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Disney's 'Prep & Landing' - Clip from the ABC show.

16 hours ago | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

We have a new clip in from Disney's "Prep & Landing" which airs on December 1st from 8:30-9:00 p.m. Et. The voices of the elves includes Dave Foley ("The Kids in the Hall," "NewsRadio") as Wayne, Sarah Chalke ("Maneater," "Scrubs") as Magee and Derek Richardson ("Men In Trees," "Hostel," "Dumb and Dumberer") as Lanny. Academy Award winner John Lasseter serves as executive producer. The half-hour holiday special reveals the never-before-told tale of an elite unit of Elves known as Prep & Landing. Every Christmas Eve this high-tech organization ensures that homes around the world are properly prepared for the yearly visit from The Big Guy, their code name for Santa Claus. »

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Terrifyingly Gnarly # 19 - Teenage Filmmaker Jd Lifshitz Gets Killed On The 4th Of July

26 November 2009 2:34 PM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

So it’s April. It’s the Los Angeles stop of this past year’s Fango Weekend of Horrors. In the midst of experiencing L.A. and being so close to this horror industry for the first time, I’m standing at the Fangoria booth just kind of throwing words around with attendees and colleagues, about movies, music, comics and well, geek stuff.

Up to the table comes the young J.D. Lifshitz, who, now 17, was a 16 year old kid in a short sleeved button down, a baseball cap and surprising knowledge of all things horror (it’s nice when the kids have had some history lessons). After high fiving over many joint favorite films and the fact that we’re both from New York, J.D. tells me about his slasher script, which he’s all gung ho that he’ll make. I tell him if he ever gets »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Sam Zimmerman)

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'New Moon' Reactions, Oprah And Birthdays For Larry King And P. Diddy In Today's Twitter-Wood

20 November 2009 4:00 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Oprah's announcement that her show may end its 25-season run in 2011 was almost enough to unseat "New Moon" as the top trending topic of the Twitter-Wood feed today. Kevin Nealon and Wil Wheaton both had a opinions on her possible bow out of syndication, while Eli Roth and Kevin Smith helped keep "Twilight" alive in Twitter conversation.

Two big names celebrated birthdays last night in very public fashion, as P. Diddy entertained a few folks on my follow list and Larry King got a little rowdy in my pick for Twitter Pic of the Day. Check that out after the jump along with Jeremy Piven's Calgary Flames trip and Danny DeVito's wholesome moment with Carrie Fisher. I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter-Wood report for November 20, 2009.

Twitter Pic of the Day:

@kingsthings http://twitpic.com/q94op - Who is that masked man? @RyanSeacrest with Don Johnson at my b-day party. »

- Brian Warmoth

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The Reel Reviewer watches Jake Kennedy’s Penance!

20 November 2009 2:31 AM, PST | HorrorYearbook | See recent HorrorYearbook news »

Writer, director, producer Jake Kennedy has created a haunting and an intensively intrusive film that will stand still in time as forever frightening. With the help of a phenomenal, well-introduced cast, Penance's subtle approach into this bleak disturbing world breaks the constant rut and regurgitation of what ill-tempered critics label this sort of film as "torture porn" in a form of written negativity. However from what I viewed, I can't follow my fellow critics and label Penance as "torture porn". Yes, Penance has its fill of half naked female strippers. Yes, it is chalked full of extremely graphic violence. Yes, it resembles in look and feel of that of Eli Roth's Hostel films. Yet, I can't call it torture porn. There in lies a meaningful point that Hostel films, and sometimes the Saw series, seem to lack with the sinister characters. Beyond the fulfillment of pleasure sought out of the humiliation, »

- Steven Tee

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Takashi Miike.s Gozu and Shane Ryan.s Amateur Porn Star Killer are back!

13 November 2009 6:38 PM, PST | www.ohmygore.com/ | See recent OhMyGore news »

Takashi Miike's "Gozu" and Shane Ryan's "Amateur Porn Star Killer" back in stores. On December 8, 2009 Takashi Miike's "Gozu" will be re-released in a brand new special 2-disc edition. The new DVD will keep the special features from the original release, including interviews by Eli Roth ("Hostel"), Guillermo Del Toro ("Hellboy") and Miike ("Sukiyaki Western Django" with Quentin Tarantino), along with a featurette, still galleries and more, but will now feature 2 Hours of never before seen behind the scenes footage. Back in stores this week after a 6 month ban is Shane Ryan's underground horror hit "Amateur Porn Star Killer". Released in November of 2007, the $45 budgeted indie flick instantly became a hit selling out of stock everywhere. A sequel was released just 6 months later,... »

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Hi-Res Look at Creepy Possessed Girl in Eli Roth's 'Cotton'!

