Werewolf
Indie Werewolf Movie ‘Hunger Unholy’ Gets A Trailer
We’ve got a line on a new werewolf movie called Hunger Unholy, which is actually a pretty cool title as far as I’m concerned. The film was written and directed by Nicholas Holland and stars Laura Kriss, JT Taylor, Nate Burud, Nicholas Holland, Lillian Lamour and Jordan Kantola.
It’s super low budget, but I think we need more werewolf movies and I’m glad people aren’t letting limited means get in the way.
In the film, “After the funeral of her boyfriend Gabe’s parents, Kelly heads up north to the family cabin with him and a few of their friends as he prepares to sell it. Things quickly begin to spiral out of control though when their friends begin to disappear one by one with the rising of the full moon.”
Head inside for the poster and trailer! READ MORE
[Random Cool] Full Moon Cab Ride Prank Takes An Epic Turn!!
Ever wanted one of those insane prank videos to take a horrific twist? We’ve seen the ghost in the elevator one, but something more visceral? Seemingly inspired by the rash of intense Japanese prank videos, this one goes the extra mile into some fun detours.
We’ve all been in cabs where we’re not too sure of the driver, right? Head inside to see that uncomfortability taken to the next level. READ MORE
[TV] Watch That Werewolf Gypsy Kid Meet A Giant In This “Hemlock Grove” Clip
Netflix will premiere “Hemlock Grove,” from producer Eli Roth (who also directed the pilot), on April 19th. As is Netflix’s business model, all 13 episodes will be made available on the same day so you guys can gorge yourselves. Gorging yourself is something you won’t be able to do with this clip though, it’s only 20 seconds long.
“Hemlock Grove is a riveting one-hour murder mystery that revolves around the residents of a former Pennsylvania steel town. When 17-year-old Brooke Bluebell is brutally murdered, any of Hemlock’s peculiar inhabitants – or killer creatures – could be suspects. Through the investigation, the town’s seamier side is exposed, revealing nothing is what it seems. Beautiful, terrifying and graphic, Hemlock Grove is unlike anything else in its genre.”
From Hostel and Cabin Fever director Eli Roth, the series stars Famke Janssen, Dougray Scott, Bill Skarsgård, Landon Liboiron, Penelope Mitchell and Freya Tingley.
Head inside for the clip! READ MORE
Twisted Music Video Of The Week Vol. 77: Surgeon Marta “Do You Say Your Prayers At Night”
Things are gonna get hairy for this Twisted Music Video Of The Week! Today we bring you Surgeon Marta‘s latest video for “Do You Say Your Prayers At Night”, which features some evil rituals and incantations and a full on werewolf! The song is available to purchase on iTunes. READ MORE
[Remember This?] “Werewolf” The TV Series!!!
“The Walking Dead”, “Dexter”, “American Horror Story”, “True Blood”. Horror is almost more popular on TV these days than it is in cinemas. There’s something about the small screen that seems to “legitimize” the genre for casual viewers. Maybe it’s an ingrained expectation that television’s historically strict standards and practices will save them from the nasty bits (which is of course no longer true in the days of HBO and AMC), or perhaps it’s just the simple equation that smaller screen = less scary.
My mom had to be a subscriber to at least one of these theories because she let me watch “Werewolf” at an exceedingly young age. I can even remember her enabling my efforts to get from where I was to where I needed to be to watch it. I had to see it. The funny thing is, I’m pretty sure I was sort of bored by it – I only really remember getting excited when the wolf was onscreen, which wasn’t very often. But I was so addled by my love of An American Werewolf In London that, if it had werewolves in it, I was glued to the screen.
The show ran for 28 episodes on Fox from 1987-1988. I was too young to retain any real specifics, but the internet tells me that it was similar to “The Fugitive” in structure – so it has that going for it! If nothing else, the werewolf design is actually decent.
Head inside to check out a few teasers!! READ MORE
Editorials
[Special Feature] Where Are All The Great Werewolf Movies?
The werewolf is the most under-appreciated and misused of all of the classic horror creatures. Sure, we get all kinds of movies with werewolves in them, but more often than not those films seem more concerned with mentioning werewolves and then showing some bizarre half-assed approximation of them. Like they’re checking off a box on a list.
