From modern horror master Wes Craven (Scream, Scream 2) comes a timeless shocker that remains the standard bearer for terror.

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Wachusett inspires horror film
Ski lift tale prompts comparisons to ‘Jaws’
Ever felt that twinge of panic when a ski lift stops in the middle of its ascent and you wonder what it would be like to get stuck up there? Most people let that scary thought go as soon as the chair starts moving again. But Adam Green, a screenwriter and film director who grew up in Holliston and plies his trade in Hollywood, has made a full-blown horror movie out of it.

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Moksha to be a new wave horror subject
Meera Jasmine is playing the lead in Moksha directed by Srikanth Vemulapalli and produced by P Amarnath Reddy on the banner of Amarnath Movies. The film had completed 50 per cent shooting.

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Sanjay Gupta-Suparn Verma join hands for 'Avatar' inspired 3D horror flick
Avatar has done the trick. Not just has it created havoc at the global box office, it has also made many a filmmakers smell the coffee. The action adventure saga has registered its place in history as one of those films that has changed the very dimension of filmmaking. No wonder, Bollywood has also felt the impact, so much so that producer Sanjay Gupta has taken an early lead and announced his next film with director Suparn Gupta. Belonging to horror genre, this yet untitled 'live' film would be made in 3D format.

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According to BoxofficeMojo, in only three weeks, James Cameron's AVATAR is now the second biggest alltime world wide box office money maker, right beneath #1, James Cameron's Titanic. This from a former school janitor and truck driver.

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Apocalyptic Beliefs of American Evangelicals
Who knew that one of this year’s first horror movies would arrive not from Japan or the mind of Eli Roth but from three inquisitive nonfiction filmmakers? Turning their camera on the apocalyptic beliefs of American evangelicals (estimated in the film at more than 50 million), Kate Davis, Franco Sacchi and David Heilbroner illuminate a worldview marked by absolute certainty and chilling finality.

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Movie review: Minimalist horror activity that works
IF the low budget horror movie Paranormal Activity could be summed up in one word, that word would be 'Madonna'.

While some fans of the Queen of Perve may go into seizures over the comparison, the truth is, Paranormal Activity has taken a page out of Madge’s book of survival.

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Roth's own horror story
Sounds like the scene in a B-movie: A city slicker is kayaking off the coast of Careyes, Mexico, when he’s suddenly caught in a whirlpool. He escapes and climbs onto a rock covered in crusty barnicles only to be swamped by a wall of water. Clinging to the rocks, he steps on an urchin, which unleashes scores of spikes into his foot. Unfortunately for filmmaker Eli Roth, that was reality.

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Hudson Reveals New Concept Art for Wii Horror Title "Calling"
Exclusive first-look at characters and settings from the upcoming horror title.
What we know: Calling avoids the trend of zombies, heavy guns, and body armor in other survival-horror games for a more Silent Hill: Shattered Memories-like approach. You'll still be fighting for your life, but your only "weapons" will be flashlights, notepads, and your wits.

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Nightmare on Elm Street Behind the Scenes Video
This year we’ll see the release of Platinum Dunes and Samuel Bayer’s take on A Nightmare on Elm Street. Unlike a lot of remakes, especially from the horror genre, this movie doesn’t bother me as much as the rest.

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288 Vroom releases 100 Horror Stories And Sounds for iPhone & iPod Touch
Bridgewater, New Jersey - 288 Vroom LLC has released 100 Horror Stories And Sounds 1.0, a slick new eBook reader and sound effects player for iPhone and iPod touch. Developed specifically to take advantage of the iPhone's unique capabilities, 100 Horror Stories And Sounds is for the horror fan in everyone.

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'Spider-Man 4' delayed over script clashes
Sony, Sam Raimi have differing ideas for the film's villains
The latest Spidey sequel is proving villainously difficult to plot out.

Sony and director Sam Raimi are at loggerheads over which direction to go with the villains for the latest installment - an impasse which has prompted the studio to delay its scheduled spring production start and potentially to bump the pic from its May 6, 2011 release slot.

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FeoNote: Well you guys better makeup your minds fast. Tobey Maguire ain't getting any younger!

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The Long Beach Comic-Con will have a special 1 day show on Saturday, February 20th at the Long Beach Convention Center

For more information, check out MySpace.com/Long Beach ComicCon.

LET ME IN, is a remake of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, based upon the novel, LET ME IN by John Ajvide Lindqvist (also wrote the screenplay for LET THE RIGHT ONE IN).

