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The Walking Dead spin-off The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (you can read our review of the first season Here) has just revealed that the much-anticipated third season premieres Sunday, September 7th on AMC and AMC+.

The previous two seasons followed Daryl as he washed up, mysteriously, on the shores of France. He was eventually joined by his regular Walking Dead co-star Melissa McBride, who returned as fan favourite Carol. Season three takes our two heroes to Spain as they continue to fight the dead throughout Europe.

Recently, Reedus appeared in Len Wiseman’s John Wick spinoff, Ballerina. Check out this interview clip where he compared the polished action he had to try in that movie to his more rough-and-tumble antics on The Walking Dead.

In addition to Reedus, McBride, and Charrier, the show’s cast includes Clémence Poésy, Louis Puech Scigliuzzi, Laika Blanc Francard, Romain Levi, Eriq Ebouaney, and Manish Dayal.

Based on the true story of the Burke and Hare murders that terrified Scotland in 1828, Burke and Hare will be released on Blu-ray on April 1 via Kino Lorber.

The 1972 British horror-comedy is also known as The Horrors of Burke and Hare and The Body Snatchers.

The final effort from director Vernon Sewell is written by Ernle Bradford.

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Derren Nesbitt and Glynn Edwards star as grave robbers who go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers. Harry Andrews, Yootha Joyce, and Françoise Pascal co-star.

Kino describes the film as “a playful spin on the Irish body snatchers, blending dark comedy with bawdy eroticism, seasoning it with the grotesque, then crowning it with a playful theme song by the pop band The Scaffold.”

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George Folsey Jr., the veteran film editor behind classic films such as “Coming to America” and “Animal House,” died Dec. 29. He was 84.

Variety learned the news from Folsey Jr.’s son Ryan Folsey, who is also an editor. Folsey Jr. was the son of cinematographer George J. Folsey.

Folsey Jr. collaborated frequently with director John Landis. Over the course of his five-decade career, he went on to edit or co-edit a total of six of Landis’s films which included “Schlock,” “The Blues Brothers” and “Coming to America.”

Furthermore, Folsey Jr. worked with the “Burke and Hare” filmmaker as a second unit director on “Trading Places,” “Into the Night” and “Three Amigos.”

Some of his other editing credits include the “Michael Jackson: Thriller” music video, “Hot Tub Time Machine,” “Clarity,” “Wolf Mountain,” “Just Swipe,” “Summer Rain,” “Despair,” “Freeloaders,” “Chain of Command” and “My Sister.”

In addition to his work as an editor,...

Comedian Stephen Merchant has helped create such TV shows as The Office, Extras, and The Outlaws, wrote and directed the film Fighting with My Family, and had acting roles in the likes of The Office, Extras, Hot Fuzz, Burke and Hare, Hall Pass, Hello Ladies, The Big Bang Theory, Logan, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Fighting with My Family, Jojo Rabbit, Modern Family, and The Outlaws, among others. Now, Merchant has confirmed that he’s going to have to deal with zombies, because he has joined the cast of The Walking Dead spin-off The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (you can read our review of the first season Here). Although season 2 just recently started airing on AMC, season 3 is already filming in Spain, and those episodes are where we’ll see Merchant show up.

Merchant took to social media to say, “As a fan of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon,...

Tim Curry has returned to the big screen after a 14-year hiatus for the horror movie ‘Stream’.The 78-year-old actor - whose last movie was 2010’s ‘Burke and Hare’ - stepped away from performing in 2012 after he suffered a stroke that left him wheelchair-bound but has finally made a comeback in Michael Leavy’s new horror flick.The director - who also served as the project’s writer and producer - said it was a dream come true to have the ‘It’ star on board for the picture, which started its limited theatrical run in the US, Mexico and Canada on Wednesday (21.08.24).In a statement, Leavy said: "This has been a really hard secret to keep and contain our excitement, especially for this long."We are so happy and thrilled to bring Tim back to the movies and back to the big screen! His charm always radiates and shines through...

Tim Curry is back! The legendary actor hasn’t done much on-screen acting since his stroke in 2012, with his most recent screen appearances coming in the 2010 John Landis film Burke and Hare (pictured above), the 2012 comedy What About Dick?, and the TV presentation The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again in 2016. But today, Curry has returned to the big screen in the horror film Stream!

