Until my sixth-grade Health class, I always just figured Count Chocula was considered one of the five main food groups. I can fondly remember the days when I would awake before everyone else in my house at the tender age of nine (yeah I’m an early birdie) on a gorgeous Saturday morning to catch the first wave of the ABC Saturday Morning lineup. I would hop out of my TMNT bedsheets, wander down the shagged rug hallway into the kitchen where the breakfast of Saturday morning splendor would commence, consisting of a bowl of my favorite cereal- Apple Jacks… or if we’re talking the Halloween season, duh Monster Cereals. More often than not, when a glorious unopened box of cereal sat on the shelf with that … [Read More...]
Muschietti Talks Paintings that Inspired Nightmarish New ‘IT’ Creature
One of the things that separates the titular monster in IT from other movie monsters is that it can take the form of whatever it needs to in order to achieve its ultimate goal: terrifying children and then, well, eating them. Of course, IT most often takes the form of Pennywise the dancing clown, but he’s also been known to transform into everything from a wolf man to a homeless leper. In Andy Muschietti‘s new adaptation, IT appears to young Stanley Uris as a brand new creation from Muschietti’s own mind: a flute-playing, unnatural-looking woman who literally emerges from a painting that hangs in the office of Stanley’s father. Stanley is terrified of the painting, and rightfully so, which IT naturally … [Read More...]
‘IT’s’ $117 Million is the Best Horror Box Office Opening EVER!
Horror floats down here. While Hollywood has suffered one of the worst summers in years, the horror genre is laughing all the way to the bank. Universal kicked the year off with massive successes, including Jordan Peele’s Get Out and M. Night Shyamalan’s Split, both topping $250 million worldwide. In fact, David F. Sandberg’s Annabelle: Creation could topple $300m. While we’re all celebrating these successes none are as important as Warner Bros./New Line Cinema’s IT, which has shattered September records by topping $100 million during its opening weekend. In fact, early estimates are reporting that IT has exploded to a whopping $117 million opening weekend, making it the best horror opening ever. That $117 million is just here in the … [Read More...]
Why ‘Amityville II: The Possession’ is Superior to ‘The Amityville Horror’
Of all the horror franchises in existence, The Amityville Horror series might be the strangest, with very loose connections between them. Spanning 18 films, most direct-to-video, that spawned from the bizarre case of the DeFeo family in Amityville, New York in 1974, and subsequent book based on the site of the murders. Released in July of 1979, The Amityville Horror became a huge hit for the indie studio that produced it, becoming the second-highest grossing film of the year. Naturally, the critics hated it, but it didn’t matter. The commercial success meant an inevitable sequel. Unsurprisingly, that sequel shifted into prequel territory by exploring the DeFeo murders prior to the arrival of the Lutz family. Despite its predecessor’s massive success, Amityville II: The Possession fared a much-… [Read More...]
5 Films I’d Love to See Rob Zombie Remake
I want to go ahead and get it out of the way now that I am a Rob Zombie fan. Always have been all the way from the days of White Zombie to some of his newest stuff like Lords of Salem. I can’t say, however, that I’ve loved everything that he’s done. In reality, there are very few artists in music, film, or any other mass media for that matter that I or anybody else could say that they have never made a misstep. If I wanted to get even more subjective, I could say that today’s misstep is tomorrow’s cult classic. Sometimes, the key ingredients are equal measures of time and nostalgia. It’s just too random to call. I can give it a go and … [Read More...]
Did You Know There Was an Indian TV Series Based on 1990’s “IT”?
Turns out the kids in Derry, Maine weren’t the only ones who needed to fear Pennywise’s grease paint and fangs, as his scaly claws apparently had the ability to reach out from deep in the gutter to far across the sea… Stephen King is no stranger to having his work adapted. In fact, almost every single one of his novels and short stories have found their way to the big and small screen in some form or another. A handful of these adaptations could be considered what you might call “unique”: Carrie, King’s debut novel and in some ways his most popular release, has been brought to both theaters and television no less than three times, not including unrelated sequels. Other interesting adaptations include … [Read More...]
