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Mark's Horror & Suspense Blog June 2009 Archive

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

American Werewolf in London Remake in the Works

Tuesday June 30, 2009
© Universal Add An American Werewolf in London to the horror remake pile. Bloody-Disgusting.com first reported, and Variety confirmed, that Dimension Films is developing a remake of the iconic 1981 werewolf ... Read More

New This Week: Foreign DVDs Up the Wazoo

Tuesday June 30, 2009
© Lionsgate This week bevy of DVD releases has a distinctly international flavor, featuring films from England, Japan, Australia, Korea and Italy, including efforts from Ringu director Hideo Nakata, Italian icon ... Read More

A Beauty of a Beast: Sea Beast DVD Review

Monday June 29, 2009
© Genius Can a Sci Fi Channel monster movie actually be competent or even, dare I say, good? Sea Beast dares to answer that question with a resounding "I reckon." Read ... Read More

Trailer, Poster for Vampire Flick Daybreakers

Sunday June 28, 2009
© Lionsgate We have our first look at what might be the first big horror hit of 2010: Daybreakers, a futuristic action hybrid set in a vampire-majority world in which the ... Read More

TV Movie Highlights of the Week: Midnight Movie, Baghead, Awake

Sunday June 28, 2009
Lee Main in Midnight Movie. © Bigfoot Entertainment Premiering this week on TV are the movie-villain-comes-to-life slasher Midnight Movie (Saturday, July 4, at 9:00 PM on The Movie Channel), the I'm-not-dead-yet-surgical thriller ... Read More

Misery Loves Company: Homecoming Review

Friday June 26, 2009
Jessica Stroup in Homecoming. © Paper Street/Animus Ah, high school homecoming: the football game, the dance, the abduction, torture and murder. See all that you missed in my review of the new ... Read More

The Next Twilight? First Look at Beastly

Friday June 26, 2009
With the runaway success of Twilight, you knew there'd be more "tween"-skewed semi-horror literary adaptations. Right on cue comes Beastly, the adaptation of a 2007 novel by Alex Flinn that's ... Read More

Saturn Awards Winners Announced

Thursday June 25, 2009
Lina Leandersson in Let the Right One In. © Magnet The 2009 Saturn Awards were last night, and as can be expected, The Dark Knight was the big winner, but here are ... Read More

Kung Fu Biting: Blood: The Last Vampire Review

Thursday June 25, 2009
Gianna in Blood: the Last Vampire. © Samuel Goldwyn Blood: The Last Vampire, based on the popular Japanese anime, doesn't live up to its potential, but that doesn't mean it's not good ... Read More

Arooooo! It's the 25 Best Werewolf Movies!

Wednesday June 24, 2009
David Naughton in An American Werewolf in London. © Universal With the remake of The Wolf Man still more than four months away, it seems like a good time to cover what I ... Read More

Behold, the Zombieland Trailer!

Tuesday June 23, 2009
Jesse Eisenberg in Zombieland. © Sony OK, I might have a new choice for my "most anticipated film of 2009"; behold Zombieland! This "zombie comedy" looks like falls in line with past ... Read More

New This Week: Surveillance, Plus Werewolves, Zombies, Mummies and Hobgoblins

Tuesday June 23, 2009
© Magnolia This week, the Jennifer Lynch thriller Surveillance opens in New York and Los Angeles, while DVD releases feature an early zombie role for Virginia Madsen, Haylie Duff battling hillbillies, ... Read More

A Bunch of Photos from Blood: The Last Vampire!

Monday June 22, 2009
Gianna and Koyuki in Blood the Last Vampire. © Samuel Goldwyn A bloody severed head-load of pics from the upcoming Blood: The Last Vampire, hitting theaters on July 10!

