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Edward James Olmos Joins Nuclear War In ‘Machete Kills’!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on June 15, 2012 @ 10:00pm
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Omelete is reporting that “Battlestar Galactica” and “Dexter” star Edward James Olmos (pictured below) has landed an undisclosed role in Machete Kills, the sequel to Robert Rodriguez’ Machete that he hopes to solo direct this time around.

Olmos joins previously announced Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Mel Gibson, Jessica Alba, Demian Bichir, Amber Heard, Sofia Vergara and Zoe Saldana in the flick spawned from a faix trailer included in Tarantino and Rodriguez’ 2007 Grindhouse.

“The sequel finds the titular ex-federale (Trejo) recruited by the U.S. government to stop a terrorist named Mendez the Madman, who happens to be Mexico’s leading cartel dealer. Mel Gibson is set to co-star as Luther Voz, a cunning arms dealer and death merchant who aims to spread war across the planet by launching a nuclear missile.” Heard will play a manipulative assassin code-named Miss San Antonio. READ MORE

Hot Blue Na’vi Kisses Trejo In ‘Machete Kills’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on May 24, 2012 @ 7:08pm
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In a brief interview with Moviehole, Danny Trejo reveals that he’ll also be starring alongside Zoe Saldana (who played the sexy blue alien Neytiri in Avatar, and also was a prominent character in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek) in Machete Kills, Robert Rodriguez’ sequel that will also feature Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Mel Gibson, Jessica Alba, Demian Bichir, Amber Heard and Sofia Vergara.

“The sequel…is going to be a lot more over-the-top than ‘Machete,’” says Trejo adding a bit about the character’s infinite mojo. “We’ve got Sofia Vergara, who is a star in her own right, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, and Zoe Saldana – and guess what? I get to kiss all of ‘em.”

He also jokes that if Rodriguez wants Trejo to return for a third Machete he expect to land a role in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.

“The sequel finds the titular ex-federale (Trejo) recruited by the U.S. government to stop a terrorist named Mendez the Madman, who happens to be Mexico’s leading cartel dealer. Mel Gibson is set to co-star as Luther Voz, a cunning arms dealer and death merchant who aims to spread war across the planet by launching a missile. Heard will play a manipulative assassin code-named Miss San Antonio.” READ MORE

Text-Filled Cannes Sales Art For ‘Sin City 2′ & ‘Machete Kills’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on May 14, 2012 @ 2:16pm
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Some fresh sales art has been produced for two forthcoming Robert Rodriguez titles, with the first being a new poster for Machete Kills, the sequel that stars Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Mel Gibson, Jessica Alba, Demian Bichir, Amber Heard and Sofia Vergara.

Being released through Twentieth Century Fox once again, “The sequel finds the titular ex-federale (Danny Trejo) recruited by the U.S. government to stop a terrorist named Mendez the Madman, who happens to be Mexico’s leading cartel dealer. Mel Gibson is set to co-star as Luther Voz, a cunning arms dealer and death merchant who aims to spread war across the planet by launching a missile. Heard will play a manipulative assassin code-named Miss San Antonio.”

Also unveiled is a one-sheet for the hotly anticipated Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, which comes once again from Frank Miller and Rodriguez. Rumored to return are: Mickey Rourke, Michael Clarke Duncan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Madsen and Jessica Alba. “The film is about Dwight McCarthy planing to have his vengeance against the woman who betrayed him, Ava Lord, while Nancy is trying to cope with Hartigan’s death.” READ MORE

More Mexican Blood Spilled In ‘Machete Kills’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on May 02, 2012 @ 5:13pm
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Hot off his first Oscar nomination for his perf in A Better Life, Mexican thesp Demian Bichir (pictured inside; “Weeds”) is in negotiations to join Robert Rodriguez’s Machete Kills, which Rodriguez hopes to direct solo this coming June, says Variety.

“The sequel finds the titular ex-federale (Danny Trejo) recruited by the U.S. government to stop a terrorist named Mendez the Madman, who happens to be Mexico’s leading cartel dealer.”

Mel Gibson is set to co-star as Luther Voz, a cunning arms dealer and death merchant who aims to spread war across the planet by launching a missile. Michelle Rodriguez and Jessica Alba are also in talks to star.

