MOST ANTICIPATED HORRORS

[Ghoul]

MOST ANTICIPATED HORRORS:

pa pored L'INTERIEUR, FRONTIERE(S), P2, (REC), INTO THE MIRROR i dr. već pominjanih usual suspectsa, evo nekih noviteta:

pre svega, u sam vrh dospeva (ranije najavljivani, ali tek sad konkretizovani) avatijev film:

IL NASCONDIGLIO (a.k.a. THE HIDEOUT), the new genre film by veteran director Pupi Avati!!!!!!!
The site includes three trailers and two behind-the-scenes clips, photos and more. Laura Morante stars in the movie as a restaurant owner who learns that a murder took place in her establishment 50 years ago, and uncovers scary secrets when she investigates the crime. The cast also includes Rita Tushingham, Treat Williams, Burt Young and Giovanni Lombardo Radice, a.k.a. John Morghen of CANNIBAL FEROX/MAKE THEM DIE SLOWLY and the OMEN remake.

zatim:
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Grindstone Entertainment (the new home entertainment division of Mandate Pictures) has picked up the North American rights to THE SUBSTITUTE, a new Danish chiller from director Ole Bornedal. No relation to the vigilante-teacher film series of the same title, this SUBSTITUTE is about sixth-grade students who discover that their new replacement teacher is actually an evil extraterrestrial and try to convince their parents. Bornedal directed both the original 1995 NIGHTWATCH (a.k.a. NATTEVAGTEN) and its 1998 U.S. remake; you can see SUBSTITUTE's Danish-language official site, with a trailer and more, here. Grindstone, which will team with Ghost House Pictures to release SUBSTITUTE, also has Stateside rights to another horror pic from Denmark's Nordisk Film International Sales, ROOM 205, which just played LA's Screamfest


i najzad (za sada)
davno najavljivani film je sada i potvrđen:
According to The Hollywood Reporter, OLDBOY/LADY VENGEANCE director Park Chan-wook (pictured) will helm an untitled vampire film for Korea's CJ Entertainment next spring. Song (THE HOST) Kang-ho will star as a priest who becomes transformed into a bloodsucker due to a failed medical experiment, and winds up having an affair with a friend's wife. CJ also produced the period murder mystery/torture shocker SHADOWS IN THE PALACE, directed by Kim Mi-jung, which played this year's San Sebastian festival.
istina, posle mlitave LADY i sluzavo-negledljivog CYBORGA ne znam šta da očekujem... možda kad je odmaknut od melodrame čanvuk još uvek može da isporuči nešto vredno čekanja?

[Tex Murphy]

Šta su do đavola Frontiere(s), P2 i Into the Mirror?

The site includes three trailers and two behind-the-scenes clips, photos and more. Laura Morante stars in the movie as a restaurant owner who learns that a murder took place in her establishment 50 years ago, and uncovers scary secrets when she investigates the crime.

Zvuči kao generički ghost story.

this SUBSTITUTE is about sixth-grade students who discover that their new replacement teacher is actually an evil extraterrestrial and try to convince their parents.

Šta li je ovde "most anticipated"? Zvuči kao Faculty.

L'INTERIEUR i [REC] su remek-djela, ovo ostalo je čisto da se nešto pogleda.

[Ghoul]

Zvuči kao generički ghost story.

oprostiću ti zato što si bosančeros, i jer si kupio moju knjigu... inače, tim rečima otpisati PUPIJA AVATIJA...      

[Tex Murphy]

Ja sam kupio DVIJE tvoje knjige, just for the record. Imaš ti još mnogo meni da opraštaš  

[Ghoul]

rob zombi će da radi rimejk C.H.U.D.-a!

ovo je, za razliku od halloweena, naslov koji a) ima smisla rimejkovati i b) adekvatan je zombijevim moćima i stilu, te bi MOGAO biti sasvim pristojan, an then some, flick!

[Shozo Hirono]

rob zombi će da radi rimejk C.H.U.D.-a!

ovo je, za razliku od halloweena, naslov koji a) ima smisla rimejkovati i b) adekvatan je zombijevim moćima i stilu, te bi MOGAO biti sasvim pristojan, an then some, flick!

Samo jos da mu vezu ruke dok snima akcione scene.....

[Ghoul]

ja ne priznajem kategoriju 'supernatural thriller': ako ima natprirodnog, i ako je to glavni izvor uzbuđenja i napetosti ( i strave?), meni je to dovoljno da ga turim u žanr koji, actually, POSTOJI i sastoji iz elemenata koji se zovu 'thrills' i 'supernatural' – dakle, HOROR.

stoga, neka bude vest ovde, dok me stvarnost (film) eventualno ne demantuje:

Ridley Scott to roll with 'Stones'
Director attached to Fox 2000 thriller
By MICHAEL FLEMING

Fox 2000 has attached Ridley Scott to direct "Stones," a supernatural thriller scripted by Matt Cirulnick. Scott Free will produce.
Project is a big-scale supernatural thriller revolving around the mysterious destruction of ancient religious sites around the world. It turns out that Stonehenge is the tie that binds together artifacts that still have primeval powers.
Cirulnick got the assignment after scripting "Elysium" for New Regency, a film that weaves Greek mythology into a drama. He fixed on the idea that Stonehenge, the great pyramids and other artifacts were built for a specific unified purpose.
Pic will resume development after the Writers Guild of America strike concludes. Scott is busy directing Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe in "Body Of Lies" for Warner Bros., and he is expected to follow by moving with Crowe right into "Nottingham," the Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris-scripted drama for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment.
"Stones" is Fox 2000's second recent Scott Free deal involving a directing assignment for the sibling helmers. Tony Scott just set up to direct a biopic on the life and death of cigarette boat inventor Don Aronow.

najzad ridli skot posle toliko vremena režira nešto što bih SA NESTRPLJENJEM čekao da pogledam!

