31 Days of Halloween: Nightmare City
31 Days of Halloween
Nightmare City (1980)
Directed by: Umberto Lenzi
Written by: Antonio Cesare Corti, Luis María Delgado and Piero Regnoli
Starring: Hugo Stiglitz, Laura Trotter and Maria...
31 Days of Halloween: Red State
31 Days of Halloween
Red State (2011)
Directed by: Kevin Smith
Written by: Kevin Smith
Starring: Michael Parks, Melissa Leo and John Goodman
Religion can be scary. In that sense, Kevin...
31 Days of Halloween: The Beyond
31 Days of Halloween
The Beyond (1981)
Directed by: Lucio Fulci
Written by: Dardano Sacchetti
Starring: Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck and Cinzia Monreale
Ah, Fulci gore. Just what I...
31 Days of Halloween: Scream 4
31 Days of Halloween
Scream 4 (2011)
Directed by: Wes Craven
Written by: Kevin Williamson
Starring: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette
What's happened to Wes Craven?!
The...
31 Days of Halloween: Paranormal Activity 2
31 Days of Halloween
Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
Directed by: Tod Williams
Written by: Michael R. Perry, Christopher B. Landon
Starring: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat and Molly Ephraim
The...
“Eli’s iPod has run out of juice and to the right is the road that leads into Carnagie’s (Oldman) town. Eli makes the decision to go in to town, power up his iPod and refill his canteen.”
According to one of the Director’s (Allen Hughes) of the upcoming post-apocalyptic film The Book of Eli, the catalyst for the plot of the movie hinges on Denzel Washington’s characters need to recharge his iPod and refill his canteen. That’s what brings him to Gary Oldman’s town and where the plot thickens. [USA Today]
Is it just me or is that just stupid. The world has pretty much ended. We’re in post-apocalyptic Earth. And someone’s iPod is still relevant? Worth risking one’s life for?
These are more of my most anticipated movies of 2009.
X-Men Orgins: Wolverine
After Brett Ratner ran X-men into the ground with X-men 3, hopefully this will breathe new life into what we all loved about the first 2 X-men flicks.
Hugh Jackman reprises the role that made him a superstar – as the fierce fighting machine who possesses amazing healing powers, retractable claws and a primal fury. Leading up to the events of X-Men, X-Men Origins: Wolverine tells the story of Wolverine’s epically violent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed, and the ominous Weapon X program. Along the way, Wolverine encounters many mutants, both familiar and new, including surprise appearances by several legends of the X-Men universe whose appearances in the film series have long been anticipated.
The Wrestler
This is in Limited Release this month, but will be released wide in January. Can’t believe Mickey Rourke may be up for an Oscar!
Back in the late ’80s, Randy “The Ram Robinson” (Mickey Rourke) was a headlining professional wrestler. Now, twenty years later, he ekes out a living performing for handfuls of diehard wrestling fans in high school gyms and community centers around New Jersey.
Estranged from his daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) and unable to sustain any real relationships, Randy lives for the thrill of the show and the adoration of his fans. However, a heart attack forces him into retirement. As his sense of identity starts to slip away, he begins to evaluate the state of his life — trying to reconnect with his daughter, and strikes up a blossoming romance with an aging stripper (Marisa Tomei). Yet all this cannot compare to the allure of the ring and passion for his art, which threatens to pull Randy “The Ram” back into his world of wrestling.
Director Darren Aronofsky presents a powerful portrait of a battered dreamer, who despite himself and the odds stacked against him, lives to be a hero once again in the only place he considers home inside the ring.
The Unborn
This movie looks messed up, but interesting. Nothing like scary, evil ghost kids.
Sometimes the soul of a dead person has been so tainted with evil that it is denied entrance to heaven. It must endlessly wander the borderlands between worlds, desperately searching for a new body to inhabit.
And sometimes it actually succeeds.
Writer/director David Goyer (Blade: Trinity, The Invisible, Batman Begins) gives a terrifying glimpse into the life of the undead in The Unborn, a supernatural thriller that follows a young woman pulled into a world of nightmares when a demonic spirit haunts her and threatens everyone she loves.
Casey Beldon (Odette Yustman) hated her mother for leaving her as a child. But when inexplicable things start to happen, Casey begins to understand why she left. Plagued by merciless dreams and a tortured ghost that haunts her waking hours, she must turn to the only spiritual advisor, Sendak (Gary Oldman), who can make it stop.
With Sendak’s help, Casey uncovers the source of a family curse dating back to Nazi Germany—a creature with the ability to inhabit anyone or anything that is getting stronger with each possession. With the curse unleashed, her only chance at survival is to shut a doorway from beyond our world that has been pried open by someone who was never born.
Dead Snow (aka Død Snø)
Nothing like a Norweigan horror flick about Nazi Zombies!
A group of eight friends drives to a cabin in northern Norway where German troops where slaughtered by angry locals living there in 1945. Now the undead zombie Nazi soldiers feast on whoever comes there way.