Got a news scoop? Send it now! NEWS HUB MARCH 2005 - ARCHIVED BACK TO CURRENT Lance Warlock Interview After such a great interview from Dick Warlock, we figured that a follow-up interview with his son Lance was a great idea, and it was, check it out! Lance Warlock Interview MALEVOLENCE IS ALMOST HERE...on DVD... Stevan Mena's old school horror flick will shortly be available on DVD. The official date is the 19th April and the PIT can't wait! Expect a review shortly on the site. In the meantime, check out these exclusive clips including the official trailer: Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3 Clip 4 Slaughterhouse! Malevolence Trailer Also check out the official site for the movie... http://www.malevolencemovie.com Source: Morgan @ M80 THE RING 2 RELEASED 18TH MARCH Although it has already been released, it is raising quite a stir in the community. If you haven't seen it yet, read the following synopsis... The story picks up six months after the horrifying events that terrorized Rachel Keller and her son Aidan in Seattle. To escape her haunting memories, Rachel takes Aidan and moves to the small coastal community of Astoria, Oregon, to start fresh. However, Rachel's resolve quickly turns to dread when evidence at a local crime scene-including an unmarked videotape-seems eerily familiar. Rachel realizes that the vengeful Samara is back and more determined than ever to continue her relentless cycle of terror and death. Also check this out... Trailer (Windows Media Player) Source: Andrew @ Special Ops Media SLAUGHTER DISC NEWS "Sorry for the delay! After having a fun-filled premiere at a private theater in San Diego We are pleased to announce that Slaughter Disc is available for pre-orders!!! For only $15.00 with FREE shipping Slaughter Disc can now be yours!!! www.slaughterdisc.com DVDs will arrive in your hand in April and the first 1000 customers will receive a cool gift! Feel free to share this link with your friends - this link expires in 30 days." Source: Steel Web Studio AMITYVILLE DVD GIFT SET UP FOR GRABS ON THE PIT! A new contest has arrived at the PIT! The truly bodacious Amityville DVD Giftset. Find out more about the boxset here and also get the chance to win a copy from the PIT, courtesy of Deep Focus. NO SLEEPING ON GUTS AND GORY and RETURN TO SLEEPAWAY CAMP SCOOP None other than Felissa Rose, the original Angela Baker of Sleepaway Camp, has joined the ranks at GUTS AND GORY. Making it a truly bodacious experience and a kind of ...uhh... all-year-online-cyber-horror-convention! Felissa is the fourth horror celebrity to join GUTS AND GORY in the space of a few months and has this to say about Return to Sleepaway Camp: "I know that Robert (director) is working hard on putting finishing touches on the film. He is trying to get it out as soon as he finds the right distributor. Hope to hear soon who that is. The film looks very much like the first one and Angela has a role, but it may not be in the flesh....hope that peaks your interest!" We are sure you will agree that celebrities such as Felissa, Dick Warlock, Jonathan Breck and Andrew Bryniarski are starting to give GUTS AND GORY a real diversity, along with the ensemble of awesome Friday the 13th stars. Watch this space... THE CREEPER UNVEILS HIS NEW OFFICIAL SITE! It is time to feed! Jonathan Breck played "The Creeper" in Jeepers Creepers and Jeepers Creepers 2. He has just opened his new official website: www.jonathanbreckonline.com You can read up on his bio, or perhaps his filmography or maybe purchase an item from his online store which will be ready in a matter of days! There is also appearance details to be posted imminently, his own personal photo album and his favourite internet links! Not only that, but he has opened his official forum on Guts and Gory. Be sure to register right away! Lar Park Lincoln joins Guts and Gory! As if the Creeper himself, Jonathan Breck, and the Shape Dick Warlock weren't enough to make you jump out of your chair! Lar has finally opened her official forum on Guts and Gory, and it never came soon enough! Unbelievably we have more celebrities to add to the fold, however, for now we are sure you will