The Haunted Mansion 2003, Poster HD, Sumary, Main Characters and Trailer

Rated PG for frightening images, thematic elements and language.

Genre: Comedy/ Horror/ Family/Fantasy.

Directed By Rob Minkoff. Written By David Berenbaum.

Tagline: Check your pulse at the door, if you have one.

What do you get when you take a bit of the happiest place on earth and mix it with a dash of spooks and screams? Why, Disney’s “The Haunted Mansion” of course. What starts out as a masquerade ball turns into a night of deception, poison, and death. Flash to the present where the house, now on the market, catches the eye of former resident-look-alike, Sara Evers who’s Real-estate husband, Jim, decides to take her family to the residency for the weekend. But once inside it seems surprises wait. An old music box with a ball of light; should she follow it? A secret passageway; who knows where it will lead? There is a crystal ball with a whirlwind of rhymes; if you have the time, and, a trip to the graveyard and a wedding; if they can make it out alive.

Summary:

Welcome Foolish Mortals to the masquerade ball of the millennium. Everyone is dancing, laughing, and enjoying the gallantry of the evening whilst Elizabeth and Ramsely (Terrence Stamp) sneak off for a secret meeting where a note is passed. What follows is a deadly toast.

Flash forward to Real-estate Agent Jim Evers who has just received a phone call with the prospect of adding an expensive listing to Evers and Evers Realty. Read more …

While She Was Out (NY/LA) December 12, 2008: Poster Kim Basinger, Synopsis and Trailer

Release Date: December 12, 2008
Director: Susan Montford
Writer: Susan Montford
Starring: Kim Basinger Luis Chávez Erika-Shaye Gair Luke Gair Lukas Haas Jennifer Kitchen Katie Messina Craig Sheffer Ari Solomon Jamie Starr Michael Strusievici Leonard Wu
Studio: Anchor Bay

SYNOPSIS

A suburban housewife (Basinger) is forced to fend for herself when she becomes stranded in a desolate forest with four murderous thugs. What starts off as a quick trip to the mall ends in the woods with a fight for her life. All she has is a toolbox and her will to survive.

A suburban housewife is forced to fend for herself when she becomes stranded in a desolate forest with four murderous thugs. What starts off as a quick trip to the mall ends in the woods with a fight for her life. All she has is a toolbox and her will to survive.

Starring: Kim Basinger, Lukas Haas, Jamie Starr, Leonard Wu, Luis Chavez, Craig Sheffer Read more …

The 10 Best Zombie Movies of All Time

Zombies… arms outstretched, in search of brains or flesh to fuel their awakened dead energy… that’s the stuff of classic zombie movies, but what are the best of the bunch? And can you think outside the walking dead stereotype to find an updated, fresher zombie flick? Here’s Movie Crunch’s list of the 10 best zombie movies: Read more …

The Top Ten Horror Flicks for Chicks

Once upon a time, horror-movie fandom was a Boys’ Club: No cootie-ridden girls allowed. But we’ve come a long way, baby, as today, every dark-and-scary night is ladies’ night with women making up a solid half of the audience for fright flicks. Remember the thrill of seeing Halloween’s Laurie Strode (the inimitable Jamie Lee Curtis) stand up to the bogeyman with a knitting needle? Well, there’s more where that came from.

The Flick: The Descent (2005)
The Chicks: Sarah (Shauna Macdonald) and Juno (Natalie Jackson Mendoza)
The Reason Why Chicks Love It: Take a pack of estrogen-fueled thrill-seekers, drop them in an unmapped cave somewhere in the Appalachian Mountains, unleash something super-nasty on them, and, rest assured, they won’t run and scream: They’ll bring it on. Even in this dude-free zone, Sarah has the final-girl look; and who doesn’t love to hate Juno, the alpha bitch who gets them into this mess? The Descent knows that women’s friendships are complicated. Read more …

Vampire Novelist David Wellington (13 Bullets) Names Top Ten Vampire Movies

There’s a distinct possibility that as you’re reading this you’re already thinking, “Oh, I hate vampire movies!” That’s probably because, after zombie movies, no sub-genre of horror movie has ever generated so many horrible, pointless films. And yet when handled correctly, the vampire remains the most effective and yes, scary monster out there. Here are ten movies that will make you believe a man can suck blood. I’ve intentionally stayed away from movies about Count Dracula (a sub-sub-genre all its own), and for you Twilight fans, well, sorry kids. Shouldn’t you be updating your Facebook page right now? For the rest of us, these are the ten greatest vampire movies:

