Fifteen years ago, a movie came that changed the slasher genre forever. Not only did the original Scream give us smart and witty characters, it existed in our world. Freddy, Jason & Michael were all there at the local video store. There was a copy of Clerks on VHS at Stu’s house (look for it in the scene when Gale places the hidden camera). They were aware of “The Rules” to surviving a horror movie. It was, in fact, our world. And as we all know, someone took their love of scary movies too far.
Now, fifteen years and two sequels later, Sidney, Gale & Dewey, along with a group of scrappy new teens are back in Woodsboro. And so is Ghostface. Now, the ghosts of one generation have come back to haunt the next.
Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) has decided to make Woodsboro her last stop on the “Out of the Darkness” book tour. The book tells her story of self-realization and how she replaced her role of victim with that of survivor. The Stab movies have seen four sequels that have departed from the true story and have turned very much into a campy self-parody. The students of Woodsboro High embrace their hometown’s haunted tale and even use a Ghostface app on their SmartPhones to prank call their friends. While in town, Sidney is staying with her Aunt Kate and cousin Jill (Emma Roberts). As soon as Sidney returns, murders start to happen again. Dewey Riley (David Arquette) is sheriff and is once again in charge of bringing the killer (killers?) to justice.
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Published by Kyle Krueger April 7th, 2011
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Have you ever tried to call your friend’s pretending to be Ghostface? I know I did. Scared the shit out of my high school girlfriend. It was pretty sweet. Then she told me she was a lesbian. How did that happen?
Published by Kyle Krueger March 29th, 2011
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Hey guys, a few days ago I reviewed Zombie Doomsday. Last night, I got an email from the director, Tom Townsend, who asked me to let you guys know about Scares That Care. It’s a non-profit that sends money, toys & other items to sick children. It’s founder is horror director Joe Ripple and its roots are stuck right in the heart (pun intended) of the horror community. Tom is donating part of his sales from the Zombie Doomsday DVDs to the organization. So buy an awesome movie and help a great cause!
Imagine I called you today and said “I’ve got an idea for a movie. It has no script, we have two weeks of pre-production and we’ll shoot the whole thing in 24 hours.” Now imagine you went along with it. That was how director Tom Townsend pitched Zombie Doomsday. A horror film shot in one day at one location with all the dialogue being improvisational. We are left with a one of a kind film that should stand as one of the indie greats.
Half Moon tells the story of a city gripped with fear because of a man killing prostitutes. When down on her luck prostitute Rose (Shellie Chapman aka Tori Black) goes to a hotel to meet a man who seems like the perfect guy things soon change and she suspects he could be the killer …or worse a Werewolf!
Published by Kyle Krueger February 16th, 2011
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Moviefone got an exclusive look at the latest one sheet for Scream 4, due out this spring. It looks great and, as a long time fan of the original trilogy, gets me excited for what is in store for Sydney and the gang!
When people asked me what I would be reviewing next on this site, I said The Roommate. Both my brother and my sister-in-law said they saw that movie when it was Single White Female. And it would be easy to say that. Both have similar plots and character arcs. Lucky for me, I have yet to see Single White Female. So here comes an unbiased review of a movie that even IMDB classified as a SWF remake.
Published by Kyle Krueger January 29th, 2011
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Over the last twelve hours, Brad Fuller of Platinum Dunes has been very active on Twitter. Especially regarding the two horror greats. He said he wants to “Set the record straight on Freddy and Jason”. He announed that a Friday the 13th sequel is not out of the question and that a script has already been written, stating “We are ready to go when New Line is ready.” He went on to say that “As far as Freddy…..there isn’t even talk of writing another script.” That news shocked me a little as a huge Nightmare fan. While I did enjoy the remake, I wasn’t 100% sold and was looking forward to a sequel to convince me otherwise. He said right now, they’re “working on a handful of films, including TMNT and Ouija“. Sounds like things will get worse before they get better.
Published by Kyle Krueger January 28th, 2011
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IMDb, as well as Leslie Vernon’s official Facebook page (yes, he has one) have announced the long-awaited sequel to 2006′s Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, currently titled B4TM. No news on what it stands for. I had originally thought “Before the Mask”, but the IMDb shows the cast including Angela Goethals and Ben Pace reprising their roles as Taylor and Doug, which makes a prequel somewhat unlikely in my opinion. Scott Glosserman returns as director and co-writer, with David J. Stieve writing the screenplay. Nathan Baesel will be returning as Vernon and genre fav Robert Englund will continue as Vernon’s “Ahab”, Doc Halloran.
Published by Kyle Krueger January 3rd, 2011
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In 2003, Leigh Whannell and James Wan shot a 10 minute short (watch 10-minute short) that would change the face of horror as we know it. That short was called Saw. Whannell played David, a man who was speaking to the police about being abducted and forced to play a deadly game of survival. The short film would be used as a tool to further develop a feature for Lions Gate Entertainment; it was also the basis for several scenes in the feature length film, also titled Saw.
Published by Kyle Krueger November 29th, 2010
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Another tragic loss is added to our Celebrity Death List for 2010 in actor Leslie Nielsen. He died Sunday at 5:34pm in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, with his wife at his side. He was most famous for playing Lt. Frank Drebin in the Naked Gun movies.
So why is a comedic actor’s obituary on HYB? Before he went all comedy, the Candian-born Nielsen was a dramatic actor and was featured in the sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet. He was also in the 1972 disaster film The Poseidon Adventure. But most notably to genre fans was his 1980 role in the original and still classic Prom Night as Mr. Hammond, the school principal and father to Jamie Lee Curtis’ character.
Let’s face it. Vampires have been done to death, no pun intended. We could sit here for days and discuss sub-genres in the vampire community. With all of these movies becoming so popular, especially with the teen crowd, it’s hard to pin point a refreshing take on the lore in the last fifteen years. That’s why I was relieved to see Shadowland. A bold vision that puts vampires back where they belong; as the tragic hero(ine). Caitlin McIntosh is Laura, a young woman at the turn of the century who has fallen in love with Lazarus (Carlos Antonio Leon). Lazarus is a vampire and wishes to make Laura his eternal bride. She is turned, but very shortly after is buried alive by a priest. Accidentaly unearthed in present day, she has no memory of who she is, where she is or what she has become. As she is putting the pieces back together, a vampire hunter named Julian (Jason Contini) begins tracking her on behalf of the church.
The end of an era is upon us. For now, anyway. Yes, friends and neighbors, the seventh and (alleged) final Saw film has been released. The game has been played one final time. In 3D no less. And yet it still feels like something is missing. We’ve all seen so many sequels and thought ‘Oh, that’s it. There is no way they can make another one.’ Then suddenly, another pops up. That is not the case here. They could make one more if they try, but they’re promoting part 7 as the last. Since my reasons for feeling this way involve spoiling the ending, I’ll stop here and get to the review.
I once heard a quote regarding the Star Wars prequels. I don’t remember who said it, but they said that “… Star Wars is a lot like pizza; even when it’s bad, it’s still pizza.” The same can be said for My Soul To Take. Just substitute “Star Wars” with “Wes Craven’s movies”. I have mixed emotions on this one, honestly. But more on that in a minute. For now, the plot.
Grimm Love is a film starring Keri Russell (TV’s Felicity) as Katie, an American graduate student in Germany completing her degree in criminal psychology. She is doing her thesis on the murder of Simon Grombeck, who died at the hands of Oliver Hartwin, a man whom Grombeck met online in a cannibal chatroom. Not only did Hartwin want to eat human flesh, but Grombeck wanted to be eaten.