agree that Guts and Gory is the only real online forum for horror buffs these days! FREAK OUT TRAILER AND DVD RELEASE DATE! From team Freaky... "Dare we be so arrogant and presumptuous to assume that the new Freak Out DVD teaser trailer could make you laugh? YES. Please go to: http://www.freakoutmovie.com/trailers.shtml and download it for maximum fun. Please don't forget to leave profane feedback on the new Freak Out website forum! The DVD is now slated for release in August, we're taking extra time to make it extra special (or are we just being lazy?). We are re-cutting the film with a beautiful new Anchor Bay transfer (it's awesome-o!), we are also going to town with the extras which will include 2 commentaries, music video, 50 minute behind the scenes and more." Slaughter Disc Release Updates: "It is my pleasure to inform all of you that Slaughter Disc will officially go on sale at http://www.slaughterdisc.com on March 19,2005!!! The price of the DVD will be $19.95 - and we will be emailing a special promotional code to you, which will allow you to get free, shipping!!! Also be on the lookout for our online store that will feature autographed merchandise, shirts and posters...and very soon the original motion picture score and soundtrack for Slaughter Disc. Also on March 19, 2005 we will be hosting a special premiere of Slaughter Disc for the cast and crew at Dave & Busters in San Diego. Fans & Members of the press are welcome to attend this private screening if they can RSVP by March 10th. Special Invitations will be mailed to everybody on the guest list." Source: David Quitmeyer/Steel Web Studios Big News from Lions Gate today… "We are moving up the release date of 'The Devil's Rejects' to July 22nd to more firmly plant it in this lucrative summer play period," stated Steve Rothenberg, President of Distribution, Lions Gate Films. What does Rob Zombie think? "I am thrilled with Lion's Gate's decision to push The Devil's Rejects up from August to July. After our explosive test screening and the overwhelming response from the fans I have been dying to get this out there. This going to be one very psychotic July." Please pass the news on to Pit of Horror’s audience! Source: Esther @ Special Ops Media Lar Park Lincoln keeps the Pit informed: Check out this email from F13th 7 star Lar Park Lincoln - Please visit www.larparklincoln.com & www.TalentStart.net My Book, Getting Started, Not Scammed-will help so many families reach their dreams without emptying their wallets!!! Also, here are links to my two newest projects!! Check out www.cityofjustice.com (Episode Two). I star as Susan Foley - the new Crime scene investigator!! It starts running on PAX May 7th!! And updates www.bitpartsfilm.com for preview of my new movie!! The store will have new products very soon!!! Check out the new website design and keep in touch!!! Take care, Lar Source: Lar Park Lincoln DICKWARLOCK JOINS THE G.A.G REFLEX MOVEMENT! Incase you hadn't noticed, the one and only Dick Warlock has opened up an official forum on Guts and Gory. Widely regarded as the best man ever to play Michael Myers in the legendary sequel Halloween II, Dick is a well decorated stunt man of the last three decades working on movies such as JAWS, FIRESTARTER, PUMPKINHEAD, FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 5 and the CHILDSPLAY franchise. He was also Kurt Russel's stunt double for much of his career, working on Escape from New York/LA. In other words, the guy is a freakin' legend. Now you can converse with him on his G.A.G board... Dick Warlock's Forum Source: The Pit CRAVEN IS AT IT AGAIN! Check out exclusive clips from Wes Craven's werewolf tale, "Cursed," starring Christina Ricci and Skeet Ulrich. Click here Sources: Michael @ Deep Focus & John @ Moviefone Fangoria rejoins w/Creation Entertainmant for the Ultimate Horror experience: FANGORIA and Creation Entertainment have rejoined forces to produce the next FANGORIA Weekend of Horrors convention on June 4-5, 2005 at LA’s Burbank Airport Hilton (2500 Hollywood Way). This will mark the companies’ first joint venture since May 2003, and the gala, jam-packed event is expected to make up for lost