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19 articles from 2009
[DVD Review] The Children
18 October 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
I wanted to hate this movie, I really did; in fact, the first thing I did before I even watched the thing was brainstorm some high-larious jokes regarding the hokey tag line, which solemnly reads, "You brought them into this world...they'll take you out." How pleased I was with myself, chuckling quietly as I armed myself with a veritable battalion of besmirching, scathingly funny material. What a fool I was. All of that haughty posturing quickly slipped away after I got about half an hour into the film and was promptly Drop-kicked In The Face With Nausea-inducing Terror.
We're all familiar with the concept of creepy killer kids. It's done entirely too often (Joshua, The Good Son, Orphan, Children of the Corn, Village of the Damned) and only rarely is it done well (The Bad Seed, The Omen, Pet Sematary). Luckily, The Children manages to hold up amongst the best, »
- Inna Mkrtycheva
The Children - DVD Review
13 October 2009 8:15 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
A small corner of the horror genre is dedicated to the killer child. It.s not exactly fun to think of your pintsized progeny taking up weapons and killing you. However, a virus (H1N1?) causes them to do just that in jolly old England. Don.t worry it.s just a movie. or is it? [Insert scary music here] Elaine (Eva Birthistle) and Jonah (Steven Campbell) are joining Elaine.s sister Chloe (Rachel Shelley) and her husband Robbie (Jeremy Sheffield) at their English country home for a Christmas reunion. It.s also a reunion of all the kids, Leah (Raffiella Brooks), Nicky (Jake Hathaway), Paulie (William Howes), Miranda (Eva Sayer), and cynical teenager Casey (Hannah Tointon), and Christmas looks to be a fun »
- Jeff Swindoll
Blu-Ray Review: ‘Ghost House Underground Four Film Collection’ Offers Few Chills
12 October 2009 8:07 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – It’s always nice to see world-famous filmmakers raising awareness about work from their lesser known peers. Where would Eli Roth be without Quentin Tarantino, or Neill Blomkamp be without Peter Jackson, or Danny McBride and Jody Hill be without the better half of Hollywood’s comedy titans? That’s why it’s nice to see “Evil Dead” creators Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert “hand pick” the indie horror films they admire, and then assist in their distribution.
Overall Blu-Ray Rating: 2.5/5.0
Raimi and Tapert’s “Ghost House Underground” series began last year with a collection of eight features that included the exuberant zombie satire “Dance of the Dead.” This year’s collection has shrunk to four features, none of which are as fun or memorable as last year’s “Dance.” Only one film manages to satisfy, while the other three vary in their degrees of mediocrity and failure. Let »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Fantastic Fest 09: Fear The Children
5 October 2009 9:24 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
You might want to re-think having kids after seeing the British horror film The Children, directed by Tom Shankland. It’s certainly the best advertisement for contraception ever committed to celluloid, firmly moving past former reigning champion of the terrorizing-tots subgenre Devil Times Five (1975), starring Leif Garrett. In fact, it’s a note-perfect and, dare I say, masterful entry into the genre as a whole and one of the clear standouts at this year’s Fantastic Fest.
The idyllic Norman Rockwell-esque house where a pair of charming young British families go to spend quality time together over the Christmas holidays is slowly revealed to be a ruse of sorts, as we start to see their relationships play out on screen. Once their kids begin exhibiting strange behavior, screaming wildly and grabbing the nearest sharp objects, the character dynamics play out in an unexpected ways as the strangeness suddenly turns to tragedy. »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Drew Tinnin)
DVD Round Up, Sept. 29, 2009: ‘Deadgirl,’ ‘Nightwatching,’ ‘Next Day Air’
29 September 2009 9:29 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Horror, action, drama, and comedy - HollywoodChicago.com’s DVD Round-Up has it all. Where else can you read about the latest from internationally acclaimed auteur Peter Greenaway and the newest Mos Def comedy in one column? These are the recently released titles that you might have missed when you last updated your Netflix queue. See if any of them grab you enough to deal with “Very Long Wait”.
