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February 8, 2010 -- The follow up to Neil Marshall's now classic "The Descent" wont' be heading to big screens in the U.S. Instead, it will head straight to DVD April 27, courtesy of Lionsgate HomeEntertainment. That's around the same time it will hit DVD in the UK. Cover art has been revealed too.
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February 8, 2010 -- Mary Elizabeth Winstead of "Final Destination 3" and Joel Edgerton of "Acolytes" are the first cast to be announced for the forthcoming prequel to John Carpenter's "The Thing." The film stars shooting March 15 in Toronto, Canada.
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February 7, 2010 -- Sounds crazy, but a horror movie remake is getting the $33,000-a-second advertising treatment during today's Superbowl. The February 26 release of "The Crazies", starring Timothy Olyphant and Radha Mitchell, and directed by Breck Eisner will get the kind of exposure usually reserved for "Star Wars" films.
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February 3, 2010 -- It's been too long since we had our last contest. This one is actually for what is one of the best horror-sci-fi releases in recent memory: Christopher Smith's awesome "Triangle" starring Melissa George. Check out our review here. It's a great, great movie.
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February 3, 2010 -- "Underworld," that "Blade"-inspired vampire franchise that won't die, is heading to 3D theaters -- and will be set in space. So says Variety. Len Wiseman is set to direct the next installment and Kate Beckinsale is likely to return in a limited capacity.
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February 3, 2010 -- Also known as "La Casa Muda" and directed by Gustavo Hernandez, "The Spanish House" is the first horror movie ever shot in one gigantic, continuous take -- not unlike Alfred Hitchcock's "Rope," which appeared to be shot in one take.
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January 29, 2010 -- Blue Underground has announced "City of the Living Dead" for Blu-Ray May 25. If it looks half as good as the Lucio Fulci "New York Ripper" Blu-Ray, it will definitely be worth it.
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January 29, 2010 -- This horror remake looks like it actually will be interesting. Two new TV spots hit stations today.
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January 27, 2010 -- I know I wasn't too kind to "House of the Devil" in my review of the film, and maybe I was just in a bad mood when I saw. The movie definitely has its adherents -- and they should be thrilled to know the film is being released to the public on VHS on Feb. 2!
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January 26, 2010 -- "Saw VI" is widely considered the best "Saw" movie since "III." Yet it underperformed at the box office thanks to the fact that it opened the very same day as "Paranormal Activity," last year's biggest horror hit.
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January 26, 2010 -- This trailer was cut from first seven days of filming, Coming in 2010 from Momentum Pictures, Dead Cert is Steve Lawson's sophomore directorial effort, a gangster/vampire action thriller.
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January 20, 2010 -- AMC has greenlit the pilot for Frank Darabont's "The Walking Dead," a new living-dead-zombie live-action TV series that will air on the same network as "Mad Men."
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January 19, 2010 -- Bruce Campbell will be battling Frankenstein in the sequel to "My Name Is Bruce."
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January 19, 2010 -- It's a classic case of "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em." Kevin Greutert's "Saw VI" was trounced at the box office last Halloween by "Paranormal Activity." Now Greutert is set to direct "Paranormal Activity 2" for Paramount, due to hit screens against "Saw VII" this Halloween.
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January 18, 2010 -- While they are not technically horror films, Hammer's "suspense" films from the '60s certainly appeal to fans of the UK's greatest horror film studio. Sony has just announced that a batch of these films have been restored and our heading to DVD.
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January 13, 2010 -- Look for the long unavailable "Galaxy of Terror" to hit a DVD player near you in the coming year. Shout! Factory, which is releasing the Roger Corman-produced "Humanoids From the Deep" and "Piranha" in a couple months, has inked a deal to release even more Corman -- including "Death Race 2000"!
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January 12, 2010 -- Hitting DVD and Blu-Ray on March 15 in the UK, George Romero's "Survival of the Dead" may be the most hotly anticipated horror DVD of the season over there. It will be hitting theaters in the U.S. later in the year via Magnet.
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January 11, 2010 -- Out of the limelight since directing two excellent episodes of "Masters of Horror", John Carpenter is finally coming back with a full length feature film, "The Ward." He recently spoke with rench film website Blog Didier Allouch about his career and admits to being burned out. Click here to check it out.
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January 10, 2010 -- This year is a pretty busy when for ultra-rare horror titles on DVD -- and here are two more worth looking out for.
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January 7, 2010 -- Original 'Nightmare on Elm Street' Gets Blu Ray Release
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January 6, 2010 -- Anyone that hasn't seen "Let the Right One In" should get a copy of it -- especially now that current editions of the U.S. DVD now have the correct subtitles.
