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23 October 2009 11:35 AM, PDT | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »

We learned of some exciting news, although the French director is keeping tight-lipped. We had heard Pascal Laugier was currently prepping a non-us horror production, but could only confirm details would be revealed at next month's Afm. What I discovered will please hardcore Laugier fans who have been following him since his early days up until the recent release of Martyrs. We're Told, and have yet to confirm, that his next project will in fact be the long-planned The Tall Man, a film he's been talking about since 2006. After the release of Saint Ange, Laugier spoke with Allocine.fr and told them that the "story is too similar to a recently released movie, but it is a beautiful project that I keep patiently in the drawers." He also has always kept the plot details tight-lipped. If anyone has any more info, please pass it by. »

4 June 2009 11:03 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

Clive Barker has revealed, via his Twitter, that Pascal Laugier, the French filmmaker who was brought on to write and direct a remake of Barker’s classic horror film Hellraiser, is no longer attached to the project. Barker didn’t provide a reason for Laugier’s departure, saying: “I don't know much more. I mean why would anyone tell me? I mostly discover these things here or through friends who still buy the trades.” Released in 1987, Hellraiser told the story of an unfaithful wife who attempts to assist her dead lover in his escape from hell. The movie introduced viewers to a race of demons called Cenobites, most notably one nicknamed Pinhead — who became one of the most enduring horror characters of the decade — who was summoned using an antique puzzle box. Dimension has been hoping to relaunch the Hellraiser franchise for the past couple of years, first hiring Julien »

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23 March 2009 10:41 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

The most talked-about, shocked-about and divisive movie at the Cannes Film Festival last year wasn’t an entry in any of the competitive strands. It was only screened twice in the marketplace, and quickly became the hottest topic of every conversation. Those who loved it absolutely loved it; those who hated it felt it marked a nadir in extreme degradation, the ultimate in so-called “torture porn” and the end of cinematic civilization. But for this Fangorian, Pascal Laugier’s Martyrs is the clearest indication yet that today’s French horror is the only platform allowing a currently all-too-safe genre to find its excitement, power and strength again.

Laugier’s esoteric development of an everyday tabloid headline into a Clive Barker-esque underworld nightmare is a challenging, disturbing and thoroughly uncompromising work. It couldn’t be further from the tired, old-style mainstream scary movie that too many purveyors seem to think is all that’s required. »

3 articles from 2009