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As Darkness Falls Premiering on Time Warner Cable

4 November 2009 4:45 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

We've been waiting for an update on As Darkness Falls, a hybrid television/radio horror anthology series, for some time now, and we recently learned that it will be making its debut on Time Warner Cable in Southern California on Wednesday, November 11th, at 11:30 pm Pst.

From the press release:

"As Darkness Falls… is a program very different from the usual fare on television these days with the chills coming from the performances and writing rather than from tricky special effects work. It is hosted by actor Tucker Smallwood, a well-known character actor instantly recognizable to science fiction/fantasy horror fans for his roles on such series as ‘Space: Above and Beyond’, ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ and ‘The X-Files’.

Series creator John C. Alsedek first developed the idea for As Darkness Falls… back in May of this year. “I’ve always loved the anthology show format and lament that it »

- Uncle Creepy

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Fall Frights: Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (Film Review)

20 October 2009 12:33 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

In the spirit of Halloween '09, we're breaking out reviews (some new, some old) of some Fall Frights you may want to work into your monthly viewing.

Originally published, 10/06/2006

If nothing else, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning should help quell the frequent complaint that major-studio horror films wimp out when it comes to graphic violence and uncompromising cruelty. Just this year alone, Hostel, the Hills Have Eyes remake, the upcoming Turistas and (perhaps most of all) this latest Chainsaw entry have been unafraid and unapologetic about subjecting audiences and onscreen victims to severe levels of savagery and bloodshed.

As for originality in the majors’ contributions to the genre, well…that’s another matter. Yet The Beginning is about as good as one could expect a prequel to a remake of a classic to be; it’s a seriously intended and sometimes quite disturbing film whose greatest liability just might »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)

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Monday Night Poll: Silliest Horror Villains

19 October 2009 7:03 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

When it comes to making movies, few things are more subjective than horror. There's nothing that scares everyone, and even if your movie is about something that most people find frightening, that's no guarantee you'll depict it in a way that earns goosebumps. Meanwhile, plenty of good filmmakers have produced terror with things that audiences wouldn't have thought would scare them. (Before Psycho, was anyone ever afraid of showers?) So it's a crapshoot, basically.

Still, some horror films have had villains that they must have known -- or should have known -- wouldn't be scary, no matter how skilled the execution. (And the lousy execution of some of these didn't help.) The Child's Play films got intentionally goofy later in the series, but in the beginning Chucky the murderous doll was actually supposed to be scary, despite being 18 inches tall and weighing only a few pounds. Then there was the title character of Leprechaun, »

- Eric D. Snider

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'Darkness Falls' Scribe Turns Jon Heder Into a Zombie

5 October 2009 2:02 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

It's time for more zombies and some undead love that doesn't have sharp teeth and teenage angst. Crackle (a TV/movie/media goodness website) has just launched a new web series called Wake Up Dead. Yeah, it's more on the TV side of things, being a series and all, but it's got enough Hollywood connections to make it Cinematical friendly. And it's a zombie comedy. Who doesn't like zombies?

The brainchild of John Fasano (the pen behind Another 48 Hours, Universal Soldier: The Return, Darkness Falls and helmer behind Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare), Dead follows a university student (Jon Heder) who wakes up dead. But rather than being a drooling, brain-dead zombie a la Dawn of the Dead, he's basically just himself -- or himself mixed with the perks and downfalls of undead life. (Krysten Ritter, John Gad, Wayne Knight, and Lexi Alexander also star.)

I talked with Fasano over the weekend, »

- Monika Bartyzel

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Woke Up Dead | Zom-Com Web Series

5 October 2009 6:34 AM, PDT | SmellsLikeScreenSpirit | See recent SmellsLikeScreenSpirit news »

Woke Up Dead is a new live-action zombie comedy from Electric Farm Entertainment appearing on Sony Pictures Entertainment’s online video network, Crackle.com. The original online series stars comedian Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite, Blades of Glory), Josh Gad (Back to You, The Rocker), Krysten Ritter (Breaking Bad, 27 Dresses), Jean Smart (24, Samantha Who?) and Wayne Knight (Seinfeld). Woke Up Dead, marks Heder's first foray into the world of web programming and takes place in various locations around Los Angeles, California. The story of Woke Up Dead follows Drex Greene (Heder), a regular recent college grad who finds himself undergoing an inexplicable transformation that begins when he wakes up at the bottom of a water-filled bathtub. Drex’s roommate Matt, who has been eagerly filming his demise, informs him that he’s easily (and inhumanly) been underwater for more than a half-hour. As he starts to develop zombie-like tendencies, Drex finds »

