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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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R-Rated ‘The X-Files: I Want to Believe’ Director’s Cut Gets New Title and Streaming Premiere Date
After a slight delay, Disney has finally announced a new streaming date for the R-Rated director’s cut of The X-Files: I Want to Believe. According to Gizmodo, it’ll also come with a new title.
The X-Files: I Want to Believe Vrach Frankenshteyn begins streaming on Hulu on August 14.
The new cut was first teased in an interview with director Chris Carter on the Fail Better With David Duchovny podcast from last year, where he teased a much scarier movie he intended.
“Now I have a chance to go back and make the scary movie that I always intended to make,” Carter explained last year. “It’s not just doing a Director’s Cut to do a Director’s Cut. It’s really kind of bringing to life something that for me was on the page and never got to the screen.“
The director’s cut of the film was initially set to arrive on Disney+ in June, but quietly disappeared from the schedule without a word. Polygon reported the delay was “due to some last-minute adjustments being made to the film.”
The release’s new “Vrach Frankenshteyn” title certainly suggests those adjustments have been made, likely referring to a Frankensteining of bonus footage.
In the film, Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) have been out of the FBI for several years, with Mulder living in isolation and Scully having become a doctor at a Catholic hospital, where she has formed a bond with a critically ill child patient.
When an FBI agent is mysteriously kidnapped, and a former Catholic priest who has been convicted of pedophilia claims to be experiencing psychic visions of the endangered agent, Scully is asked to bring Mulder back to the bureau to consult on the case because of his work with psychics.
The brand new R-rated cut will “faithfully restore the filmmaker’s original vision.”
Look for it on Hulu next month.
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