Security Council Condemnation of North Korean “UFO” Deepens Korean Crisis
April 15, 2009 / 17122
Gavan McCormack
On 13 April (14 April East Asian time), Claude Heller, the Mexican president of the United Nations Security Council read a “Statement” on behalf of the Council. He condemned North Korea for something described as a “launch” it had conducted on 5 April, demanded it desist from any further such act, reaffirmed the principles of a 2006 Security Council resolution (No 1718, adopted in the wake of North Korea’s missile and nuclear tests of 2006, banning any “missile-related activity”), directed the UN Sanctions Monitoring Committee to take further steps to secure compliance and to advise on possibly widening the sanctions list, and called for early resumption of the Beijing Six Party negotiations on the North Korean problem.
Notably, the Council nowhere spelled out what North Korea might have launched, for the simple reason that its members could not agree: some thought missile, some thought satellite. Unable to agree on a noun, it therefore compromised with the verb “launch.” The Council’s strong and peremptory diplomatic language - “condemns,” “demands,” etc – was therefore oddly out of kilter with its inability to decide what it was condemning. Essentially it was saying North Korea was not to launch any more unidentified flying objects, or “UFOs.” Whatever it was you launched,” said the Security Council in effect, you should not have and you must not do it again.” Read more …
Beranak Dalam Kubur (2007)
April 15, 2009 / 19275
Beranak Dalam Kubur (2007)
Jessy, Jovan, Titaz and Kalia and Brian are the doctoral students who are make friends. They are doing the observatory for their anatomy task in a hospital. They found a closed and abandoned morgue. It closed forever and there is a new morgue. Because of Brian and Kaila’s act, the five of them get into the room. But no one knows that the room that looks empty apparently kept a woman’s dead body that hide behind a separator. It is hide intentionally.
Since get into the room, they all going through some kind of hallucination things that threaten their lives. First, when Titaz, Johan, Brian, Kaila and Jessy sneak into an anatomy practical room, Titaz was surprised by the awakening of a cadaver dead body. The dead body is the tool for the anatomy practical class. When it arising, it looks like the dead body that found in the abandoned room. Titaz shock. Her friends don’t believe her. Read more …
Red Sands 2009 - Poster, Synopsis, Trailer, Raw Review
April 13, 2009 / 27037
Release Date: February 24, 2009 (DVD)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Director: Alex Turner
Screenwriter: Simon Barrett
Starring: Brendan Miller, Shane West, Aldis Hodge, Theo Rossi, Noel Gugliemi
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R (for violent content, language and some sexual material)
Official Website: Not Available
Review: 5/10 rating
DVD Review: Not Available
DVD: Not Available
Movie Poster: DVD Cover
Plot Summary/Synopsis: Present-day Afghanistan. As continuing battles rage in the war-torn country, a unit of U.S. soldiers are dispatched to seize and control a strategic road that runs past an abandoned stone house. En route, the soldiers discover an ancient stone statue hidden deep within an ancient ravine. Using the relic for target practice, they destroy it, unwittingly releasing a vengeful supernatural force that is about to wage a horrifying war on them.
RAW REVIEW
Horror movies are not often set in a Middle Eastern combat zone. The Sci Fi Channel has given us Manticore and Monster Ark, but they are the exception to the rule. Considering how many genre outings are set in the woods or a creepy house/building, a scenery change is welcome. Read more …
How Much of the Mask Will We See in Zombie’s H2?
April 13, 2009 / 21123
Wayne Toth, speaking from his make-up FX trailer, tells me we will see Michael Myers spend at least seventy-percent of the sequel without the mask. Myers, as played by Tyler Mane, will appear as the disheveled, bearded hulk we’ve seen in leaked set photos. “That’s Michael’s new look for a lot of the film. Fans will be shocked. They seem pretty responsive to it. But it’s like anything else, as long as you’re doing something cool, people get it.”
The film is set roughly two years after Zombie’s remake. Between films I’m told Myers has been living in the wild, exposed to the elements. A pic of Myers that was shown to me found him beneath a ragged hoodie, hair covering his dirtied face. He actually sorta resembles Zombie during his Hellbilly Deluxe days.
Toth assures us fans will see new interpretations of the Myers mask. “There are a couple different versions of the mask, but none of them are the same mask from the first film. He wanted to take them a step further, even though one of them is basically supposed to be the last mask. We’ve changed it anyway. Then towards the end of the film is the current version of the mask which is a lot different from any of them we’ve seen. People are going to be surprised when they see it. It’s going to thrown the Myers fans for a loop.” Read more …
Konami Announces Saw Video Game for XBoX 360, PS3 and PC Review + 8 Screeshots
April 13, 2009 / 26421
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced Saw is being developed for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC.
Saw will invite players to engage in a horrific game inside the treacherous corridors of an abandoned insane asylum that has been transformed into a gauntlet of terrors by Jigsaw, Saw’s maniacal antagonist. SAW will expand the survival horror genre by allowing players, for the first time to experience the terror of Saw on the game console, by pitting them against Jigsaw, his brutal traps and the mind bending puzzles that have become synonymous with the film franchise.
“Konami, partnering with Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures to create SAW was a very organic synergy,” said David Daniels, Director of Marketing for Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. “As the leader in the survival horror genre, it only made sense to align with one of cinema’s most iconic horror franchises to create an entirely new survival horror experience.”
Producers Mark Burg and Oren Koules of Twisted Pictures added, “Through the years, it has been important to us to consistently find new ways to engage and thrill horror audiences, this game is the next step, transporting fans directly into Jigsaw’s labyrinth.” Read more …
Loner (Korean) 2008 - Synopsis, Poster, Trailer Asian Horror Movie
April 10, 2009 / 16485
Aka: Woteoli | Alone | Ophaned | Hikokomori
Year: 2008
Directed: Park Jae-sik
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Runtime: 01:44:27
Country: Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English/Korean
Cast: Ko Eun-ah, Chae Min-seo, Jeong Yoo-seok, Jeong Yeong-sook, Lim Dae-ho, Lee Da-in
Synopsis / Plot
Ha-Jung and Soon-na are best friends & students at the same school. However, while Soon-na has a happy and outgoing personality, Ha-Jung is often the target of extreme cruelty at the hands of bullies. After her best friend’s strange suicide, the formerly bright and outgoing Soon-na locks herself in her room and becomes a recluse. She refuses to open the door to anyone and acts as if someone is in the room with her. Her personality degrades to the point where her uncle turns to his fiancee, a psychiatrist who specializes in hikikomori, for help. Hikikomori is a term to describe those who shut themselves off from society in reaction to trauma, usually by confining themselves to a room and avoiding human contact. The outcome is terrifying as supernatural occurrences collide with dark family secrets. Read more …
