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Stephen Susco Doing Rewrite on 'Butcherhouse Chronicles'

10 November 2009 9:08 PM, PST | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »

Bloody Disgusting learned today of some major news. Stephen Susco, who penned The Grudge and The Grudge 2, is currently doing a rewrite on Paramount Pictures' The Butcherhouse Chronicles, which is to be produced by Platinum Dunes (Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street). Frank Borin is no longer attached to direct. Originally written by Michael Hidalgo, Butcherhouse is a darkly comic horror stage show about four high school students out to discover the truth behind a mysterious old (haunted) property known as the Butcherhouse. In addition, Susco also has been developing The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D for Twisted Pictures. No word on where that project is at. »

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to Get Rebooted Yet Again?

9 October 2009 7:42 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

With Michael Bay and his buddy Brad Fuller recently becoming too occupied with their other horror remakes to worry about another sequel to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, their Platinum Dunes production company has opted not to renew the rights to the franchise. Normally I would think this was great news, but instead it appears that a new deal is being worked out with Twisted Pictures, the same folks behind the never-ending Saw series. Yay. According to Variety [1], they are planning to restart the franchise all over again, with Stephen Susco (The Grudge, The Grudge 2) getting the call to "contemporize the storyline" for a new Leatherface film. As you might expect, this new Texas Chainsaw remake is also being planned as a 3-D release. Is it just me or is 3-D now becoming a new excuse to remake things that have already been remade? It's getting pretty ridiculous. Carl Mazzocone, »

- Sean

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Chen Returns To Movies After Sex Scandal

5 October 2009 5:17 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Asian superstar Edison Chen is returning to the big screen for the first time since a sex photo scandal threatened to ruin his career.

The Hong Kong-based singer/actor hit headlines last year after over 1,000 intimate shots of him engaged in sexual acts with several different women - all rising stars in Asia - hit the web.

The furore around the sex snaps forced Chen to flee Hong Kong and the controversy ended the entertainment careers of most of the girls involved.

But studio bosses have decided to give Chen another chance, and have signed him up to appear in new English-language comedy Almost Perfect.

The film tells the story of a girl who juggles her boyfriend and her family, and is reportedly set to his Chinese cinemas next year.

Chen has previously appeared in Infernal Affairs, The Grudge 2, and also had a cameo in last year's Batman movie The Dark Knight. »

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Greatest Scream Queens

1 September 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

Debbie Rochon, often described as a scream queen herself, wrote in an article originally published in Gc Magazine that "a true Scream Queen isn't The Perfect Woman. She's sexy, seductive, but most importantly 'attainable' to the average guy. Or so it would seem." Nastassja Kinski Films: To the Devil a Daughter (1976) [1] Cat People (1982) [2] The Day the World Ended (2001) [3] Inland Empire (2006) [4] Kinski will always be remembered for the iconic photograph shot by Richard Avedon (with a snake coiled around her body) and her role in Paul Schrader's (not so good) remake of Cat People. Needless to say, it was a hit at the box office and Kinski deservingly received a Saturn Award for Best Actress. Caroline Munro Films: The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) [5] Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) [6] Dracula A.D. 1972 [7] Maniac (1980) [8] Faceless (1987) [9] Demons 6 (1989) [10] Caroline Munro seduced audiences in her Hammer roles in films like Dracula A.D. 1972, but for gore hounds, »

- Ricky

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New Photo from The Book of Eli

27 August 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

Alcon Entertainment just released this new movie still featuring Mila Kunis and Denzel Washington in the upcoming film “The Book of Eli” by directors Albert Hughes (From Hell) and Allen Hughes and starring Mila Kunis (Family Guy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Denzel Washington (Inside Man 2, The Taking of Pelham 123), Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight) and Jennifer Beals (The Grudge 2). Synopsis: A post-apocalyptic Western, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news, posters and more from “The Book of Eli” starring Denzel Washington. »

- Brian Corder

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The Book of Eli Comic-Con 2009 Exclusive Poster

16 July 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

Alcon Entertainment recently released this brand new Comic Con 2009 exclusive movie poster from the upcoming film “The Book of Eli” by directors Albert Hughes (From Hell) and Allen Hughes and starring Mila Kunis (Family Guy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Denzel Washington (Inside Man 2, The Taking of Pelham 123), Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight) and Jennifer Beals (The Grudge 2). Synopsis: A post-apocalyptic Western, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news, posters and more from “The Book of Eli” starring Denzel Washington. »

- Brian Corder

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Zac Efron dances into thriller territory...

