FRIDAY FEARCAST 11/4/11

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4
Well, it was only a matter of time before PA4 was green lit after the huge success of PA3. Still waiting on a storyline ( I personally think another prequel is the correct route to go ) we were awarded with some other details. The film will be released ON Halloween next year and according to the ( official ) facebook page for the film, a reunion will be held. Michael R. Perry and Tom Pabst from PA2 along with Christopher Landon will handling the writing duties and Tod "Kip" Williams from PA2 will be directing. Oren Peli and Jason Blum are also set to once again produce the film. If all of this is correct it looks like lightening will strike again for the blockbuster horror series.



THE HAUNTED
It has been learned that the great Tobin Bell (Jigsaw) has been cast in the upcoming Victor Salva (Jeepers Creepers) film, Haunted. Tobin will play what we are just being told is a "dark Figure". The combination of him and Salva is enough to get the most seasoned horror vet excited. I can't wait to follow the progress of this gem. The plot is as follows..

"The film tells the chilling story of Nick Di Santo , who is tormented by his ability to touch someone and see exactly how they will die. On his 23rd birthday Nick is summoned by his mother (Leslie-Anne Down) to the asylum where she has been institutionalized since his childhood. Hoping that her request to see him is a sign of improvement, Nick is stunned by her revelation that the father he thought was dead is really alive. He is alive and may know the origin of Nick's terrible gift. Nick sets out to find his father with his best friend Ryan (Anthony Rey Perez) and girlfriend Eve (Alex McKenna). The trio are soon frightened and alarmed as every road they take on the journey leads them back to the same abandoned mansion - a house that only existed in Nick's childhood imagination or so he thought. A house in a town that no map connects. Finally succumbing to the will of the house, Nick becomes embroiled in a battle with a dark figure (Tobin Bell). What started as a simple road trip soon turns into a terror-filled journey, full of horrifying twists and brutal surprise."

TRUE BLOOD
News on the upcoming season 5 of the highly acclaimed television series "True Blood" are surfacing. It looks like Eric Northman will have a vampire sister. Lucy Griffiths will play Nora, Eric's century-old vampire sister. Nora is described as intelligent, intimidating, cool under pressure and is a very good liar. She will be working as a double agent within the Vampire Authority.



DARK SHADOWS
As if you needed anymore reason to be excited for the upcoming Tim Burton remake of Dark Shadows, we have one for ya! The rumor that the legendary horror rock icon Alice Cooper will be making a cameo in the film is..... TRUE! The man behind the mask will be playing himself in the film as Johnny Depp's character, Barnabas Collins hires the rock star to play at a private ball in sea side home in Main. Look for the film to drop in theatres in May 2012.

BAG OF BONES
3 brand new promo posters have arrived for the fast approaching two part mini-series movie, Bag Of Bones. The Mick Garris directed film is the screen adaptation of the Stephen King novel. Look for the film on A & E on Sunday December 11th and Monday December 12th.

TERROR TRIVIA TUESDAY

Another Halloween has come and gone. I hope everybody out there had a great holiday and let the countdown begin for next year's!
ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S QUESTION- 2,000 YEARS


" What was the name of the report that NBC did on the Pennhurst state school in the year 1968?"

TOP 5 SURPRISE ENDINGS!

Happy Halloween!! I hope everyone is having a great holiday and are scaring as many people as possible! In this edition of Top 5, I'm going to take a look at films that left us amazed at by the ending. The twist at the end, the surprise that left us with our mouths open and eyes bulged. The endings, that, as soon as the credits started to roll we wanted to watch it all over again. Here are my top 5 surprise endings in horror film history!

5. SLEEPAWAY CAMP
4. THE 6TH SENSE
3. HALLOWEEN
2. SAW
1. THE OTHERS

FRIDAY FEARCAST 10/28/11

With just a couple more days till' our favorite holiday, I hope everyone is having a blast! I'm not doing much this year to celebrate, besides scaring little children senseless when they come trick or treating dressed Jason Voorhees. Happy Hauntings!