Twentieth Century Fox will release the sequel. READ MORE

Michelle Rodriguez Returns As Luz In ‘Machete Kills’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on May 01, 2012 @ 4:47pm
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It’s official as Michelle Rodriguez (Resident Evil, Resident Evil: Retribution, Battle: Los Angeles) is officially set to reprise her role in Robert Rodriguez’s Machete Kills, says Variety.

Machete Kills, which starts production this month in Texas, “Finds the titular ex-federale (Danny Trejo) recruited by the U.S. government to stop a terrorist named Mendez the Madman, who happens to be Mexico’s leading cartel dealer. Mel Gibson is set to co-star as Luther Voz, a cunning arms dealer and death merchant who aims to spread war across the planet by launching a missile.” Jessica Alba is also expected to return for the sequel, which will be distributed by 20th Century Fox.

Robert Rodriguez hopes to fully direct Machete Kills, based on his faux trailer included in Dimension’s 2007 Grindhouse. READ MORE

‘Saw’ Franchise Star Becomes ‘Dead in Tombstone’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 01, 2012 @ 3:57pm
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Saw Franchise Star Becomes Dead in Tombstone

Saw I-III and Piranha 3D star Dina Meyer will be joining Anthony Michael Hall (The Breakfast Club The Dark Knight, Weird Science), Danny Trejo (Machete, Predators) and Mickey Rourke (Sin City) in Dead in Tombstone, the Roel Reine-directed action adventure film that’s now filming in Bucharest, Romania. Bloody Disgusting exclusively reported the film back in January.

Penned by Shane Kuhn and Brendan Cowles, with revisions by Michael Weiss, “Trejo plays Guerrero Hernandez, the unquestioned leader of the Blackwater Gang of outlaws. But after freeing his half-brother Red (Hall) from prison, Guerrero’s plan to loot the mining town of Edendale backfires spectacularly — because Guerrero is shot to death by his own brother, the treacherous Red. After making a deal with the Devil (Rourke), Guerrero comes back from the dead a year later, to seek his revenge, and the town (which has been renamed Tombstone) will soon have its dusty streets running knee- deep in a river of blood…”

Reine is a direct-to-video legend taking the reigns on The Marine 2, The Lost Tribe, The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption, Death Race 2 and Death Race: Inferno. READ MORE

Anthony Michael Hall, Danny Trejo and Mickey Rourke Go ‘Dead In Tombstone’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 15, 2012 @ 4:59pm
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Anthony Michael Hall, Danny Trejo and Mickey Rourke Go Dead In Tombstone

Deadline reports that Anthony Michael Hall (The Breakfast Club The Dark Knight, Weird Science), Danny Trejo (Machete, Predators) and Mickey Rourke (Sin City) will star in Dead in Tombstone, the Roel Reine-directed action adventure film that begins filming next week in Bucharest, Romania. Bloody Disgusting exclusively reported the film back in January.

Penned by Shane Kuhn and Brendan Cowles, with revisions by Michael Weiss, “Trejo plays Guerrero Hernandez, leader of the Blackwater Gang of outlaws. But after freeing his half-brother, Red (Hall), from prison, Guerrero’s plan to loot the mining town of Edendale backfires spectacularly, when he is double crossed by his half-sibling. After making a deal with the Devil (Rourke), Guerrero comes back from the dead a year later to seek his revenge. The town, which has presciently been renamed Tombstone will soon have its dusty streets running knee-deep in a river of blood.” It sounds like The Crow only with a jerk of a protag.

Reine is a direct-to-video legend taking the reigns on The Marine 2, The Lost Tribe, The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption, Death Race 2 and Death Race: Inferno. READ MORE

Seven Years Later, Rodriguez Finally Returns To ‘Sin City’?

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 15, 2012 @ 3:56am
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Seven Years Later, Rodriguez Finally Returns To Sin City?

Those of you clamoring for a sequel to Sin City just may finally get it.

Robert Rodriguez took to the ACL Live stage at the Moody Theater at the SXSW Film Festival to announce several new Quickdraw Productions, one of which is the sequel to the 2005 (has it really been 7 years already?!) adaptation of Frank Miller’s popular comic series.

