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On the eve of WOMAN IN BLACK’s appearance in U.S. theaters, Hammer has provided a thorough update on the restoration process happening with a number of their catalog titles, an exciting project we first reported several weeks ago. I spoke with Hammer CEO Simon Oakes this morning and got the scoop on all thing past,… [Continue Reading]
Italian maestro Dario Argento’s latest is DRACULA 3D, starring Rutger Hauer as Van Helsing, Asia Argento as Lucy, Marta Gastini as Mina, Unax Ugalde as Johnathan Harker, and Thomas Kretschmann as Dracula. The film, shot in Hungary last year, is reported to be more Hammer than Coppola, and judging by footage shared thus far, it… [Continue Reading]
Hammer Films, no stranger to genre fans, and most recently the studio behind THE WOMAN IN BLACK (landing February 3), are in the midst of restoring a number of their most iconic titles. The British giant has enlisted an army of studio restoration specialists in the States to lend a hand in the effort, meeting… [Continue Reading]
As part of their 100 year birthday celebration this year, Universal is opening their vaults and remastering some classics for re-release. In all, thirteen titles are in line to get dusted off and prettied up, with some genre heavyweights in the pack. Hitchcock’s THE BIRDS joins JAWS, the English and Spanish DRACULAs (1931), FRANKENSTEIN, BRIDE… [Continue Reading]
Sideshow Toys has done it again, now taking pre-orders on their upcoming “BELA LUGOSI AS BROADWAY DRACULA” Moebius model kit. The incredible collectible, celebrating the horror icon’s first turn as Dracula, stands 13.5″ tall, weighs 2 pounds, and carries a price tag of $39.99. Lugosi took to Broadway as the legendary vampire in 1927, winding… [Continue Reading]
Italian maestro of the macabre Dario Argento took Rutger (BLADE RUNNER) Hauer, daughter Asia (LAND OF THE DEAD) Argento, and Thomas (KING KONG) Kretschmann to Hungary earlier this year to lens DRACULA 3-D, the director’s first outing since 2009′s problematic GIALLO. The SUSPIRIA creator has been touting DRACULA 3-D as more Hammer than Coppola, and… [Continue Reading]
Creepy Casting continues as we follow the developments on Sony Pictures Animation’s upcoming film HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA. The film’s star line-up of Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon and Cee Lo Green will now be joined by Disney pop-star sensation Miley Cyrus. Miley will be voicing Mavis, Dracula’s kid daughter whom is coddled by… [Continue Reading]
Get ready to step into the shoes of Dr. Frankenstein and bring your very own monsters to life! With a new line-up of UNIVERSAL MONSTERS action figures, Mini-Mates, and retro-cloth figurines hitting store shelves – courtesy of Diamond Select Toys – it’s the perfect time to don your favorite mad scientist outfit and get some… [Continue Reading]
The very first concept art is starting to hit the web for the upcoming Sony Pictures Animation film, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA. The family-oriented horror flick focuses on the patriarchal Count Dracula, whom is not only monster but father and hotel owner in this rendition. The Count will be voiced by Adam Sandler, and we now have… [Continue Reading]
More than the full moon over a graveyard or thunderstorm over Castle Frankenstein, nothing brings out the best in Monsters and Monster-lovers like the month of October. And nowhere is this appreciation for the atrocious and abominable more applicable than on Cinemassacre.com’s MONSTER MADNESS, a month-long tribute where each day of October a new video… [Continue Reading]
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