Obviously one of the most recent and popular misuses of the werewolf would be in the Twilight films, but dissecting those is like taking candy from a baby and I don’t want to spend too much time on it. Suffice to say – they look more like foxes, transform in the daytime, communicate via telepathy and are generally pretty lame. They’re also prone to jorts, which makes them almost like Native American Incredible Hulks who turn into dogs instead of big green guys.
But it’s not up to some teen franchise to carry the torch of one of our best monsters. That falls under the stewardship of actual horror films. So why do most of them drop the ball so badly? Incompetence certainly plays into it and is probably the biggest factor, but there’s still a lot of people with actual talent out there missing the mark. Why?
One of my theories is that too many of these movies seem overly concerned with adding a unique spin or futzing with the rules. I’m not saying there’s not room for that – any genre should be open to reinterpretation. But there are so few great “classic” werewolf movies that maybe we should concentrate on getting a few more of them under our belts. I think that needs to happen before we can expect any spin or subversion of the genre to have any real impact, because right now we’re spinning and subverting something with such a decentralized compass that it just feels random. For example, if you’re going straight into your Nazi Demon Werewolf movie without even exploring some of the inherent possibilities the creature’s metaphor, you’re doing it wrong.
Let’s talk great werewolf movies. And why The Howling might not be one of them. Head inside for more. READ MORE
Five New Stills From ‘Jack & Diane’ Keep The Werewolves Away
Magnolia Pictures’ “lesbian werewolf” movie, Jack & Diane, played recently at the Tribeca film fest and now a handful of new official stills have surfaced courtesy of Magnolia pictures. I’m really curious about this film. What I’ve heard has been mixed, some love it and some don’t. Werewolf movies are an interesting challenge, they’re so hard to get right and I’m secretly hoping I love this one. It’s interesting that all the imagery from this film – at least the imagery that I’ve seen – takes place more or less during the day. Far away from nighttime werewolf action.
Directed by Bradley Rust Gray, “Tomboy Jack and bubbly Diane fall head over heels in love one hot summer in New York City. When Diane reveals she must leave the city for school in Europe, their budding love is tested. Weaving horror elements into a distinctive and fresh yet timeless and universal first-love story, TFF alum Bradley Rust Gray brings his unique vision to this idiosyncratic story of the joys and terrors of first love.”
Juno Temple, Riley Keough, Cara Seymour, Dane DeHaan, Michael Chernus and Kylie Minogue all star in the R-rated horror drama.
Magnolia will premiere the film this fall. Head inside for the pics. Thanks to Avery for the heads up! READ MORE
TV: The Fifth Season Of “True Blood” Now Has A Launch Date
“True Blood” is set to return on Sunday, June 10 at 9/8c. The show’s fifth season will contain 12 episodes and will be the last season of the program to be overseen by show runner Alan Ball. Which I guess means they can throw all logic out the window after that and go totally nuts, right? The show has been so conservative, chaste and predictable while maintaining the upmost adherence to narrative cohesion. I hope they finally get some sex, nudity and blood in the mix.
“Mixing romance, suspense, mystery, and humor, the Emmy-nominated show takes place at a time when vampires have come out of the coffin and follows the on-and-off romance between waitress and part-faerie Sookie Stackhouse (Paquin), who can hear people’s thoughts, and 173-year-old vampire Bill Compton (Moyer).”
Hit the jump for a 30 second teaser for the season. READ MORE
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Want To Know Who Will Transform In ‘WER’?
Bloody Disgusting has learned that Epic Movie‘s Brian J. O’Connor (pictured) has landed the lead role opposite A.J. Cook in WER, the found footage werewolf flick shooting next month in Romania. Simon Quarterman (The Devil Inside) and Vik Sahay (American Reunion) round out the cast.
As previously reported, Cook star as “Kate Moore”, a defense attorney determined to clear the name of her client, “Talan Gwynek” (played by O’Connor), who is the main suspect in the grisly multiple slaying of an American family. While Talan appears to be gentle on the surface, his attorney soon learns that Talan is actually a werewolf.
As we previously reported, the FilmDistrict release takes place in Translyvania police station with the suspect turning into a werewolf.