23 June 2009 11:19 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

The singing, dancing, Teen Beat cover model is stepping into a darker realm. Variety reports that Zac Efron (High School Musical) will star in and executive produce an untitled thriller for Mandate Pictures, with Greg Shapiro of Kingsgate Films (The Hurt Locker), Leslie Dixon (The Birds) and Jason Barrett Producing.

Mandate is known for dark material such as Sam Raimi's recent Drag Me To Hell, The Strangers, Rise, and The Grudge 2.

The trade reports that Dixon's penning the script; the logline's staying under wraps. Project reteams the scribe with Efron two years after she wrote and he starred in Hairspray

Efron and Mandate's Nathan Kahane will exec produce. The thesp has worked previously with Barrett, who exec produced 17 Again.

More info on this one as it develops. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (FANGORIA.com)

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Ju-on Director Takashi Shimuzu Goes 3-D With The Shock Labyrinth!

3 June 2009 9:34 AM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »

Wonder why Takashi Shimizu isn’t directing the tenth anniversary installments of his Ju-On franchise himself?  The answer is simple enough: because he’s making Japan’s first 3-D horror film instead!

Horror Master Takashi Shimizu Commences The Production Of Japan’S First Live Action Digital 3D Feature In The World’S Longest Horror House Walk-through

Tokyo, June 3rd 2009

Japanese production and distribution company Asmik Ace Entertainement today announced the commencement of the principal photography of “The Shock Labyrinth,” a live action digital 3D film directed by Takashi Shimizu (“Juon,” “Juon 2,” “The Grudge,” “The Grudge 2”). The horror project is aiming at an October 2009 release in Japan. Asmik Ace handles both local and international distribution of the Ogura Jimusyho production. The project marks Japan’s first ever live action digital 3D feature film as well as Shimizu’s long-awaited return to the horror feature after 3 years. Produced by Ogura Jimusyo »

- Todd Brown

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Kebbel, Sweeney, Brendon & More Star In Nationwide Young Playwrights Fest 6/4-28

26 May 2009 3:55 PM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

Arielle Kebbel ("The Uninvited", "The Grudge 2"), Db Sweeney ("Jericho", "Crash"), Nicholas Brendon ("Criminal Minds", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), Jack Lauffer ("Huff"), Michael Welch ("Twilight", "Joan of Arcadia"), Elaine Hendrix ("Privileged", "The Parent Trap"), Jim Beaver ("Harper's Island", "Supernatural"), Todd Grinnell ("Desperate Housewives"), Eric Nenninger ("Generation Kill". "Malcolm in the Middle"), Dale Dickey ("My Name is Earl"), Spencer Daniels ("Star Trek", "The Office"), Hallie Hirsch ("E.R.", "90210"), Greg Ellis ("Star Trek, "Pirates of the Caribbean", "24"), and Emmy Award-winner Gordon Clapp ("NYPD Blue", Tony nom. for Broadway's "Glengarry Glen Ross") are all starring in The Blank Theatre Company's 17th Annual Nationwide Young Playwrights Festival; a month-long Festival of 12 plays by teenaged playwrights, aged 15 -19 from across the United States. »

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DVD Tuesday: 'Taken', 'Grudge 3', 'Underworld 3' and more

12 May 2009 7:15 AM, PDT | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »

A direct-to-dvd sequel to a marginal horror flick, a surprisingly bad-ass Liam Neeson, a direct-to-dvd sequel to a cult movie about a time-traveling rabbit and a little-known thriller with Anne Hathaway tops off DVD Tuesday for today May, 12th.

Taken, S. Darko, Passengers, The Grudge 3, and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, oh my.

Warm up your Netflix queues.

