2010
05.04

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Anchor Bay Entertainment has released the first poster for director Steven R. Monroe’s I Spit On your Grave remake. Judging by the look in actress Sarah Butler’s eyes and the shears in her hands, I’m guessing this film is rated NAFYB: Not Appropriate for Your Balls.

(See Sarah’s sexy and revealing new poster now)

(See Sarah’s ass make a cameo in NSFW trailer)

The official synopsis reads:

A remake of the controversial 1979 cult classic, I Spit on Your Grave retells the horrific tale of writer Jennifer Hills, who takes a retreat from the city to a charming cabin in the woods to start on her next book. But Jennifer’s presence in the small town attracts the attention of a few morally deprived locals who set out one night to teach this city girl a lesson.

They break into her cabin to scare her. However, what starts out as terrifying acts of humiliation and intimidation quickly and uncontrollably escalates into a night of physical abuse and torturous assault. But before they can kill her, Jennifer sacrifices her broken and beaten body to a raging river that washes her away.

As time passes, the men slowly stop searching for her body and try to go back to life as usual. But that isn’t about to happen. Against all odds, Jennifer Hills survived her ordeal. Now, with hell-bent vengeance, Jennifer’s sole purpose is to turn the tables on these animals and to inflict upon them every horrifying and torturous moment they carried out on her… only much, much worse.

If Monroe’s film is true to Meir Zarchi’s original, I predict this film will be almost as emasculating to watch as Sex in the City 2.

2010
05.02

Briana Evigan Battles a Tiger, Bad Weather, & Autism in ‘Burning Bright’

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Briana Evigan continues to step up the horror ladder with a starring role in director Carlos Brooks’ (Quid Pro Quo) quirky survival-thriller Burning Bright. The film pits Evigan’s character Kelly up against a man-eating tiger while attempting to take care of her autistic kid brother during a hurricane.

Take a look:

Evigan, daughter of TV star Greg Evigan (“B.J. and the Bear,” “My Two Dads”), made her film debut with her father at the age of ten in the 1996 paranormal-thriller House of the Damned. Her horror creds also include last year’s Sorority Row remake, the Donnie Darko sequel S. Darko, director Darren Lynn Bousman’s (Saw V) upcoming frightener Mother’s Day and Step Up 2: The Streets.

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Let the striped one in.

Burning Bright costars Garret Dillahunt (Last House on the Left), Charlie Tahan (I Am Legend), Mary Rachel Dudley (RoboDoc), Peggy Sheffield (Jeepers Creepers), and Meat Loaf (BloodRayne). The film will most likely arrive on DVD and Blu-ray disc come summer.

2010
05.01

Sarah Wayne Callies Joins AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead’

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Sarah Wayne Callies (“Prison Break”) will star opposite Andrew Lincoln in AMC’s TV adaptation of the Robert Kirkman comic book series “The Walking Dead.”

“The Walking Dead” follows police officer Rick Grimes (Lincoln) as he and his family struggle to survive in a zombie apocalypse. Callies will play Grimes’ troubled wife Lori.

Well, at least it isn’t a vampire apocalypse.

The series is produced by Frank Darabont (The Mist, The Green Mile) and is set to debut on AMC in October.

2010
05.01

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Dimension Films has released a full-length trailer for director Alexandre Aja’s long-delayed creature-feature Piranha 3-D. The clip provides a better look at the CG-produced piranhas (not a good thing) and Kelly Brooke in a red bikini (a very good thing).

Take a look:

Is it me, or is Christopher Lloyd playing Doc Brown in this movie?

A remake of Joe Dante’s 1978 classic, Piranha 3-D revolves around a spring break town terrorized by schools of prehistoric piranha set free by an underwater earthquake. Aja describes the film as a technically updated throwback to to the sensationalistic 3-D films many of us grew up with, promising a gratuitous amount of blood and boobs. To see some BTS shot from the set, go here.

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Piranha 3-D stars Elisabeth Shue (Hollow Man), Kelly Brooke (Survival Island), Ving Rhames (Day of the Dead), Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), Jerry O’Connell (“Sliders”), Richard Dreyfus (Jaws), Adam Scott (The Return), Dina Meyer (Saw IV), Jessica Szohr (House at the End of the Drive), Hostel director Eli Roth and porn performer Riley Steele (Naked Aces 5).

