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2009 | 2008
20 articles from 2009
Top Ten High School Horror Movies: 1996 - Present
23 hours ago | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
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, »
- Masked Slasher
The First '30 Days of Night' Sequel's Set Photo
6 November 2009 5:45 PM, PST | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
Heads up, 30 Days of Night fans. We just got back from the Vancouver set of 30 Days of Night: Dark Days (where we discovered Ginger Snaps' Katharine Isabelle is in the film and watched her film a scene). We'll have more on our visit up soon. But right now we've got the first official set photo. Hit the jump to see the complete photo of Kiele Sanchez as the new Stella Olesonthe (replacing Melissa George from the first 30 Days of Night film). Courtesy Spwag/Stage 6 Photo by Chris Large »
TV News: CTV's 'Hiccups' Begins Production
20 October 2009 2:30 PM, PDT | Anh Khoi Do and Movies | See recent Anh Khoi Do and Movies news »
From a press release
Corner Gas alum Nancy Robertson (photo) cast in lead role.Brent Butt returns to helm his latest project as creator, writer, show runner, executive producer and co-star.Production now underway in Vancouver, BC.
Vancouver, BC (October 19, 2009) – CTV, in association with The Comedy Network and Sparrow Media, announced today that principal photography is underway on the original comedy series, Hiccups, in Vancouver, BC. From the star and mastermind behind CTV’s hit comedy Corner Gas, Brent Butt returns to helm his latest project as creator, writer, executive producer and co-star. The 13-part, half-hour series stars the hilarious Nancy Robertson (Corner Gas) as the lead character and will continue production through November. Hiccups is the second CTV/The Comedy Network comedy series to begin production this month, the first being Dan For Mayor, starring Fred Ewanuick (Corner Gas, Robson Arms).
In Hiccups, Robertson plays the role of Millie Upton, »
- anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
Armchair Casting Director: 'True Blood' welcomes a Debbie Downer
5 October 2009 8:46 AM, PDT | EW - Ausiello Files | See recent EW.com - The Ausiello Files news »
You're gonna have a field day with this one, people — I know I did. True Blood is looking for a twenty- to thirtysomething knockout to play season 3 werewolf Alcide's psycho ex-girlfriend, Debbie Pelt. So who comes to mind when you hear that she's described as sporty and spiteful, with black hair that wouldn't be out of place on an Afghan at a dog show? Who comes to my mind is… Milla Jovovich: Though she's the heroine in the Resident Evil flicks, haven't her angular features and kickass bod always made you think "bitch on wheels"? Just me? Really? Well, »
- Michael Ausiello
Fall Frights: Ginger Snaps: Unleashed (Film Review)
3 October 2009 2:10 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.
Ginger Snaps: Unleashed - Fangoria Archives: Originally Published 1/30/04, abridged for posting here.
Yep, there’s no “II” in the onscreen title. And that’s appropriate, because against the odds, here’s a sequel to a video-driven genre favorite that stands on its own four paws as an accomplished horror film, one that stays true to the original’s themes without depending on its memory to carry it. After a theatrical run in it's native Canada, Unleashed went the straight-to-video route in the U.S., which is a shame, as it can easily stand up against most of what the major studios have given us lately in the fright field.
One of the nice things about the movie is that it doesn’t attempt »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
Cinematical Seven: High School Horror We Love
17 September 2009 8:18 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Jennifer's Body is getting panned in some circles for the alleged tragic flaw of a horror movie not being particularly scary. They're mostly right -- Diablo Cody's genre follow-up to Juno doesn't really elevate the heart rate very often. But I think that's because it tips to the "high school" side of the "high school horror" balance; it's more of a teen drama with a bloody metaphorical twist than a full-on horror flick.
That may disappoint some fans, but it sort of gets at why high school horror movies work so well, so often. It's a cliche that "high school is scary," but movies that make a connection between the reasons high school is scary in real life and whatever monstrosity happens to be stalking or haunting the characters are the ones that tend to leave the biggest impression.
