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November 13, 2009 -- The man who brought '80s horror fans "Galaxy of Terror", "Humanoids From the Deep," and "Piranha", and who directed the Vincent Price classics "Pit and the Pendulum", "Masque of the Red Death" and "House of Usher" is going to get an honorary Oscar. It's about time.
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November 12, 2009 -- We took a little break over the first week of the month, recovering from a long Halloween hangover. In any case, here's a roundup of news we neglected to cover. Doesn't look like we missed that much.
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November 11, 2009 -- Whew. Been a long time since we had an update. But here's some news worth reporting. It's looking more and more like we will see a "Scream 4" -- possibly even with Wes Craven directing. Kevin Williamson just spoke about the film with PopWrap and hinted that Sidney may die.
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November 2, 2009 -- Seems the super profitable "Paranormal Activity" now has inspired talk of another mockumentary from the makers of "The Blair Witch Project" -- one that ignores the events of "Blair Witch 2."
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October 31, 2009 -- Well, most of us are going to put on something like "Night of the Living Dead" or John Carpenter's "Halloween" tonight to celebrate every horror movie fans' every holiday. But this isn't just any Halloween.
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October 30, 2009 -- First it was John Carpenter's "Halloween." Then 1999's mockumentary "The Blair Witch Project." Now, the most profitable film in history is "Paranormal Activity."
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October 30, 2009 -- Meir Zarchi's tasteless but memorable 1978 revenge film "I Spit on Your Grave" is getting the remake treatment. Steven Monroe is directing it. No idea how anyone could make this movie in this day and age.
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October 29, 2009 -- The details are slim, but something is better than nothing. Based on a brief quote in Empire Magazine, it looks like the upcoming "Alien" prequel being directed by Ridley Scott will be set 30 years prior to "Alien."
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October 27, 2009 -- Proving to be the biggest horror hit of the year, "Paranormal Activity" is now set to outpace even the big hit horror comedy "Zombieland" at the box office.
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October 24, 2009 -- With so much attention on October horror titles -- mainly "Saw VI" and "Paranormal Activity" -- it's easy to forget that the genre still has some legs going into November with "Fourth Kind" due to hit screens on the sixth.
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October 24, 2009 -- "Paranormal Activity" is turning into the sleeper horror hit of the year. On Friday, it beat "Saw VI" to the number one spot, garnering $7.5 million to the sixth "Saw" film's $7 million.
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October 23, 2009 -- On Wednesday, the best horror movie of the year -- "Paranormal Activity" -- was the Number One movie at the box office.
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October 22, 2009 -- The Number One box office smash of 1980 is finally heading to DVD after decades of being unavailable. "Silent Scream," starring the amazing Barbara Steele, is heading to DVD in November.
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October 21, 2009 -- Two items on the amazing horror filmmaker known as Wes Craven, who still needs to make up for "Cursed."
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October 21, 2009 -- Case you haven't noticed, "Saw VI" opens in cineplexes Friday. To celebrate, cinemas around the nation are showing marathons of the five first films, so you can understand what the hell is going on in the new one.
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October 21, 2009 -- Originally brought to the screen in the '80s by Wes Craven, "The Swamp Thing" was a disappointment. Now, decades later, it looks like Bernie Wrightson's original DC comics vision is going to be brought to the big screen right.
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October 12, 2009 -- When we started ESplatter, it was back in 1999, and DVD was actually a fairly new technology still being picked up by early adopters. DVD players would set you back $200 and DVDs themselves were $29.99. Now, in 2009, DVD sales are dropping like a rock, along with prices. And, perhaps not coincidentally, classic horror issues aren't being announced.
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October 11, 2009 -- Mirroring the release schedule of "The Blair Witch Project" 10 years ago, it's just been announced that Paramount's "Paranormal Activity" will open nationwide on October 16. Box office numbers released today indicate the film is doing "Blair Witch"-like business at the small number of films it is playing at.
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October 9, 2009 -- Lionsgate announced today that it has acquired worldwide distribution rights to "Burst 3D", a horror/thriller to be produced by Ghost House Pictures. Neil Marshall, who wrote and directed Lionsgate's 2006 horror success "The Descent", will direct. Ghost House partners Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert will produce and Nathan Kahane will executive produce.
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October 9, 2009 -- The producers of the "Saw" franchise are taking on "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" -- in 3D!
