RoboCop Reboot Wrangles a Writer

Everyone's favorite half robot lawman is one step closer to being reassembled, and hopefully when all the nuts and bolts have been tightened the makers of this upcoming reboot won't go soft on the series' violent side.

According toVarietyMGM has tapped Josh Zetumer (Dune, The Infiltrator) to write the script for the upcoming Jose Padilha directed film.

The original was about a cop who was near death and was drafted to become a powerful cyborg cop, until suppressed memories of his past life come back to haunt him. Peter Weller played the character in the original and the 1990 sequel.

And by the way? WeSTILLmore of this drippy fellow below! More soon!

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The UK to Experience Cruel Britannia This April

You know, several times a day we think about how cool it would be to open up shoppe across the pond so that we could easily be there for all of the great shit they have going on. Film4 Frightfest, great Blu-ray editions we get the shaft on here, the seductive usage of the word"randy"... so very much to love. Now, to further make us drool The Horror Channel UK ((yes, they have one of those there too) is churning out another dosage of fright to get fans watching the carnage,Cruel Britannia.

From the Press Release
CRUEL BRITANNIA: The Cutting Edge of British Horror

April 8– April 29, 2011

The Horror Channel celebrates the best of contemporary British horror with a special season of UK TV premieres which showcases some of the finest home-grown directorial talent around.

Kick-starting the season on Friday 8th April is the UK TV premiere of Steven Sheil’s debut feature MUM& DAD - a film described as“one of the defining British horrors of its generation”. Imbued with a terrifying ferocity, it centres around a young Polish immigrant (Holby City’s Olga Fedori) who finds herself imprisoned in a suburban House of Horrors. It also stars Perry Benson (This Is England, Somers Town).

Sheil reflects:“The key to the horror lies in the perversion of parenthood: taking something quite normal and giving it a nasty twist.”

This is followed by the UK TV premiere of Gerard Johnson’s debut, the dark, brutal and bleakly amusing TONY: LONDON SERIAL KILLER, transmitting on Friday 15 April. It has drawn favourable comparisons to John McNaughton’s seminal Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and features a star-making lead performance from Peter Ferdinando - probably the most alarming cinematic anti-hero since Taxi Driver’s Travis Bickle.

Johnson explains:“I want the film to lodge in the mind and shake the viewer a bit. We can all meet somebody like Tony. The fact that he is a real human being is probably the most frightening aspect. He is not some exaggerated killer with a hockey mask”.

Next up is the UK TV premiere of SALVAGE, directed by Lawrence Gough, which screens on Friday 22nd April. Starring Neve McIntosh and Shaun Dooley, this“instant British horror classic” focuses on the residents of a quiet English cul-de-sac who are suddenly plunged into a world of violence and paranoia when a special military unit arrives. The threat is more monstrous than any of them could ever imagine…

Gough says:“I find horror a fascinating subject to explore. For me, the key to it is to look at human beings and discover what they can potentially do to each other. The horrific consequences of this fuelled the core idea for Salvage”..

Finally, there is the UK TV premiere of Simon Rumley’s critically-acclaimed THE LIVING AND THE DEAD, which screens on Friday 29th April. Starring Roger Lloyd Pack, Kate Fahy and Leo Bill, the film is a truly nightmarish experience as we watch an aristocratic, impoverished and reclusive family descend into madness and self-destruction.

As Simon comments:“The emotional context of the film is a truly horrific one and because of this I was also keen to make the film a truly disturbing experience, the reality of which I wouldn't wish on anyone”.

Each movie is accompanied by a filmed intro with the directors and the season is promoted on-air with some specially shot sequences presented by femme fatale Emily Booth (pictured below).

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Three More Actors Get Gone for Summit

Three more names have joined the previously announced Amanda Seyfried in the latest thriller coming from Summit Entertainment, and we've got all the info you need to learn who is going to vanish next.

According toVarietyEmily Wickersham (I Am Number Four), Wes Bentley (P2, Ghost Rider), and Jennifer Carpenter (pictured right;"Dexter",The Exorcism of Emily Rose) have signed on toGonefrom Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment.

Brazilian filmmaker Heitor Dhalia begins lensingGonein April from a script by Allison Burnett. Hollywood has been wanting to get into business with Dhalia, who makes his English-language debut with the film.

The thriller revolves around a young woman named Jill (Seyfried) who returns home from her night shift to find her sister's bed empty. She's convinced the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job.

But the police do not believe Jill, who knows time is running out. With no one to turn to, she sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all.

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Indie Horror Month - Exclusive: Jacy Gross Talks The Revenant

Undoubtedly, the heart and soul ofThe Revenantare best friends Bart (David Anders) and Joey (Chris Wylde) but as the saying goes, for every good man there’s an equally good woman (or two in this instance) behind them. Balancing out the testosterone on the set of the film were actresses Jacy Gross and Louise Griffiths.