[Tex Murphy]

Nisu valjda Toni Skot i Ridli Skot braća?  

[crippled_avenger]

Pogledao sam P2 Franck Khalfouna, courtesy of Kunac i mogu reći da sada već uspevam da nazrem obrise onoga što će mladi EuropaCorpovi hipsteri doneti Holivudu. Sve ono što se osećalo kao vrlina i kao nedostatak EuropaCorpovih žanrovskih filmova, biva preneto u Holivud u njihovim filmovima i zanimljivo je kako ni holivudske okolnosti nisu uspele da artikulišu i reše neke od njihovih osnovnih problema.

P2 je high concept film. P2 je toliko high concept film da boli. Pojavio se nešto malo posle prvog revivala high concept kamernog trilera u kome su bili naslovi poput RED EYE, COLLATERAL, PHONE BOOTH, CELLULAR i sl. Međutim, generalno fluktuacija high concept projekate je velika i zapravo mnogo više ih je u developmentu nego što na kraju biva realizovano.

High concept kao takav je potpuno legitimna tradicija trilera koja vuče korene od autora kao što su Hitchcock ili Cluzot ili Castle, i ovaj pristup trileru je imao svoje zlatne dane u više navrata. Dakle, ovo nije neka savremena ili pak francuska izmišljotina, ali čini se da jednostavnost i trilerska ekspresivnost high concept filma mogu biti dobar calling card mladim i/ili stranim rediteljima.

Međutim, P2 nije baš najuspeliji high concept, i definitivno nije sam po sebi dobro ostvarenje što ne znači da ne treba da bude calling card za ovog reditelja. Naime, Khalfoun se u ovom filmu pokazao kao solidan igrač zadatka i pokazao je da naprosto ume da realizuje određene stilske žanrovske figure što naravno uvek stoji kao velika nedoumica kad su strani reditelji u pitanju. Doduše, to su pokazali i Siri i Richet pa su ipak vraćeni nazad u Francusku, verovatno obeshrabreni slabim projektima koji su im ponuđeni.

Mislim da ni Khalfoun neće imati znatno drugačiju sudbinu i pitanje je koliko će imati strpljenja da sledećih nekoliko godina radi nešto ovako isto.

P2 je kao koncept odličan ali nažalost scenario koji su napisali Aja, njegov stalni saradnik Gregory Levaseur i sam Khalfoun nije iskoristio potencijal ove priče. Koncept je vrlo jasan. Mlada poslovna žena na Božić biva zatočena u podzemnoj garaži poslovne zgrade i biva prepuštena na milost i nemilost čuvaru psihopati koji je njome opsednut.

Ovaj koncept, ma koliko generičan bio u samoj postavci odnosa manijaka i žrtve, nudio je nekoliko jako dobrih linija konflikta. Naravno primarni konflikt je manijak-žrtva, izopačenost-normalnost, zatim muškarac-žena, birokratija-radnici, gornji spratovi-podrum, klasni konflikti po nekoliko linija, tehnologija-biološki opstanak, i sve bi naravno trebalo da kulminira dosezanjem civilizacijske nulte tačke u tom prostoru.

Međutim, mi prvo nikada ne saznamo koja su svojstva glavne junakinje. Ona je očigledno vrlo zauzeta i radi do kasno. Međutim, mi ne znamo da li je to zato što je ona jako vredna i uspešna ili je to zato što je glupa i sporija od drugih, ili je to zato što je pokvarena i radi nešto kolegama iza leđa. Ne, mi samo znamo da ona ostaje do kasno i da ju je startovao kolega na poslu, koji joj se zbog izvinjava i ona nema neki naročit drušveni život i ide na porodično božićno slavlje. Međitim, mi ne vidimo nijedna razlog za te postavljene okolnosti i samim tim nemamo odnos ni prema tome ko je ona, niti želimo da joj se želje ispune niti bilo šta. Ona je kliše zauzete poslovne žene, i čak bi i to na nekom banalnom nivou bilo u redu da film ima ikakav stav prema tome.

Manijak s druge strane je jedna teatralna budala. Međutim, u stanju ove totalne ambivalencije prema glavnoj junakinji taj lik je mogao preuzeti prevagu. Taj lik je mogaobiti neko u čije se ludilo može projektovati neki sadržaj naročito jer atakuje na osobu bez svojstava. Da su autori iole branili taj lik, na bilo koji način, imajući u vidu slabost glavnog lika, manijak je mogao postati moralni centar filma. Junakinja je toliko objektifikovana i toliko bez svojstava da je manijak mgoao biti pozitivac. Ali, ne, njegovo ponašanje je toliko teatralno i toliko klišetizirano da nema nikakvog utemeljenja, i mi pokušavamo da pratimo sukob između dva nepostojeća lika pa je samim tim i sukob nepostojeći.

Kao što znate, ja svakako nisam neko ko naročito insistira na likovima, međutim, u ovakon svedenoj strukturi, likovi su ipak potrebni, naročito pošto Khalfoun insistira na character-driven scenama.