Terrifier cast member Michael Leavy has directed Stream – and not only has he brought Terrifier and Terrifier 2 director Damien Leone on board to handle the special effects, but he also packed the cast with genre icons. Here’s a sample of the Stream cast list, in addition to Curry: Tony Todd (the original Candyman himself), Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator), Danielle Harris (Halloween 4), Bill Moseley (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Dee Wallace (The Howling), Mark Holton (Leprechaun), Daniel Roebuck...

The Locarno Film Festival will pay tribute to Greek-French director Costa-Gavras with its Pardo alla carriera lifetime achievement award.

The longtime Paris-based master of politically engaged cinema will be on hand at the prominent Swiss fest dedicated to indie filmmaking to receive the prize during a ceremony on its Piazza Grande square on Aug. 11 followed by an audience-led conversation the next day.

Locarno will also host screenings of two of Costa Gravras’ lesser known films: “Un homme de trop” (“Shock Troops”) from 1967, and “Compartiment tueurs” (“The Sleeping Car Murders”), which is his 1965 debut feature.

In a career spanning nearly 60 years, Costa-Gavras — which is short for Konstantinos Gavras — has become known for highly political works, such as 1969’s “Z,” about the military’s coup d’etat in Greece, which won the foreign film Oscar in 1969; and 1982’s “Missing,” which starred Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek in a story inspired by the...

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Mixing up a bit of witty banter with terrifying scenes, the debut trailer for The Signal’s David Bruckner’s next project, The Ritual, has landed.

Starring Rafe Spall (The Big Short, Life of Pi), Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey, Spike Island), Arsher Ali (Line of Duty, Four Lions) and Sam Troughton (Robin Hood, Alien vs. Predator), The Ritual tells the story of a group of friends who take on a hiking holiday in honour of a friend who was murdered at the hands of a criminal. What lays ahead of them in a remote Scandinavian forest proves it might not have been the best idea they’ve ever had.

The trailer begins with the two friends in conversation before Rafe Spall dips behind the shelving of a shop in the midsts of a violent robbery. With his friend dying at the hands of one of the robbers,...

It's certainly hard to discount the enormous success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which has released 15 hit movies over the past nine years with varying degrees of success, although none of their movies are considered total flops by any means. The McU's latest movie, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, is both a critical hit (81% on Rotten Tomatoes) and a commercial hit ($823.3 million worldwide), much like most of the other McU movies, but the franchise certainly has no shortage of detractors. One of those is legendary director John Landis, who bluntly stated that he's "bored s--tless" with the franchise in a new interview. Here's what he had to say, when asked his thoughts about shared universe's as a whole, and why Wonder Woman was received so well.

"I'm just... truthfully, I'm bored shitless with the Marvel Universe now. All the superhero movies tend to be interchangeable, you always have these mass...

While John Landis may not have directed a film since 2010’s “Burke and Hare,” his ongoing influence is undeniable. As the director behind “The Blues Brothers,” “Trading Places,” “Coming To America,” “Animal House” and “An American Werewolf In London” his work still resonates with the current generation of the filmmakers (Edgar Wright has already cited “The Blues Brothers” as an influence on “Baby Driver“).

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Legendary British comedian Ronnie Corbett, best known for the classic BBC comedy sketch show "The Two Ronnies," has died at the age of 85.

Corbett was an institution who, along with Ronnie Barker, formed a hugely successful double act in the 1970s and 1980s. Barker died in 2005. Corbett had been in ill health for some time and passed away surrounded by his loving family.

Corbett starred in various television roles including sitcoms like "Sorry" and "Extras" along with the John Landis 2010 film "Burke and Hare". Here's an example of one of the pair's most iconic sketches:

Source: BBC...

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No other actor in the long history of horror has been so closely identified with the genre as Boris Karloff, yet he was as famous for his gentle heart and kindness as he was for his screen persona. William Henry Pratt was born on November 23, 1887, in Camberwell, London, England. He studied at London University in anticipation of a diplomatic career; however, he moved to Canada in 1909 and joined a theater company where he was bit by the acting bug. It was there that he adopted the stage name of “Boris Karloff.” He toured back and forth across the USA for over ten years in a variety of low-budget Theater shows and eventually ended up in Hollywood. Needing cash to support himself, Karloff landed roles in silent films making his on-screen debut in Chapter 2 of the 1919 serial The Masked Rider. His big...