All four titles - “Deadgirl,” “Next Day Air,” “Nightwatching,” and “Triangle” - were released on September 15th, 2009.
“Deadgirl”
Photo credit: Mpi Synopsis: “Daringly original and genre-busting, Deadgirl is an odyssey into the soul of our alienated youth that takes the conventions of the horror and coming-of-age movies and turns them on their heads.
When high school misfits Rickie and Jt decide to ditch school and find themselves lost in the crumbling facility of a nearby abandoned hospital, they come face-to-face »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
[DVD Review] Nightwatching
25 September 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
A biopic is a tricky thing to master. Too often it becomes difficult to choose a proper focus, with filmmakers alternately making the mistake of either casting their net too wide or not wide enough. It's impossible to encompass the life of a person -- especially one who has accomplished a lot -- in a single feature-length film. Yet at the same time, it seems wrong and unjust to attempt to reduce a human being to a montage of episodic clips.
With that out of the way, it seems fair to say that Nightwatching actually handles this predicament rather deftly. A fictionalized depiction of a conspiracy theory being (perhaps) unwittingly immortalized in Rembrandt's most famous painting, "The Night Watch," the film succeeds in that it largely focuses on a lesser-known part of a well-known person's life, and it doesn't attempt to tell us too much, but only just enough.
Rembrandt (Martin Freeman) is a young, »
- Inna Mkrtycheva
New On DVD This Week
15 September 2009 1:15 PM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
Here’s a list of some of the new movie and TV shows coming to DVD and Blu-ray this week that we’re looking forward to seeing. Also, there’s some classic, and not-so-classic, movies hitting Blu-ray for the first time this week as well.
Of all the new releases, we’re particularly interested in the Blu-ray versions of movies and TV shows like Army of Darkness, Hero, An American Werewolf in London, The Big Bang Theory Season Two and Bonanza. Yes, some of us are even excited about the debut of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which drops today on Blu-ray.
Check them out.
Movies
An American Werewolf in London (Full Moon Edition) ~ David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne (Blu-ray)
Army of Darkness (Screwhead Edition) ~ Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz (Blu-ray)
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn ~ Dee Bradley Baker, Jeff Bennett, Jim Cummings, and Michael Dorn (DVD)
Child’s Play ~ Roslyn Alexander, Jack Colvin, »
- Joe Gillis
"Wake Wood" begins new wave of Irish horror movies (IrishCentral)
29 July 2009 6:51 AM, PDT | IrishCentral | See recent IrishCentral news »
When a young Irish couple loses their 9-year-old daughter Alice to a terrifying attack, they discover a way to bring her back to life that ends up putting all their lives at risk. Thus begins "Wake Wood," the tense psychological horror film from Dublin-based writer and producer Brendan McCarthy and John McDonnall. Starring "The Wire’s" Aidan Gillen and up and comer Eva Birthistle, the film is a genuinely atmospheric spooky triumph for the Irish film company. When vet Patrick (Gillen) and pharmacist Louise (Birthistle) relocate to the remote village of Wake Woodin Donegal, they soon learn of a pagan ritual the locals perform that will allow them three more days with their deceased daughter. The couple find the idea disturbing and exciting in equal measure, but once they agree to the terms with Arthur, the village’s leader, a far bigger question looms -- what will they do when »
Fantasia '09: The Children (Film Review)
28 July 2009 2:07 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Orphan may be wringing some nasty, campy fun out of its evil-kid scenario in theaters right now, but The Children (screened at this month’s Fantasia film festival in Montreal, and coming on special-edition DVD from Lionsgate in October) is the real thing, a film that evokes true terror from the premise of our own offspring turning against us. In fact, never mind comparisons within its limited subgenre; this British production is one of the most effective fright features in recent years, period.
