| release date | February 2 2007 |
| studio | Columbia/Ghost House |
| director | Oxide and Danny Pang |
| writer | Mark Wheaton (Todd Farmer, Stuart Beattie) |
| starring | Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott, Penelope Ann Miller, John Corbett |
| rating | PG13 |
| site | sonypictures.com/movies/themessengers |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
Looking to bulk up your horror collection before Halloween? Well, then you’ve come to the right spot. Check out all the new releases in the wide world of horror this week. Unlike the last couple weeks, there are not a lot of major brands (Friday the 13th, Scream 4) being loosed on the masses today. But there are some quality cult films including favorites of mine, Dark Night of the Scarecrow and Maniac Cop on Blu. Check out the rest of the releases below and have great week! (more…) READ MORE
The Pang Brothers, acclaimed directors of Bangkok Dangerous, the original The Eye, and The Messengers, return to the screen with the fourth installment of the original The Eye franchise as Lionsgate debuts The Child’s Eye on DVD, Digital Download and On Demand on October 11. In the film, a series of supernatural events unfold for a group of travelers stranded at an airport in Bangkok. The Child’s Eye DVD includes behind-the-scenes cast and crew interviews. READ MORE
I seriously feel like time has passed Kevin Smith by. Back in the day I was a HUGE fan, but as of late I’ve found myself disheartened not only by Smith’s online personality (bitching, moaning, making excuses — although, who the hell am I to talk?), but also by his films (especially Cop Out). It doesn’t mean I’m not rooting for him. Sh*t, who doesn’t want to see a good horror film? Later this month Smith gears up for his first try in our genre as he’s casting up his political horror Red State. According to The Wrap, Kyle Gallner (The Haunting in Connecticut, A Nightmare on Elm Street), Melissa Leo (“Treme”), Dermot Mulroney (The Messengers), Michael Angarano and Steven Root (“True Blood”) could be joining the previously announced character actor Michael Parks. Red State follows a group of misfits encounter fundamentalism gone to the extreme in Middle America. (more…) READ MORE
Y2K, 9/11, war and a a horrid recession, a major escape we had this decade was in the form of film, notorious for thriving during National crisis. Leading up to New Year’s Eve where we’ll ring in 2010, Bloody Disgusting will be looking back at the entire decade year by year through the eyes of various staff writers. Check back each day for a profound reflection from Ryan Daley, David Harley, Tex, BC and yours truly. Inside you’ll find Tex’s personal look back at the year 2007, the year Will Smith proved his star power! Please share your memories for each year below, there are so many stories to be told! (more…) READ MORE
Now live over at our podcast page or below the break is Episode #26 of our official Bloody-Disgusting Podcast. This week the guys discuss what will be going on at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, including ways to get you into the free (and not so free) screenings. They also take a look at this weeks DVD releases including The Haunting in Connecticut, Horsemen and The Messengers 2: The Scarecrow. All this plus headlines, Horror in your House for next week and more! You can also find the podcast by searching “Bloody Disgusting” in iTunes. (more…) READ MORE
Over the past week we’ve been uploading all of our best and worst lists from the past year, now inside you’ll find Mr. Disgusting Best & Worst of 2007 list, which I’m sure some of you will have no problem being rude about. Feel free to post your top 10 lists below. Read on for the list and see you in 2008! (more…) READ MORE
Kristen Stewart (The Messengers) will star in Summit Entertainment’s Twilight, a vampire thriller-romance based on Stephenie Meyer’s best-seller. Catherine Hardwicke is directing from a script by Melissa Rosenberg. Stewart will play Bella Swan, a 17-year-old who becomes drawn to classmate Edward, who is a vampire. Their unorthodox romance puts her in physical danger when Edward’s nemesis comes to town and sets his sights on Bella. “Twilight” and its sequels have topped best-seller lists at the New York Times and USA Today and has garnered legions of devoted teen?age fans. Summit is looking at the movie as a potential franchise with a Romeo and Juliet-like hook. Production begins in February. (more…) READ MORE
