Five Scariest Movies of the Century Nov 20, 2008
Jaded from decades of horror movie watching, it takes a little more to make me jump these days, but it still happens. And while the 1970s and 1980s seem to have produced more really scary movies than at any other time in film history, the occasional jolt of terror can still be found. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
For studio, vampire movie is a Cinderella story Nov 20, 2008
That kind of money especially for a film that cost just $37 million to produce propels to the center of Hollywood a studio known for obscurities like "P2," a horror movie set in a parking garage, and "Sex Drive," about a loser who works in a doughnut shop. "It's the first time a little engine that could has come along in a while, and that's getting the attention of people who never thought twice about Summit," said Tara Kole, a partner at the entertainment law firm Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown,... (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
The horrors of coming-to-age Nov 20, 2008
Co-Director of "DeadGirl," Gadi Harel said, "We didn't really approach it as a horror movie." "DeadGirl" was an official selection in the Cucalorus Film Festival which was screened in the Midnight Madness section Nov. 14. The film is about two teenage guys, the ruffian outcasts of the school, who one day, while skipping class come across a girl in the abandoned asylum. (The Seahawk, NC)
Bond is UK top gun for third week Nov 19, 2008
It will face competition in the UK this weekend from Leonardo DiCaprio thriller Body of Lies, horror movie Quarantine and romantic comedy My Best Friend's Girl. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Trial begins in shooting death of T.I.'s friend Nov 19, 2008
com reported that Cincinnati police officer Dom Meece testified that the scene inside T.I. s van was something out of a horror movie with blood dripping off the ceiling and brain matter on the floor. Padron Thomas is expected to be the star witness against his brother. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Scene the outback? Nov 18, 2008
Tourism WA is not so keen about promoting that other great Western Australian movie location, Wolfe Creek (in the Wolfe Creek Meteor Crater National Park, 1800 kilometres north-east of Perth), where the 2005 horror movie of almost the same name turned many potential campers off the outback for life. Queensland. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Click here to view Nov 18, 2008
As for the scares the game does give you some effective shocks by employing almost all the horror movie standards to shock you, such as things suddenly passing in front of the camera, things appearing out of nowhere, clanking and creaking sounds, and of course a very effective and creepy musical score. Me. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
'Noel' celebrates French music at Balai Sarbini Nov 17, 2008
The music started out with a sad, mysterious melody, like the kind heard in horror movies. The audience was stunned -- where were the Christmas jingles. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
There is no escaping the damp fog of November Nov 17, 2008
It's a low fog, like the fake fog in horror movies. It is thick as a gray blanket, damp and chilly. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Applause for a new fright club Nov 16, 2008
Q. Have horror movies coarsened horror fiction. A. The effect is not very positive, in my opinion. (Boston Globe)
IT'S OVER! Vandy-Kentucky, As It Happened Nov 16, 2008
6:13: For Kentucky fans, its a bad horror movie. For Vandy fans, its a dream come true. (VandyMania.com)
Caste clash rocks Law College Nov 13, 2008
Did you go there to watch horror movie. Will you just watching if the boys beaten are your sons or relatives. (Express Buzz)
Brother, can you spare some popcorn? Nov 12, 2008
Theres definitely a connection between the escape that those horror movies provided in the 30s and the more extreme versions we have today, Maltin observes. Frankenstein, Dracula and company transported audiences to a gothic world quite unlike their own, and Im sure that was a great part of their success. (MSNBC -- Politics)
For director, it was love at first fright Nov 9, 2008
So when Alfredson set out to make the eerie film "Let the Right One In," about the friendship that develops between two adolescents - one of whom happens to be a vampire - he didn't watch any horror movies for inspiration. Instead, he studied paintings to see how they used "eye-to-eye contact," he says. (Boston Globe)