The setup is both simple and a little hard to sort out at first: Elaine (Eva Birthistle) and Jonah (Stephen Campbell Moore) bring their kids to the isolated country home of her sister Chloe (Rachel Shelley), Chloe’s husband Robbie (Jeremy Sheffield) and *their* kids for a Christmas celebration. For a little while, it’s difficult to keep track of which children belong to which adults, with »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
Foreign Objects: The Children (UK)
18 June 2009 6:05 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Foreign Objects travels the world of international cinema each week to look for films worth visiting. So renew your passport, get your shots, and brush up on the local age of legal consent, this week we’re heading to… the UK! Who doesn't enjoy watching cinematic mayhem perpetrated by and against bratty, misbehaving children? It may not be as highly ranked on your list of guilty pleasures as it is on mine (above movies based on SNL sketches and below the oeuvre of Kevin Costner), but you'll agree it's a sweetly cathartic release watching disrespectful little bastards get put down. No? Just me? I can't be the only one as the "killer kid" genre has a long and healthy existence with films like Children of the Corn, Devil Times Five, The Bad Seed, and the Spanish shocker, Who Can Kill a Child? to name just a few. There's something innately frightening about children not only capable of »
- Rob Hunter
First Look at Hammer Films' "The Wake Wood"
5 April 2009 4:02 PM, PDT | www.ohmygore.com/ | See recent OhMyGore news »
Hammer Films updated their official website with your first look at David Keating's "The Wake Wood", which stars Aidan Gillen, Eva Birthistle and Timothy Spall. Still grieving the death of nine-year-old Alice . their only child . at the jaws of a crazed dog, vet Patrick and pharmacist Louise relocate to the remote town of Wake Wood where they learn of a pagan ritual that will allow them three more days with Alice. The couple find the idea disturbing and exciting in equal measure, but once they agree terms with Arthur, the village's leader, a far bigger question looms . what will they do when it's time for Alice to go back? »
New stills from Hammer Horror’s The Wake Wood
28 March 2009 4:33 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
News that’s created great interest around these parts recently is the fact that “Hammer” the classic British horror movie house is returning to theatrical production, after 30 years away. First on the slate will be The Wake Wood directed by David Keating and we have just found five new - small but perfectly formed - stills from the pic. The Wake Wood tells the story of Patrick (Aidan Gillen) and Louise Daley (Eva Birthistle), whose nine year old daughter, Alice, is brutally killed in a frenzied dog attack. To escape their grief, the devastated young parents relocate from the city to the remote rural community of Wake Wood. Sensing their loss, the people of Wake Wood introduce the couple to a secret, pagan ritual that will allow them 3 more days with Alice before she is returned to the ground forever. But what will they do when it's time for Alice to go back? »
New stills from Hammer Horror’s The Wake Wood
28 March 2009 4:33 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
News that’s created great interest around these parts recently is the fact that “Hammer” the classic British horror movie house is returning to theatrical production, after 30 years away. First on the slate will be The Wake Wood directed by David Keating and we have just found five new - small but perfectly formed - stills from the pic. The Wake Wood tells the story of Patrick (Aidan Gillen) and Louise Daley (Eva Birthistle), whose nine year old daughter, Alice, is brutally killed in a frenzied dog attack. To escape their grief, the devastated young parents relocate from the city to the remote rural community of Wake Wood. Sensing their loss, the people of Wake Wood introduce the couple to a secret, pagan ritual that will allow them 3 more days with Alice before she is returned to the ground forever. But what will they do when it's time for Alice to go back? »
New stills from Hammer Horror’s The Wake Wood
28 March 2009 4:33 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
News that’s created great interest around these parts recently is the fact that “Hammer” the classic British horror movie house is returning to theatrical production, after 30 years away. First on the slate will be The Wake Wood directed by David Keating and we have just found five new - small but perfectly formed - stills from the pic. The Wake Wood tells the story of Patrick (Aidan Gillen) and Louise Daley (Eva Birthistle), whose nine year old daughter, Alice, is brutally killed in a frenzied dog attack. To escape their grief, the devastated young parents relocate from the city to the remote rural community of Wake Wood. Sensing their loss, the people of Wake Wood introduce the couple to a secret, pagan ritual that will allow them 3 more days with Alice before she is returned to the ground forever. But what will they do when it's time for Alice to go back? »
First Look at Hammer's The Wake Wood
25 March 2009 5:51 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
One of the most welcome studio returns in ages has to be that of Hammer Films. The website for their latest production, The Wake Wood, just went online, and it has a few goodies for you to peruse.
