Sam Raimi directed one of the coolest Hollywood horror movies in years with Drag Me To Hell. He’s also notched up quite a reputation for producing some of the more entertaining horror movies in recent years, like The Grudge remake, 30 Days of Night and The Messengers. So I’m looking forward to the new horror movie Raimi will be producing.
Raimi has officially signed on as producer for the supernatural horror movie Refuge. The movie will revolve around a town that is being attacked by a Yeti.
I’m looking forward to this movie.
Neve Campbell to return for Scream 4
A few weeks ago, I blogged about the new Scream sequel being developed. Courtney Cox was set to reprise her role as Gail Weathers but Neve Campbell was iffy about joining the new movie.
Speculations can now end now that Campbell has signed on to return and reprise her role of Sidney Prescott. Production for Scream 4 will begin in April or May.
Scream 4 is the first part of another Scream trilogy so better dust off that Scream mask, it’s going to get popular next Halloween again.
Downey, Jr. being eyed to play Lestat
After taking on such iconic characters as Iron Man and the soon to be released Sherlock Holmes later this year, Robert Downey, Jr. is now set to take on a character that is surprising to say the least.
According to reports, there are plans to reboot Anne Rice’s ultra popular Vampire Chronicles and Universal Pictures is eyeing Downey to play Lestat.
Movie buffs will remember that Tom Cruise played Lestat in Interview with The Vampire, while Stuart Townsend played the character in The Queen of The Damned.
Downey is a great actor, probably one of the top real talents working right now but I think he’s a little too old to play Lestat. Tom Cruise was already a bit old to play Lestat and that was in 1994 when he was still young.
I’m also curious which among the remaining novels will be made into a movie or if the studio will start with the first novel again since it is going to be a reboot anyway.
Drag Me to Hell = Horror Heaven
I have said it once, and I’ll say it again. I don’t watch horror flicks in movie theaters. Not that I can’t appreciate them but because I end up wasting my money since most of the time I have my eyes closed. With all the good reviews “Drag Me to Hell” is receiving though I am seriously thinking about at least giving it a try. If I do end up missing more parts than I actually get to watch I can always catch it in DVD when it comes out.
“Drag Me to Hell” is receiving praise from all over for being a throwback in time when horror films managed to still be more fun to watch than just plain scary. That isn’t to say that director Sam Raimi didn’t make the film scary, at least if you’re a 10 year old or someone like me, but if you prefer the really truly disturbing horror flicks of late then this won’t be scary at all to you.
“Drag Me to Hell” was co-written by Sam and Ivan Raimi. It stars Alison Lohman who plays a bank officer who is cursed by an old woman (played by Lorna Raver) when she refuses to give the woman an extension of her delinquent mortgage. The movie is getting good reviews though not for its plot but for the really funny B-movie stunts and effects. Now that’s a horror film that I might be able to actually watch without regretting my decision the whole time I’m in the movie house.
Dead Silence: A Movie Review
I never watch horror flicks in movie theaters because I am quite frankly too much of a scaredy cat. I always end up closing my eyes a whole lot so that I feel like asking for a ticket refund afterwards having seen about only half of the movie. So don’t be surprised that when doing reviews of horror flicks I usually review old ones after seeing them in HBO or on DVD after running out of things to watch.
Anyway I just saw Dead Silence this week though it came out 2 years ago. The verdict? It was really scary but since I’m not a horror connoiseur I wouldn’t trust my judgement. The movie is about a guy who goes back to his hometown after he receives a dummy in his doorsteps and his wife is killed a few minutes later. I never really cared for dummies just their mere appearance scares the hell out of me, and though I have great respect for ventriloquists I wonder why they don’t just use cute puppets like Terry Tator (winner of America’s Got Talent) does instead of those awful dummies. The story goes on with Jamie Ashen (played by Ryan Kwanten) doing his best to find out why his wife died and to find the truth behind the Mary Shaw poem his mother told him when he was a child. During the entire time he’s trailed by Detective Lipton (played by Donnie Wahlberg) who believes that he has something to do about his wife’s death. The story is pretty straight forward except until the end where…(SPOILER ALERT DON’T READ FURTHER IF YOUR DON’T WANT TO KNOW HOW IT ENDS)…he finds out that his dad has been dead all along and is being controlled by the perfect female puppet that’s possessed by Mary Shaw. Scary!
All in all it was pretty entertaining though be sure to watch it with someone if you scare as easily as I do.