Horror Headlines 7/2/08

Submitted by Eric on Wednesday, Jul 2nd 2008

I just woke up to write the news and discovered that the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" movie is on HBO. I'm not sure, but that must be some sort of good omen for the day. So without further adieu, here we go!

Paul W.S. Anderson is in early talks with Sony about doing "Resident Evil 4", which is surprising to me, because I would have thought that he had run out of zombie films to rip off at this point.

"Hellboy" on Inside the Actor's Studio is just as genius as it sounds. "Hellboy II: The Golden Army", directed by Guillermo Del Toro goes wide everywhere July 11th.

NBC's "Fear Itself" anthology, despite sucking. pretty much. every. week, has earned the right to four more episodes on NBC. Apparently the network is taking a "wait and see" approach, not guaranteeing the show it's entire 13 episode run. After the next four however, they'll be over the half way point and more than likely to finish it out. Next week sees the debut of "Eater", which was supposed to be the ep that kicked off the series. That's Thursday's at 10pm Eastern on NBC.

Red Band trailer for Alxandre Aja's "Mirrors", starring Kiefer Sutherland.

In Real People News: 

Usually when things happen in real life that resemble horror movies it's pretty cool, unless of course that movie is "Inside". Um, yikes.

This guy is apparently a really good ventriloquist, because he was able to convince his neighbors that he was having an argument with his wife, when he was the only one home. When police arrived the man was playing out both sides of the argument (complete with girly voice). He had also broken his own front window and destroyed the inside of the apartment.

If you're looking for a website which offers "Shamanic Services" or "Rune-casting", be careful. You could end up at this place, where you will be beaten, raped, starved, and kept in a dog cage.

People around the world are getting excited for the Olympics in Beijing this summer. Meanwhile, China is frigging imploding from the inside out. It looks like this year the Olympics might actually be interesting.

Want to see what it looks like when a man has his nose chewed off by a Monkey? I didn't either, that's why I'm taking you down with me. NSDB (Not Safe During Breakfast)

On this day in history: 

President James A. Garfield is shot in a train station by Charles Julius Guiteau, a lunatic trying to become ambassador either to Austria or France. Garfield lingers for three months before finally dying. It also starts what was known as the "20 Year Death Curse", in which every 20 of the next 100 years, the sitting president was either assassinated, or shot in an attempted assassination.

Horror Hound Issue #12 On Stands Now

Submitted by Eric on Wednesday, Jul 2nd 2008

After the last issue inexplicably didn't feature any of my writing (seriously, what was the deal with that?) Issue #12 of Horror Hound Magazine comes back with a vengeance, hitting stands today (Wednesday) and featuring three pieces of my writing. First off, the entire issue is one big tribute to the "Halloween" series (save for part III, which had it's own retrospective a few issues ago).

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Hancock Mini Review

Submitted by Casey on Tuesday, Jul 1st 2008

Last night I found myself in attendance for a pre-screening for Will Smith's latest flick, "Hancock". As I head into this mini write up, I want to make a point; I went into "Hancock" with little to no prior knowledge or expectations. The trailers have been floating about out there for awhile, I've watched them once or twice, but honestly I never paid much attention.

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Blogger Wanted

Submitted by Eric on Tuesday, Jul 1st 2008

I mentioned this on Episode 33 of our Podcast this week, but I wanted to reiterate to those who may not be listening (or just haven't heard it yet).

Anyhoo, we're looking for a few good bloggers. Specifically, we would love WOMEN bloggers, but I'm willing to entertain any applicants.

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Horror Headlines 7/1/08

Submitted by Eric on Tuesday, Jul 1st 2008

Trailer for J.J. Abrams' "Fringe", which will debut this Fall on the FOX network. Looks pretty sweet to me, only a few more months to wait. Although, certain enterprising individuals have pointed out to me that it may be available through other means. I don't know what that means but I think you can figure it out ;)

Pics from Dario Argento's next film "Giallo", also two of the first posters for the flick. At this point, I'm officially going to stop saying "hopefully this is a return to form" for Argento. Based on "The Three Mothers", that ship may have sailed a long time ago.

Charlie Sheen is out of the Twisted Pictures film titled "Tortured", and Erika Christensen has become the first officially cast actor since that news broke. I always thought it was ironic that Sheen would star in a film called "Tortured", if only because of the infamous incident in 1991 where he actually called the FBI after viewing one of the "Guinea Pig" movies, mistaking it for a snuff film.

Declan O'Brien will be directing "Wrong Turn 3", and casting has officially begun. The series appears to be officially moving on without Joe Lynch, who brought the series back to life last year with his DTV sequel subtitled "Dead End".

In Real People News: 

So as it turns out, you really can pick off a bicyclist by throwing your car door open. And, coincidentally, it will only cost you a 110$ fine, as long as you're in Toronto. Good to know, good to know.

Grandfather slays family with an Axe. He warned them there would be consequences if they didn't let him watch Matlock. I guess they've learned their lesson.

I've read some disgusting stories for this site, but this one takes the cake. A Dublin man has been arrested for collecting little boy's urine with the intent to drink it. I'm not sure how he got caught, what with the black duffel bag and Saran Wrap and stuff. That's not sketchy at all.

On this day in history: 

1951: Mary Reeser spontaneously combusts in St. Petersburg, Florida, after taking a couple of sleeping pills and settling down with a lit cigarette.

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