THE HUNGER GAMES
First up this week is some news on the highly anticipated film adaptation of "The Hunger Games". Not exactly horror in it's purest form here but enough blood to get on board with, plus Stephen King is fan of the novel, so that is more than good enough for me. I did read the novel a while ago and was pleasantly surprised by it's content and brutality of it's nature. The storyline is one that actually pretty fresh to the post-apocalyptic sub-genre. The setting is Panem, what use to be North America. every year the Capital chooses one boy and one girl each of the twelve districts to compete in "The Hunger Games", a competition that pits all the chosen people in a death match with the last one standing the winner. This week we treated to brand spanking new posters for the film, character posters that is. If you're a die hard fan of the book series then these posters will more than likely be a welcome addition for you, if though, you are not a fan of the series and just an average movie goes then you will most likely find these very bland and not at all make you interested in this film. With such a good story and plenty of action and themes they could use for advanced release posters these seem to fall short of the mark.... way short. Advanced release posters are you supposed to peak interest in the upcoming film, to get someone excited for the movie. These do neither. Everything is bland about them, you can't even get a good look at the character because of the back lighting they choice. Am I being too harsh? Decided for yourself below. I haven't included them all, but just imagine seven more with the exact same lighting just different figure.




11-11-11
The official trailer has found it's way to the surface for the upcoming Darren Lynn Bousman religious horror film "11-11-11" and count me excited. I'm a pretty big fan of religious horror whether that it be in the vein of demonic possession ( The exorcist, The exorcism of Emily Rose) or a more biblical sense ( Stigmata ). I just find something truly creepy and disturbing in all of it.The storyline for the film is as follows.. An American author travels to Spain after the horrid death of his wife and child. While there, he is haunted by very strange happenings all involving the same set of numbers, 11-11-11. He soon becomes obsessed with it's meaning and finds that it is a warning to not only him but to all of religion. Think of it as what "the Number 23" could have been had it been a religious horror film. You can peep the trailer below and be sure to catch the film when it opens everywhere on, 11-11-11.



PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3
Just when you thought lightning COULD NOT possibly strike the same spot three times in a row, BAM it does! The little horror franchise that could can now truly take it's spot on the podium next to the "Halloween's and Friday the 13th's of the world. Paranormal Activity 3 set the all time record in the horror genre for it's opening weekend mark of 54 million! Take a second to really comprehend that... The biggest horror opening of all time. Tops of the genre. Best in show. 1st place. Of a ll the great and highly anticipated horror films to ever come out, of all the big budget remakes and sequels to come out, a film cost just more than 5 million to make brings home the record. Hate it or love it, you have to respect the franchise for it has been able to do with little more than an idea and people that wanted to make a scary movie. Congrats!

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 3-D
Lastly I'll leave you with the advanced poster of next years upcoming return the big screen for Leatherface, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3-D. This one already has me drooling over the poster!

TOP 5 SCREAM QUEENS!!

4 more days till' Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, 4 more days till' Halloween Silver Shamrock!
Welcome horror friends! I've been thinking the past couple days about "scream queens". I thought it would be fun to cook up a list of my top 5 scream queens of all time. Some names may surprise while I'm sure others won't, but the ranking of them may. I've also been thinking of what it takes to be considered a good scream queen. Obviously the most important one is to be a (mostly) all genre actress but what about other things such as, beauty? Acting ability? Quality of films? i think all those are ingredients to look for. I'm interested to hear who you guys would have in your top 5, so as always just leave me a comment with your list.

5. DEE WALLACE
4. LINDA BLAIR
3. JAMIE LEE CURTIS
2. DANIELLE HARRIS
1. JANET LEIGH

TERROR TRIVIA TUESDAY

Hello and happy Halloween week! To honer our favorite holiday this weeks question is based on the origion of it. Good luck to all!
ANSWER TO LAST WEEKS QUESTION- 1998

" Roughly speaking, how many years ago did the festival of Samhain begin"

TERROR TRIVIA TUESDAY

Hi everyone! Happy to be back after a few days of internet problems with a new round of trivia. Good luck to everyone!
Answer to the last question- SUPERNATURAL

" In what year did AMC start doing MONSTERFEST, a week long horror film marathon in late October? Monsterfest gave way to what we now know as FEARFEST in 2008"