10 November 2009 12:28 AM, PST | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »

I seriously cannot contain my excitement after seeing the footage at the Afm this past week. Produced by Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever) comes Cotton, a Cloverfield-inspired exprcism movie directed by Daniel Stamm. The story concerns an evangelical minister who turns against religion and decides to participate in a documentary in which he practices his last exorcism. While we already brought you an early look at some stills, beyond the break you'll find the first official hi-res look at the possessed young lady in the film starring Patrick Fabian, Iris Bahr, Louis Herthum, Ashley Bell, Tony Bentley, Caleb Jones, Shanna Forrestall, Allen Boudreaux, Denise Lee, Becky Fly, Logan Craig Reid and Jamie Alyson Caudle. »

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Eli Roth On His Acting Journey from 'Worst Extra Ever' to Bear Jew

9 November 2009 8:15 AM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

Before this year, only horror geeks would stop Eli Roth on the street. Now, though, the Hostel director has cultivated a whole new fanbase as an actor after appearing as the Nazi-bashing Bear Jew in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. Roth attended last night's Behind the Camera Awards with his friend and Basterds costar Christoph Waltz, and he had plenty to say to Movieline about his newfound recognition (as well as heaps of praise for Basterds editor Sally Menke, who was honored last night). Still, while the Bear Jew is all well and good, what we really wanted to know about was Roth's inauspicious acting debut in Barbra Streisand's The Mirror Has Two Faces. (No, we're not making that up.) »

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Opinion In A Haystack: Eric Lichtenfeld Part 1

26 October 2009 2:09 AM, PDT | Quick Stop | See recent Quick Stop news »

Interview: Eric Lichtenfeld Part 1 of 2: Blood and Light

This week, the western world sees the release of Michael Bay’s Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen on DVD, a film very telling of the industry in which it swims. However, for those of us with more then two decades of life under our belts, this is a trumpet, an alarm, a loud drunk at the party of the “action” film genre, it’s a guest that reminds you how much has changed and how your style is no longer “in.” We can rest assured that the drunk is right. Action isn’t what it once was. The hardware has been replaced with software, and the hero has been replaced with the “hottie.” Spectacle is no longer flavored with primal instinct, blood, and brute force. Instead, it’s injected with pusillanimous, pixel-engulfed, stimuli. There’s no need to be bitter. Those that care about the past, »

- bobrose

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Psyched for Saw 6

24 October 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »

The end of October. This means changes in weather, the end of baseball, lots of parties with women dressed up in "sexy" versions of everything from Strawberry Shortcake to nuns, and another Saw movie to be unleashed upon the multiplexes.

You know, I gotta hand it to the filmmakers. They've crafted a wholly original new series of cheap thrillers that don't require much money, and have led it to the greatest grossing horror series of all time!

On top of which, we're six movies in, and they haven't resorted to 3-D releases, a prequel set in the old west, or Jigsaw in space yet, which means there must still be plenty of needlessly complex methods of killing people with common household rusted objects. Although I hear the next one will probably be in 3-D, so Saw VIII will probably take place aboard the Nsa Jigsaw

Anyway, with the release of »

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'Antichrist': Lost In The Woods, By Kurt Loder

23 October 2009 6:51 AM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »

The movie that scandalized Cannes finally arrives Stateside. Your move.

Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe in .Antichrist.

Photo: Zentropa Entertainments

Lars Von Trier's "Antichrist" is a curious mash-up of cutting-edge torture-porn and good old porn-porn that fails on both fronts. Despite some wild gore touches that might draw gasps of admiration from the likes of Eli Roth, the picture is too preoccupied with Von Trier's dismal deep thoughts to exert the crass visceral grip an effective splatter flick requires. And despite a few graphic sex shots, the movie is coldly anti-erotic. What it most precisely evokes are the art-film pretensions of the early 1960s, when European auteurs could get away with a line like "acorns don't cry" and American aficionados were disinclined to complain. (Imagine how those old Resnais and Antonioni head-scratchers might have been enlivened by a few strategically placed insertion shots!) The movie's most problematic aspect, though, »

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'Saw VI' Out Tomorrow, But What About 'Saw VII' Through 'XI'?