S. Darko, the sequel to the 2001 genre-bending thriller Donnie Darko, was supposed to be released on wide release to your neighborhood cineplex. It didn’t happen because, as it turns out, according to big-wig Studio execs, nobody wants to pay upwards of $10 to see it. (But we’d do it for Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li. Go figure.) But, ironically, Darko fans may pay $15 for the DVD.

The film stars Daveigh Chase, reprising her role as Donnie’s  (originally played by Jake Gyllenhaal who does not appear in the sequel) younger sister, »

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This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: May 12, 2009

12 May 2009 12:44 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

DVD Links: DVD News | Release Dates | New Dvds | Reviews | RSS Feed Two titles you won't see in the release date section below are the Watchmen Director's Cut and the 300 (The Complete Experience) Blu-ray, but both have just been confirmed with July 28 and July 21 release dates respectively. Both updates came too late for this report and will be included on the next one, but a complete write up can be found right here, which includes artwork and special features. Now, for today's releases... Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collections I am anxiously awaiting my very own copy of the full original crew Star Trek movie series as I only own Wrath of Khan and The Voyage Home on DVD and haven't seen the others in a long, long time. As a matter of fact, I can hardly remember what the other four films are about. Search for Spock is pretty much »

- Brad Brevet

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Exclusive: Toby Wilkins Talks The Grudge 3

11 May 2009 11:52 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

Toby Wilkins is not happy simply being a director. He’s also a storyteller with a vision. His two latest films, Splinter (review here) and The Grudge 3 (review here), both prove that he’s got a long career ahead of him filedl with engrossing stories he wants to share with audiences.

Wilkins first enjoyed success in the horror genre in 2005 when his short film, Staring at the Sun, won the award for Best Short Film during the Screamfest Film Festival in Los Angeles.

“Because of my success at Screamfest, Ghost House Pictures asked me to film a short film called Mouse Trap for their mobile phone division,” explained Wilkins. “From there, they asked me to do a series of short films for The Grudge 2 which was a blast. Dipping your toes into those waters was a huge joy for me.”

After the series of Grudge 2 shorts, Wilkins moved »

- Uncle Creepy

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Watch an Exclusive Clip from The Grudge 3

11 May 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

The curse lives on in The Grudge 3 , Sony's direct-to-dvd sequel in the lucrative Grudge franchise, and we've got an exclusive clip to share. This latest entry is directed by Splinter 's Toby Wilkins; Shawnee Smith, Matthew Knight, Beau Mirchoff and Johanna E. Braddy star. Synopsis: Jake, the sole survivor of The Grudge 2 massacre, is tortured by chilling visions of Kayako and Toshio that have led to his hospitalization. Jake's caretaker, Dr. Sullivan is determined to investigate his horrifying tales. She explores his Chicago home, finding another family on the brink of succumbing to the curse. It becomes clear that Jake's terrifying stories are true, and a mysterious Japanese woman may be the only hope of banishing the spirits forever...unless her plan destroys them all.... »

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The Grudge 3 (DVD Review)

8 May 2009 11:27 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

As if any more proof were needed, The Grudge 3—the third in the American series based on Takashi Shimizu’s Japanese screen quartet, the first to go direct to DVD and the first of any of these not helmed by Shimizu—demonstrates that this concept has been well and truly exhausted. Particularly given that this sequel was created not by untried up-and-comers or music-video graduates, but a couple of guys who have shown themselves to have true horror chops.

The Grudge 3 was directed by Toby Wilkins and scripted by Brad Keene, who held those posts respectively on Splinter and From Within, two of the smarter and more satisfying independent fright films to emerge in the last year. Yet even their best efforts are defeated by the necessity of adhering to a formula that has now become familiar well past the point of banality. No matter what the context, »

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More Aussie awesomeness in the thriller Restraint

31 March 2009 2:14 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

What can I say? After the likes of The Horseman, Acolytes, Lake Mungo, The Square, and the upcoming Beautiful and all sorts of other goodies coming out of Australia, I can say I'm pretty excited for the genre fare their spitting out. I wonder, will this revival of sorts get a name? Restraint will be having a small theatrical world premier in April followed by a national DVD release, and it's directed by newcomer David Denneen and stars Travis Fimmel, Teresa Palmer (The Grudge 2), and Stephen Moyer (True Blood). This looks like a straight up psychological thriller, so check er out!

