Horror

Tying the Devil’s Knot

Dimension Films has reached an agreement with Scott Derrickson and Paul Harris Boardman, the team behind the hit movie “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” to write the screenplay for “Devil’s Knot,” a film that will be based on the book of the same name written by Mara Leveritt and the actual events surrounding the 1993 murders in Arkansas of three 8-year-old boys and the subsequent convictions. ….

Jakes on Halloween: The Missing Years and More

Recently, screenwriter Jake Wade Wall spoke to Moviehole about some of his upcoming projects, including The Hitcher remake, Halloween 9 and When a Stranger Calls 2. “It looks like it’s finally set to go. I know that they’re in the process of nailing down a really big director…but I haven’t been able to figure out who it is yet”, Wall tells the film ….

The Descent film trailer

I have posted the new trailer for the film The Descent. Neil Marshall, acclaimed writer/director of the film Dog Soldiers returns with his newest project,The Descent. In the British horror, a group of close female friends on a yearly adventure vacation, find themselves trapped and hunted in a series of caves by an unknown force that lurks in the shadows. ….

Freddy vs. Jason vs. Michael Myers

While speaking with pitofhorror.com, Robert Englund, who originated the character Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street series of films, mentioned that talks are underway with Halloween director John Carpenter for a sequel to Freddy vs. Jason, that may include Halloween’s Michael Myers. Englund said that he has ideas for a plot and would like to sit down with Jamie Lee Curtis and producer Jeff Katz to discuss them. “My ….

1408 to Star Jackson and Cusack

Samuel L. Jackson is set to co-star with John Cusack in the thriller 1408, Variety reported. The Dimension Films production will begin lensing this summer. 1408 is an adaptation of a series by Stephen King, from his short story collection Everything’s Eventual. The film centers on a debunker of paranormal occurrences who encounters real terror when he checks into the notorious room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. Mikael Hafstrom (who ….

RIPD Coming to Theaters

David Dobkin (Clay Pigeons, Shanghai Knights, Wedding Crashers) is set to direct RIPD, which is an adaptation of the Dark Horse comic of the same name, for Universal, according to the Book Standard. Written by Peter M. Lenkov, the 1999 comic centers on the Rest in Peace Department, the dedicated and very dead police officers, made up of the deceased who refuse to go quietly. The story ….

Indie Horror Film Updates

I have some updates on four indie horror flicks that will hopefully be gracing cineplex screens in the very near future. Sin-Jin Smyth Every Halloween at midnight, the Devil simultaneously appears in two places. The High Plains of India and a quiet cemetery in Kansas. It’s November 2nd, the Day of the Dead. Two federal ….

Eyes Director Looks In the Mirror

The Hills Have Eyes director Alexandre Aja has committed to direct Into the Mirror next, a horror thriller to be financed by New Regency, Variety reported. Marc Sternberg, Alexandra Milchan, Aja and his partner, Gregory Levesseur, will produce the movie, which begins shooting this fall. Aja and Levesseur will re-write the original script by Jim Uhls and Joe Gangemi. Into the Mirror is a remake of the Korean ….

Thriller Solstice Begins Filming in New Orleans

Solstice begins filming this week in New Orleans. The film stars Shawn Ashmore, Tyler Hoechlin and Elisabeth Harnois (Road to Perdition, 7th Heaven). The horror-thriller revolves around a young woman who gathers with her friends at a lake house for the summer solstice after the recent suicide of her twin sister. Dan Myrick, who co-directed The Blair Witch Project, will direct Solstice from a script ….

Wichita Thriller Coming From Dimension

Dimension Films has purchased the script Wichita from first-time writer Scott Milam for Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II and upcoming Saw III) to direct under his two-picture deal with Dimension Films and Twisted Pictures. Mark Burg and Oren Koules are set to produce the thriller through Twisted Pictures, the genre production arm of Evolution Entertainment. Twisted Pictures produced thrillers Saw, Saw II, Saw III and the upcoming Universal release ….

Hostel Director wants writing duet with Stephen King

Eli Roth is hoping that bestselling author Stephen King will help him pen the screenplay for the horror master’s latest thriller, called Cell. Roth, who directed the horror film Hostel, knew immediately upon reading the book that he wanted to take on the project. “I couldn’t put it down,” Roth said in an interview recently. “It was such a balls-out horror movie ….

Saw 3 by Halloween 2006

Twisted Pictures and Lions Gate Films have announced the theatrical release date of Saw 3. The film is set to cut into theaters on October 27 and will be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, who helmed part 2 of the franchise, with story again by Leigh Whannell and James Wan. The Saw franchise, about a psychotic genius that puts his victims in death traps in ….