We recently had the opportunity to catch up with Gross, who plays level headed Wiccan Mathilda in the film who also serves as the film’s voice of reason, to talk about her experiences on the film and discuss the challenges of working in independent cinema.

Gross had a hunch from the start that collaborating with writer/director Kerry Prior would be unlike anything she had experienced ever in her career.

“The producers forThe Revenant(review here)really had their choice when it came to actresses for my part so I felt pretty lucky that I landed the role,”explained Gross.“It was my first experience as an actress where I grabbed a role while I was still in the audition. It was amazing- Kerry was so collaborative, even while auditioning.”

“I thought this was going to be one of those cases where I go in and in 10 minutes I’m done but I ended up being in there for over an hour and a half. Kerry just kept challenging me with different approaches to the script which is why I knew I wanted to be a part of this movie from the moment Istepped on the stage to read for him,”Gross added.

In yesterday’s interview with Wylde, he discussed the amount of bonding that happened between him and fellow cast member Anders. For Gross though, her experiences were a little different while working onThe Revenantbut the actress said that the difference made perfect sense to her.“The girls didn’t really get the same treatment as the boys did just because the movie was far more about them than it was our characters so my first real bonding experience with everyone didn’t come until we did a read-through right before we started shooting. I just remember we started early in the morning and we were at this sleazy dive of a bar drinking bloody mary's which I think was the perfect atmosphere, considering the tone of The Revenant.”

“Watching David and Chris go back and forth was hilarious though- Louise and I could barely get a word in edgewise but that was perfect for the kind of roles we were playing. Specifically, my character is more about reacting to Bart and Joey so it made sense they’d even take over the read-through. But I absolutely loved the energy both of those guys brought to The Revenant- they really are the heart of this movie,”added Gross.

In the film, friends Bart and Joey have to deal with the fact that Bart has returned from the grave as a revenant and even though the script is filled with many darkly humorous moments, it was Gross’s character Mathilda that had to try and reason with the insanity of the movie’s main duo.

Gross said,“I saw her as the kind of character that takes herself very seriously and she is ultimately right by the end of The Revenant, even if being right is a bit bittersweet. She knows that Bart being back isn’t natural and she’s trying to help, but she just does it in ways that don’t necessarilyhelp with a situation like that. Her motives were pure but she just had a funny way of carrying out those motives that just made a bad situation ultimately a lot worse in the end.”

Even though other actors had difficulties with the rigors of such an ambitious shoot, Gross said she felt like the insane shooting schedule they were on forThe Revenantonly enhanced the vibe of the movie.“It’s so hard keeping the kind of hours we did on this shoot but I was luckier than most because I didn’t work as many days as David or Chris. I would definitely say they had it a lot worse than I did. I think though considering the tone of the movie that it was absolutely perfect we’d shoot at these ridiculous hours though because you get such a different vibe at that time of the night. There’s a weird electricity that runs through Hollywood in the middle of night and I feel like audiences can sense that vibe when they’re watching the movie.”

“I think it’s safe to say that challenges aside, we all had fun on set even though we were pushed to our limits every single day. Kerry’s script was so well-written that I never really felt like I was working at all when I was delivering his lines. It’s been one of the best experiences I’ve had in my career so far,”Gross added.

For Gross, who has balanced her career filled with studio and independent projects alike, the hardships that have presented themselves while makingThe Revenantand the long journey that has followed wasn’t much of a surprise to her. She said the obstacles will only makeThe Revenant’seventual release all the more sweeter.

“I love the challenge of independent filmmaking but it can also be a very hard path for an actress to follow,”explained Gross.“I’ve worked on a few films that have never screened even once so it’s wonderful that The Revenant has had legs over the last few years playing festivals everywhere even if we haven’t been able to officially release the film yet.”

“We’ve gotten a lot of great responses to the film too over the last few years which is a testament to Kerry. He’s been so dedicated to this movie since day one, he deserves every compliment this movie gets. It can be hard waiting this long to find out what is going to happen with The Revenant but it’s beginning to sound like something will be happening soon and I couldn’t be more excited to see what the news will be,”added Gross.

For more check out theofficialThe Revenantwebsite!

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Charlie Sheen on the Walking Dead Season 2? Plus The Top 10 Charlie Sheen Movies Every Genre Fan Should See

Here's an interesting and completely unexpected news item coming in for everyone's favorite Chernobyl-like celebrity, Charlie Sheen. It seems as if since his schedule is now free, he could be appearing on, of all things, Season 2 of the"The Walking Dead".

According toThe Hollywood Reporter's Live Feed BlogRobert Kirkman, writer of the graphic novels and executive producer of the hit AMC television series, tells THR he would love Sheen to appear in the second season.