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October 5, 2009 -- It's rare that a Blu-Ray deal should feature as news, but this one is a bit too good to be true. Amazon is selling "Hellraiser" on Blu-Ray for $9.99 -- an insane drop in price. Click here for it. They've got a similar deal going for the Blu-Ray of John Carpenter's "Halloween."
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October 5, 2009 -- The numbers are in, "Zombieland" is a big hit, and a sequel is now in the works, according to MTV.
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October 5, 2009 -- We recently scored a review copy of the incredible coffee table book "Hammer Glamour." It's a mind blowing collection of photos and profiles of the most gorgeous actresses to star in the films of Hammer studios.
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October 5, 2009 -- "Zombieland" cashed in $25 million over the weekend, putting it in the range of the "Dawn of the Dead" remake from 5 years ago.
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October 3, 2009 -- Friday morning we posted our review for the rather good "Zombieland." A good but not great zombie comedy. Check it out here. Meanwhile, we've also just launched a new service that lets you find the perfect zombie film -- based on your own warped tastes.
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October 2, 2009 -- Don't you just hate it when your town is engulfed by a disease that makes people homicidal -- and you can't get a cel phone signal to call for help?
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October 2, 2009 -- The After Dark Horror Fest debuted the incredible French horror film "Frontiers" a couple of years back. Now a new European horror film has joined the lineup for next year's fest, which will be playing a cineplex near you.
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September 30, 2009 -- Well, Sony isn't releasing "Blood on Satan's Claw" and "Vampire Lovers," like so many of us have hoped. But they are putting out a horror DVD line this fall entitled "Horror Unleashed," replete with a microsite that you can find here. Plus they are unveiling clips from the line of low-priced horror DVDs. First up, "Zombie Strippers."
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September 29, 2009 -- The ParanormalMovie.com website has been deluged with over 230,000 "demands" from coast-to-coast, prompting Paramount Pictures to expand the new thriller PARANORMAL ACTIVITY to 20-additional cities across the country beginning this Friday, October 2nd.
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September 28, 2009 -- It's easily the best horror movie of the year, yet "Paranormal Activity" only played in a handful of theaters nationwide over the weekend (raking in about $150,000 total). You can demand it plays in your neighborhood, however.
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September 28, 2009 -- It's the biggest horror movie remake of next year. The trailer has just hit.
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September 27, 2009 -- DC Comics is throwing a competition on their webcomics site ZudaComics.com and an '80s style horror comic needs our support.
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September 25, 2009 -- It's been quite a few years since Dante Tomaselli gave the horror world one of his nightmarish visions. I really liked his "Satan's Playground" and was excited to hear he was getting a bigger budget for a horror movie called "The Ocean," before that project went up in flames.
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September 24, 2009 -- One of the classic horror films of the 1980s, David Cronenberg's "The Fly" is of course a horror movie remake. Now, in an industry obsessed with remaking everything, Cronenberg is set to redo his own timeless remake! Why?
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September 22, 2009 -- Taking place October 16-25 at the Grauman's Mann Chinese 6 theaters in Hollywood, Screamfest LA is probably the world's best and most important horror film fest. And the lineup of feature films has just been announced.
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September 22, 2009 -- ESplatter editor Lucius Gore has been a little too busy lately -- getting a little behind on the news it seems. So here's a roundup of most of the pertinent news items of the past several days at least. ...
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September 21, 2009 -- US company Wham! USA will release Umberto Lenzi's 1972 giallo "Knife of Ice," also known as "Il Coltello di Ghiaccio," starring Carroll Baker, on December 1. Previously the film was only available as an import from places like XploitedCinema.com.
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September 21, 2009 -- Not to be confused with the 1980 "Ghost Story," this 1974 horror film from Steven Weeks that shares the same title is rarely seen. An unjustly forgotten horror movie that will finally have a DVD release in the UK October 26.
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September 16, 2009 -- It's the movie that keeps coming back at you in 3D. First, a 3D remake came out a few years back. This October, a 3D remastering of the original 1968 film is coming at us.
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September 15, 2009 -- This year was looking like a pretty weak one for the horror genre. Then came news that "Paranormal Activity" was getting released Sept. 25. It will be the best movie of the year. (Check out our review here.) And an excellent new trailer just hit.
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