Writing and Directing the American remake is Matt Reeves (CLOVERFIELD). Shooting is underway in New Mexico and the film stars Kodi Smit-McPhee (THE ROAD), Chloe Moretz (THE AMITYVILLE HORROR [2005], ROOM 6), and Elias Koteas (THE PROPHECY, APT PUPIL, THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT, THE FOURTH KIND).

Melanie of Mammoth sent me this,

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Cinema Slaughter Horror Film Festival is April 23, 2010 at the Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood.

Full information at ShellterMovie.

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Dark Delicacies will be hosting a DVD release signing on Saturday January 9th at 2:00 for Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown.

On hand to sign this documentary will be Producers Jim Myers and William Janeczewski, Artists Adam Byrne and John Cherevka and Narrator Robin Atkin Downes.

This documentary is a chronicle of the life, work, and mind that created one of horrors most enduring mythos and features interviews with such luminaries as Ramsey Campbell, John Carpenter, S. T. Joshi, Guillermo Del Toro, Neil Gaiman, Stuart Gordon, Andrew Migliore, Robert Price, and Peter Straub.

For more information go to DarkDel.

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DORIS DANGER GIANT MONSTER ADVENTURES! APPEARANCES!
Pack your bags, get your hotels and airline tickets booked, fans!

INDIE EUPHORIA, Sacramento CA, January 9 and 10! (That’s this weekend!)
Meet JIM WOODRING, JEFFREY BROWN, NATE POWELL, oh, and hack Chris!

SLG PRESENTS COMICS FEST II, San Jose, CA, January 16! (That’s next weekend!)

For more info check out Tabloia.

When Dr. Elliot Drake and his friends emerge from a spelunking mission in Sedona to find that 50 years have gone by and the world is virtually destroyed, they are certainly thrown for a loop. The landscape is desolate, human population is sparse, and other-worldly creatures lurk in the night. Even stranger, none of the men have aged and they each seem to possess a different special power.

Stunningly beautiful (and equally strong) Jade was born after “The Change,” and this barren, overgrown world is all she’s ever known. Jade’s dark past has made her more aware than most of the secret behind the world’s transformation. Based out of what would have been Vegas in a commune called Envy-- she’s dedicated to defeating this evil at any cost, and trusts few people.

A chance meeting between Elliot and Jade sparks immediate attraction. There are dozens of reasons for them to stay apart, but the slow build of temptation is too enticing to resist. Together they embark on a mission to discover who’s behind the ravaging of the world, and what they can do to defeat them and restore human life.

Visit Joss Ware.

Indie Horror Film NECROSIS Begins Unprecedented Television Commercial Advertising for its April 20th U.S. DVD release
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 4, 2010 -- Set for an April 20th DVD and Cable Pay Per View Release, Necrosis stars an ensemble of talented actors including James Kyson Lee (NBC Heroes), George Stults (7th Heaven), Tiffany (1980's Pop Star), Penny Drake (Zombie Strippers), Danielle De Luca (Naked Fear) and Robert Michael Ryan (CBS’ How I Met Your Mother). The cast also includes Horror Movie Icon Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes) and character actor Mickey Jones (Penny Dreadful) in a Psychological Horror Film about ghosts from the Donner Party infecting a group of friends on a weekend snow vacation.

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What gives studios fan approved license to keep churning out Horror Thriller remakes? Even the bad ones usually make money.

Despite fan written and vocal disapproval toward a studio, we vote with our money, gang, not what we write on a freaking message board (get that through your thick skulls, now please! I'll wait. Okay.). And the reason for shooting a prequel to John Carpenter's THE THING from wa-ay back in 1982, is the unexpected success of it.

1982 and John Carpenter's THE THING was an unmitigated flop in its theatrical release. That time is historically known as the summer of Stephen Spielberg's One-Two Punch, POLTERGIEST and E.T.

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ComicMonsters.com’s founder Rob Caprilozzi says it “It’s very exciting for us to be able to showcase the talents of Asylum Press and their independent publishing spirit.”

Asylum Press is joining forces with ComicMonsters.com to celebrate their 11 years of horrifying comic fans, as well as looking to the future. Throughout January, ComicMonsters.com will be featuring retrospective features, as well as exclusive sneak previews of upcoming Asylum Press releases. Each day will there will a new Asylum Press feature or horror comic to check out.

"I'm very excited to be working with Comic Monsters to put together a giant online retrospect of Asylum Press as well as previews of upcoming books, animations, trailers, exclusive premieres, interviews with creators and more," explains Asylum Publisher Frank Forte, "this is going to be a blast!"

The Asylum Press spotlight can be found by clicking the Publisher Spotlight link on the top left corner of the ComicMonsters Homepage.

Asylum Press can be found on the web at: AsylumPress.com