News Update: David Gordon Green's Suspiria

Ah, amongst the sadness caused by the news of this remake, there is hope. It seems David Gordon Green will be using the original soundtrack by Goblin for the new film. So at least we know that even if it sucks, it'll have a great soundtrack, kind of like Sucker Punch...

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David Gordon Green to remake Suspiria

NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!  OK, now that that's out my system, let me tell you about David Gordon Green's (Pineapple Express, Your Highness) plan to remake the horror classic, Suspiria. Let me start off by saying that I think this is an absolutely awful idea and who ever thought of it should be shot. Harsh? Yes, deservedly so. Why, just why, would...

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Blinky

Academy Award nominated director Ruairi Robinson's new robot-slasher (did I just invent a new genre?) short film Blinky is awesome! and you can watch the whole thing right here! Blinky™ from Ruairi Robinson on Vim...

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Horror Remakes: The Good, the Bad, and the Terrible

Over the past 5 years, the horror genre has been dominated by remakes and reboots of classic films. To some people, the newer films are the only ones they've seen. So are these remakes helping the genre or destroying it? The most destructive factor that comes in to play when it comes to horror remakes is fans that are new to the genre. To some naive fans who don't know very much about horror, 2006's The Hills Have Eyes is the only one they've heard of. I'm not saying that I have anything against this film, I happen to like it, but it isn't the original and no matter how good a remake is, you should always see the original first and this is...

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Insidious (2011)

A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further. (via IMDB) Insidious (or the movie with haunted Justin Bieber on the poster) is Saw and Dead Silence director James Wan's new paranormal horror film about malevolent spirits haunting a young boy. In recent years, paranormal films have been, well, they've been terrible. Movies like A Haunting in Connecticut and An American Haunting are just so bad that they have given people a bias view of all paranormal films. Even Paranormal Activity couldn't really save the genre of paranormal horror, instead it prompted some bad knock offs and a god...

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Yet another Wolfman reboot in the works

"Universal is out to writers for what they're calling a period piece reboot (again) of George Waggner's classic 1941 film starring Lon Chaney Jr. as The Wolf Man. The only details I have is that it's supposed to start a fresh direct-to-disc franchise like what they're doing with Death Race, although their direction is still unconfirmed. " (via Bloody Disgusting) So it seems that The Wolfman will once again be getting a reboot. Unlike most fans I've talked to, I enjoyed the Benicio Del Toro Wolfman. I thought it had an overall darkness that really worked for the story of a tortured man turned into a hellish beast.  Well, despite what I...

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Website Review: Fright Rags Clothing

Fright-Rags With a slogan like "Kick-Ass Horror Shirts", it's obvious from the start that Fright-Rags isn't your average clothing company. With mainstream companies like Ed Hardy and Affliction using skulls and other death-related imagery, it's hard for a horror fan to find quality clothing that will make them stick out as a horror fan and not just another person buying into the current fashion craze.  Team David I mean, when was the last time you walked into a store and found a t-shirt with a blood soaked Bruce Campbell wielding a chainsaw? or David from The Lost Boys ripping Edward Cullen's head off? or anything even remotely related...

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NEW poster from artist Jeff Proctor for the Grindhouse spin-off Hobo With a Shotgun.  (via Bloody Disgusting)  The film is being created based on a fan-made fake trailer that won an exclusive contest to be featured in between films during Grindhou...

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Vintage Horror Review: Critters (1986)

A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople. (via IMDB) (photo via Fright Rags) If you don't already know this, I love the 80's and 80’s horror is one of the best eras in the genre’s history. This time period brought us gems such as Fright Night (1985), C.H.U.D. (1984), and of course, Critters (1986).The best way to describe this film is a combination of Gremlins and Killer Klowns from Outer Space (which I’m sure I’ll review in the future, because it’s one of my favorites). It has an original plot that sets...

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Apollo 18 (2011)

Set to be shot documentary style, the film unearths lost footage from Apollo 18's undocumented and covert mission to the moon, revealing disturbing new evidence of other life forms.(via Upcoming Horror Movies) After seeing the trailer for Spanish director Gonzalo López-Gallego’s first English-language movie, I was already hooked. Following in the footsteps of Cannibal Holocaust, The Blair Witch Project, Cloverfield, and Paranormal Activity, Apollo 18 is a “found footage” horror film.  This genre of films consists of documentary style movies with footage that was supposedly uncovered with unknown or hidden origin. The filmmakers do this...

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Ero-Guro: A Brief Cultural Overview by Blake C

WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT VIEWERS MAY FIND GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING.  While reading through the January/February issue of HorrorHound Magazine, I found a little gem on page 29 that really caught my eye. “Cannibal Man’s Dessert” by Shintaro Kago What first attracted me to the article was a photo of various toys/figurines of dismembered and disfigured human bodies, so I read the feature above it, titled “Ero-Guro Toys”. The article was about famed artist Shintaro Kago. Kago is known mostly for his manga, which features gore, sex and lots of blood. His style is known as “Ero-Guro”, a term that means “Erotic Grotesque”. I...

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Possible Charlie Sheen appearance on The Walking Dead?

 Note to self: If I ever become famous, go absolutely insane so that it will make my career extremely successful. Charlie Sheen, star of Two and a Half Men, has been, to put it lightly, absolutely everywhere lately. His craziness knows no bounds in the media, and it has caused just about everyone to focus their attention on him, including Robert Kirkman, co-producer of AMC's The Walking Dead. Kirkman recently revealed that he's a big fan of Sheen, saying  "Charlie, call us, we we will totally make that happen...We'll do whatever you want." This announcement comes as a huge surprise because of the fairly dark and mostly serious tone...

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Madison County (2011)

Madison County is about a group of college kids that travel to a remote, mountain town called Madison County to interview the author of a tell-all book on the accounts of the grisly murders that happened in the town over two decades ago. Upon their arrival, the author is no where to be found and the townspeople state that they’ve “not seen him in years.” They also deny that Damien Ewell, the notorious murderer, ever existed and that the murders never happened. As the kids start to dig around to get their own answers, they come to find that the stories, and Damien, maybe more real than the townspeople are letting on. (via Bloody Disgusting) Writer/Director...

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The Slasher Theater

This blog is a continuation of my Tumblr of the same name.On the Tumblr page, I mostly focused on just posting any horror related item I saw on my dashboard, and once in a while posting a new poster that had just been released.On this blog, I plan on focusing more on horror reviews and news. This will include any movies, books, games, etc. that I get my hands on.I'm going to try to focus mostly on the newer releases, but if I happen to catch some goofy 80's movie like Sleepaway Camp III on TV at 2 in the morning one Saturday, I'll review it just for fun.Any news I post will mostly be from either Bloody Disgusting, Fangoria, HorrorHound or Rue...

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