Here are the streaming movies and shows that are new on Hulu July 2015, including Season 3 of the Hulu original series East Los High (pictured below). Available July 1 After the Wedding (2006) Alone with Her (2006) Annie Hall (1977) Antiviral (2012) As Luck Would Have It (2011) Bandits (2001) The Baxter (2005) Black Power Mixtape (2011) Buck (2011) Burke and Hare (2010) Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) Chronicles of an Escape (Cronica de una fuga) (2006) Crawlspace (2013) The Countess (2009) Dans Paris (2006) Enter the Void (2009) Entrance (2012) Errors of the Human Body (2012) The Escapist (2008) Falling … Continue reading →

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Comedy Central's Drunk History has released behind-the-scenes clips featuring Romesh Ranganathan.

Ranganathan - who narrates the next episode of the series, along with Joe Lycett - reveals his worst ever drunk moment and admits that he would have liked to get tipsy and go for a curry with Hitler.

(Warning: the clip below contains some strong language)

Ranganathan admits to 'pissing himself' in front of his father in law, saying: "It worked out alright. I'm still married so I don't see how that worked out badly."

The series has been developed from the Us web show produced by Anchorman's Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, and features comedians describing a historical story after having a few pints.

(Warning: the clip below contains some strong language)

The UK TV series is narrated by Jimmy Carr and also has actors perform the story as the drunk comedians describe it.

Previous accounts...

The latest clips from the next episode of Comedy Central's Drunk History have been released.

This week sees Joe Lycett telling the tale of Dick Turpin and Romesh Ranganathan recounting Tutankhamun's story.

The series has been developed from the Us web show produced by Anchorman's Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, and features comedians describing a historical story after having a few pints.

The UK TV series is narrated by Jimmy Carr and also has actors perform the story as the drunk comedians describe it.

Previous accounts have included Andrew Maxwell on Scottish grave diggers Burke and Hare and Rob Beckett telling the tale of how Henry VIII met his fourth wife Anne of Cleves.

Drunk History continues on Monday, January 26 at 9.30pm on Comedy Central.

Comedy Central has released teaser clips for Drunk History's upcoming second episode.

The series is based on the Us web show produced by Anchorman's Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, and features comedians getting merry on a pint or two before describing a historical story about which they feel passionate.

The UK series, narrated by Jimmy Carr, has actors perform the story as the drunk comedians describe it.

This week is the turn of Andrew Maxwell telling the tale of Scottish grave diggers Burke and Hare.

Rob Beckett last week recounted the story of how Henry VIII met his fourth wife Anne of Cleves.

Drunk History continues on Mondays at 10pm on Comedy Central.

The title suggests a feminist take on the Robert Louis Stevenson story but director Roy Ward Baker’s 1971 thriller turns out to be a Victorian version of Roger Corman’s "The Wasp Woman." Poker-faced Ralph Bates stars as Dr. Jekyll who feeds on the blood of young women in order to transform into “Mrs.” Hyde, embodied by the intensely alluring Martine Beswicke. Brian Clemen’s ambitious script makes room for appearances by real-life ghouls Burke and Hare and even Jack the Ripper figures into the complex plot.

Michael Caton-Jones ("Rob Roy," "The Jackal") has come onboard the coming-of-age drama "Urban Hymn" for Dashishah Universal Film Production, Eclipse Films and Powderkeg Pictures.

Set in Bristol against the backdrop of the 2011 British summer youth riots, the script by Nick Moorcroft ("Burke and Hare") follows a neglected and wayward teen who possesses an amazing singing voice and is torn between her loyalties towards her inspiring, unconventional care worker and her possessive and volatile best friend.

Filming aims to begin in September with casting for the lead roles currently underway.

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Horror Channel plans to screen a selection of provocative revenge and hormonal horror movies in its ‘Xtreme Teens’ season, with will play Saturdays at 22:50 from 5th July and end on 26th July with the Network TV premiere of David Slade’s award-winning, controversial vigilante thriller Hard Candy. The other titles are: All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, The Loved Ones (a personal favourite) and Ginger Snaps.

Plus Horror Channel will be showing the long overdue UK TV premiere of Sexy Killer, Miguel Marti’s brilliant Spanish black comedy horror and the network premieres of Brett Simmons Husk, a 2011 remake of the 1988 film Scarecrows and Cube 2: Hypercube, the 2002 Canadian sequel to the psychological thriller Cube.

Sat 26 July @ 22:50 – Hard Candy (2005) * Network TV Premiere

David Slade’s provocative and topical thriller stars Hayley (Ellen Page) as a 14-year-old teen who meets a thirty-something photographer Jeff (Patrick Wilson) on an internet chat line.

