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3 December 2008 11:26 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

You know, rarely do I get excited about sequels. I loved the Ju-on movies, but for whatever reason, even with creator Takashi Shimizu at the helm of the American remakes, they still felt kind of stale. With the upcoming release of Ghost House Pictures' The Grudge 3 from Sony, some interesting surprises have been popping up. The latest one? Gone is the PG-13 rating, and in its place the MPAA has granted this third U.S. entry an R rating, the first in the franchise's history.

The rating was earned "for violence, disturbing images, and some language"; and I can't say I'm surprised given that Splinter director Toby Wilkins is at the helm. This dude can do horror, and he's not shy about the onscreen action getting messy. Strap in, folks; we may finally be getting us a ghost story with some much needed bite!

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- Uncle Creepy

24 September 2008 2:05 PM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »

We mentioned quickly last night that Tokyo Gore Police director Yoshihiko Nishimura had mentioned that the next film from the crew behind Tokyo Gore Police and Machine Girl would be Drill Bra Sisters and we had the chance to ask Nishimura for a few more details today.  The film is still being written so details are scarce but one of the lead characters is obviously carrying forward from The Machine Girl - which raises the possibility of further character cross overs - and Nishimura confirmed that it will be Machine Girl director Noboru Iguchi calling the shots on this one as well.  As for Nishimura?  Well, he’s got something big on the horizons himself as well:  he will be taking over the reins of the hugely popular Ju-On films - remade in the USA as The Grudge.  The next installment of the long running franchise is being written now, »

- Todd Brown

10 September 2008 8:54 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

By Alison Willmore

If "Bangkok Dangerous," with Nicolas Cage as a hitman in Bangkok moping over both his career choices and a girl, felt familiar -- well, that's probably because it's derivative of many a sad assassin movie that's come before. But it's also a remake, and not just your run-of-the-mill Hollywood retread of a foreign film. "Bangkok Dangerous" finds Hong Kong-born sibling directing team Danny Pang and Oxide Pang Chun remaking their own debut, a 1999 Thai-language film of the same name, and joining that growing club of directors who've headed to the U.S. to try an English take on their own movie. While the set-up makes sense -- subtitle-avoidant audiences here prefer a language and actors they're familiar with, and who knows the ins and outs of a project better than whoever helmed it the first time out? -- these remakes have a higher chance of stinkiness than the already dubious average redo. »

- Alison Willmore

3 articles from 2008