"Charlie call us, we will totally make that happen! We'll do whatever you want. We'll recast YOU as Rick,"says Kirkman, still speaking to Sheen with tongue very much in cheek."Andrew Lincoln will find something else to do."

Other options?"He can direct an episode,"says Kirkman."Actually (Sheen) could play a car for all I care,"he adds."He's awesome."

Though Kirkman's obviously kidding (we think), this got us wondering ... Has Sheen ever made any horror movies? So we did a little investigating and came up with a list of the closest he's come, and though some aren't what you would call horror, they'd still appeal to every fan of the genre. Dig it!

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The Top 10 Charlie Sheen Movies Every Genre Fan Should See

Red Dawn
Charlie plays Matt, the brother of Patrick Swayze's character, Jed, in this totally awesome 80's Cold War scare action flick. WOLVERINES!!!!

Young Guns
Possibly one of the single greatest 80's films ever. If you don't have an appreciation for this film on at least a small level, you may not be breathing anymore.

The Wraith
If you've done nothing wrong, you've got nothing to fear! One of my all time favorite movies from when I was a kid. Clint Howard is in it, too, so it's just that much better!

"Amazing Stories"
One of my favorite shows of the 80's! I used to watch it all the time with my grandparents. Charlie shows up inNo Day at the Beach.

The Arrival
Stop watching the skies, start watching your back! This movie would be awesome if they remade it with Vatican Assassin Warlocks.

The Boys Next Door
Two clean cut kids go batshit crazy and start killing people left and right.

Navy Seals
Oh,Navy Seals! Yet another flat-out ridiculous action film. This time Sheen stars next to genre fav Michael Biehn.

Platoon
A great all star cast rounds out Oliver Stone's classic war film based on his own experiences in Vietnam.

Wisdom
This is really Emilio Estevez's film, but Sheen makes an appearance as his manager at City Burger.

Out of The Darkness
In another cameo, Sheen only briefly appears in this made-for-TV film about the Son of Sam. Catch him as Man Shaving. Not one of his finer roles obviously that he landed most likely thanks to Martin Sheen, who snags a starring role.

BONUS CLIP
"His blood is yours. You know my dad said that once you do that, there's gonna be something different about you. Always."Is this the secret to Charlie's WINNING??!?!!? It ain't tiger blood, but it'll do I guess.

*List compiled by Jon Condit

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Early Production Stills from The Last Demonslayer

Chilean born, now Danish based, director Shaky Gonzalez (Angel of the Night, The Grey Gold) recently started shooting his latest feature film,The Last Demonslayer, which is a mix of horror and adventure, very much inspired by many of the genre movies from the 80ies. A few very early production stills were released today to hopefully pique some interest in the film.

Synopsis:
The Last Demonslayer is written by Shaky Gonzalez and Lars Detlefsen and produced by Mikkel Kristensen (Eastern Army) and debuting producer Gabrielle Uweis. On the acting side the film stars David Sakurai (Tour de Force, Through Darkness), Daniell Edwards (Pistoleros, Westbrick Murders), Hector Vega Mauricio (Angel of the Night, Pistoleros), Erik Holmey (Conan the Barbarian, Red Sonja), Kim Sønderholm (Little Big Boy, Sinister Visions), and Maja Muhlack (Bleed With Me, The Horror Vault) as the evil Succubus around whom the entire movie revolves.

The Last Demonslayeris currently shooting outside Copenhagen, Denmark but later this year will move to various places in the US, including Death Valley.

The filmmakers promise this is going to be"good and wholesame old school campy horror fun"so keep it here for more onThe Last Demonslayeras it comes.

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The WTF Friday Video of the Week: Paranormal Edition

Around these parts we're huge paranormal buffs. There's nothing better than witnessing something insane that no matter how hard you try you simply cannot explain. So without further ado we've assembled a few clips that we hope will send some chills down your spine this weekend!

Below you'll find snippets from numerous shows like"Destination Truth","Ghost Adventures", etc. Real? Fake? Staged? Otherwise? Tell us what YOU believe and share links to your favorite spooky or unexplained videos in the comments section below.

Have a suggestion for ourWTF Friday Video of the Week? Send us anE-MAIL HERE. If it makes us giggle or just plain confuses us, we'll include it! What are ya waiting for! Get to it!

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Academy Award Winner Trent Reznor to Score and Put the Bite on in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

We still remember the first time we heardHead Like a Hole. Friggin' blew our minds, man. All of a sudden Trent Reznor andNine Inch Nailsexploded on to the scene and the music and film industry have benefited ever since.

Now an Oscar winner, Reznor is apparently setting his sights on one very pretty neck. According toBadass DigestReznor will be providing the score to the film adaptation ofAbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter– and he’ll be appearing as the vampire who kills Lincoln’s mom, as well.

