http://shocktillyoudrop.com Do you know what's coming? en-us Feb 9, 2010 Writer David Schow ( The Hills Run Red ) appears to be re-teaming with old pal Mark Ordesky. The latter is executive producing Schow's latest screenplay Bad Luck for production outfit Entertainment 7. The project is said to be in the vein of Final Destination and asks the question: "What if all our superstitions were real and deadly?" A group of skeptical college friends find out the hard way when superstitions come between them and those they love. Who better to direct this than David Ellis, the man behind Final Destination 2 and The Final Destination . Ordesky and Schow previously worked together on Critters 4 and Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning . Ordesky also executive produced the Lord of the Rings trilogy. He's shepherding another Ellis... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14053 Feb 9, 2010 More coverage: Legacy of the Lycanthrope: A Werewolf Timeline | Director Joe Johnston interview Rick Baker and the Wolfman. The pairing of the two is sweet like peanut butter and chocolate, and when we broke the scoop about his involvement back in 2007, An American Werewolf in London fans rejoiced. It's the first time, in a long time, Baker gave us a lycanthrope. We almost got to see one of his beasties run rampant had Dimension Films and Wes Craven stuck with their initial vision of Cursed in 2005 (KNB EFX later took over creature duties when Baker's designs were scrapped). Before that, he took the minimalist approach in bringing out the animal in Jack Nicholson in Wolf . With The Wolfman , it's full-tilt Baker time with actor Benicio Del Toro in his make-up... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/interviewsnews.php?id=14027 Feb 9, 2010 Fangoria got word from Summit Entertainment on the special features we'll find on the upcoming February 23rd DVD and Blu-Ray release of Sorority Row . When five sorority girls inadvertently cause the murder of one of their sisters in a prank gone wrong, they agree to keep the matter to themselves and never speak of it again, so they can get on with their lives. This proves easier said than done, when after graduation a mysterious killer goes after the five of them and anyone who knows their secret... Along with the expected widescreen presentation and Dolby Digital 5.1, both formats will also feature: • Picture-in-picture video commentary with the director and cast (Blu-ray only) • Deleted scenes • "Sorority Secrets: Stories from the Set" featurette •... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14052 Feb 9, 2010 Back in October, we brought you the trailer to the Sophie Monk ( The Hills Run Red ) supernatural horror flick Pearblossom . Now, according to the Bleiberg Entertainment website , the feature seems to have undergone a name change to Life Blood . While the site doesn't list a potential release date, we did find the new cover image there, pictured left. Also, the RHI Entertainment website has a listing for Life Blood available for RHI On Demand. There's also a handful of hot new photos from the flick right here . Life Blood also stars "babysitter twin" Electra Avellan, Scout Taylor-Compton ( Halloween II ), Charles Napier ( Rambo ), Angela Lindvall, Danny Woodburn and Patrick Renna. Synopsis: It's New Year's Eve, 1968: While driving on the Pearblossom... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14051 Feb 9, 2010 The CW has posted both a trailer and producer's preview (with Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson) for "Fool Me Once" , the upcoming new episode of The Vampire Diaries . Check out both clips below, along with the synopsis for the next episode which airs Thursday, February 11th. Synopsis: Stefan helps Elena and Bonnie out of a dangerous situation. Jeremy asks Anna to a party in the woods, unaware that she has her own reasons for wanting to meet him there. When Stefan, Damon and Elena work with Bonnie and Grams to open the tomb, everyone is shocked by what they discover. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14050 Feb 9, 2010 The hunt is on for... cupid? That's what's in store for the Winchester Brothers on the upcoming episode of Supernatural aptly titled "My Bloody Valentine" . (Ironic considering Jensen Ackles starred in My Bloody Valentine 3D ) Below's a teaser trailer and clip from the upcoming episode which airs on The CW this Thursday, February 11th. Synopsis: Castiel helps Sam and Dean hunt down Cupid (guest star Lex Medlin) on Valentine’s Day after townspeople start to kill each other for love. However, after Cupid tells them he’s innocent, they discover Famine (guest star James Otis), one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, has arrived in town. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14049 Feb 9, 2010 Early word on Adam Green's new thriller Frozen is that NY, LA and Boston theaters drew in big audiences this past opening weekend, with theaters in Canada already expanding the release and adding more screens. Below is a note from Ariescope Pictures and A Bigger Boat on how you can help get Frozen into a theater near you. A message from Ariescope Pictures and A Bigger Boat: "In response to how amazing the early reactions and glowing reviews have been for Frozen , Anchor Bay has now agreed to send a print of the film to any theater that requests it. The power is in YOUR hands to get Frozen playing at a theater near you! All you have to do is speak to your theater's manager and make sure that he/she knows how much you want Frozen playing in your favorite theater.... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14048 Feb 9, 2010 Actress Rachel Weisz ( The Mummy movies) is the latest addition to the cast of Dream House , Jim Sheridan's new thriller for Morgan Creek which we first told you about here . She joins Daniel Craig and Naomi Watts ( The Ring , King Kong ). The story (scripted by David Loucka) centers on a successful publisher (Craig) who quits his Gotham job and relocates his wife (Weisz) and two daughters to a quaint New England town, only to discover that their perfect new home was the murder scene of a mother and her two children. Watts will play a neighbor who was close to the slain family. Shooting on the project kicked off in Toronto last Sunday. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14047 Feb 9, 2010 Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh is in talks with Marion Cotillard and Kate Winslet to join Matt Damon and Jude Law in his upcoming action/thriller Contagion , according to Variety. (Damon's currently shooting Clint Eastwood's new thriller Hereafter .) Based on a script penned by Scott Z. Burns, the story revolves around the threat posed by a deadly disease, with multiple plotlines in the style of Soderbergh's Traffic . Soderbergh's been developing the project with producing partner Gregory Jacobs. Contagion is expected to shoot later this year. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14046 Feb 8, 2010 The search for a release date is over. Chain Letter is coming to DVD. New Films International, who announced last fall that it acquired Deon Taylor's delayed film, have set a May 21 debut. We're told a limited theatrical run is planned, more details on that as they come in. In this urban legend riff, six friends receive a mysterious chain letter via text messaging and in their email accounts from a maniac who's hunting down teenagers who fail to forward his online chain letter. That's the cover art you see on the left, we'll update this spot when we get it in hi-res. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14029 Feb 8, 2010 Over the weekend, Universal debuted a 15-second television spot for The Wolfman . If you missed it, we have it for you in the player below. Also over the weekend, director Joe Johnston sat down with the press to talk about the film. Shock went one-on-one with him here , however, during a press conference he had a few interesting nuggets to offer. When asked about the film's rating, Johnston said: "It was always an R rating. At one point, the head of the studio called me and said, 'You think we could re-cut this into a PG-13?' I said, 'Yes, but nobody would want to see it.' It was always going to be an R. It deserves to be an R." The blood 'n guts spill this Friday when the film opens! http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14028 Feb 8, 2010 As a native of Long Island, New York, I can't help but have a strong affinity for the films of fellow New Yorker Frank Henenlotter. Back in junior high, my best friend's mother worked at the same police precinct as Frank's brother and as lifelong horror fanatics we couldn't help but get giddy by that fact that we were two degrees away from the director of Basket Case . On top of two Basket Case sequels, Henenlotter also helmed the trippy yet deranged Brain Damage (which featured a brain parasite voiced by famous horror host Zacherley - the "cool ghoul"!) and the cult horror/comedy classic Frankenhooker , which you can count Bill Murray among one of the films' biggest fans. While keeping busy over the years by helping expand the cult exploitation library of... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/interviewsnews.php?id=14024 Feb 8, 2010 Today, cameras began rolling on Saw VII with Kevin Greutert in the director's chair working from a script by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. Will this be the final chapter? The question of the franchise's longevity has always been in question. The producing team behind it have given us various answers: There will be eight films. Nine films. Well, "seven" might just be the magic number. Melton explains why to Demon FM : "I think it's going to end with Saw VII. I have a very strong feeling its going to end with Saw VII. That's something we're debating now. You saw in previous interviews or discussions where we thought Saw VIII would be the last one where we had the first trilogy and the second trilogy and then sort of a grand finale wrapped up in two films.... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14025 Feb 8, 2010 In our recent sit-down interview with Bad Biology / Basket Case helmer Frank Henenlotter, he told us about two new documentary project's he's got lined up with Something Weird Video later this year. "I have a documentary coming out this year on Herschell Gordon Lewis that I did with Something Weird Video, and we’re starting another documentary with Something Weird called That’s Sexploitation ," Henenlotter says. The Herschell Gordon Lewis one isn't a surprise considering Something Weird Video has put out DVD versions of all of Herschell's films including The Gore Gore Girls , A Taste of Blood , She-Devils on Wheels , The Gruesome Twosome , Color Me Blood Red , as well as the original versions of Two Thousand Maniacs and The Wizard Of Gore , both of which... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14026 Feb 8, 2010 To your left, a look at actor Danny Dyer in the upcoming thriller Devil's Playground which we first talked about here on the site in November . Mark McQueen is currently in post-production on the film which re-teams some of the gang behind Dead Cert , the British gangster/vampire picture. Danny Dyer, Jamie Murray, Colin Salmon and Craig Fairbrass star in Playground and we've got an extended synopsis for you: London: The not too distant future. Newgen Industries, a leading pharmaceutical company company, is trying to placate a media uproar. Its new "legal performance enhancer", RAK-295, has met with spectacular failure during testing, causing severe physical and allergic reactions in all 30,000 of its test subjects.... Allergic reactions in all but one... