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Universal Flatlines With ‘Thirteen’
Hitting theaters sometime in 2013 will be Thirteen, a new horror film from Universal, Strike Entertainment and Energy Entertainment.
Ostensibly it’s supposed to be in the Flatliners mold, but I’m not sure how a found-footage possession film can really compare. We’ll see soon enough though!
Per Variety, “Universal has pre-emptively bought ‘Thirteen,’ a spec by Benjamin Magid, and set it up with Uni-based Strike Entetrainment and Brooklyn Weaver at Energy Entertainment.
‘Thirteen’ centers on possession and is understood to utilize a mixture of found-footage point of views. The story is reminiscent of 1990′s ‘Flatliners’, which starred Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland as medical school students experimenting with the line between life and death.
Magid penned ‘Pan’, a supernatural take on J.M. Barrie’s ‘Peter Pan’, which is scheduled to go into production later this year with Chris Tuffin, Renee Tab and Weaver producing and Ben Hibon directing.”
It doesn’t sound immediately off the wall interesting, but I suppose there’s always room to be pleasantly surprised. READ MORE
Want To See Elizabeth Olsen in ‘Silent House’? You Already Have?!
Open Road Films and Liddell Entertainment have released yet another ho-hum look at Silent House (review), their horror thriller starring talented newcomer Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) and co-directed by filmmaking duo Chris Kentis and Laura Lau (Open Water). The image displays yet another look at Olsen (I know it’s hard to show anything else, considering most of the movie consists of Olsen walking around a house), only it looks like a low resolution screengrab. Come on guys! Thankfully, the trailer is beyond badass. I seriously cannot wait until March 9. How many of you guys plan on checking it out? Have you seen the original?
“ ‘Silent House’ is a uniquely unsettling horror thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen as Sarah, a young woman who finds herself sealed inside her family’s secluded lake house. With no contact to the outside world, and no way out, panic turns to terror as events become increasingly ominous in and around the house.”
The screenplay was written by Laura Lau and based on the Uruguayan film La Casa Muda, written by Oscar Estevez. READ MORE
TV: Paul W.S. Anderson Heads Found Footage Series ‘The Reel’
Leading independent studio Entertainment One (eOne) has joined forces with Paul W.S. Anderson (Alien vs Predator, Event Horizons, Resident Evil) and Jeremy Bolt to develop a new one-hour psychological thriller series for television, “The Reel”. The series spec was brought to eOne by talented first-time writer Adam D’Alba.
In this “found footage” series,” a young documentarian searches for evidence of the supernatural. His first case concerns the mysterious last days of two teenagers and a serial killer, known as the Mirror Mask Killer, who uses various forms of psychological torment to exact bloody vengeance on its victims.“It combines supernatural shocks in a case-per-week format that leads viewers through a season-long mystery. READ MORE
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‘Ghost Hunters’ Show Becomes Found Footage Horror ‘Paranormalists’
We’ve been told exclusively that Gulliver’s Travels, Monsters vs Aliens and Shark Tale director Rob Letterman is getting behind the camera for Universal Pictures’ new supernatural horror, Paranormalists.
SYFY is producing the project that’s “loosely based on” their hit show “Ghost Hunters.” It’s a found footage project that’s actually pretty generic sounding. It’s said to follow a group of stoner kids that claim to rid haunted houses of ghosts and poltergeists, only they’re just ripping off a slew of gullible individuals. In an obvious turn of events, they end up in a house that’s actually haunted.
It sounds pretty bland and generic to me, what do you think? READ MORE
AFM ’11: Six ‘The Levenger Tapes’ Character Posters, Trailer!
*Updated with trailer!
New Films International has now released six character posters for their AFM title The Levenger Tapes, which comes from director Mark Edwin Robinson, and stars Johanna Braddy, Lili Mirojnick, Morgan Krantz and Chris Mulkey. The art has all been pretty good, now I’m curious to see a trailer.
“Detectives in a remote town pore through every frame of a troubling tape to find the whereabouts of 3 missing college students. The chilling footage becomes more and more disturbing when the students come upon the bloody dress of an 8-year-old girl in the secluded wilderness, and take it upon themselves to find her. Linking the case of the missing girl and the missing students together, the detectives race to piece enough information together to find them alive.” READ MORE
AFM ’11: ‘[REC]‘ish Sales Art for ‘Akuma’, Promo Trailer!
