Posts Tagged ‘Television’
Posted by bob in News on August 25th, 2008
NBC ordered thirteen episodes of the horror anthology series Fear Itself, but has aired only eight of the episodes. With the Olympics at an end and the new fall season beginning in two weeks, there seems little opportunity for the final five to air.
Ben Silverman, Co-Chairmen, NBC Entertainment told iF Magazine in late July, “No we’re not taking it off.” Still, the schedule is empty and the network’s website for the show has nothing to share about these final five. They last released any news about the series at the end of July. (more…)
Posted by bob in Films, News on August 23rd, 2008
We told you a while back about American Horrors, a TV show seeking entries from filmmakers around the world. Ken Hall’s (The Puppetmaker) has just been announced as a part of the series.
The house in the title is a Catholic high school, but nothing holy is happening within its halls.
Posted by bob in Films, News on August 23rd, 2008
Deadpit.com broke the news that the 1981 telefilm Dark Night of the Scarecrow is finally bound for DVD. Image Entertainment will be releasing the film in 2009 with details yet to be revealed.
Dark Night of the Scarecrow aired just once, October 24, 1981, and left an indelible impression on viewers so this will be a real treat to experience all over again. The film toplined television veteran Charles Durning and Lane Smith but told the story of a mentally handicapped man (a pre-LA Law Larry Drake) accused of attacking a girl. The farm community hunts down the man who tries to hide by fitting himself into a scarecrow’s outfit out in a field. He’s found, of course, and killed then given a pitchfork to make it appear as if it was a matter of self-defense. Shortly thereafter, members of the mob are slowly picked off by someone using that very same pitchfork.
Posted by bob in News on August 22nd, 2008
The third season of Torchwood has begun filming in Cardiff, Wales with Paul Copley (Coronation Street) joining the cast. The team has also added Noel Clark’s Mickey character but Copley apparently replaces Freema Agyeman, whose Martha Jones was expected to join the team. Instead, when Agyeman signed with BBC rival ITV for a show, she was excised from the story.
The shortened season will last a mere five episodes but will tell one story, “Children of Earth” with scripts from Russell T. Davies, James Moran, and John Fay. In the United Kingdom, it will air across one week although BBC America will likely run it weekly when it gets to the states in 2009.
Posted by bob in News on August 21st, 2008
His Name was Jason is a new documentary celebrating the Friday the 13th legacy. Starz has announced it will be broadcast in February a mere week prior to the big screen debut of the remake from Platinum Dunes.
Dan Ferrands, who wrote Crystal Lake Memories, is directing the documentary which Anchor Bay will release on DVD soon after airing.
Posted by bob in News on August 17th, 2008
A release from our pals over at Anchor Bay:
Burbank, CA – They are the sexy embodiment of immortality. Their literal lust for life rivals the antics of today’s rockstars. The story of the vampire has ravished humanity for thousands of years. But, in particular, evil, erotic and insatiable, vampires have stalked our dreams – especially with our eyes wide open in a darkened theater. The vampire has been a fixture of the cinematic landscape, from the silent era to today’s CGI blockbusters. What is the continuing fascination? The Starz Originals documentary Bloodsucking Cinema, which Anchor Bay Entertainment is releasing on DVD September 23 at the anemic SRP of $19.97, goes a long way to toward explaining this attraction. (more…)
Posted by bob in Films, News on August 17th, 2008
According to Variety, London based production and sales house, One-Eyed Films, has acquired international rights to I Will Never Die Alone, an Argentinean “extreme rape revenge thriller in which a gaggle of femme victims travel to a small town in the La Plata region to exact bloody vengeance.” We can expect a release in October.
In related news, One-Eyed Films has also sold a compilation of nine pictures containing all of the Coffin Joe movies to IFC, the US cable company who previously purchased three other titles that did not disappoint ratings.
One-Eyed Films has plans to continue making genre films, starting with this and its current development tentatively titled The Bitter Garden, a first time English-language film that features the character of Coffin Joe.