[In Need of Some Love] Robert Rodriguez’s ‘The Faculty’
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As summer vacation comes to an end and classes begin again here in the U.S., there’s no better time to discuss underrated high school movies of the 90’s. Let’s talk about the one where your teachers/staff are constantly dehydrated and are actually aliens trying to take over your town. The Faculty is in need of some love. This is the one movie I always bring up in horror discussions. People either remember it as a lame 90’s flick or not at all, but rarely are people raving about it with me. Before you roll your eyes, let me make my case. The film is a blend of sci-fi, horror, and a who’s-behind-it scenario that deserves way more recognition than it … [Read More...]
Surprise! ‘Hatchet’ Reboot ‘Victor Crowley’ is Coming This Year!
One of the coolest PR moves in recent memory was when Lionsgate screened The Woods for Comic-Con horror fans and it turned out to be Blair Witch. Now, Dark Sky Films and Hatchet director Adam Green have similarly pulled a fast one on lucky fans celebrating the film’s 10 year anniversary tonight at Hollywood’s ArcLight Cinema. EW has confirmed that Green just screened the secretly filmed Hatchet reboot/sequel Victor Crowley and that it will begin a Nationwide road show this coming October. Developed and shot in secret for over two years, the slasher reboot made a surprising debut tonight at the “Hatchet 10th Anniversary Celebration.” Set a decade after the events of the series’ first three films, Victor Crowley reunites Hatchet regulars Kane Hodder … [Read More...]
The 10 Creepiest Dolls in Horror!
There’s something inherently unsettling about inanimate objects that move on their own accord. Especially if they happen to resemble people. Which is what makes dolls perfect for horror. The opening sequence of The Conjuring proved so terrifying that the creepy doll at the center of it, Annabelle, was the first to receive her own spin off in the Conjuring universe. With Annabelle back in theaters now in Annabelle: Creation and Chucky set to slay audiences in Cult of Chucky this October, we look 10 of the creepiest dolls in horror history. Trilogy of Terror – Zuni Fetish Doll Appearing in the final segment, “Amelia,” of the made-for-TV anthology Trilogy of Terror, Karen Black was terrorized by this pint-sized nightmare. Based on Richard Matheson’s short … [Read More...]
[Fantasia Review] Limbs Fly in Ultra-violent, Vixen-led ‘The Villainess’!
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This is how all love stories should end – not with a whimper, but with a sword fight to the death that takes you crashing out of a window and soaring down the side of a building as cut glass sprinkles around you like sharp snowflakes in a storm. This is the newest film from director Byung-gil Jung called The Villainess, and it not to be missed. Hell hath no fury like a woman betrayed too many times, and Sook-hee is living proof of it. It all started when she was a little girl, and she watched her father being brutally murdered while she quietly hid under her bed. Quickly discovered, she was nearly assaulted and fileted herself when suddenly she was rescued by a … [Read More...]
George A. Romero Has Passed Away at the Age of 77
The great George A. Romero, regarded by us horror fans as the “Godfather of the Dead”, has passed away Sunday after a “brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer,” reports the LA Times via the filmmaker’s longtime producing partner, Peter Grunwald. Romero, who was 77 years old, died in his sleep while listening to the score of one his favorite films, 1952’s The Quiet Man, with his wife, Suzanne Desrocher Romero, and daughter, Tina Romero, at his side, the family said. Romero created the zombie genre as the co-writer (with John A. Russo) and director of the 1968 movie Night of the Living Dead, which went to show future generations of filmmakers such as Tobe Hooper and John Carpenter that generating big scares didn’t require … [Read More...]
Tobe Hooper Pretended to Direct ‘Poltergeist’ for Steven Spielberg!
One of the worst kept secrets in horror history is that Steven Spielberg actually directed Poltergeist (1982), which is credited to the great Tobe Hooper. It’s a weird Hollywood myth that causes such conflicting emotions in us horror fans because, well, we love Hooper but this is a huge knock against his legacy. If it’s not true, it’s an awful and horribly insulting rumor that continues to infect the director’s reputation. That said, where there’s smoke there’s fire. In fact, we’ve sort of confirmed this here on Bloody Disgusting multiple times. One piece of evidence was shared this past February, in which a mini-doc ended the debate once and for all. Before her passing, Zelda Rubinstein, who starred … [Read More...]