time. Guests booked thus far include genre legend Wes Craven (pictured), previewing his new thriller RED EYE; Bruce Campbell, who will discuss his directorial debut THE MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN; 2001 MANIACS director Tim Sullivan and producer Scott (EVIL DEAD II) Spiegel, as well as members of their cast; THE DEVIL’S REJECTS villains Bill Moseley and Sid Haig; and director Mick (DESPERATION) Garris. Many more celebrities are expected to be announced in the days ahead, including special talent, previews and/or giveaways from the upcoming films WAR OF THE WORLDS, DOOM, SKELETON KEY, LAND OF THE DEAD, UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION, DARK RIDE, KING KONG, THE WOODS, DARK WATER, THE FOG and many others. The bloody event will be produced by Creation’s Adam Malin & Gary Berman and Fango editor Tony Timpone & publisher Norman Jacobs. FANGORIA’s new corporate owner, The Creative Group, will also have a presence at the show and offer previews of the upcoming FangoriaTV programming slate. "We are thrilled to be back in business with Creation," says Jacobs. "They have been a valuable partner of ours for over 20 years. When it comes to conventions, nobody does it better than our friends at Creation. They have been professionally doing shows for 34 years and know what the fans want because they are fans themselves. We are excited about bringing back the Weekend of Horrors to LA bigger and better than ever before." Since 1984, the Weekend of Horrors conventions have played host to such spectacular speakers as Jack Nicholson, Kenneth Branagh, Quentin Tarantino, Peter Jackson, Wes Craven, Clive Barker, Sam Raimi, John Carpenter, George Romero, Tom Savini, Stan Winston, David Cronenberg, Dario Argento, John Frankenheimer, Robert Englund, George Romero, Ron Perlman, Guillermo del Toro, Selma Blair, Sean Cunningham, the Broken Lizard team, Eli Roth, Tobe Hooper, Joe Dante, John Landis, Mick Garris, Dick Smith, Lucio Fulci, Rick Baker, Ronny Yu, Elvira, William Friedkin, Brad Dourif, Anthony Perkins, Christopher Lee and many others. Besides tentpole cities New York and LA, the Weekend of Horrors has visited Detroit, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Toronto, San Jose and Orlando. "It’s great to be working with Tony Timpone, Norman Jacobs and the staff of FANGORIA once again," says Creation co-chief Malin. "They are simply the leader in the coverage of horror media and a formidable brand themselves in terms of horror-genre filmed content. As co-producer of the FANGORIA Weekend of Horrors live events, we are committed to bringing excellence to the fan-convention arena where Fango’s most dedicated audience lies." "We can’t wait to get started on the show," says Timpone, who will be sharing emcee duties with Malin. "The fans have been screaming for us to come back to LA, but we’ve held out until we could put together a horror event that would blow all others away. We are already getting cooperation and sponsorship from the studios at a level never achieved before. The Burbank show will truly reinvigorate the Weekend of Horrors brand for many years to come." The Weekend of Horrors is also set to return to the East Coast this year at a date and location to be announced very soon. For more information on the Weekend of Horrors, go to www.creationent.com or call (818) 409-0960. Jennifer Tilly and other have recently joined the con. Check the link for more. Source: Fangoria New Amityville trailer on-line: Click here for the trailer Source: Yahoo Movies Cenobite Lair Box set from NECA: Dig this! Not only do we get the excellent line up from Hellraiser 1-3. Now we actually get our very lair? Dig the scheme for this one. Click here for more information Source: Moviemaniacs Angela is back: Well sorta... Fango pal Felissa (SLEEPAWAY CAMP) Rose (pictured) just let Fango know about a new horror movie she’s about to start shooting in the Los Angeles area. Titled SLUDGE! and written/directed by S. Lee (DETOUR) Taylor, it’s about a group of college geology students terrorized in the woods by a slime monster, and co-stars busy genre actress Tiffany (ABOMINABLE) Shepis. "I’ve