It was recently announced that Deon Taylor, the man behind Chain Letter, will direct and produce horror pic Akuma for his newly minted Hidden Empire Film Group label.
Screen Media Films has secured worldwide distribution rights and is planning a U.S. theatrical release next fall. We landed some early sales art at the ongoing AFM that’s a scream. Above you’ll find a promo trailer that features NO actual footage from movie.
“The movie follows a young Japanese woman looking to put her life back together after a recent tragedy. As she pushes hard to overcome her problems she realizes that she’s fighting something very dark.”
Taylor previously said Akuma (Japanese for demon) is a mix between Paranormal Activity and The Exorcist. (How original.) He will use a handheld style of shooting.
Taylor wrote the screenplay with Blayne Weaver and Joe Bockol.
The film will be shot in Los Angeles, Sacramento, Japan and San Francisco. Shooting’s scheduled to begin November 10, although no cast has been announced. READ MORE
AFM ’11: Eye-Rolling New ‘Emergo’ Art
* Updated with Spanish quad, courtesy of Aullidos!
Buried director Rodgrigo Cortes takes on writing duties for the previous announced Emergo, a haunted house flick directed by Carles Torrens. Gearing up for AFM we got our hands on new plot details that are probably overhyping the film.
“Shot entirely in English, ‘Emergo’ is the descendant of ‘The Blair Witch Project’ and ‘Rec,’ but breaks away from tradition by revolutionizing filmmaking altogether,” says the synopsis making bold promises. “All types of cameras are used – video, HD, 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm – as we follow scientists’ footsteps through a haunted house, casting a frightening spell over the audience. Brace yourself for this terrifying experience!”
Kai Lennox, Michael O’Keefee, Gia Mantegna, Rick Gonzalez, Fionna Glascott, Francesc Garrido all star in the flick that promises to be something “fresh” and “original” — isn’t that what we all want? READ MORE
New Look at Elizabeth Olsen in ‘Silent House’
Open Road Films and Liddell Entertainment recently set March 9, 2012 as the national release date for Silent House (review), the horror thriller starring talented newcomer Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) and co-directed by filmmaking duo Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, who left audiences terrified with the hit film Open Water. We just now landed a new look at star Elizabeth Olsen.
“ ‘Silent House’ is a uniquely unsettling horror thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen as Sarah, a young woman who finds herself sealed inside her family’s secluded lake house. With no contact to the outside world, and no way out, panic turns to terror as events become increasingly ominous in and around the house.”
The screenplay was written by Laura Lau and based on the Uruguayan film La Casa Muda, written by Oscar Estevez. READ MORE
AFM ’11: Stephen Moyer And Radha Mitchell Gather ‘Evidence’!
Late casting news out of AFM this morning has Stephen Moyer (“True Blood”, The Caller, The Barrens) and Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill, The Crazies) joining the cast of Evidence as detectives.
In Evidence, “When the police arrive at an abandoned desert gas station after a brutal massacre, they find no evidence at the crime scene except for some of the victim’s personal electronics, which include a video camera, a Flip-cam, and two cellphones. With nothing else to go on, a troubled detective must analyze and piece together the footage from the personal electronics in order to figure out what the hell happened and who the killer is.”
The film is directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi (The Fourth Kind) and also stars Torrey DeVitto (The Rite, Killer Movie, I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer), Caitlin Stasey, John Cothren, Svetlana Metinka (Trackman), Albert Kuo and Dale Dickey (Super 8) READ MORE
AFM ’11: ‘Emergo’ Promises To “Revolutionize Filmmaking Altogether”
Buried director Rodgrigo Cortes takes on writing duties for the previous announced Emergo, a haunted house flick directed by Carles Torrens. Gearing up for AFM we got our hands on new plot details that are probably overhyping the film.
“Shot entirely in English, ‘Emergo’ is the descendant of ‘The Blair Witch Project’ and ‘Rec,’ but breaks away from tradition by revolutionizing filmmaking altogether,” says the synopsis making bold promises. “All types of cameras are used – video, HD, 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm – as we follow scientists’ footsteps through a haunted house, casting a frightening spell over the audience. Brace yourself for this terrifying experience!”
