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Post by K.J.V. on Mar 15, 2006 2:41:34 GMT -5
Just watch A History of Violence for Ed Harris' eye. Badass!
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Post by CC84 Johnny Ginger on Mar 15, 2006 10:39:09 GMT -5
Heres some awesome news-
Horror Fans Get Ready to Hump Uni's Hairy Legs!
Universal is hard at work getting their classic monsters jobs- and the best part is they've learned their lesson after the disaster Van Helsing. So you're going to need to sit down for this one, Universal Pictures will scare up a new version of its horror classic The Wolf Man, with Benicio Del Toro playing the title role, according to Variety. I'd get on my hands and knees and beg for this one any day! If anyone at Uni is listening, this sucker has got to be a hard "R"- forget that cheesy CG family BS!! Read on and prepare to get fan-drool all over your pants...
Universal Pictures will scare up a new version of its horror classic "The Wolf Man," with Benicio Del Toro playing the title role.
"Seven" scribe Andrew Kevin Walker has begun writing the script. Scott Stuber, Rick Yorn, Mary Parent and Del Toro will produce.
The studio owned the underlying rights to the character.
Like the 1941 original that starred Lon Chaney Jr., new pic will be set in Victorian England. Del Toro will play a man who returns from America to his ancestral homeland, gets bitten by a werewolf and begins a hairy moonlight existence.
Deal came out of a series of meetings with the producers, Walker and Del Toro, who collects Wolf Man memorabilia.
Walker spent several months working on some frightening new twists to a familiar tale, adding several characters and plot points that take advantage of cutting-edge visual effects technology.
Walker will turn in his first draft by the spring, and the producers and studio are optimistic that "The Wolf Man" will shoot early in 2007, after Del Toro completes "Guerrilla," the Che Guevara film being directed by Steven Soderbergh.
The expectation is that "The Wolf Man" will be a summer 2008 tentpole.
The pic will be supervised by production president Donna Langley and exec veep Peter Cramer.
That is the best news I heard all week. The original wolf man film kicked @$$ so im looking forward to this one.
In other news the japanese horror film titled "Infection" will be remade as an american film produced by New Line Cinemas. Has anyone seen the japanese horror film "Infection"?
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Post by Deano on Mar 15, 2006 11:16:28 GMT -5
The Wolf Man news is great. Looking forwards to it.
So, what horror films are you guys looking forwards to this year, what with Hills Have Eyes gone? For me, it's the new Friday 'if it is out by this year', and Slither 'which isnt long'.
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Post by CC84 Johnny Ginger on Mar 15, 2006 13:43:03 GMT -5
The Wolf Man news is great. Looking forwards to it. So, what horror films are you guys looking forwards to this year, what with Hills Have Eyes gone? For me, it's the new Friday 'if it is out by this year', and Slither 'which isnt long'. The horror films im looking forward to this year are- Slither (which comes out to theatres in 2 weeks) Return to Sleepaway Camp (movie has been made for a couple years now, but no release date, i hope this year) Grindhouse The Descent Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Grudge 2 I know there are a couple of more horror releases this year but I forgot. If i find out I will post.
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Post by TWIH, no jokes on Mar 15, 2006 13:49:55 GMT -5
I thought Hostel was a good movie. The gore wasnt that great but the story was awesome and original. Im looking forward to Hostel 2. It seems like Eli Roth has three major film projects to work on. There is Hostel 2, the film adaption of Stephen King's Cell, and the remake of The Bad Seed. ING SICK! when was that announced? Damn, I was writing a kind of script for it, because the book is awesome. So much gore, Eli can do it good. , that is gonna kick ASS!
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Post by TWIH, no jokes on Mar 15, 2006 14:00:13 GMT -5
Irreversible is the only film I have ever turned off because it disgusted me. The first scene with the beating in the gay bar made me turn it off. It disgusted me. I tried to watch it further on, but then it got to the rape and I turned it fof again. by the way has anyone seen 1981's awful The Burning? I saw it, and was speechless for 10 minutes. It was ing garbage. I shoved it back in the Blockbuster case, spat in it and returned it in the drop box. It ing sucked
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Post by Tyler Durden on Mar 15, 2006 15:06:30 GMT -5
I think everyone owes it to themselves to watch Irreversible all the way through... Benicio as the Wolf Man! Awesome. Can't wait for that.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2006 15:10:10 GMT -5
Benicio as the wolf man, haha. Awesome. Doesn't need make-up or prosthetics.