If this does go down he'll be appearing opposite Ben Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Jimmi Simpson, and Mary Elisabeth Winstead.

Timur Bekmatebov will direct from Seth Grahame-Smith's adaptation of his own novel. Tim Burton and Jim Lemley will produce. Fox is aiming at a June 22nd, 2012, release.

Book Synopsis
When Abraham Lincoln was nine years old, his mother died from an ailment called the"milk sickness."Only later did he learn that his mother's deadly affliction was actually the work of a local vampire, seeking to collect a debt owed by Lincoln's father. When Abe learned the truth, he vowed revenge and kept one passion hidden throughout his life: the brutal elimination of all vampires. His valiant, bloody fight against the undead was all but lost to history, until Grahame-Smith stumbled upon the secret journal of Abraham Lincoln.

Using the journal as his guide, Seth reconstructs Lincoln's life story and uncovers the role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of our nation. You don't know Abe. Honest.

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Jonah Hill Finds Horror in The Kitchen Sink

When you think Jonah Hill, the wordshorror directordon't exactly spring to mind. Yet that may be about to change as a new project has been announced today that includes everything includingThe Kitchen Sink.

According toThe Hollywood ReporterHill (pictured right) is mulling over an offer to make his directorial debut with the horror projectThe Kitchen Sink.

Former Columbia Pictures production chief Matt Tolmach is set to produce the film for Sony Pictures.

Written by Oren Uziel,The Kitchen Sinksees teenagers of the zombies and vampire variety who must all band together and suppress their urge to kill each other long enough to repel an alien invasion.

More as it comes.

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Trailer and Airdate for Giant Gypsy Curse Killer Bird Flick Roadkill

It comes as no surprise that the trailer for RHI Entertainment'sRoadkillwould quickly pop up online once Syfy announced the Stephen Rea-starring monster movie's April 23rd premiere date. More surprising is that this Syfy movie about hit& run, gypsy curses, and a giant bird of prey doesn't look too shabby.

Kate and her brother, Joel, have gathered their five best friends for a scenic RV road trip to their high school reunion. But their cross-country adventure is about to take an unexpected turn for the worst when an ancient curse takes wing by way of a massive creature. It’s called the Simuroc, and this gigantic bird of prey has found the perfect, helpless quarry in Kate and company. Stranded in the backwoods of the predator’s territory, there’s little chance for escape.

I really don't think the titleRoadkillsuits a movie with a premise like that. Still probably a better title than my idea of calling itSquawk Me to Hell.

Eliza Bennet (Inkheart,Nanny McPhee), Kacey Barnfield (Resident Evil: Afterlife,Lake Placid 3), and Stephen Rea (V for Vendetta,Citizen X, and Oscar nominated Best Actor forThe Crying Game) star in this creature feature from director Johannes Roberts (When Evil Calls,Forest of the Damned) and writer Rick Suvalle ("V.I.P.").Roadkillpremieres on Syfy Saturday, April 23rd, at 9/8 Central with the usual midnight repeat.

RHI has posted theRoadkilltrailer, and I must say this looks much better than expected. It also for some reason leaves me really wanting to see a big budget Hollywood remake ofThe Giant Claw.

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The Wolfman and the Black Swan Take Home Oscars

While it was a fairly slow night for horror at the"83rd Annual Academy Awards", a couple of genre flicks did manage to take home some gold and for that we are thankful!

Rick Baker and Dave Elsey took home the coveted award for their make-up work onThe Wolfman, and while the movie kind of sucked there's no doubt that the film was home to some amazing creature effects. Now if only the powers that be would have let Baker do a proper transformation instead of that CGI hack-job we got served.

Also a winner tonight, Darren Aronofsky'sBlack Swanwhich saw an Oscar for Natalie Portman who won for Best Actress.

Congrats to everyone who won -- and for the love of God, fire this year's writers and next year hire a comedian to host. Something wrong with bringing back Stewart? Maybe Conan? The crazy Jewish lady who interrupted one of last year's winners during his acceptance speech? Or how about anyone who can bring some life to what was tonight's truly dull affair. You know shit is bad when you have to resort to bringing back the long dead spirit of Bob Hope to liven things up.

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Arguably the only thing that made tonight's presentation even remotely tolerable was host James Franco's bizarre need to constantly be staring off to the right and the hilarious and at timesverywronglive tweeting by The Foywonderwhich we've brought to you below via chronological transcript. Enjoy.

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My master control job is requiring me to run the Academy Awards. Please God, don't let there be any musical numbers.

Did the producer of the Oscars used to play Ralph Malph on Happy Days?

The only Oscar broadcast I've ever enjoyed was the one in Naked Gun 3. These award shows need more Phil Donahue rampages.