So the phone rings, and I answer it, and it's Mel Brooks. That's an actual thing that happened. That's now something I can say. And even better, the 40 minute conversation that followed me answering the phone is one of my favorites in recent memory. How often do you get to talk to a comedy legend about one of the pinnacle moments of not only their career, but of film comedy in general? I was told I'd have about 15 minutes originally. Time was tight. And if you get offered 15 minutes to talk to Mel Brooks about "Blazing Saddles," you take it, right? We ended up having a really fun back and forth about that film, about films he's produced, about his partnership with Gene Wilder, and about the ways Hollywood failed the great Richard Pryor. The only reason we wrapped it up is because we had to, and it would have...

Blues Brothers director says studios 'are no longer interested in making good movies', and looks to TV for innovation

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John Landis, the director of iconic 1980s films Trading Places, The Blues Brothers and An American Werewolf in London, has attacked the Hollywood studio system for its lack of original ideas.

Speaking at Argentina's Mar del Plata film festival, Landis said studios had become "giant international things that don't pay taxes". He said most are "subdivisions of huge multinational corporations" that are "not in the movie business any more".

"Time Warner, British Petroleum, Sony – these aren't companies, they are fucking nations," Landis said. "Some of us were very lucky. I started to make movies for the studios in the 70s. They were dying, but at least they were still studios," he added. "[Now] there...

Talk about a stacked cast. Lake Bell, the break-out star of Sundance darling In A World…, just signed on to star alongside Britcom all-star Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) in Man Up, a romantic comedy set to be helmed by The Inbetweeners director Ben Palmer.

The script, penned by Tess Morris, made the 2011 Brit List (a take-off of the Hollywood Black List for popular, unproduced screenplays) and was soon scooped up by Big Talk Pictures and StudioCanal. Bell will play a single woman named Nancy, who is on her way to her parents’ anniversary when she’s mistaken for a stranger’s blind date. The serendipitous case of mistaken identity leads to Nancy finally finding the boyfriend of her dreams.

Though Man Up‘s story sounds a little generic, the talent involved is unmistakable. Bell garnered awards buzz earlier this year for In A World…, which she directed,...

Shortly to be reunited onscreen in The World's End, and with a host of solo TV and film projects in the works, the comic boy-man duo seem to be going from strength to strength

What a pleasure, what a sugar rush, giddy-kipper joy it is to watch Simon Pegg and Nick Frost together in a film by Edgar Wright. I went to see a preview of The World's End, the final part of the Pegg/Frost/Wright "three flavours Cornetto" trilogy, and I laughed and laughed for three-quarters of an hour. Then I stopped, as we were only allowed to see the first 45 minutes of the film, for some reason. Either the special effects people were still cranking out the CGI, or the last hour is Really Bad (not so, according to those who have now seen it).

Anyway, the part I saw zipped by, a slick, high-spirited blast of jokes and small-town action,...

Currently in production and flying the flag for cream of the crop independent horror is Simeon Halligan's White Settlers, starring genre fave Pollyanna Mcintosh – with whom most of you are more than likely familiar due to her spectacular performance in the titular role in Lucky Mckee's The Woman.

Also starring fellow up-and-coming British talent Lee Williams ("The Tudors") and produced by the people behind Manchester horror festival Grimmfest, not to mention penned by BAFTA nominated writer Ian Fenton, White Settlers looks like it could be the much awaited breath of life that British horror needs.

While working on set, Pollyanna was gracious enough to take some time to speak with us between takes and let us all know what horrors lie in store in this tale of a young couple trying for an idyllic life in the country that soon find themselves besieged by unspeakable terrors...

Aaron Williams...

For the most part, Simon Pegg has traversed the comfortable milieu of genre films. Making his mark with Edgar Wright and Nick Frost on their Cornetto films, he's dipped into the blockbuster world with the "Star Trek," "Tintin" and "Mission: Impossible" franchises, while doing one off stuff like "Fantastic Fear Or Everything" or "Burke And Hare" that are still very much in his wheelhouse. However, he has taken strides before into more mainstream, less fantastical fare with stuff like "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People" and "Run Fatboy Run," but yeah, they weren't that successful. But he'll give it another go. In the pages of the most recent issue of Empire, it's revealed in a profile of Pegg that he's attached to star in "Man Up." Penned by Tess Morris, the script made the 2011 Brit List, there are few details on it except that it's a romantic comedy, but we're...