E sad tu dolazimo do još jednog krajnje bizarnog nedostatka a to je da ovde gledamo character-driven piece koji su pisala trojica ljudi koji nisu English-speakeri i nisu Amerikanci, tako da likovi naročito zbog toga deluju jako šuplje i imaju beskrajne dijaloške scene u kojima se ponavljaju replike, odnosi stagniraju, nema nikakvih promena, itd. Dakle, film pati od jedne potpune statičnosti kad je reč o odnosima likova. Nisu ni pokušali da aprave neku psihološku igru ili neki preokret u odnosima, ne samo unutar scena što je jako bito za ovakve priče, nego ni na globalnom nivou filma, gde je uvek bitno, to je tako oveštala fraza da dođe do promena u likovima.

E sad, ono što je ključno pitanje jeste kakvo je rokanje. Hm, ima recimo jedna i po dobra scena, a to je zarobljavanje junakinje u liftu. Kad je reč o aspektu fizičke akcije, film je krajnje predvidljiv. naravno, predvidljivost kao takva je vrlo često iznuđena, naročito kada se operiše na lokaciji koju svi znamo i sa napravama kojima svi raspolažemo. To bi naravno trebalo da pruži filma novi sloj suspensea, ali isto tako ga neumitno tera i u predvidljivost. Moram priznati da me u recentnoj žanrovskoj produkciji mnogo više impresioniraju reditelji koji uspevaju da prevaziđu predvidljivost nego oni koji su originalni, pošto je upravo prevazilaženje konvencije unutar konvencije možda najveće majstorstvo u žanru.

Reditelj koga je recimo poštujem zbog toga je Rob Schmidt. On ima dar da tačno proceni koja od neizbežnih scena, nije mesto za akcenat i preko koje treba preći što brže i efikasnije, i to je pokazao i u WRONG TURNu i u svojoj MoH epizodi. Khalfoun nema tu sposbnost i gomilu prdvidljivih scena (uključujući i moj favorit "slučaj Martina Balsama" tretira smrtno ozbiljno i pretenciozno i pokušava da nas uplaši. A akcentovanje takvih scena daje filmu naroćitu redundantnost i baš iritira gledaoca. Siguran sam da uživanje u filmu može biti nekih 20% veće nekome ko ne gleda previše žanrovskog filma, ali mislim da većina publike ima otpor prema ovakvim situacijama.

Na sve to, iako P2 ima neku vrstu prestiža i neku auru koju emituje sam film kroz prilično glamuroznu fotografiju (na svu sreću glamur nije opteretio broj kadrova tako da je film lepo raskadriran), zaista se lako srozava na nivo tipičnog studijskog take the money and run programmera.

Ono što je svakako za pohvalu su hard-R momenti, međutim oni nisu dovoljno ekstremni, duhoviti i raigrani (kao u npor. FINAL DESTINATION 2) da bi bili kvalitet sami po sebi niti posebno mariš za ljude kojima bivaju naneti.

Staljinistički rečeno, P2 nosi sve simptome EuropaCorpovih produkcija s tim što naravno ovog puta nema egzotike da ga odbrani pošto ne stoji na braniku odbrane od američke repertoarske hegemonije već joj služi.

Ipak, ja i dalje ostajem sucker za ovaj milje i tu produkciju i sa nestrpljenjem, dodatno pojačanim Trippovim hypeom čekam da u slast poalpćem xavier gensovog HITMANa. BTW, jel neko gledao taj Gensov horor oko kog postoji ogroman hype?

[Ghoul]

Bruce La Bruce, veteran gay-weirdo filma, snimio zombi 'horor' koji igra na sandensu:

Otto; or, Up With Dead People, which is a unique looking zombie movie that blends political themes and gore on a small budget.

[Ghoul]

nije baš da MNOGO očekujem od ovoga, ali svakako ga turam u gornju trećinu 'anticipated' liste!

Sam Raimi returns to horror! DRAG ME TO HELL his next flick!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Sam Raimi has exec. produced many horror flicks under his GHOST HOUSE banner, but for the first time since he started that company up he's actually directing one called DRAG ME TO HELL, a supernatural horror flick he co-wrote with his brother, Ivan.

What's interesting is that this isn't a new project. They wrote it right after ARMY OF DARKNESS. At that point it was called THE CURSE. No real details have come out, but the trades have a blurb about it being about "an unwilling recipient of a supernatural curse."

So, totally good news... But I must say, one bit in the Variety story has me a little worried. There's a quote from long-time Raimi collaborator, Rob Tapert, who will produce this flick that goes like this: "Sam calls it a 'spook-a-blast,' a wild ride with all the chills and spills that 'Evil Dead' delivered, without relying on the excessive violence of that film."

I'm all for creatively shooting around gore and upping suspense and atmosphere, but when I hear Ghost House and a desire to stay away from excessive violence... well, I get worried we're being prepared for a tame Sam Raimi horror flick. SPIDER-MAN's Sam Raimi, not EVIL DEAD's Sam Raimi. Maybe we'll meet in the middle and get something like THE GIFT, which is pretty damn good... Or maybe I have nothing to worry about and we'll see Raimi's return to low-budget horror late next year and dance in the streets when it's as awesome as we all want it to be. Now he just has to get Bruce in there... Thoughts?

[Ghoul]

ANAMORPH

moj stari fetiš, ubistvo i aranžiranje telesa u umetničke svrhe!



this story of a detective (Willem Dafoe) embroiled in a serial-killer case with echoes of one he investigated in the past gave Marino plenty of work; this particular murderer arranges his victims' corpses to resemble classic works of art.

