Director Oren Peli is still riding the high that is “Paranormal Activity,” and now he’s got another horror flick in the works called “Area 51.”
Not much is known about the film, but we know it centers on three teenagers who journey to the elusive Area 51 Air Force base in the Nevada desert. No matter how much is written or filmed about that area, people will always be intrigued. What DOES go on there anyway?
Maybe we’ll never know for sure, but Latino Review got their hands on a script/outline hybrid, revealing:
“It’s basically a scene-by-scene breakdown with …read more

Our household has been watching some great Halloween-type movies on Turner Classic Movies this weekend, including two Fay Wray movies: “Doctor X,” a classic 1932 flick about a reporter investigating a series of cannibalistic murders at a medical college (that’s Lionel Atwill pictured), and “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” a 1933 movie about a disfigured sculptor who turns murder victims into wax statues. Great stuff.
It’s easy to forget that this great archive of classic movies is available on TCM 24/7. Check their schedule for all the great scary movies. A few coming up this week:
Tuesday, Oct. 27: 
8 p.m. …read more

The movie “Paranormal Activity“ is getting some pretty good buzz around the Internet, with some viewers saying it’s the scariest film they’ve ever seen. But some say it doesn’t really live up to all the hype, so I guess if you’re into scary movies, you’ll have to see it and decide for yourself. I haven’t decided whether I’ll see it or not!
Director Oren Peli had a few things to say about it; he counts “The Exorcist” as among the scariest movies he’s ever seen.

The “Gossip Girls” (and guys) came out for the premiere of “The Stepfather,” starring Penn Badgley as a guy who returns from from military school to find his mom (Sela Ward) happily living with her new boyfriend (Dylan Walsh). But Michael’s potential stepfather might not be all he’s cracked up to be.
The thriller hits theaters Oct 16, 2009, and is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, disturbing images, mature thematic material and brief sensuality. It also stars Amber Heard, Sherry Stringfield, Jon Tenney, and Paige Turco. It looks darn creepy!

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For the past several years, Spike TV has celebrated the best in sci-fi, fantasy, horror and comic books at their annual “Scream” fest.
This year’s event, “Scream 2009,” has just signed Megan Fox and Quentin Tarantino to participate.
They’ll join Tobey Maguire, the cast of HBO’s “True Blood,” Hugh Jackman, Liv Tyler, Eliza Dushku, Jackie Earle Haley, Sam Raimi, John C. Reilly, Eli Roth, “The Big Bang Theory” Cast, Elijah Wood, “Vampire Diaries” Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley and lots of others.
The event will be taped at the Greek Theater and air Oct. 27 at 10 p.m. …read more

Featured in the November issue of Elle magazine is Katie Holmes, who can be seen in the upcoming horror-thriller “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.”
In the Elle interview, Holmes talks about fashion, Tom Cruise, and the possibility of a vampire movie in her future. Yeah, she has that sort of dark look that would do well in a supernatural movie.

With “Zombieland” in theaters this weekend, what better time to take a look back at zombies in movie history? I have to say, I hadn’t seen that many zombie movies until I saw “Dead Snow” at a midnight showing at the Traverse City Film Festival this summer, and now I’m hooked. Basically, it’s all zombies, all the time. Let’s see what Indy Mogul uncovered on this very important topic…

What if your life was nice and peachy, and then all of a sudden, your friends and family and coworkers started going nuts?
That’s what happens in “The Crazies,” a reimagining of the George Romero classic, directed by Breck Eisner from a screenplay by Ray Wright (“Pulse,” “Case 39”) and Scott Kosar (“The Amityville Horror,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”).
David Dutten (Timothy Olyphant) is sheriff of Ogden Marsh, a picture-perfect American town with happy, law-abiding citizens. But one night, one of them comes to a school baseball game with a loaded shotgun, ready to kill. Another man burns down his …read more

I haven’t yet decided if I’ll see “Paranormal Activity” or not. It looks like the kind of movie that would give me nightmares for years to come, so … probably not! Unless I’m feeling particularly brave on any given day.
In fact, that’s exactly what Bloody-Disgusting says on the official site: “Paranormal Activity is one of the scariest movies of all-time. You will be affected, as it’s hard to ignore the imprint it leaves on your psyche. Nightmares are guaranteed.”
Yeah, real life is frightening enough; I certainly don’t need any extra help in that regard! The story follows a …read more