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Boos! & Whoop-doos!: A Decade of Glossy Schlock!
31 December 2009 1:23 PM, PST
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The Drive-In? Whoop-doo!Boos! & Whoop-doos!: A Decade of Glossy Schlock! The Aughts ushered in a new era of glossy schlock that rose quietly from the ashes of the once burgeoning Drive-In scene. The Drive-In Theater has always stood as a temple for exploitive, low-grade cinema. But by 1999, even the most popular of these late night playgrounds had crumbled to dust. They rose to prominence in the late forties and early fifties, and then experienced a quaint resurgence in the late 70s and early 80s. By the time this decade kicked off to shouts of "Y2K", they had all been wiped clean off the face of the Cineplex landscape. But their aura and mystic still lingered around many a DVD shelf like a ploom of stink bomb smoke. If there's one lasting remnant the Drive-In era gave us, it's the Z-grade flick. The second run feature whose only purpose
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HorrorBid's Hot or Not - Sydney Prescott from 'Scream'
27 December 2009 9:03 PM, PST
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Well the holidays have come and gone. We hope exchanging nose hair length stories with your great uncle Ted hasn't left you out of the mood for a good old fashioned HorrorBid Hot or Not vote. Last week we saw Nancy Thompson from the original A Nightmare On Elm Street get pummeled into teenage hormone dust as apparently Nancy was someone you would put your trust in going against Freddy but not much else....
This week we go back to the future (always work that into a blog when I can) to time when horror movies were stalled out. The same old gimmicks of the past were wearing thin with an cyberspace and increasing technological audience. Something needed to happen and it did. Wes Craven brought the fans back to the theaters with the teen slasher flick Scream. The film not only broke the fourth wall, making fun of prior
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David Arquette Showers Wife Courteney Cox With Jewels Every Christmas
25 December 2009 7:21 PM, PST
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Courteney Cox's husband David Arquette has a foolproof way of keeping the actress happy at Christmas - he showers her in jewels almost every year. The "Scream" actor has found a Los Angeles jeweler his wife of 10 years loves, and confesses when he's out of gift ideas gems and gold always wow his spouse.
He tells the New York Post, "I usually give my wife jewelery. Not Cartier. It's from the Rose Arch in L.A., a cool small designer kind of place where you don't spend as much on the packaging as you do on the gift. Beautiful artistic stuff."
Cox and Arquette exchanged gifts at their home in Malibu, California in 2009 - an unexpected change of scenery for the longtime couple. He explains, "We mostly go to Los Cabos, Mexico at this time but, since we just finished our house in Malibu, this year it's a lazy Malibu Christmas.
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Killer Revealed in Wes Craven’s ‘My Soul to Take’
22 December 2009 3:31 AM, PST
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From his creation of the iconic villain, Freddy Krueger, to his reinvention of the slasher genre with Scream, Wes Craven is routinely recognized as a master among horror aficionados. Despite his significant stature in the horror world, however, Craven hasn’t written a film since 1994’s New Nightmare. Luckily, that will all change in 2010 with the premiere of Wes Craven’s newest film, My Soul to Take.
In typical Craven style, My Soul to Take involves a serial killer, the possibility of the supernatural, and presumably, a healthy amount of gore. Check below for the full synopsis of My Soul to Take courtesy of /Film.
In the sleepy town of Riverton, legend tells of a serial killer who swore he would return to murder the seven children born the night he died. Now, 16 years later, people are disappearing again. Has the psychopath been reincarnated as one of the seven teens,
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Finals Week: 'The Final Girl: A few thoughts on Feminism and Horror'
21 December 2009 12:08 PM, PST
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The Final Girl: A Few Thoughts on Feminism and Horror By Donato Totaro
One of the more important, if not groundbreaking, accounts/recuperations of the horror film from a feminist perspective is the 1993 Carol Clover's "Men, Women, and Chainsaws". One of the book's major points concerns the structural positioning of what she calls the Final Girl in relation to spectatorship. While most theorists label the horror film as a male-driven/male-centered genre, Clover points out that in most horror films, especially the slasher film, the audience, male and female, is structurally 'forced' to identify with the resourceful young female (the Final Girl) who survives the serial attacker and usually ends the threat (until the sequel anyway.) So while the narratively dominant killer's subjective point of view may be male within the narrative,the male viewer is still rooting for the Final Girl to overcome the killer. We can see this
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Wes Craven's 'My Soul to Take' Killer Revealed
20 December 2009 10:08 AM, PST
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Freddy Krueger, Scream's Ghost Face killer, Papa Jupiter, Krug, and Horace Pinker all come from the twisted mind of Wes Craven. Today New York based stuntman Manny Siverio who worked on Wes Craven's latest feature film 'My Soul To Take', formally known as 25/8, shows us a glimpse of Craven's latest baddie that will be added to the list....
