‘The Crazies’ Remake, Release Date: February 26, 2010; Synopsis, Poster and Trailer

Release Date: February 26, 2010
Director: Breck Eisner
Writer: Ray Wright, Scott Kosar
Starring: Timothy Olyphant Radha Mitchell Joe Reegan Danielle Panabaker Joe Anderson Justin Welborn
Studio: Overture Films

“Terror Can’t Be Contained”

SYNOPSIS

The story revolves around the inhabitants of a small Kansas town who are beset by death and insanity after a plane crash lets loose a secret biological weapon into the water supply. Read more …

Shutter Island: February 19, Poster, Synopsis and Trailer (Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo)

Release Date: February 19, 2010
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer: Laeta Kalogridis
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio Mark Ruffalo Ben Kingsley Michelle Williams Emily Mortimer Patricia Clarkson and Max Von Sydow
Studio: DreamWorks Studios

SYNOPSIS

From Oscar®-winning director Martin Scorsese, “Shutter Island” is the story of two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), Read more …

Paranormal Activity 2 gets ready with Saw VI director!

By Ace Fernandez and Borys Kit / Paramount has hired screenwriter Michael R. Perry and director Kevin Greutert to create the sequel to 2009’s biggest surprise hit, “Paranormal Activity,” which scared up $151 million in worldwide grosses in the fall on a shoestring $15,000 budget and a shrewd, opt-in Web marketing campaign.

Significantly, Paramount will unleash it in theaters on the pre-Halloween weekend of October 22, which sets it against that date’s reigning champion in previous years, the next installment in Lionsgate’s “Saw” series (this year would be “VII”). In a symbolic twist, Greutert made his directorial debut on the sixth “Saw” film, which grossed just $64.8 million worldwide, with observers thinking that the franchise may be bleeding dry. Read more …

Levine to Adapt Zombie Story Warm Bodies

Jonathan Levine (The Wackness, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane) will write and direct an adaptation of Isaac Marion’s zombie romance novel “Warm Bodies” for Summit Entertainment.

The story centers on an existentially tormented zombie who begins an unlikely friendship with the girlfriend of one of his victims and starts a chain reaction that will transform him and his fellow zombies.

Bruna Papanadrea is producing through her Make Movies company and Laurie Webb and Cori Shepherd Stern will executive produce.

You can watch a trailer for the book (not the movie) by using the player below: Read more …

After Dark Horrorfest 4 (Jan 29-Feb 5) January 29, 2010, Poster, Synopsis and Trailer

Release Date: January 29, 2010
Director: Various
Writer: Various
Starring: Various
Studio: After Dark Films

SYNOPSIS

THE GRAVES: In The Graves, two inseparable sisters, Megan and Abby Graves, are taking one last wild road trip before Megan has to start a new job. The journey includes a trip through remote Arizona in search of a kitchy roadside attraction. Instead, Megan and Abby happen on Skull City Mine, a weather-beaten, abandoned mine town converted into a self-guided tour. What seems like a fun day in the sun turns into a mind-bending fight for survival against menaces both human and supernatural.

DREAD: DREAD is a psychological thriller centering on three college students who study other people’s fears. As the study progresses, one of the students begins to seek salvation from his obsession by exploiting the terrors of his fellow participants. Read more …

The Graves (2010) Release Date: January 29, 2010, Poster, Synopsis and Trailer

Release Date: January 29, 2010
Director: Brian Pulido
Writer: Brian Pulido
Starring: Clare Grant Jillian Murray Bill Moseley Lamb of God singer D. Randall Blythe Tony Todd
Studio: After Dark Films

SYNOPSIS

In The Graves, two inseparable sisters, Megan and Abby Graves, are taking one last wild road trip before Megan has to start a new job. The journey includes a trip through remote Arizona in search of a kitchy roadside attraction. Instead, Megan and Abby happen on Skull City Mine, a weather-beaten, abandoned mine town converted into a self-guided tour. What seems like a fun day in the sun turns into a mind-bending fight for survival against menaces both human and supernatural. Read more …

Hidden (Horrorfest ‘10): Poster, Synopsis and Trailer Debut for Foreign Spookfest ‘Hidden’Trailer Debut for Foreign Spookfest ‘Hidden’

Release Date: January 29, 2010
Director: Pål Øie
Writer: Pål Øie, Brio Flint
Starring: Kristoffer Joner Cecilie Mosli Anders Danielsen Lie Bjarte Hjelmeland and Karin Park
Studio: After Dark Films/Lionsgate

SYNOPSIS

Hidden is the story of Kai Koss who upon the death of his cruel mother unwillingly returns to the small town he ran away from 19 years ago. He is left in charge of the family home and the dark secrets that come with it. Kai soon finds himself tangled up in a series of murderous events that are beyond anyone’s control and his troubles begin to overwhelm him. He has spent the past two decades trying to forget a tortured past only to find that there are some things that you just can’t run from. Read more …