Some sad news is coming our way today, but it does appear to have a happy outcome. Beloved actor Tim Curry is recovering after suffering a major stroke at his home Thursday night in Los Angeles. The British star, 67, is said to be "doing great" following the collapse.

Curry, of course, rose to fame as Dr. Frank-n-Furter in the 1975 cult musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show while many horror fans credit his performance as Pennywise in "It" for causing a life-long fear of clowns. Most recently he appeared in Gingerclown, Burke and Hare, and the "Alice" TV mini-series.

Few details were available about his stroke last night, but sources close to the actor refused suggestions that it had made it difficult for him to speak. "Tim is doing great," said his longtime Los Angeles agent Marcia Hurwitz. "He absolutely can speak and is recovering at this time and in great humour,...

Author Erica Jong‘s seminal 1973 novel “Fear of Flying” is still considered a groundbreaking piece of erotic fiction, helped herald in the second wave of feminism, and remains one of the top fifty bestselling novels of all time, but it’s also managed to go four decades without a big screen adaptation. That’s now set to finally change, as director Laurie Collyer (Sherrybaby) has been set to direct a feature film based on the work, complete with a script by Piers Ashworth (Burke and Hare, St. Trinians). Jong’s novel centers on poet Isadora Wing who, during a trip to Vienna with her second husband, comes to grips with her unfulfilling marriage and decides to embark on a series of highly sexual encounters with other men. If you’ve ever heard the term “zipless fuck,” you’ve got Jong and her book to thank for it, as she coined the term (which basically refers to a...

Raquel Welch wigs vs. Ray Harryhausen monsters: One Million Years B.C. [See previous post: "Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan Dies."] Without Charles H. Schneer as producer, Ray Harryhausen created the visual effects for the 1966 camp classic One Million Years B.C. — though, admittedly, his work in that movie played second fiddle to Raquel Welch’s physical effects as a blonde-bewigged (?) cavewoman parading around Earth’s pre-history in a cleavage-enhancing fur bikini. Whereas in producer Hal Roach’s 1940 effort One Million B.C., lizards made up as dinosaurs made life difficult for Victor Mature and Carole Landis, in the creationist-style pre-history of the 1966 (sort-of) remake, Raquel Welch and fellow caveman John Richardson had to square off against Harryhausen’s stop-motion models of giant reptiles. (Photo: Raquel Welch One Million Years B.C.) [Please scroll down to check out TCM's beautiful Ray Harryhausen tribute.] Starring James Franciscus and featuring Earth vs. the Flying Saucers‘ Richard Carlson, The Valley of Gwangi (1969) was Harryhausen’s next-to-last mid-level effort. Both The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974), with John Phillip Law,...

Sneak Peek actress Isla Fisher ("The Great Gatsby") photographed by Chris Nicholls and styled by Zeina Esmail, in the May 2013 issue of "Fashion" magazine.

Fisher started her career playing the role of 'Shannon Reed' in the Australian soap opera "Home and Away" (1994 -1997). 

In 2002 she appeared in the film version of "Scooby-Doo" as 'Mary Jane'.

A role in "Wedding Crashers" (2005), won her the 'Breakthrough Performance Award' at the MTV Movie Awards followed by a part in "Wedding Daze" (2006). 

In 2007, Fisher appeared in "The Lookout" and "Hot Rod", followed by "Definitely, Maybe" (2008), a voice role in "Horton Hears a Who!" and a starring role in "Confessions of a Shopaholic"(2009). 

In 2010 she starred in "Burke and Hare", followed by a voice role in "Rango (2011) and another voice role in "Rise of the Guardians" (2012).

In 2013 Fisher co-stars as 'Myrtle Wilson" in "The Great Gatsby."

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It's no secret to anyone who knows me that I am a big fan of Scotland, and that I would move there in a heartbeat if we didn't have these dumb things called international borders. Edinburgh in particular is a breathtaking city that still has architectural remnants of the middle ages, with windy little cobbled streets, claustrophobic closes and even a castle atop the hill right in city centre.

It's also a city proud of its morbid history bodysnatchers Burke and Hare have a bar and a strip club named after them (not to mention a booklet made out of Burke's skin on display at the Royal College of Surgeons), a sprawling, noticably lumpy city park sits atop masses of graves left over from plague times, and the ghost-walk business is booming.

But as if this weren't enough to lure me to Auld Reekie every year, it's also home to...