The B List' highlights obscure gems Nov 9, 2008
Subtitled "The low-budget beauties, genre-bending mavericks, and cult classics we love," "The B List" is arranged (very) loosely by theme film noir, road movies, horror movies, "transgressive chic." These movies may never make "best-of" lists, but they're all memorable, and most essays from well-known names including the Village Voice's J. Hoberman, Newsweek magazine's David Ansen, Salon's Stephanie Zacharek, Roger Ebert and many others convey the giddy pleasure involved in watching a... (Montana Standard, MT)
Action! A century of moviemaking in Jacksonville Nov 9, 2008
WANTED: 6'5" or taller male to play role of monster in horror movie. Must be experienced swimmer, scuba diver. ACTING ABILITY not required Don Barton ran that ad in the newspaper in the early '70s. His Barton Films, based in Jacksonville, made industrial movies but was ready to move into something more artistically inspiring. Something like a giant radioactive walking catfish, one that would terrorize the locals of North Florida - which included girls in bikinis and music-making hippies. It's... (Florida Times-Union)
1. Quantum of Solace (12A, 106 mins) Nov 8, 2008
This animated take on the evil scientist/pitiful sidekick to the horror movie villains has not moved in this week s chart. 7. (WalesOnline)
Jacqueline McNutt Nov 8, 2008
She enjoyed horror movies and her parakeet Ginger. Wife of Russell McNutt for 47 years, she leaves her daughter, Donna A. Williamson and her husband, Brian, of Plymouth; her son, Michael McNutt of Lake Worth; her brothers, James McGahan and Dennis McGahan of Quincy; her grandchildren, Jim and Jessica; and many nieces and nephews. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
Awash in beautiful, bloody combat Nov 8, 2008
It's deliciously over-the-top stuff sure to be appreciated by fans of horror movies and games. Duck and cover. (Globe and Mail)
Van Damme as postmodern Hamlet Nov 8, 2008
" In the first shot, a 40ish man in a suit (it's the French actor Hippolyte Girardot) crosses a busy street in Paris and approaches some kind of large horizontal stone monument, evidently rather new. He appears to be looking for a particular name or names on the monument, but there is no dialogue or explanation. In the next sequence, again filmed (as far as I can see) in a single shot, we see an older woman puttering about her apartment. (It's Jeanne Moreau, arguably the greatest of all French... (Salon)
The Supreme Court takes on the seven dirty words Nov 7, 2008
When I was a child, I was allowed to watch horror movies. I had nightmeres about them. (Entertainment Weekly)
Pirates falter in Game 5, season ends Nov 7, 2008
Early on in game three, it was something right out of a horror movie for the Pirates as they trailed 10-1 and allowed eight straight points to the Hawks. Again it was Autrey who strung together serves to bring the Pirates back within striking distance at 12-7. (Grants Cibola County Beacon, NM)
Forbidden fruit in the classroom Nov 4, 2008
We love to live in horror movies. " Moral outrage is something Goldsworthy is familiar with. NSW MP and morals crusader the Reverend Fred Nile once tried - unsuccessfully - to ban the writer's book Maestro from the HSC syllabus because of its sexual content. "I have a wonderful framed front cover of the Sun Herald which has my photo and in gigantic print 'cut the smut. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'The Strangers' a stranger to horror Nov 4, 2008
If you're looking for a post-Halloween horror movie that will make the hair on your arms stand on end, "The Strangers" isn't for you ... The attention to the characters' personal lives from the first scene gives the viewer the false hope that in addition to being a horror movie, "The Strangers" might be psychologically compelling as well. (University News, MO)
Kangana is my live-in partner in the film: Adhyayan Suman Nov 4, 2008
com, he talks about the movie, his belief in ghosts, and how the first horror movie of his career affected him ... Adhyayan: Yes, horror movies scare me no end ... I have never seen a horror movie alone; its always along with a bunch of friends. (Zee News)
Box Office Report Nov 3rd 2008 Nov 4, 2008
