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6 August 2008 4:01 PM, PDT | From QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news

Allright, I've held off on this since last week but it's time we got to do the important tidbits in film news. First off, one of our favorite directors Alex Proyas, might be doing Dracula Year Zero as his next project. "The story will weave vampire mythology with the true history of Prince Vlad the Impaler. It depicts Dracula as a flawed hero in a tragic love story set in a dark age of magic and war, repositioning him more as a vengeful hero than the monster seen in Bram Stoker's classic novel." Nice, throw in some german expressionism and I'm sold. Next off Robert Englund has a project in the works which is kind of like a horror snow white. "It's about a fallen priest, a fallen angel… a monster and a dead girl in suspended animation." No word on where it's going. Next off we might be

31 July 2008 8:00 PM, PDT | From MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news

John Carpenter is a legendary director having created some of the most memorable films of all time. Halloween, The Thing, Escape From New York, The Fog and that is just the tip of the iceberg. Unfortunately he hasn't directed a feature film since Ghosts on Mars which was considered very disappointing by most of his fans. Since then he has done a lot of TV like Masters of Horror and Fear Itself so he has been gathering rust. Which is good to know for todays announcement from THR. Carpenter and Nicolas Cage are in final negotiations to team up for the prison thriller Scared Straight. "Straight"...

24 July 2008 9:17 PM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

Not much info on this yet, but Shock Till You Drop.com is reporting exclusively that 30 Days Of Night creator Steve Niles may be writing a script for legendary director John Carpenter! According to Shock's post, Niles "is adapting a known Scott Hampton-penned property for the screen. John Carpenter is eyeing to direct it. Hampton is currently the artist on Simon Dark, a comic series penned by Niles." John Carpenter is of course best known for his genre contributions such as Halloween, The Thing, The Fog, Escape From New York and 2 episodes of Showtime's Masters Of Horror.

4 July 2008 9:15 AM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

Having just seen Hellboy 2 and witnessing how effortlessly Guillermo del Toro mixed multiple film genres, I felt obligated to stylize my latest “Ten Films” list after that concept. I mean, if del Toro can make a science fiction/action/horror/fantasy film – and do it effortlessly – why can’t most people figure out how to capture the magic of genre-benders?

Most readers probably have a clue which film genre I cherish most, and with that in mind, I’ve decided to compile my list of the best horror specific genre-benders for all to appreciate.

So, without further ado… I submit to you:

Aliens, My Favorite Action/Horror Film.

Aliens is always incorrectly categorized as a science fiction film, but just because a film has creatures from outer space in it, doesn’t make it sci-fi. Aliens is a terrifying horror spectacle with some of the best action setpieces ever captured on film.

16 June 2008 11:18 AM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

We were hit with a barrage of phone calls last night and this morning informing us that special effects and make-up guru Stan Winston has passed away Sunday, June 15 in Los Angeles, Ca. He was 62. Winston is best known for working on such legendary films as Terminator, Jurassic Park, Predator, The Entity, The Thing, Edward Scissorhands, Constantine, Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines, Big Fish, Monster Squad, Congo, Darkness Falls, Jurassic Park: Lost World among many others. Winston won four Oscars in his career. The details of his passing have yet to be reported, we'll be updating you shortly.

2 June 2008 11:00 PM, PDT | From ZombieFriends.com | See recent ZombieFriends news

In honor of NBC's Fear Itself we bring you a list of "The Top 10 Scariest Movies." Even though the Sex and the City is probably the scariest of all time, we limited our selfs to films that we supposed to be scary. So in no particular order here it goes.

Mothman Prophecies

"Chapstick", thats right Chapstick I am starting this list out with word Chapstick and the 2002 movie The Mothman Prohecies.The bizare events and uterly freaky sightings and interactions with the "mothman" in the small town in West Virginia have had me doing double takes everytime I look out the window at night. West Virginia is already a scary enough place without the Mothman.

Nightmare on Elm Street

What? Your not scared of Freddy Krueger? You even find him comicle? Me too but think back to the first time you saw this film, if you were a kid you

2 June 2008 11:00 PM, PDT | From ZombieFriends.com | See recent ZombieFriends news

In honor of NBC's Fear Itself we bring you a list of "The Top 10 Scariest Movies." Even though the Sex and the City is probably the scariest of all time, we limited our selfs to films that we supposed to be scary. So in no particular order here it goes.

Mothman Prophecies

"Chapstick", thats right Chapstick I am starting this list out with word Chapstick and the 2002 movie The Mothman Prohecies.The bizare events and uterly freaky sightings and interactions with the "mothman" in the small town in West Virginia have had me doing double takes everytime I look out the window at night. West Virginia is already a scary enough place without the Mothman.

Nightmare on Elm Street

What? Your not scared of Freddy Krueger? You even find him comicle? Me too but think back to the first time you saw this film, if you were a kid you

13 May 2008 10:58 AM, PDT | From FantasticFest.com | See recent FantasticFest news

Holy Smokes.

After the success of our Big Screen Sci-Fi Classics series at The Ritz, we wanted to top off our incredible pre-summer movie series with something Colossal. And after the rousing reaction you all gave to our screenings of another John Carpenter/Kurt Russell masterpiece The Thing, we realized there was only one option...

The most Slam-bangin'est, Gun-blastin'est, Ancient Chinese Mysticism-inest Action Adventure Comedy Thrillride Ever Seen...

Big Trouble In Little China!!!!!!!!!

For those of you who've yet to experience this pulse-pounding foray into life-affirming entertainment, this movie ranks way up there with Ghostbusters and Pee-wee's Big Adventure as an ultimate distillation of Pure Fun. Kurt Russell plays two-fisted trucker Jack Burton, a gambling, beer-chugging schmoe whose macho heroics land him on the supernatural immortal kung-fu warrior shitlist. The lightning and magic lazerbeams fly through the streets of San Francisco as Jack and his fellow lowbrow adventurers face off against rampaging maniacs,

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8 articles from 2008