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Mark's Horror & Suspense Blog June 2008 Archive

By Mark H. Harris, About.com Guide to Horror & Suspense

Pics from Lost Boys 2!

Monday June 30, 2008
Tad Hilgenbrink and Corey Feldman in Lost Boys: The Tribe. © Warner Bros. I've got a batch of nifty new photos from the upcoming Lost Boys sequel, Lost Boys: The Tribe. Still looks ... Read More

The Tattooist DVD Review: Kiwi Curses!

Sunday June 29, 2008
© Sony The New Zealand horror movie The Tattooist is particularly relevant in this Age of Ink, and if it makes just one carefree teen think twice about getting a Chinese ... Read More

Preview of Scare Tactics!

Friday June 27, 2008
Tracy Morgan in Scare Tactics Photo: F. Scott Schafer © 2008 NBC Universal, Inc. The Sci Fi Channel has given us our first look at the new season of Scare Tactics, and I ... Read More

Photos from Tonight's Fear Itself, Directed by John Landis!

Thursday June 26, 2008
(L-R) Maggie Lawson, William B. Davis and James Roday in the Fear Itself episode "In Sickness and in Health". Photo: Chris Large © 2008 NBC Universal, Inc. Tonight's episode of Fear Itself, entitled "In ... Read More

Preview of Philippine Horror Remake The Echo

Wednesday June 25, 2008
© Vertigo Entertainment Unbeknownst to most people in the US, the Philippines have a thriving horror movie industry. Although the genre has existed in the country for decades, in the past ... Read More

New This Week: International DVDs

Tuesday June 24, 2008
© TLA Releasing This week, more than 20 DVDs hit the shelves, the most intriguing of which are from abroad, including New Zealand's The Tattooist, Pakistan's "first splatter flick" Hell's Ground ... Read More

The Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time!

Monday June 23, 2008
Cary Elwes in Saw. © Lions Gate As box office totals for both The Strangers and The Happening climb higher, I thought this a good time to track the 100 highest-grossing horror/suspense ... Read More

Check Out These Happening Video Clips

Saturday June 21, 2008
© 20th Century Fox If you haven't decided yet whether to see The Happening, maybe these video clips will help convince you one way or another. If nothing else, they might ... Read More

New Trailer for Mirrors!

Friday June 20, 2008
Kiefer Sutherland in Mirrors Photo: Toni Salabasev © 2008 Regency Entertainment Don't look now, but it's another Asian ghost story that's been remade by Hollywood! This time, it's Mirrors, a remake of the ... Read More

Pics from This Week's Fear Itself Episode, "Family Man"

Thursday June 19, 2008
Nicole Leduc in the Fear Itself episode "Family Man." Photo: Chris Large © 2008 NBC Universal, Inc. Get a preview of tonight's Fear Itself episode with a new batch of photos. The most imaginative ... Read More

AFI: American Film Ignorance?

Wednesday June 18, 2008
The American Film Institute (AFI) came out with another one of their decreasingly interesting lists of "top 100 movies" yesterday, this time a grouping of 10 top 10s in so-called ... Read More

New Pics from Midnight Meat Train

Wednesday June 18, 2008
© Lions Gate Lions Gate just released a new batch of photos for the upcoming Midnight Meat Train, the trippy-looking tale based on a Clive Barker story about a serial killer ... Read More

Casting Information for VH1's Scream Queens

Tuesday June 17, 2008
© VH1 Last week, I mentioned that VH1 is going to air a reality show competition for wannabe horror movie actresses called Scream Queens, and now there's details on how you ... Read More

New This Week...Um, Not Much

Tuesday June 17, 2008
© Lions Gate Well, this is about as light a week in new horror releases as you'll see this year, with no new theatrical films and only five DVDs hitting shelves ... Read More

R.I.P. Stan Winston

Monday June 16, 2008
Photo: Frazer Harrison Getty Images Sad news: Stan Winston passed away on Sunday at the age of 62. The makeup and special effects legend not only worked his magic behind the scenes ... Read More

Funny Games DVD Review: Not Funny Ha-Ha

Monday June 16, 2008
Michael Pitt and Brady Corbet in Funny Games. Photo by Nicole Rivelli © Warner Bros. Funny Games is not for everyone -- neither the original Austrian film nor the American remake -- but ... Read More

The Happening Kills at the Box Office

Sunday June 15, 2008
© 20th Century Fox Despite bad reviews (including my own), director M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening managed a strong $30 million opening weekend, according to early estimates. That places it on ... Read More