The Devil Inside and Stay Alive‘s William Brent Bell will direct from a screenplay by longtime collaborator Matthew Peterman.
Steven Schneider, producer of The Devil Inside, The Tall Man and the Paranormal Activity films, is producing the film with Peterman and Morris Paulson through their production company Prototype. Robert Hall and his newly re-branded Almost Human Inc. is tackling the Makeup and Visual Effects for WER. READ MORE
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First Casting News For Translyvanian Werewolf Flick ‘WER’!
Bloody Disgusting has exclusively learned that A.J. Cook is in final negotiations for the lead role in WER, the found footage werewolf flick shooting next month in Romania.
Cook, who starred in Final Destination 2 and Anchor Bay’s forthcoming Mother’s Day, will star as “Kate Moore”, a defense attorney determined to clear the name of her client, “Talan Gwynek”, who is the main suspect in the grisly multiple slaying of an American family. While Talan appears to be gentle on the surface, his attorney soon learns that Talan is actually a werewolf.
As we previously reported, the FilmDistrict release takes place in Translyvania police station with the suspect turning into a werewolf.
The Devil Inside and Stay Alive‘s William Brent Bell will direct from a screenplay by longtime collaborator Matthew Peterman.
Steven Schneider, producer of The Devil Inside, The Tall Man and the Paranormal Activity films, is producing the film with Peterman and Morris Paulson through their production company Prototype. Robert Hall and his newly re-branded Almost Human Inc. is tackling the Makeup and Visual Effects for WER. READ MORE
Robert Hall’s Almost Human Blends Digital and Practical FX For ‘WER’
Bloody Disgusting learned today that Robert Hall and his newly re-branded Almost Human Inc. is tackling the Makeup and Visual Effects for WER, the found footage werewolf flick shooting next month in Romania.
The Devil Inside‘s William Brent Bell will direct from a screenplay by longtime collaborator Matthew Peterman. It takes place in police station with the suspect turning into a werewolf.
Hall has embraced the hybrid approach of both practicle and digital effects work as seen in his Laid to Rest films, alongside Don Coscarelli’s forthcoming John Dies at The End, “Wilfred,” and the Steven Schnieder (Paranormal Activity, Tall Man) produced Sxtape, among others.
“It makes sense,” says Hall. “I’ve been trying to achieve the perfect balance of digital and practical on my films for years and so many folks have taken notice that we just cant keep it to ourselves anymore…it’s growing, and making the company stronger.” He continues, “I’ve done several movies with Steven Schneider and I really loved the script for WER. Matt, Brian and Morris really know what they want and are not afraid to collaborate. I’m very excited about what we’re making together on this picture.”
Hall jokes: “Its juicy…in all the right places…” READ MORE
Review: Ferals #3
The classic monster werewolf has taken a beating in recent years. Hollywood has removed any sense of fear associated with werewolves by making them comical (Teen Wolf), teen heartthrobs (Twilight), or just plain lame (2010’s The Wolfman), which typically makes them the subject much of critical scorn. Thankfully Avatar Press has stepped up to the plate to give readers a story where the werewolves haven’t been castrated in their new series Ferals.
Dark Horse Is Bringing Werewolf Terror Your Way With ‘Riven’!
Dark Horse just announced the release of a new werewolf tale, Riven, that will be heading your way in August! The series, co-written by Bo Hampton and Robert Tinnell, is a big fat graphic novel that focuses on a young, beautiful, heroine who just so happens to change into a grisly beast on those nights when the moon fills the sky. The creators hope that Riven will legitimately frighten even the most dedicated of horror comic enthusiasts. Check out more details below from Dark Horse. Read on for the skinny…
TV: “True Blood” Loses Head Writer, Alan Ball Stepping Down…
Alan Ball is stepping down as the head writer of “True Blood”.
I’m not entirely sure how much this will impact the upcoming 5th Season of HBO’s flagship sex and vampires odyssey. I do know that the show resumed production in November, so I have to assume that the majority of the upcoming season is pretty much mapped out. The show’s luxurious (around 14 days per episode) production schedule would allow for around 7 or so segments to be in the can. So it’s safe to say that the remaining 5 are outlined at the very least and the majority of them are scripted.