Alongside Machete 2, which begins shooting in April, Rodriguez states that Sin City 2, after several fits and starts, is likely to begin production over the summer. THR states that he’s thus far mum on casting, though he was willing to indicate that discussions with potential stars of both projects will be of the same caliber and eclecticism as the first films, which featured Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Robert De Niro, Lindsay Lohan, Josh Hartnett, Don Johnson and Steven Seagal. Co-directed by Miller and long-time collaborator Quentin Tarantino, the film was set in Sin City, the film interconnects storylines that involve the unsavory inhabitants of the town.

Danny Trejo returns for Machete Kills, the sequel to the film adaptation of Rodriguez’s faux trailer from Grindhouse in which Trejo starred as Machete, a Mexican, an ex-Federale with a gift for wielding a blade, who hides out as a day laborer, and is double-crossed by a corrupt state senator. READ MORE

Robert Rodriguez, Danny Trejo Return For ‘Machete Kills’!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 07, 2012 @ 3:03am
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Robert Rodriguez, Danny Trejo Return For Machete Kills!

“This time, they fucked with the wrong Mexican!” (Again!)

With Berlin just kicking off, it was announced that Robert Rodriguez is teaming with producer Alexander Rodnyansky to hatch a sequel to the 2010 action film Machete, reports Deadline.

Titled Machete Kills (as teased in the closing credits of the first Machete), the film is the second in a planned trilogy. Danny Trejo returns as the title character. Ethan Maniquis co-directed the first film that starred Trejo as Machete is a Mexican, an ex-Federale with a gift for wielding a blade, who hides out as a day laborer, and is double-crossed by a corrupt state senator.

The film will be the first U.S. picture to be produced and financed by Alexander Rodnyansky, whose Hollywood expansion plans include a $120 million film fund with Media Talent Group’s Geyer Kosinski. AR Films U.S. is a new partnership between AR Films and Aldamisa Entertainment, whose Sergei Bespalov will manage worldwide sales of Machete Kills in Berlin. READ MORE

Sales Art, Trailer For Danny Trejo Exorcism Flick ‘The Cloth’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 03, 2012 @ 4:27pm
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Sales Art, Trailer For Danny Trejo Exorcism Flick The Cloth

From director Justin Price, and starring Danny Trejo, Eric Roberts, and Rachele Brooke Smith, comes a new exorcism flick, The Cloth, which will be for sale at the upcoming Berlin market. With the official website launched, we’ve also landed the official sales art that looks quite similar to Lionsgate’s The Last Exorcism.

“ ‘The Cloth’ is a horror action-sci-fi thriller centered on a secret organization formed by the Catholic Church to counteract the rising cases of demonic possessions across the country. With the arrival of the Devil’s General Kasdeya on earth, the members of the Cloth have only seven days to stop the crossover of the ultimate evil into our realm. To stop Beelzebub’s arrival, their mission depends on Jason (Kyler Willett), a young godless man, to lead the next generation of Cloth members before the Devil and his armies walk the earth.” READ MORE

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New Exorcism Movie Hopefully Cut From A Different ‘Cloth’

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Posted by EvanDickson on January 25, 2012 @ 10:39pm
Category: Movies / Indie

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There’s a new exorcism movie afoot. And after The Devil Inside I’d say The Cloth has nowhere to go but up! It’s certainly got a better cast!

Eric Roberts, Danny Trejo, Rachele Brooke Smith, Kyler Willett and Steven Brand star in the film. No one in Devil Inside can even begin to chew scenery like Roberts and Trejo. Justin Price wrote and directed the film which recently wrapped production.

The film, “is a thriller centered on a secret organization formed by the Catholic Church to counteract the rising cases of demonic possessions across the country. With the arrival of the Devil’s General Kasdeya on earth, the members of the Cloth have only seven days to stop the crossover of the ultimate evil into our realm. To stop Beelzebub’s arrival, their mission depends on Jason (Kyler Willett), a young godless man, to lead the next generation of Cloth members before the Devil and his armies walk the earth.”

