Most people when asked about horror would describe the genre as being dark, gritty, scary, and without pity or remorse. I beg to differ. Horror is one of the few genres that can range from the absolutely absurd to the brutally realistic. The films I will be discussing today are of the absurd and fantastical quality. There are modern films and films dating back to the 1910s that could be described as dark fairy tales.
Five years after the first Silent Hill creeped into theaters literally and figuratively, IGN reports that filming has begun on the sequel in Toronto, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D. Further, a production image has already been released, featuring lead star Adelaide Clemens (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) as Heather Mason, packing heat.
While no official synopsis has been released by the studio, the one making the rounds online is as follows: “Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn’t fully understand
You want animated movies? Well, DreamWorks has them … a lot of them. The popular studio dropped the bomb last May that it was constructing a ten-year plan with sequels galore forthcoming to their most popular property including How to Train Your Dragon,
Sylvester Stallone’s action flick The Expendables took in $250 million worldwide, so it’s natural that it would get a sequel. In the first film, Stallone led an ensemble of action stars that included Steve Austin, Terry Crews, and Jason Statham; the aging action staple also co-wrote the film with screenwriter David Callaham. Although the plot for the sequel has yet to be announced, The Los Angeles Times has the scoop on some very intriguing information about the film: Stallone will be far less involved this time around, starring in the film as opposed to the additional jobs of directing and co-writing.
The possibility of life in other corners of the universe has inspired and driven the world’s countries and best scientists to spend infinite time and resources on pursuing an answer to that question. At the same time, it’s also inspired some of the greatest literary and creative minds, eventually spawning what we have come to refer to endearingly as “alien invasion movies.” This sub-genre has been making a tremendous comeback lately, and while you could dismiss it as fantastical entertainment, it cannot and should not be divorced from one of our planet’s few truly and sincerely existential questions: Are we or aren’t we alone?
Our featured trailer this week is the sequel to the hit animated film starring everyone’s favourite pudgy panda,
Well this is depressing. Guillermo Del Toro’s adaptation of H.P Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness was taking so long to be greenlit that reports surfaced via Deadline that the Pan’s Labyrinth director was swirling about another film for Legendary Pictures: Pacific Rim. Now, EW.com confirms that Del Toro has said the project has “gone dark.” In other words, you can forget about it.