Variety reports that Eduardo Rodriguez (Curandero, The Messengers reshoots) will take the place of Eddie and Chris Borey – who also wrote the script – in the director’s chair for the horror film Open Grave, which centers on a man who wakes up in a remote wilderness with no memory in a pit full of dead bodies and must determine if the murderer is one of the strangers who rescued him, or if he himself is the killer. No casting new has been announced thus far. (more…) READ MORE
Sony has announced the Sam Raimi produced The Messengers (review) on DVD for June 5th, according to DVD Active. This US directorial debut from the Pang Brothers’ (The Eye, Internal Affair) will be presented in anamorphic widescreen, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. Extra material will include an audio commentary with Kristen Stewart and Guests, and seven behind the scenes featurettes (“Pang Vision”, “Script Evolution”, “Constructing the Set”, “Kristen Stewart, Rising Star”, “John Corbett, Unexpected Villain”, “Meet the Crows”, and “Exploring Visual Effects”). A Blu-ray release will be available for $38.96. (more…) READ MORE
Today we added two reviews for Sony’s The Messengers, which is now in theaters everywhere. Click here for the first and read on for the second. I was smart enough and saved my flippin’ money, are you? Buy yourself something nice, you deserve it! The Messengers is a horror tale that follows the lives of a family moving into a run-down sunflower farm. As the farm begins to revive after years of disrepair, the family begins to notice uncomfortable and alarming changes in their father’s behavior. (more…) READ MORE
If you head on over to BDTV you can check out a new behind-the-scenes featurette from Sony’s The Messengers, which has had its share of problems over the course of production. Also over at BDTV you’ll find six clips from the film, which was produced by Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures. The film, which hits theaters February 2, is a horror tale that follows the lives of a family moving into a run-down sunflower farm. As the farm begins to revive after years of disrepair, the family begins to notice uncomfortable and alarming changes in their father’s behavior. (more…) READ MORE
If you head on over to BDTV you can check out a whopping six clips from Sony’s The Messengers, which hits theaters next Friday. The film is a horror tale that follows the lives of a family moving into a run-down sunflower farm. As the farm begins to revive after years of disrepair, the family begins to notice uncomfortable and alarming changes in their father’s behavior. Watch for a review next weekend and don’t forget to click here for our exclusive still. (more…) READ MORE
If you head on over to MSN you can watch the first clip from Sony Pictures’ The Messengers, which hits theaters February 2nd. Written by Stuart Beattie (“Collateral”) from an original script by Todd Farmer (“Jason X”), “The Messegers” is a horror tale that follows the lives of a family moving into a run-down sunflower farm. As the farm begins to revive after years of disrepair, the family begins to notice uncomfortable and alarming changes in their father’s behavior. (more…) READ MORE
Sony Pictures has sent in more stills to tease their upcoming 2007 slate this afternoon, the first from Ghost House Pictures’ The Messengers, which hits theaters February 2nd; the second from Vacancy, which hits theaters April 20th. Read on for the new stills and watch for more info as it comes in. Click here for our full 2007 horror movie preview. (more…) READ MORE
Today marks the launch date for two major websites. Dimension Films has launched their official website for Wolf Creek (review #1, #2), which now hits theaters January 6th. Greg McLean’s film centers on a group of backpackers who have a run in with a loopy stranger. In addition, Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures has launched their official website, which looks to start adding content today! Ghost House Pictures’ upcoming slate includes: Sebastian Gutierrez’s Rise, starring Lucy Liu; the Pang brothers horror-thriller The Messengers; Takashi Shimizu’s horror sequel The Grudge 2; a remake of the seminal horror classic The Evil Dead; Monkey’s Paw; and David Slade’s 30 Days of Night, an adaptation of the Steve Niles graphic novel. (more…) READ MORE
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