Synopsis: In the sleepy town of Riverton, legend tells of a serial killer who swore he would return to murder the seven children born the night he died. Now, 16 years later, people are disappearing again. Has the psychopath been reincarnated as one of the seven teens, or did he survive the night he was left for dead? Only one of the kids knows the answer. Adam "Bug" Heller (Max Thierot) was supposed to die on the bloody night his father went insane. Unaware of his dad's terrifying crimes,
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Finals Week: 'Gender Roles in Scary Movies'
14 December 2009 2:31 PM, PST
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Welcome to Finals Week, inspired by real life college finals! We'll have a new academic paper on horror films every day this week!
Gender Roles within Scary Movies by Alex Boles
“What’s your favorite scary movie, Sidney?”
These words haunted American society for at least five years when Scream, Scream 2 and Scream 3 were released in 1996, 1997 and 2000 respectively. At least, the words haunted middle-aged women home alone in their big houses in the middle of nowhere scared to answer the phone at night. The fear and portrayal of women also allowed stereotypes and other characters to form for the future of women roles in scary movies. Sidney, played by Neve Campbell, says at the beginning of the first Scream film after receiving a phone call from one of the killers, that there is no point in watching scary movies because they all display the same representation of women.
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Carriers is no exception to the horror rule
10 December 2009 3:45 PM, PST
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Horror movie characters have to break the rules – where's the fun in people sticking together, not having sex and not getting killed off?
Carriers is the sort of B-movie that would have attracted scant critical attention back in the 1970s – maybe a qualified thumbs-up from horror fans, who might have appreciated its low-budget evocation of disease-ridden America and implicit criticism of selfish survivalism. But since it's coming out in 2009 it will almost certainly be written off as Zombieland with neither zombies nor jokes.
Both films are road movies that exploit contemporary paranoia about viruses, but the most intriguing point in common is that both sets of characters have drawn up rules to help them survive. In Zombieland these are flippant ("Beware of bathrooms"), while the gospel according to Carriers is summed up by the uncompromising statement that "the sick are already dead."
Of course, characters in horror movies always do break the rules,
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- Anne Billson
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Exclusive: Dread Central Pays a Visit to Scream Queens 2
10 December 2009 10:44 AM, PST
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It’s Wednesday, December 2nd (and incidentally this scribe’s birthday), when I arrive to the set of VH1 and Joke Productions’ reality series "Scream Queens 2". The show is shooting in a foreboding manse made infamous by its use in Rob Zombie’s Halloween (and across the street from the house Wes Craven made iconic in People Under the Stairs) off Western Avenue in Los Angeles, CA.
I’m greeted by co-showrunner Biagio Messina (who with his wife and producing partner, Joke Fincioen, is in the midst of the series’ twenty-four-day shoot). Scheduled to air in eight parts on VH1 next spring/summer and hosted by director Tim (2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams) Sullivan, "Scream Queens 2" will feature ten aspiring actresses vying for a role in Lionsgate’s next entry in the Saw film series, Saw VII 3D. Actress Jaime (My Bloody Valentine 3D) King will appear as a mentor to the hopefuls,
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Scream 4 Movie Poster Delivers
8 December 2009 8:00 PM, PST
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I loved the Scream movies and am really looking forward to the next one, despite it being in 3D which for me is still a bit of a gimmick. It will be bringing back most of the original cast including Courtney Cox, David Arquette and Neve Campbell.
