Del Toro Talks Frankenstein

Once his work is complete on the two Hobbit films slated to be released in 2012, optimistic director Guillermo del Toro has a slew of projects which should keep him occupied until 2017. Talk about job security. One of his projects will be a new version of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, as well as his adaptation of Lovecraft’s At The Mountains of Madness. In addition to these two, he also talks briefly about his own version of Frankenstein, which he hopes to begin writing shortly.

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Diary of the Dead (2008)

While filming a horror movie for their college course, a group of students and their teacher find themselves in the middle of what appears to be a total zombie outbreak. One of the film students, Jason (Joshua Close) decides that this is absolutely something that needs to be recorded, regardless of what happens. In an attempt to figure out exactly what’s going on and find a safe place to stay, the group first heads to their campus before realizing it’s far worse off than they were. Jason’s girlfriend Debra (Michelle Morgan) suggests her family’s house as their next location, taking them on an adventure through a hospital and a fortified stronghold as they attempt to survive and keep the camera rolling.

Diary of the Dead is brought to you by the lord of zombies himself, George A. Romero, the man behind 1968’s classic Night of the Living Dead. Unlike other Romero movies, Diary of the Dead is more self standing and has quite a lower budget and feel to it. The story does however take place within the same world as his past movies, expecting the viewer to have a good grasp of how zombies and the undead work. For those of you who don’t know, you die, you become a zombie, you try to eat people. [Read more]

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Oscar nominated director Guillermo del Toro brings the epic story of Hellboy back to the big screen in Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Having done amazingly visual and terrifyingly artistic work in movies such as Pan’s Labyrinth and the original Hellboy, del Toro brought the Hellboy series into a much darker and more evil world, releasing creatures never before dreamed of.

An ancient truce between mankind and the wold of elves and goblins has been broken, leaving nothing but disaster as a possibility for the future. The invisible realm’s new leader has defied his bloodlines wishes and taken full control of an unstoppable army laid to rest a long time ago. Only one group of paranormal superheroes has what it takes to stop this menace, but when the people of the world turn on them for being different, which side is truly where they belong?

The B.P.R.D. line-up chosen to defend the Earth this time, includes: the demon Hellboy (Ron Perlman), the pyrokinetic Liz (Selma Blair), the aquatic empath Abe Sapien (Doug Jones), and the protoplasmic mystic Johann.