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The LA Times is reporting that the producers of MARTYRS have nabbed director Daniel Stamm (THE LAST EXORCISM) to rework the popular French torture film for an American audience. Martyrs tells the story of two abused orphan girls, Lucie and Anna, who meet and become friends. Fifteen years after she was kidnapped and subjected to prolonged torture, a mentally unstable Lucie seeks revenge on …

The good: Frank Darabont will return to the director’s chair for thirteen episodes of the second season of AMC’s mega hit show ‘The Walking Dead.’ The bad: The show will probably not return for its second season until October 2011 as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. The reason for the pushback appears to be the large viewer draw that the …

The Grind House Film Festival kicks off at the New Beverly Cinema on Tuesday, November 16th with showings of the films CRITTERS and THE CHILDREN. The film festival is being held to celebrate the life of writer Brian (Domonic) Muir and will roll the only complete 35mm print of the film CRITTERS since its original release. The print was rediscovered …

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSwIrXpvwIo[/youtube] IFC announced that the network has acquired the rights to air DREAM HOUSE, or Wai dor lei ah yut ho, a film by director Ho-Cheung Pang. DREAM HOUSE will air as a part of the IFC Midnight lineup. OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS: “Cheng Li-sheung is a young, upwardly mobile professional finally ready to invest in her first home. But when the …

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYDMxq1vONw[/youtube] Written and directed by Amanda Gusack, IN MEMORIUM spent years in development and finally, after successful test views of the first fifteen minutes, the atmospheric film is now available for download on IndieFlix.com. OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS: “Two months after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Dennis Wade, a struggling filmmaker, decides to document his illness. Still free from symptoms, he and …

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZnwdhoqqZ4[/youtube] OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS: “The weekend is about to kick off. With the ocean calm, the weather warm and the sun setting over the hills, two psychopathic siblings – Emma and Peterson, pit stop on their road trip of bloodshed at the sleepy beach-side town of Cecil Bay. ‘Bad Behaviour’ will have you on the precipice of intrigue as you are …

Disney gave fans a teasing look at their upcoming film PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES with the release of the first teaser poster for the movie. At first glance there does not appear to be anything new in the traditional skull and cross bones logo that fans have come to know oh-so-well, but on closer inspection the grinning …

New Line Cinema released a new poster for the upcoming film THE RITE. The film follows a skeptical American seminary student named Michael Kovak(Colin O’Donoghue) who travels to Italy to attend a special school so he can learn the art of exorcism. There he meets Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), a priest well versed in the art of expelling evil and …

Dead of Night Films Brings Old School Horror & Horror Icons Back to the Big Screen with WITCHES PLAYGROUND ST. LOUIS: The highly anticipated “First Look” trailer for WITCHES PLAYGROUND airs today exclusively on GeekTyrant. Dead of Night Films recently lensed a teaser trailer to give investors a look into the concept for the upcoming film to raise awareness, heighten …

MTV’s reinventing the 1985 cult classic Teen Wolf that featured original wolf member Michael J. Fox by turning it into a television series and the teaser trailer for the series has hit the web. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z1v6zfFp3o&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Below is a breakdown of the three male leads in the series that include Tyler Posey, Dylan O’Brien, and Tyler Hoechlin.

Lionsgate has confirmed that Mike White, who wrote School of Rock and Nacho Libre, both starring Jack Black, will be at the helm of the Seth Grahame-Smith’s re-interpretation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies that features heroine Elizabeth Bennet. Natalie Portman still rumored to be the producer behind the film, however there’s still no cast members yet. Pride …

EW gives us an inside look into the Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight Saga production designer) thriller, Red Riding Hood that stars Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Virginia Madsen, and Luke Haas. The story is set in a medieval village that is haunted by a werewolf, where a young girl falls for an orphaned woodcutter, much to her family’s displeasure. Yea, so it’s …

A bunch of new images have surfaced form Wes Craven’s Scream 4 that features Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, and a few others. Looks like ‘ghostface’ tries to destroy Neve in one of the photos using his infamous slicer. Check em out!

AFTER DARK FILMS SHOWS ITS METTLE WITH LATEST TITLE HUSK SOWS FEAR AND REAPS HORROR IN THE LATEST “AFTER DARK ORIGINALS” FILM  After Dark Films CEO Courtney Solomon has once again planted terror into the hearts of horror fans. Husk, the sixth chilling feature film as part of the AFTER DARK ORIGINALS is a gruesome tale written and directed by …

In The Tradition of “TOKYO DECADENCE” and “HOSTEL” Unmoved Movers is a sexual thriller. It starts like a sad story of human conditions which soon turns into a bad dream, and ultimately regresses into a violent nightmare. Based on real events in a small suburban town in Poland, that captured the attention and shock of a nation, Unmoved Mover tells …