the idea that Lobo will have his own movies, you’ve got some issues to address as it is!

Lobo, the new lycanthrope horror film following in the positive light that The Wolfman, American Werewolf series, and the Underworld series, has just been acquired by Stone Village.

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Portman To Star In Green Remake

Dario Argento’s 1977 classic Suspiria has been green lighted for a remake with David Gordon Green leading the way. Green has already written the remake of Suspiria and will be directing the film as well. What’s really gotten everyone excited about this film is the recent addition of Natalie Portman to the cast. With Portman having done such epic films as the Star Wars prequels and V For Vendetta in the past few years, having her on board adds a significant amount of weight and anticipation to this remake.

Portman will be playing the role of a young American dancer who travels to Europe to join a famous ballet school. When she arrives, she soon realizes that there is something quite sinister happening behind the scenes of this school. In Argento’s original film, this role was played by Jessica Harper.

We’ll keep you posted as more developments break.

Release Date Set For Williams’ Ladybugs

More information has finally been gleamed regarding the newest feature from indie filmmaker Greg Williams, titled Ladybugs. Word would have it that the film has just finished post production and will be scheduled for a release date of December 18th.

The plot of the movie centers around a wealthy couple who heartlessly ran down and killed a dog while they were under the influence. The owner of the dog isn’t too happy with what has happened to their dog and takes matters into their own hands by way of torturous and gruesome revenge. The film stars Matthew Donaldson, Karyn Dahl, Rick Mischke, Lauren Penner, Marcus Shelby and Lacie Oakley.

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DiCaprio To Revive The Twilight Zone For Theaters

Taking something as classic and reviving it into a more palatable experience for todays audience can be quite difficult. But as a die hard fan of the The Twilight Zone, Leonardo DiCaprio feels ready and willing to get this movie adaptation going. Instead of doing several connected stories, Appian Way (owned by DiCaprio) and Warner Bros. have decided to turn one or more of the original show’s stories into a single storyline.

They’re only just now at the stage of selecting writers and other creatives, so no word yet on when The Twilight Zone movie will hit the big screen.

The original show ran between 1959-1964, with revivals in 1985-1989 and even 2002-2003.