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Check out the trailer for the Wachowski Brother’s live-action version of the old afternoon cartoon show…

Kirk Honeycutt provides his take on the new film. version of Richard Matheson’s novel – the first to actually use the original title. Unfortunately, instead of going back to the source material, new film seems to be essentially a remake of THE OMEGA MAN, with a man-made virus replacing the vampirism of the original.
“I Am [...]

In jokingly jolly press release, Anchor Bay Entertainment has announced that, for them at least, December is really “Death-cember,” and they plan to celebrate by releasing a bunch of horror films on DVD: Jack Ketchum’s THE GIRL NEXT DOOR; SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT; a 3-disc Ultimate Edition of Sam Raimi’s THE EVIL DEAD; and HATCHET, [...]

They’re turning Hammer horror classics like HORROR OF DRACULA into videogames? Who knew? This sounds like fun:
Coolabi extends Hammer Horror line:
Following the success of last year’s Forbidden Terrortory board game, Britannia Games has extended its Hammer Horror range, with Coolabi rolling out a new interactive DVD game.
Vampire Terrortory allows fans to assist Professor Van Helsing [...]

The Slamdance Film Festival takes place in head-to-head competition with the Sundance Film Festival, January 17-25 in Park City, Utah. There will be a few horror-related films worth checking out:

“Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer” starring Robert Englund
“Trailer Park of Terror”
“Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story” a documentary about the kate filmmaker known for his gimmicky horror [...]

That’s Hillary Swank, not Hillary Clinton, all you right-wingers out there! Apparently, THE REAPING did not turn the two-time Oscar winning off of the genre. E-Splatter.Com points us to this report from Variety:
Hillary Swank is back making horror movies. From today’s Variety:
Das Films and Blumhouse Prods. are teaming on an adaptation of John Marks’ novel [...]

Horror film begins production at ‘creepy’ Seton Hill
Seton Hill is the setting for one film in a new horror anthology series, “George A. Romero Presents … Deadtime Stories.” Horror master Romero and his wife, Christine, are executive producers for the series, which is being co-produced by two local companies, 72nd St. Films and 555 Films. [...]

 Uwe Boll to donate horror film profits to PETA:
Moviemaker UWE BOLL is to donate two per cent of the profits from his new horror film SEED to animal activists People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals after the organisation allowed him to use a shocking animal cruelty video for the project. The German used the [...]

MediaCorp Raintree Pictures to turn Chinese horror classic into a movie:
BEIJING: Singapore filmmaker MediaCorp Raintree Pictures will score a first in China when it brings a Chinese horror classic to the movie screens next year.“Skin Lover” will be the first fantasy-horror movie approved by the Chinese State Administration of Radio, Film and Television for production.The [...]

What does the Internet have to offer in terms of coverage of fantasy, horror, and science-fiction films? Let’s take a look…
ADVENTURES IN ANIMATION: Comic Book Bin offers a thumbnail history of stop-motion magician Ray Harryhausen’s career.King horror fest comes to the big screen: TheWest.Com.Au takes a look at 1408 and THE MIST, both of which [...]

MarketWatch takes a look at the potential box office fortunes of THE GOLDEN COMPASS, which opened today. New Line Cinema is hoping for a big hit, but analyst seem to doubt that the new film will measure up to the company’s previous fantasy film franchise, LORD OF THE RINGS.
The article also takes stock of whether [...]

BATMAN BEGINS is one of the best-ever adaptations of a comic book character – a blast of energy that reinvents the Dark Knight for a new generation of film-goers. It is darker and more intense and action-packed than the much lauded X-MEN films, and the portrait of its tortured hero dramatically outdoes the recent SPIDER-MAN [...]

It was not so very long ago that Christian Bale was just an actor, not a movie star. Rather famously, he almost lost out on the title role of AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000) when the production company briefly flirted with hiring Leonardo DiCaprio, who was considered a much bigger box office draw, coming off the mega-success [...]