"I don't want to give away much," Marino tells Fango, "but I designed all the corpses for the film, and they are some of the most interesting ones done yet. The complicated positions were very difficult to achieve. One of the bodies is cut into 15 pieces and is arranged in silhouette as the vulture who eats the liver of Prometheus. Another mimics Michelangelo's dead Christ from his Piéta sculpture. Another is hanging completely upside down and bound with leather straps, with its stomach completely stitched up, autopsy-style."

The cast also includes Scott (UNDERWORLD) Speedman, Clea (THE GRUDGE) DuVall and Peter (CONSTANTINE) Stormare; Henry Miller directed from a script he wrote with Tom Phelan. ANAMORPH has already played a couple of festivals and is seeking U.S. distribution.

[Ghoul]

Michele Soavi returns to horror!

Fourteen years after making one of Italy's finest horror fantasies, DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE/CEMETERY MAN, director Michele Soavi is finally back in the genre saddle. After spending the last decade helming high-profile Italian TV fare (like the ULTIMO thriller franchise starring Raoul Bova), the former actor (THE GATES OF HELL, CALIGULA: THE UNTOLD STORY) and one-time assistant to Dario Argento (for whom he directed THE CHURCH and THE SECT/THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTER) will be in London and Romania this summer shooting CATACOMBS CLUB.
The screenplay is by Charles McKeown, the co-scripter of Terry Gilliam's THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN who is currently in production on THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS. Soavi and McKeown became firm friends when the former headed up the 2nd unit on the troubled BARON MUNCHAUSEN. CARACOMBS CLUB relates the strange tale of a rich Russian married couple building a casino-cum-disco in London's West End. The wife wants to be a headline singer in the club; only problem is, she's completely tone-deaf and can't carry a tune, so her husband hires a singing teacher to help her fulfil her dream ambition. As construction begins on the site, a drunken accident finds the instructor falling into a recently uncovered passageway that leads to a kingdom of strange creatures. They've gone undiscovered since their burial during the Roman invasion 2,000 years before, and the teacher is shocked to learn they know nothing of the surface world. He's even more surprised when he falls in love with She, a female creatures with the most beautiful voice he has ever heard...
"It begins with a flashback to ancient times, like the one in THE CHURCH," Soavi tells Fango. "And it ends during a concert in the Royal Albert Hall venue. I don't want to say too much more at this time, except that it is definitely in the spirit of CEMETERY MAN and has a similar atmosphere." Casting will be firmed up in the coming months, but Soavi's partner Alina Nadelea, featured in his last theatrical outing ARRIVERDERCI, AMORE, CIAO/THE GOODBYE KISS, will play one of the female leads. One of the producers is former giallo actress Conchita Airoldi (TORSO, BLADE OF THE RIPPER) who has a long association with Soavi. The songs will have "a Kate Bush feel," according to Soavi, who adds, "I've enjoyed working in Italian TV where budgets are around the 9-million-Euro mark. I hated all the compromises I had to make on my previous horror films—going back to my first, STAGE FRIGHT—but I have the budget to do CATACOMBS CLUB justice."
Although a sequel to CEMETERY MAN was mooted a few years ago, writer/producer Gianni Romoli's huge success producing the popular films of director Ferzan Ozpetek (THE IGNORANT FAIRIES, FACING WINDOW) somewhat sidelined that idea. But Soavi would do it if Romoli came up with another original and creative premise. "I have talked to star Rupert Everett about reprising his role, and I'd love to continue his adventures. But it's up to Gianni to find the time in his busy schedule."
         


YEEEEE-HAAAAAAA!!!!!

[Alec]

The Ruins    odgledao sam trailer pa sam bas...    

[Alexdelarge]

Robert Englund to direct 'Vij'
Christopher Lee to star

ROME — U.S. actor/director Robert Englund, best known as Freddie Kruger in the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise, will direct "The Vij," a dark gothic fantasy in which Christopher Lee is attached to star.

Based on an eponymous novel by Russian writer Nikolaj Gogol, "The Vij" revolves around an evil genie who conditions the actions of a young priest, leading him to commit murder and fall in love with an old witch who is actually not what she seems.

Italo producer Loris Curci is producing "The Vij" for Rome-based horror shingle ReDark in association with Canada's Remstar and Spain's Canonigo Films. Shooting is scheduled to start in April in the Lazio region with assistance and incentives from the Rome/Lazio Film Commission. The uninhabited medieval village of Civita di Bagnoregio will be a prime location for "The Vij."

Besides Christopher Lee, who will play a God-like character called The Father, "The Vij" will star Englund and Rome-based Russian actress Olga Schuvalova as Alina, the female lead. Casting for other roles, including the wayward priest called Khoma, is still underway.

Englund previously directed the features "976 Evil," released by New Line, and "Killer Pad."

variety.com

[Ghoul]

Robert Englund to direct 'Vij'
Christopher Lee to star

ovo je zapravo loša vest.

GENIJALNI reditelj ričard stenli (hardware, dust devil) je hteo da radi adaptaciju VIJA koja se dešava u bosni ili na kosovu (jedno vreme sam aktivno lobirao kod producenata i samog stenlija da to snima u srbiji!).
sada kada se toga laća r. england (976 evil!) – u verziji koja će verovatno biti fangorijski banalna i detinjasta monster crap varijanta – manja je šansa da VELIKI reditelj uradi PAMETNU i modernu adaptaciju te priče...