been wanting to work with Tiffany for a while," Rose tells us, "so Steve Taylor was kind enough to write a scene for us. We had a rehearsal the other day, and the cast is really solid. It’s a fun script with a kick-ass monster." The movie will be shot on HDV by Zach Richards, who handled the 2nd-unit footage on the Asylum features BLOODY BILL and the upcoming EL INTERMEDIO; another Asylum veteran, Richard Miranda, is wrangling the onscreen gore. The monster is created by The Cannibalistic Gargoyle, who did FX for DETOUR. Source: Fangoria F13th box set from NECA: The line up just keeps getting better and better... an exclusive from NECA, the Pamela Voorhees and Jason box set. Check out the link for an exclusive look. http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/index.php?Show=3422&Template=newsfull Source: Bloody Disgusting 2 Hellraiser sequels this year: Inspired by the announcement yesterday of a video release date for THE CROW: WICKED PRAYER, a fan contacted Dread Central to report that Amazon has listed debut dates for Dimension’s long-on-the-shelf pair of HELLRAISER sequels. Inspired by that, Fango explored Amazon further and came up with a whole schedule for the company’s horror sequel slate. Here’s how the lineup looks as of now: • HELLRAISER: DEADER (pictured): June 7 • PROPHECY: UPRISING: June 7 • DRACULA III: LEGACY: July 12 • HELLRAISER: HELLWORLD: September 6 • PROPHECY: FORSAKEN: September 6 Dimension, evidently clearing house in anticipation of its separation from Disney, still hasn’t assigned dates for such long-in-limbo non-sequel genre films as AFTERIMAGE and THE GATHERING. Perhaps when they schedule CURSED for video, they can put that out in a Christina Ricci boxed set with GATHERING and another long-shelved Ricci vehicle, PROZAC NATION. Source: Fangoria Hannibal bites back: Moviehole reports Actress Gong Li has been cast in the "Red Dragon" prequel "The Lecter Variation", which takes a snapshot of flesh-wearing Hannibal the Canniabl in his younger years. Li, soon to be seen in "Memoirs of a Geisha", was handpicked by Director Peter Webber to star in the film. The roles of Hannibal - at various ages - and his sister Mischa Lecter are currently being cast. It's believed Anthony Hopkins is in talks to either narrate or make an appearance - as the older 'Hannibal' - in the flick. "Variation", which will centre on Lecter's childhood in Lithuania through a period in Paris to his arrival in the US, will be produced by Dino De Laurentiis, and starts filming in May. Source: Moviehole Bill Moseley's latest: Fangoria says if you liked Bill Moseley in TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 and HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES, you’ll want to pick up his band Cornbugs’ newest CD, DONKEY TOWN. In the vein of Tenacious D, the former Chop-Top writes and sings humerous lyrics fit to slop the pigs on a farm by…then slaughter them. Don’t be eating BBQ when listening to the "Farm to Fork" track; this listener definitely skipped lunch that day. Buckethead rocks out on guitar while Pinchface bangs on the pigskins, and the CDs come autographed by Moseley. Very weird, very hillbilly, 100 percent animal husbandry. "Eat meat" at www.cornbugs.com. Source: Fangoria Exorcist: The Beginning (p-cut) B-D reader Justin writes in that he just purchased the Australian DVD for Renny Harlin's Exorcist: The Beginning, which hits DVD here in the States on March 1st- and to his surprise their was the trailer for Paul Schrader's version of the film! The news gets better, Justin uploaded the trailer from the film, which can be downloaded by clicking the link inside! Warner Bros. plans on releasing Schrader's cut sometime in the near future, but still haven't announced whether it'll hit theaters... Click here for picutres and links the the trailer - http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/index.php?Show=3411&Template=newsfull Source: Bloody Disgusting Rambo 4 & Rocky 6: While it NOT horror... everyone loves Rambo and Rocky right? Well, if you do... you will be pleased to know that Moviehole reports it could be - depending on the success of his new reality series, "The