More updates as they come! Hit the jump to check to the poster! READ MORE

[OMFG] Danny Trejo, Hot Chicks, Loads Of Blood, Awesome Times

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on January 24, 2012 @ 10:42pm
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matsodoyescreencap [OMFG] Danny Trejo, Hot Chicks, Loads Of Blood, Awesome Times

Southern rock band Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster have released a video for Open Your Eyes, which comes off their latest album IV. The video stars cult acting legend Danny Trejo as a man with some rather sinister intentions. However, what awaits him is definitely NOT what he expected.

IV came out Sept. 27th, 2011 through Ferret Music.

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Massive Genre Cast Become ‘The Devil’s Dozen’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on October 24, 2011 @ 5:56pm
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Mallrats star Jeremy London continues to test the waters of a directing career with The Devil’s Dozen, a film in which he also stars in alongside Eric Roberts, Danny Trejo, Jake Busey, C. Thomas Howell, Angie Everhart, Edward Furlong and Michael Madsen.

The thriller, which is being sold at AFM, has a pretty cool logline: “12 victims are trapped in a room. Their instructions are to find the guiltiest person in the room, and kill that person. Then repeat. The last person alive gets to leave.”

No art or images are available just yet. We’ll keep you posted. READ MORE

Head Master of the Dead in ‘Haunted High’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on August 18, 2011 @ 5:44am
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Danny Trejo (Machete) and M.C. Gainey (“Justified”) are teaming up for “Haunted High,” a Syfy original movie being directed by Jeffrey Lando, writes THR.

Also headlining the cast are “Buffy the Vampire” alum Charisma Carpenter, Marc Donato of “Degrassi: Next Generation” fame and relative newcomer Jonathan Baron.

The story, by Paul A. Birkett and Anthony C. Ferrante (Boo!, Scream of the Banshee), is set at the fictional Holloman Acadey, a New England private school that is visited by a demonic dead headmaster (Gainey).

Baron is the headmasters grandson and must fight to save the school while Donato is the school’s bad boy.

Carpenter plays the sexy librariain while Trejo is a janitor who is secretly the kick-but guardian of the school.

The Syfy movie, which is from the makers of the Syfy movie House of Bones, may get a limited theatrical release.
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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Death Race 2′

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Posted by David Harley on January 23, 2011 @ 7:34pm
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Even though Paul W.S. Anderson’s Death Race wasn’t well received, I think most people will still find it shocking that Universal’s DTV prequel, Death Race 2, is more energetic and entertaining, even if it plays out like a video game just as much. New B-D reviewer Brian Orndorf sent in his thoughts on the Blu-Ray release, saying “Even with a considerably smaller budget and an absence of Statham, Death Race 2 manages to find a more thrilling edge to known elements, providing the occasionally rousing viewing experience Anderson was incapable of producing the first time around.” Click the title for the full review.
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Death Race 2 (V)

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on January 18, 2011 @ 12:00am
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Newly arrived at Terminal Island, a prison for the most unredeemable of convicts, Carl ‘Luke’ Lucas must prove his mettle in a race to the death.

Death Race 2 takes place in the very near future, as the United States economy begins to decline and violent crime starts to spiral out of control. To contain the growing criminal population, a vast network of for-profit, private prisons springs up, creating a lawless subculture ruled by gangs, cold-blooded killers and sociopaths. The worst of these prisons is Terminal Island, where inmates fight each other in a highly rated televised death match, where there are no rules, and the winner is the one who survives the gladiator-style, no-holds-barred competition. Convicted cop-killer Carl Lucas (Luke Goss) arrives on the Island to serve his life sentence just as ruthlessly ambitious television personality September Jones evolves the death match into the ultimate reality show – Death Race. A brutal prison yard demolition derby that pits prisoners against each other in steel reinforced, heavily armed vehicles, Death Race offers the winner the ultimate prize: freedom — if he can survive to enjoy it.

