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Well
sort off! I first came across this movie well over a year
ago. Ever since first reading about it in 2004 the production
has pretty much been mired in funding problems. Now it seems
the boys at 'Gorehound' films have finally found the money
to make fantastic looking Zombie flick.The story is.. A group
of friends attempt to escape the mayhem of the Football world
cup by traveling to a North Sea Island, where they, “wind
up in situations far, far worse.” A truly impressive
promo teaser that can be seen at the site reveals what makes
the situation so bad: The island is infested by aquatic Nazi
zombies. Sound bizarre. Looks great fun! the Shoot is 'due'
to start late spring. Fingers crossed there are no more delays.
Check out the site for several teaser trailers.
Based
on the Manga of the same name that is hugely popular in Japan,
'Death Note' tells the story of Raito (Played by 'Tatsuya
Fujiwara' star of Battle Royale), a young man who discovers
a mysterious notebook that holds the power to kill anyone
whose name is written inside. Deciding to use the power of
the notebook for good, Raito sets out to rid the world of
its criminals. Soon though he finds that due to the growing
number of mysterious deaths of underworld figures, he comes
under investigation by the authorities. Leading the search
for Raito is the government’s top detective, a man simply
known as “L.” The new trail certainly give your
more of idea of what to expect. Murder, Mystery and death
dealing monsters from hell anyone?Oh go on then! 'Death Note'
is released in Japan in June. 
Hot
on the heels of news about the promising Brit Horror film
'Human Residue' that we covered at the beginning of April,
comes another Independent UK horror flick 'Reverb'. The independently
financed feature film started filming in London on 27 February
2006. Set in a recording studio, this horror film stars up
and coming actors '
A
tag line like that gets a film noticed around here. I'm a
huge fan of Vamp films and something original in the genre
is long passed due. With this we 'may' just have it. Set during
the 1960s in an alternate New Zealand known as Nuovo Zelandia,
"Perfect Creature" imagines a world where vampires
and humans peacefully co-exist, with the bloodsuckers the
next step in human evolution. This delicate balance looks
to be destroyed when an influenza epidemic begins to sweep
the human population and one vampire turns to preying on humans.
The church sends out Silus (Scott) to catch the renegade vampire,
Edgar. Silus joins forces with a human police captain Burrows),
and discovers that Edgar harbors dark secrets. The film recently
premiered at the Amsterdam film festival, and is slated for
release later this year. We are avidly waiting for the first
trails, but the official site is not active yet. I have though
tracked down a bio page for 'Dougray Scott' that has a fair
amount of info on it. 
Well
this does look fun! City of Violence is directed by 'Ryu Seung-Wan'
the man behind one of our fave Korean martial arts movies
of last year '
I
have been reading snippets of information about this new horror
film from Thailand for several weeks. So far what I've seen
from the trailer has certainly intrigued.
Its due for release in Thailand on the 27th April and directed
by first timer 'Sarawut Wichiensarn'. Ghost Game tells the
story of 11 candidates who join a scary reality show to challenge
supernatural events and confront to their inner fears. They
are brought to the gaming arena, an ancient war museum that
no one dares step inside. The candidates come from different
backgrounds but all have one agenda - the winner will be rewarded
for 5 million Baht, the highest amount that any game show
has ever offered. Inspired by the huge prize money, they accept
to risk all in the haunted museum that used to be a prison
renowned for its torture and murders. Whomever survives to
the last man or women. Wins. 
It
seems the Russian film industry if far from content with just
showing Hollywood how it should be done with the genre of
Horror. Now they appear to be turning their attention to Thrillers
as well . The Story of 'Junk' aka 'Zhest' revolves around
the principle character Tabloid reporter 'Marina'. Depressed
and disillusioned with her job, she considers changing occupation
after she witnesses an employee of her publication shot by
a police sniper. However, she is persuaded to do one more
interview with a serial killer locked in a psychiatric ward…Let
the mayhem begin .Take a look at the website and the fantastic
trailer. Slick stuff indeed.
'Jasmine
Flower' starring Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi has been cleared
for release on the Chinese mainland on April 25, after a three-year
delay caused by disputes between its financial backers. Directed
by Hou Yong, its a triple romance of three women - Mo, her
daughter Li and Li's adopted daughter Hua, all of whom are
played by Zhang. 
