"The Strangers", starring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman, is in theaters everywhere today. The film deals with a vacationing couple who are terrorized by three unknown assailants. The marketing has claimed it to be based on a true story, however the only thing we could dig up is that it may or may not slightly resemble the true story that the French film "Ils" ("Them") was loosely based on. We'll have a review up for you some time on Saturday, and the film will be the subject of our podcast this week, so keep your eyes peeled!
1431: Joan of Arc is burned at the stake in Rouen, France for relapsing into heresy. After having signed a confession a week earlier, Joan appeared in court wearing difformitate habitus -- degenerate apparel -- or more precisely, men's clothing.
Robert Rodriguez is shopping a TV Show around called "Women in Chains". The show, described as a "violent drama" is reportedly influenced by 70's exploitation films, and is to star his "Planet Terror" muse (and apparently, fiance) Rose McGowan. I haven't read the rest of the news yet but I'm assuming this will be the strangest story of the day.
Rainn Wilson joins the cast of "Transformers 2". I'm guessing this will totally silence all the people who were pissed that the first film wasn't really about the Transformers... Oh wait, no it won't.
Two new banners for "The Dark Knight". Also, we're finally a little over a month away from release! This film is rivaling "Cloverfield" for film to come out this year that seemed to be in development FOREVER.
Bad news for "Reanimator" fans, as Stuart Gordon says "House of Reanimator" probably isn't going to happen, at least any time soon. The film was to be about Herbert West being called in to reanimate a dead president who then turns into a zombie, and has his inner circle running things for him. Sound familiar? It should, as the whole thing was cooked up in the early 2000's as a satire on the Bush Administration. In related news, those of us who have seen "Beyond Reanimator" aren't too sad at this news.
1999: Hikers discover the skeletal remains of Philip "Taylor" in his Ford Aerostar at the bottom of a 200-foot ravine in Malibu, California. The onetime bassist for the band Iron Butterfly had disappeared four years prior.
I used to love watching that old robot fighting show on Comedy Central (BattleBots?). This is a way classier looking (and sounding) version of that goodness.
Fright Rags and Horsebites have been friends of ours for some time, now, so I'm pleased to highlight their newest collaborative joint! This Killer Clowns From Outer Space shirt is awesome and I think it's definitely worth picking up. I'm hoping to get one of my own very soon!
