Leading the pack in their onslaught on theatres in 2010, werewolves are poised to strike with a remake of The Wolfman. One of Universal’s most iconic horror films, The Wolfman is the latest in a string of horror movies that are reaching back into the catalog for ideas to splash up onto the silver screen.
As evidenced by the trailer, you can count on lots of action and lots of explosions, particularly since Michael Bay (Transformers) is a producer. Plus, you get to see a pre-fricassee Freddy as Springfield’s least favorite son/child killer tries to outrun the angry vigilante mob of parents. It makes his post-burn transformation all the more startling.
Attempting to solidify zombies’ status is the release of the upcoming film, Zombieland starring Woody Harrelson, Abigail Breslin, and Jesse Eisenberg, due in theatres on October 2, 2009. Zombieland takes place where most zombie films do, in a post-apocalyptic sort of world which has been rendered to this state thanks to a freak occurrence of zombies running amok. The two men who find themselves as survivors in this zombie-populated world include Eisenberg as the wimpy Columbus who survives through fear and Harrelson as Tallahasse, a machine gun carrying bad ass who not only wants to survive, but get his hands on the last Twinkie in existence — a noble cause if there ever was one. Promising to be part comedy, part horror, Zombieland may be the American equivalent to the brilliantly hilarious British Shawn of the Dead a few years back.
The horror is returning to film with the classic Halloween plot. John Carpenter created Halloween in 1978, and Hollywood keeps bringing back the concept. Halloween was set in a suburban town of Haddonfield, Illinois. The bad guy was Michael Myers, someone bent on killing everyone, especially Jamie Lee Curtis’ character. In the original Myers was killing teenagers once he broke out of a psychiatric ward of the local hospital. In 2007 Halloween returned to the screen as a remake or reimagining. It was produced and directed by Rob Zombie.
As with the original film the latest instalment is going to be a remake. Halloween II which is set to release on August 282009 will be a remake of the original sequel. The plot will take us right back to where the first film left off. Laurie is taken to the hospital after supposedly killing the person responsible for the deaths in Haddonfield. Unfortunately Michael Myers is still out there.
Among some of the luminaries in attendence, signing autographs and speaking at fan Q&A panels about their upcoming projects included Johnny Depp, Seth Rogen, Megan Fox, and Robert Downey, Jr.
The Ghostbusters are celebrating their silver anniversary this year. The 1984 comedy cult classic starred an ensemble cast bringing the quirky paranormal experts/scientists to life including Bill Murray as the snarky womanizer, Peter Venkman; Dan Akroyd as the brainy yet naive Ray Stantz, Ernie Hudson as the no-nonsense hired gun Winston Zedmore; and Harold Ramis as the strictly scientific Egon Spengler.
2009 proposes to be the Year of the Ghostbuster with a 25th anniversary edition of the film being released on DVD and Blu Ray on June 16th and Atari’s Ghostbusters: The Video Game released on the same day. The premise of the video game is that New York is haunted once again and the Ghostbusters are taking on new recruits. The player gets to insert themself into the game as the newest member of the Ghostbusters’ team. A trailer for the game can be found here.
All’s been quiet on the Western front, as of late, regarding new movies coming out for 2010. Right now, fans are buzzing about movies still to come this summer, such as Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen and G.I. Joe. Still, we’ve seen the trailers for these films about 1,000 times already, salivating until we can get our mitts on some tickets at the box office in just a few weeks.
So, once summer’s gone and we’ve snapped up today’s top box office draws on DVD… What do fans have to look forward to? Comic book fans, Western afficionados and horror mavens will be chomping at the bit to check out the big screen adaptation of Jonah Hex in theatres come August 2010.
Zombie’s first crack at a Halloween revamp put a new twist on the legend of Michael Myers, exploring the killer’s origin as a disturbed youth who grew up in an abusive home, fostering these psychopathic tendencies. The premise behind the next installment in the series supposedly tackles what happens to the mental state of one of Michael’s surviving victims after her entire family was brutally murdered by Myers.
Major players in the cast from the Rob Zombie’s first Halloween are returning for H2, including Tyler Mane as the monstrous Michael Myers, legendary Terrence Stamp as psychologist Dr. Loomis, and Zombie’s wife, Sheri Moon Zombie as Michael’s mother.
Fear not, though! Fangoria magazine’s Weekend of Horrors is hitting both the East coast and West coast to fill that ghastly gap for film fiends. In honor of Fangoria’s 30 years of keeping horror fans en-grossed with the lastest news and crapping their pants, the magazine is celebrating in grand guignol scary style!
Camp Crystal Lake’s favorite slasher, Jason Voorhees is back and bloodier than ever! The latest classic horror film to receive the remake treatment, Friday the 13th takes horror fans back to the beginning to relaunch the reign of terror of the hockey-masked horror! The premise follows the supposed death of a woman’s son at Camp Crystal Lake and the paralleling story of a brother in search for his missing sister. Along the way, a lot of blood and tears are shed… Well, a lot more blood than tears! Check out the trailer for the film here.
Horror buffs and costume enthusiasts looking for something fresh to dig up for this Halloween or their next costume party will love the variety of mask options that Jay-Vo seems to parade around wearing throughout the film, as indicated by the trailer. This time around, Jason runs amok not just with his iconic hockey mask, but also showing his frightening visage as he goes to town on some hapless teens. He also pulls off the simple, yet scary “bloody burlap bag over-the-head” look, too.
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