10. The Lost Boys (1987)
There are some of movies that aren’t great, but because of some redeeming feature, they transcend notions of quality and taste. The Lost Boys has some good bits, like the Frog Brothers, or Kiefer Sutherland having too much fun with his role, or the bridge scene, or its amazing soundtrack, but nothing really stands out as superb. Yet people love the movie. They really do. Why? Because it has heart. Because always, always, it remains entertaining, which puts it above 99.999% of all movies ever made.

9. 30 Days of Night (2007)
It’s full of plot holes, wooden performances, and the ending is silly. It’s also seriously kickass. Some truly creepy vampires invade the town of Barrow, Alaska, above the Arctic circle where the sun won’t rise for another thirty days. They proceed to lay the town to waste in one long, achingly elegant and nasty overhead tracking shot. Then we spend the rest of the movie watching them get killed off in glorious, grisly ways. Pure cinematic gold.

8. Lifeforce (1985)
A cult classic from director Tobe Hooper and not just because the wardrobe department completely forgot about star Mathilda May. A space shuttle mission to Halley’s Comet finds an alien spacecraft co-designed by H. R. Giger and Charles Addams. Inside are three space vampires in suspended animation… suffice to say, they don’t remain suspended for long. Of course, they have to be naked the whole time — except when they’re possessing the body of Patrick Stewart. Totally incoherent, totally unforgettable. Read more …

Step Aside, Vincent Price! Anthony Hopkins Is King of the Creepshow

Sir Anthony Hopkins, esteemed master of the British stage, Oscar winner, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, horror star… yes, you read that right. Horror star. The Welsh-born Hopkins may not have the intimidating genre resume of fellow Brits Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, but his creepshow cred was formidable long before he made a cultural touchstone of Dr. Lecter’s slyly chilling account of eating that pesky census taker’s liver with “some fava beans and a nice chianti.”

And here’s the kicker: In a movie career littered with forgettable TV pictures, ill-advised remakes and bills-to-pay junk like Shortcut to Happiness (you know, the notorious Devil and Daniel Webster reimagining that starred living blow-up doll Jennifer Love Hewitt as Ms. Satan) and the scifi thriller Freejack, Hopkins’ horror movies have been a pretty classy bunch.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Why beat around the bush? Hopkins gave the genre a new icon with psycho shrink Hannibal “the cannibal” Lecter. Yeah, it’s a meaty role, but an old-school frightmeister like Vincent Price would have delivered lines like, “Good evening, Clarice” with campy relish, while Hopkins’ dry, whispery tones make it the sound of pure evil. No matter that fellow-Celt Brian Cox originated the role in Michael Mann’s Manhunter (1986): Hopkins owned it. The Silence of the Lambs was a perfect storm of A-list talent, but would it have scooped up five top-tier Oscars — including best picture, best director for Jonathan Demme and best actress for Jodie Foster — without Hopkins’ insinuatingly malevolent performance? Well, the last horror movie to rack up comparable nominations was The Exorcist — ten to Lambs’ seven — and it only won two.

Back-to-back follow ups Hannibal (2001) and Red Dragon (2002), a remake of Manhunter, were little more than showcases for the bad doctor’s devilish appeal, but no matter. Dr. Lecter’s place in the monster pantheon is secure. Read more …

Trick ‘r Treat (V); Poster, Synopsis, Movie review and Trailer

Last weekend, I attended my first-ever “Weekend of Horrors,” the yearly convention thrown by Fangoria magazine, the almighty beacon of all horror publications. Wearing my nerd hat with pride and vigor, I walked into NYC’s Jacob Javits Center expecting a massive eye-and-wallet-fucking orgy of badass collectibles, vintage horror comics, B-list celebs, and chicks strutting their physiques covered in fake blood and S&M get-ups.

Sadly, however, what I saw in reality was a miniscule, somewhat-lackluster version of that. You had who-cares cast members from Friday the 13th sequels endlessly regurgitating facts about the franchise that any self-respecting horror head already know, side by side with old, tired-appearing has-beens looking more depressing than Randy the Ram at his autograph session in The Wrestler. Read more …