TV Movie Highlight of the Week: Mutant Chronicles

Sunday June 21, 2009
© Magnolia Just two months after it hit theaters (granted, just a few) and about five weeks before it lands on DVD, Mutant Chronicles is airing on the Sci Fi Channel ... Read More

Finally! Night of the Creeps and Phantasm II Come to DVD

Sunday June 21, 2009
© TriStar Time to cross off another couple of items from my 2009 horror wishlist. At long last, the alien-slugs-turn-corpses-into-zombies classic Night of the Creeps and the flying-balls-drill-holes-in-peoples-heads great Phantasm II ... Read More

More (Beefcake) Pics from New Moon

Friday June 19, 2009
Taylor Lautner in New Moon. © Summit Summit is slowly but surely revealing bits and pieces of the upcoming Twilight sequel New Moon, each seemingly containing at least one shirtless image. Here's ... Read More

Best Zombie Movie Ever? Dead Snow Review

Friday June 19, 2009
Vegar Hoel in Dead Snow. © IFC OK, maybe it's not the best zombie movie ever, but the Norwegian film Dead Snow has the extreme gore, the rapid pace and the wicked ... Read More

Bride of Frankenstein Remake is ALIVE!

Thursday June 18, 2009
© Universal Given upcoming remakes of The Wolf Man and Creature from the Black Lagoon, it should come as no surprise that another Universal monster movie classic, Bride of Frankenstein, has ... Read More

Director Named for Haunting in Connecticut Sequel

Thursday June 18, 2009
Photo: Joe Corrigan Getty Images Contrary to a previous report, it looks like the first sequel to The Haunting in Connecticut will be The Haunting in Georgia, based on the Discovery Channel's ... Read More

15 Awful Sequels to Great Horror Movies

Wednesday June 17, 2009
Linda Blair and Richard Burton in Exorcist II: The Heretic. © Warner Bros. No film genre produces as many sequels as horror -- for better or, in most cases, worse. Even classic horror ... Read More

Natalie Portman to Star in Aranofsky's Supernatural Thriller Black Swan

Wednesday June 17, 2009
Photo: Gareth Cattermole Getty Images Her rumored turn in a yet-to-be-greenlit remake of Suspiria may not have materialized yet, but Natalie Portman is still, oddly enough, venturing into the realm of ballet-centric ... Read More

True Blood Ratings Through the Roof!

Tuesday June 16, 2009
© HBO The ratings are in for Sunday night's Season 2 premiere of True Blood, and they, for lack of a better pun, have bite! In fact, the episode scored HBO's ... Read More

New This Week: Dead Snow, Friday the 13th DVD

Tuesday June 16, 2009
© IFC This week, it's winter in June as the Norwegian zombie flick Dead Snow receives a limited release. DVDs meanwhile are dominated by a slew of Friday the 13th movies, ... Read More

The Cell 2 DVD Review

Monday June 15, 2009
© New Line The sequel to the trippy, artistic 2000 Jennifer Lopez flick The Cell is anything but trippy and is about as artistic as pudding. Read the juicy details in ... Read More

Predator Sequel to Be Directed by Neil Marshall?

Sunday June 14, 2009
© Rogue Fanboys grab your inhalers...Bloody-Disgusting.com is reporting that Neil Marshall, director of The Descent and most recently, Doomsday, is "in close talks" to helm the upcoming Predator sequel, Predators. With ... Read More

TV Movie Highlights of the Week: X-Files: I Want to Believe, Stuck

Sunday June 14, 2009
© 20th Century Fox This week witnesses several TV premieres, headed by The X-Files: I Want to Believe (Saturday, June 20, at 8:00 PM ET/PT on HBO) and Stuck (Tuesday, June ... Read More

All You Need to Know for True Blood Season 2

Friday June 12, 2009
Anna Paquin in True Blood. © HBO When the acclaimed HBO vampire series True Blood returns this Sunday for its second season, will you be ready? Cram with this Season 2 preview ... Read More

Alien Prequel Already in Trouble?

Friday June 12, 2009
© 20th Century Fox Plans for an Alien prequel were just recently confirmed, and already there's news of trouble. Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Fox wants Ridley Scott to direct, while ... Read More

Ready for Scream 4? And 5? And 6?!?

Thursday June 11, 2009
© Dimension Digital Spy has published an interesting interview with director Wes Craven in which he discusses the possibility that there will be a Scream 4 (very likely), that original writer ... Read More

Four Movie Clips from Moon!