Contender" - Sylvester Stallone's big comeback year. If the show doesn't take off, we predict a DTV "Rhinestone 2" in his future. First, here's the net's biggest Balboa/Oak fan, 'AB King' with the latest on sequels five and three to "Rocky" and "Rambo" respectively. "In the UK, "NOW Magazine" a good Hollywood source, says that Stallone's Rocky 6 will 100% certainly be made providing The Contender does not bomb totaly. It said with Stallone's passion to do another and with the completed script , sony and MGM now with different control are the most likely to distribute. Both companies feel that although this will be a 6th movie they are impressed with Stallone's script and vision and that the movie can be made on a budget of $20m. It then said that fans will see a very different Rocky compared to previous films with a more gritty feel like raging bull with the emphasis on realism and characterisation not the comic book action seen in previous. Insiders say people will be shocked at just how dark and real "touching modern issues" the script is. And that it could be filmed with a shaky camera style like The Bourne Supremacy and the Shield. It then said that the script for Rambo 4 is completed and Stallone wanting to make it but finding a studio to cough up millons of dollars to make and market it will be difficult as Stallone has not had a big budget hit since 1993 Cliffhanger". "Rambo 4" without a studio? Let's check in with a studio insider on that. OK, Here's our answer. Nope, seems Miramax/Dimension still captains the "Rambo" ship, and - this is good news - they're in talks with writers at the moment actually. The rest, especially the "Rocky 6" bit being budgeted at $20 million sounds pretty much on-the-money. Apparently it's going to be a return to the Indy-esque feel of the original. The Crow 4 arrives: Dimension Home Video has finally settled on a release date for THE CROW: WICKED PRAYER, the fourth in the series spawned by the hit Brandon Lee-starrer. The movie arrives on VHS and DVD July 19; the disc will retail for $29.99, but no details about supplements have been announced yet. WICKED PRAYER stars Edward Furlong as the latest resurrectee, who takes on the mantle of The Crow after he and his girlfriend (WRONG TURN’s Emmanuelle Chriqui) are murdered by a gang of Satanist bikers led by Luc Crash (ANGEL’s David Boreanaz). Tara Reid and Dennis Hopper co-star; Lance (SIX STRING SAMURAI) Mungia directed from a script he wrote with Jeff Most and Sean Hood. Source: Fangoria Freddy, Jason, and Leatherface invade comics: Check out the upcoming storylines for Chaos comics new series, endorsed by New Line. I dig the TCM one especially... THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE #1 Fuller, Texas. Summer 1972. Three escaped convicts, along with a few girls along for the ride, are joyriding across rural Texas robbing banks, heading for Mexico. When they stop to rob the Hewitt family General Store, they enter a horrifying world of madness and depravity that even a super-maximum-security prison couldn’t prepare them for as Leatherface, Sheriff Hoyt, Old Monty and the entire Hewitt clan hunt them down. Who will live? Who will die? A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET #1 After the events of FREDDY VS. JASON, the adults of Springwood have turned the town into a police state, out to suppress any knowledge of Freddy so their kids don’t keep dying. If teens are afraid of Freddy, he can invade their dreams and murder them. Emily, a rebellious teen and aspiring journalist, wants to blow the lid off Springwood’s secret and tell it to the world. When her best friend Lindsay is abducted by police, Emily enlists aid from Alex and Sandy that leads them to Westin Hills Psychiatric Center. As Freddy hunts them one by one, Emily comes closer to the truth. Will she survive to tell it? FRIDAY THE 13TH #1 After the events of FREDDY VS. JASON, Laura Upland has had it. She’s one of two squabbling siblings who have inherited the land Camp Crystal Lake was built on. Their latest stalemate is how to deal with the destruction done at the Crystal Lake Resorts. Laura knows Jason Voorhees caused it. He is out there