Below you can checkout a really well done fan poster for the film which comes from HorrorMovies.ca. This guy has some seriously talent and if we were not told it was a fan poster it would pass for the real thing!
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Top Ten High School Horror Movies: 1996 - Present
4 December 2009 12:38 PM, PST
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This past fall saw the debut of the supernatural horror/comedy Jennifer’s Body, and with the film's Blu-ray and DVD release being only a few weeks away (December 29th), I thought it might be interesting to take a look back at some of the most successful high school horror films that have been released over the past 10 to 15 years.
Jennifer’s Body is a slick production, equipped with fresh young stars, a hip soundtrack, and, of course, strings of "clever" dialogue. And that’s the criteria I’ve chosen to adhere to when working on this top ten list. Some of the films included here aren’t necessarily my favorites, but they’ve been impactful and deserve the call-out all the same. At the risk of spoiling some of the choices, I chose 1996 as the eligibility year for the simple reason that it was the beginning of the glossy,
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10 Examples Of A Pulse In The Modern Slasher
3 December 2009 8:17 PM, PST
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After the 80's passed it seemed that - for the most part - the slasher craze had finally come to a rest. Successful franchises like Halloween, Nightmare On Elm Street and Friday The 13th had been siphoned beyond emptiness and any intrigue the sub genre once offered appeared dead and buried. Then 1996 rolled around and Wes Craven, Kevin Williamson and Neve Campbell reminded us that good directing, storytelling, and acting is alive and well with the surprise hit Scream.
The next couple of years provided a massive batch of 'fresh' copycats and a handful of Scream sequels. Very few of any are remotely near noteworthy (quick nod to I Know What You Did Last Summer in order to avoid the onslaught of negative commentary from the obsessed Sarah Michelle Gellar fans out there J ), though Scream 2 remains a memorable franchise installment based solely on the unexpected axing of series favorite Randy (Jamie Kennedy) Meeks.
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More Photos from the Elm Street Remake
2 December 2009 11:30 AM, PST
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Recently HeyUGuys went Freddy Krazy (including Gary meeting the man behind the mask), so it’s fitting that we get to see a few pictures of the Platinum Dunes Remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street.
As you can see from the pictures below director Samuel Bayer has kept the iconic elements of the Wes Craven classic, in fact they could be photos from the original, and Jackie Earle Haley looks very Freddy-esque in silhouette at least. It’ll be interesting to see Haley’s portrayal of this horror icon, and whether the Scream generation post modernism means that Freddy will keep the wisecracks, or if the film goes all out gut wrenching horror.
These shots come to us from Omelete (via TotalFilm), and point to a faithful recreation of the fire, clawfingers and fear of the original.
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Neve Campbell Talks 'Scream 4' Shooting, Wes Craven And 'Working The Bob'
2 December 2009 9:00 AM, PST
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Ah... Neve Campbell. You really had us bumming when it came out that you weren't going to be involved with Kevin Williamson's return to the "Scream" franchise. The day brightened considerably when that news turned out to be untrue, but oh the emotional roller-coaster you've put us through.
Thankfully, that's all in the past. Now, Campbell has fully embraced her return to the character of Sidney in "Scream 4." She's even talking about it. As she did with BlackBook in an interview last week. And while she didn't get into what adventures Williamson has in store for her, she did offer up a few enlightening details about the coming sequel, which will kick off a new trilogy.
"We start shooting 'Scream 4' in mid-April," she said. Which means we could conceivably see the movie hitting theaters by late-fall of next year. I'd even go as far as saying it's probable,
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Wes Craven Onboard For Scream 4 Says Neve Campbell
25 November 2009 1:52 PM, PST
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Filming of the much anticipated 4th chapter of the Scream series is due to begin in the spring of 2010, and in a recent interview with Black Book Magazine, original star Neve Campbell says she believes Wes Craven (Nightmare On Elm Street, The Hills Have Eyes) will return to the franchise as well.
David Arquette and Courtney Cox are already signed on, and writer Kevin Williamson (Dawson’s Creek) is busy finalizing a screenplay.
The Scream films have a large fan base and played a significant role in modern horror pop-culture due to their worldwide and mainstream success.