The Happening Movie Review: Not Happening

Saturday June 14, 2008
Mark Wahlberg, Ashlyn Sanchez and Zooey Deschanel in The Happening Photo by Zade Rosenthal © 20th Century Fox For many people, The Happening will be M. Night Shyamalan's third strike in a row (for ... Read More

M. Night Shyamalan: One "Happening" Dude

Friday June 13, 2008
Photo: Stephen Lovekin © Getty Images As The Happening opens in theaters nationwide, let us pause to look back on the career of director M. Night Shyamalan. He's had his ups and ... Read More

Father's Day Special: Scariest Horror Movie Dads

Thursday June 12, 2008
© Good Times Video Celebrate Father's Day by thanking your lucky stars you didn't spring from the loins of these awful men, who represent the scariest, craziest dads ever seen in ... Read More

Pics from This Week's Fear Itself Episode, "Spooked"

Wednesday June 11, 2008
Eric Roberts in the Fear Itself episode "Spooked" Photo: Chris Large © 2008 NBC Universal, Inc. Check out the new photos from this week's Fear Itself episode, "Spooked," starring Eric Roberts as a burned-out ... Read More

Adam Sandler, Master of Horror?

Wednesday June 11, 2008
Adam Sandler in You Don't Mess With the Zohan Photo By: Tracy Bennett © Columbia Pictures According to The Hollywood Reporter, comedian Adam Sandler is starting a new horror-themed branch of his production company ... Read More

New This Week: What's Happening!!

Tuesday June 10, 2008
Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel in The Happening. Photo by Zade Rosenthal © 20th Century Fox This week, we finally find out what exactly "the happening" is when M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening hits ... Read More

VH1 Looking for a "Scream Queen"

Monday June 9, 2008
© Lions Gate According to The Hollywood Reporter, VH1 has ordered 8 episodes of a new reality show airing this fall called Scream Queens (Remember when they used to play music?). ... Read More

A Certain Southern Yawn: The List DVD Review

Monday June 9, 2008
Chuck Carrington stars in The List. Photo © 20th Century Fox The List, releasing on DVD this week, is a Christian-themed thriller mixing Southern social mores with legal wranglings and a touch ... Read More

I Know Who Killed Me...on TV!

Sunday June 8, 2008
© Sony If you missed the wonderful awfulness that is Lindsay Lohan's I Know Who Killed Me (winner of mulitple Golden Raspberry Awards and Scabbies), now you can catch it on ... Read More

Beam Me Up, Scotties: The Planet DVD Review

Saturday June 7, 2008
Photo © MTI Home Video Who knew that in the future, the Scottish would have such a formidable interplanetary military presence? Go figure. In the Scottish film The Planet, releasing this ... Read More

Jimmy Smits Joins the Cast of Dexter

Friday June 6, 2008
Photo by: Alberto E. Rodriguez Getty Images Emmy-winning actor Jimmy Smits, who's co-starred in three of the biggest TV shows of the past 20 years (L.A. Law, NYPD Blue, The West Wing), ... Read More

Fear Itself Review: Fear Not, It's Good Stuff

Thursday June 5, 2008
Michelle Molineux in the Fear Itself episode "Sacrifice". Photo: Chris Large © 2008 NBC Universal, Inc. NBC's Fear Itself premieres tonight with the episode "Sacrifice," but I got a chance to preview the first ... Read More

What Scares YOU?

Wednesday June 4, 2008

New This Week: Mother of Tears, The Eye DVD

Tuesday June 3, 2008
Jessica Alba in The Eye © Lions Gate It's ladies' night all week long as Asia Argento stars in the lone theatrical release, her father's Mother of Tears, while Jessica Alba is ... Read More

Grizzy Park DVD Review: Only You Can Prevent Terrible Movies

Monday June 2, 2008
© Allumination Filmworks What's that smell? It's either the rotting carcas of a grizzly bear victim or the rotting carcas of Grizzly Park, an early candidate for worst movie of the ... Read More

Forget Sex and the City; The Strangers Is the Biggest Triumph of the Weekend

Sunday June 1, 2008
Poster © Rogue Films Estimates for this past weekend's box office are in, and while The Strangers placed third behind Sex and the City and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of ... Read More

Premonition, Behind the Mask Premiere on TV This Week

Sunday June 1, 2008
© Sony A couple of major horror/suspense releases make their TV debuts this week, one of which actually doesn't stink: Premonition: Sandra Bullock stars in this tale of a woman who seems ... Read More

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