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This Friday, January 13th, La La Land Records is releasing their new FRIDAY THE 13th score boxed set, and in celebration they are hosting a special screening of the original FRIDAY THE 13th, as well as FRIDAY THE 13th: JASON LIVES, both in 35mm at the Vista Theater in Los Angeles, California. In between films will be… [Continue Reading]
The term “final girl” signifies that girl who survived the horror movie with plucky determination and virginity intact, and must do battle with the monster who’s torn apart all her friends. The idea seems ripe for laughs, and apparently someone else thought just that. Todd Strauss-Schulson, director of the recently released A VERY HAROLD AND… [Continue Reading]
As amazing as Halloween is, the holiday always comes bundled with a batch of missed potential. There’s always some more candy you could have grabbed, some more movies you could have watched, some more houses you could have egged… but more importantly, some more costumes you could have seen. So we here at FAMOUS MONSTERS… [Continue Reading]
Greetings, monster lovers! The man behind the MovieFrightFare Ghoul-cam here, reporting that the title of this installment of Terror-ific Trivia offers a nod to one of my own favorites from the era now examined by our humble horror host. Don’t cheat by peeking there until you’ve heard what Ghouly Irv and his special guest have… [Continue Reading]
Bloody Disgusting reports via Risky Business Blog that Platinum Dunes is gearing up for a sequel to the recently released Friday the 13th. Writers Damian Shannon and Mark Swift who wrote the new release, has already begun writing the sequel. The details are below! “Unlike the sophomore efforts of other franchises, the new “Friday” is… [Continue Reading]
Another one of Tyler Perry’s films was number one at the box office this weekend. The Lionsgate released Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail fetched $41.1 million, the highest opening picture in the studios 14-year history. Ticket sales for Taken were down 40% but the film jumped a spot in its fourth week of release, grossing… [Continue Reading]
When Sean Cunningham and Victor Miller concocted the story for Friday the 13th, they were merely trying to cash in on the success of John Carpenter’s Halloween. The seasonality for horror and the death of the promiscuous were copied along with the plucky virginal heroine. What they did, though, was layer it with an interesting… [Continue Reading]
Well it’s nice to know that a horror film knifed its way to the top of the Valentines Day box office, even if it is a remake of crappy horror film. Yes I said crappy. I personally never got into slasher films. You can hate me if you want, but they suck. Now on to… [Continue Reading]
I’m not a fan of the late seventies and eighties horror genres. I was never impressed by Freddy, Jason, Michael , or any other of the cheesy demonous villains that emerged from that era. I realize by saying this I may be slitting my own throat with some of you readers, but in my opinion… [Continue Reading]
On Monday we revealed the final Friday the 13th DVD art here, today we present the new Friday the 13th official one-sheet from New Line Cinema, and you can check out the full trailer over at Yahoo!Movies! From Platinum Dunes and director Marcus Nispel (“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”) comes a re-imagining of the classic horror… [Continue Reading]
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