In honor of Jennifer's Body, which I think will be »
- Eugene Novikov
Jennifer's Body (2009)
17 September 2009 6:24 PM, PDT | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »
Directed by Karyn Kusama
Written by Diablo Cody
Featuring Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons
Review by Matthew Funk
Fans of Joss Whedon will delight—four years after Fox cancelled Firefly, they pay partial penance with this well-intentioned Buffy: The Vampire Slayer remake: Jennifer’s Body. Like Buffy, Jennifer’s Body uses wit and comic book violence to observe that high school social climbing is a close cousin to cannibalism. Unlike Buffy, it fails to deliver the dramatic goods or to show more sophistication than a bitchy teenager...
Jennifer’s Body is high school in every sense of the term. The plot could have come from any semi-literate with a Metallica tee-shirt: A stone fox is possessed by a randy demon with a hankering for boy flesh. In the end, good triumphs over evil. We learn this in the first five minutes, but it isn’t until the closing »
- Tristan Sinns
Jennifer's Body (2009)
17 September 2009 2:01 PM, PDT | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »
Directed by Karyn Kusama
Written by Diablo Cody
Featuring Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons
Review by Matthew Funk
Fans of Joss Whedon will delight—four years after Fox cancelled Firefly, they pay partial penance with this well-intentioned Buffy: The Vampire Slayer remake: Jennifer’s Body. Like Buffy, Jennifer’s Body uses wit and comic book violence to observe that high school social climbing is a close cousin to cannibalism. Unlike Buffy, it fails to deliver the dramatic goods or to show more sophistication than a bitchy teenager...
Jennifer’s Body is high school in every sense of the term. The plot could have come from any semi-literate with a Metallica tee-shirt: A stone fox is possessed by a randy demon with a hankering for boy flesh. In the end, good triumphs over evil. We learn this in the first five minutes, but it isn’t until the closing »
- Superheidi
Toronto 2009: "Jennifer's Body" Could Use Some Work
11 September 2009 7:58 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
Even though Telluride stole a little of Toronto's thunder with a sneak premiere of Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air," the foremost film festival in North America is not about to let anyone forget that it was the place where "Juno" debuted two years ago. All three "Juno" principles -- Reitman, screenwriter Diablo Cody (with "Jennifer's Body"), and star Ellen Page (the lead in "Whip It!") -- are back up north with new films, and the most direct descendent, the Reitman-produced and Cody-penned "Jennifer's Body," was the first of the three to premiere in the midnight madness section on Thursday.
An émigré of the dearly departed Fox Atomic label, "Jennifer's Body" arrived in Toronto with plenty of baggage, but came across like catnip to the friendly audiences in a country that gave birth to the "Ginger Snaps" franchise. Though Cody has said her follow-up to "Juno" was inspired by »
- Stephen Saito
Katharine Isabelle to star in Penelope Buitenhius' 'Hard Ride To Hell'
31 August 2009 10:27 AM, PDT | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »
Hard Ride To Hell is a horror movie about to begin shooting starring the rare Katharine Isabelle (Ginger Snaps) and directed by Penelope Buitenhuis. The film also stars Miguel Ferrer (Robocop) and Laura Mennell (Trick 'R Treat, Watchmen.)
“It’s about an old curse and demon bikers,” Isabelle told Fangoria. “I literally have only scanned the script because I just got it last week. I have a pretty large part in it—at least, I don’t die till the very end.”
Buitenhuis directed the made-for-tv horror Killer Bees, as well as thrillers like Wide Awake, Ashes to Ashes, and Dangerous Attraction.
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- Superheidi
Katharine Isabelle goes to Hell, dies for Boll
31 August 2009 9:50 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
At the recent Monster Mania convention in New Jersey, Fango got a few words with Katharine Isabelle, the actress beloved by fright fans for her starring turns in the Ginger Snaps films. She’s got a pair of genre features coming up: Hard Ride To Hell, lensing in Vancouver for Spike TV, and Uwe Boll’s latest ode to violence, Rampage.