It's no secret to anyone who knows me that I am a big fan of Scotland, and that I would move there in a heartbeat if we didn't have these dumb things called international borders. Edinburgh in particular is a breathtaking city that still has architectural remnants of the middle ages, with windy little cobbled streets, claustrophobic closes and even a castle atop the hill right in city centre.

It's also a city proud of its morbid history bodysnatchers Burke and Hare have a bar and a strip club named after them (not to mention a booklet made out of Burke's skin on display at the Royal College of Surgeons), a sprawling, noticably lumpy city park sits atop masses of graves left over from plague times, and the ghost-walk business is booming.

But as if this weren't enough to lure me to Auld Reekie every year, it's also home to...

Stephen Merchant plays Truth or Dare with Halle Berry in Movie 43, in theaters today

Stephen Merchant is know for creating the popular British version of The Office alongside Ricky Gervais. The two have gone onto create and star in a number of well-received television series, and in his downtime, Stephen has appeared in a number of co-starring roles in films such as Hall Pass, Hot Fuzz, and Burke and Hare. He takes on his most challenging part to date in the Truth or Dare segment of Movie 43, starring opposite Halle Berry. The comedy also reunites him with his Hall Pass director Peter Farrelly.

We recently caught up with Stephen to find out more about the hilarious blind date he embarks on in Movie 43. Here is our conversation.

Truth or Dare was shot nearly three years ago. What is that experience like in seeing it now, for the first time?...

The official teaser trailer for The Body, starring Alfie Allen of "Game of Thrones," arrived online; and we have it right here for your viewing pleasure. Check out the sly peek into this short right here.

In addition to Allen, The Body stars Hannah Tointon ("The Inbetweeners"), Jack Gordon (Panic Button) and Christian Brassington (Burke and Hare). It was co-written and produced by Paul Fischer for Ten Cent Adventures (Radioman) and co-written and directed by Paul Davis (Him Indoors).

"It's a movie about facades and how we perceive things," director Davis said. "You never really know what's real and what isn't with the characters in this, and it's made all the more ambiguous under the disguise of Halloween - where everybody is somebody else. We live in such a sophisticated age, which tends to bring out the cynic in a lot of people. If we saw someone dragging a body along the street,...

If it wasn’t enough for him to write one of the best and most successful films of this year (Chronicle), have numerous scripts in development around Hollywood and have played Handsome Coachman in Burke And Hare, now Max Landis is going to be directing something he’s scripted. Have fear in your hearts and hold on to your ties because Me Him Her is on the way.Big Beach Films, which backed such films as Safety Not Guaranteed and Little Miss Sunshine, is funding the indie comedy, which Landis tells Variety is “Reality Bites on acid.” We’ll forgive him the cardinal sin of describing something as “X film on Y drug” this once. This. Once. And only because we’re happy to see the talented spawn get his big megaphone gig.Landis is keeping the plot close to his chest right now, though it’ll explore three young...

By Seth Metoyer, MoreHorror.com

The home invasion horror short The Other Side from GroundBreak Films has just completed a 20 minute 'home invasion' short horror film sponsored by Panavision.

The film has been accepted by ScreamFest.

Check out the trailer (which looks promising) below the synopsis.

Also, check out the killer artwork on the larger version of the movie poster which was illustrated by legendary artist Graham Humphreys (The Woman in Black & Old Boy).

"The Other Side" Synopsis

When fresh-faced nanny Sophie (Jennie Jacques) arrives at her new job on a creaky farm in the English countryside, caretaker James (Nick Moran) is struggling to provide for his family and wife Rachel (Amelia Warner) is unable to cope with the demands of her newborn baby.

As night falls on the secluded farmhouse, a sinister intruder invades the property, unraveling a night of gruesome bloodshed & unprecedented terror. Who is behind it? What do they want?...

While awaiting the guillotine, condemned grave robber Arthur (Dominic Monaghan) tells the story of his life among the dead - and undead - to a curious priest (Ron Perlman). The murky backwoods of 19th century Ireland provide the ideal backdrop for ghoulishly amusing episodes involving vampires, zombies, and a family of rival corpse traders. Producer Larry Fessenden plays Arthur's partner-in-crime in what amounts to the memoirs of Burke and Hare - as realised by Tim Burton.