Kai Lennox, Michael O’Keefee, Gia Mantegna, Rick Gonzalez, Fionna Glascott, Francesc Garrido all star in the flick that promises to be something “fresh” and “original” — isn’t that what we all want? READ MORE
Watch ‘Atrocious’ for the next 24 Hours Free and Chat With BD Live!
On behalf of The Collective and Bloody Disgusting Selects, we are pleased to announce a special FREE online screening event for the international horror film Atrocious! In celebration of the film’s release to DVD on October 25th, it will be made available exclusively for free (the best price!) online right here on Bloody-Disgusting.com — or if you prefer it’ll also be available on Facebook.com/BloodyDisgusting. It starts at 8:30pm EST/5:30pm PST and is available for a 24 hour period.
To kick off this Halloween season event in style, Editor of Bloody Disgusting, Brad Miska, will host a live chat during the screening event @ 8:30pm EST/ 5:30pmPST. The event will take place via the Big Live video player on both Bloody-Disgusting.com and Facebook that will allow fans to chat during the broadcast with Brad as well as their fellow horror fanatics on Facebook.
After the initial broadcast, Atrocious will be available for free video on demand streaming until October 28th @ 8:30pm EST/5:30pm PST (To watch for free, make sure to start the film no later than 7:00pm EST/ 4:00pm PST on October 28th!) After that time, Atrocious will be available for paid video on demand rental on Bloody-Disgusting.com. READ MORE
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AFM ’11: Detective Uses ‘Levenger Tapes’ to Solve Murders
New Films International has sent us the official sales poster for their AFM title The Levenger Tapes, which comes from director Mark Edwin Robinson, and stars Johanna Braddy, Lili Mirojnick, Morgan Krantz and Chris Mulkey.
“Detectives in a remote town pore through every frame of a troubling tape to find the whereabouts of 3 missing college students. The chilling footage becomes more and more disturbing when the students come upon the bloody dress of an 8-year-old girl in the secluded wilderness, and take it upon themselves to find her. Linking the case of the missing girl and the missing students together, the detectives race to piece enough information together to find them alive.” READ MORE
The Daily “Duh”: ‘Paranormal Activity 4′ Talk
In the midst of a record breaking opening, this past weekend Paramount executives claimed there were no talks about a fourth Paranormal Activity. We all knew they were full of sh*t. You don’t need a abnormally-sized calculator to tell you that the franchise is beyond profitable.
In the most obvious story of the year (maybe even decade), TheWrap is reporting that we can expect Paranormal Activity 4 in theaters by next October. (Duh?)
“I can’t imagine that we wouldn’t make a number four, and I imagine (Paramount Film Group president) Adam Goodman this morning is thinking about the challenge,” Don Harris, Paramount’s head of domestic distribution explained. “I’m sure he’s thinking, ‘Now what do I do?’”
Uhm, duh?
Paranormal is arguably the most profitable film property of all time. The first installment, made for a mere $15,000 (a totally fictitious number), grossed $193.35 million worldwide. The second, made for $3 million, grossed $177.51 million worldwide. And the third, which opened Friday, opened to $54 million — the highest-grossing opening weekend for a horror film ever and the biggest October opening ever. Its budget: $5 million. So far, the three films have cost a total of $8,015,000 and have grossed a worldwide total of more than $450 million.
A fourth sequel? Say it with me: “DUH!” READ MORE
[BD Selects] ‘Atrocious’ Now in Stores, Amazon, iTunes — Free Online Screening Thursday!
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The mind-bending, gruesome thriller Atrocious, which garnered a tide of online buzz and quick comparisons to 2008′s Paranormal Activity, is now available in stores and online TODAY, courtesy of Bloody Disgusting Selects! Get your copy now on Amazon or iTunes now. Atrocious is also available on XBOX and Playstation gaming consoles, and can be added to your Netflix queue.
But don’t forget about this week’s FREE ONLINE SCREENING!: The live screening/chat event with Mr. Disgusting will take place right here on Bloody-Disgusting.com and Facebook.com/BloodyDisgusting this Thursday, October 27th starting at 8:30pm EST/5:30pm PST for a 24 hour period. Click here for full details.
