Movies based on video games suck. Everybody knows that, right? Well, apparently nobody told Christophe Gans and Roger Avary, as back in 2006 the director and writer produced a pretty faithful and scary adaptation of the Silent Hill video game horror series. Now, 6 years later, writer-director Michael J. Bassett is hoping to once again have us crapping our pants …
Justin Lin has assembled quite the cast so far for the upcoming sixth Fast and the furious film, grabbing actors from all over the planet. Vin Diesel returns to the culture of car spectacle, but it looks like the husky-voiced one is going to be meeting his match, as Joe “The Raid” Taslim has just signed on to portray the …
“Heeeeeeeeere’s Johnny! Again! Maybe!” Sure to elicit screams about how “nothing is sacred” anymore, Warner Bros are looking to revisit the scary world dreamed up by Stanley Kubrick when he adapted Stephen King’s horror novel, The Shining. That’s right, it looks like we may just be headed back to the Overlook Hotel to assault more doors with axes. Last Updated: July …
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Monsters are awesome, even if they do happen to be sparkly when exposed to sunlight. But the greatest monsters of all time, also happen to be the biggest, both at the box office, and in size. Godzilla and King Kong have had a few tussles in the past, but today, we’re leaving that decision up to you, to see who …
Monsters are popular, for romantic reasons that elude us. At the top of that food chain, are vampires, with werewolves a close second, provided that they boast abs with which one grate cheese on. Universal Pictures has long been the home of such monster films, and they’re rebooting their lycanthrope franchise once more, with an all new Wolfman tale. Last …
The London 2012 Olympics officially kicks off today, and most likely, the organisers are hoping that nothing bad happens, as the only thing that they can’t control with jackbooted effieciency, is mother nature. Director Ridley “Prometheus” Scott has some other plans though, as he’s looking to add the 2003 docudrama The Day Britain stopped, to his already packed line up …
Judge Dredd returns this year, with ten times the scowling attitude and embodiment of the law. It’s an action film that we’re quite psyched for, but it hasn’t been an easy ride back into Mega City One, as director Pete Travis explains, regarding certain controversies and rumours surrounding the film. Last Updated: July 27, 2012
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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