- Dave Campbell

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Taylor Swift Support, Kanye Condemnations And The Chicago Bears In Today's Twitter-Wood

14 September 2009 3:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Editor's note: There were apparently some technical difficulties last night, as Twitter-Wood never ran. So in lieu of today's Daily TwitPic, here's a special morning edition of Twitter-Wood for 9/14/09.

The Vma's trended nearly as well in the Twitter-Wood feed last night as they did on Twitter, and if you've had any internet access over the last 24 hours you probably know that a lot of that was provoked by Kanye West's unexpected interruption during Taylor Swift's acceptance speech. Elizabeth Banks, Kat Dennings, John Stamos and others contributed to the online conversation that followed, expressing their thoughts on his interjection.

Football was pretty popular last night as well, and if you didn't know that Ashton Kutcher was a Bears fan, you do now, thanks to Demi Moore's photo tweet of her defeated fan-husband after the Green Bay Packers stuck it to Chicago in the fourth quarter. Check out all of those posts, »

- Brian Warmoth

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Next 'Halloween' Has its Writer/Director

7 September 2009 9:15 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

Horror flick editor Patrick Lussier will be the next Halloween director, taking the reins of the franchise from Rob Zombie, whose Halloween II underperformed at the box office.

Dimension Films’ Bob Weinstein had been negotiating with Lussier to write and direct. Now Fangoria is reporting that the former Scream editor, who was also responsible for the Dracula 2000 series of movies and this year’s My Bloody Valentine, will be delivering Michael Myers’ next set of exploits for a summer 2010 release.

Lussier also served as visual consultant on The Eye remake starring Jessica Alba and Darkness Falls.

Slasher movie veteran Steve Miner had been rumored as in the running for the 2010 Halloween sequel, to be titled Halloween 3-D. But the hiring of Lussier makes sense, given that My Bloody Valentine, which performed solidly at the box office, was also released in 3-D.

Halloween II lost out on horror movie audiences to Final Destination, »

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James Vanderbilt Tackles Spiderman 5 and 6

17 August 2009 5:37 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

There was a moment in which the Spiderman film franchise looked to be possibly dead in the water, and seemed an uneven string of works for director Sam Raimi. The first film was good but flawed, the second film incredible; the third film left such a bad taste in many people’s mouths that it became hard to revisit the others. In the wake of The Dark Knight, it was even harder to look back, and I assumed the franchise was going to stall for years before a reboot.

I was absolutely incorrect. Not only is Raimi and co. gearing up for Spiderman 4 with attached writers David Lindsay-Abaire and Gary Ross, but a writer has been hired to start the ball rolling on Spiderman 5 and Spiderman 6 as well. It’s not known whether Raimi plans on staying with the series that long, but one name will: James Vanderbilt. Variety has »

- John Cooper

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Trailer for The Killing Room Thriller

3 August 2009 5:00 PM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »

The trailer for the upcoming thriller called "The Killing Room," starring Timothy Hutton, Chloe Sevigny and Nick Cannon, has appeared online. Check it out below. Plot: Four individuals sign up for a psychological research study only to discover that they are now subjects of a brutal, classified government program. The new movie is directed by Jonathan Liebesman, the man behind "Darkness Falls" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning." It has already appeared at the Sundance Film Festival and will is now set to hit stores on October 13th. Trailer: If you cannot see the player, click here. »

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Update: A Trailer Takes You to The Killing Room

3 August 2009 11:49 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

A trailer has surfaced for Darkness Falls and TCM: The Beginning director Jonathan Liebesman's new film The Killing Room, and we have it for you all cold and dead-like.

The film starring Chloe Sevigny, Peter Stormare, Clea DuVall, and Timothy Hutton follows a group of four people who, after signing up for some thought-to-be harmless psychological tests, end up finding out that they're now playing a part in a nasty little classified government program. The film co-stars Nick Cannon, who will no doubt dole out a little psychological torment of his own on us viewers with his performance.

Check out the trailer and DVD art below. Look for the film on October 13th from Genius Products.