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January 4, 2010 -- Now that the holiday season is behind us, we can get back to the business of vintage horror and exploitation striking DVD. Despite the fact that some essential, unreleased titles remain unreleased, some pretty decent horror titles are slated for DVD this month for the first time in a long time. Most interesting: "Goodbye, Gemini," also known as "Twinsanity," and the original "House on Sorority Row." Plus, a 1973 film called "Doctor Death" is hitting stores.
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December 31, 2009 -- Here's a great way to contribute to the world's knowledge base of horror movies -- and get a chance to win an absolutely collectible, one-of-a-kind "Paranormal Activity" scare kit. All you have to do is vote for your favorite horror films of 2009 to qualify for the pack. The sixth person to send in their vote, wins the pack!
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December 28, 2009 -- 2009 was a surprisingly weak year for theatrical horror -- but a surprisingly strong one for horror overall, when you include all the quality direct-to-video offerings that came our way. The stuff sent to theaters was often quite bad -- from "Sorority Row" to "The Final Destination." I didn't hate "Halloween II" as much as many people did, but it boggles the mind that it came to theaters while "Trick R Treat" went straight to DVD.
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December 24, 2009 -- Who know that "Repo! The Genetic Opera" would be remade so soon? The R-rated trailer for "Repo Men" debuted today, and it looks like the same movie, without the opera and using metallic organs instead of organically grown organs.
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December 24, 2009 -- Here again is our annual round-up of the top Christmas horror movies. There haven't been any essential titles to add to this list over the years. Christmas horrors seem few and far between.
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December 23, 2009 -- George Romero's 1968 classic "Night of the Living Dead" is getting another theatrical release. This one is in Spain -- and it's the 3D version of the film premiered by Passmore Labs as part of a Johnny Ramone tribute in October.
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December 19, 2009 -- Previously only available as a 4 by 3 "full frame" DVD, that went out of print and now fetches $50 on Ebay, the classic "Humanoids From the Deep" is finally due for a re-release on DVD courtesy of Shout! Factory -- along with the Roger Corman-produced "Piranha."
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December 18, 2009 -- If you live in or near Long Beach, Calif., a rare 35 mm screening of Bob Clark's classic slasher film "Black Christmas" is taking place tonight!
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December 18, 2009 -- The most hotly anticipated horror movie of 2010 is easily George Romero's "Survival of the Dead." And now the film officially has a release -- courtesy of Magnet.
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December 18, 2009 -- Too many icons of the horror world have passed away. Here was one none of us could have seen coming so soon. Dan O'Bannon, writer of "Alien" and director of the '80s classic "Return of the Living Dead", has passed away at 63.
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December 16, 2009 -- Hard to fathom this one, folks, but the L.A. Times is reporting it, so it must be true. Breck Eisner is no longer helming Universal's "Creature From the Black Lagoon" redo, because he's signed on to remake David Cronenberg's "The Brood."
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December 14, 2009 -- Things have been quiet for horror fans on the Blu-Ray front. So many amazing catalog titles have yet to make it into the format, not the least of which is 1979's "Alien." Well, Sigourney Weaver let it slip in an interview with the L.A. Times that she's recording commentaries for upcoming Blu Rays.
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December 13, 2009 -- Hitting screens February 26, this remake of George Romero's "The Crazies" looks OK. The new trailer just debuted on Yahoo! movies and you can check it out here.
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December 10, 2009 -- One of the hot fiction books on the market these days is "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies." Perhaps proof that the zombie genre is becoming too popular is the fact that Natalie Portman is producing the film version of the novel.
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December 9, 2009 -- The "Night of the Demons" trailer, "Wolfman" rating, "Resident Evil 4" release and more.
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December 9, 2009 -- Before Fangoria and now the myriad of horror sites out there, being offered from the likes of Comcast to AOL, a horror fan had only place to get horror news and that was from Forrest J. Ackerman's "Famous Monsters of Filmland."
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December 2, 2009 -- Neve Campbell has decided to join the cast of "Scream 4", which starts shooting in April. She just confirmed with MTV that Wes Craven will be back to direct. "I’m pretty sure at this stage that Wes [Craven] is back on board to direct and Kevin [Willamson] is definitely writing it...so it is going to be great," she said.
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December 2, 2009 -- Here's what's happening in the world of horror film, from "The Crazies" remake to "Zombieland 2 in 3D."
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December 2, 2009 -- "Night of the Living: Origins," Zebediah de Soto's animated prequel to George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead", has rounded out its "voice" cast.
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