Not much reason has been given for Ball’s departure from the position (he will remain on the show in some capacity, I’m guessing as a producer) except for “exhaustion”. While that’s often PR code-speak for too much hard partying – but I don’t really think that’s the case here. Perhaps Ball is literally exhausted by pushing the show to ridiculous extremes? I don’t imagine he envisioned it being as patently ridiculous as it’s become when he was first getting it off the ground in 2007-2008.
Per Forbes, “Sookie and her pals from HBO’s True Blood are losing their creator. Alan Ball, I have confirmed, will step down from being headwriter of the show about sexy vampires mixing it up in New Orleans. Explanations include exhaustion, and maybe that the show seemed like it had tired blood last season. Ball will still be with the show, I’m told, but a new regime will guide the fates of the characters into their new season. This could also very well be a money issue, as series tend to get more and more expensive as they drag on.” READ MORE
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FilmDistrict’s ‘WER’ Needs Defense Attorney
We continue to dig deeper to bring you the first news on FilmDistrict’s forthcoming WER, a top secret project we’re continuing to pull the covers off of.
While we’ve already exclusively reported that the film follows a werewolf locked up in a Translyvania prison, we’ve got a bit more info on the found footage project.
William Brent Bell and Matthew Peterman – the duo behind Paramount’s The Devil Inside – have re-teamed to tell the story of a defense attorney who has set out to clear the name of a suspect in a brutal murder case. The lead, Talan, is accused of murdering an American family. While Talan appears to be gentle on the surface, his attorney soon learns that Talan is actually a werewolf.
Casting is under way for an April shoot in Bucharest, Romania. READ MORE
FilmDistrict Gets In On ‘Devil Inside’ Duo’s ‘WER’
FilmDistrict (Insidious) has taken an equity stake in WER, a horror film that is directed by The Devil Inside helmer William Brent Bell that is expected to be one of the hot titles at Berlin later this week, says Deadline.
Bell wrote the script with Matthew Peterman, with whom he scripted The Devil Inside, a sleeper low budget horror film which has grossed $53 million domestic for Paramount.
As we continue to be the only site to exclusively break the plot, the found footage pic takes place in police station with the suspect turning into a werewolf.
Shooting begins April 9. FilmDistrict could end up as the film’s domestic distributor.
WER will bring a filmmaking style similar to The Devil Inside, but apply it to a different horror mythology they are keeping under wraps. Steven Schneider, Matthew Peterman and Morris Paulson will produce. Bell, Peterman and Paulson partner in the production company Prototype. READ MORE
Confirmed: ‘Devil Inside’ Duo Bark At The Moon With ‘Wer’!
Back on January 11 we exclusively revealed the “top secret” plot behind The Devil Inside director William Brent Bell’s next project.
With Berlin kicking off next week, Screen Daily confirms that Bell’s next project is in fact a werewolf flick revealing the title as Wer.
Matthew Peterman co-wrote the screenplay that’s still being kept under wraps, but that didn’t stop us from getting the scoop: The found footage pic takes place in police station with the suspect turning into a werewolf.
Production is scheduled to commence on April 9.
Bell and Peterman also collaborated on Stay Alive and were recently attached to The Vatican for Warners. READ MORE
‘The Devil Inside’ Duo Bark At The Moon!
Sierra/Affinity and Incentive Filmed Entertainment are financing and producing the next horror pic from the team behind The Devil Inside, which opened to record-breaking business at the domestic box office last weekend.
Director William Brent Bell will helm the untitled project from a script he wrote with Matthew Peterman, says THR. The duo also collaborated on Stay Alive and were recently attached to The Vatican for Warners.
The plot is being kept under tight wraps, but the film is expected to follow in the found-footage style of Devil Inside. Bloody Disgusting did the actual leg work and exclusively learned the project is a werewolf film. We’ve been told that the pic takes place in police station with the suspect turning into a werewolf.
Steven Schneider, producer of Devil Inside and the Paranormal Activity films, is producing the film with Peterman and Morris Paulson through their production company Prototype.
Sierra/Affinity will shop the project to foreign buyers at next month’s European Film Market in Berlin. Bell will start shooting in April in Romania. READ MORE
Indie
AFM ’11: ’13 Hrs’ Becomes ‘Night Wolf’
Vision Films has renamed their crappy werewolf movie 13 Hrs to Night Wolf. Directed by Jonathan Glendening and starring Tom Felton, Gemma Atkinson, Isabella Calthorpe, below you’ll find the fresh AFM art.