Thursday June 11, 2009
Sam Rockwell in Moon © Sony Pictures Classics Those of you not living in either New York or Los Angeles might not be able to see the sci fi thriller Moon when ... Read More

Gallery of the Absurd: The Worst Horror Movie Posters Ever

Wednesday June 10, 2009
© Almi Cinema 5 Because of the nature of the genre, horror movie posters can be some of the most entertaining you'll encounter. Here are some that entertain for all the ... Read More

New Final Destination 4 Trailer Looks Familiar...

Tuesday June 9, 2009
© New Line We've got our first look at the trailer for Final Destination 4 -- er, The Final Destination -- and it looks, well...like the other three movies. I know, ... Read More

New This Week: Moon, Reaper Season 2

Tuesday June 9, 2009
© Lionsgate That chirping you hear is either crickets or the sound of this week's new horror DVD slate, with only four new releases, headed by Season 2 of the underrated ... Read More

Pics from Dead Snow, A Perfect Getaway, Homecoming, Night Train

Monday June 8, 2009
Örjan Gamst in Dead Snow. © IFC You might not be able to see these movies yet, but if you look at these photos from Dead Snow, A Perfect Getaway, Homecoming and ... Read More

Moonlight's Canadian Cousin? Blood Ties DVD Review

Sunday June 7, 2009
© Vivendi Fans of the canceled vampire detective show Moonlight might want to check out the similar Canadian TV series Blood Ties, which just released its first season on DVD. Granted, ... Read More

TV Movie Highlight of the Week: Hellboy II

Sunday June 7, 2009
© Universal Hellboy II: The Golden Army makes its TV debut this week, airing on Saturday, June 13 at 10:30 PM ET/PT on Cinemax. Consider your TiVo warned.

Sorority Row Remake Rated R!

Friday June 5, 2009
© Summit With the success of the sanitized PG-13 remake Prom Night, there was no sure bet that the remake of the '80s slasher House on Sorority Row would maintain the ... Read More

Haunting in Connecticut Sequel(s) on the Way?

Friday June 5, 2009
Virginia Madsen in The Haunting in Connecticut. © Lionsgate Bloody-Disgusting.com is reporting that there won't be a sequel to The Haunting in Connecticut...There'll be TWO sequels to The Haunting in Connecticut. That's right; ... Read More

New Trailers: The Road, A Perfect Getaway, Homecoming, Skeleton Crew

Thursday June 4, 2009
Milla Jovovich in A Perfect Getaway. © Rogue Some interesting new horror/suspense trailers for movies on the horizon: Homecoming: A college student's unhinged ex-girlfriend (Mischa Barton) will do anything to get him back. ... Read More

The 20 Best Horror Anthology Movies

Wednesday June 3, 2009
Bai Ling and Mirian Yeung in the infamous "Dumplings" tale in Three...Extremes. © Lionsgate Want more scares for your buck? Horror anthologies typically pack three to five short stories into one movie, leaving ... Read More

Remakes and Sequels and Prequels, Oh My! Alien, Quarantine and Happy Birthday to Me

Tuesday June 2, 2009
Jennifer Carpenter in Quarantine. © Screen Gems Once again proving that everything old is bound to be new again -- particularly in horror -- there's a new round of major projects in ... Read More

New This Week: Snakes Alive!

Tuesday June 2, 2009
Crystal Allen in Anaconda: Trail of Blood. © Sony Not one, but two giant killer snake movies hit DVD this week -- Anacondas: Trail of Blood and Silent Venom -- not to ... Read More

New Moon Trailer Now Online!

Monday June 1, 2009
© Summit The trailer for the upcoming Twilight sequel New Moon premiered last night during the MTV Movie Awards and is now officially online. It's a short teaser, but you get ... Read More

Anacondas: Trail of Blood DVD Review

Monday June 1, 2009
© Sony Anacondas: Trail of Blood is the fourth film in the Anaconda series of giant snake movies. What, you say you didn't see the third? No big deal. In fact, ... Read More

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