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The Test Begins in 'The Killing Room' Trailer, DVD Cover Art

3 August 2009 10:07 AM, PDT | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »

Still looking for a distributor after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this past January is Jonathan Liebesman's (director of Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Darkness Falls) thriller The Killing Room, a pretty solid mystery that follows four individuals sign up for a psychological research study only to discover that they are now subjects of a brutal, classified government program. Beyond the break you can check out the first trailer for the film that is said to be based on true events. Michael Byrnes, Nick Cannon, Clea DuVall, Timothy Hutton, Meade Patton, Joan Roberts and Chloë Sevigny all star. iebesman is set to direct the major alien war film Battle: Los Angeles for Sony. »

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Long overdue trailer for Jonathan Liebesman's The Killing Room

2 August 2009 3:23 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

The Killing Room is a great looking claustrophobic thriller from director Jonathan Liebesman (Darkness Falls, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning) that I've been eying since it premiered at the last Sundance Film Fest. It garnered some mixed reviews and then sort of fell off everyone's radar. No theatrical screenings or marketing push followed its premier and then all of a sudden we find out its getting an August 17th DVD release from Momentum Pictures (who were kind enough to send me a copy!).

We've been sitting on a high-def version of the film's trailer for about a week now, but since we didn't have permission from Eleven Eleven Films we refrained from posting it. Apparently there are others out there who don't care about that sort of thing so a low-res, non de-interlaced version of it is on youtube. You'll find that crappy trailer after the break, and as soon »

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Michelle Rodriguez, two more heading into 'Battle'

30 July 2009 2:33 AM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »

Michelle Rodriguez, Michael Pena and Bridget Moynahan have signed on to star alongside Aaron Eckhart in Columbia's upcoming sci-fi action flick "Battle: Los Angeles."

Written by Chris Bertolini and directed by Jonathan Liebesman (“Darkness Falls” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning"), the plot centers on a Marine platoon’s battle against alien invaders in Los Angeles.

The Hollywood Reporter says Rodriguez will play Crpl. Adriana Santos, while Moynahan portrays a veterinarian. Pena will play the father of a boy the soldiers find along the way.

Rodriguez recently appeared in "Fast & Furious." Pena last starred in "Observe & Report." Moynahan's credits include "Lord of War" and "The Recruit." »

- Franck Tabouring

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Supporting Cast Lined Up for Battle: Los Angeles

29 July 2009 9:42 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

Michelle Rodriguez (The Fast and the Furious), Michael Pena (World Trade Center) and Bridget Moynahan (Lord of War) have all joined the cast of Columbia's sci-fi action flick Battle: Los Angeles. Jonathan Liebesman is directing with Aaron Eckhart in the lead role. The film was written by Chris Bertolini, whose only other credit is the John Travolta drama The General’s Daughter. Scott Silver (8 Mile) also penned a rewrite. Described as Black Hawk Down meets Independence Day, Battle revolves around a Marine platoon’s encounter in the battle on the streets of Los Angeles against an alien invasion. Eckhart will play the platoon leader. Rodriguez will play Crpl. Adriana Santos, a member of a radio battalion. Pena plays the father of a boy the Marines find along the way, and Moynahan plays a veterinarian. Liebesman previously directed the horror flicks Darkness Falls and Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning and was »

- James Cook

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The Seamstress Stitches a DVD Release Date

6 July 2009 11:44 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

We've already had an evil tooth fairy and a old ventriloquist lady that ripped out tongues, why not a ghostly seamstress that sews victims' mouths shut? Toss in Lance Henriksen, and it sounds like a film tailor made to go straight to DVD. It's called The Seamstress and it will on October 6th. Funny how that works out.