Posted by bob in News on August 12th, 2008
HD Films Inc. is rumored to have gained rights to Stephen King and George A. Romero’s Creepshow franchise. Bloody-Disgusting confirms this acquisition to be true and they have reported that HD Films Inc. is “teasing a new internet-based anthology series based upon the format of the original movie titled Creepshow Raw.” Production is also rumored to already be in progress with Jace Hall as the leading man behind the horror fest to come. Hall is best known for his video game franchises including but not limited to F.E.A.R., Blood, and Alien vs. Predator 2.
Not only that, but it also appears that Taurus Entertainment, the ones who gave us Creepshow 3, are at work on Creepshow: The Series. A pilot directed by Wilmer Valderrama (That ‘70s Show) is said to be in the can and it stars Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs) and Wendi McLendon-Covey (Reno 9-11).
Posted by bob in News on August 12th, 2008
John Updike’s The Witches of Eastwick is boiling up a new incarnation, this time as an hour-long series for ABC. The pilot is being written by Maggie Friedman (Dawson’s Creek) and is expected for mid-season of fall 2009 airing. No cast has been announced as yet. Three women bond over witchcraft to replace the men in their lives but manage to conjure up a man more devilish than any of their former partners.
The novel has previously been a feature film, released in 1987 and starred Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer. It did very well despite criticism of Nicholson being even more over the top than usual. (more…)
Posted by bob in Films, News on August 9th, 2008
Our inbox was filled with some exciting news for completists and those upgrading their DVD collections to Blu-Ray. Check out the current plans:
THE ORIGINAL INFAMOUS SCREAM QUEEN AND
A NOTORIOUS HAUNTED HOUSE REEP MAYHEM IN HIGH-DEF
CARRIE & THE AMITYVILLE HORROR
LOS ANGELES, CA – Just in time for a Halloween fright night, MGM Home Entertainment unleashes two bone-chilling horror classics on Blu-ray Disc (BD) October 7.
Based on Stephen King’s first published novel and directed by Brian DePalma (The Black Dahlia), CARRIE (1976) is a pulse-pounding thriller starring Sissy Spacek (In the Bedroom) and Piper Laurie (Twin Peaks) in their Oscar-nominated performances. Carrie White (Spacek) is a teenage outcast, who upon learning she has telekinesis, seeks revenge on her high-school classmates and wreaks havoc during prom. CARRIE BD will be available for the suggested retail price of $39.98 U.S./$49.98 Canada.
Revisit one of the most infamous haunted house stories of all time with the horrifying BD release of THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (1979) starring James Brolin (Catch Me If You Can), Margot Kidder (Superman) and Oscar winner* Rod Steiger (In The Heat Of The Night). From the best-selling novel by Jay Anson, Brolin and Kidder play George and Kathy Lutz, a couple who discover that their new Long Island dream home is possessed by demonic spirits. As walls begin to drip blood and satanic forces threaten to destroy them, the Lutz family must try to escape with their lives before it is too late. THE AMITYVILLE HORROR BD will be available for the suggested retail price of $39.98 U.S./$49.98 Canada.
THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (1979) BD will be presented on 25GB disc in widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) with English 5.1 Dolby Surround Audio plus English, Spanish and French subtitles.
CARRIE (1976) BD will be presented will be presented on 25GB disc in in widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) with English 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio plus English, Spanish and French subtitles.
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THE OUTER LIMITS
THE ORIGINAL SERIES COMPLETE BOX SET
LOS ANGELES, CA – MGM Home Entertainment controls all that you see and hear when The Outer Limits Original Series Complete Box Set DVD invades homes on October 21, 2008. Hailed as “the best program of its type to ever run on network TV” by acclaimed author Stephen King, this sci-fi fantasy original series ignited the imagination of viewers with the help of such distinguished guest star appearances by Academy Award Winner Robert Duvall (Tender Mercies), Adam West (“Batman”), Eddie Albert (“Green Acres”) and Star Trek alumni William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and James Doohan. The 1960s debut of the macabre series broke new ground by blurring the line between fact and fiction with dark introspective storylines. Fans became hooked as the series continued to challenge the human mind by making the unbelievable seem like a terrifying reality. As television’s longest running science-fiction anthology, “The Outer Limits” has garnered several awards, including four Cable Ace Awards, two Gemini Awards and two Saturn Awards. Featuring seven-discs, The Outer Limits Original Series Complete Box Set contains the complete classic series, including all 49 episodes for a suggested retail price of $59.98. (more…)
