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Mark's Horror & Suspense Blog August 2008 Archive

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

True Blood Cast and Characters

Friday August 29, 2008
Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse in True Blood © HBO There's just over a week to go until True Blood debuts on HBO (Sunday, September 7 at 9:00 PM ET/PT), so now's as ... Read More

New Trailers: Prey, The Haunting of Molly Hartley, Seed, Outlander, Quench

Thursday August 28, 2008
© Freestyle Releasing A fresh crop of new additions to the trailer park... The Haunting of Molly Hartley (pictured): A teenager realizes that her soul has been sold to the Devil. Sort ... Read More

New DVD Dates: The Happening, Red, Poultrygeist, Mother of Tears and More

Wednesday August 27, 2008
Several intriguing new DVD release dates: September 23: Mother of Tears: Dario Argento's final film in the "Three Mothers" trilogy gets released as part of the Dimension Extreme line. October 7: The ... Read More

White Zombies Can't Jump?

Tuesday August 26, 2008
Photo: Mark Mainz/Getty Images According to The Hollywood Reporter, Woody Harrelson has signed on to star in an upcoming zombie-comedy movie entitled Zombieland. The plot is pretty vague so far: two ... Read More

New This Week: Maneating...Men?

Tuesday August 26, 2008
© Grindhouse This week's DVD releases are a seedy bunch, packed with sex, violence and, oddly enough, cannibalism. If sleazy exploitation is your cup of tea, then this is the week ... Read More

After Dark Horrorfest Returning...in January?

Monday August 25, 2008
© Lions Gate Well, November is fast approaching, and only three movies (The Broken, Slaughter -- formerly called Faithless -- and Perkins' 14) out of eight have yet to be announced ... Read More

Watched a Good Book Lately?

Monday August 25, 2008
© Deadbooks.com I came across an interesting site last week: Deadbooks.com. It calls itself a "hyper-serialization," and I can't think of a better term for it. Basically, it's the Internet version ... Read More

TV Movie Highlight of the Week: The Invasion

Sunday August 24, 2008
© Warner Bros. The Nicole Kidman flop The Invasion -- the third and worst of the remakes of Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- debuts on cable this week, so at ... Read More

Interview With Dan Gildark, Director of Cthulhu

Friday August 22, 2008
© Regent Releasing Cthulhu opens today in Los Angeles, and director Dan Gildark was kind enough to answer a few questions on the film, on H.P. Lovecraft and on the independent ... Read More

Cthulhu Movie Review: Lovecrafty

Thursday August 21, 2008
Jason Cottle in Cthulhu. © Regent Releasing I'm no H.P. Lovecraft expert, by Cthulhu strikes me as a good representation of his work: dark, introspective, surreal and oddly fish-centric. It's also one ... Read More

At Last, a Good Look at the New Jason Vorhees!

Wednesday August 20, 2008
Over at Blooody-Disgusting.com, they have an official, large-as-life photo of the new Jason from the upcoming Friday the 13th remake...and there's no jumpsuit! That'll take some getting used to. He ... Read More

Dexter Season 3 Prep

Wednesday August 20, 2008
The cast of Dexter. © Showtime Now that Season 2 of Dexter is out on DVD, you have no excuse not to find out why this show has garnered five Emmy nominations, ... Read More

Add Poltergeist to the Remake Pile

Tuesday August 19, 2008
© Warner Bros. Another day, another horror remake. This time, it's Poltergeist, the 1982 hit ghost movie directed by Tobe Hooper and produced by Steven Spielberg. According to The Hollywood Reporter, ... Read More

New This Week: Cthulhu, Prom Night, Dexter

Tuesday August 19, 2008
© Regent Releasing This week, the independent supernatural thriller Cthulhu (pictured) is the lone theatrical release (in LA only, before expanding to Seattle, Portland, Atlanta and Denver), while Prom Night, the ... Read More

Get to Know True Blood, HBO's New Vampire TV Show

Monday August 18, 2008
© HBO Before Twilight hits theaters on November 21 (moved up from the original December 12 date), another series of vampire books hits the small screen. True Blood is based on ... Read More

Mirrors Cracks Under Pressure at Box Office

Sunday August 17, 2008
Paula Patton and Kiefer Sutherland in 'Mirrors'. Photo: Toni Salabasev © Regency Entertainment Based on early weekend estimates, Mirrors made around $11 million this past weekend -- an underwhelming number, but about what was ... Read More

TV Movie Hightlight of the Week: My Little Eye

Sunday August 17, 2008
© Universal This week, you might want to check out the excellent "little" 2002 film My Little Eye, about a group of people who agree to live in an isolated house ... Read More

