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Horror Headlines: Wednesday January 20th, 2010

Submitted by Casey on Wednesday, Jan 20th 2010

Everyone is a bit concerned about the upcoming US remake of "Let the Right One In". Director Matt Reeves says that "Let Me In" will be much darker and scarier than "Twilight".

The John Landis produced "Some Guy Who Kills People" has had a flurry of casting news. Among the list are Kevin Corrigan, Lucy Davis, Barry Bostwick and Karen Black.

Daniel Harris has posted some behind the scenes stills from her next feature, "Stakeland". Directed by Jim Mickle who last helmed "Mulberry St.", a director who has already shown that he knows vampires pretty well.

Actor Sam Tramell who portrays Sam Merlotte on HBO's "True Blood" gives About.com a few tidbits on season 3 of the show.

In Real People News:

More than half of the people on Louisiana's sex offender list are prostitutes breaking the state's sodomy laws.

A former surgical technician is being sentenced to 20 years in prison for infecting thousands of patients with Hepatitis-C. Stealing the patient's syringes filled with fentanyl, she would refill the needles with saline solution and place the infected equipment back in the operating room.

On this day in history:

1982 - Rock musician Ozzy Osbourne is hospitalized in Des Moines IA after he bites the head off of a dead bat.

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Horror Headlines: Tuesday December 1st, 2009

Submitted by Casey on Tuesday, Dec 1st 2009

John Landis steps into the producer's chair for a new serial killer movie aptly titled Some Guy Who Kills People. Even odder than the title, the film will be directed by "Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus" director Jack Perez.

The marketing machine for Breck Eisner's "The Crazies" remake is kicking into gear with two new viral marketing sites that just launched.

The first dates for the the midnight movie re-release of Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead" have been announced. While the list is small, more dates are expected to be announced soon.

New screenshots of the long delayed "Splatterhouse" game remake are now online. At first glance, it looks like the wait will be well worth it.

Need some Joel Schumacher directed horror? Then check out the official trailer for "Blood Creek".

In Real People News:

A new meat eating pitcher plant has been discovered in the Phillipines. This bad boy is known to feast on rats.

The small Australian town of Docker River is suffering from an infestation. The town is being run down by thousands of marauding camels in search of water.

Japanese officials are on the hunt for 1,300 tubes of stolen bull semen. When interviewed, the Japanese bulls were rather excited about the prospect of replenishing the stock.

On this day in history:

1947 - Aleister Crowley, the wickedest man in the world, dies in Hastings England at the age of 74.