And this Haunting of Molly Hartley movie opened up in fifth, which is pretty impressive to market a teen friendly horror movie on Halloween and base it all on the fact that you have someone from Gossip Girl in it. XOXO. (MoviesOnline)
Surgeon faces trial in organ donation case Nov 3, 2008
LOS ANGELES - Ruben Navarro loved horror movies. He watched the "Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Friday the 13th" series with his mother, Rosa, and liked to visit Knott's Berry Farm when it was transformed every October to "Knott's Scary Farm.". (MSNBC -- Crime)
Doctor Accused Of Stealing Organs On Trial Nov 3, 2008
(AP) Ruben Navarro loved horror movies. He watched the "Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Friday the 13th" series with his mother, Rosa, and liked to visit Knott's Berry Farm when it was transformed every October to "Knott's Scary Farm.". (CBS News -- US)
State off course on 'personal genomics' Nov 2, 2008
For example, it is currently impossible to know the hundreds or thousands of tiny genetic variations that help explain why someone loves roller coasters or horror movies. If 10,000 people join an online network for thrill seekers and start comparing their genetic profiles, the variations they share will be obvious. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Horror in the blood Nov 1, 2008
If this were a 1930s horror movie, the wind would rustle, lightning would flash, and bats would flutter at the whisper of their names - Karloff, Lugosi, Chaney. Especially near Halloween. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Scary Bosses: Handling Manager From Hell Nov 1, 2008
Of course, that was a couple years back, before layoffs lurked around every corner like some oozing, drooling horror movie monster. But a spooky job market doesn't mean you have to sit back and take it when the boss slimes you. (ABC News -- Business)
Halloween industry grows beyond candy and costumes Nov 1, 2008
" At those prices, it's no wonder haunted houses charge what might strike some as spookily high admissions."Fifteen years ago the haunted-house industry stepped out on the porch and hollered," said Kirchner, a 20-year industry veteran. Now, "haunted houses are creating their own original horror movie. It's live: you're part of it. (Honolulu Advertiser)
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Nov 1, 2008
Halloween special, improv homage to horror movies, ghost stories, a relationship gone wrong, more; 9 p.m. today; Laughtrack Theater, 1123 Bethel St.; $15; reservations, 384-3362; also after-party and Midnight Madness Jam included in ticket. Treat Streets. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Halloween arrives, DST ends Nov 1, 2008
If you're a casual fan or a dedicated fanatic of the nine "Halloween" horror movies, this is your site. Halloween Origins. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
World's Scariest Stock: Dendreon Nov 1, 2008
Investors are a lot like a girl in a horror movie. The reason that the girl is screaming -- investors are selling in my analogy -- isn't because of what's outside her house. (MSNBC -- Business)
Hollywood's Undead: They're just like us! Nov 1, 2008
The golden age of horror movies coincided with the Great Depression. Our atomic-age fears and Communist worries were visible in the B-movie horror and sci-fi of the 1950s and early 1960s. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Volleyball Survives Halloween Scare To Down UCF, 3-0 Nov 1, 2008
- Playing on Halloween night, Friday's Conference USA volleyball match between Tulane and UCF had all the points that one would look for in a classic horror movie - enough twists and turns to keep one on the edge of their seats, stretches that made one want to cover their eyes, and ultimately, an ending that sent the audience home feeling that they got their money's worth. For the Green Wave, there were no hockey-masked slashers, deranged hotel owners or cannibalistic ex-psychiatrists across the... (Tulanegreenwave.com)
Back From the Dead Nov 1, 2008
Slate on Day to Day for the week of Oct. 27. Slate stories on NPR's Day to Day. (Slate)
A Holocaust movie you haven't seen before Nov 1, 2008
Now, 30-odd years after Wilkins poisoned my mind and perverted my tastes, I explore the Intertubes and discover that he wasn't especially knowledgeable about film, and didn't care for horror movies. He was faking it the whole time. (Salon)
Scoop: McCain may appear on SNL Oct 31, 2008