That opening monologue of Franco and Hathaway introducing their relatives makes me take back what I said about not wanting musical numbers

Kirk Douglas is truly a legend but listening to him present an award is as sad& painful as Dick Clark still doing the New Year's countdown

And the Oscar goes to Melissa Leo - not for The Fighter but as a belated award for her role as"Cookie"the hooker in 1985's Streetwalkin'

Was that look on Melissa Leo's face because she couldn't believe she won or because she couldn't understand whose name Kirk Douglas read?

Brolin& Bardem's ice cream suits just blew out the chroma at my workplace. Thanks Oscars!

Will Aaron Sorkin thank the guy who sells him hallucinogenic mushrooms?

Do people realize that the Oscar winning writer of The King's Speech last screenwriting gig was Kung Fu Killer starring David Carradine?

The only thing I ever want to see Russell Brand in is the woodchipper from Fargo.

I hope they try to play Christian Bale off during his acceptance speech and he dives into the orchestra pit in a rage-fueled rampage.

Notice that the director didn't have the cajones to play Bale off even as he began to ramble on? They know better.

Only in Mississippi would a monster truck jam purchase local commercial time during the Academy Awards.

The Academy Awards are rated TV-14? The sudden appearance of that rating in the corner of the screen was all Melissa Leo's fault, wasn't it?

Is it my imagination or are there barnacles growing on Cate Blanchett's dress?

They should have included me in that montage so I could declare my love for the Maniac Cop 2 closing credits rap

Every Randy Newman song sounds like every other Randy Newman song. He's the Firehouse of Oscar nominated song makers.

Time for the performing of the Best Song nominees. Or as I call it: Bathroom Break!

Amy Adams is dressed like she'll soon be forced to marry Lo Pan.

Holy crap! Horshak just won an Oscar!

Oh, please, please, please let Banksy sneak on stage and tag Oprah's big ass!

This Oscar show has been so terrible I hear Roger Ebert just ripped off his prosthetic chin and flung it at his TV screen in disgust.

Randy Newman just won for recording the same song he's sung for the last decade and a half.

Celine Dion singing over the"In Memoriam"montage only makes me wish I was a part of it.

This just in: Banksy has left the Kodak Theater but he did not exit through the gift shop. ***RIMSHOT*** See, I could be writing this show.

I think one of Doctor Who's incarnations just won Best Director

Francis Ford Coppola gets the lifetime achievement award for producing the Jeepers Creepers movies. Horror fans and NAMBLA both thank you.

The next co-worker that asks me if the Oscars will end on time will suffer a fate worse than having to sit through this intolerable show.

I was hoping Natalie Portman would thank the green screens from the Star Wars prequels.

Colin Firth's acceptance speech was as dull and drawn out as this whole show has felt. Now I'm asking myself how much time this has left.

How cool would it be if when Harvey Weinstein takes the stage Spielberg suckerpunches him for stealing Saving Private Ryan's best pic Oscar?

If only this childrens choir was out there singing the Oscar winning song"It's Hard Out There for a Pimp"from Hustle& Flow.

And with the show now over Anne Hathaway can finally go backstage to be hooked up to that Valium IV she's been needing for three hours.

One of the closing credits was"VOICE OF BOB HOPE"and it was not credited to Bob Hope? WTF?

It's finally over. I think I posted more tonight than I have the whole time I've been on Twitter. I swear I will never do it again.

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SXSW 2011: Trailer Debut for Psycho-Sexual Anthology Little Deaths

This year's SXFantastic lineup (a group of five films selected by the folks behind Fantastic Fest that screen at midnight during the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX) includesLittle Deaths, a psycho-sexual horror anthology comprised of three separate stories dealing with the twin themes of sex and death. Today its trailer debuted online, and of course we have it for you here.

Little Deathsfeatures tales of terror from Simon Rumley (Red White& Blue, Living and the Dead), Andrew Parkinson (I, Zombie, Venus Drowning) and Sean Hogan (Isle of Dogs, Summer's Blood).

House and Home: Written and Directed by Sean Hogan

"A well-to-do yuppie couple, Richard and Victoria, pose as concerned religious do-gooders in order to lure homeless girls back to their home for perverted sex games. Deciding upon their latest target, a mysterious young woman named Sorrow, they drug and imprison her before subjecting her to a series of assaults and humiliations. However, the captive girl is not as helpless as she first appears, and the couple soon find the rules of the game have changed…"

Mutant Tool: Written and Directed by Andrew Parkinson

"Jen, a former prostitute and recovering drug addict, is undergoing therapy in a bid to turn her life around. Her new therapist, Dr. Reece, comes as a recommendation via her boyfriend, Frank. But unbeknownst to Jen, Frank and Dr. Reece have a shadowy criminal relationship. The therapist is involved with a bizarre black market narcotics trade, in which the semen from human mutations created during WWII Nazi experiments is harvested and processed for its psychic effects on the human brain. And now the last known mutant is dying, and a suitable replacement must be found…"