One of them is the exclusive still you'll find below. Be sure to check the official Hammer Films site for more.
Directed and co-written by David Keating and starring Aidan Gillen, Eva Birthistle, and Timothy Spall, The Wake Wood tells the tale of a couple still grieving over the death of nine-year-old Alice, their only child who was killed at the jaws of a crazed dog. Vet Patrick and pharmacist Louise relocate to the remote town of Wake Wood, where they learn of a pagan ritual that will allow them three more days with Alice. The couple find the idea disturbing and exciting in equal measure, but once they agree to terms with Arthur, »
- Uncle Creepy
First Look at Hammer Films' 'The Wake Wood'
25 March 2009 11:41 AM, PDT | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »
Hammer Films updated their official website with your first look at David Keating's The Wake Wood, which stars Aidan Gillen, Eva Birthistle and Timothy Spall. Still grieving the death of nine-year-old Alice their only child at the jaws of a crazed dog, vet Patrick and pharmacist Louise relocate to the remote town of Wake Wood where they learn of a pagan ritual that will allow them three more days with Alice. The couple find the idea disturbing and exciting in equal measure, but once they agree terms with Arthur, the villages leader, a far bigger question looms what will they do when its time for Alice to go back? »
First Look at Hammer Films' Wake Wood
25 March 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
The official site for Hammer Films has exclusively premiered an image from The Wake Wood , the company's first original feature film production since its rebirth. The photo comes with an extensive article which you can read in its entirety right here . Directed and co-written by David Keating, Aidan Gillen, Eva Birthistle and Timothy Spall star in this tale about a couple still grieving over the death of nine-year-old Alice . their only child who was killed at the jaws of a crazed dog. Vet Patrick and pharmacist Louise relocate to the remote town of Wake Wood where they learn of a pagan ritual that will allow them three more days with Alice. The couple find the idea disturbing and exciting in equal measure, but once they agree terms with Arthur, the village's leader, a far bigger »
'The Children' Heads to DVD in UK
9 March 2009 9:58 PM, PDT | ESplatter.com | See recent ESplatter news »
Tom Shankland's killer-kids-on-the-loose thriller "The Children" is hitting DVD in the UK March 30. While one would think this might dash hopes of a theatrical release in the U.S., "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane" has been out on DVD in Europe for quite some time and is still getting a U.S. theatrical release. The film, which stars Jeremy Sheffield, Rachel Shelley, Stephen Campbell, Eva Birthistle, Hannah Tointon, and Eva Sayer, sounds more than a little like "Island of the Damned." During a relaxing Christmas vacation, parents have to fight for survival as the children begin to turn on them. Ugh, don't you hate it when that happens? . . . »
Review of Tom Shankland's The Children
21 January 2009 6:36 AM, PST | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
Year: 2008
Release date: Unknown
Directors: Tom Shankland
Writers: Tom Shankland / Paul Andrew Williams
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Ben Austwick
Rating: 9 out of 10
Two middle-class families meet to spend New Year together in a rambling country home, the chaotic squealing of their many children turning to something more sinister as a mysterious illness turns them into crazed killers. That's about the size of "The Children", but luckily this is a film that amounts to much more than the sum of its parts, devastating in its simplicity.
Unusually for a contemporary British horror film "The Children" plays it straight, the rare moments of subtle humour lying in conversations between the cast. Hannah Tointon (with the biggest part as rebellious teenager Casey) is brilliant, getting stuck in to the relationships she has with her idiotic stepfather (Jeremy Sheffield) and cool but slightly pervy uncle (Stephen Campbell Moore), who together with Eva Birthistle »
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