Hard Ride is directed by Penelope Buitenhuis and also stars Robocop’s Miguel Ferrer and Laura Mennell of Trick ’R Treat and Watchmen. “It’s about an old curse and demon bikers,” Isabelle tells us. “I literally have only scanned the script because I just got it last week. I have a pretty large part in it—at least, I don’t die till the very end.”
She also expires in Rampage, which stars Brendan Fletcher (who co-starred with Isabelle in the Ginger Snaps sequels as well as Freddy Vs. Jason »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
Ginger Snaps (Film Review)
19 July 2009 6:57 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Restored Archive Review, Originally Posted on 7/1/2001
It has become a sad, familiar refrain: How is it that a scary, intelligent teen horror film like Ginger Snaps can't make it to major U.S. release, while dross like Urban Legends: Final Cut, Valentine and The Forsaken makes it into theaters nationwide? In this case, it is at least understandable, if lamentable, that the studios would be averse to handling Ginger Snaps. Not only is it drenched in blood and the rawest language heard in a youth film since Heathers, it also deals frankly with adolescent female sexuality, a subject the majors have never been comfortable with. Not to mention that (speaking of Heathers) it spotlights two sisters who rehearse their own suicides, and not all the bloodletting is done by the victims. Menstruation is a key subject here, and it's easy to imagine studio heads reacting the way the young protagonists' »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
Myles of Footage: The Company of Wolves
8 June 2009 9:34 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
It is by complete surprise that I ended up with a copy of this movie. There I was, walking the aisles of my virtual movie store, looking for 'The Empire of the Wolves' when my clumsy fingers stumbled and clicked on Neil Jordan's (The Crying Game, In Dreams, Breakfast on Pluto) film instead. The result? Pure delight. I normally stay away from the 3 W's: witches, wizards and werewolves, but I'm glad I took a chance on this. Based on the werewolf stories in Angela Carter's short story collection 'The Bloody Chamber'[1] [1], this collection of gothic-themed tales was much scarier and darker than I expected it to be. Furthermore its release year (1984) and lead characters (Sarah Patterson and Angela Lansbury) lead me to believe that it was just another fantasy classic from the 80s, in the same vein as Time Bandits, Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal. In short, I »
- Myles Dolphin
Horror Vets Topline 'Blood: A Butcher's Tale'
4 May 2009 10:53 AM, PDT | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »
A film being pushed at this year's Cannes is Blood A Butcher's Tale which is being directed by Mark Tuit. Starring Emily Perkins (Ginger Snaps, Juno) Aaron Douglas (I Robot, Shattered), Kim Coates (The Island, Silent Hill) and Christa Campbell (Day of the Dead, 2001 Maniacs), the film is the harrowing tale of Sam, a simple butcher, who discovers that the love of his life is being seduced by a vampire. As he investigates further, he realizes that his destiny is to become the destroyer of this bloodthirsty race. Bent on vengeance, Sam sets out to cleanse the world of the monsters that took from him his only love. The faint line between love and hate becomes blurred when he finds himself intrigued and enamored by the romantic darkness of the undead. »
Monster Movies- Ten of the Best
18 April 2009 6:00 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
As much as the incomparable John Cusack in High Fidelity made it über cool to compose ‘top fives’ – or ‘top tens’ in this case – personally, I’ve always found it a colossal struggle, as though I’m somehow betraying otherwise very close friends; a mother forced to select favourites from her brood.
Given that my book, Monster Movies, contains 75 or so (all) marvellous monster flicks that have been granted inclusion within the 45,000 words/200-ish pages for one reason and one reason alone (they’re fine examples of the genre), I’d like to nominate each of these films as a top monster movie. But – and I capitalise ‘but’ to emphasise the shackles of my brief – if forced down on my knees with pistol pressed to temple, the following films listed below would compose a Top Ten Monster Movies of All Time, and I’ll endeavour to explain why.