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Neve Campbell Confirms That Wes Craven Is Back For Scream 4
25 November 2009 7:31 AM, PST
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We told you over a month ago that Wes Craven was pretty much guaranteed to be returning to direct Scream 4, and while there's still no official deal announcement out there, there's now a confirmation from about as reliable a source there is: Neve Campbell. Talking to Black Book Mag, Campbell said "I.m pretty sure at this stage that Wes [Craven] is back on board to direct and Kevin [Willamson] is definitely writing it...so it is going to be great."
Craven has directed all the previous Scream installments, so it's hard to imagine them actually going forward without him, especially if they're going through the effort of reuniting the original cast. Given that by the time of the third movie we were all pretty exhausted with the franchise, I'm not entirely sure what we're supposed to be looking forward to about the whole thing. But if they've got Craven
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Neve Campbell Talks Joining "Scream 4"
25 November 2009 5:54 AM, PST
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Neve Campbell was the lone holdout of the leads for the latest entry in the "Scream" franchise, "Scream 4." Penned by original screenwriter Kevin Williamson, Campbell joins Courtney Cox-Arquette and David Arquette for the Kevin Williamson-penned sequel.
In an interview with Black Book magazine, Campbell talks about getting ready to "Scream" again for the first time. She reveals they'll start shooting the movie in mid-April. "I'm so happy that those of us still 'alive' from 1, 2 and 3 like David and Courtney have already signed up to take part," she said.
Most people thought original director Wes Craven was going to helm the latest installment, but Campbell doesn't officially confirm, saying only, "I'm pretty sure at this stage that Wes is back on board to direct and Kevin is definitely writing it, so it is going to be great."
At the time of the interview, Campbell had yet to see a script.
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Wes Craven May Be Back for Scream 4
25 November 2009 5:11 AM, PST
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In an interview with BlockBook, Neve Campbell, revealed that Scream director Wes Craven will likely return for Scream 4.
I'm pretty sure at this stage that Wes is back on board to direct and Kevin [Willamson] is definitely writing it ... so it is going to be great.
Campbell says the movie will go into production "in mid-April" and is "so happy" to see that both Courteney Cox and David Arquette are returning. While Campbell has yet to see the script, she says the hardest thing about playing the character of Sidney Prescott again will be achieving the same haircut.
Physically speaking, it's all about working the bob! And the only way I can achieve that properly every day on set is through Tara Smith hair products. Seriously, if Tara didn't cut and style my hair in an amazing
girly way to re-create the Sidney look, I wouldn't have a starting point [for the character]. I'm not kidding.
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Wes Craven to direct ‘Scream 4′? Not so fast…
25 November 2009 5:06 AM, PST
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A lot of other sites are already taking this news as a legitimate confirmation that director Wes Craven will take the reigns on Scream 4. We don’t.
Scream queen Neve Campbell, who will be making her return to the Scream series in the next film, sat down for an interview with BlackBookMag and discussed the feature.
“I’m pretty sure at this stage that Wes [Craven] is back on board to direct and Kevin [Willamson] is definitely writing it,” Speaking about the yet-to-be-seen script, she added: “So it is going to be great, they had to wait for us all to sign on. I suppose that’s the way these days!”
I don’t think “pretty sure” means “yes, he is in fact coming back to direct Scream 4, you heard it here first. Campbell, out!”
We tried to reach out to Craven’s reps but their office wasn’t open yet.
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Wes Craven Back For Scream 4?
25 November 2009 2:20 AM, PST
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Scream’s post-modern scares are going to need some serious rebooting when it comes to shooting the fourth film next spring – lest we forget, Scary Movie's about to hit number five, God help us – but the good news is that Emperor Of Horror Wes Craven will very likely there to see the blood spillage is in safe hands.The franchise’s main screamer, Neve Campbell – who, after five years living in the UK, is so anglicised that she may well be the last person alive to own a Blockbuster card* – is getting ready to bring her best worried face out of the loft when shooting starts next spring, and told Black Book: “I’m pretty sure at this stage that Wes Craven is back on board to direct and Kevin Willamson is definitely writing it...so it is going to be great.”While Craven had previously said he
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