A brutal crime is commited. Our murderous pair, Ron and Dale, seek a safe haven to hide out. But what they thought was an abandoned mansion is inhabited by a rich agoraphobic, Andrew, who becomes their hostage. Or does he? Who is the victim in this threesome? Whatever »

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Amber Tamblyn considering 'Main Street'

28 March 2009 11:18 PM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »

Amber Tamblyn is the latest to consider joining Ellen Burstyn, Patricia Clarkson, Colin Firth and possibly Orlando Bloom in John Doyle's upcoming drama "Main Street."

The film follows a group of a small North Carolina town residents whose lives are turned upside down with the arrival of a stranger.

Doyle is directing a script by the late Horton Foote, whose credits also include "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Of Mice and Men."

Tamblyn last starred in "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2." Her credits also include "The Grudge 2" and "Joan of Arcadia."

Source: Variety »

- Franck Tabouring

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Arielle Kebbel Joins No Heroics

18 March 2009 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »

Arielle Kebbel ( The Uninvited , The Grudge 2 ) has landed a lead on ABC's comedy "No Heroics," says The Hollywood Reporter . ABC Studios' "Heroics" revolves around four B-list superheroes living among us. Kebbel will play the sweetheart of the group. The pilot, based on the British series of the same name, will also star Paul Campbell and Eliza Coupe. The U.S. version is written by "Will & Grace" alum Jeff Greenstein and original show creator Drew Pearce. »

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The Uninvited DVD Details! Out April 28th!

2 March 2009 3:03 PM, PST | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

Paramount Home Entertainment has supplied us with the full press release and cover art images for The Uninvited, which will be available on both DVD and Blu-Ray on April 28th.

An American remake of A Tale Of Two Sisters (from the producers of The Ring and Disturbia), The Uninvited (adapted from Kim Jee-Woon's 2003 Korean by screenwriter Craig Rosenberg) was directed by Thomas Guard & Charles Guard and stars Elizabeth Banks (Zac And Miri Make A Porno, Spider-man), David Strathairn, (the super cute as a button) Arielle Kebbel (The Grudge 2, Red Mist) & Emily Browning (Darkness Falls, Ghost Ship).

Fear Moves Onto DVD and Blu-ray April 28, 2009 Featuring Deleted Scenes, a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Film and an Alternate Ending Not Shown in Theaters

Hollywood, Calif. – The terrifying psychological thriller The Uninvited makes a haunting appearance on DVD and Blu-ray April 28, 2009 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Called “creepy and intense” (Shawn Edwards, Fox-tv), the »

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New Photo from The Book of Eli Featuring Denzel Washington

26 February 2009 11:00 PM, PST | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

Alcon Entertainment just released this brand new movie still from the upcomin film “The Book of Eli” by directors Albert Hughes (From Hell) and Allen Hughes and starring Mila Kunis (Family Guy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Denzel Washington (Inside Man 2, The Taking of Pelham 123), Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight) and Jennifer Beals (The Grudge 2). Synopsis: A post-apocalyptic Western, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “The Book of Eli”. »

- Brian Corder

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Two new looks at The Grudge 3’s Kayako

17 February 2009 11:31 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment passed along two new photos of the vengeful spirit Kayako from The Grudge 3, the sequel that makes its DVD premiere March 24. Check ’em out below the cut.

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Directed by Splinter’s Toby Wilkins from a script by From Within’s Brad Keene, the latest Ghost House production based on Takashi Shimizu’s franchise is set in the Chicago apartment house previously plagued by Kayako and Toshio in The Grudge 2. Now played by Aiko Horiuchi, Kayako continues to claim new victims as her sister Naoko (Emi Ikehata) travels from Japan to put a stop to her curse. Dr. Sullivan (Shawnee Smith from the Saw films), who has been treating the afflicted young Jake (Matthew Knight, »

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