In theaters August 27.

2010
04.30

Muertos at the Movies: ‘The Human Centipede’ Will Make Your Skin Crawl!

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The premise behind director Tom Six’s mad-scientist thriller The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is sure to make most people’s skin crawl. But, if you’re not like most people and have grown elephant balls watching films that depict torture and eye-socket rape, the idea of a surgeon sewing people together mouth-to-anus to form a human centipede may seem too outrageous to be frightening.

Relax. You’re in good hands.

Six does an impressive job of avoiding cheap torture-porn thrills and direct-to-DVD cheese. Once past the film’s sensational hook, the horror of being abducted—for whatever reasons—begins to set in. Humor is peppered throughout the story, but it is dark and organic, birthed from the insanity of the ordeal at hand. Before you know it, you too are being held captive for 90 minutes of white-knuckle anguish.

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Lindsay and Jenny, played by Ashley C. Williams (a true find) and Ashlynn Yennie respectively, are American tourists in Germany. On their way to a party, their car gets a flat and strands them on a desolate backwoods road. Neither of the girls knows how to change a tire so they decide to walk through the woods in search of help.

While some may roll their eyes at the set-up, I think it’s effective in establishing the characters’ lack of resourcefulness—something that will cost them dearly when faced with a life-or-death situation. Besides, not everyone knows how to change a tire (don’t judge me).

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The girls eventually stumble upon a secluded villa owned by Dr. Heiter, a retired surgeon specializing in the separation of conjoined twins. Dr. Heiter is played by German actor Dieter Laser (think Christopher Walken meets Anthony Perkins), who turns in what is sure to be one of horror’s most memorable villains.

The good doc looks the ladies over and invites them in, but only after making sure they’re alone. He offers them a roofie-laced beverage and can barely contain his eagerness to harm while attempting small talk.

When the girls awake, Dr. Heiter reveals his plan to join them, and a Japanese abductee named Katsuro, ass-to-mouth to form a human centipede. The doctor explains that this will only be possible through a surgical procedure that will fuse their gastric systems.

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Once stripped and sewn together (boy-girl-girl), it’s only a matter of time before Katsuro has to take a shit … into Lindsay’s mouth. It’s the moment Dr. Heiter (and—just admit it—you) has been waiting for.  “Feed her! Feed her,” he commands, pleased and titillated.

Lindsay, however, refuses to eat shit and die. Though stuck in the middle of Dr. Heiter’s human centipede, she orchestrates her final daring escape.

The Human Centipede took Best Picture honors at the 2009 Scream Fest LA Film Festival. The film also won awards for Best Horror Film and Best Horror Actor (Laser) at the 2009 Fantastic Fest.

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The Human Centipede is available today on VOD (check your cable listings) and expands nationally for limited theatrical midnight showings on May 7.

2010
04.30

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Looks like “Glee’s” Dianna Agron has got something to cheer about. The actress, who turns 24 today, has been cast as the female romantic lead in DreamWorks’ sci-fi actioner I Am Number Four. The film marks Agron’s major studio debut.

Four is an adaptation of the upcoming HarperCollins young-adult novel of the same name written by James Frey (”A Million Little Pieces”) and Jobie Hughes. It’s plot centers on nine aliens living incognito as high school students in Paradise, Ohio after their home planet is destroyed by evil extraterrestrials.

Agron will play a high schooler who falls for alien Number Four, played by Alex Pettyfer (Beastly). The film also stars Sharlto Copley (District 9) and blonde stunner Teresa Palmer (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice).

Count on I Am Number Four to be in theaters on Feb. 18, 2011.

2010
04.30

Megan Fox Is a Sweaty Hooker in ‘Jonah Hex’ Trailer!

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Warner Bros. has released the first official trailer for its upcoming supernatural western Jonah Hex. Josh Brolin (Planet Terror) stars as the film’s titular hero, John Malkovich (Transformers 3) plays the heavy, and Megan Fox (Jennifer’s Body) makes it all watchable as feisty bordello babe Leila.

Take a look:

Originally introduced in 1977 by DC Comics, Jonah Hex is a former Confederacy-officer-turned-outlaw-bounty-hunter hired by the U.S. military to stop a diabolical madman and his army of evil in exchange for his freedom.