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No other actor in the long history of horror has been so closely identified with the genre as Boris Karloff, yet he was as famous for his gentle heart and kindness as he was for his screen persona. William Henry Pratt was born on November 23, 1887, in Camberwell, London, England. He studied at London University in anticipation of a diplomatic career; however, he moved to Canada in 1909 and joined a theater company where he was bit by the acting bug. It was there that he adopted the stage name of “Boris Karloff.” He toured back and forth across the USA for over ten years in a variety of low-budget Theater shows and eventually ended up in Hollywood. Needing cash to support himself, Karloff landed roles in silent films making his on-screen debut in Chapter 2 of the 1919 serial The Masked Rider. His big...

Some Guy Who Kills People will be released on DVD this week and I recently talked with director Jack Perez about the making of the movie. Continue reading to learn about how he ended up taking over as director for John Landis, his contributions to the script, and putting together a strong ensemble cast.

How did you first get involved on this project and end up taking over as director for John Landis?

Jack Perez: I didn’t know that Landis had been attached to direct the movie when I first saw the script. Ryan Levin had sent him the script and he said he had wanted to direct it. Then he got the opportunity to direct Burke and Hare, which was a pet project that he had wanted to make for a long time. He very kindly stepped away and stayed on as an executive producer, but wanted to find a new director.

It is with huge anticipation that we take an exclusive look at FilmCraft: Costume Design by Deborah Nadoolman Landis, arguably the most important person in the costume industry today.

As costume designer for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Coming to America (1988), Burke and Hare (2010), and many other well known titles, in addition to former two-term president of the Cdg, academic scholar and now museum curator, Nadoolman Landis is ideally placed to write such a book. It reads to us like an update of her similarly titled ScreenCraft volume from 2003, but is not officially intended as such. This all new publication features a detailed introduction, plus interviews with some of the most famous names in movie costume.

Although Nadoolman Landis did not have long to put this project together, only six months from announcement to press, she has created an essential reference guide for students, aficionados, and really anyone with an...

Could you love me? Yes. If you looked like Thomas. Every now and again you come across a film that you love and cant wait to share with the rest of the world, and when you do, nobody has heard of it. Such a film is Lady Frankenstein. The film opens with a couple of Burke and Hare like grave robbers digging up a body and delivering it to Dr. Frankenstein and his old and crippled assistant, Charles Marshall. With all the pieces in place,…...

Hector is a psychiatrist, who travels the world in search of what makes people happy. Among other things, he finds out that making comparisons can spoil your happiness. That said, director Peter Chelsom (Shall We Dance?) didn’t want to spoil his happiness and he made a quick choise, giving British comedic actor Simon Pegg a [...]

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With Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol hitting DVD and Blu-ray this week courtesy of Paramount, we sat down with some of the cast to talk about their experiences on the film, working with Tom Cruise, and just what it takes to be an Imf agent. We’ve already brought you an interview with Paula Patton, and now it’s the turn of Simon Pegg – who plays Imf agent Benji Dunn…

Tell me about the story…

I think there’s a reason why it’s called Ghost Protocol and not Mission: Impossible IV because it felt to me almost like the beginning of a new chapter in the story of Ethan Hunt. When we first met him it was like his formative years, he was a young agent and he went through three very trying experiences and at the end of the last one appeared to be settling down and becoming a family man.

Freestyle Digital Media has announced the debut of Headspace: The Director's Cut on cable and internet video on demand in North America on April 24th with a DVD/Blu-ray release following on June 19th.

From the Press Release:

Headspace, originally released theatrically in February, 2006, has been updated by director Andrew van den Houten and will actually run five minutes shorter than the original theatrical version. Scripted by Steve Klausner and William M. Miller from a story by Troy McCombs, the film was produced by van den Houten and Miller with Marius Kerdel executive producing.

When Alex (Christopher Denham) encounters a mysterious stranger, he begins to get smarter each day. It's not long before he realizes that his new intellect comes with deadly side effects. Headaches and visions plague him at every step. Soon savage, unexplainable murders are linked to him. Now it's a race against time as Alex discovers...

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Got to love the new age of internet and the growing popularity of on demand services.

Coming up on April 24th, Headspace: The Director’S Cut will be available in North America via cable and internet video on demand.

Check out the official details below and the trailer can be viewed under that.

From The Press Release:

Freestyle Digital Media announces the release of Headspace: The Director’S Cut on cable and internet video on demand in North America on April 24th. The film, originally released theatrically in February, 2006, has been updated by director Andrew van den Houten and will actually run five minutes shorter than the original theatrical version. Scripted by Steve Klausner and William M. Miller from a story by Troy McCombs, the film was produced by van den Houten and Miller, with Marius Kerdel executive producing.