Theres also the aptly timed horror movie The Haunting of Molly Hartley, but it hasnt been marketed aggressively enough to beat out Saw V.. Which brings us to the third big release of the weekend, Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno. (MSNBC -- Gossip)
Halloween is big business Oct 31, 2008
" At those prices, it's no wonder haunted houses charge what might strike some as spookily high admissions."Fifteen years ago the haunted -house industry stepped out on the porch and hollered," said Kirchner, a 20-year industry veteran. Now, "haunted houses are creating their own original horror movie. It's live: you're part of it. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
A FEW HOURS OF HORROR Oct 31, 2008
Joe Driscoll hosts an annual Halloween haunted house and displays scenes from horror movies. photo by Roland Dorsey. (Dundalk Eagle, MD)
Risk: The Monster In The Closet Oct 31, 2008
Have you ever noticed that in a good horror movie the monster is not immediately revealed but remains hidden until near the climax of the movie. The unknown is scarier than the known; our imagination is a powerful tool and can sometimes scare us more than it should. (Forbes)
Dan Meyers' Movie Blog Oct 31, 2008
When I was younger I remember certain classic horror movies frightening me beyond belief ... The Shining - This film is one of the best horror movies of all time. (Umassathletics.com)
More of this story Oct 31, 2008
Often credited with shaping the sound and look of heavy metal, Cooper is as much a musician as he is an entertainer who draws from horror movies, vaudeville, heavy metal and garage rock. Tickets are 30, 45, and 55 and may be purchased online at , by calling Ticketmaster or in person at the MGM Grand Theater box office. (Westerly Sun, RI)
My Name Is Bruce Oct 31, 2008
The "real-life" Campbell is a nose-picking, clueless coward who says things like, "You don't know fear - you've never worked with Sam Raimi" and equates the challenge with making back-to-back direct-to-video horror movies in Romania. While sporadically funny, the sophomoric "My Name Is Bruce" is no "Bubba Ho-Tep," the movie where Campbell unforgettably played Elvis Presley as a nursing home patient battling a mummy with the help 00004000 of John F. Kennedy. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Oral surgeon who hands out giant candy bars a Halloween hit Oct 31, 2008
This year, he had a friend dressed up as horror movie icon Jason from "Friday the 13th" and projected images and frightening sounds showing on one of his front windows. Next year he plans to have a ghost strung up so it goes from tree to tree on his property. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Lycos Announces Top Horror Films Web Users are Searching for Most this Halloween Oct 31, 2008
"Halloween" generates twice as much search activity as the second and third most-searched scary movies, "Alien" and "Poltergeist," and generates nearly 10 times more search interest than "Friday the 13th." "The Shining," named by Entertainment Weekly, as the number one scariest movie of all time, is the sixth most popular horror movie based on web search activity on Lycos, while "The Exorcist," number two on Entertainment Weekly's list, comes in at number four with web users this Halloween ...... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
'Friday The 13th' Producers Lead Us Through Exclusive Photos From Upcoming Reboot Oct 31, 2008
You know, in a horror movie, you have the guy who kinda senses that maybe things aren't all right. And he's hilarious. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Beat goes on for this Jackson Oct 30, 2008
But the co-creator of the Saw horror movies - now up to a fifth successful instalment - disputes the figure. "The series of films may have made that much money," Whannell said in Sydney yesterday. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Theater to host films, blood drive for holiday Oct 30, 2008
The series, which continues through Friday, will feature six classic horror movies. The cost for each film is $3 for University Park students courtesy of the Students Programming Association. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Scary Movies Oct 30, 2008
It seems silly now but Jaws was the first - what I would call - horror movie that had a lasting impression on me. My parents forbid us to see it but my brother and I bought tickets to another movie and snuck into Jaws. (Florida Today)
Mavericks have changed film industry Oct 30, 2008