Blu-Ray Review: ‘Machete’

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Posted by David Harley on January 03, 2011 @ 10:15pm
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When Grindhouse first entranced us in 2007, the faux trailers seemed to be the real talk of the exploitation opus, especially since almost everyone immediately expressed interest in making a feature-length version of their short. The initial skepticism surrounding the idea was entirely sound: these trailers were nothing more than a bunch of money shots strung together. In order to make them into a theatrical film, they would have to construct an actual narrative around the most interest arousing scene, have an actual plot, and be open to possible drastic changes, considering the format of each medium. For me personally, although I do like Rob Zombie’s Werewolf Women of the S.S. the least out of the batch, I always felt Robert Rodriguez’s Machete played it a little too safe when compared to the gonzo antics of Euro-horror, vaginal stabbings, and Nicolas Cage as Fu Manchu. However, after seeing Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis’ big screen tale of immigration, babes, and blood, I now know why Rodriguez was so excited about the character and his story of revenge and liberation: it’s plain ol’ FUN.
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‘Machete’ Blu-Ray Cover Art And Release Date

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Posted by David Harley on November 04, 2010 @ 12:09am
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Originally a fake trailer attached to the Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino double feature extravaganza Grindhouse, Ethan Manquis and Rodriguez’s full-length adaptation of Machete is making its way to Blu-Ray and DVD on January 4, 2011. Featuring an all-star cast including Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro and Jessica Alba, the balls-to-the-wall action flick tells the story of Machete, an ass-kicking ex-Federale who lays waste to anything that gets in his path. Double crossed and left for dead, he takes on hit men, vigilantes and a ruthless drug cartel as he makes his way towards the truth. Available as a 2-Disc Blu-ray with Digital Copy or a 1-Disc DVD, no specs have been released as of yet, other than the promise of “exclusive deleted scenes that reveal never-before-seen characters, twisting plot lines, and more bloody good action!” The cover art below is different front the previously released one, though this could just be the slipcase. Check back here for final release specs.
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Machete

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on September 03, 2010 @ 12:00am
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Machete is a Mexican ex-Federale with a gift for wielding a blade, who hides out as a day laborer, who is double-crossed by a corrupt state senator.

The feature version of the trailer finds Machete (Trejo) a renegade former Mexican Federale, roaming the streets of Texas after a shakedown from drug lord Torrez (Seagal). Reluctantly, Machete takes an offer from spin doctor Benz (Fahey) to assassinate McLaughlin (De Niro) a corrupt Senator. Double crossed and on the run Machete braves the odds with the help of Luz (Rodriguez), a saucy taco slinger, Padre (Marin) his “holy” brother, and April (Lohan) a socialite with a penchant for guns. All while being tracked by Sartana (Alba), a sexy ICE agent with a special interest in the blade slinger.

IDW Publishing Takes A Hack At ‘Machete’ With Robert Rodriguez This September!

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Posted by THEoDEAD on August 04, 2010 @ 1:13am
Category: Comics / News

With Robert Rodriguez’s upcoming “GRINDHOUSE” spin-off “MACHETE” set to release in September, publisher IDW will be teaming up with the director turned comic writer to release a 6 issue series based upon the film starring Danny Trejo. Aptly titled “MACHETE” the first issue will arrive in stores in September with the first of another 5 issues slated to drop in December. Inside you can get all the details on the series. Read on for the skinny.

Predators

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on July 09, 2010 @ 12:00am
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PREDATORS, a bold new chapter in the Predator universe, shot under the creative auspices of Robert Rodriguez, stars Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they’ve been brought together on an alien planet… as prey. With the notable exception of a disgraced physician, they are all cold-blooded killers – mercenaries, Yakuza, convicts, death squad members – human “predators” that are now being systematically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien Predators.

In this version, a group of humans will find themselves stranded on a planet home to Predators and must survive the horrors they encounter. James Cameron pulled a similar move with his advancement of the “Alien” franchise in his “Aliens.”

Killing Jar (limited)

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on March 19, 2010 @ 12:00am
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A stranger armed with a shotgun who takes seven patrons hostage at a remote roadside diner. As the body count rises, the survivors discover that one of the hostages might be more dangerous than their captor.

Alone in the Dark II (V)

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on January 26, 2010 @ 12:00am
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“Alone in the Dark 2″ tells the story of Edward Carnby, who joins forces with a team of witch hunters to track down the dangerous witch Elisabeth Dexter.

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