[Meho Krljic]

Čekaj, Englund??? Fredi Kruger, yes??? Jebote, šta je Gogolj doživeo (u smrti), da ga posle Kadijevića režira Fredi....

[Tex Murphy]

Nije tu toliko jezivo što je u pitanju Fredi, koliko fakat da je taj čovjek režirao 976 Evil, film u najmanju ruku upitnog kvaliteta. Doduše, možda angažuje Stivena Džefrisa da glumi babu.

[Ghoul]

kako odoleti nečemu što se zove BIO-SLIME, a pored ljigavih monstruma ima još i gole žene?!
nikako!




još slika i detalje vidi:
http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=5924

[Ghoul]

LILIT, REAGUJ!

Variety confirmed our breaking news that Jonathan Rhys Meyers is looking for Shelter opposite Julianne Moore in a supernatural horror thriller being produced by Nala Films. "Shelter," based on a script by Michael Cooney ("Identity"), will be directed by the Swedish duo Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein ("Storm"). Lensing starts in late March in Pittsburgh. While they're trying to keep the project top secret, we discovered that the film follows a female forensic psychiatrist who specializes in debunking multiple personality disorder. When she discovers that her latest patient's various personalities are all murder victims, she struggles to find a logical explanation for the man's delusion.

[Ghoul]

lilit nije reagovala, ali na ovo dole će možda reagovati ljudi koji vole JEZIVE filmove (ili barem trejlere); ukratko, meni ovo deluje obećavajuće!

http://movies.yahoo.com/premieres/6921259/standardformat/;_ylt=Ap7oKyoLZQEkJSbBcj8l_uFfVXcA]

[Ghoul]

Both Twitch Film and Bloody-Disgusting agree that the Swedish vampire film, Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in), is probably going to be one of the best foreign horror films of 2008. Today we learned that JJ Abrams' company, Bad Robot, is making a play at the remake rights. Although the company behind Coverfield has yet to gain the rights, it looks like this is a possible home for the US version of the film. Magnet Releasing has acquired domestic home video rights for the pic playing this year's Tribeca Film Festival, watch for a review in the coming weeks. In the film, Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3AtO4MM0m8




Pathology, which arrives in limited theaters April 18. The story centers on a young intern (Milo Ventimiglia) who is studying pathology at Philadelphia's University Hospital and encounters an attractive but murderous group of colleagues who have devised a deadly game to see who among them can commit the perfect murder, while the others compete to determine the cause of death.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-oO2jLhVUU

oba trejlera su odlična, i obećavaju jake naslove.

ovaj šved bi mogo da se popne čak i do četvorke, dok mi patologija više deluje kao fina trojka - u svakom slučaju, oba ubilježiti u bilježnice, i čekati...

[Tex Murphy]

lilit nije reagovala, ali na ovo dole će možda reagovati ljudi koji vole JEZIVE filmove (ili barem trejlere); ukratko, meni ovo deluje obećavajuće!

http://movies.yahoo.com/premieres/6921259/standardformat/;_ylt=Ap7oKyoLZQEkJSbBcj8l_uFfVXcA]

Meni ne. Ovo djeluje kao jedan od onih filmova koji su interesantni prvih pola sata ili petnaestak minuta, a onda treba ugasiti TV jer kreću sa racionalnim objašnjavanjem onoga za šta smo mislili da su supernaturalni fenomeni.

[Alec]

Ovo izgleda dobro!
http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1467272767
Na zalost, nisam odgledao original!  

[Kastor]

Raven Riley started a new venture, Evil Motion Pictures, whose goal is to break into mainstream horror movie production. Evil Motion Pictures released its first horror porn film starring Riley in November 2007, entitled Succubus.

http://www.evilmotionpictures.com/

[Alec]

Vikaren (2007)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478394/
Dosuse, imam ga na HDD-u, problem je sto nit znam Danski nit Svedski (nalepljeni subs) a engleskog ni od korova!  
Ima li neko neki hint sa alternativnim linkovima za prevode?

[Ghoul]

ANAMORPH

moj stari fetiš, ubistvo i aranžiranje telesa u umetničke svrhe!

ANAMORPH

na žalost, od svega ovoga ispade samo još jedan bedasti SE7EN wannabe: letargično režiran, bez trunke saspensa, sa neupečatljivim i klišetizirano postavljenim gl. junakom (gonjen krivicom iz prošlosti! mogao da spase jednu žrtvu, a nije! kuku i lele! flešbeci overload! o, zašto je morala da umre?! o sudbo kleta! itd.) pri čemu ne pomaže što ga igra w. dafoe kome ipak bolje leže negativci (xist included!) – a od negativca on ovde jedino ima istog frizera kao a. chiurgh!
sve se svodi na taj gimmick sa vizuelnim igrarijama sa leševima i delovima tela, ali čak i to lepše zvuči no što u praxi izgleda, i one 2 slike okačene na 1. strani topika su maltene jedine vredne truda u celom filmu!
dakle, saspens=ništa, likovi=ništa (čak i p. stormer je loš! debi hari ima kameo od 4 sekunde tokom kojih proviri na vrata i slegne ramenima! klea duval –militantno antipatična spodoba za koju zaista ne znam zašto je iko angažuje!- igra 'lik' za koji nije uopšte jasno u kakvom je srodstvu/odnosu s gl. junakom...), originalnost=ništa, strava=ništa, groza=skoro ništa...
a ako očekujete neko zabavno objašnjenje glede motivacije ubice da sebi komplikuje život najkomplexnijim inscenacijama mesta zločina u istoriji loših SEVEN rip-offova – ostavite nadu na ulazu. za razliku od 7, ovaj ovde je nekakav statista iz pozadine koji niti je 1 od likova filma (whodunit), niti je kao john doe baja koji kad se razotkrije počne da filozofira i svemu daje novi smisao, niti je jebem li ga šta – nego potpuni anonimus za koga do kraja ne saznamo zašto je radio to što je radio, i zašto baš tako, i zašto se ostrvio na dafoa (sem zbog nj. loše frizure?) – NIŠTA!
film se okončava bez poente, jednom kičastom vizuelnom parafrazom frensisa bejkona koja nema ama baš nikakvu idejnu poentu ili smisao, ali 'lepo' izgleda!
mrzi me da ulazim u sve rupe i promašaje ovde (uključujući i to da se ubičino sklonište zna od polovine filma, a on ipak operiše u njemu sve do kraja!) – ovo je zaista katastrofa na skoro svakom zamislivom nivou!