The directorial debut of Spanish helmer Fernando Barreda Luna, “ ‘Atrocious’ excerpts found footage from a film reel recovered by Spanish police, documenting a family of five discovering the truth behind a dangerous urban legend. The 37 hours of found footage follow Cristian and July Quintanilla passing time at their summer home by investigating a terrifying and mysterious urban legend. As their investigation intensifies, strange occurrences in and around the house escalate rapidly, culminating finally in unspeakable atrocities.” READ MORE
[OMFG] Keep Your Eyes Peeled, ‘Amber Alert’ Promo Promises Terror!
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Those of you who take long road trips or hit major highways on a daily basis may be quite familiar with the Government’s “AMBER Alters” (America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response). It’s a way of alerting the American people to a time sensitive “situation” in hopes that one of million spot a “wanted” vehicle.
Independent filmmaker Kerry Bellessa has taken this real world device and blended it into a found footage chiller known as Amber Alert, which is to be sold at AFM from Underground Films and Bluefield Entertainment.
The plot is pretty obvious, but holds many possibilities: things go terribly wrong when a group of kids go in pursuit of a wanted vehicle.
We got our hands on the promo trailer that’s nothing short of incredible. The potential is endless… READ MORE
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‘Tape 407′ Gets Special Los Angeles Screening, Opens October 31
“More terrifying than surviving a plane crash is what awaits them in the darkness.”
From director Dale Fabrigar comes Tape 407, which is listed as receiving a release on October 31. It will have a sneak-peek screening on October 19 at 10am at the Universal City Walk AMC in Universal City before expanding to 89′er: 304 N. Main St, Kingfisher, OH 73750, The Royale: 108 W. Main St, Mesa, AR, Downtown Independent: 251 S. Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 and Muvico: Pompano Beach Florida on October 31.
There will also be a press conference and poster signing by the director and cast at Dark Delicacies located at 3512 West Magnolia Boulevard, Burbank, CA 91505-2818 on October 21 at 7pm.
“The film opens with two teenagers flying from New York to Los Angeles on New Years Eve. Their nightmare begins when their plane hits extreme turbulence mid-flight. The relentless weather attack causes panic and terror amongst the passengers until the plane ultimately crashes in a remote government-testing area. The handful of survivors from the crash, bloody and disoriented, are then insistently pursued in the darkness by unknown predators that, unbeknownst to them, are part of the government’s top-secret Mesa Experiment.”
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New ‘Paranormal Activity 3′ TV Spot Shows More 80′s VHS Scares!
Hot on the heels of a successful screening at Fantastic Fest last month the Paranormal Activity 3 marketing machine is hitting overdrive in anticipation of the film’s upcoming release.
This newest TV Spot packs a lot of new footage into its 30 seconds. Mr. Disgusting has gone on record saying that the trailers for the 3rd one alone seem more eventful than the entirety of the 2nd movie, and on first glance I tend to agree. Even if none of this gets us closer to understanding Nev’s tramp stamp in Catfish, it does help us gain a greater insight into the effed up technicolor childhood that leads to Katie Featherston’s poltergeist troubles later in life.
Franchise creator and producer Oren Peli returns with Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman directing from a screenplay by Disturbia scribe Christopher B. Landon. Paranormal Activity 3 lands in theaters October 21st.
Hit the jump to check out the new spot!
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What’s Hiding on ‘Tape 407′?
“More terrifying than surviving a plane crash is what awaits them in the darkness.”
From director Dale Fabrigar comes Tape 407, which is listed as receiving a release on October 31.
“The film opens with two teenagers flying from New York to Los Angeles on New Years Eve. Their nightmare begins when their plane hits extreme turbulence mid-flight. The relentless weather attack causes panic and terror amongst the passengers until the plane ultimately crashes in a remote government-testing area. The handful of survivors from the crash, bloody and disoriented, are then insistently pursued in the darkness by unknown predators that, unbeknownst to them, are part of the government’s top-secret Mesa Experiment.”
Check out the trailer inside.
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‘Sinister’ Cast Begins to Fill
James Ransone (Prom Night, “Treme,”"How To Make It in America”) has signed on to Summit Entertainment’s untitled found-footage thriller also starring Ethan Hawke and Juliet Rylance.
Scott Derrickson (Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Day the Earth Stood Still) is directing with Jason Blum (Insidious, Paranormal Activity) producing, says Variety.