'The
Eye 2' director Peter Chan has been quoted in an interview
that he would direct or produce five or six projects this
year. Chan will direct the remake of martial-art classic "Blood
Brother," released in 1973. Shooting might begin in September
this year.
This one is expected to hit Hong Kong and hopefully mainland
Chinese theaters by December. Another interesting scoop, is
the news that Chan will also produce another episode of the
"The Eye" series and presumably, it will still be
helmed by the Pang Brothers - Oxide and Danny. Title of the
new flick will either be "The Eye 3" or "The
Eye 11". Shooting might begin by the end of this year.
While on the topic of the 'Eye' series he is also set to be
the executive producer of the Hollywood remake of the original
horror flick. You can check out a review of the 1973 original
of Blood brother here at 
The
Pang boys are definitely keeping themselves busy this year.
Not only are they still in post production for their upcoming
horror flick 'Re-Cycle' we have just found out they already
have two more films in the pipeline with Universe Entertainment.
'Diary' directed by Oxide Pang and Danny Pang's 'Forest of
Death'. Diary, starring Charlene Choi, Shawn Yue and Isabella
Leong, is about a woman's paranoid relationship with her diary,
while in Forest of Death a special mission brings together
three young people (played by Shu Qi with Ekin Cheng and Rain
Lee) who attempt to discover how the mysterious signal from
the forest attracts people to commit suicide there. A co-production
between Universe and Thailand's Magic Head Film Production,
the pictures are currently being filmed in Thailand and scheduled
for release towards the end of the year. (Source:
We
first reported on this madcap homage to the sci-fi show reels
of the 40s back on the 
The
Guys over at The 
Once
again it looks like the Thai horror film industry has come
up with quite a production. Building on some other great releases
such as the excellent '
Well
colour us all excited! The website for the 'Pang' brothers
new Horror fantasy has come online and my its looking good.
The main character is played by 'Angelica Lee', the star of
the worldwide hit Pang bro's horror film ''The Eye'. Synopsis."There
is an alternate plane of reality parallel to our own, one
that serves as a dumping ground for discarded and forgotten
hopes, dreams, and desires. As those dreams are discarded
they are caught up in this alternate reality. Lee stars as
a young writer who is working on her second novel, a supernatural
story, who gets drawn into this alternate reality after discarding
an early draft of her work". The site appears to
be entirely in Chinese so navigation for non speakers is a
slow going but well worth it. Check out the new extended extented
trailer (with English subs!) the visual effects look stunning.
On site Select option no1, then trailer no2. 
Seems
the boys over at Moviesonline.ca have been quick off the mark
with a early review of the excellent French Gangster thriller
produced by Luc Besson 'District-13'. For more information
about the film check out our news article on the 10th of April.
For the review zip over to 
Takashi
Shimizu has revealed that he is taking a different direction
in The Grudge 2. Having already directed Ju-On and its English-language
remake The Grudge, he told 'Comingsoon.net' that The Grudge
2 will take a different approach in order to keep the idea
fresh. "The Grudge was a complete remake of Ju-On, meaning
the storyline was very similar, basically the same,"
he explained. "But Grudge 2 is actually different from
Ju-On 2. I don't think I would have accepted this job if it
was going to be the same storyline. Since it is a different
story, my motivation was a lot higher, and I actually enjoyed
doing this." Starring Amber Tamblyn and featuring Sarah
Michelle Gellar, The Grudge 2 is expected to be released in
October.
Aside
from the original 'Legend of the overfeind" one of my
fave Anime movies was 'Wicked City'. Directed by 'Yoshiaki
Kawajiri' who later went on to produce Ninja Scroll it was
releases 1987, to be followed a year later by a sequel '
Well
it seems the rush in Hollywood to jump onto the 'movie from
a comic' bandwagon is gathering even greater speed. The latest
offering revealed in Time out news is a film version of the
Dark Horse comics 'R.I.P.D'. Story wise its been described
as "a cross between Ghostbusters and Men in Black. Telling
the tale of the 'Rest In Peace Department', 'R.I.P.D.' revolves
around a recently murdered cop who joins forces with a group
of divine law enforcement agents charged with ridding the
earth of recently deceased spirits. The
'Wedding Crashers' director 'David Dobkin' will take charge
of the high-concept project later this year, based on a script
by 'Aeon Flux' scribes Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi. The Comics
creator Peter Lenkov will produce.