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[Ghoul]

film od koga MNOGO očekujem (mogo bi da dobaci jaku četvorku - što da ne, HITCHER ima tolko), naročito otkako sam video IZVANREDAN trejler:

[Tex Murphy]

Jao majko, pa taj Bobi Kanavale je onaj feg iz Night Listenera    Ako ON treba da izgleda strašno, kuku si ga nama!

[Ghoul]

Jao majko, pa taj Bobi Kanavale je onaj feg iz Night Listenera    Ako ON treba da izgleda strašno, kuku si ga nama!

jel vi bosanci imate neki konstitucionalni problem da malo pročačkate vest, pročitate detaljnije, proguglate, pro-imdb-ujete i sl?
taj baja igra pajkana, a zlog mrtvog -al ne dovoljno mrtvog- muža = debeli majkl pare!

[Tex Murphy]

jel vi bosanci imate neki konstitucionalni problem da malo pročačkate vest, pročitate detaljnije, proguglate, pro-imdb-ujete i sl?

Ne, to su Crnogorci. Mi imamo probleme sa obradom i tumačenjem nađenih rezultata.

[Tex Murphy]

taj baja igra pajkana, a zlog mrtvog -al ne dovoljno mrtvog- muža = debeli majkl pare!

Even worse! Kakav je to film u kojem Majkl Pare ne igra pajkana????

[Ghoul]

[crippled_avenger]

Ja od Eric Reda uvek ocekujem najvise. Problem je u tome sto nikada to ne dobijem.

[Alec]

Imam Strangers neku cam varijantu vec duze, ali nemam ni vremena a ni zivaca za CAM... po svoj prilici cu sacekati DVD.
Pojavio se screener za The Ruins...    

[cutter]

Ne verujem da ce te THE RUINS znatno usreciti.
Nije bas los horor (gvirnuo bih u knjigu), ali boluje od nasapunjanih americkih glumaca, i to mladih; Atmosfera nije losa, premda ne nudi stravu, vec samo pobudjuje interesovanje i time ga donekle izneveruje. Ja sam gledao solidnu kameru i time ostao uskracen za valjanu procenu uslikanosti majanske rusevine. Ne znacajno eksplicitan, prosecno reziran i dovoljno zabavan da ne bude dosadan, odlikuje ga najpre glup, a zatim sablonski kraj.

[Ghoul]

Both Twitch Film and Bloody-Disgusting agree that the Swedish vampire film, Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in), is probably going to be one of the best foreign horror films of 2008.

Pogledah Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In).

Ehhhhh.... ubiće me ovi overhajpovani filmovi!
elaboracija, ovde:
http://www.dejanognjanovic.com/index.php/HOROR-FILM/243-Odg-2008-THE-GREAT-EXPECTATIONS.html#243

[Alec]

S obzirom da je Ghoul pomenuo Let the right one in, ja da pomenem Martyrs
Jedva iskopah trailer...
Here it is: http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1607337881&channel=1155595187

[crippled_avenger]

Još pre nekog vremena sam zahvaljujući Gingeru došao u posed filma PATHOLOGY čiji je calling card bio u tome što su mu producenti Neveldine i Taylor koji su radili CRANK. Tada sam ga odmah i gledao ali mi je trebalo vremena da se uopšte setim da sam ga gledao ne bih li ovde ostavio utiske.

Neveldine i Taylor su uradili CRANK kao jednu agresivnu hip reinterpretaciju akcijaša oslonjenog na dominantnu zvezdu. U tom konkretnom slučaju, zvezda je bio Jason Statham, glumac koji iako je večito na pragu prve lige ima odličan personality, može da iznese film i da ga dosta unapredi. U CRANKu su i autori i Statham imali sreće. On je njima omogućio da ovaj odlični film inicijalno ima dobro otvaranje i stigne do gledalaca a oni su njemu pružili inovativan projekat po kome se prepoznaju sve velike akcione zvezde.

U svom sledećem projektu Neveldine & Taylor su poslužili kao producenti i scenaristi. Ovog puta su se odmakli od akcije i pokušali da daju svije viđenje savremenog hip trilera. Možda su čak pomislili da bi PATHOLOGY možda čak mogao biti i horor. Ipak, bez zvezde, ispostavilo se da su triler i horor scenaristički zahtevniji žanrovi od star-driven high concept akcijaša.

