Special Mention: The Fake Trailers from Grindhouse (2007, USA): The four fake trailers featured in the otherwise disappointing Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino double-feature: Machete by Robert Rodriguez, Werewolf Women of the SS by Rob Zombie, Thanksgiving by Eli Roth and Don’t by Edgar Wright-are all very entertaining trips down horror/exploitation film memory lane and are easily the best part of the film.
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2) Other Notable Horror Films Of The 2000’s:
This list focuses on films that are partially successful and even touch on brilliance at times but ultimately don’t pull everything together to fully deliver on their promise.
Intacto (Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, 2001, Spain):
This film about a group of people blessed with supernatural good luck has a great premise, several great scenes-the revelation of the plane crash early in the film, the blindfolded race through the trees and the Russian roulette climax-plus the welcome presence of...
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2) Other Notable Horror Films Of The 2000’s:
This list focuses on films that are partially successful and even touch on brilliance at times but ultimately don’t pull everything together to fully deliver on their promise.
Intacto (Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, 2001, Spain):
This film about a group of people blessed with supernatural good luck has a great premise, several great scenes-the revelation of the plane crash early in the film, the blindfolded race through the trees and the Russian roulette climax-plus the welcome presence of...
- 11/4/2012
- by Terek Puckett
- SoundOnSight
MADRID -- First Look Studios has picked up North American rights to The Kovak Box, starring Timothy Hutton, Spanish production house Filmax announced Monday.
Box, directed by Spaniard Daniel Monzon and produced by Filmax and Estudios Picasso, tells the story of a best-selling author whose fictional world becomes all too real when an idea from one of his books is taken by a reclusive scientist and used in a plot to drive people to commit suicide.
"We are proud to be working with Filmax on this exciting title," First Look CEO Henry Winterstern said in a statement. "We hope this is the first of many films that First Look and Filmax will handle together in the future."...
Box, directed by Spaniard Daniel Monzon and produced by Filmax and Estudios Picasso, tells the story of a best-selling author whose fictional world becomes all too real when an idea from one of his books is taken by a reclusive scientist and used in a plot to drive people to commit suicide.
"We are proud to be working with Filmax on this exciting title," First Look CEO Henry Winterstern said in a statement. "We hope this is the first of many films that First Look and Filmax will handle together in the future."...
- 11/21/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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