Read
an interesting article on comingsoon.net. They interviewed
'Lauren Shuler Donner' producer of all three of the current
x-men movies. She also has confirmed the Wolverine spin off
was in the works, and that they had more than enough material
from the comics to do more. Quote.. "Our original
goal was to have like 'Star Wars', 'X-Men' 7, 8, 9 and 10
because there are certainly enough comics out there. And of
course to have spin-offs. It would be nice as we incorporated
new characters into each movie if they could continue to move
on." I guess you could say thats a lot
more then! 
We
have known about this film for some time and when we first
saw the early trailers we were stunned by the visuals. A sci-fi
film noire in a very literal sense. It is filmed with actual
actors, but transformed into a black and white comic-strip
style you have never seen before. The mood is reminiscent
of Blade Runner, but set in a future Paris dominated by huge
monolithic structures and technology. Although already released
in france, I recently read that it will get a screening at
the Amsterdam film festival. Lucky Them! We are still hoping
it will get a limited release in UK cinemas with subtitles.
If not fingers crossed the DVD has English subs. On checking
the website (a thing of beauty too) today I was surprised
to find a new trailer has been added. Check it out!
This
up coming Russian horror movie first got highlighted on 'Twitch
film' about a month ago. The film immediately went on to my
must see list just from the teaser trails alone. Russia does
J-Horror and it looks creepy as hell to boot. The web site
looked great, but was of course wholly in Russian. Fine for
trailers, but for those not up on their foreign language skills,
somewhat of a challenge to get to grips with the other written
content. Now it seems some kind soul has seen fit to produce
an exact copy of the entire site, in English. Hoorah! 
Well
this upcoming movie from 'Snap kick productions' certainly
has everyone in an buzz. Roddy Piper the X wrestler turned
actor, and star of one of my favorite John Carpenter films
'
With
a tag line of "Un-dead" at 30' 000 feet" who
could not include this in the news! I Picked up this from
the guys over at 
I stumbled across this possible gem as I was reading my away
around some of the the more well known Horror movie film forums.
To quote the site "Human Residue (working title)
is a non-profit independent feature film currently being made
in York, England by 'Rickety Shack Films'. Inspired by supernatural
horror movies like The Ring, Alien, 28 Days Later and The
Village; this is a cinematic survival story in a post-apocalyptic
world realized by a team of dedicated independent film makers".
Films Synopsis "Seven volunteers without much in
common all signed up for the same temporal isolation program.
Whilst not particularly interested in the medical research
purposes of the experiment, for a £7000 payment, they
could live with being sealed inside an underground bunker
for a period of three and a half weeks. While they were under
something went terribly wrong". Cutting through
the blurb I checked out the site and the two easer
trailers so far available.
I have to say, if the production values shown in those trailers
are mirrored in the final release, for a low budget independent
horror flick this looks like it may well be (fingers crossed
they have a decent script) excellent. We shall Definitely
be keeping and eye on this one. 
Well
this is interesting. One genre Mr Jackson has yet to really
dip a toe far into is Horror. Now that seems set to change.
Time out
magazine have dropped the news that he has signed up
to play the manager
of a haunted hotel in the forthcoming Stephen King adaptation
'1408'. Also set to star is 'John Cusack' as the character
'Mike Enslin', an investigator of the paranormal who checks
into the supposedly haunted room 1408 of the Dolphin Hotel.
With these two acting heavyweights behind it here hoping for
a 'good' adaptation of a King novel. Because lets face it,
it's been a while. No web site as yet but we will keep you
posted.
The
official website for this promising upcoming Zombie movie
appears to have had a major upgrade. It now includes new stills,
cast and crew bios and some downloadable media. Also there,
is what looks like a new theatrical trailer which to my memory
seems to include a little extra footage. Check it out.
Further
to our update last month a new trailer has popped up on the
official website. It's still looking good!