and until he’s done in, they won’t be able to sell those lucrative time-shares. Unknown to her brother Miles, she enacts a plan to kill Jason that will rip her family apart. Literally. Can a paramilitary group, armed to the teeth, survive against a supernatural unstoppable killing machine? Take a guess. Source: Fangoria The Hills Have Eyes remake nemake: Fangoria breaks down the new family in the remake... Here’s how those "horrors" are described: RUBY: The youngest of the hill people, 14 years old (but 18+ or emancipated preferred). Very small—five feet tall, frail, but rather pretty despite her abnormally large eyes and deformed hands. She wears a hooded sweatshirt, preventing us from seeing the part of her skull that is permanently caved in. Ruby is intrigued by this "normal" family—particularly Bobby, who is the first boy her own age she has ever met before. She is the only one of the hill people with a sense of right and wrong—she tries to help the family and protect Catherine, the baby. PAPA JUPE (JUPITER): The leader of the mutant hill people, around 50 years old, his voice is deep, distorted and devilish; he has long hair and a beard, and evil eyes. He is the most menacing and violent of the hill people. BIG BRAIN: One of the hill people, confined to a wheelchair. His head is 10 times bigger than his face—his head is so heavy that he is unable to hold it up, it rests back on his chair. His body is skeletal, his voice is weak and asthmatic. He is the character most representative of the damage the hill people have suffered from the nuclear fallout. He tells Doug of the fate of the hill people, of the disregard the government showed for their plight. LIZARD: One of the mutant hill people, so named both because of his almost supernatural agility and because of the spiky chain he uses to provoke car accidents (when not is use, it drags behind him like a lizard tail). Extremely thin, and pale, with a cleft lip and a deformed jaw. He is, quite simply, a savage with no sense of pity. Scary and sadistic. PLUTO: A giant, one of the hill people, bald, hulking and terrifying, but with the face of a cruel child, with asymmetrical eyes. And there is something childlike and dim about him, despite his huge size. And yet he is capable of terrible violence. GOGGLE: One of the mutant hill people, so named because he keeps watch on the desert through a pair of binoculars. He has no face—his eyes, nostrils, and mouth exist in a mass of flesh. His voice is rough and deep, his pronunciation is poor and we can’t understand everything he says. LARGE WOMAN/THE OBESE WOMAN: One of the hill people, Ruby’s mother. As her name suggests, should be very overweight. She also takes care of the handicapped Big Brain. She sits in a rocking chair, holding a huge pig in her arms and petting it like a dog. CYST: One of the mutant hill people. Enormous cysts disfigure him and cover every part of his body; a metallic brace is screwed on four sides of his head helping him stand straight. No dialogue—his character is mute—but much on-camera time. Good to see they’re bringing Papa Jupiter, Pluto and Ruby back… We’ll have more updates on the new HILLS soon. Source: Fangoria Risen: Texas-based Ad-Hoc Film Co-op has announced the cast, director and other crew for its zombie movie RISEN, which we first reported on here. Damon Crump, who produced the feature SHADES OF GREY and has worked on other TX-based features and hundreds of commercials/corporate videos, will helm the story (scripted by David Talbot) of a couple who become separated from their young daughter as an undead apocalypse breaks out and battle their way through the ghouls to save her. Gigi Erneta and Joseph Thackery play the heroic mom and dad, with Jason Harper and Steven Lee co-starring. Makeup FX will be created by, appropriately enough, the ZombiEFX team of J.P. Pettersen and Craig W. Hecht, whose credits include DIRECTOR’S CUT: A KILLER COMEDY, AQUANOIDS, DEATH BY ENGAGEMENT and other indie chillers. Described as "a zombie movie by zombie fans for zombie fans," RISEN will roll in March; go to the official website for more info. 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