22 October 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Six years! Six movies! Can you believe it? It seems like it was just yesterday we were all hearing about this twisted short film by some whippersnappers named James Wan and Leigh Whannell, but today their baby "Saw" is the flagship franchise for the entire horror film industry. Jigsaw (Tobin Bell), the series' constant villain, has joined the pantheon of scary movie greats like Freddy Krueger and Michael Myers. It's even recognized as the series that brought the horror subgenre of "torture porn" to the masses. Yes, it's a different world we live in.

Indeed it's hard to imagine a world without "Saw". And why should we expect there to ever be such a thing? The "Saw VI" writing team of Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton are already signed on to work through "Saw VIII." Seeing as how people are still turning out in droves to see Jigsaw's latest deathtraps every autumn, »

- John Constantine

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Antichrist review (4/5) - Chaos reigns beautifully in this must see film.

22 October 2009 7:50 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

"Chaos reigns," says a bloodied fox midway into Danish film artist Lars von Trier's frightening couple-in-crisis drama "Antichrist" and the furry-tailed creature could not be more accurate. Like a horror movie, or more accurately an installment of the "Saw" series or Eli Roth's "Hostel," "Antichrist" offers its share of tortuous mutilation scenes. There are moments in "Antichrist" when I covered my eyes; something I've never done with a previous Von Trier film. But there are also many sequences of stunning photography, beautiful use of music, brave performances and a fascinating tale about parents dealing with devastating sorrow. "Antichrist" has it all, beautiful art and ugly, shocking violence. A challenging film that's been splitting audiences since its debut at this year's Cannes Film Festival, "Antichrist" is further proof that one of the great joys for art-house moviegoers over the past 18 years has been watching and debating the challenging work of Von Trier. »

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Shatner Revisits Kingdom of the Spiders

22 October 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

On January 19, 2010, Shout! Factory will unleash the Kingdom of the Spiders Special Edition on DVD. That's right, the William Shatner-starring, nature-run-amok 1977 film by John Cardos. Featuring all-new anamorphic widescreen transfer of the film, this special edition DVD release contains the following: . All New Interview with William Shatner . Audio commentary by Director John Bud Cardos, Producer Igor Kantor, spider wrangler . Jim Brockett and Cinematographer John Morrill, moderated by Hostel producer Scott Spiegel and Lee Christian . Jim Brockett: Spider Wrangler Featurette . Rare Behind the Scenes Footage . Poster Gallery . Original Theatrical Trailer William Shatner stars as veterinarian "Rack" Hansen in this cult film about an Arizona town... »

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Bella Swan's Truck And Tracy Morgan's Services In Today's Twitter-Wood

21 October 2009 3:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Tracy Morgan may have had the most re-tweeted post of the day in my personal Twitter follow feed. I've re-tweeted it myself so that you can find out what he'll do for $15.

In other Twitter news, David Slade elaborated on a photo he posted yesterday, clarifying that the headlight shown does belong to Bella Swan's truck in "Eclipse." And speaking of "Twilight" movies, Jamie Campbell Bower took top honors for Twitter Pic of the Day today. I'm not entirely sure what his sign means or what promises he's fulfilling for his fans, but you can check it out and make that judgment for yourselves. Check all of those quotes and pics out below, along with Lindsay Lohan's paparazzi triumph, the puppet that hit on Ice-t's wife and much more. It's all after the jump in the Twitter-Wood report for October 21, 2009.

Twitter Pic of the Day:

@Jamiebower Promsied the »

- Brian Warmoth

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The 'Twilight' Un-Tanning Process, Body Paint And Latoya Jackson In Today's Twitter-Wood

20 October 2009 3:30 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

There must have been a "New Moon"-related tweet mandate out today, because the faces of "Twilight" clogged my Twitter feed today. David Slade posted an "Eclipse" update, Peter Facinelli TwitPic'd from his makeup chair and BooBoo Stewart posted a photo op moment with Latoya Jackson. Even Gil Birmingham contributed an off-screen group shot.

Candid pics showed up from non-"Twilight"-ers as well, though. Ken Jeong, Sarah Silverman and Eli Roth are all prominently features in today's tweet mix, in addition to Rainn Wilson on Bill Cosby and Mark Webber's on-set shot from his new movie "The Lie." It's a photo-heavy day full of links in the Twitter-Wood report for October 20, 2009.

Twitter Pic of the Day:

@kenjeong http://twitpic.com/m7laq - a photo with 2 of my heroes....