Bitch: Written and Directed by Simon Rumley

"Stuck in a destructive relationship that isn’t going anywhere and lousy dead-end jobs which have no future, Claire and Pete live in a council flat and are united only in their love of rock music. The flame of passion having long since died, the couple derives a strange sexual pleasure from an unspoken sadomasochistic role-playing game whereClaire finds new and inventive ways of mistreating Pete – and Pete, ever the devoted lap dog, takes what she dishes out time and time again. But in an unspoken game the boundaries are hazy, and when Claire unwittingly takes things one step too far, Pete devises a way to teach the bitch to heel, once and for all."

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Go Retro with Five International Sucker Punch Posters

We knowSucker Punchis on the fringe of horror at best, but it's one of our most anticipated films of the year, and damnit, the marketing campaign is too damn cool to ignore. For instance, check out these five new WWII style retro posters that recently hit the Net.

Russian siteKino Galleryrevealed the vintage character posters you'll see below. Look for the film in theatres on March 25, 2011, from Warner Bros. Pictures.

Synopsis:
Close your eyes. Open your mind. You will be unprepared.

Sucker Punch is an epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, and her incredible adventures blur the lines between what’s real and what is imaginary.

She has been locked away against her will, but Babydoll (Emily Browning) has not lost her will to survive. Determined to fight for her freedom, she urges four other young girls— the outspoken Rocket (Jena Malone), the street-smart Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens), the fiercely loyal Amber (Jamie Chung), and the reluctant Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish) — to band together and try to escape their terrible fate at the hands of their captors, Blue (Oscar Isaac), Madam Gorski (Carla Gugino), and the High Roller (Jon Hamm).

Led by Babydoll, the girls engage in fantastical warfare against everything from samurais to serpents, with a virtual arsenal at their disposal. Together, they must decide what they are willing to sacrifice in order to stay alive. But with the help of a Wise Man (Scott Glenn), their unbelievable journey— if they succeed — will set them free.

Born from the creative vision of filmmaker Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300), Sucker Punch features an ensemble cast of young stars, including Emily Browning (The Uninvited), Abbie Cornish (Bright Star), Jena Malone (Into the Wild), Vanessa Hudgens (the High School Musical films), and Jamie Chung (Sorority Row). The film’s main cast also includes Oscar Isaac (Robin Hood) and Carla Gugino (Watchmen) with Jon Hamm (The Town, TV’s “Mad Men”) and Scott Glenn (The Bourne Ultimatum).

Zack Snyder directed Sucker Punch from a screenplay he wrote with Steve Shibuya, based on Snyder’s story. Snyder and Deborah Snyder produced with Thomas Tull, Wesley Coller, Jon Jashni, Chris deFaria, Jim Rowe, and William Fay serving as executive producers. The behind-the-scenes creative team includes Academy Award®-winning production designer Rick Carter (Avatar) and Watchmen and 300 veterans director of photography Larry Fong, editor William Hoy, and costume designer Michael Wilkinson. The music is by Tyler Bates and Marius DeVries.

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Could It Be? Slain Vampire Back for More on True Blood Season 4?

That's the thing about television and films ... good characters rarely stay dead. They usually just evolve somehow and become something else. That's exactly the case with"True Blood"Season 4 as a very familiar face that we thought we had seen the last of is coming back!

According toTVLineAllan Hyde will reprise his role as Eric’s late, forever young-looking maker Godric when the HBO drama resumes this summer.

Even more interesting,"True Blood"executive producer Alan Ball told the site that fans will be seeing“a different side of Godric.” Very cool! Let's just hope the re-addition of this character doesn't get lost amongst the several thousand plot lines of last season. Time to get things back on track, fangbangers!

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Giant 3D Spiders to be Unleashed on New York City! Exclusive Casting News!

Every arachnophobe's worst nightmare is headed to the big screen withSpiders 3D. As New York City is poised to fall into their enormous three-dimensional web, only a milk maiden, a Power Ranger, and a Starship Trooper can save the Big Apple from experiencing an eight-legged apocalypse.

Shockingly,"Eight-Legged Apocalypse"has not yet been used as the title of a Syfy original movie.

ThoughSpiders 3Dsounds like the making of a Syfy flick - both the production company Nu Image and the film's director have a slew of Syfy movies to their credit, I have been assured that a theatrical release is the plan. When I first reported on this film back in May of last year it was simplySpider 3D(story here)and little was known. Looks like the spiders have since multiplied, production has wrapped, and a new plot synopsis has emerged:

"Following a crash of an old Soviet space station in New York City's subway tunnel, a new species of poisonous spiders is discovered. Inadvertently the spiders mutate to gigantic proportions and wreak havoc on the entire city."

