Tag: Horror (1-10 of 14)

May 3 2013 02:00 PM ET

Five things we learned about John Carpenter's horror classic 'The Thing' at EW's CapeTown Film Fest

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You know you’re among some true horror fans when below-the-line filmmakers get eager cheers.

At the Entertainment Weekly CapeTown Film Festival on Thursday, the mention of frequent Carpenter collaborators cinematographer Dean Cundey and special makeup effects designer Rob Bottin got lots of applause and cheers. But a standing ovation was reserved for the man of the hour, horror master John Carpenter. The celebrated director of all things gross and creepy participated in a Q&A moderated by American Cinematheque programmer Grant Moninger before Antarctica-set sci-fi horror flick The Thing screened at the packed Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. The event marked the third night of EW’s inaugural CapeTown Film Festival. READ FULL STORY »

Apr 4 2013 09:48 PM ET

'Carrie' remake: Watch the first trailer here

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The first trailer for the Carrie remake, starring Julianne Moore and Chloë Grace Moretz, is here!

Directed by Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry) the film is billed as a reimagining of the horror classic, based on the novel by Stephen King, which originally starred Piper Laurie and Sissy Spacek as the title character.

Trailer verdict: This movie will definitely be better than Carrie 2, which we all try to forget exists.

Carrie opens in theaters Oct. 18. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 16 2013 12:09 PM ET

Sundance 2013: Check out the teaser trailer for horror sequel 'S-VHS' -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

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While the glory days of the VHS format are most definitely in the past, those of the V/H/S horror anthology franchise would seem to be very much ongoing. The original V/H/S was only released to cinemas last October but the movie’s producers have already completed a sequel called S-VHS that, like the first film, is set to debut at Sundance and features tales of found footage terror from a clutch of notable independent filmmakers. This time around, the lineup boasts segments directed by Jason Eisener (Hobo With A Shotgun), Gareth Huw Evans (The Raid: Redemption) and Timo Tjahjanto (Macabre), Blair Witch Project architects Edúardo Sanchez and Gregg Hale, and Adam Wingard (the forthcoming, much-tipped You’re Next), plus a wraparound segment from You’re Next writer Simon Barrett.

Those familiar with the previous big screen work of the aforementioned filmmakers will not be surprised by the level of mayhem which features in the teaser trailer below. Everyone else should consider themselves duly warned. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 3 2013 03:07 PM ET

'Carrie' remake gets pushed back to October

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Kimberly Peirce’s remake of Carrie, starring Chloë Grace Moretz as the bloody and bullied telekinetic teen, has been moved out of the (thematically relevant) prom season and into the (also thematically relevant) Halloween season. Wrapped last September, the film was originally slated for release on March 15, but the MGM/Screen Gems production has been pushed back seven months to Oct. 18 to better capitalize on the pre-holiday horror season. That gives it a week’s head-start on the other major horror release, the now-annual shaky-cam spookery of Paranormal Activity 5.

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Nov 29 2012 04:00 PM ET

Sundance 2013: The Midnight Movie lineup

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Sundance’s Midnight Movie selection can always be counted on for some high-octane weirdness.

This year brings Rob Corddry and Leslie Bibb in a comedy about a pregnant couple who move into “the most haunted fixer-upper in New Orleans,” a provocative documentary about sex, submission and domination, and Star Wars‘ own Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill, co-starring in an action-adventure about young men obsessed with a first-person shooter game.

Yesterday was the indie film fest’s competition announcement, with a lineup filled with sex and comedy. Today, the organizers announced their picks for the deeply offbeat corner of the annual showcase, which runs Jan. 17-27 in Park City, Utah — and it kind of has the same theme.

“We always hope for a balance of stuff in the Midnight section — from horror, to comedy, to even a little sex in there. This year we have everything,” says Sundance chief programmer Trevor Groth. “It’s kind of a fun, crazy midnight lineup.”

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Nov 19 2012 07:15 PM ET

'Insidious' gets sequel and sets release date

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Get ready for another movie that will make you afraid of your house’s every bump, creak, and clank. Haunted house movie Insidious is getting a sequel.

The horror flick was a box office success when it opened in April 2011: It was made for a reported $1.5 million and grossed $97 million worldwide. For the sequel, titled Insidious Chapter 2, James Wan and Leigh Whannell will return to direct and pen the screenplay, respectively.

