Say it ain’t so… The great Kevin Costner in a direct to DVD horror/thriller!?! Actually The New Daughter had a very limited theatrical run in December and Anchor Bay is releasing it on DVD and Blu-ray May 1. Both discs will feature an audio commentary by director Luis Berdejo, a behind the scenes featurette and a theatrical trailer.
New Daughter follows John James (Costner) as he tries to rebuild his family after a painful divorce. John has his hands full raising his youngest child, Sam (Gattlin Griffith), and especially his adolescent daughter, Louisa.
As Louisa’s troubling behavior continues, far beyond the average tween angst and frustrations, John begins doubting his parental abilities. But when events around the James household start taking on an increasingly mysterious nature, John realizes that his family may be in mortal danger.
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Published by Press Release Robot March 3rd, 2010
in HORROR EVENTS and NEWS.
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival has announced Austin-based filmmaker Robert Rodriguez and director Nimród Antal will present a “First Look” at their upcoming motion picture Predators, at SXSW on March 12, 2010.
The special presentation of Predators will take place at the Alamo Ritz Theater in downtown Austin, at 10:15pm. Doors open at 9:45pm, and the special event is only open to SXSW Badge-holders on a first-come, first-served basis. An audience Q&A follows the unveiling. SXSW Badges are still available for purchase at www.sxsw.com/attend.
Here is some exciting news from the revamped (again!) Fangoria website. Synapse Films has acquired the rights to The Dorm That Dripped Blood with “many other exciting titles” that they plan to announce in the next few weeks.
Synapse’s Don May Jr. told Fango, “We’re working with [director/producer] Jeffrey Obrow, and we’ve uncovered his original answer print, which is titled Death Dorm. He believes that when the film was released as Dorm That Dripped Blood, the theatrical distributor did some editing and changed things around, in addition to the name. Our print is the only 35mm version of the film with the Death Dorm title, and it may contain footage that nobody has seen in 30 years.”
Each year, the Horror Writers Association presents the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in the field of horror writing, named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror work Dracula. Since 1987, the approximately 500 members of the HWA have recommended, nominated and voted on the greatest works of horror and dark fantasy of the previous calendar year, making the Stokers the most prestigious award in the field of horror literature.
Published by Press Release Robot February 18th, 2010
in NEWS.
Anchor Bay has acquired the rights in the U.S., Canada, Australia, the U.K. and New Zealand, for Steven R. Monro’s remake of I Spit on Your Grave. The flick stars Sarah Butler, Daniel Franzese, Chad Lindberg, Rodney Eastman and Andrew Howard.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Anchor Bay Films will give it a limited theatrical release in the fall, followed by a DVD release in the first quarter of 2011.
UPDATE: New Films International just sent us an E-mail informing us that the May 21st release date is for theaters and not the DVD release date.
Deon Taylor’s long awaited Chain Letter arrives on DVD May 21, following a possible limited theatrical run. We will keep you updated!
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. The film stars Nikki Reed (The Twilight Saga), Betsy Russell (The Saw franchise), Brad Dourif (Child’s Play) and Bai Ling (Crank: High Voltage).
Published by Press Release Robot February 8th, 2010
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton have joined the cast of Universal’s prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter remake of Howard Hawks’ film, The Thing from Another World… The film was written by Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica) and Eric Heisserer (A Nightmare on Elm Street remake) and will be directed by Matthijs Van Heijningen.
Production for The Thing is slated to begin March 15th, 2010 in Toronto.
“Winstead 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.”
One of the highlights of the BBC’s 2009 Christmas TV schedule, John Wyndham’s classic 1951 post-apocalyptic bestseller The Day Of The Triffids, comes to the screen as an epic, brand new, contemporary adaptation!
Released as a two disc Ultimate Edition DVD on 1st February and single disc Blu-ray on 22nd February 2010, The Day Of The Triffids – an effects-laden CGI extravaganza about a world threatened by carnivorous, man-eating plants – boasts a star-studded cast that includes…
Published by Press Release Robot February 4th, 2010
in Horror BOOKS.
Evileye Books and horror writer Mark Justice are teaming up to bring The Dead Sheriff to life in “original dime novel” and graphic novel format. April will see a series of graphic novels in the style of the sunday comics of the thirties and forties, followed by the the first prose book, The Dead Sheriff: Zombie Damnation, in fall 2010. The Dead Sheriff combines elements of the supernatural, humor and adventure in a framework that models the adventure dime novels popularized as early as 1860.
Three strangers. One killer. Find out who will live and who will die when 13teen slays DVD Feb. 16.
Emeryville: population 73,250, including one feared serial killer on the loose who carves the number 13 into his victims’ chests.
Sara is home alone on a stormy night when there is a knock at the door. Andrew, a real estate consultant, has stopped by regarding the sale of her house. Problem is, the house isn’t for sale. Against her better judgment, she grants Andrew shelter from the rain.
The Fourth Kind starring Milla Jovovich arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download March 16th, 2010 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
Structured unlike any film before it, The Fourth Kind is a provocative thriller set in Nome, Alaska, where – mysteriously since the 1960s – a disproportionate number of the population has been reported missing every year. Despite multiple FBI investigations of the region, the truth has never been discovered. Set in remote Alaska, psychologist Dr. Abigail Tyler (Jovovich) began videotaping sessions with traumatized patients and unwittingly discovered some of the most disturbing evidence of alien abduction ever documented. Using this never-before-seen archival footage alongside dramatizations, The Fourth Kind exposes the chilling truth behind these disappearances.
The trailer for the independent monster movie, The Tenant, looks very promising… So don’t be lazy for once and click here to check it out. You will be glad you did.
The film stars J. LaRose, Michael Berryman, and Bill Cobbs.
As the tormented Dr. Newman (Randy Molnar- Contract Killers, This Man’s Life, Larry the Cable Guy) conducts his dark experiments inside Edgewood Asylum, something goes horribly wrong. Twenty-eight years later, in the depths of the asylum, something evil still survives. Under the direction of maverick filmmaker Ric La Monte, The Tentant is presented through the stunning High Definition cinematography of Jose Zambrano Cassella, and promises anguishing intrigue, an astonishing twist and a chilling conclusion. All of this delivered with an exciting 5.1 surround sound mix and original score.
Published by Press Release Robot January 9th, 2010
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The film that gave the term “Ass-To-Mouth” a whole new meaning is making its way to the U.S.. Building on their success with acclaimed horror fare such as The Antichrist and Dead Snow, IFC Films is releasing The Human Centipede in 2010 via its IFC in Theaters platform which brings critically-acclaimed independent movies to on demand viewers at home the same day they premiere in theaters.
Published by Press Release Robot January 9th, 2010
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Arrow in the Head got their hands on the first pictures for the new French zombie flick The Horde.
“A posse of crooked cops, malevolent gangsters and a horde of walking dead are the centre point of this gruesome, tight, action packed, claustrophobic tale of retribution and escape. Penned like animals, on the top floor of a deserted high-rise block, these two opposing gangs find that they are not alone in the lair of bloodthirsty corridors of death. Joining forces to survive, they must reach ground level together or perish. Loaded with a bad ass attitude, guns, axes and extremely creative hand-to-hand combat sequences that project the fears and paranoia that are the fighting forces behind the need to survive, when caught up in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
The Vampires of Bloody Island is set to arrive on DVD January 25th in the UK and on February the 1st in the US. The low-budget independent vampire comedy harks back to the style and nostalgia of the British Hammer vampire movies of the 1970’s. Filled to it’s rotting rafters with creepy comical characters and plenty of exploding vampires, it’s a laugh-packed send up of every vampire film you’ve ever loved.