I've been told from a source close to the production to expect multiple large spiders and one really big spider.

This weekend you'll get to see Christa Campbell in 3D inDrive Angry;Spiders 3Dwill give you even more of the lovely Miss Campbell in three voluptuous dimensions as the2001 Maniacs"Milk Maiden"gets top billing in this arach-attack. She'll get spider wrangling help from someone no stranger to dealing with giant insects: Patrick Muldoon, who you probably best remember getting his brains sucked out by a big bug inStarship Troopers. Another spider fighter will be Johnny Yong Bosch, also a seasoned veteran in the field of giant monster fighting; Bosch experienced a three-year tour of duty as a"Mighty Morphin' Power Ranger".

Tibor Takacs has spent the past several years helming Syfy movies, including the mutant monster spider flickIce Spiders, but horror fans should also recognize him as the director of the under-appreciated late Eighties horror flicksThe GateandI, Madman. Takacs is also credited as a co-writer ofSpiders 3Dwith scripter Joseph Farrugia.

BetweenSpiders 3Dand the announcedKingdom of the Spiders3D remake, the coming year is not going to be a good time for arachnophobic people heading to the movies.

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Death Streams in Next Episode of The Social Media Massacre

The next episode of Run Purtee'sThe Social Media Massacreis alive, kickin', streamin', and screamin', so of course we had to let you good folks know about it. We wouldn't want you to miss out on any of the carnage, now would we?

The latest episode entitled"I'm Streaming Death"stars Heather Dorff and Kelsey Zukowski. Dig on it and all of it's creepiness below.

Should this be a project you want to see continue,click hereto help fund future episodes.

The series is based on the short of the same name and will have a new killer or death based on social media every episode. The upcoming season is going to be 6 episodes to test the waters, and each episode will be no longer than 10 minutes.

For more hit up the officialThey Call Me Ron online.

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Wolf Creek's John Jarratt Indulges in More Bad Behaviour

Nice weather. Good tunes. Hot chicks. Plentiful alcohol. Sounds like a damned good time, doesn't it? Add a couple of psychos into the mix to maim and dismember the party-goers, and now we're really talking!

That's exactly what you're in for with writer/director Joseph Sims' new movie,Bad Behaviour, starring the lovably maniacal John Jarratt as well as Robert Coleby, Georgina Symes, Dwaine Stevenson, Jean Kittson, Roger Ward and Lindsay Farris.

Check out the teaser trailer, the plot crunch, and some artwork below. For more visit the officialBad BehaviourwebsiteandBad BehaviourFacebook page!

Synopsis
The weekend is about to kick off. With the ocean calm, the weather warm and the sun setting over the hills, two psychopathic siblings - Emma and Peterson - pit stop on their road trip of bloodshed at the sleepy beach-side town of Cecil Bay.

'Bad Behaviour' will have you on the precipice of intrigue as you are thrown into: Emma and Peterson's encounter with their fierce predator and debt collector Voyte Parker, a cop confronting the people who murdered his son, and the day a man finds his wife is cheating on him. 'Bad Behaviour' joins the intersecting storylines of murderers, coppers, teachers and teenagers, exposing their eventual demise. This black comedy/neo-noir picture embodies the very same 'cool' of the beach-side town it's set in, providing you an eerie fantasy landscape characterized by a fusion of graphic violence and punchy dialogue.

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Hammer Horror Lives in Print

Oh, what a wonderful world! Not only is Hammer alive and kicking as a movie studio, but now they're also looking to bring their unique flavor to the bookshelves of fans everywhere!

According to the officialHammer websitethe studio will launch its new publishing imprint on March 10th with the release of two novels.

Francis Cottam has penned the novelization ofThe Resident(film review here), the new Hammer thriller starring Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Christopher Lee. The cover features distinctive photographic artwork based on the UK advertising.

Hammer's classic catalogue is also represented, with a brand new edition of Peter Curtis' source novel ofThe Witches, the 1966 horror starring Joan Fontaine and scripted by Nigel Kneale. Curtis' novel was first published in 1960 asThe Devil's Own.

More soon!

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The WTF Friday Video of the Week: Jackie Chan Whips Ass as Chun Li

In honor of the release of Capcom's latest fighting gamerMarvel vs. Capcom 3we have a WTF Friday Video of the Week with some added video game flavor.

Below you'll find a clip from the Jackie Chan flickCity Hunterwhich features Chan playing a myriad of characters from the popularStreet Fightervideo game franchise. Mind you this appears to happen for absolutely no rhyme or reason, and the sight of Jackie dressed as Chun Li is likely to haunt us to our very graves, but we just couldn't resist including it. Especially since it managed to do in five minutes what nearly every video game adaptation can't ... get things right!