“A full moon hangs in the night sky and lightning streaks across dark storm clouds. Sarah Tyler returns to her troubled family home in the isolated countryside, for a much put-off visit. As the storm rages on, Sarah, her family and friends shore up for the night, cut off from the outside world. But something comes out of the driving rain and darkness. Something that holds a dark secret so devastating that, in one night, it could wipe out the entire family. Trapped, Sarah and her brothers and friends must use their heads as well as their physical strength to survive not only the thing that is hunting them down one by one – but their own entrapment as the besieged group turns in on itself. Can they survive the horror stalking them? Or is their enemy already amongst them and has it always been? Can they survive for 13 hours?” READ MORE
Universal Chief Calls ‘The Wolfman’ “One of the Worst Movies [They] Ever Made”!
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This is some really juicy stuff that comes via Movieline. The site reports on Universal Chief Ron Meyer‘s recent trip to Savannah College of Art & Design where he spoke to students on VOD, while also admitting that Cowboys & Aliens, Land of the Lost and The Wolfman all suck ass!
“We make a lot of shitty movies. Every one of them breaks my heart,” Meyer said. “We set out to make good ones. One of the worst movies we ever made was ‘Wolfman.’ ‘Wolfman’ and ‘Babe 2′ are two of the shittiest movies we put out, but by the same token we made movies we believe in,” he states quickly covering his ass. “We did ‘United 93,’ which is one of the movies I’m most proud of. It wasn’t a big moneymaker, but it’s a film I believe every American should see and it showed you what people can do in the worst of times and how great the human spirit is and all that, so there are moments that can make up for all the junk that you make.”
This is just a taste of a pretty fantastic article that can be enjoyed at this link. Do you guys think The Wolfman is one of the worst Universal movies ever made? What’s WORSE? Talk below! READ MORE
Universal’s Untitled Werewolf Flick Begins Production!
There’s no safe place to hide as the all-new supernatural Untitled Werewolf Thriller begins principal photography in and around Bucharest, Romania.
Universal celebrates its storied history of creatures and horror with an exhilarating original adventure that embraces the popular cultural resurgence of the age-old werewolf myth. Breathtaking action and nail-biting suspense collide as an army of bounty hunters descend on a tiny hamlet in search of the most terrifying monster they have ever fought.
The latest entry in the hugely successful DVD Originals line from Universal 1440 Entertainment, a production entity of Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Untitled Werewolf Thriller will be released on Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Download and On Demand in time for Halloween 2012.
Untitled Werewolf Thriller stars Stephen Rea (V for Vendetta, The Crying Game), Steven Bauer (Scarface, Primal Fear), Ed Quinn (“True Blood,” “Eureka”), Nia Peeples (“Pretty Little Liars,” “Walker Texas, Ranger”), Guy Wilson (Almost Kings, Little Black Book), Adam Croasdell (“Supernatural,” “East Enders”) and Rachel DiPillo (“Law & Order,” “The Gates”).
Louis Morneau (Joy Ride II, Hitcher II: I’ve Been Waiting) directs the nightmarish hunt through an idyllic countryside shattered by an unstoppable beast. The film is produced by Mike Elliott (The Devils Rejects, Smokin’ Aces 2), from a screenplay by Michael Tabb and the writing team of Louis Morneau & Catherine Cyran. A top-flight production team has also been assembled, including director of photography Philip Robertson, production designer David Hirschfield and costume designer Oana Paunescu. READ MORE
Indie
New ‘Strippers vs Werewolves’ Stills and Sales Art
In Jonathan Glendening’s Strippers vs Werewolves, a turf war breaks out after a strip-club murder in this kick-ass revenge saga full of immense action and sharp one-liners.
The stunning Barbara Nedeljakova (Hostel, Hostel II) leads the cast alongside Sarah Douglas (Superman), Robert Englund (Freddy vs. Jason, Nightmare on Elm Street), Lucy Pinder, Martin Kemp and Ali Bastian.
We just not received a new batch of images, along with a fresh piece of sales art for AFM. READ MORE
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