As for »
American Psycho Helmer Adapting Diaries
24 March 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
Mary Harron, who tackled the controversial novel American Psycho in 2000, is up to adapt author Rachel Klein's debut novel "The Moth Diaries." Published in 2002, Klein's story is set against the backdrop of a girls' boarding school where a 16-year-old named Lucy suspects her roommate is a vampire. But, through this tale, there is a growing question of what is reality and what is merely stemming from Lucy's warped fantasies? Karen Walton ( Ginger Snaps ) reportedly drafted an adaptation, but it's unknown if she's still on board. If she is, this could be a film to keep an eye out for. A Walton/Harron pairing is intriguing. Since Psycho , Harron has directed The Notorious Bettie Page and episodes of The L Word and Fear Itself . »
King’s It heads to the big screen
12 March 2009 10:32 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lin Pictures and remake specialists Vertigo Entertainment are teaming on a big-screen adaptation of Stephen King’s novel It for Warner Bros. release. This will be the book’s second screen incarnation—following, of course, the 1990 ABC miniseries starring John Ritter, Harry Anderson, Tim Reid, Annette O’Toole and Richard Thomas, with Tim Curry as the evil Pennywise the clown and early appearances by Seth Green and Ginger Snaps’ Emily Perkins.
Tapped to turn King’s mammoth tome into a feature-length screenplay is Dave Kajganich, who has become quite the redux specialist; he previously penned the ill-fated The Invasion and a new take on Pet Sematary, and is the latest writer on New Line’s long-mooted Escape From New York update. Although the book, in which a group of childhood friends reunite to battle a shapeshifting evil entity they previously confronted as kids, takes place »
Pretty Bloody explores women in horror
20 February 2009 10:51 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Fango received word of a new project that’s part of an exciting and growing trend: documentaries that cover the contributions women have made to our beloved genre. With no shortage of feminine—and feminist—critiques and perspectives out there, Donna Davies and Kimberlee McTaggart of Canada’s Sorcery Films have made their own contribution to the mini-boom with Pretty Bloody: The Women Of Horror.
The hour-long show, which premieres next Wednesday, February 25 at 10 p.m. on Canada’s Space channel, examines the experiences, motivations and impact of the increasing numbers of women engaged in the fear business, featuring interviews with actresses, directors, writers, critics and even academics who are passionate about the topic. Shooting in Toronto, Los Angeles and New York, Davies and McTaggart spoke with such notable horror figures as Pet Sematary director Mary Lambert, actress/Fango Radio host Debbie Rochon, Ginger Snaps screenwriter Karen Walton, Broken Mirrors »
Adapt This! Six Works of Speculative Fiction For Your Consideration
29 January 2009 9:23 AM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
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Personally, I have a bit of a speculative fiction bent (with a penchant for post-apocalyptic flavours) and an aversion to long winded film franchises, here are the ground rules for this weeks Twitch-o-Meter. A couple cases below may benefit from splitting up the adaptation into more than one film (as is the trend these days, at least evidenced mightily with the works of J.R.R. Tolkien) might help ease the burden of adapting the dense plotting, but then we are talking story telling, not the typical breeding ground for repetition and diminishing returns that plagues both American and International sequels (The Alien franchise anyone? Infernal Affairs? Ringu? Whispering Corridors? Ginger Snaps? Highlander?)
But first, a few notes on what is not included on the list, but might have been some years ago. Certainly Cormac McCarthy’s The Road would have been on this list if it was not already in post-production »
- Kurt Halfyard
George Mihalka’s Valentine Present
26 January 2009 9:03 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Valentine’s Day is February 14, but this year, fans of George Mihalka’s holiday slasher favorite My Bloody Valentine got a couple of early gifts. Not only did Lionsgate’s remake prove relatively faithful to the spirit and storyline of the original while adding the fun of 3-D, but the company gave the 1981 Canadian chiller its long-awaited DVD release in uncut form, with numerous moments of MPAA-scissored gore reinstated.
This disc (reviewed here) has delighted fans who’ve had to make do for over 25 years with VHS and disc editions from previous distributor Paramount containing the R-rated cut. And no one could be happier with its release than director Mihalka himself, who has long bemoaned the butchering of Valentine, and had been told a restoration would be impossible. “I was asked whether I wanted to do a director’s cut a few years ago,” he reveals. “Of course I said yes, »
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