-Ken Jeong, Actor ("The Hangover," "Community")

@DAVID_A_SLADE Shooting first day in the Cullen house, its the »

- Brian Warmoth

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'Eclipse' Reveals, Eli Roth's Advice And 'Hot Fuzz' Slash Fiction In Today's Twitter-Wood

19 October 2009 4:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Lucky you, Movies Blog readers! Not only do you get a second helping of Twitter-Wood reportage today; I also come bearing the answer your last-minute Halloween costume plans if you've been pondering how to pull the perfect outfit together from Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds." Eli Roth tweeted a helpful diagram for anyone looking to replicate his Sgt. Donny Donowitz look, which helped earn his character his racy nickname "The Bear Jew."

In other sanitized-for-the-sake-of-this-column tweeting, Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost collaborated on a slash fiction parody of their movie "Hot Fuzz," today, which apparently gained a lot of followers for Wright. Check out the barely family friendly ones after the jump, along with the "Eclipse" reveal planned for the "Twilight" Twitter account, Aziz Ansari's amusement park adventures and Jason Reitman's breakfast with the Chemical Brothers. It's all in the Twitter-Wood report for October 19, 2009.

Twitter-Pic of the Day:

@eliroth http://twitpic. »

- Brian Warmoth

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Eli Roth Returns to Horror and Tries His Hand at Sci-Fi

18 October 2009 1:16 PM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

It's been two years since Eli Roth directed a feature, but he's kept busy on the side with writing, producing, and acting. After his recent appearance as Sgt. Donny Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, Roth is returning to horror, the genre that made him famous with his Cabin Fever and Hostel movies. He's also readying himself to take on science fiction.

At the Morelia International Film Festival in Mexico, Roth announced that he is finishing a script for a new sci-fi movie called Endangered Species, which he also plans to direct. He also mentioned that he's writing and directing a feature-length version of his Thanksgiving mock-horror trailer that appeared in Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse double-feature. Roth said that he needed the time away from directing to revive his creativity.

I haven't been this excited since the first Hostel. I had to divorce myself from the [Hostel] project »

- BrentJS Sprecher

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Lists of Doom Xxvi: Nick Coleman of 1997

11 October 2009 1:03 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Greetings Fango Fiends! It's time once again for another installment of Fangoria Musick's Lists Of Doom - the column where we track down some of your favorite (or soon-to-be favorite) bands to get their thoughts on on the world of horror, and which films scare them.

For #26 we caught up with Nick Coleman, drummer for Chicago's 1997 - whose sophomore album Notes From The Underground hit's retail this Tuesday.  So what scares Nick? Check out his List of classic films and writers after the jump!

A Clockwork Orange (1971) written by Anthony Burgess

Just the over all crazy state of mind that Alex is in.. that’s why I love this movie.

28 Weeks Later (2007) written by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

The best modern-day zombie movie

A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) written by Wes Craven

A classic. Love Freddy, not Jason

The Shining (1980) written by Stephen King

I saw this when I was little »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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Eli Roth's Giant Monster Movie Inches Closer to Reality

7 October 2009 12:02 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

His role as the bat-totting, Nazi-hating, Bearjew in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds aside, Eli Roth is best known for pretty much one thing: Making bloody, controversial, R-rated horror movies. Things have been quite on Roth's directorial front, however, since 2007's Hostel: Part II failed to top the box office the same way his first journey to the seedy underground world of torture clubs. His initial follow-up project was supposed to be a film adaptation of Stephen King's sci-fi/horror hybrid novel Cell, but his involvement faded as the project transitioned from the big screen to the small screen.

Now, however, it looks like Mr. Roth has dropped the horror side of the hybrid all together and has decided to go completely science fiction on his next directorial project. The only detail currently known about his mystery film is that it's called Endangered Species, that Quentin Tarantino has once »

- Peter Hall

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Trinity Of Terrors Guest Profile: Robert Kurtzman

7 October 2009 12:33 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Writer, Director, and Special FX legend Robert Kurtzman will be attending the inaugural Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors, to be held October 30 through November 1 at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas! Kurtzman will be onhand to discuss his work on the Jennifer Lynch-directed Hisss, his latest directorial effort Deadly Impact (formerly To Live And Die) starring Sean Patrick Flanery and Joe Pantoliano, and the latest FX projects from his Precinct 13 Creature Corps.

Tickets for our massive Halloween Weekend are now available online through http://www.trinityofterrors.com and through Vegas.com. You may also order tickets from Vegas.com by phone - 1-888-las-vegas (527-8342) 24 hours a day.

For more than two decades Robert Kurtzman has been an icon in the world of special make-up,creature effects, and genre filmmaking.

His award winning, photorealistic effects work can be seen inhundreds of movies including Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters, franchises and television series. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Staff)

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