Movies
‘Devil Inside’, ‘Underworld’ and ‘The Grey’ Get MPAA Rating
For those of you who live or die based on MPAA ratings, here’s three films that are locked and loaded for release in 2012 — all landed an R-rating.
Paramount Insurge’s The Devil Inside, in theaters January 6, has been rated R “for disturbing violent content and grisly images, and for language including some sexual references.”
Sony Screen Gems’ Underworld Awakening, opening January 20, has been rated R “for violence and gore, and for some language.”
Lastly is Open Road Films’ The Grey, in theaters January 27, has been rated R “for violence/disturbing content including bloody images, and for pervasive language.”
Click any title above for trailers, clips, images and posters for all three films.
It’s a bit of a slow news day here on the horror front, so indulge us for a minute while we cover something that’s not quite a horror project. The Grinch is one of the most iconic villains of time, however, and he was originally played by Boris Karloff, so we’re not totally out of line here…
The Hollywood Reporter lets us know this afternoon that Ron Howard and Jim Carrey are in talks to reunite for a sequel to the live action How the Grinch Stole Christmas movie!
If all the deals go through, Jim Carrey would reprise his iconic role as the live action version of the Grinch, while Ron Howard would find himself seated back in the director’s chair.
Universal and Imagine Entertainment are developing, with Brian Grazer also on board to produce.
THR notes, “The untitled sequel will have a script by Alec Berg (Barry, Silicon Valley, Curb Your Enthusiasm), Jeff Schaffer (Life, Larry and The Pursuit of Unhappiness, Dave, Curb Your Enthusiasm) and David Mandel (Veep, Curb Your Enthusiasm).”
The Dr. Seuss character was originally introduced in the 1957 children’s book How the Grinch Stole Christmas, later brought to the screen in the world of animation in the 1966 special.
Horror legend Boris Karloff voiced the Grinch in that animated classic, while Jim Carrey much later played the character in live action in Ron Howard’s 2000 movie. More recently, Benedict Cumberbatch voiced the character in the 2018 animated movie The Grinch.
David Howard Thornton even played a (more) twisted version of the Grinch in the horror movie The Mean One, a wildly unofficial adaptation of the classic Dr. Seuss tale.
Another fun horror connection? Back in 2001, makeup effects legend Rick Baker (An American Werewolf in London) won an Oscar for his work turning Jim Carrey into the Grinch!
In the 2000 live action holiday classic, “On the outskirts of Whoville lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans to ruin Christmas for all of the citizens of the town.”
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