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SDCC ’08: Report From the ‘Twilight’ Panel
At this year’s San Diego Comic Con one of the biggest shockers for me was how hot Summit Entertainment’s Twilight was. I’m excited purely because I love director Catherine Hardwicke, but apparently the book is HUGE and the fangirls were on hand screaming, yelling and fighting to be the first to see footage from the adaptation. SpookyDan sends in a report, that includes a brief interview with Hardwicke and star Stephenie Meyer. The film is about a high school girl named Bella falls in love with a vampire. The new couple leads a rival vampire clan to pursue them and attempt to force her to decide if she, too, wishes to become one of the undead. Read on for the skinny. Click here for all Comic Con coverage.
Twilight Excites Comic Con to a Fevered Frenzy!
Thursday afternoon at the San Diego Comic Con was the highlight for fans of the upcoming vampire film TWILIGHT.
Super fans camped out the night before just to get into the 2pm panel with cast members, director Catherine Hardwick, and the woman behind the incredibly popular film and book series, Stephanie Meyer.
I have been to Comic Con numerous times, and I have never seen a crowd so crazy for an upcoming film – even the STAR WARS fans were given a run for their passion today.
There were rumors of people passing out, much crying and screams heard across the convention, but the big excitement for the film peaked as heartthrob Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen) arrived with his mussed up hair (video and audio file coming soon!).
Luckily for you “Twihards” (Twilight super fans) we at Bloody got a chance got to sit down with Stephanie Meyer and Catherine Hardwick, during a roundtable session at the convention. Both woman were really excited to be there and happy to chat with us about it. Here are some highlights from the conversation.
Catherine Hardwick: Bloody Disgusting, alright!
SpookyDan: Coming from LORDS OF DOGTOWN, was it hard a hard transition to get inside this world?
Catherine Hardwick: I love this world i fell in love with Stephanie’s world the first time I read it, its like I’m there! I want to see it, I want to breathe it in and see it come to life.
SpookyDan: Did you know about how nuts it was before you signed on?
Catherine Hardwick: I didn’t know it was going to be this crazy (laughs)!
SpookyDan: By the time it got to the movie, you knew the fandom had gone through the roof?
Stephanie Meyer: I was really surprised. I knew I had my little group of fans, and the way that they responded to the movie and the thing sort of took off online, I was surprised! I know how passionate the fans can get, but there are so many of them. It kind of like WOW!
Catherine Hardwick: It’s cool that’s its so creative for people, they are making their own trailers and songs and it has sparked a creative explosion, I think it’s really exciting.
Stephanie Meyer: I love the (fan created) youtube videos, I think its fantastic.
SpookyDan: Stephanie did you have any say in the casting of the film?
Stephanie Meyer: A little bit, but not contractual. One of the great things about the studio Summit is that they have been very cooperative; they DID want me to be a part of things. If there was a situation where I really wanted to see a change, they actually listened to me.
SpookyDan: Catherine are you signed on to do all the rest of the films?
Catherine Hardwick: Well, no exact decisions have been made yet, but its all getting figured out now. We all hope for it, and we got our finger crossed!
Stay tuned here at Bloody-Disgusting over the next week as we unveil mp3s of the interviews with almost everyone in the cast, and we have uncut video footage of Robert Pattinson that no one else has!
It was almost one year ago that Warner Bros. brought the entire original A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise to 4K in one massive 7-movie collection, with the limited edition SteelBook version of the set quickly selling out and becoming highly sought after. But we’re happy to report tonight that the SteelBook set is currently back in stock over on Amazon!
While supplies last, grab the Elm Street SteelBook collection for $154.99 right now!!
Orders placed for this re-release are scheduled to begin shipping out September 15, 2026.
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From New Line Cinema, the collection includes the original seven films – A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985), A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988), A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989), Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991), and Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994) – along with the uncut versions of A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Dream Child.
Two BRAND NEW SPECIAL FEATURES for this set include:
- Boiler Room Confessional: The king of slashers, Robert Englund, takes us on a journey through the dream world, sharing what inspired Freddy Krueger, his rise as a cultural icon, and the legacy of A Nightmare on Elm Street, plus his favorite kills, scenes, and more.
- Freddy’s Footnotes: Robert Englund and original A Nightmare on Elm Street filmmakers revisit iconic scenes, revealing the movie magic and chaos behind our favorite nightmares. Pull back the curtain and relive epic moments through the eyes of those who made them.
Here’s the full breakdown of included Special Features for each movie…
A Nightmare on Elm Street
· Ready Freddy Focus Points
· Commentary with Wes Craven, Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Ronee Blakley, Robert Shaye, and Sara Risher
· Commentary with Wes Craven, Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, and Jacques Haitkin
· Alternate Endings – Scary Ending, Happy Ending, Freddy Ending
· The House that Freddy Built: The Legacy of New Line Horror
· Never Sleep Again: The Making of A Nightmare on Elm Street
· Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven’s Nightmares
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
· Freddy on 8th Street
· Heroes and Villains
· The Male Witch
· Psychosexual Circus
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
· Behind the Story: Burnout
· Behind the Story: Fan Mail
· Behind the Story: The House that Freddy Built
· Behind the Story: Onward Christian Soldiers
· Behind the Story: Snakes and Ladders
· Behind the Story: That’s Showbiz
· Behind the Story: Trading 8’s
· Dokken Dream Warriors Music Video
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
· The Finnish Line
· Krueger, Freddy Krueger
· Hopeless Chest
· Let’s Makeup
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
· Behind the Story: Womb Raiders
· Behind the Story: The Sticky Floor
· Behind the Story: Take the Stairs
· Behind the Story: Hopkins Directs
· Behind the Story: A Slight Miscalculation
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
· 86’D
· Hellraiser
· Rachel’s Dream
· 3D Demise
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
· Commentary with Wes Craven
· NEW – Boiler Room Confessional
· NEW – Freddy’s Footnotes
· Becoming a Filmmaker
· Filmmaker
· An Insane Troupe
· The Problem with Sequels
· Two Worlds
· Welcome to Prime Time: It Really Happened
· Welcome to Prime Time: A Childhood Memory
· Welcome to Prime Time: Sometime in the Early 80s
· Welcome to Prime Time: So It Began
· Welcome to Prime Time: Beauty and the Beast
· Welcome to Prime Time: Making the Glove
· Welcome to Prime Time: Shapeshifter
· Welcome to Prime Time: The Shoot
· Welcome to Prime Time: The Revolving Room
· Welcome to Prime Time: All’s Well that Ends Well
· Welcome to Prime Time: Talalay’s Tally
· Welcome to Prime Time: It Couldn’t Have Happened
· Welcome to Prime Time: Alternate Ending Version
· Conclusion: Where Gothic Plots Come From
· Conclusion: Why We Like Gothic
· Conclusion: Sadomasochism
· Conclusion: Freddy vs. Pinhead
· Conclusion: Freddy’s Manic Energy
· Conclusion: Creating Lasting Characters in Horror
· Conclusion: No More Magic Tricks
· Conclusion: Monster with Personality
· Conclusion: Freddy as Sex Machine
· Conclusion: Campfire Stories
The Elm Street collection is available in this collectible SteelBook packaging (exclusive to Amazon) and as a standard 4K collection that’s also available now over on Amazon.
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