STANLEY KUBRICK: Armed with a photojournalist's eye and cynical point of view, Kubrick took what might have been standard crime films (The Killing ), historical dramas (Barry Lyndon ), horror movies (The Shining ) and studio epics (Spartacus ) and transformed them into subtle, stirring indictments. JAMES WHALE: Although best known for his horror films, which include both Frankenstein and its superior sequel The Bride of Frankenstein , Whale managed to make his studio-produced entertainments into... (The Augusta Chronicle)
Comics target everyone as vote nears Oct 30, 2008
Do you want to watch a horror movie without all the blood, guts and gore. Try "The Changeling" or "Rosemary's Baby.". (MSNBC -- News)
Horror-film royalty runs in blood of 'monster kids' Oct 30, 2008
By David Colton, USA TODAY If this were a 1930s horror movie to be watched in black and white, the leaves would rustle, lightning would flash, and bats would flutter at the whisper of their names Karloff, Lugosi, Chaney. Especially near Halloween. (USA Today -- Life)
10 best chain saw movies Oct 30, 2008
"Training Day" (2001) Again, not a horror movie, but cops Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke get a lesson they'd rather not. 8. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Horror you deserve Oct 30, 2008
I'm scared for American horror movies ... Call me an elitist, call me a hater, call me an old fart, but the horror movies that have wreaked havoc in our theaters over the past few years have been seriously lacking ... UI Associate Professor of journalism Don McLeese sees a clear difference between horror movies of the past and present. (Daily Iowan, IA)
No tricks, just treats Oct 30, 2008
Trying on mask after mask, Evans said he was leaning toward choosing Jason from the Friday the 13th horror movie series. I ve already got the blue jumpsuit, he said. (Louisville Business First, KY)
Splinter digs in with steady scares Oct 30, 2008
The retro horror movie Splinter begins with a scrawny bumpkin lounging in a cheap lawn chair outside a deadly quiet gas station in the Oklahoma woods ... Even though Splinter reaches back aesthetically, it is so refreshing to see a horror movie that isnt overedited, isnt smothered in screechy noises and musical cues telling you when to be scared. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Girls dress indecently for Halloween, Nation aghast Oct 30, 2008
Halloween approaches and we all know what that means, and no, I'm not talking about the candy, the trick-or-treating, the horror movies or even the jack-o-lanterns. I'm talking about something so much more important than that, something that goes above and beyond the idea of picking the perfect costume for that Halloween party. (The Suffolk Journal, MA)
Dancing: Cloris leaves Oct 30, 2008
Her hanging around reminds me of an old Saturday Night Live skit that parodied those cheesy horror movies from the '50s. John Belushi played a guy who wore out his welcome at a friend's house. (The Palm Beach Post)
Cover story: Scary times at the Ioka Oct 30, 2008
"'(The Horror Fest)' is pretty typical. ... these two guys are promoting their films together. They simply called and said 'hey, we have a couple of horror movies we'd like to show," says Detzler. "I haven't seen either of these movies so I have no comment on what they are or what they're like. I'm a rental venue in many cases.". (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Michael Myers tops countdown Oct 30, 2008
No one wants to spend hours at a movie store looking for some obscure horror movie that's not been out for nearly 40 years. So at No. 1 was the first real slasher film/horror movie I saw and one that still serves to leave me spooked. (East Tennessean, TN)
Been there, saw that Oct 30, 2008
Nevertheless, bad horror movies plague theatres, and now with VH1's "Scream Queens" (a competition for bad actresses to get a role in "Saw VI"), they have invaded our televisions, as well. Five worst horror films: Page 1 of 2. (Daily Orange, NY)
Scaring Up Top Halloween Flicks Oct 29, 2008
(CBS) Halloween is this Friday and there's nothing like watching a horror movie to get into the spirit ... That's really jarring and then you throw Norman Bates in there dressed up as his mother and its just one freak show," he said. "Starring is the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis of 'Halloween' -- a little family dynasty of horror movies," Rodriguez said. The No. 1 horror movie on Ross' list is "The Exorcist. (CBS News -- Early Show)
