http://shocktillyoudrop.com Do you know what's coming? en-us Mar 11, 2010 Not really sure what to make of this. I want to maim anyone who uses their cell phone during a movie, however, we're living in a time when "gimmick" (see: the 3-D craze) reigns at the box office. What I'm babbling about is horror's first interactive film in which characters in the film can call an audience member and get instructions on what to do. International suspense channel 13 Street spearheaded this experiment and it's being applied to the German film Last Call . The trailer below explains it all... Last Call is the first interactive horror movie in the world where the audience is able to communicate with the protagonist. A film controlled by a member of the audience, thus blurring the boundaries between game and film. Language recognition... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14440 Mar 11, 2010 Emboldened by the success of Paranormal Activity , Paramount announced it was going to create a new branch that would support low budget productions. According to Indie Wire, a million dollars has been injected into the recently-named Insurge Pictures. Ten films are on the development slate, all budgeted at $100 thousand. The forthcoming site for Insurge will read: "We want to find and distribute crazy, unpredictable, and hopefully awesome movies - movies that make you want to line up to see at your local theater with all your friends (and us). Movies that a big studio would never release because they’re too risky, too silly, and they don’t star Sandra Bullock." Cute. More details are coming - perhaps a look at upcoming projects. Now, this doesn't mean... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14439 Mar 11, 2010 Karen O'Hara, director of original movies over at SyFy, dropped some knowledge on her Twitter followers today regarding Roger Corman's latest picture Sharktopus . "Eric Roberts will be playing the scientist who creates the unholy hybrid!" she writes. Corman himself told us, in this exclusively interview , Sharktopus comes from "a company called Blue Water, which is under contract with the Navy. It is a bioengineering firm. Pirates or terrorists use small boats to attack different areas where the Navy officially cannot go, so they commissioned Blue Water to design a half shark/half octopus. There's something implanted in its brain they can control. The tentacles can overturn the boat and then the shark eats the terrorists." http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14437 Mar 11, 2010 Novi, Michigan is preparing the for the premiere of the indie film Exit 33 from area director Norman Koza. This business man-cum-filmmaker snagged Friday the 13th series fave Kane Hodder for the leading role of Ike, a northern Michigan taxidermist who runs the Last Chance Gas Station. This station sits alone on a rarely used highway that leads its travelers to Traverse City, Michigan (where yours truly once resided). We have a trailer to share with you below. No word yet on distribution, however, the film is playing tonight at the Emagine Theater (44425 W. Twelve Mile, Novi) if you live in that area. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14436 Mar 11, 2010 Update: We've been provided with a teaser trailer! The Fusion Films team out of Canada informed us production has begun on Black Eve . Ryan M. Andrews is directing with Eva James starring. The latter is pursued by a killer named Black Eve (a role essayed by actor Neil Green). Here's the full plot synopsis: What does it feel like waking up to dead bodies all around you, realizing you are the only one that survived? Black Eve centers around a woman with psychic abilities, who retraces the last steps of her fellow guests at a Halloween party, in a closed down department store, who all turn up dead by morning. Will Jewel find out who killed all the party goers? Will she end up dead as well? Only time will tell! Andrews previously directed Green in the short film Behind... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14131 Mar 11, 2010 Summit Entertainment has unveiled the full trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse , the third entry in the popular teen vampire/werewolf franchise culled from the pages of Stephenie Meyer's books. This time, 30 Days of Night and Hard Candy 's David Slade is in the director's chair with Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene and others returning, although, Bryce Dallas Howard ( Terminator: Salvation ) is a newcomer to the series. Horror fans who balk at Twilight need not apply, of course, but those curious to see what Slade is up to, click on the player below! The film opens in theaters and in IMAX (?!) on June 30. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14435 Mar 11, 2010 Lionsgate has set September 24th as the release date for Buried , the new thriller from director Rodrigo Cortés starring Ryan Reynolds. The script was written by Chris Sparling, who's also penning the upcoming ATM . In Buried , Paul (Reynolds) is a U.S. contractor working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap. You can check out the teaser trailer and a clip from our previous news post right here . http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14434 Mar 11, 2010 For our readers in the New York, New Jersey or Philadelphia area, make a note that this weekend is the 14th MonsterMania convention taking place at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Cherry Hill, NJ from March 12th through the 14th. Guest include legendary director Dario Argento, Malcolm McDowell, Gary Busey, Eric Roberts, Nightmare On Elm Street 2 's Mark Patton, Doug Bradley, Doug Bradley, Kane Hodder, Scout Taylor Compton, Meg Foster ( They Live , Stepfather 2 ), William Katt, Corbin Bernsen, Full Moon's Charles Band, a Night Of The Creeps reunion (with Jason Lively, Jill Whitlow, Steve Marshall and Tom Atkins), a My Bloody Valentine reunion (with Neil Affleck, Al Humphreys, Lori Hallier, Helen Udy, Peter Cowper and Paul Kelman)and many, many more. Besides the panels with guests,... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14432 Mar 11, 2010 Back in late January, we told you about a new stage play kicking off at Chicago’s Viaduct Theater for William Peter Blatty's Legion (which was also adapted into the underrated The Exorcist III ). The premiere is upon us this weekend! Previews begin March 13th and 14th, and the opening is Monday, March 15th, 2009, 7:30pm at Chicago’s Viaduct Theater located at 3111 N. Western Ave. Running Thursday thru Sunday until April 18th, 2009. Performance times are Thursday thru Saturday at 7:30pm, and Sunday at 3pm. Directed by WildClaw company member Anne Adams, and featuring company members Brian Amidei and Scott T. Barsotti, with Len Bajenski, Ariel Brenner, Casey Cunningham, Vic Doylida, Matt Engle, Sasha Gioppo, Lindsay Nance, Elaine Robinson, Cheryl Roy, Erika Schmidt, HB Ward... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14433 Mar 10, 2010 Anchor Bay has officially announced the May 18 DVD and Blu-Ray release of The New Daughter , starring Kevin Costner. This creature feature opened in theaters in December in an incredibly limited run. Both discs will feature an audio commentary by director Luis Berdejo, a The New Daughter: Behind The Scenes featurette and a theatrical trailer. Check out our review here . http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14429 Mar 10, 2010 Gravitas Ventures has struck a two-picture deal with Lux Digital Pictures Inc. to help bring a pair of highly anticipated documentaries to North American audiences. American Grindhouse will make its world premiere bowing at the coveted first Saturday night slot during the South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival on March 13, 2010 at the Alamo Ritz II. In June, American Grindhouse will debut across North America on VOD through Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. American Grindhouse is a feature-length documentary that explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearths the shameless and occasionally shocking origins of this popular entertainment. Exploitation Cinema has... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14428 Mar 10, 2010 The fact that Jay Baruchel's "endgame" is to become the next David Cronenberg fascinates me. Here's a young actor who's been seen in Tropic Thunder , Almost Famous and now She's Out of My League - who has the potential to keep pushing through the mainstream - and what does he want to do? Well, as he told our brother site, ComingSoon.net, here : He wants to live in Montreal and make horror movies. One project he wants to get off the ground is called Pig , "a 21st century re-imagining of the slasher film with a lot of socio-racial commentary." He talked a bit more about the film. Here's what he had to say: Pig is about "a crazy white cop who chases four black kids throughout the ghetto on July 4. It'll be subversive and controversial and... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14427 Mar 10, 2010 One of last year's surprises was Infestation , a goofy, violent creature feature about alien insects that invade earth. Chris Marquette starred as an office worker who gathers up a few survivors to fight back. It was simple, amusing and had a few fun twists. Well, the director of that film - Kyle Rankin - is switching gears for Nuclear Family , which stars Infestation Ray Wise, Corin Nemec ( The Stand ) and Kinsey Packard. It sounds a bit like The Road , replace the father and son with a family of four as they try to survive in the woods after a nuclear blast. Wise's "The Man" and his brutal army of rapists and killers make that difficult. Rankin is currently in production on this project which is geared to be a web series. You can check out some photos here . http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14426 Mar 10, 2010 Jordan Galland's horror-comedy Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Undead is leaving its April 16 release date and settling into a May 21 debut. The film stars Jake Hoffman, Devon Aoki, John Ventimiglia, Kris Lemche, Ralph Macchio and Joey Kern. It's been in a state of limbo for a spell now since its Slamdance premiere. We presented you the trailer - here - in 2008. Since then, Indican swooped in to pick the film up for distribution. Undead tells of a New York stage production of "Hamlet" that was adapted by a vampire. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14425 Mar 10, 2010 Liam Neeson's a busy man these days. Kickin' ass in Taken , playing Zeus in Clash of the Titans and conversing with the dead in After.Life , which opens in select cities on April 9. Neeson plays a funeral director whose slab becomes occupied by Christina Ricci's Anna. She's dead, obviously, yet she's up and walking around...and Neeson's character can talk with her. A film clip that went live at the film's official site demonstrates this. You can watch it right here . http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14424 Mar 10, 2010 No relation to Terence Winkless' 1988 film The Nest , Slide Entertainment is at work on their own film carrying that moniker. The Nest is going into production this summer with Trey Howell directing and applying the same cinéma vérité approach - seen in The Blair Witch Project , Cloverfield and Paranormal Activity - to the Chupacabra legend. FX artist Ben Hardie will create the beast. The story follows several friends facing eviction who follow a lead to a nearby island where there is supposedly hidden treasure. Their task proves to be more difficult than they thought when a pack of Chupacabras attack. For more, including concept art, click here . http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14423 Mar 10, 2010 Sorry to hit you with another obituary today, but, the New York Times reports Charles B. Pierce has also passed away. His death came on Friday at the age of 71. Pierce directed the 1972 The Legend of Boggy Creek , his feature debut which paved the way for films like The Blair Witch Project and told of a creature lurking in an Arkansas swamp. The film was followed by a sequel in '85. Before returning to the swamp, however, Pierce also helmed 1977's The Town That Dreaded Sundown which concerned a hooded killer stalking Texarkana residents in 1946. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14420 Mar 10, 2010 Details are still unfolding, however, various sources are reporting actor Corey Haim has died this morning at the age of 38. He was taken to a hospital after being discovered around 3am. Cause of his death isn't official, but multiple reports are saying "accidental overdose." Haim starred in The Lost Boys , its follow-up Lost Boys: The Tribe , the Dean Koontz adaptation Watchers , Stephen King's Silver Bullet and sundry '80s teen comedies. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14418 Mar 10, 2010 Summit Entertainment has provided us with a 10-second clip from the trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse which you can watch using the player below. We'll have the full new trailer for you Thursday morning. 30 Days of Night and Hard Candy 's David Slade puts his stamp on the popular series. Opening in theaters and IMAX on June 30, the sequel stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone and Dakota Fanning. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14419 Mar 10, 2010 Looking out the window from the apartment of Greg Strause to the amazing view which overlooks most of downtown Los Angeles is how the director first explains to this Shock writer where the idea for Skyline (the flick he's co-directing with his brother Colin) came to fruition. "What if it's the end of the world right outside your window? And what if you've got boxed seats," asks Greg. "That was really the hook that we started with and then Josh [Cordes] and Liam [O'Donnell] started crafting the story." It all began over lunch where the two brothers and two writers got together to hash out a plotline based on this initial concept. "We were really frustrated to see how hard it was for even really big established directors to get a project off the... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/interviewsnews.php?id=14417 Mar 10, 2010 Variety reports that Kevin Macdonald (The Last King Of Scotland) will direct Murder Mystery , a suspense whodunit from production company Tower Hill Entertainment. James Vanderbilt, who wrote David Fincher's Zodiac and is also the writer behind the upcoming Spider-Man reboot penned the script. Murder Mystery revolves around an American couple honeymooning in Europe who are implicated when they witness a murder and wind up embroiled in international intrigue. " Murder Mystery is pure entertainment. It's exciting, suspenseful and romantic," said AJ Dix, who is Tower Hill's prexy of production. Dix said Murder Mystery will be shot on location across Europe, and that the film is now casting. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14416 Mar 10, 2010 Below you'll find a new poster for All About Evil . The previous posters featured various members of the films cast including Natasha Lyonne, co-stars Jade & Nikita Ramsey, Mink Stole, Noah Segan and most recently Cassandra Peterson. (See that one here .) This sixth poster stars midnight movie maven and underground drag superstar Peaches Christ, who actually plays herself in the movie. All About Evil now has an official world premiere set for Saturday, May 1st as part of The San Francisco International Film Festival. The film will screen at the legendary Castro Theatre and be preceded by a fully realized stage-show hosted by Peaches Christ. Joshua Grannell directs, Thomas Dekker also stars. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14415 Mar 9, 2010 Alice Braga had a few things to say about Predators today at the Repo Men press day. She remained mum on the possible Arnold Schwarzenegger cameo. But in addition to talking briefly about her role ( "She's a girl from special forces. She's a tough cookie. She's a sniper. She jumps into the story and is trying to run for her life..." ), the actress asserted the Adrien Brody was an ideal specimen after all for this action-packed creature feature. "He was amazing," she told MTV. "When we arrived in Hawaii where we first started shooting the film, it was really interesting that he was willing to really get stronger because his body is naturally thin. All of us, we bonded together as a team. We were working out together. He really changed his body,... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14412 Mar 9, 2010 You can't say I didn't try to give this one a chance, because I did. Then I turned it off. Mutant Vampire Zombies from the Hood ("It's the end of the world, yo!" - reads the DVD cover) first graced my eyeballs last year. And I wanted to punch it in the face. You will too when Seminal Films releases director Thunder Levin's opus on DVD May 18. C. Thomas Howell is caught up in this mess playing a man named David who teams with Tyshawn Bryant's "G-Dog" after a solar flare hits earth and unleashes hungry "vampire zombies" in Los Angeles. Low budget crap ensues. Thunder also directed the 1992 film Evil Lives . http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14411 Mar 9, 2010 A new title to the site, Serbian Film , is making its South by Southwest premiere under the SX Fantastic program. Directed by Srdjan Spasojevic stirred up some chatter from our colleagues after they witnessed this NSFW promo . In anticipation of its Texas premiere, we've been sent the following synopsis and photo. Milosh, a retired porn star, now leads a normal family life with his beautiful wife Maria and six year-old son Petar, in tumultuous Serbia, trying to make ends meet. A sudden call from his former colleague Laylah will change everything. Aware of his financial problems, Laylah introduces Milosh to Vukmir - mysterious, menacing and politically powerful figure. A leading role in Vukmir's new production will provide financial support to Milosh and his family for the rest... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14410 Mar 9, 2010 Regardless of Warner Bros.' interest in the project, Jekyll and Hyde might have to happen without Forest Whitaker. This modern take on the Robert Louis Stevenson classic tale would have reunited the actor with director Abel Ferrera, nevertheless, Whitaker confirmed to Shock Till You Drop today - while out promoting Repo Men - that he is no longer attached to the film. Whitaker was set to star alongside 50 Cent. The former playing Dr. Jekyll, the latter as Mr. Hyde. Plans for the film were first announced last May. Warner Bros. revealed its intentions to distribute in the U.S. several months later. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14409 Mar 9, 2010 Let Me In , the remake of Let the Right One In , is hitting theaters on October 1 and Chloe Moretz recently spoke to Movieline about her turn as Abby. She tells the site she's only seen "snippets" of the original film and wanted to do her own take on the role. "The character of Abby... I mean, usually a lot of movies glamorize being a vampire. It's pretty, it's cool, you look awesome! The way we did it was that it's not cool to be a vampire. It's a burden that she has to carry with her, not this fun, cool, interesting thing. It's scary, deep, and dark, this devil inside of her. The vampire is different than Abby. It's like her alternate personality, and when it takes her over, she has no control." Before the film hits the screen, Moretz will be dropping... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14408 Mar 9, 2010 Hopping around the festival circuit with no official release date in site, Suck is making its South by Southwest premiere soon and a new trailer has hit the web. We've seen a few teasers before in the former of clips and a pretty f'in silly music video, but here's a proper preview to give you an idea of what the film is like. And it still looks...silly. Writer-director Rob Stefaniuk shot Suck in the Toronto area with Malcolm McDowell, Jessica Paré, Dave Foley, Iggy Pop, Moby, Alice Cooper and Carol Pope. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14406 Mar 9, 2010 Early last month we reported on a film called Monsters from filmmaker Gareth Edwards. Turns out, the film is done. Not only that, it's playing at South by Southwest in Texas. Everything about it is being kept secret, however, Twitch landed an exclusive look via the clip below. Set five years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion, a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border. I love the possibilities this scenario offers and, after this clip, I'm really looking forward to the flick. http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14405 Mar 9, 2010 The spirit world is ready to take on the gaming world in Calling , now available on Wii. Published by Hudson Entertainment, Calling centers around a mysterious "Black Page," to which four unique characters are drawn in search of answers. Calling has roots in the Japanese horror genre and presents a sinister new take on ordinary environments and objects as the characters try to escape from the Mnemonic Abyss. "Gamers everywhere will never look at an ordinary cell phone in the same way again after playing Calling, says Mike Pepe, Director of Marketing of Hudson Entertainment, in a press release. "Calling offers a refreshing combination of traditional horror and unique Wii gameplay that will thrill hardcore fans and casual gamers." Some say the... http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14404