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‘Poltergeist’ Trailer Looks Absolutely Bonkers!
THEY’RE HEEEEERRRREEEE…
No movie has ever had the same impact on me as Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg’s 1982 Poltergeist, a horror film that traumatized me as a child.
In fact, my parents had to buy me a bed that touched the floor, leaving no room for an evil demon-possessed clown to come out from under it.
It’s a seminal movie that every horror fan has to see. And if you haven’t, shame on you.
Now, releasing early in French (the English version should release within the next few hours) is the first official trailer for the Gil Keenan-directed remake, to be released in 3-D on July 24, 2015.
And while ever fiber of my being wants to reject it, Poltergeist 2015 actually looks pretty insane. Sure, they’re rehashing a lot of the same gags from the original, and sure, there’s a ton of CGI (the tree attack is maybe a bit much), but for my money it looks like a fun Friday night. And for are younger readers who have no seen the original, I expect a lot of the new version to scare the living shit out of you. When you see the final short of the trailer it’s hard to not think they went balls-to-the-wall crazy on this.
Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Saxon Sharbino and Jane Adams star, with Jared Harris playing Carrigan, a larger than life TV personality who left the world of academia behind to become the star host of basic cable TV show “Haunted House Cleaners.”
Legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi (producer) reimagines and contemporizes the classic tale about a family whose suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and hold the youngest daughter captive, the family must come together to rescue her before she disappears forever.
Updated with a second, different international trailer, too!
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE TRAILER?
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Dan Trachtenberg (Prey, Predator: Killer of Killers, Predator: Badlands) is headed back into the world of animation for horror-comedy Freddy the 13th for Paramount Animation.
The animated feature will adapt the graphic novel from Yehudi Mercado.
Freddy the 13th essentially imagines a world where Uncle Buck becomes Jason Voorhees.
Deadline details the upcoming animated film as follows: “A family vacation turns into a nightmare when fun Uncle Freddy accidentally kills the Boogeyman and takes on his powers.”
The official synopsis for the comic book from creator Yehudi Mercado further details, “Uncle Buck becomes the Boogey Man. When a horror-obsessed, unlucky schlub accidentally kills the legendary slasher Nighty Night, he inherits the mantle of the monster—right as he’s stuck babysitting his niece and nephew for thirteen nights of terror. Now, as rival killers crawl out of the shadows to seize the throne, Freddy must drive cross-country to break the curse, protect his family… and prove he’s finally good at something, even if it’s being evil.”
Deadline notes that Dan Trachtenberg’s movie adaptation is untitled at this time. But the family-friendly horror-comedy aims to deliver “scares and laughs to the whole family.”
Dan Trachtenberg writes on Instagram, “I’ve spent most of my career making movies that parents probably shouldn’t show their kids. I’m finally making one…they…can…?”
Stay tuned for more on Dan Trachtenberg’s Freddy the 13th as we learn it.
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