[Spoiler alert for anyone who doesn't want to know who didn't die in the first movie.]
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Oct 8 2012 09:00 AM ET

'Little Shop of Horrors' as you've never seen it -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

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When Frank Oz’s Little Shop of Horrors was released in 1986, fans of the cult 1960 Roger Corman B-flick (starring a very young Jack Nicholson) and those who’d seen the off-Broadway musical were shocked to see a major change in plot at the end of the movie: the hero and heroine live! It’s that version — the Oz version — that’s endured, with Ellen Greene as flower shop girl-slash-blonde bombshell Audrey and Rick Moranis as nerdy orphan-slash-amateur botanist Seymour. The two fall in love and Seymour saves Audrey (and the world) from being eaten by the sadistic flesh-eating Audrey II…. Or does he?

The Blu-ray edition of Little Shop of Horrors, out Tuesday from Warner Bros., includes a 20-minute long director’s cut ending alongside the theatrical release. The new footage features a dark, tragic ending to the classic man buys plant, plant eats people, man gets famous tale. In this new/old version (26-year-old spoiler alert!) Audrey and Seymour are both devoured by a hungry Audrey II, who lives out his dream of taking over the world, destroying New York City with Avengers-like strength. Check out a clip of the carnage — as well as EW’s interview with Greene and Little Shop composer Alan Menken about the original ending – below:

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Sep 27 2012 05:12 PM ET

Fantastic Fest: What 'Paranormal Activity 4' scream queen Katie Featherston really wants to do is make you laugh

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At Fantastic Fest Wednesday night in Austin, Tx., bleary-eyed fans were treated to a work-in-progress midnight screening of Paranormal Activity 4 (in theaters October 19th). The latest installment in the mega-popular found-footage horror franchise picks up five years after the double murder of demon-possessed Katie’s sister and brother-in-law and the kidnapping of her baby nephew Hunter. Now there’s a new kid in town. He’s got a bad haircut and ill-fitting grey sweatpants so we know he’s trouble. When his supposed mother (played by Katie Featherston, creepy as ever!) is taken away one night in an ambulance, he has to live with the oblivious family across the street. It’s hardly a spoiler to say this doesn’t end well. Featherston sat down wtih EW the next morning to talk creepy kids, her love of comedy, and how many more Paranormal Activities she has left in her.

Entertainment Weekly: Was the horror genre always right in your wheelhouse?
Katie Featherston: I moved to Los Angeles right after college. I went to SMU in Dallas and did theater there. Paranormal Activity was one of my first auditions. I was waiting tables at Buca di Beppo on CityWalk. There was no ‘This is not my genre.’ When you’re new to town there’s this thing called L.A. Casting and when you don’t have any reps that’s how you get auditions. So I went on there and saw this post and it said : “Found footage-style scary movie. Please be willing to work long hours. It pays $500.” And I got so excited. And now I am fortunate enough to only do work that I want to do which is a really huge blessing. That means that when I get offered other lesser scary movies that don’t live up to what we’ve created I don’t have to jump in and do. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 14 2012 10:30 AM ET

'Cabin in the Woods' director Drew Goddard on his lost weekend with Joss Whedon -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

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In the spring of 2007, Drew Goddard — who’d gotten his start in Hollywood writing on Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and moved on to write episodes of Angel, Alias, Lost, and the monster movie Cloverfield — was approached by Whedon with a crazy idea: Lock themselves in a hotel room for a weekend to write a horror movie. And not just any fright fest, but one that would work as a straightforward horror flick while also being somehow about the entire genre of horror flicks. Naturally, Goddard said yes.

Two years later, Goddard was directing, and Whedon producing, The Cabin in the Woods, but thanks to the MGM bankruptcy, it wasn’t until the film premiered at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival that audiences got a chance to see it. It subsequently opened in theaters to rave reviews and an instant cult following, and in this exclusive clip from the Blu-ray (out Sept. 18), Whedon and Goddard talk about that lost weekend that got it all started. Check it out below, and then read on for Goddard’s further thoughts on working with Whedon, writing Steven Spielberg’s upcoming action spectacular Robopocalypse, as well as some seriously SPOILER-y talk about Cabin‘s much-discussed ending.  READ FULL STORY »

Sep 13 2012 05:27 PM ET

Watch a goth Jessica Chastain battle a nasty spirit in 'Mama' trailer -- VIDEO

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The first official trailer for Guillermo del Toro horror flick Mama has surfaced online and it gives us a whole new look at Jessica Chastain.

The Lawless actress sheds her gorgeous red hair for a Lisbeth Salander-esque haircut in film, which comes out early next year. Chastain stars as a woman who takes in her husband’s (played by Game of Thrones‘ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) feral nieces after they’re found abandoned in the woods. Unfortunately, the two girls aren’t alone and they drag a nasty spirit known as “Mama” back to the house with them.

Check out the trailer below:
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