It’s Alive (remake) (V) (October 06, 2009); Review, Poster, Unrated DVD cover, Synopsis, Release, Cast and Trailer

It’s Alive is a 2008 remake of the Larry Cohen’s 1974 horror film of the same name. See It’s Alive (1974 film).

Plot

When Lenore (Phillips) learns that she is pregnant, she leaves graduate school to set up a home with her boyfriend (Coleman) in the country. The fate of the happy new family takes a gruesome turn when animals and people end up brutally dead – all with a strange connection to their newborn. Could their new child be the monster responsible for the gruesome murders?

Cast

* Bijou Phillips - Lenore
* Raphael Coleman - Frank
* James Murray
* Skye Bennett - Nicole
* Ty Glaser - Marnie
* Arkie Reece - Perry
* Laura Giosh - Officer Marcos

Release

The film will officially be released straight-to-DVD on October 6, 2009. It will be available in both rated and unrated editions. However, a theatrical release was done in the Philippines on August 2009.

Release Date: October 06, 2009
Director: Josef Rusnak
Writer: Larry Cohen, Paul Sopocy, James Portolese
Starring: Bijou Phillips James Murray Skye Bennett Raphaël Coleman Arkie Reece
Studio: First Look Studios

Synopsis

IT’S ALIVE is a modern remake of the classic 1970s horror film. When a young woman (Bijou Phillips) learns that she is pregnant, she leaves graduate school to set up a home with her boyfriend in the country. The fate of the happy new family takes a gruesome turn when animals and people end up brutally dead – all with a strange connection to their newborn. Could their new child be the monster responsible for the gruesome murders?

Unrated DVD cover

Directed by Josef Rusnak

Produced by Mark DamonWritten by 2007 Screenplay: Larry Cohen
Paul Sopocy
James Portolese
1974 Screenplay:
Larry Cohen
Starring :         Bijou Phillips
Raphael Coleman
James Murray
Music by Nicholas Pike
Editing by James Herbert
Patrick McMahon
Release date(s) October 6, 2009(USA)
Language English Read more …

The Children (The Day), Poster, Synopsis, Movie Review and Trailer

Synopsis

What seems like a normal trip to their auntie’s and uncle’s soon turns into a disaster as uncle Robbie is mysteriously killed after appearing to fall off a sledge, and then mysterious child like figures from the forest start attacking.

Movie Review

“The Children has it all and is guaranteed to please even the hardest to satisfy horror fan… [while it's] an incredibly well shot and suspenseful film, it’s also insanely violent…”

By: Brad Miska (MrDisgusting)

Spoilers Follow

Taking its cue from classic horror films like Who Can Kill a Child? and The Bad Seed comes the UK horror flick The Children, a fresh take on a subgenre frowned upon here the States, where children aren’t the cute little tykes we thought they were…

In the film directed by Tom Shankland, a bunch of kids have flu-like symptoms, which evolve into a more sinister problem.

While the recently released UK film of the same nature, Eden Lake, is widely praised among critics and horror fans, I consider the pic to be a bust on many levels — and where Lake fails, The Children thrives. Written by Tom Shankland and Paul Andrew Williams, The Children doesn’t attempt to over explain the situation at hand, which keeps it not only more believable, but extra creepy. The idea that your loving kids could turn on you and your family without any reason whatsoever is downright terrifying. To even think that a child could be capable of some of the terror they raise in this film is even more insane.

But the true bliss of this wonderfully executed horror flick is an idea that’s teased throughout the entirety of the events of that fateful afternoon; could you hit, let alone kill your own child to preserve your own life? During the climax (watch the scene here) one of the parents is sitting back against the door yielding a fire poker while two kids slowly creep towards her. Behind the door her daughter is screaming, kicking and punching, trying to help save her mother. Read more …

Children Of The Corn 5: Fields Of Terror (1998), Poster, Plot and Trailer

Plot: A group of teens become lost in middle America and arrive in Gatlin, Nebraska, where forgotten children have taken on the duty of serving “He Who Walks Behind the Rows”. The teens have less than a week to get out of the town. However, they find that their car is destroyed, and the children are held accountable.

Alison, the leader of the teens, overhears that the children are the adopted wards of Lucas Enright, a madman who considers himself the savior of the children, and the earthly representative of He Who Walks Behind The Rows. Upon remembering that her brother is also among them, Alison and the rest decide to go to Enright’s farm to discover the truth behind the bizarre cult.

Upon arrival, they are stopped by Ezekiel, who could be considered the leader of the children, and he informs them they are on private property and must leave. After a debate, Alison is finally allowed to see Luke. He informs her that her brother is there, and agrees to let her see him, only to be rejected by him for leaving him alone with their abusive father. Jacob informs her that he is engaged to be married to a girl named Lily, and also states that she is pregnant with his child. Kir, one of the teens, eventually becomes a part of the cult after reading a passage out of their “Bible”.

Ezekiel holds a ceremony for the annual sacrifice to He Who Walks Behind The Rows, which involves a child who has reached 18 years of age to leap into a flaming corn silo where the god is supposed to dwell. Jacob is chosen, but he refuses and tells Ezekial that his religion is false, angering him. After he leaves, Kir chooses to take the fateful course, and climbs to the silo and leaps to a fiery demise. The rest of the group wishes to leave the town, but Alison refuses to leave without Jacob. They leave her, and she eventually reads a message Jacob left her in his Bible. It translates to “Help”, and she realizes he wants to escape. She enlists the help of the sheriff to stop Luke and Ezekiel. Read more …

Dark Country (V) (October 06, 2009); Poster, Synopsis and Trailer

“The Dark Country” has started filming in Albuquerque in high definition 3D and 2D. It is a film noir thriller written by Tab Murphy of “Tarzan” fame. Best of all it stars my past co-star Ron Perlman who I performed with on the set of “Outlander” last fall. Ok.

I was a background actor but that’s beside the point isn’t it? Anyway Hellboy himself will be front and center along with Lauren German (Hostel: Part II) and of course The Punisher, Thomas Jane himself.

Hyde Park Entertainment and Stage 6 Films will produce it (Patrick Aiello / Ashok Amritra). Read more …