Broken Mirrors: Bad Luck for All of Us

Saturday August 16, 2008
Paula Patton, director Alexandre Aja and Kiefer Sutherland contemplate burning the script. Photo: Toni Salabasev © Regency Entertainment Although the previews for Mirrors never got me excited, I was cautiously optimistic about the movie, based ... Read More

Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer Review: Monster Mish-Mash

Friday August 15, 2008
Trevor Matthews as the Forest Troll in Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer. © Brookstreet Pictures Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer is a well-made independent film that has steadily built a buzz in horror circles since ... Read More

Magnet Announces Six Shooter Film Series

Thursday August 14, 2008
© Magnet Releasing Magnet Releasing, the newly formed genre unit of Magnolia Pictures, has announced that it will be releasing six acclaimed genre films in theaters for six straight months, beginning ... Read More

We're #2! 20 Horror Sequels That Are Better Than the Originals

Wednesday August 13, 2008
Wesley Snipes in Blade II. © New Line Sequels go with horror movies like sugar cereals go with diabetes, but few are worth the effort it takes to put the DVD in ... Read More

New This Week: Mirrors, Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer and a Few DVDs to Boot

Tuesday August 12, 2008
© Anchor Bay This week, the major release in theaters is Kiefer Sutherland's Mirrors, while Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (pictured) opens in New York and Los Angeles and Blitzkrieg: Escape from ... Read More

Pics, Poster for Mirrors

Monday August 11, 2008
© 20th Century Fox Hot off the press: new photos for Mirrors, the Kiefer Sutherland vehicle that opens this Friday. Although Asian horror remakes have been hit-or-miss, I'm cautiously optimistic for ... Read More

TV Movie Highlight of the Week: Boogeyman 2

Sunday August 10, 2008
© Sony Well, what d'ya know; a Saturday night Sci Fi Channel movie that you may have actually heard of! And without giant snakes! The direct-to-video sequel Boogeyman 2, which came ... Read More

Red Movie Review: Doggone Good

Friday August 8, 2008
© Magnolia Pictures I haven't "read" any of Jack Ketchum's books, but from what I understand, Red might be the least "horror" of the bunch. Don't let that turn you off ... Read More

Pics, Poster for Quarantine

Thursday August 7, 2008
© Screen Gems An official poster and new photos for the upcoming remake of the Spanish zombie movie [Rec], re-titled Quarantine, are now up. With its POV look at a zombie ... Read More

Natalie Portman to Star in Suspiria Remake?

Wednesday August 6, 2008
Photo by: Gareth Cattermole Getty Images I don't usually like to report unconfirmed news, but this seems like a bit of a coup. Bloody-Disgusting is reporting that Natalie Portman is in line ... Read More

Midnight Meat Train Review: All Aboard!

Wednesday August 6, 2008
Bradley Cooper as Leon. Photo: Saeed Adyani © Lions Gate Lions Gate got some 'splaining to do. First of all, they opened The Midnight Meat Train this past weekend on only about 100 ... Read More

New This Week: Red, Rogue, Starship Troopers 3 and DVDs by the Bushel!

Tuesday August 5, 2008
Brian Cox in Red. © Magnolia Pictures This week, theatrical horror has one lone representative: Red, which opens only in New York before expanding to LA later in the month. However, DVD ... Read More

Lost Boys 2 DVD Review: No Bite

Monday August 4, 2008
Corey Feldman, a bright spot in Lost Boys: The Tribe. © Warner Bros. The good news: Lost Boys: The Tribe isn't bad. The bad news: it's toothless, lacking in any originality, as it ... Read More

TV Movie Highlight of the Week: Joshua

Sunday August 3, 2008
© 20th Century Fox This week, evil kiddie pic Joshua debuts on Monday, August 4, at 11:45 AM on Cinemax. It had potential but didn't make my list of evil kid ... Read More

The Mummy 3 Movie Review: Is It Over Yet...i?

Saturday August 2, 2008
Why are there Yetis in a mummy movie? © Universal Studios It's best not to wear a watch while viewing The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. That way, you won't spend ... Read More

The 25 Best Horror-Comedy Movies

Friday August 1, 2008
Photo by Guy D'Alema © Warner Bros. What is a horror-comedy movie anyway? Is it a horror movie that's funny? Or a comedy that's scary? Each person's definition differs slightly, but for ... Read More

Horror "Chick Flicks"?

Friday August 1, 2008
Photo by: Suzanne Tenner ©2008 Screen Gems/Miramax The Hollywood Reporter has posted the findings of a Nielsen study on the degree to which movie genres suffer at the box office by being ... Read More

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