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14023 Feb 8, 2010 In addition to star Nicolas Cage, the Patrick Lussier-directed 3D thriller Drive Angry (penned by Todd Farmer) will also feature new cast members William Fichtner and Amber Heard. Fichtner previously appeared in Armageddon , Heat , Equilibrium and, in a small part, The Dark Knight . Heard, meanwhile, continues to amass a sizable genre resume. Check it out here . Angry rolls cameras in Shreveport, Louisiana next month. Summit will release the film on February 11, 2011. Visit our database page for a lengthy plot synopsis. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14022 Feb 8, 2010 RHI Entertainment and Vivendi Entertainment are back with the latest installment in their Maneater Series (still gotta love the covers they crank out for these). This one is called High Plains Invaders and stars Buffy the Vampire Slayer 's James Marsters and Sebastian Knapp ( 28 Days Later ). Synopsis: The hanging of honorable Indian-fighter Sam Phoenix in a small western town is cut short by the unexpected invasion of uranium-based insectoid creatures, forcing Sam and a small band of survivors to take refuge in a church. They'll need more than a prayer and a pistol to survive, as a Wild West landscape is inundated by a killer force of alien pioneers. Ha! "They'll need more than a prayer and a pistol..." Amazing. Look for it on DVD April 6. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14021 Feb 8, 2010 Filming has begun on Dark Castle's latest foray into the supernatural, The Apparition , with Todd Lincoln writing and directing. Shock Till You Drop has had the finger on the pulse of casting news for this one and we can exclusively confirm that the Harry Potter franchise's "Draco Malfoy," Tom Felton, has joined the production as the third lead of the story. He'll be playing "Patrick." Felton joins previously announced cast members Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Julianna Guill, Luke Pasqualino and Suzanne Ford. Little is known about the film's story other than it concerns a couple haunted by a supernatural presence in the wake of a college experiment. Apparition comes to you from producers Joel Silver, Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman (the latter two... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14019 Feb 8, 2010 Two titles put in the can long ago are making their DVD debut this year. On July 31, E1 Entertainment will release Parasomnia from director William Malone ( House on Haunted Hill ). Shot independently, Malone has toured the film fest circuit with his film for the last year. Dylan Purcell, Cherilyn Wilson, Patrick Kilpatrick and Jeffrey Combs star. (Click on the title for a full synopsis.) Also from E1, Fruit Chan's Don't Look Up . This one hits on September 21 and concerns a film crew getting spooked on the set of their latest production. Eli Roth makes a cameo; the film is a remake of a '96 Hideo Nakata ( Ringu ) tale. Check out the trailer here . http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14018 Feb 8, 2010 Just before we cut loose for the weekend, we introduced you to a trailer for an Australian thriller Primal . Writer-director Josh Reed, here combining the supernatural with some creature feature aspects, takes his film to the European Film Market this month and today we were provided with a trio of pics from the production. Click here to check out that aforementioned trailer. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14017 Feb 8, 2010 It looks like The Thing prequel is finally happening. The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision Blog announced Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton as the first two cast members of the follow-up to John Carpenter's landmark 1982 creature-feature. Winstead (who's appeared in genre pics Black Xmas , Final Destination 3 and Death Proof ) will play a Ph.D. candidate who joins a Norwegian research team in Antarctica after it discovers an alien ship in the ice. When a trapped organism is freed and begins a series of attacks, she is forced to team with a blue-collar mercenary helicopter pilot (Edgerton) to stop the rampage. Matthijs Van Heijningen is directing from a script by Ronald D. Moore and Eric Heisserer. Strike Entertainment's Marc Abraham and Eric Newman are... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14016 Feb 8, 2010 The UK publication Mail Online published a new interview with Bill Murray who's currently promoting the upcoming DVD release for Fantastic Mr Fox . While they touch upon his entire career in the piece, one quote of interest regards his role in Ghostbusters 3 . Once again, this long talked about rumor regarding the fate of Dr. Peter Venkman is back. "I said to them, 'I'll do it if you kill me off in the first reel.' So now they are going to have me as a ghost in the film," says Murray. While out promoting Avatar back in December, Sigourney Weaver let this spoiler out while talking to the press. So is it true? According to Murray's quote, it seems that way. Writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky are currently revising their first draft of Ghostbusters 3 .... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14015 Feb 8, 2010 More coverage: Legacy of the Lycanthrope: A Werewolf Timeline Fifteen minutes isn't enough time to talk to Joe Johnston. Especially when the topic of discussion is Universal's remake of The Wolfman , opening on February 12. Nevertheless, when the director sits down one-on-one with Shock Till You Drop the weekend before his film's release, that's all the time we've got. If I had my way, I'd want an hour or two to really dig into the man's cranium and pick his brain about updating screenwriter Curt Siodmak and director George Waggner's 1941 tale of the cursed Larry Talbot (originally played by Lon Chaney, Jr., now essayed by producer/actor Benicio Del Toro). Because Johnston, as you may have read on this site over the last year, had the unenviable task of picking up the... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/interviewsnews.php?id=14013 Feb 7, 2010 Back in early October, Paramount teamed with Mountain Dew and MySpace to create an intricate on-line supernatural web-series titled Circle of Eight to debut on the social networking site. The ten-episode series was about Jessica, who moves into the historic building complex known as The Dante in Los Angeles. Her neighbors, while a bit odd, seem overly friendly to welcome her. But then she starts seeing a strange array of deaths that don't seem to be real and begins having visions of her true connection to the place. Now that the on-line series version has officially aired, Paramount Home Entertainment has prepped a slightly alternate cut of the show as a full length feature film for DVD. Shock had the opportunity to speak with lead actress Austin Highsmith who portrays Jessica... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/interviewsnews.php?id=14014 Feb 7, 2010 Sam Worthington will star in Texas Killing Fields , the new murder mystery by Ami Canaan Mann according to Variety. Her father Michael Mann is producing. The script (written by Donald F. Ferrarone) focuses on the true story of a pair of police officers who undertook to solve two decades of disappearances and homicides -- totalling as many as 60 victims -- in the industrial wastelands surrounding Gulf Coast refineries. Worthington will portray a local homicide detective who works with a New York transplant to wage a war against the unknown but fierce killers. Shooting begins this April in Louisiana Worthington is also in talks for Dracula: Year Zero with director Alex Proyas, which we reported on here . http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14006 Feb 7, 2010 Yessir. The UK theatrical release, The Descent: Part 2 , bypassing U.S. multiplexes and heading direct to DVD. Lionsgate Home Entertainment announced it's releasing the sequel on April 27. Here's a look at the cover art; stay tuned for more specific details as they come in. Click on the title for pics, trailers and more. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14012 Feb 7, 2010 Kevin Greutert, writing in from Toronto, updated Saw fans on the progress of Saw VII , an installment that's arriving in theaters in 3D. Read on: Well, team, it's hard to believe, but I start rolling high res 3D video on this movie tomorrow morning. It's still an unreal fog to me (the experience, not the 3D video, although come to think of it... well, never mind that for now...), having one week to prep the most expensive SAW film of all. We've attempted a comprehensive rewrite on the script since I got here, but it's tough: the sets are built, the traps are built, the storyline is set, and any major changes mean throwing out existing stuff, and it's hard to find the time, money and will to do things a different way. It has not been a picnic, but the crew is working hard, and... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14011 Feb 7, 2010 This weekend, Yahoo! Movies debuted a fourth clip from Breck Eisner's redo of The Crazies . And sure enough, the scene features the day Shock Till You Drop stopped by the set (see our coverage past the video player). Check it out and look for more on the film as we near its February 26 release. More coverage from The Crazies : Set Report | Director Breck Eisner Interview | Timothy Olyphant Interview | Radha Mitchell Interview | Joe Anderson Interview | Danielle Panabaker Interview | Behind the FX with Robert Hall http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14010 Feb 6, 2010 Shock sat down with director Joe Johnston to chat about The Wolfman (which opens next Friday, February 12th) and he says that a longer cut of the film is being prepped for the DVD release. How much longer? An additional 17 minutes of footage will be re-instated. He told us it's stuff that was cut out of the 3rd pass when the studio wanted him to speed up the 1st act to get to the first transformation. Check back shortly for more from our chat with Joe Johnston. The Wolfman stars Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt and Hugo Weaving. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14007 Feb 6, 2010 Just last week, we showed you the teaser poster that AICN posted for Suicide Girls Must Die! , which First Look Studios has picked it up for distribution and will release on March 12. Directed by Sawa Suicide, below you'll find your first peek at the official trailer, along with the full synopsis. Synopsis: When Missy and Sawa invite twelve of their favorite Suicide Girls to a remote cabin in Maine to shoot a calendar video, none of the models had any idea they planned to shoot the Suicide Girl version of a horror movie. At first Bailey and then Evan go missing and the idyllic vacation photoshoot quickly degenerates into a chaotic nightmare for the models who each think they could be next to disappear. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14009