Jonah Hex is directed by Jimmy Hayward (Horton Hears a Who) with an assist from I Am Legend director Francis Lawrence. Costars include Will Arnett (Monsters Vs. Aliens), Michael Shannon (Bug), David Jensen (The Mist), Natacha Itzel (The Dunwich Horror), Brandi Coleman (Battle: Los Angeles), Michael Fassbender (Eden Lake), and Aidan Quinn (The Eclipse).

Jonah Hex rides into theaters on June 18.

2010
04.29

Helena Mattsson & Her Nipple Attend ‘Iron Man 2’ Premiere!

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If you’re one of the few who still peruses video store aisles in search of masturbation fodder hidden cinematic gems, chances are you’ve found Swedish-born actress Helena Mattsson on the box of the 2007 direct-to-DVD erotic sci-fi thriller Species IV: The Awakening.

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Despite appearances on various TV shows (“Legend of the Seeker”) and a bit part in last year’s Bruce Willis sci-fi actioner Surrogates, Mattsson’s portrayal of Species’ nude and horny half-alien/half-human hybrid remains her most standout role to date. This, however, can soon change as the stunning 26-year-old makes an appearance in Marvel Pictures’ Iron Man 2 as a character named Rebecca.

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OK, odds are we’ll still see her in Species V: Naked Again to Pay My Rent. But, for the time being, Mattsson is enjoying the A-list treatment. This includes attending Iron Man 2 red carpet premieres in sexy dresses that are so tight her nipples pop out (pictured above).

Enjoy!

2010
04.29

Wes Craven Talks About New ‘Scream’ Trilogy!

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Horror icon Wes Craven is finally talking about his upcoming reboot of the Scream franchise. The 70-year-old director/producer confirms what writer Kevin Williamson first announced at last year’s American Film Market: There will be a new Scream trilogy and original players Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, and David Araquette will return for Scream 4.

He tells EW:

I’m fascinated by what this movie is. I can’t think of another film that has not only a true trilogy, where you’re following a single central character over three pictures, but has the complexity to the story and other characters that also have continued along. And then 10 years later, to come back to those same characters and same actors, and continue that story in a way that’s totally organic. It’s kind of unprecedented.

It’s very much about the last 10 years, and where we are right now. “New decade, new rules” is very much the keynote of the film, that is, trying to figure out what sort of rules (the new Ghostface) is following. How do we fight this killer without a road map? We have to figure out where we are.

There have been 10 years of no Ghostface, but there has been the movie-within-a-movie Stab. We have fun with the idea of endless sequels, or “sequelitis” as Kevin calls it in the script. Sid goes through these three horrendous things, and Stab was based on those horrible things. And then they’ve been taken by a studio and run into the ground in a series of sequels.

She has been off by herself and living her own life, and she’s even written a book that has gotten a lot of critical acclaim. She’s kind of put her life back together in the course of these 10 years. But, certainly, there would be no Scream without Ghostface, so she has to confront him again, but now as a woman who has really come out the darkness of her past.

Scream 4 kicks off the trilogy on April 15, 2011.

2010
04.28

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The premiere for Platinum Dunes’ A Nightmare on Elm Street was held last night at the Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood, CA.  I would have attended, but I fell asleep (ba-rump-pum!). I am, however, catching a screening of the flick tonight and should have a review ready for my new upcoming Muertos at the Movies segment.

Attending the event were stars Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Thomas Dekker, Kyle Gallner, Clancy Brown, Connie Britton, and Platinum Dunes co-founder Michael Bay. Sadly, it appears Katie Cassidy was absent during the shindig.

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Among the celebrities spotted were “Spartacus” babe Erin Cummings, Shannon Elizabeth (Night of the Demons), Playboy’s Kendra Wilkinson, McLovin’ himself Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Kick-Ass), Efren “Vote Pedro” Ramirez (Napoleon Dynamite), Nicky Whelan (Halloween 2), Jordana Brewster (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning), Lisa Wilcox (Nightmare on Elm Street 5), Kali Hawk (Couple’s Retreat), Bridget Marquardt (Scary Movie 4), and Freddy rival Jason, aka Derek Mears (Friday the 13th).

Shannon_ElizabethA Nightmare on Elm Street opens April 30.

Photos courtesy of Zimbio.