I sam PATHOLOGY ima high concept. Reč je o infantilnmoj priči o grupi infantilnih mladih patologa koji u slobodno vreme ubijaju ljude i onda među sobom igraju kviz ko je kako ubio svoju žrtvu. Kad kažem infantilni, to nije u pežorativnom smislu već kroz tu kvalifikaciju naprosto pokušavam da definišem pristup karakterima koji su prikazani kao banalni MTV modeli sa naivnim težnjama, neutemeljenim tinejdžerskim elitizmom i odusustvom duhovnog sadržaja koji im omogućuje da budu ubice i kreteni.

Čak ni ovo što sam gore konstatovao nije negativna kvalifikacija sama po sebi. Međutim, kada imaš takve karaktere, onda mora da postoji priča koja će njihovo ponašanje učiniti zanimljivim. Ali, tu priču Neveldine i Taylor nisu izmislili. Kada se postavi bazična premisa, priča ulazi u ciklus ponavljanja u kome se jukstapozicioniraju seks i obdukcija, sve do momenta kada film ne počne da se završava, kojom prilikom se rasplete na najpredvidljiviji način.

Sa ovako praznim likovima, priča ne bi smela da bude prazna a jeste. Nezanimljivi likovi se u ovom konkretnom filmu nalaze u priči prepunoj opštih mesta, preopterećenoj stavom scenarista i reditelja koji su ubeđeni da nude nešto mnogo provokativno i mračno, iako je njihov film zapravo nešto najkonvencionalnije i najmanje hrabro.

Naime, moralni mehanizam razvoja priče se odvija na gotovo samoparodičnom nivou, gde se mračni hipness autora spontano sagoreva u potpuni moralni idiotizam. Naravno, niko ne gleda ovaj film zbog morala, koga briga za to, ali stvar je žanrovski postavljena kao morality play, i na tom nivou ne pije vodu.

Kad je reč o žanrovskoj postavci, reč je o izrazito nestručno postavljenom komadu. Naime, prvo reč je o trileru u kome nema napetosti pošto se dešava u obdukcionoj sali, dakle kada su karte podeljene. Moguće je da je likovima zanimljivo to što oni rade i način na koji otkrivaju uzrok smrti, ali nama nije, pošto mi niti imamo medicinsko obrazovanje, niti su nam leševi dati na uvid.

Zatim, film je dat iz vizure lekara ubica koja je gledaocu koji nije lekar ubica krajnje nezanimljiva. Bolnički horor ima mnogo više uspeha ako je dat iz vizure pacijenta ili barem lekara koji nije i ubica. Međutim, glavni junak ovog filma je u samom srcu tame. Njemu čak ni drugari, drugi specijalizanti ubice, ne rade o glavi pa da barem to generiše neki suspense.

Stoga, PATHOLOGY jedva da može da se gleda jer nema ni karaktere, ni priču, ni suspense. Jedino što ima je aura nekakvog hip horora koja tom pravcu samo šteti.

* ½ / * * * *

[Tex Murphy]

Quarantine!
I [REC] 2.

[crippled_avenger]

Dorothy
Lisa Nesselson in Paris
16 Jul 2008 10:56

 


Dir. Agnes Merlet. 2008. France. 102 min.

An isolated Irish island whose wary residents don't like outsiders - or any developments in interior decorating since 1920 or so - is the creepy setting for supernatural thriller Dorothy, Agnes Merlet's first film in 11 years. Placing a female psychiatrist from the mainland in a close-knit, religion-addled community of the sinister, this well-cast and evocatively-filmed English-language production gamely toys with genre structures, but, despite the strong craft on display, remains tantalizing without ever being truly satisfying.


One thing is a standout, however - stage-trained newcomer Jenn Murray. Her tour de force performance as Dorothy – a lass who may have psychic powers - is nearly as impressive as Edward Norton's memorable turn in Primal Fear. Box office returns on this Wicker Man throwback should be acceptable, as it's the sort of film where most audiences are content to go along for the ride.

In order to make a professional evaluation of Dorothy, psychiatrist and textbook city slicker Dr Jane Morton (Van Houten) takes a ferry to the island village where the 15-year-old girl has been accused of having violently molested an infant while baby-sitting.

Jane drives her BMW off the boat only to be forced off the country road and into a lake by a car containing three punky teenagers, two boys and a girl. Jane, who barely escapes drowning, is told that nobody on the island fits the description of her assailants.

Dorothy is a fragile-looking youngster whose blonde hair is so pale the next step would be white who has been raised by her devoted aunt (Ryan) since her mother died. Dorothy says she was nowhere near the baby and that nobody listens to her. Meanwhile, Jane meets fire and brimstone clergyman Ross (Lewis), who also doubles up as the windswept village's schoolteacher and doctor. The woolly sheep in his jurisdiction end up slaughtered by mysterious forces and his human flock isn't faring much better.

The ferry only serves the mainland once or twice a week and it's nearly impossible to get any sort of telephone service. The villagers, including the youngish sheriff Colin (Wilmot) keep suggesting that Jane leave immediately for her own good. But the more she learns about the

facets of Dorothy's personality, the more she digs in her clinical heels. Of course, her judgment may be affected by the fact that she's sleeping poorly at the local inn because of the cacophonous electric guitar music that materializes from nowhere each night.

Dutch actress Van Houten - Black Book's siren in her first of several upcoming roles in English - convinces as a compassionate shrink with at least one small skeleton in her own closet. But "Colin, some evil shit is going on" is not the sort of dialogue any actor, however skilled, should have to deliver.

Few films have topped the original The Wicker Man in the stonewalling-an-outsider genre and while Dorothy achieves a sustained air of sinister collusion, not everyone will find the double denouement worth waiting for. (UK viewers as well will be reminded of TV sitcom Father Ted and its Craggy Island setting).