An anonymous reader sent this one in, and we say thank you, whoever you are!

Have a suggestion for ourWTF Friday Video of the Week? Send us anE-MAIL HERE. If it makes us giggle or just plain confuses us, we'll include it! What are ya waiting for! Get to it!

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Mark Steensland and Stephen Geoffreys to be Haunted by The Weeping Woman

One filmmaker we've had our eye on for a while is Mark Steensland. The man's made some truly tremendous short films including the critically acclaimed,The Ugly File, and now his back with a new short-form fright fest along with Evil Ed himself!

From the Press Releaae
Award-winning director Mark Steensland has wrapped principal photography on his latest short film,“The Weeping Woman.”

Tony Award nominee Stephen Geoffreys (Fright Night, 976-Evil) stars in the film based on a short story by acclaimed British horror author Paul Kane (The Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy).

Shot in the empty, quiet woods of northwestern Pennsylvania,“The Weeping Woman” shows what can happen when you take a shortcut on a long drive home.

Steensland is no stranger to horror, having won first prize at two separate film festivals for his previous shorts,“The Ugly File,” and “Peekers.” Steensland says this short is different because of Geoffreys.

“I was working on this film when I met Stephen at the 2010 Eerie Horror Film Festival,” Steensland said. “I knew immediately that he was perfect for this part.” Even though Geoffreys had never appeared in a short film before, he agreed after being impressed by the script and Steensland’s earlier efforts.

“Mark’s film packs into a few pages the whole life of my character,” Geoffreys said. “Besides, performing an 8-page script is ideal for an attention-span deficient like me.”

The film, which takes place almost entirely outdoors, was shot over two days in below-freezing weather.

“The original script from Paul Kane had the story taking place in the summer,” said Steensland. “I’ve always been a big fan of snowbound horror movies like The Shining and thought the change would add a real layer of creepiness to the film.”

Viewers will get a chance to see for themselves when Steensland takes the film on the festival circuit this spring.

Dread Central's own Melissa Bostaph also stars. For more information, visitMarkSteensland.com. Dig on some fresh stills and a one-sheet below. More soon!

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First Images from Short Film, The Talisman

Not to be confused with the epic sized read of the same name from Stephen King and Peter Straub. What we have here are the first stills from the new Latin Horror short film,The Talisman!

The Talisman, written by indie maven Drew Daywalt directed by Edwin Pagán, stars Ross Beshear, Adela Maria Bolet, Paul Bosche, Barbara Jimenez, Christopher Triana, Adel L. Morales and Olga Ayala.

For more info including a wicked cool sound bite visitThe TalismanShort onlineand check them out onFacebook!

Synopsis
A nomadic drifter is contracted by a hideous creature to deliver a sacred key - The Talisman - to an abandoned warehouse where he encounters an eternal, evil force that reveals his fateful destiny.

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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark FINALLY Lands Domestic Distro

And the angels sing. Then tie you up, drag you down the stairs and maim you with a straight razor. Such are the events of the original Seventies TV scare-a-thonDon't Be Afraid of the Dark, and we've been waiting with bated breath for news of the Guillermo del Toro produced remake. Finally, said news has come.

According toVarietyFilmDistrict has partnered with Miramax to release Guillermo Del Toro'sDon't Be Afraid of the Darkwide on August 12th.

Produced by Del Toro and Mark Johnson, the film marks the directorial debut of Troy Nixey."Miramax has done an inspired job finding the right home for our film that took 15 years to get made,"said Del Toro in a statement.

For those unfamiliarDon't Be Afraid of the Darkcenters on a young girl, portrayed by Madison, who's sent to live with her father (Pearce) and his girlfriend (Holmes) in the old mansion they are renovating, where she unwittingly unleashes malevolent creatures bent on destroying all of them.

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German Distributor Telepool Nabs Ghost Rider 2: Spirit of Vengeance 3D

If you reside in a German-speaking country and have been wondering if you'd be able to see the upcomingGhost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 3Dupon its completion, rest easy. Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Intl. has struck a distribution deal with German distributor Telepool.

Varietyprovided this latest report from EFM in Berlin.Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 3D stars Nicolas Cage, Ciaran Hinds, Violante Placido, and Idris Elba and is shooting in Romania and Turkey for a spring 2012 release.

Hyde Park co-financed the Ghost Rider sequel, for which Sony has domestic distribution rights. Brian Taylor and Mark Neveldine direct; Amritraj is producing with Avi Arad, Ari Arad, and Michael De Luca.

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It has been several years since making a deal with the Devil and Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage), living in self-imposed isolation, finds himself as the only person who can help save 10-year-old Danny– and ultimately the world – thanks to his unwanted and uncontrollable power – his ability to transform into the hell-on-wheels monster known as The Ghost Rider.

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