Michael J. Bassett Wants ‘Silent Hill: Revelation 3D’ to Be “More” Frightening

An old video was just unearthed on YouTube that’s more of a franchise fluff piece than an in depth feature, although it does include some words from Silent Hill: Revelation 3D director Michael J. Bassett and star Adelaide Clemens.

I want this to be much more frightening than the first movie as well, because I think that is true to what ‘Silent Hill’ is,” said Bassett. “They are the most frightening computer games ever made…

In the sequel awaiting a release date from Lionsgate, “For years, Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn’t fully understand. Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by terrifying nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Heather discovers she’s not who she thinks she is. The revelation leads her deeper into a demonic world that threatens to trap her in Silent Hill forever.READ MORE

More Celebrities Need Celebrity Blood in ‘Antiviral’

It was announced the other say that David Cronenberg’s son would be taking the helm on Antiviral, a bizarre celebrity thriller that would star Caleb Landry Jones (Byzantium, X-Men: First Class, The Last Exorcism).

THR reports that Brandon Cronenberg will be shooting in Toronto and Hamilton from November 7 to December 11, and also stars Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell, Douglas Smith, Matt Watts and James Cade.

The Canadian indie, written by Cronenberg, echoes his father’s more outrageous earlier sci-fi flicks by portraying an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans.

The story revolves around a salesman (Jones) for a clinic that replicates celebrity diseases for public consumption. He becomes obsessed with a celebrity and injects himself with her disease, then must figure out how to cure it before time runs out.READ MORE

‘Rocky Horror’-Inspired One Sheet for Horror Comedy ‘Vamps’

The official one sheet teaser has just been released for Vamps, the upcoming romantic horror comedy that reunites Clueless director Amy Heckerling with star Alicia Silverstone! I’m absolutely in love with the art as they opted to use a real photograph of some fangtastics lips, while also giving homage to The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Krysten Ritter, Sigourney Weaver, Richard Lewis, Kristen Johnston, Wallace Shawn, Justin Kirk, Dan Stevens, Todd Barry, Marilu Henner, Zak Orth and Malcolm McDowell also star in the the “modern day tale of two young beautiful female vampires living the good nightlife in New York until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardize their immortality.

 Rocky Horror Inspired One Sheet for Horror Comedy Vamps

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Behind-the-Scenes FX Work for ‘Silent Hill: Revelation’

The official Facebook page for Lionsgate’s Silent Hill: Revelation has been updated with some pretty cool behind-the-scenes goodies.

Below you’ll find a video featuring the “Red Pyramid” body suit created by creature designer Paul Jones.

Directed by Michael J. Bassett, and starring Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell, Deborah Kara Unger, Carrie-Anne Moss and Malcolm McDowell, Lionsgate will release in 3-D come 2012.

For years, Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn’t fully understand. Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by terrifying nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Heather discovers she’s not who she thinks she is. The revelation leads her deeper into a demonic world that threatens to trap her in Silent Hill forever.


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Sigourney Weaver Goes Cougar in First ‘Vamps’ Still

An Official Facebook has been launched for Amy Heckerling’s neck biting horror comedy Vamps, which puts on display your first ever look at star Sigourney Weaver with Krysten Ritter and what appears to be the backside of Alicia Silverstone. A dozen other images can be found in our newly updated gallery.

Currently shooting in Detroit, Michigan, Richard Lewis, Kristen Johnston, Wallace Shawn, Justin Kirk, Dan Stevens, Todd Barry, Marilu Henner, Zak Orth and Malcolm McDowell also star.

When two sexy female vampires living it up in modern-day New York City each falls in love with a human, they must make a choice that will jeopardize their immortality–and maybe much more. Written and directed by Amy Heckerling (Clueless, Fast Times at Ridgemont High), VAMPS is a comedy-fantasy-romance that puts a fresh and hilariously upbeat twist on the vampire genre.

Check out 12 more images here:

 Sigourney Weaver Goes Cougar in First Vamps Still


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Suck (V)

Suck is a rock’n'roll vampire comedy about a group of musical wannabees in search of immortality and a record deal. The rock band The Winners have sunk so low, they will do anything to make it big. After a life-changing encounter with a vampire, they rocket to stardom only to discover that fame and fortune are not all they’re cracked up to be.

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Halloween II (H2)

It’s that time of year again, and Michael Myers has returned home to sleepy Haddonfield, Illinois to take care of some unfinished family business. Unleashing a trail of terror that only horror master Rob Zombie can, Myers will stop at nothing to bring closure to the secrets of his twisted past. But the town’s got an unlikely new hero, if they can only stay alive long enough to stop the unstoppable.

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Doomsday

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“Doomsday,” written by Marshall, is set three decades after a lethal virus tore through a major country, leading to the country’s walling off. When the virus, known as the Reaper, resurfaces in another country, an elite group is dispatched to the infected country to find a cure. There, they end up shut off from the rest of the world and must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.

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Halloween (remake)

After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, is mistakenly released from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby sister, Laurie. Anyone who crosses his path is in mortal danger.

Zombie’s vision of this film is an entirely new take on the legend and will satisfy fans of the classic “Halloween” legacy while beginning a new chapter in the Michael Myers saga. “This is a bit of a prequel and a remake, combined,” says Zombie.

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Tales from the Crypt: Season 3 (V)

Yes, that die-abolical punster and bone-a-fide ghoul of your dreams the Crypt Keeper is back to host this scare-rific collection of all 14 complete and uncut episodes from Season 3 of the series that ran seven memorably spooktacular seasons. Among the tales spilling out of the vault are Loved to Death, with Mariel Hemingway as a woman zapped by a love potion; Top Billing, starring Jon Lovitz as a struggling actor who’ll do anything for a part; and Dead Wait, with Whoopi Goldberg as an occult priestess who knows who do that voodoo. Doo yourself a favor and dig into this merrily macabre mix. 25. 3-1 15-Jun-1991 The Trap
26. 3-2 15-Jun-1991 Loved to Death
27. 3-3 15-Jun-1991 Carrion Death
28. 3-4 19-Jun-1991 Abra Cadaver
29. 3-5 26-Jun-1991 Top Billing
30. 3-6 03-Jul-1991 Dead Wait
31. 3-7 10-Jul-1991 The Reluctant Vampire
32. 3-8 17-Jul-1991 Easel Kill Ya
33. 3-9 24-Jul-1991 Undertaking Palor
34. 3-10 31-Jul-1991 Mournin’ Mess
35. 3-11 07-Aug-1991 Split Second
36. 3-12 14-Aug-1991 Deadline
37. 3-13 21-Aug-1991 Spoiled
38. 3-14 28-Aug-1991 Yellow