Here is the trailer for Primal that will be making its debut at Cannes. Its pretty damn bloody, make sure you check this one out!
Synopsis:
Anja, a young university student, and four friends accompany Dace, an anthropology major, on a journey in search of the now legendary rock painting. The only evidence of its existence is the diary of a pioneer who saw the painting over one hundred years ago, before going mad and murdering his family.
It says in Sasha Grey’s Rolling Stone spread that she reads Nietzsche, likes if rough and that she is liberating women one gangbang at a time. She sounds like every girl I dated from the ages of 15 to 25. I wonder what her favorite movies are Evil Dead and Sid and Nancy?
Anyway it is pretty amazing that someone who starred in We Suck! POV Tag-Team Suck-Off is getting this much attention from the press for starring in one Steven Soderbergh film. Traci Lords didn’t get this much attention for Not of This Earth, but she did manage to launch a film career from it. Actually Lords is still working today; she is currently starring in Tucker Max’s film I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell.
Inside directors Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo’s Hellraiser remake gig fell through so they have moved on to make Livid. Here is the poster for their first English-language horror movie that is being described as a “dark fairytale.”
Synopsis:
It’s young Lucy’s first day as a trainee in-house caregiver. She visits Mrs Jessel, an old woman who lies in cerebral coma, by herself, in her large desolate house. Learning by accident that Mrs Jessel, a former dance teacher of repute, supposedly possesses a treasure somewhere in the house, Lucy and friends William and Ben decide to search the house in the hope of finding it. At night, they get into the house, which reveals itself to be increasingly peculiar. Their hunt for Mrs Jessel’s treasure leads them into a horrifying supernatural series of events that will change Lucy forever…
Here’s the new trailor for It Ate His Face, written and directed by Aramis Sartorio (aka Tommy Pistol). It’s currently still in the works due to funding issues, if you’d like to help him out on it by investing in what so far looks like a great film, or just want more info about the flick you can contact him at babyyettiproductions@gmail.com
Official Synopsis:
After setting out to research an unknown section of the great lakes in Michigin, four adventurous students find themselves battling crazed rednecks, and something lurking in the water the hasn’t evolved in over 250 million years. This pre-historic parasitic monster has turned the once quintessential eco-system in this small town flat on it’s back and all living creatures are soon finding themselves prey to it. Intially distracted by the good time they are having and the loss of their friend’s brother in a sick and twisted unexplained accident only a month before they find themselves trapped in a gruesome situation as old as time itself- will they kill or be killed? They will discover that this evolution phenominon is as deep and wide and dark as the great lake they came to research- if they survive.
House of Black Wings is independent horror writer/director, David Schmidt’s second full feature. It is a character driven ghost story in a haunted house setting. Unlike many current films in the genre, it takes the time to build a story around our main characters. Suspense is gradually built up through dream sequences, illusions, and minor attacks from the creatures and spirits that seem to embody this house. So when the horror becomes unleashed further we actually care about what happens to the characters.
Kate Stone (Myette) has abandoned her music aspirations after getting a record deal with her band. Her dreams ended when her boyfriend and band mate was killed during one of their shows. Since then the group had a falling out and she has been going through a very rough time. Kate’s friend, Robyn, owns an apartment complex and she gives Kate a place to stay for awhile…
Is this the last Saw? From the sound of the plot it may be, but is Lionsgate really going to kill their cash cow? I guess we will find out after October.
Plot:
Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw’s legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw’s grand scheme is finally understood.
Betsy Russell, Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston and Peter Outerbridge are joined by VH1’s Scream Queens winner Tanedra Howard for Saw VI in theaters October 23, 2009.
Gory greetings horroryearbook alumni! Your old pal Brain Hammer is back with another batch of Brain Hammer approved PICKS FROM THE CRYPT. This time around I’m throwing the spotlight on a terrible trio of overlooked and underrated 80’s slasher flicks featuring college campus carnage. LET THE BLOODSHED BEGIN!!!
With a title like THE DORM THAT DRIPPED BLOOD, you know you are in for a treat. The dorm the title refers to is 75 year old Morgan Meadows Hall, a former college dormitory that is now condemned and slated for massive renovations. Within the first minute of the movie we see a sweaty, out of sorts fellow running away from something or someone near the dorm. As he cowers in the bushes, an unseen assailant makes their deadly presence known and begins strangling him and hacking away at his hand with a knife. Cue opening credits and some impressively violent sounding violin shrieks.