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Post by K.J.V. on Mar 15, 2006 15:11:18 GMT -5
I don't like any 'original horror classics' or whatever. Like Frankenstein..wolfman..all ing boring.
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Post by Tyler Durden on Mar 15, 2006 15:56:11 GMT -5
Did you just diss Bela?!
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Post by TWIH, no jokes on Mar 15, 2006 17:13:30 GMT -5
Old monster movies kick ass! Without them, modern horror would be nothing
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Post by Edgeman05 on Mar 15, 2006 17:49:57 GMT -5
Im looking forward to Slither, the new TCM and Stay Alive looks ok
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Post by K.J.V. on Mar 15, 2006 18:27:59 GMT -5
The Thing is the only movie I remotely like that is "old" like that.
Dracula..Wolfman..Frankenstein..
B-O-R-I-N-G
But Blacula..GENIUS!
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Post by CC84 Johnny Ginger on Mar 15, 2006 19:03:16 GMT -5
Old monster movies kick ass! Without them, modern horror would be nothing That is "kinda" true... Edgeman, Im also looking forward to Slither. It should be awesome. I like the classic monster films like Dracula, The Wolf Man, Frankenstein, Creature From The Black Lagoon, etc. Blacula will always be a kick @$$ movie, lol. I actually own the DVD sets of the old classic monster "icon" horror films.
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Post by sim on Mar 15, 2006 19:50:01 GMT -5
The old Hammer films kick so much ass it's unbelievable. The original Mummy rules, and the old Dracula films with Christopher Lee and Bela are amazing.
Best old horror flick = Nosferatu.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2006 20:24:15 GMT -5
I bought The Hills Have Eyes and the Amityville remake (6.99) today. Putting in Hills now.
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Post by Edgeman05 on Mar 15, 2006 21:53:21 GMT -5
Old monster movies kick ass! Without them, modern horror would be nothing That is "kinda" true... Edgeman, Im also looking forward to Slither. It should be awesome. I like the classic monster films like Dracula, The Wolf Man, Frankenstein, Creature From The Black Lagoon, etc. Blacula will always be a kick @$$ movie, lol. I actually own the DVD sets of the old classic monster "icon" horror films. Man Black Lagoon kicked so much ass! I still love that movie! I to am a fan of the orignals like all the ones you listed...they made horror what it is today!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2006 22:51:05 GMT -5
:-\ The Hills Have Eyes (1977) Directed by Wes Craven For the 70's, it's a good horror. Now? It doesn't really stand the test of time. I saw the remake before this so I kept comparing it.. way shorter, awful gore, they made Pluto a p*ssy and same goes for Doug, they're both bad-asses in the remake. The one thing that bothered me was how creative the remake was by putting in the test village where the mutants lived, which led to a lot of great scenes that weren't in the original. And there's more mutants in the remake, and amazing gore. I just didn't like the original much at all, probably would've enjoyed it much more if the remake didn't exist. A cool film, but the remake screwed my mind up. 6/10
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Post by K.J.V. on Mar 15, 2006 22:57:27 GMT -5
You should have watched the original first. You probably would have appreciated it more.
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Post by Suckasays on Mar 15, 2006 23:09:34 GMT -5
:-\ The Hills Have Eyes (1977) Directed by Wes Craven For the 70's, it's a good horror. Now? It doesn't really stand the test of time. I saw the remake before this so I kept comparing it.. way shorter, awful gore, they made Pluto a p*ssy and same goes for Doug, they're both bad-asses in the remake. The one thing that bothered me was how creative the remake was by putting in the test village where the mutants lived, which led to a lot of great scenes that weren't in the original. And there's more mutants in the remake, and amazing gore. I just didn't like the original much at all, probably would've enjoyed it much more if the remake didn't exist. A cool film, but the remake screwed my mind up. 6/10 I had a feeling this was going to happen to you The only thing I hated about the original was the cheesy ending.
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