The Seamstress was brought into being by the desperate curse of an innocent woman being tortured to death by a vigilante mob. Voracious for blood, the hideously mutilated specter hunts a small group of friends who become trapped on the island where she died. The friends, led by Allie, are searching for Allie's missing father. As Allie comes to understand that he was one of the vigilantes, her friends begin to die gruesome horrific deaths on the point of The Seamstress' needle. When the last two surviving vigilantes arrive, locked in »

- Foywonder

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Darkness Falls: Russell T. Davies, John Barrowman, Eve Myles, and Gareth David-Lloyd Talk "Torchwood: Children of Earth"

24 June 2009 8:17 PM, PDT | Televisionary | See recent Televisionary news »

When we last saw the Torchwood team, they were still reeling from the death of two of their own even as they teamed up with the Doctor (David Tennant) in order to save the universe. Torchwood returns next month with a five-episode event season entitled Torchwood: Children of Earth, which will air across five nights at 9 pm Et/Pt on BBC America, following their transmission on BBC One in the United Kingdom. Written by Russell T. Davies, John Fay, and James Moran and directed by Euros Lyn, Torchwood: Children of Earth stars John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd, and Kai Owen, along with a slew of notable guest stars including Peter Capaldi, Lucy Cohu, Paul Copley, Nick Briggs, Susan Brown, and Tom Price. There's still a lot of mystery surrounding Torchwood: Children of Earth, so let's turn to series creator Russell T. Davies and series stars John Barrowman, »

- Jace

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The Weekly Wrap-Up: June 7-13, 2009

13 June 2009 1:08 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

Most notable this week was all the back and forth about Creepy's review of the "Killer Cut" of Friday the 13th 2009 (which generated more comments than we've seen around here in quite some time).

But there was also much appreciation being shown to Paramount for its reissues of Chapters 4, 5, and 6 of the F13 franchise. With so much focus on Jason, a few items might have gotten a bit lost in the shuffle. But that's why we do this feature. From June 7-13, 2009, these are the stories that made the Weekly Wrap-Up:

First is something I admit I derived a great deal of personal satisfaction from announcing: the first Vampire-Con is heading to Hollywood, CA this summer. Fans of the undead have long had zombie "walks" and similar gatherings where they were able to meet and hook up with others of their kind. It's about time those of us who are »

- The Woman In Black

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As Darkness Falls, a New Horror Anthology Premieres Soon

12 June 2009 1:07 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

Those of you pining for the days of anthology horror a la The Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits might have a reason to rejoice. Beginning on July 3rd, you can see whether or not As Darkness Falls measures up to its peers.

The program, which will air monthly both as a television program and a podcast/radio show, is inspired by the great anthology series, both radio & TV, of yesteryear, according to creator John C. Alsedek. Alsedek seems intent on outfitting his series with a retro feel, even beyond the black and white visuals: Each 30-minute episode is both recorded and filmed in a stark studio, punctuated only by atmospheric lighting. The show itself relies not on elaborate SFX to generate suspense, but rather on the skill of the actors and the power of the imagination.

The series, to be hosted by veteran actor Tucker Smallwood, will premiere on »

- Masked Slasher

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Jonathan Liebesman to Direct Odysseus

27 April 2009 6:18 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

Warner Brothers have added another Greek mythology-based sword-and-sandals epic to their upcoming slate after winning a bidding war this week for Odysseus. Inspired loosely by Homer's Odyssey, the movie finds Odysseus returning to Ithaca after 20 years of fighting in the Trojan War where his his home is occupied by hostile forces. He single-handedly fights back and reclaims his kingdom. The movie is being billed as a bloody revenge flick akin to "300 meets Taken". Jonathan Liebesman (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Darkness Falls) is attached to direct the film, from a script written by Ann Peacock (Nights in Rodanthe, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe). Although Peacock's past work may not include a lot of violent, testosterone-driven flicks, she did write the script for Liebesman's recent indie thriller The Killing Room. Warner Brothers is no doubt hoping that this will be a nice complement to »

- Sean

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Warner Bros. Developing Odysseus

25 April 2009 12:48 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

Warner Bros. has acquired Odysseus, written by Ann Peacock (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe), in what the trades are calling “a major spec script bidding war”. Jonathan Liebesman, director of Darkness Falls and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, is attached to direct. The story centers on the legendary hero Odysseus, famed king of Ithaca, who returns to his island after 20 years of fighting the Trojan Wars, only to find his kingdom under the brutal occupation of an invading force. Odysseus single-handedly defeats every last man and takes back his wife, his son and his kingdom. The intent is to make not a sleepy swords-and-sandals epic but a bloody relentless revenge movie, something akin to 300 meets Taken. Gianni Nunnari is producing via his Hollywood Gang Productions. The company also produced Zack Snyder’s 300. Liebesman is also attached to helm Columbia Pictures' apocalyptic thriller Battle: Los Angeles, »

- James Cook

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