Ridley Scott Teases Appearance of Ripley’s Mother in a Future ‘Alien’ Film
Early into production on Alien: Covenant, last June to be exact, it was reported that Katherine Waterston‘s Daniels had a secret connection to Ridley Scott‘s 1979 Alien. According to an insider, Daniels was to be the mother to Sigourney Weaver‘s Ellen Ripley. As it turns out, the timeline worked: “Alien: Covenant takes place in 2103, 10 years after Prometheus (2093) and 19 years before Alien (2122),” Jon Squires explained. “Ellen Ripley was born in 2092, which would make her 11 years old at the time of the Alien: Covenant events.” Even though Scott debunked the rumor, he did acknowledge that it was discussed internally: “No. That was probably way back when. ‘Should she be the daughter of Ripley?’ I said ‘no.’ … [Read More...]
From “Instant Junk” to “Instant Classic” – Critical Reception of ‘The Thing’
On June 25th, 1982, The Thing was unleashed into theaters across the US. John Carpenter’s updated vision of the Howard Hawks’ classic and re-adaptation of the short, Who Goes There?, faced some stiff competition at the box office. As the story goes, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was “phoning home” all the cash that summer (forgive me) with its Spielberg-ian, family friendly brand of sci-fi. Audiences just didn’t seem to be in the mood for Carpenter’s bleak, gory alien tale. While that might be true, it’s likely more to do with the fact that E.T. had only been released two weeks prior and was still hogging the ticket-buying spotlight. Afterall, it was quite the phenomenon upon release. In … [Read More...]
Why Neil Marshall’s ‘Doomsday’ is the Perfect Slice of ’80s Nostalgia
Over the last fifteen years or so, horror and science fiction films, as well as television shows, have been cashing in on the nostalgia people have for the pop culture of the 1980s. It’s a lucrative marketing tactic, one that works beyond the audience of childhood VHS junkies (just go look at the eBay prices of those NES classic systems from last year). Luckily, it’s also a tactic that has generated some fantastic works of art. From cerebral arthouse films like Beyond the Black Rainbow and less-than-subtle satires like Dude Bro Party Massacre 3 to the Spielberg/King inspired Netflix series “Stranger Things,” the influence of ‘80s pop culture has wormed its way back into the cultural zeitgeist and helped shape a generation … [Read More...]
‘IT’: Don’t Expect to See Stephen King’s Controversial Sex Scene
New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. latest adaptation of Stephen King‘s IT is on the way this fall but it will be boasting a major change. Earlier this week we told you that the film had received an “R”-rating by the MPAA for “violence/horror, bloody images, and for language.” Notice there’s no mention of sexual situations. This is important for one reason, and it goes back to King’s original source material. “In King’s novel, The Losers Club find themselves arguing in the sewers below Derry after the defeat of Pennywise,” MovieWeb notes. “While the pre-teens are lost, the character Beverly suggests that they all have sex, losing their virginity together. The scene goes on for pages … [Read More...]
10 Most Important Horror Movies Directed by Women
As the annual Women in Horror Month points out, there are numerous female filmmakers, writers, actresses, and artists who are currently making their mark on the world of horror. However, if it wasn’t for the tireless dedication and deep genre love of a few pioneers, we might not have celebrated the 8th Annual Women in Horror Month back in February. Performers such as Jamie Lee Curtis and Heather Langenkamp helped strong female actresses change the face of horror by transforming women from victims into heroines. In turn, this paved the way for women to finally sit in the director’s chair of some major horror films. Let’s take a closer look at 10 of the movies that were among the most important in the evolution of female horror filmmaking … [Read More...]
The 10 Greatest ‘Castlevania’ Games of All Time!
When it comes to horror-themed video games, few are as revered as Konami’s classic Castlevania franchise. While the series has had its fair share of missteps (anybody remember Castlevania 64 or Castlevania: Legends on the Game Boy?), by and large the bulk of the monster-slayin’ titles have been pretty good-to-downright fantastic. Since dozens upon dozens of games have been released on virtually every system you can think of, it’s no surprise some of the absolute best games available on any platform proudly bear the Castlevania namesake, whether we’re talking about the NES, Super Nintendo and Genesis or obscurer consoles like the TurboGrafx-CD, MSX2 and the X68000. With the venerable series soon set to arrive on Netflix as an animated program, what better … [Read More...]
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