In France, where this opens August 6, Merlet will get points for attempting an intricate story revolving around a medical condition that is a staple of Ango-American films but doesn't officially exist in French medical nomenclature. And Merlet does get in some good digs at the dangers of organised religion when it's too "organised."
DP Yorgos Arvanitis' widescreen filming of locations in Wicklow, to the south of Dublin and in Donegal, is a plus.

[Ghoul]

HORROR: NAJOČEKIVANIJI

MARTYRS
=4+

VINYAN
=4

October 10
QUARANTINE (Screen Gems)
Directors: John Erick Dowdle
=videćemo već na sinemaniji za manje od mesec dana (a možda i pre ako divx stigne!)
=slućena ocena: 3

November 7
OTTO; OR, UP WITH DEAD PEOPLE (Strand; limited)
Director: Bruce LaBruce
=slućena ocena: 3

November 14
THE ROAD (Dimension; limited, wide Nov. 26)
Director: John Hillcoat
=3+

SRPSKI FILM
S. Spasojević
=4

February 13, 2009
FRIDAY THE 13TH (New Line)
Director: Marcus Nispel
=3+

April 3, 2009
THE WOLF MAN (Universal)
Director: Joe Johnston
=4-

April 10, 2009
CASE 39 (Paramount)
Director: Christian Alvart
=3+

July 24, 2009
PIRANHA 3-D (Dimension)
Director: Alexandre Aja
=3+


THE BURROWERS (Lionsgate)
Director: J.T. Petty
=3+

CURANDERO (Miramax)
Director: Eduardo Rodriguez
=3+

GIALLO (TBA)
Director: Dario Argento
=3


SPLICE (Senator)
Director: Vincenzo Natali
=3+


25/8 (Rogue)
Director: Wes Craven
=3


WALLED IN (Anchor Bay/Leomax; limited)
Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
=3

FEAST 2: SLOPPY SECONDS
=3


THE SUBSTITUTE
=3

TANTEI MONOGATARI – T. Miike
=4-

TIMECRIMES (November 30, 2008
=4-

KNOWING (March 20, 2009)
Director: Alex Proyas
=3+

[Alec]

Ako si pod The substitute mislio na Vikaren, onda je 3 mala ocena!

[Milosh]

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38652



28 MONTHS LATER

Drago mi je što nastavljaju serijal, a čak mi se sviđa i izbor reditelja, samo se nadam da će i treći deo biti solidno budžetiran i da će dobaciti do bioskopa, pošto bi zaista bilo greota da film završi direkt na DVD-u.

I dalje navijam da se neko seti Pekićevog "Besnila" i da ga iskoristi kao predložak za 28 Years Later recimo...

[Ghoul]

Drago mi je što nastavljaju serijal, a čak mi se sviđa i izbor reditelja, samo se nadam da će i treći deo biti solidno budžetiran i da će dobaciti do bioskopa, pošto bi zaista bilo greota da film završi direkt na DVD-u.

Last week Arrow in the Head reported that Paul Andrew Williams, director of Sony Home Entertainment's THE COTTAGE, would be taking the helm for 28 Months Later, the third film in the 28 DAY LATER franchise created by Danny Boyle. This morning the story was shot down by Twitch Film who reports that "any rumor of Paul Andrew Williams' involvement in 28 Months Later is 'totally untrue'. "

[Ghoul]

Ako si pod The substitute mislio na Vikaren, onda je 3 mala ocena!

ovo je, pretpostavljam, bila šala.

pogledah, i to je 2+, ništa više.
čak i FACULTY je bio bolji...

[Alec]

Ako si pod The substitute mislio na Vikaren, onda je 3 mala ocena!

ovo je, pretpostavljam, bila šala.

pogledah, i to je 2+, ništa više.
čak i FACULTY je bio bolji...

Naravno, da je bilo bolje, sigurno bih pisao o njemu...

[johnny]

se prang ,martyrs

[Ghoul]

dok čekamo martire:

It's nice to see that MARTYRS director Pascal Laugier is taking his talent out of the Weinstein bros. handvs. After watching the INSIDE directors struggle to get a project off the ground, Laugier is putting his trust in Paramount Vantage where he will get behind the camera and direct Details. He is still attached to Dimension's remake of HELLRIASER, but we expect that project to linger around for quite some time. You can read the details beyond the break.

French helmer Pascal Laugier ("Martyrs") will direct Paramount Vantage horror thriller "Details" from his own script for Blumhouse Prods.

Jason Blum and Steven Schneider of Blumhouse will produce with Ian Levy.

"Details," based on a short story by China Mieville, centers on a daughter who disappears after awakening supernatural forces that inhabit the random patterns of everyday objects. Dan Kay wrote the original adaptation.

Laugier is also attached to write and direct a remake of Clive Barker's "Hellraiser" for Dimension.


"Details" appears in several collections including Mammoth Book Of Horror - 2003, Children Of Cthulhu - Tales inspired by HPL

EEE, OVO IMAM, DAKLE, KRAJNJE JE VREME DA PROČITAM BAR TU PRIČU!

[Ghoul]

pročito sam mjevilovu priču.

ima tu potencijala za fucked-up creepiness, ali pričica je kratka i jedva dovoljna za polučasovnu epizodicu nečega; sve zavisi kako je to i čime prošireno na dugometražni film.

ipak, na neviđeni MARTYRS i na neviđeni scenario, ovo ima ozbiljnih potencijala...