Dimension Film’s The Road arrives in theaters on Nov. 25. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by No Country for Old Men author Cormac McCarthy, The Road is a father and son survival story set in a post apocalyptic future. Directed by John Hillcoat, the film stars Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, and Robert Duvall.

This is going to be a mean motherfucking movie. Check out the trailer:

I like to be surprised when I go see a movie. But, if you’re the type that likes to spoil your appetite before dinner, then enjoy the following clips:

The $100 million success of the supernatural thriller Paranormal Activity finds its director Oren Peli with his head in the clouds. Peli, who shot Activity for $15,000 at his home, has begun production on the $5 million budgeted Area 51, his new shaky-cam take on aliens and government cover-up. The story centers on three teenagers and the footage they film while exploring the mysterious Area 51 at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

Peli is keeping tight-lipped over the details, telling Variety that:

I’d rather not say anything about ‘Area 51’ except that I am very pleased to be working with the same team who stood by me for the two or three years it took ‘Paranormal Activity’ to get into theaters.

Unfortunately for Peli, the folks at LatinoReview.com also enjoy uncovering mysteries and have dug up the Area 51 script. To examine portions of the highly classified document, click here.

Oren "My Hands Can't Stop Shaking" Peli

Good news and bad news for Saw fans. Lionsgate has announced Oct. 22, 2010 as the release date for Saw 7 in 3-D. Michael Burns, the studio’s vice chairman, told attendees at the Media and Money conference in New York that:

As long as we make money on it we’ll keep doing this. Dirty Dancing still sells 2,000 DVDs a day for the company, and that’s after 20 years.

The bad news? Saw 5 director David Hackl is attached to the project. Fans of the series have been pretty vocal in their disappointment over the fifth chapter of what has become the most successful horror franchise of all time. So, Lionsgate’s decision to bring Hackl back for the seventh installment is … well, puzzling. Personally, I would have kept Saw 6 director Kevin Greutert on board. Saw 6 is the strongest entry in the series since part 3. Read my review here.

(UPDATE: Kevin Greutert will be back to direct Saw 7, but he’s not happy about it. Read the story here.)

"Hello, Blogsuckers. I Want to Ride a Tricycle."

She’s shockingly approaching 60, but Elvira can still raise the stiffs with her two giant … incantations. The self-described “Martha Steward of the Macabre” continues to thrill fans old and new with numerous projects, the latest of which is a sexy return to “Movie Macabre” form in horror-hillbilly outfit Ghoultown’s new music video “Mistress of the Dark.” Directed by horror artist and author Gris Grimly (Wicked Nursery Rhymes), the video finds Elvira on her signature red Victorian couch watching the Ghouls as they sing her praises.

(UPDATE: “ELVIRA’S MOVIE MACABRE” IS BACK ON TV. TO GET LISTINGS GO HERE)

Played by Cassandra Peterson, the Mistress of the Dark has been tickling funny bones since making her debut on “Movie Macabre” in 1981. The program featured Elvira ripping on low-budget C-grade horror fare such as Dr. Jeckyll and Sister Hyde, The Incredible Melting Man, and even Blackula.

Elvira crept to the big screen in 1988 with the side-splitting comedy Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. The film, like its star, still holds up well.

Peterson ain’t looking to shabby herself. Take a look for yourself in the following BTS footage from Ghoultown’s “Mistress of the Dark.”