When Alex (Christopher Denham) encounters a mysterious stranger,...

Simon Pegg is back, this time with an oddball tale A Fantastic Fear of Everything, a crazy-ass British flick, starring as Jack, a children’s author who tries to switch careers and write a gruesome Victorian murder mystery. The psycho comedy revolves around wide range of phobias that thrown Jack into horrifying nightmares where he’s forced [...]

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For the second time in as many articles, I am going to talk about The Woman in Black. The latest offering from Hammer and Eden Lake director James Watkins has continued to perform well on both sides of the Atlantic, and, while it’s still only March, is already shaping up to be one of my favourite films of 2012.

I’ve talked before about the resurgence of old-fashioned ghost stories, of which The Woman in Black is the most recent example. The most important aspect this time round is the phrase: “the latest offering from Hammer”. Having lain dormant since the late-1970s, the brand which made stars of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee (amongst others) has risen from the grave and seems here to stay. Having tested the water in the past couple of years, as the UK distributor for Let Me In and the backer of the modest cult hit Wake Wood,...

A quiet revolution is afoot: older people are flocking to cinemas. But they don't care for special effects. They want big characters, grown-up dramas and tales of late-blooming love. And so Hollywood's changing its game ...

Until recently, cinemas were seen as pretty much a no-go zone for older people. There might be the occasional "silver screening" in a teatime slot, but the rest of the time noisy youngsters would hold sway – crunching popcorn, spilling Coke on the floor and texting during the show. On screen, vampires, aliens, superheroes, childish fantasy, gross-out comedy or preposterous spectacle would probably prevail.

All of the above are still in evidence, but different fare has also come to the fore. In The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel a cast of ageing national treasures grapple with the tribulations of later life. Grown-up dramas such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Descendants, The Ides of March, The Iron Lady...

Here are the new MPAA ratings from Bulletin No: 2207.

Black Cobra Rated R For language, violence and brief drug use. Burke and Hare Rated R For some sexual content, disturbing images and language. Release Date: September 9, 2011 Cowgirls 'n Angels Rated PG For mild thematic elements and brief language. DeadHeads Rated R For bloody violence and gore, language, some sexual content and brief drug use. Ek Deewana Tha Rated PG For language and some fighting. Freddy Frogface Rated PG For language, mild bullying and some rude humor. From Time To Time Rated PG For mild thematic elements and peril. Hell At My Heels Rated PG For violence and language. Karma Calling Rated PG-13 For drug content and sexual references. Keyhole Rated R For graphic nudity, sexuality, violent content and some language. Release Date: Tba 2012 My Way Rated R For intense realistically graphic sequences of war violence. Police Patrol Rated G Reuniting...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

215 Ink

Fall Gn, $7.99

AC Comics

Crypt Of Horror Volume 13 Tp, $29.95

Adventure House

Lone Ranger Magazine July 1937 Replica Edition, $14.95

Phantom Detective June 1938 Replica Edition, $14.95

Alterna Comics

Fubar II Empire Of The Rising Dead Tp, $14.95

Antarctic Press

Gold Digger Platinum Volume 3 Tp, $14.95

Arcana Studio

Wingman Gn, $14.95

Archaia Entertainment

Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal Volume 1 Creation Myths Hc, $19.95

Spera Volume 1 Hc, $19.95

Archie Comics

Archie Double Digest #225, $3.99

Mega Man #9 (Patrick Spaziante Regular Cover), $2.99

Mega Man #9 (Patrick Spaziante Sketch Variant Cover), Ar

Bandai Entertainment

Kannagi Volume 3 Gn (Of 6), $11.99

Big If Comics

Fantastic Life Gn (not verified by Diamond), $9.95

Black Library

Deliverance Lost Mmpb (The Horus Heresy)(Warhammer 40K), $8.99

Word Bearers Omnibus Sc (Warhammer 40K), $15.00

Age Of Legend Mmpb (Warhammer), $8.99

Bluewater Productions

Logan...

Hitting movie theaters this weekend:

The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn - Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig

Black Gold (limited) - Tahar Rahim, Mark Strong, Antonio Banderas

The Darkest Hour - Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Max Minghella

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer

War Horse - Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis

We Bought a Zoo - Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church

Movie of the Week

The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn

The Stars: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig

The Plot: Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock’s ancestor. But someone else is in search of the ship.

The Buzz: One of two Spielberg films in release this weekend (War Horse being the other). I’m not too crazy about the animation,...