I’m kind of over the white trash looking bum Michael Myers. I was trying not to be influenced by all the pictures (I even skipped watching the trailer), but I just can’t help the fact that I’m starting to dislike the look. It has nothing to do with old Myers vs new Myers, just a personal preference I guess. When I saw the latest pictures it immediately made me think of the wrestler Mankind (another white trash hero that I never cared for), but I’m not sure why, they really don’t look a lot alike. I can’t put my finger on it but I’m just not feeling this version of Mike and I think I’m starting to agree with the Zombie haters on this one.
Dark Reunion is the last chapter in the first series of The Vampire Diaries. This book was written much later than the first three. The series was originally meant to be a trilogy and in some ways I would have liked to see it end with The Fury. It was a clean cut ending and while tragic, it served as a good ending to the story, leaving no loose ends behind.
Dark Reunion begins when Stefan gives Bonnie Elena’s diary. We read from Bonnie’s perspective as she tells us how things are now that all of the vampires are either dead or gone. It is clear things are not about to go back to normal anytime soon though. Bonnie has a terrible nightmare about Elena. It was as if something took over when Elena was trying to tell her something. She talks about the dream with her best friend, Meredith, and they figure out that the danger that took over her in the dream is coming to Fell’s Church to kill. They have no idea what they are against, but they know it is powerful and something very different than anything they have ever seen before. They figure out that Elena was trying to tell them to get outside help to fight this thing…
I love that in 2009 that the lines between porn and mainstream movies are becoming more blurred. If you play your cards right you could become a celebrity by “acting” in adult movies like Jenna Jameson, or you could even make the switch to mainstream films like Sasha Grey is doing. Not only is Grey starring in Lee Demarbre’s horror film Smash Cut (watch trailer) with David Hess, but she is also playing a call girl in Steven Soderbergh’s The Girlfriend Experience. Her movie career is going better than Amanda Righetti’s.
Below are a few pictures of Sasha at the Tribeca Film Festival, and do not forget Grey will be at Exxxotica in Miami May 8th – 10th, and so will Horror Yearbook.
Check out the pictures after the jump.
Back in September 2008 we told you about Guillermo Del Toro’s new vampire trilogy The Strain. Now you can hear about the books in the director’s own words by watching the video below.
The first Strain novel will be in bookstores on June 2nd and a fully interactive website TheStrainTheBook.com will launch on May 13th.
Watch the Guillermo Del Toro interview after the jump.
UPDATED with cover art!
Special Effects artist Dean Jones is making his directorial debut with a follow up to Tobe Hooper’s Toolbox Murders and Bloody Disgusting got the scoop on the first actors joining the cast.
Brain Krause, Jeffery Combs, Tony Todd , Lance Henrikson, and Red West all have signed on to be in the sequel that is currently being called, TBK
Jones told BD, “This script is very powerful, provocative, and original and rises far above the last Toolbox. I work in a world where I create death on a daily basis and so with that in mind this script will have highest body count ever in the history of horror films.”
Here is the first full trailer for Ric La Monte’s new film The Tenant.
Synopsis:
A simple man, Dr. Walter Newman, has high aspirations to cure all disease through genetic manipulation. His obsession with his mission draws him deeper into his own dark world, distracting him from his wife Olivia and from his responsibilities to his patients at the Edgewood Asylum. The doctors loyal but diabolical nurse, Ms. Tinsley, decides to take matters into her own hands and in secret she conducts her own experiment. When Dr. Newman realizes what has been done, a deformed creature that defies nature is created. Part human, part nightmare. Dr. Newman knows what he must do, but is it already too late?
Had enough aliens vs predators movies? Well it looks like that series may be over for now… Right on the heels of Robert Rodriguez’s announcement that he wants to reboot the Predator franchise, Fox Co-chairman Tom Rothman was quoted on the red carpet at the Wolverine premiere, saying that Ridley Scott is talking about making an Alien prequel.
Rothman said of the possible Aliens film, ‘There’s been some talk. Ridley Scott, is right now working on Robin Hood, but I think he’s toying with the idea and that would be great for us. I mean, it’s always been a matter of, really, if you can get the originator to do it that would be the greatest thing, so I’ve got my fingers crossed, all of them.’
Lightning Media has has secured the rights to the post apocalyptic horror film Bio-Dead (watch trailer here). You can check it on VOD August 2009 or wait for it to hit DVD shortly after it premieres.
Set in the not-too-distant future, Bio-Dead takes place during the aftermath of a bioterrorist attack that has killed twelve million people and rendered Southern California uninhabitable. The once thriving mecca has now become a contaminated wasteland known as “The Zone”. Hazmat teams are dispatched into “The Zone” to search for survivors and document all casualties.