“The story follows a journalist who moves his family into a house where another family was murdered. After moving in, he uncovers found footage that leads to clues about the murders.” Ransone will play a deputy.
Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill penned the script
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Update: An Explosive True Crime Connection in ANOTHER ‘Amityville’ Film?
Update: I’m being told that while the character’s names are those similar to the Benson murders (which was optioned by the original ‘Amityville’ filmmakers back in 1986), there is NO relation to the actual people nor events. In addition, I’ve learned this will be an Asylum production.
There are so many Amityville Horror connected movies in the works it’s actually kind of annoying. Dimension Films is developing an official sequel, The Amityville Tapes, with directors Casey La Scala and Daniel Farrands. Film Regions International is working on “My Amityville Horror,” Eric Walter’s documentary about the infamous “Amityville Murders” that will “set the record straight” with the help of Daniel Lutz, the eldest son of George and Kathleen Lutz. And then there’s Amityville: The Legacy 3D, based on the book “Amityville: The Evil Escapes” (also the title of the 1989 made-for-TV movie) by John G. Jones.
Bloody Disgusting got exclusive word on a FOURTH that’s currently casting for a shoot in Los Angeles beginning next week. Geoff Meed, who is listed as an actor and stuntman on IMDB, will be directing the “found footage” film that tells the tale of a “new family” that moved into the infamous Amityville house.
The title: Amityville Haunting.
Now, we’re being told that the film is based on the true crime story of the Benson family of Naples, where Steven Benson was accused of the pipe-bomb murders of his mother and brother. According to Wiki, Benson is a convicted double murderer of his mother, tobacco heiress Margaret Benson; and his brother, tennis player Scott Benson.
On July 9, 1985 Benson placed a car bomb on the family car, in which Margaret, Scott, and Steven’s sister, Carol Lynn Benson Kendall, (a former Miss Florida runner-up) were waiting for Steven to join them in the vehicle when the Suburban exploded. Kendall survived but was badly burned; Margaret and Scott died instantly from the bomb impact.
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Massive Cast Revealed for Found Footage Detective Thriller ‘Evidence’
Bloody Disgusting has some unconfirmed casting for Bold Films’ Evidence, which is to be directed by The Fourth Kind‘s Olatunde Osunsanmi.
We’re being told exclusively by an tipster that Torrey DeVitto (The Rite, Killer Movie, I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer), Caitlin Stasey, John Cothren, Svetlana Metinka (Trackman), Albert Kuo and Dale Dickey (Super 8) will join Nolan Gerard Funk in the found footage detective thriller lensing this month in Los Angeles.
“When the police arrive at an abandoned desert gas station after a brutal massacre, they find no evidence at the crime scene except for some of the victim’s personal electronics, which include a video camera, a Flip-cam, and two cellphones. With nothing else to go on, a troubled detective must analyze and piece together the footage from the personal electronics in order to figure out what the hell happened and who the killer is.”
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‘House at the End of the Street’ Star Becomes ‘Evidence’
Nolan Gerard Funk (Deadgirl) has been cast as the lead in the indie thriller Evidence that has The Fourth Kind director Olatunde Osunsanmi at the helm with John Swetnam penning the script, reports Variety.
“When the police arrive at an abandoned desert gas station after a brutal massacre, they find no evidence at the crime scene except for some of the victim’s personal electronics, which include a video camera, a Flip-cam, and two cellphones. With nothing else to go on, a troubled detective must analyze and piece together the footage from the personal electronics in order to figure out what the hell happened and who the killer is.”
Production is set to start this month in Los Angeles.
Funk can be seen next in House at the End of the Street starring Jennifer Lawrence slated to bow next April.
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Juliet Rylance Starring in ‘Found Footage’
Bloody Disgusting is exclusively being told that Juliet Rylance (Animal) is in final talks to join the currently untitled Found Footage movie from director Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Day the Earth Stood Still).
Rylance will join previously announced Ethan Hawke in the film recently picked up by Summet Entertainment for theatrical distribution.
It was recently revealed that “Hawke plays a journalist who travels with his family around the country to investigate gruesome murders he turns into books. After he moves his family into a house where another family was murdered, the journo discovers found footage that unveils horrifying clues beyond what caused the original tragedy.” (Deadline)
Jason Blum (Insidious, Paranormal Activity) is producing this micro-budget horror.
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