We’ve seen a few trailers for Not John Carpenter’s “The Thing” but we haven’t got much of a look at the creature effects until now. The red band trailer shows a mix of practical and CG effects that look sweet enough for me to officially move the needle over from “cautiously optimistic” to full-on “looking forward to it.”
Mawwiage, that bwessed awangement… is the unlikely setting for “[REC]3: Genesis.” The new film breaks free of the block of flats where the first two were set and unleashes the zombie horde on a wedding party. From the looks of the trailer, it also ditches the POV style and goes full-on into wedding dresses and chainsaws territory.
The second biggest question most people had upon hearing the announcement that “Human Centipede” would have a sequel was “How?,” considering that by the end of the film just about everybody was dead. If you’ve been crossing your fingers and chanting “Not a prequel, not a prequel” for the last year, you’re in luck. During the recent UK banning of the film some plot details leaked out. It turns out that the film “tells the story of a man who becomes sexually obsessed with a DVD recording of the first film and who imagines putting the 'centipede' idea into practice.” Whew. So it’s not just me. Here’s some stills and junk.
If you live in the vicinity of Rochester, NY you’ll have a chance to see “The Shining” with its rarely seen original ending next month. Don’t get too excited – it’s only about two minutes long and it mostly consists of some guy giving Danny Torrance a tennis ball, but hey, it’s exclusive! Evidently the ending was in the first few screenings, but Stanley Kubrick edited it out and it has rarely been seen since then. You can catch the flick at the Dryden Theater at the George Eastman House on October 22 at 8:00pm. Hit up the official site for more details.
In a huge breakthrough for the dead body disposal industry, a Florida funeral home has developed a process called “resomation” which can reduce a human body down to a greenish-brown liquid that can safely and solemnly be flushed down the toilet.